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Who would believe that an innocent walking trip in the English Cotswolds would include not just one murder but three, and even more hair-raising adventures? The intrepid American heroine of WALKING INTO MURDER, professor Laura Morland, would have scoffed at the idea. All she wanted was a few days of peace to recover from a humiliating (if not entirely unwelcome) divorce and a chance to test her new independence. That she certainly does; peace is another matter.
WALKING INTO MURDER is a light-hearted mystery with a delightful setting, an intriguing plot
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Cinder Torley is an intelligent young woman who yearns to escape the stifling yoke imposed by her small town upbringing and unhappy marriage, but that doesn’t mean she killed her husband. When he goes missing one night, Cinder quickly learns who—and how few—her friends really are in this darkly comic tale of dueling schemers and incompetents.
The sheriff thinks this might be his only ticket out of back-country law enforcement. Coffee house barista Clark Norris knows a sordid, true-crime story could jumpstart his stalled writing career. Glamorous correspondent Bailey
It’s the summer of 1879, and Annie Fuller, a young San Francisco widow, is in trouble. Annie’s husband squandered her fortune before committing suicide five years earlier, and one of his creditors is now threatening to take the boardinghouse she owns to pay off a debt.
Annie Fuller also has a secret. She supplements her income by giving domestic and business advice as Madam Sibyl, one of San Francisco’s most exclusive clairvoyants, and one of Madam Sibyl’s clients, Matthew Voss, has died. The police believe his death was suicide brought upon
Sedona is given the opportunity of a lifetime: play an up-and-coming executive with all the trappings of wealth with someone else footing the bill. The catch: find out who is stealing company funds before the criminals find out that their program is being debugged.
Sedona runs into danger, the corporate glass ceiling, and an occasional chance at romance in her quest to figure out who is stealing money from Strandfrost. Unfortunately, Sedona is better at writing computer code than deciphering political vitriol, and if she doesn’t find a
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The ongoing adventures of detective John Evelyn Thorndyke, M.D.
Originally a medical doctor, Dr. Thorndyke turned to the bar and became one of the first forensic scientists–referred to as a ‘medical jurispractitioner.’
Dr. Thorndyke’s solutions were based on the method of collecting all possible data and making inferences from them before looking at any of the protagonists and motives in the crimes.
He is usually
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THE NEW RIVER BLUES, fourth in the Rachel Myers Murder Mystery Series, finds the amateur and reluctant detective plunged into an investigation with international implications.
All Rachel wants is a few quiet Saturdays at home. What she gets is murder.
The wild and scenic New River in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina is threatened by mysterious polluters and Rachel’s friend and fellow musician makes it his mission to stop them.
Friend and lover, Detective Robert Barnett, is out of town so Rachel must go it alone.
Ride the rapids with Rachel Myers
PrefaceCommenting upon one of my earlier novels, in respect of which I had claimed to have been careful to adhere to common probabilities and to have made use only of really practicable methods of investigation, a critic remarked that this was of no consequence whatever, so long as the story was amusing.Few people, I imagine, will agree with him. To most readers, and certainly to the kind of reader for whom an author is willing to take trouble, complete realism in respect of incidents and methods is an essential factor
Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim board the London Eye. But after half an hour it landed and everyone trooped off–except Salim. Where could he have gone? How on earth could he have disappeared into thin air? Ted and his older sister, Kat, become sleuthing partners, since the police are having no luck. Despite their prickly relationship, they overcome their differences to follow a trail of clues across London in a desperate bid to find their cousin. And ultimately it comes down to Ted, whose brain works in its
This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version.Most discussion about Web design seems to focus on the creative process, yet turning concept into reality requires a strong set of deliverables—the documentation (concept model, site maps, usability reports, and more) that serves as the primary communication tool between designers and customers. Here at last is a guide devoted to just that topic. Combining quick tips for improving deliverables
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Set in the 30th Century on the Third Earth Colony about 4 teen super-soldiers and their quest for immortality. Bellatrix grew suspicious and resentful after his father’s mysterious disappearance. He joined the military to be a part of a special project call, ‘Stars of Oion’ to be like is grandfather,the Legendary Hero, Vigor. With enhanced abilities, Bellatrix and his general, Rigel are chosen to embark on a adventure to hunt down and capture escape criminals call ‘Phantom’, demons with extra ordinary abilities. Then, one of the phantoms unlocked the knowledge
