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Out of the dust left behind by a multitudinous hordeof supremely beautiful, talented, wealthy and blessedprotagonists steps a different heroine--a woman wholabors under her own unique adversity and managesto re-invent herself in a most extraordinary...

John Baring's House is a novel written by Elsie Singmaster and published in 1920. The story revolves around the titular character, John Baring, a wealthy businessman who lives in a grand mansion with his wife and daughter. The novel explores the dynamics...

The ongoing adventures of Emma and her team. Books 4, 5 and 6 along with the Haunted Christmas Novella are included in this novel. Book 4--Notebook Mysteries Series ~ Unexpected Outcomes.Chicago, 1887 - Events start suddenly for Emma. She and...

Another Christmas Novella for the Notebook Series!!Bells are ringing, people are singing, and Christmas is coming. The family is planning a wedding for Christmas Eve. They are all working to make it special.Before that can happen, an invitation...

When a young woman is found murdered in the woods behind the local veterinarian's office, the four Hurley sisters (Daisy, Lily, Rosie, and Amy) assume it is a tragedy that has nothing to do with them. But when the woman is identified as Skylar Smith, the...

He's a writer who's finally found his muse . . . and he's never letting her go.BriarMy student is stalking me.Saint de Haas follows me around campus, to my car, to my house. He insists I'm his muse, no matter how much I object, and he...

When a young entrepreneur is killed, everyone in town points fingers at his New Age, neo-hippie, miracle-manifesting smokeshow of an ex-girlfriend, Gabbi-including the victim's best friend, Jenna. As detective Lindy D'Arnaud and her partner, Boggs,...

This collection includes an essay, a poem, and two short stories by acclaimed author Sara Paretsky. All proceeds will be donated to organizations supporting reproductive health care.

Follow Emma on her adventures, she starts looking for adventures but gets pulled into many intriguing cases.Notebook Mysteries is a series of 4 books that begins with Book 1 ~ Emma, In 1881, Emma is 16 and finding her way as an amateur sleuth. She has...

Rattling chains, secret rooms, and spirits abound. Charles Dickens would approve of the ghostly going-on.The family parties are planned, the bakings completed and all that's left is to decorate the trees. What could be left to do but enjoy the holidays?...

Senior sleuth Virginia is back and better than ever in the third book in the Breeze Village cozy mystery series by Kate Maclean.The newest resident of Breeze Village, Virginia is enjoying a fresh chapter of her retirement. Her days are spent knitting,...

When high-powered executive Roxanne Howard dies in a pool of blood outside the Moonshine Inn, Richmond, Virginia's premier redneck bar, the victim's sister enlists Hazel Rose to ferret out the killer. At first Hazel balks at the very idea-she's a romance...

Book groups can be dangerous! Hazel Rose never dreamed the mystery book group she and Carlene Arness started would stage a real murder.Nevertheless, one night after a heated book group discussion, Carlene dies after drinking cyanide-laced tea. Despite a...

He who laughs last, laughs longest.Unless he's dead.When romance author Hazel Rose is dropped by her publisher, she sees herself  heading down a path strewn with has-been authors. While disappointed, Hazel won't give up without a fight-she...

He's spent a year hiding from his demons, but her innocent trust awakens his need to keep her safe. When her father vanishes and her world crumbles, she finds safety in the arms of the one man who can protect her. Together, they'll uncover a web of...

When a stay-at-home mother of four hauls her kids and camp trailer over Colorado's Continental Divide, she has no clue that she is leading her family into the epicenter of a murder mystery.Jean Branning's priority for the summer is to reunite her family...

Milena Vass (Lena), a young detective from Krasnoyarsk, suddenly finds herself at the center of a supernatural conflict while investigating the theft of an ancient artifact. She discovers she's a Guardian - an heir to an ancient lineage tasked with...

Max Sommer und Anna Klein - zwei unterschiedliche Persönlichkeiten, die von einem einzigen Ziel verbunden werden: das tödliche Gleichgewicht in Dresdens Straßen wiederherzustellen. Als eine Serie bizarrer Morde die Stadt erschüttert, finden sich die...

*** LARGE PRINT*** - PERFECT FOR THOSE WHO PREFER LARGE PRINT I'm tone deaf, I have no sense of rhythm, and yet I'm allowed to sing karaoke, occasionally, while solving murders in Po'thole aka Pothole to anyone north of the Florida Georgia state line...

One killer podcast... Following a series of murders months earlier, the elderly residents of Egret's Loft are finally breathing easy again as they gear up for a community-sponsored family weekend. Madeline Delarouse has been looking forward to spending...

In the charming coastal town of Seagrove Harbor, the annual Harvest Festival is a celebration of community, food, and friendship-until tragedy strikes. When beloved organic grocer, Maria Alvarez, collapses after sampling her famous salsa, the idyllic...

In book 3, Eva finds herself in the peach state of Georgia, with her husband Kris and his old college roommate/FBI Agent, Jake Long.Jake and Eva are the hunt for a sick, demented killer that left behind little evidence. But the evidence the killer did...

In this fast-paced debut novella thriller, Detective Everly Knight must find a killer before he strikes again. Elite women runners are turning up dead in her small town and Detective Knight is running out of time. The killer is leaving marathon finisher...

*** LARGE PRINT - FOR THOSE WHO PREFER LARGE PRINT ***How did an early morning stroll on the beach end up in murder?In the picturesque coastal town of Jacksonville Beach, for former resident and author Harper Rogers one fateful sunrise walk turns into a...

When a series of violent crimes grip the once-quiet town of Greendale, retired detective Jerry Donovan is reluctantly pulled back into the world he left behind. Partnered with his loyal German Shepherd, Whiskers, and driven by an unshakable sense of...

Criminal justice advocate Madison Paige spends her days in Santa Monica's ravines and hills with one sole purpose: close unsolved missing persons cases and murders. Determined to understand the darkly sinister minds of escaped killers, she faces her own...

Whispers in the Ivy is a gripping mystery steeped in family secrets, curses, and the eerie pull of the past. When Sarah Bevan inherits her ancestral home, Ivy House, she uncovers more than just a decaying mansion lost to time. Hidden within its...

The Irish police owe the French Gendarme a favour. When Gendarme Capitaine Trouvenon requests an Irish policewoman with, amongst other qualifications, big boobs and an ability to shoot, for an undercover job at the Cannes film festival, they select...

Solving their own murders is the least of their problems...and the beginning of Stone & Steele, a reluctant yet surprisingly skilled investigative team.The Golden Age of Hollywood, 1938. Vivian Steele moved to California to start a new life. She...

Lyla Williams, a successful lawyer living her best life, married a wonderful man. Too wonderful. They divorced after a few years. His remarriage was quick and his murder was just as quick. Killed by his new wife, Carol. Or, so the District Attorney says...

Some secrets refuse to stay buried...When well-known construction magnate Kevin Donnelly dies in what is assumed to be a tragic excavator accident, Savannah Jeffers races to the scene to write a report for the village paper.It quickly becomes clear,...

Two sisters. One murder. A town on the brink of magical chaos. After a midnight joyride on a runaway broom, Holly and Hazel are the toast of the town. So when dangerous spells start casting themselves, all eyes turn to the sisters for help. For Holly,...

*** LARGE PRINT *** FOR THOSE WHO PREFER LARGE PRINT Parker Bell, best-selling author and cyber company owner, is being accused of heisting a Russian Fabergé Easter Egg. It's bad enough that every time she comes back to her hometown of Po'thole (Po Ho to...

*** LARGE PRINT - FOR THOSE WHO PREFER LARGE PRINT ***When writer Harper Rogers visits the historic Pirate Museum in St. Augustine, she expects a quiet day of research and inspiration for her next novel. But her plans are dashed when the museum's curator...

The Edinburgh Fringe turns deadly. As the body count rises, amateur sleuth Rose McLaren is faced with a dilemma. Should she ignore the warnings of the DCI Chatterton to keep away, or risk everything?After Trixie discovers a dead body on The Scotsman...

The holidays are approaching the small town of Jewel, and school is going swimmingly -- as it should in the constant Oregon rain. Danielle Baker is preparing an extravagant American Thanksgiving dinner for British Detective Nigel Hawksworth, here in the...

In the quiet town of Zafaria, Amira's life changes forever when her sister, Nazia, suddenly disappears. Driven by love and a need for answers, Amira finds herself tangled in dark secrets hiding within the community, even among people she once trusted...

Сара - талантливая и амбициозная журналист, работающая в городском издании в Брентвуде, чья жизнь кардинально меняется после того, как она получает задание от Майкла расследовать загадочные исчезновения и убийства женщин. Они сталкиваются с неизвестным...

All's fair in marriage, money, and murder...In the luxury retirement community of Egret's Loft, residents gather to celebrate the wedding of two of their own. But not all of the elderly attendees wish the newlyweds well. Hushed rumors flow faster than...

Wedding bells are ringing for your favorite closet medium, but will a pair of ghostly gangsters ruin her big day? As I embark on my long-awaited wedding day to Logan Cross III, there's more to taking our vows than meets the eye-spectral visitors roam,...

Join Detective Molly Malone in her first queer noir adventure!It's 1943, San Francisco. And Molly Malone has secrets. Between pretending to be the secretary of her own detective agency and late-night visits to her favorite gay club Whiskers (where a...

Abandoned. Nobody to show her the ropes. How will she use her new powers?Collection: Seven short stories plus one novella. Nobody believes werewolves exist. Neither did Sara Flores until her Lupiti neighbor turned her. He then had the unmitigated gall to...

Professor Emma Nakamura doesn't believe in ghosts. So it doesn't bother her (much) when she learns of a long-ago suicide in her remote upcountry rental house. She's sure there's a logical explanation for the disappearing items and the strange sounds in...