Author: Kylie Logan Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0425257754 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 306
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Three amateur sleuths call upon their inner Agatha Christie when murder strikes their small town in the first League of Literary Ladies mystery... Most folks aren’t forced by court order to attend a library-book discussion group, but that’s just what happens to B & B proprietor and ex-Manhattanite Bea Cartwright, hippy cat lover Chandra Morrisey, and winery owner Kate Wilder after a small-town magistrate has had enough of their squabbling. South Bass, an island on Lake Erie, is home to an idyllic summer resort, but these three ladies keep disturbing the peace. The initial book choice is Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, and that sets their mouths to watering. The Orient Express is the island’s newest Chinese restaurant. They might not agree about much, but the ladies all love the orange chicken on the menu. But their meal is spoiled when the restaurant’s owner, Peter Chan, has the bad fortune of getting murdered. Now, with Christie as their inspiration, the League of Literary Ladies has a real mystery to solve...if they can somehow catch a killer without killing each other first.
Author: Lew Osteen Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781503082083 Category : Languages : en Pages : 340
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AN OLD FAMILIAR RAIN is a suspenseful murder mystery adventure that takes you on a thrilling train ride across Russia with as many double-crossings as there are railroad crossings and with a trip of 5,758 miles and 7 time zones there are a lot of both. It is also a steamy love triangle involving Anya, the Russian double agent who is practiced at telling lies and seducing men, Peggy McKeever an All-American home-coming queen and housewife and Deke Matthews, a respected businessman with a dark past. Anya is an alluring and deadly Russian spy who seduced and abandoned Deke and for whom he carries a smoldering torch. She is so well-trained at seducing men and faking love she is never sure if she can love. Peggy, who appears to be a dutiful wife and mother, is stronger and more resourceful than anyone imagines. During the trip she must find a way to keep her husband away from Anya not only to save her marriage, but to save his life. Deke is living an idyllic suburban life with a loving family and heading up the Matthews Chemical Corporation. He does not know that ( to quote Rod McKuen's poignant lyrics) "The world he used to know" will bring an "Old Familiar Rain" into his comfortable life. Out of the blue, he finds out his best friend David Symond, who has been in Russia for twenty years, has become an enemy of the Russian Government. and his execution is imminent So begins Deke and his wife Peggy's train journey into Russia under the guise of dedicating a new plant built in Novisibrisk. Once aboard the fabled Trans-Siberian Express, people begin dying under strange circumstances and Deke soon discovers information that confirms it is urgent he get David out of Russia within 48 hours. In order to do so, he must enlist the aid of Anya Ulanovich, the beautiful Russian spy, and secret love of his life, who has already betrayed him once. A love and betrayal that he had hoped to keep secret from his wife, Peggy. Can he risk Anya's betrayal again when it would mean the death of his best friend, destruction of his marriage and perhaps loss of his own life? For 21 Days from the broad plains of Moscow to the Ural mountains, and beyond, murder, mystery and mayhem travels along with the them on The Trans-Siberian Express with every click of the iron wheels on the steel track, with Russian Double Agents, Masai Assassins, and CIA contract killers behind every train compartment door, Deke races against time to save himself - and all he holds dear. Essentially a successful businessman used to making deals and enjoying the good life, Deke is thrown into the murky morass of spy vs. spy where no one can be trusted and no deal is secure. Emotionally conflicted and a rank amateur in a world of professional killers, Deke must learn quickly how to play the game and play it well - or lose everything. Lew Osteen is an award winning writer known for painstaking research into historically based novels and those based on true events.
Author: Robert Quackenbush Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1534414045 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 80
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World-famous duck-tective Miss Mallard works to solve the case of a missing prankster in this engaging Aladdin QUIX mystery. Miss Mallard sets out to explain the disappearance of George Buddy Duck, a prankster who has aggravated all of the passengers on a train. Will she find him before he has the chance to cause more mayhem?
Author: Robert Quackenbush Publisher: Aladdin ISBN: 9781536446814 Category : Languages : en Pages : 74
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Miss Mallard sets out to explain the disappearance of George Buddy Duck, a prankster who has aggravated all of the passengers on a train. Will she find him before he has the chance to cause more mayhem?
Author: Carolyn Keene Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1665939451 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 272
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Nancy investigates the disappearance of the bride while attending the wedding of her friends Bess and George's cousin Veronica's wedding to the owner of local extreme sports complex in Las Vegas.
Author: Franklin W. Dixon Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1665912472 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 176
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A buried secret becomes a big problem for Frank and Joe in the twenty-fifth book in the thrilling Hardy Boys Adventures series. Frank and Joe are on a history club trip to New York City, and their first stop is the Prohibition Museum where they’ll hear about how smugglers building getaway vehicles led to the rise of modern stock car racing. During a tour of damp escape tunnels beneath the museum, Frank slips and breaks a wall panel with his elbow, revealing a hidden compartment containing documents from the 1920s! The documents reveal that The Gilded Top Hat—the speakeasy which later became the Prohibition Museum—wasn’t actually owned by the Faccini brothers who were arrested for its bootlegging operations. The museum curator is eager to investigate this lead into the speakeasy’s history, and never ones to turn down a good case, Frank and Joe volunteer to help out. But before long, someone steals the documents and sends the boys warnings to stop digging into the past. Can Frank and Joe uncover the truth before it’s buried for another hundred years—and the boys along with it?