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|title=Cheesemares

|author=Ross Collins

|publisher=Barrington Stoke Ltd

|date=February 2013

|website=http://www.rosscollins.net/

|summary=Ever since Scrooge in Charles Dickens' ''A Christmas Carol'' blamed his restless dreams on a bit of cheese there has been an urban myth that cheese could fuel nightmares. Science has added to this by suggesting that tryptophan, an amino acid present in cheese may induce sleep. Ross Collins seems to have taken this basic idea and run away with it in on a madcap adventure that gives the term ''mad cow'' a whole new meaning.

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Every time Hal eats cheese he has terrible nightmares. Hal's mother suggests drastic measures - no more cheese before bed. Hal loves his cheese though so he sets off on a quest for clues to solve the Case of the Cheesemares. He is accompanied by his canine sidekick, Rufus. He stumbles upon his first clue very quickly. All of the cheese that has been giving him bad dreams has come from Contessa Von Udderstein's (not at all evil) House of Cheese in Bovina. Hal follows the trail to a spooky castle ruled by the evil Contessa Von Udderstein, a very mad cow who looks quite a bit like a bovine version of Cruella De Ville. The irate cow wants revenge on humans for stealing their milk for years (it's a good thing no one mentioned hamburgers or roast beef) Hal and Rufus must escape from the clutches of the mad cattle and make cheese safe to eat again. It's a good thing cows don't have hands to clutch with.