"I'll have breakfast ready before you're dressed," Olive said, her mind full of bacon and eggs, tea, toast."Can't stop," Bobby told her. "I've to be at Castle Wych at once.""What's happened there?""Murder," Bobby answered as he made for the door.Bobby Owen has left London and is now a policeman in the bucolic county of Wychshire. The local community is stunned when a missing heir returns to Castle Wych, determined to claim his inheritance. But following the ensuing dispute over his identity, Castle Wych plays host to murder. There are ten "star clues" investigated by the resourceful Bobby, with help from his wife Olive, in this delightful and classic example of the golden age mystery novel.Ten Star Clues, originally published in 1941, is the fifteenth novel in the Bobby Owen mystery series. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans."Mr E.R. Punshon is one of the most entertaining and readable of our sensational novelists because his... Views: 27
This is the second issue of Volume Three of the Review of Australian Fiction. It contains new pieces of fiction from Emily Maguire and Krissy Kneen. Views: 27
Tamsin Rhineholt is a stubborn and unconventional daughter of Rhineholt House. In a time when young ladies were bred to wed and follow orders, she finds herself faced with decisions that could lead her into the arms of love, or into danger. With the discovery of harrowing family secrets, Tamsin’s sweet dreams of her mother become terrifying nightmares, warning her of terrible things to come. Views: 27
A shooting and kidnapping during a Mother's Day celebration send Amber Monroe and her Washburn County Sheriff's Office colleagues into a frantic search for the man responsible. With little to go on, the detectives find tracking him down to be a monumental challenge.The bodies of three women missing from St. Paul are discovered, and a media frenzy begins when a fourth woman is found alive but clearly out of her mind. The elusive perpetrator is still at large.As Amber's team closes in on the location of the Mother's Day kidnapper, they realize that their case and the killings in St. Paul have something—or someone—in common.The full extent of this monster's atrocities are known only when one of their own is taken. Finding their colleague is all that matters, and it's up to Jack and Amber to track down the killer.Note:All Amber Monroe books are standalone stories but since characters carry over, they are best... Views: 27
In this short story set in North Carolina, high-school senior Gail and college student Jim are drawn together on Beltane night when they team up to seek a mysterious butterfly hatching--and save a little girl from danger. Views: 27
A reckless lady. A reluctant viscount. What will they risk for love?Spencer Campbell, Viscount Rutland, keeps the world at arm’s length by using his analytical skills for British Intelligence. But when he takes his first field mission to stop one of London’s worst criminals, he realizes the work is far from black and white. Especially when he comes upon a lady he knows far too well in the middle of his assignment.Dalia Fairchild is appalled to discover her maid is being lured into a life of prostitution. She does all in her power to stop her, even if that means putting herself at risk. The more Dalia learns about the lives of fallen women, the more determined she is to aid them. Crossing paths with Viscount Rutland during her quest causes her to see him in a new light. The maddening boy she used to know is now a handsome man with a dry wit and heated kisses that make her heart stutter.Dalia’s recklessness drives Spencer crazed, but her genuine concern for the less fortunate has him taking a second look at the lady, as do her big blue eyes and lithe curves. She is not who he thought, and her passion for life–for him–nearly undoes him.Dalia knows falling for the viscount would be a terrible mistake. Spencer lives by rules she rarely considers. But when the villain they fight puts their lives in jeopardy, both must decide what they’re willing to risk for love. Views: 27
One lie can change your life.A web of lies can destroy it.Secrets get told, lives get wrecked and in every shadow, the truth is hiding. Views: 27
