Short on Time
Short on Time is the forthcoming collection scheduled for 20 May 2027 in paperback, ebook and audio.
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What it’s about
Short on Time is the forthcoming collection scheduled for 20 May 2027 in paperback, ebook and audio. The publisher’s description brings together eight stories from St Mary’s, the Time Police and Frogmorton Farm, including two new pieces first published in this volume.
The selection includes Christmas Pie, Storm Christopher, Lights! Camera! Mayhem!, Murder at Martingale Manor, Who’s There? and Twelfth Night.
Its two new adventures are Home in Time for Tea and Clean-up Crew 29: one pairs a Yorkshire actor with a notorious Scottish family, while the other introduces an unexpected recruit to a cleanup team.
Our view: this looks useful for readers following more than one of Taylor’s worlds, especially those who prefer a collected edition to separate purchases. Existing story pages supply reading placement for the familiar titles.
The announced formats let readers choose text or listening, but no page count or complete audio duration is recorded here yet. Choose the collection for its contents rather than an assumed length.
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What we know so far
The exact Bookshop.org ebook listing lists eight stories from St Mary’s, the Time Police and Frogmorton Farm, including two new pieces. Six stories also have their own bookshelf entries. The author has announced paperback, ebook and audio formats; the date here is matched to the ebook listing.
- Publisher-listed date
- 20 May 2027. Publisher-listed date; may change.
- Formats
- Ebook listed · paperback and audio announced
- Series placement
- Collection across several series · outside the numbered novel sequences
Date and edition source · Additional format source
Listed collection contents
- Christmas Pie
- Storm Christopher
- Lights! Camera! Mayhem!
- Murder at Martingale Manor
- Who’s There?
- Twelfth Night
- Home in Time for Tea
- Clean-up Crew 29
The two new pieces have no confirmed individual decimal placements here. Collection contents and publication plans may change before release.
Where this fits
If you like this, try…
- Christmas Pie · St Mary’s
- Storm Christopher · Frogmorton Farm
- Lights! Camera! Mayhem! · St Mary’s
Edition details & sources
Provisional
Forthcoming · 20 May 2027. Publisher-listed date; may change.
Author announcement · Confirmed date · Source
The current exact ebook listing supplies eight story titles, including Home in Time for Tea and Clean-up Crew 29. The contents list is shown below with its edition source.
- Series position
- Standalone or collection
- Expected publication
- 2027
- Audiobook
- No UK audiobook details are listed for this title.
Confirmed premise: Publisher description ↗
Large print
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