From Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant comes the charming story of nine-year-old Flora Smallwood and the eventful year she spends in the quiet community of Rosetown, Indiana.For nine-year-old Flora Smallwood, Rosetown, Indiana, is full of surprises, many of the best of which happen at the Wing and a Chair Used Book Shop, where she loves to read vintage children's books after school in the faded purple chair by the window. But lately, those surprises haven't been so good. Her dear old dog, Laurence, recently passed away. Not long after, her parents decided to take a breather from their marriage, and now Flora has to move back and forth between their two houses. Plus, she's just begun fourth grade, and it is so much different than third. Luckily Flora has two wonderful friends—one old and one new. And with them around to share thoughts and laughs and adventures big and small, life in Rosetown still has many sweet moments—and even some very... Views: 138
How did super-orderly Iridessa get into such a fix? First, Tink's crazy idea to take a pirate bottle from Captain Hook goes horribly wrong. Then, in the flutter of a fairy's wing, Iridessa and Tink find themselves trapped inside the bottle, floating forlornly on the ocean waves! But as they bob along, the bottle crosses paths with all sorts of unusual sea life, from green turtles to flying fish to beautiful, but selfish, mermaids. And gradually, Iridessa learns something new -- a little adventure isn't such a bad thing! Views: 138
Nerina has lived all her life as a mermaid, fascinated by humans and land but also repulsed by sex and unable to understand love. Her curiosity gets her captured by a human male intent on awakening her lust and turning her human. But Nerina doesn’t believe the legend is real and fears Kyros will kill her when he learns she can’t transform. Views: 138
Samuel Fletcher wrote this popular book that continues to be widely read today despite its age. Views: 138
DCI Michael Thackeray is horrified when he learns that Laura Ackroyd, his newly pregnant girlfriend, has been persuaded to investigate the case of a young miner convicted of the murder of a policeman during the coal strike twenty years before. Thackeray had been a young copper then, only briefly involved, but he was well aware of the virtual war which had broken out between the strikers and the police and knew that feelings still ran high in the devastated pit villages which had never recovered from the defeats of 1984.
He watches as Laura is sucked into the campaign to free Billy Baxter, who has served twenty years for a murder he still claims he did not commit. Old tensions surface and the village is devastated yet again by the suspicious death of one of the former strike leaders and the arrival of a former London copper Intent of keeping Billy in jail and implicating others in the crime.
Thackeray and Laura's relationship is put under strain as the DCI is put in charge of the investigation and the village is convulsed by hatreds old and new. But in spite of their best efforts, official and unofficial, nothing it seems can prevent a violent end to twenty years of subterfuge and injustice. Views: 138
If you had to become a monster to be with the man you loved, would you? Or is that a question you cannot answer? You see, for me the problem was never should I be reborn, but when. That and I knew the moment I saw Ben I would die. Let's be honest, rumors blood drinkers are real have had the world in a grip of terror for years, and I'd always known I was waiting for him. Despite a somewhat excruciating rebirth and a, well, let’s call it a “disagreement” with the Lycanthropes, I am embracing my new world. I'm excited even. But there are ... things about my kind I do not yet know. This frightens me. Whispers of what these creatures really are is one thing, but the reality of what I have chosen to become? That is something else entirely. (18+) Views: 138
ContentsA WINTER’S TALE – Ann Cleeves GRIST FOR THE MILLS OF CHRISTMAS – James Powell AS DARK AS CHRISTMAS GETS – Lawrence Block RUMPOLE AND THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS – John Mortimer DEAD ON CHRISTMAS STREET – John D. MacDonald MISS CRINDLE AND FATHER CHRISTMAS – Malcolm Gray MYSTERY FOR CHRISTMAS – Anthony Boucher THE CASE IS ALTERED – Margery Allingham CHRISTMAS COP – Thomas Larry Adcock THE THEFT OF THE CHRISTMAS STOCKING – Edward D. Hoch THE CHRISTMAS BEAR – Herbert Resnicow THE SHAPE OF THE NIGHTMARE – Francis M. Nevins, Jr. CHRISTMAS GIFT – Robert Turner SANTA’S WAY – James Powell I SAW MOMMY KILLING SANTA CLAUS – George Baxt SUPPER WITH MISS SHIVERS – Peter Lovesey APPALACHIAN BLACKMAIL – Jacqueline Vivelo ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING – Margery Allingham SANTA CLAUS BEAT – Rex StoutWHITE LIKE THE SNOW – Dan Stumpf RUMPOLE AND THE CHAMBERS PARTY – John Mortimer THE SPY AND THE CHRISTMAS CIPHER – Edward D. Hoch INSPECTOR TIERCE AND THE CHRISTMAS VISITS – Jeffry Scott CHRISTMAS PARTY – Martin Werner THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle THE EMBEZZLER’S CHRISTMAS PRESENT – Ennis Duling BELIEVING IN SANTA – Ron Goulart PASS THE PARCEL – Peter Lovesey THE THEFT OF SANTA’S BEARD – Edward D. Hoch A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH – Georges Simenon MURDER UNDER THE MISTLETOE – Margery Allingham WHO KILLED FATHER CHRISTMAS? – Patricia MoyesA great holiday gift for mystery fans, this new short story collection of
over thirty Christmas tales of crime contains contributions from some of the
best writers of the genre: Patricia Moyes, John D. MacDonald, Rex Stout, Julian
Symons, Georges Simenon, Margery Allingham, Lawrence Block, John Mortimer and
many others. These holiday tales with a murderous twist include suspicious
Santa's helpers; a Christmas pageant player who assumes the role of a killer;
and evil elves with malicious intentions. Beware of hanging mistletoe and
stuffed stockings this season, as you celebrate a creepy Christmas with
Murder Most Merry.
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Harold Bindloss was a 20th century British novelist whose most famous works depict the frontier in the Northwest and Canada, making him a popular writer not only among the British but Americans who loved his Western stories Views: 137
Sir Henry Howarth Bashford (13 January 1880 – 15 August 1961) was a distinguished English physician, becoming Honorary Physician to King George VI. He was also an author, most notably of satirical novels. Views: 137
