From true crime to petty crime - this is the memoir of one of Australia's most experienced court reporters. Fromtrue crime to petty crime - this is the memoir of one of Australia's mostexperienced court reporters.As aseasoned court reporter, the ABC's Jamelle Wells has filed thousands of storieson murderers, sex offenders, thieves, bad drivers, family feuds and businessdeals gone wrong. In more than 15 years, Jamelle has witnessed many ofAustralia's most notorious and high-profile court cases. In the line of duty, shehas sat next to criminals and their families, been chased, spat on, stalked andcarted off by ambulance for emergency surgery after an accident outsideICAC. Every dayin courts across Australia - the evidence, facts and theories are played out ina kind of theatre, with their own characters, costumes and traditions. But ever-presentis the human tragedy of ordinary people's lives disrupted, destroyed andforever altered. The judges, the lawyers and barristers, the... Views: 28
Towns like Gainesboro, North Carolina, may be small but go big on local traditions. When funeral director and part-time deputy sheriff Barry Clayton and his childhood nemesis, Archie Donovan, Jr., unite to create a fundraising float in Gainesboro's annual Apple Festival Parade, what could go wrong? With Archie involved - anything!First, the Grand Marshal, NC Secretary of Agriculture Graham James, is attacked by a gunman and Barry's Uncle Wayne is critically wounded in the melee. The assailant is killed. Then, when the body of a convenience store owner is discovered less than an hour later with the gunman's food stamp card in his wallet, the case escalates. Two men dead. What is the connection?Barry and Sheriff Tommy Lee Wadkins swiftly learn their small town offers no protection against big-time crime. The body count rises as the scope of their homicide investigation crosses into the realm of the U.S. Marshals and their secretive Witness Protection Program. To penetrate... Views: 28
On the heels of a close brush with death, Jette Driftwood has a new nemesis...A famous cat burglar and jewel thief has just arrived in town, and she has a bone to pick with Jette over something they have in common: an incredibly dangerous ex.An aristocrat has gone missing and there's a criminal out for revenge. With a fresh suspicion that her father may have been leading a double life, Jette will be drawn into a game of cat and mouse in the wilds of Wyoming as her past threatens to pull her back to the depths... Views: 28
Things are seldom what they seem. For Java Mountainstand, it seemed to be a good idea to save the Salem Triplets. It seemed to be a wonderful thing when the young boy she had captured turned out to be Duchess Samantha of Lender’s Dale. It seemed to be a dream come true when the dukes had named her a lady as Samantha’s guardian.
For Java, a simple young girl who had just wanted to be independent, nothing turned out to be what it seemed. Now she is faced with another round of sweeping changes in her life that shred her plans. But they place her in a position to do what few have ever dared.
This new change to her fate places her in a position to challenge Emperor Frander, and win back a little of the world he’d stolen. And that he’d stolen it from her “daughter” made it all the better. Views: 28
Racing through life means love can pass you by.Billie Page. IndyCar racing’s darling. To the outside world, she seems put together. Determined. Serious. Only she and the ones close to her know the truth. Billie’s a failure. She works every day to change that, to strengthen her mind and her body for the grueling demands of her job. Everything is about racing. It has to be. It’s all she has left.Then a woman makes her laugh. Krysta Ekert lives life on the whims of the wind. She doesn’t know where her next paycheck will come from and doesn’t care. She does what she wants, when she wants it, and asks for forgiveness rather than permission. The moment she meets Billie Page she knows whose bed she’ll be sleeping in that night and it’s not her own.When Krysta is hit by a car, her accident binds the women together in a way neither of them could have predicted. It’s dangerous for both to stay—Billie may lose her career, Krysta her independence—but leaving becomes less and less of an option the longer they wait. Will they find a way to make it work? Can one really have it all?Heartwarming and often humorous, Rocky Road is an emotional look at two women searching for happiness in all the wrong places and discovering how much more life offers when you open your heart. Views: 28
