It's modern times (as modern as they ever get) in the pointy churched sleepy village of Privett in Hampshire, ye Olde England. No one believes in goblins any more. That doesn't stop them causing mischief! Once every 70 years the goblin king who lives under the Old Bookshop in Petersfield sends out scouts to find a replacement human puppy to kidnap. Alexander looks like the perfect candidate. A funny story with drama and plot twists. (Includes a cameo appearance by the writer Jane Austen as herself.) Who says it's just for kids?