In a new Yarn Retreat Mystery from national bestselling author Betty Hechtman, Casey Feldstein will have to unravel an assortment of tangled clues to solve a knotty murder mystery . . . "A cozy mystery that you won't want to put down. It combines cooking, knitting and murder in one great book!" —Fresh Fiction on Yarn to Go The yarn retreat group visiting scenic Vista Del Mar has already planned their own activities, so part-time dessert maker and retreat host Casey Feldstein is looking forward to a stress-free weekend. But the rustic locale is also playing host to a mindfulness retreat for Silicon Valley start-up entrepreneurs along with a flock of bird-watchers, and soon everyone at the resort is getting wound up. And when Casey discovers the dead body of one of the tech gurus on the rocky shore of the Pacific, she begins to suspect that what looks like an accident is actually a calculated murder. With so... Views: 176
Join Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, for a brand new case . . .
Martin Chorley, aka the Faceless Man, wanted for multiple counts of murder, fraud, and crimes against humanity, has been unmasked and is on the run. Peter Grant, Detective Constable and apprentice wizard, now plays a key role in an unprecedented joint operation to bring Chorley to justice.
But even as the unwieldy might of the Metropolitan Police bears down on its foe, Peter uncovers clues that Chorley, far from being finished, is executing the final stages of a long term plan. A plan that has its roots in London’s two thousand bloody years of history, and could literally bring the city to its knees.
To save his beloved city Peter’s going to need help from his former best friend and colleague–Lesley May–who brutally betrayed him and everything he thought she believed in. And, far worse, he might even have to come to terms with the malevolent supernatural killer and agent of chaos known as Mr Punch . . . Views: 176
Shadows, which was not only the debut of Jill Emerson but my own very first novel, is the story of a young woman, Jan Marlowe, who comes to New York fresh out of college, takes an apartment in the Bohemian neighborhood of Greenwich Village, and seeks to find herself—and specifically to come to terms with the puzzling question of sexual identity.Well then...One morning in the spring of 1958 I woke up in my room at the Hotel Alexandria with a paralyzing hangover (which was not unusual) and an idea for a book (which was). I sat in front of my typewriter, and within a few hours I had produced a chapter-by-chapter outline of a novel. I had all the characters sketched out and knew how they'd relate to one another, and how the rather elementary storyline would resolve itself. I even had a title: Shadows.At the time I was working as an editor at a shady literary agency, but I'd already arranged for my departure, as come fall I'd be resuming college in Ohio.... Views: 176
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them. Views: 176
Raiders of the Universes By Donald A. Wandrei Views: 176
Stranded far from home, and unable to return, I am in bigger trouble than ever. I know I say that a lot, but this time it's really true. Not that there aren't advantages to my particular predicament. If one must put up with a dangerous degree of magickal potency, one is duty-bound to... put it to use, no? Who knows what could happen? Certainly nothing insane, irresponsible and potentially life-threatening. As if. But we'll need every possible advantage in the Hyndorin Mountains. For there, hidden behind layers of secrets, could be the answers we are looking for. Answers, questions, and dangers — and the kind of disobliging foe who just won't stop coming back. Aided by the serene Emellana (still enigmatic), the delicious Baron (still charming), and the animal-loving Miranda (still irascible), can Jay and I find the way to save modern magick? Views: 175
Allison Shay was traveling home from the University of
Oregon with her new boyfriend, Rob Compton, when their car broke down near the
tiny rural town of Creekside, California. Soon after, Allison and Rob went
missing without a trace.
Whatever happened, it felt like something bad to the
Nameless Detective. Five days without a whisper of contact with the outside
world. Long past the inconsiderate-kids stage; long past the silly and the
harmless.
Kinsmen takes Bill Pronzini's classic private
investigator to California's northeast backwoods, where an isolated community is
determined to keep a deep, dark secret: why Allison Shay and Rob Compton really
vanished.
The real question facing the Nameless Detective: are they
still alive?
Cemetery Dance, 2013. Hardcover, 185 pp.
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From Kirkus Reviews (on Sentinels
(1996))
Though the publisher maintains a demure silence on the
point, this short novel is a lightly revised expansion of Pronzini's novella
"Kinsmen", first published, together with long stories by Marcia Muller and Ed
Gorman, in Criminal Intent 1 (1993). Here as there, the Nameless
Detective (Hardcase, 1995, etc.) is on the trail of a missing University
of Oregon student who vanished, together with the boyfriend she planned to bring
home to her mother outside Oakland, shortly after their car broke down in that
slice of God's country designated Creekside, Calif., pop. 112. Even readers new
to the material should be able to guess what happened to Allison McDowell and
her lover by the halfway point. Those with memories of "Kinsmen" will find more
words here, but not much else that's new. Views: 175
Even the Spider can't escape a ghost's web . . .I'm being haunted.As Gin Blanco, aka the assassin the Spider, I'm used to being haunted by all the bad things I've done over the years. I suppose it was only a matter of time before an actual ghost came back to haunt me. But for once, I'm not the bad guy, and I wasn't the person who sent this ghost—this haint—into the afterlife.But this haint definitely wants something from me, and I can't help but think that it's revenge on the person responsible for her untimely demise.Good thing revenge is my specialty, whether it's among the living or the dead . . .Note: Haints and Hobwebs is an 11,000-word story that takes place after the events of Tangled Threads, book 4 in the Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series. Haints and Hobwebs first appeared in The Mammoth Book of Ghost Romance in 2012. Views: 175
Abby Cooper is a P.I., psychic intuitive. But her insight failed her when she didn't foresee the death of one of her clients-or that the lead investigator for the case is the gorgeous blind date she just met. Now, with the police suspicious of her abilities and a killer on the loose, Abby's future looks more uncertain than ever. Views: 175
Dead–Her Groom-To-Be Died While She Was On Her Way To Montana!Her escape from a bad situation sent young widow Gormlaith McGowan west as a mail-order bride. What is she to do now that she is in a strange place with almost no money, no prospect of a job, and no idea how she’ll survive? Plus, her late husband’s family wants her hung for his death, though his fall wasn’t her fault.Garrett McDonald hadn’t planned on marrying for several months. When urged by the sheriff to consider a young widow, he agreed to meet with her. One look was all he needed to convince him to wed the beautiful woman. She said she’d had experience with farming and animals and was willing to work hard. But life on a tiny Irish farm hadn’t prepared her for Montana.Gormlaith’s hard work and spirit convince Garrett she is the one for him, but life has surprises in store. Views: 175
