**A mother’s valiant efforts to bring her family the joy of Christmas go haywire when she finds herself haunted by the angry ghost of Charles Dickens.This sparkling, cozy novel is perfect for readers of Emma Straub’s This Time Tomorrow and anyone who looks forward to watching It’s a Wonderful Life each December!**Merry Bingham used to love Christmas—until she started worrying all the time about family, money, and death. The only thing that continues to bri...

In the third installment of Susan Breen's best-selling cozy mystery series, Maggie Dove is hired to track down a bride who stormed out of her own wedding ceremony. Seems an easy enough task. Bethany Coleman was wearing a wedding gown, driving a vintage Rolls Royce and navigating through a treacherous Hudson Valley snow storm. How far could she go? But in spite of her best efforts, Maggie can't find her and she will have to report back to the disappointed groom, her former Sunday School stu...

"Maggie Dove's Detective Agency is a delightful mix of mystery, heart-felt drama, and crazy antics. Maggie uses her skills as both a Sunday School teacher and PI to solve the case - a quirky combination from author Breen that works perfectly!"–Marty Wingate, USA Today Bestselling AuthorAs Susan Breen's compelling cozy mystery series continues, Maggie Dove's budding detective agency has given her a new lease on life. Only one thing stands in the way of succes...

"Cozy readers will instantly fall in love with the charmingly endearing Maggie Dove."–Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today Bestselling Author of HER PERFECT LIFESusan Breen introduces a delightful new series heroine in this poignant and absorbing cozy mystery with a bite. Maggie Dove thinks everyone in her small Westchester County community knows everyone else's secrets. Then murder comes to town.When Sunday School teacher Maggie Dove finds her ha...

Read Susan Breen's posts on the Penguin Blog.A witty, honest, and hugely entertaining story for anyone who loves books, or has a difficult mother. And, let’s face it, that’s practically everybody . . .On paper, Arabella Hicks seems more than qualified to teach her fiction class on the Upper West Side: she’s a writer herself; she’s passionate about books; she’s even named after the heroine in a Georgette Heyer novel.On the other hand...

A mother’s valiant efforts to bring her family the joy of Christmas go haywire when she finds herself haunted by the angry ghost of Charles Dickens.This sparkling, cozy novel is perfect for readers of Emma Straub’s This Time Tomorrow and anyone who looks forward to watching It’s a Wonderful Life each December!Merry Bingham used to love Christmas—until she started worrying all the time about family, money, and death. The only thing that continues to bring h...

The Malice Domestic anthology series returns with a new take on mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition—original tales with a devilish bent! Included are:Rita Owen · IntroductionLeah Bailey · A Killer in the FamilyPaula Gail Benson · Reputation or SoulM. A. Blum · Little White LiesMichael Bracken · Locked MesaSusan Breen · The Demon ValentineMarco Carocari · All in the PlanningMary Dutta · Devil’s AdvocateChristine Eskilson...

This book introduces the difference model of disability. Framed within an affect-based understanding of the relationships between those living with impairments and others, this new model offers a reconsideration of the construct of disability itself. Disability is flexible, relational, and perceived through an acognitive lens.At a practice level, the difference model offers a framework for creating more positive and successful relationships between people with disabilities (PWDs) a...

Priscilla Breen, Criminologist: The Capture is a riveting psychological thriller that weaves emotional depth with forensic complexity. It explores how communities may unknowingly perpetuate evil, and how one woman—flawed, yet connected and fearless—can expose the truth while trying to hold her own life together. Told with sharp insight, slivers of humor, and compelling suspense, this debut fiction series introduces a protagonist that readers will want to follow far beyond this first case.

In Hollywood's search for cheap, distinctive, and authentic locations, producers and directors are taking their business to foreign soil. Only one of the five 2002 Best Picture nominees was shot in the United States_The Hours, filmed in Hollywood, Florida. Contracting Out Hollywood addresses the American trend of 'runaway productions'_the growing practice of producing American films and television programs on foreign shores. Greg Elmer and Mike Gasher have gathered a group of contributors ...

Nationalism in the New World brings together work by scholars from the United States, Canada, Latin America, and Europe to discuss the common problem of how the nations of the Americas grappled with the basic questions of nationalism: Who are we? How do we imagine ourselves as a nation? Debates over the origins and meanings of nationalism have emerged at the forefront of the humanities and social sciences over the past two decades. However, these discussions have been mostly about...

Priscilla Breen, Criminologist: The Capture is a riveting psychological thriller that weaves emotional depth with forensic complexity. It explores how communities may unknowingly perpetuate evil, and how one woman-flawed, yet connected and fearless-can expose the truth while trying to hold her own life together. Told with sharp insight, slivers of humor, and compelling suspense, this debut fiction series introduces a protagonist that readers will want to follow far beyond this first case.