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Lady Laura Boxford lives with her pug, Parker in the retirement complex of Wellworth Lawns, formerly her family home. One day she and her friend Venetia see the ancient actor, Sir Repton Willowby arriving. He's Venetia's cousin by marriage and Venetia says he murdered his wife. He lives at the Edwardian pile, Mount Cod and he says he's being haunted by the ghost of an eighteenth century serving wench called Rosalind. Laura is convinced he's a charlatan using the ghost as a ruse for finding...

Lady Laura Boxford lives with her beloved pug Parker in the retirement complex of Wellworth Lawns, formerly her family home. She has little to worry about as the central heating always works and there's 24 hour room service.One night her comfortable world is shattered when Parker goes missing. Together with her companion Canon Frank Holiday and friends Venetia, Strudel and Jervis, Laura sets out on a desperate quest to find him.Suspicious characters emerge in the seemingly ...

An essential reference work for any student studying psychology for the first time, A Student's Dictionary of Psychology and Neuroscience (Seventh Edition) provides over 2,500 definitions of complex concepts in clear and accessible language alongside helpful diagrams.The dictionary offers comprehensive coverage of the main contemporary terms in psychology and neuroscience. This new edition features updated references which will be particularly relevant to the key areas of ...

'A pacy confection of history, mystery and romance... a most engaging and unusual novel' - The Times'Ambitious and intriguing... part thriller, part love story, part quest, this is a hugely readable book' - SpectatorThe Holmes & Hudson series offers a richly entertaining return to Baker Street, where familiar mysteries are viewed through different and sometimes altogether sharper eyes.A dying man c...

Eat, Drink, and Be Poisoned...⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Cendrine West is looking forward to a cozy Christmas Eve dinner when a blizzard blows in, bringing with it a flurry of unexpected guests. But tipsy witches and mischievous magic spell a recipe for disaster, especially when a guest turns up dead. Cen’s sleuthing exposes a Santa-sized sack of trouble and everyone’s a suspect, even her hunky sheriff boyfriend.Is it a deadly accident by a drunken witch...

Written in the style of a classic British Mystery with a contemporary young American woman as an unwitting amateur sleuth, the fallout keeps you guessing until the end.From a small secluded village in Connecticut to the English Countryside, readers are taken on a roller coaster of events as tour guide Emily Ryder tries to solve a murder that’s mistaken for an accident.It all began on a fateful early morning when Chris Cooper, Emily’s beloved mentor met an u...

December 1880, Whitechapel. Nine dead infants in flowerpots. A vanished mortician. And one lead: the prostitute who saw him last.Coroner Sévère reads people's lies as easily as case notes. It's made him an effective investigator. And cynical. But when he questions Miss Mary, he encounters something unexpected: a woman whose lies he can't read and who might as well be the mortician's killer.In a city where money masks the darkest secrets, Sévère must navigate between what's ...

Pediatrician Mabel Aphrodite Brown adores kids. So when a childhoon friend asks Ditie to babysit her kids for a few days, she jumps at the chance. She never imagined she'd be solving a murder too . . .Despite growing up together, Ditie hasn't seen Ellie Winston in two years, and she didn't even know Ellie was living in Atlanta. But when Ellie asks her to take car of Lucie and Jason for the weekend, she thinks nothing of it. They'll bake cookies together, play with her dog--it'll be...

By day a pastry chef, by night an accidental super sleuth.Three fun cozy mysteries from USA Today Bestselling Author Stacy Alabaster for one low price!Rachael is a distinguished pastry chef who keeps finding herself in the middle of murder investigations. Pippa is her quirky, carefree best friend. Together, they must unravel three more of Belldale’s unsolvable mysteries to save the bakery…and themselves.This collection of cozy mysteries includes boo...

'A pacy confection of history, mystery and romance... a most engaging and unusual novel' - The Times'Ambitious and intriguing... part thriller, part love story, part quest, this is a hugely readable book' - SpectatorThe Holmes & Hudson series offers a richly entertaining return to Baker Street, where familiar mysteries are viewed through different and sometimes altogether sharper eyes.London is qui...

Lights, camera, assassin…⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐A Hollywood movie shoot comes to town and journalist Cendrine West is eager for a scoop. Her witchy family also wants in on the action, but shenanigans with the stars soon turn to Tinseltown tragedy.Bodies are piling up faster than a coven’s worth of curses, and everything points back to Cen’s starstruck family. They will stop at nothing in their quest for supernatural stardom, even if that means meddli...

'A pacy confection of history, mystery and romance... a most engaging and unusual novel' - The Times'Ambitious and intriguing... part thriller, part love story, part quest, this is a hugely readable book' - SpectatorThe Holmes & Hudson series offers a richly entertaining return to Baker Street, where familiar mysteries are viewed through different and sometimes altogether sharper eyes.A blo...