The boy detective is back with ten new exciting adventures Since 1963, when Dutton published Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective, the first book in the series, the brainy crime-stopper has been a favorite character among middle-grade readers. Following the classic formula, this new installment presents ten new mysteries, complete with answers at the end of the book that allow the reader to solve the cases along with the boy detective. Join Encyclopedia as he takes on cases of an African killifish, a library book vandal, and a nail-biting soccer game. Views: 70
Book Three of the Pendragon's Banner Trilogy. Arthur's ultimate fight. Views: 70
Winner of the Yorkshire Post Author of the Year Award:Lesley Glaister spins a couple's ordinary domestic problems into a riveting tale of psychological suspense Nadia is a sculptor driven by a single obsession: to conceive a child. Her husband, Simon, a geography professor, is on a quest to uncover new worlds beneath the earth's surface. Each consumed by private passions, the two live a blinkered coexistence, unable to see the bigger picture until it's too late. Simon's latest project, the exploration of an unmapped cave, is fraught with danger, taking him on a journey to plumb the most secret of places. Alone, Nadia is left to ponder her own interior mystery of being unable to bring a baby to term. When she learns that Simon has acted as a sperm donor to his former lover, who is now pregnant with his child, Nadia views it as the ultimate betrayal. With a cast of unforgettable characters, including an eccentric clairvoyant, and a... Views: 70
Pam always said that it would take an act of congress to get her to go back home to Mercy, Georgia, but all that's really called for is the death of her twin sister, Paris. Suddenly she's eating her words and sneaking back into town like a thief in the night, trying to lay low and not draw too much attention to herself.When she left Mercy, she was an orphan with a wild and loose reputation that had as much truth to it as it did falsehood. Fast-forward eighteen years, and Pam is a celebrity recording artist with money to burn and a reputation for being curiously reclusive.Nothing about Mercy's quiet, tree-lined streets and old-fashioned way of life welcomes Pam home. Like most small towns, Mercy seems like a safe place to live, but Pam knows different. It isn't just the little town she grew up in;it's the place where she lived her worst nightmare. Things have changed, but then again, they've remained the same, and the longer Pam stays in Mercy, the faster things spin out... Views: 70
Constable Faro is heading home to Orkney, pursuing a private investigation into the mysterious drowning of an ex-colleague’s relative, champion swimmer Dave Claydon. Was this an accident or does Claydon’s death have a sinister connection with missing artefacts recovered from the Armada galleon sunk off Spanish CoveAt Scarthbreck Faro’s mother is determined to find him a wife, and this Lammastide the legend of the seal king’s annual claim of a human bride becomes reality. Faro’s holiday and his original secret mission turn into a nightmare. With himself as the crime suspect in a girl’s disappearance, he is in deadly danger, his life threatened by circumstances beyond his control.Review'If Robert Louis Stevenson had written whodunits Faro is just the detective he'd have invented' --Sunday Post About the AuthorALANNA KNIGHT was born and educated in Tyneside, and now lives in Edinburgh. Since the publication of her first book in 1969, Alanna Knight has written more than forty novels (including eleven in the successful Inspector Faro series), four works of non-fiction, numerous short stories and two plays. She is a founding member of the Scottish Association of Writers and Convener of the Scottish Chapter of the Crime Writers' Association and gives talks through the Writers' Register of the Scottish Book Trust. Views: 70
From USA Today Bestselling Author, K.C. Falls
Tristan King - a man so far out of my league that I should have thought twice.
He felt like the kind of man who didn't just break the rules, but made new ones. He led and it was follow or get
out of the way.
Why did a billionaire with a voice like liquid silk and a face like a bad angel take a second look at a girl in no-name jeans, with a fifteen-dollar haircut and a beat up car she calls her "Eep" because the 'J' fell off long ago?
I let him claim my desire before I had the chance to consider what that might have meant for me. For my life.
By the time I knew his secrets it was already too late.
He wove us together, giving me the life I'd always hoped for, making himself a hero in the bargain. It didn't
hurt that he pulled the people I love the most out of harm's way. A girl can get used to a knight in shining
armor even when the armor has some very large dents in it.
No matter what the future held, Tristan had changed me. I could only hope we'd survive.
This is part one of a series. Part 2 of the Year of the Billionaire is "Taking His Risk" and is available now on Kindle. Part 3 of Year of the Billionaire is "Keeping His Promise" and is also available on Amazon.
This book is steamy, sexy and five chilies hot.
**From the Author
As a big fan of Fifty Shades of Grey and Bared to You, Crossfire series, I thought perhaps I had something in me that was worth writing. E.L. James and Sylvia Day have done so much for the steamy romance genre and I do want to tip my hat to those authors. Fifty Shades of Grey and Bared to You have blazed a trail. Thank you, E.L. James and Sylvia Day from this author and all those who follow in your amazing footsteps.
About Knowing his Secret (Year of the Billionaire Vol. #1)
I've always loved acting. I drew on my experiences in amateur theater for the setting where Tristan and Raina meet. A lot of people are surprised at how much talent can be found in Little Theaters. Even though folks don't get paid, they put a lot of effort and time into these productions. I thought that the setting would be a good way to keep the characters together without having them actually work together. For me, the apprentice and the big powerful boss is a plot line that's getting a bit worn.
In creating the characters for Knowing his Secret, I wanted to craft believable people. I didn't want to take a cookie cutter image of a dominant billionaire and an innocent young woman. Tristan has his warts (of course, not the physical kind) and Raina is no pushover. As the series progresses, there is a subtle shift in the power dynamic. Even though the characters are larger than life, I wanted to reflect the kind of changes that naturally take place in a relationship over time.
Attention to detail is one of my obsessions. I probably don't need to do as much research as I do for my books, but I want to make sure that you can get from point A to point B in fifteen minutes if I say you can. Particularly in part two of this series--Taking his Risk, I add quite a bit of background to the characters' little French vacation.
About the Author
The 'C' in my name stands for Cheyenne. Although youwouldn't know it by looking at me, I have a great grandparent who was a memberof that Native American Tribe. Herpeople once lived in the very southeastern corner of Montana where I nowmake my home. I didn't always live in such a wide open space, though. I grew upin New York City. Much as I love the city and admire what it takes to livethere, I met a kindred spirit at Columbia University and together, we found away to take our lives from the Big Apple to the Big Sky. We haven't regretted amoment.
We've got a smallish ranch where we raise cattle and keep amenagerie of other animals, too. Once or twice a year, we hire a 'ranch sitter'and take an urban vacation somewhere hitting all the restaurants, plays,museums and musical performances we can squeeze in. Then it's back to the wideopen.
A writer finds creativity flourishes in solitude. My fantasyworld is full of characters and stories lined up and waiting for me to bringthem to life. I hope you will enjoy reading them as much as I enjoy writingthem. Views: 70
Detective Matthew Bennett doesn’t believe in ghosts. So when the spirit of a
murdered child leads him to her body, he’s shaken to the core—and taken off the case.
Unable to explain his vision, or to let go of the investigation, Matthew turns to
renowned medium Kiernan Fitzpatrick. Though he has doubts about Kiernan’s claims to
communicate with the dead, Matt is nevertheless drawn to the handsome psychic, who
awakens feelings he thought were long-buried. Haunted by the lingering spirit of the
little girl, Kiernan is compelled to aid in the search for her killer. The chance to get
closer to the enigmatic Matt is an unexpected bonus. Although Kiernan’s been betrayed by
people who turned out to be more interested in his fame than in himself, with Matt he’s
willing to risk his heart. As the two men grow closer, Kiernan helps Matt rediscover
that life offers no guarantees—but love offers a reason to believe… Views: 70
Everything's going right for Sandra Berlin.She is living in Manhattan, climbing the editorial ladder at ultra-chic fashion magazine Jolie!, and she's just become engaged to Bucky Ross, her high-school sweetheart. Bucky's her knight in shining WASP armor, a successful ad executive and a descendant of Betsy Ross, and their future promises a life of comfortable suburban bliss: the Tudor mansion, the beautiful children, the country club.And then, three weeks later, at a party at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sandy meets Bucky's other fiancée.Who tells her about Bucky's third fiancée.Which begins Sandy's journey through the unfamiliar world of heartbreak and betrayal--and the most excruciating blind dates in the history of singledom. As she tries to piece her life back together, she relies on the common sense and compassion of her best friend, Paul--a rising young film agent, gorgeous, gay, and moneyed--to keep her sane. But even... Views: 70
From #1 *New York Times* bestselling authors Preston & Child, an all-new short story featuring Agent Pendergast, available only as an ebook and audio download.In New Orleans' French Quarter, the Tooth Fairy isn't a benevolent sprite who slips money under your pillow at night....he's a mysterious old recluse who must be appeased with teeth--lest he extract retribution. When young Diogenes Pendergast loses a tooth, however, his skeptical older brother Aloysius is determined to put the legend to the test...with dire consequences.*Includes a special preview chapter of Preston & Child's new full-length novel TWO GRAVES, available December 11, 2012. Views: 70
The great Brazilian novelist's comic masterpiece—published in a new translation for the centennial of Jorge Amado's birth Here is the story of Joaquim Soares da Cunha, a Falstaff-like character who abandons his life of upstanding citizenship to assume the identity of Quincas Water-Bray, king of the Bahia lowlife and a "champion drunk." After a decade of revelry among bums, pimps, and prostitutes, he drops dead, and his prim family gathers for a proper burial. But when Quincas's unsavory friends show up with a bottle of rum, they whisk him along on a postmortem journey to enjoy one last party—his own wake. Views: 69
In 1914, Tamar Murdoch's brothel-keeping days are behind her. Her life is one of ease and contentment at Kenmore, a prosperous estate in the Hawke's Bay, as storm clouds over Europe begin casting long shadows.In this gripping second instalment of Deborah Challinor's sweeping family saga, Tamar's love for her children is sorely tested as one by one they are called, or driven, into the living hell of the First World War.During the Boer War, Joseph, her illegitimate eldest son, fought as a European, but this time he is determined to enlist in the Maori Battalion, despite his growing attraction for his childhood friend, Erin. As loyalties within the Murdoch clan are divided, and the war takes Tamar and Andrew's only daughter far from her sheltered upbringing, the people and experiences their children encounter will shape the destiny of the Murdoch clan for generations to come. Views: 69
