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Somebody thought it would be a good idea to bring me kayaking. This someone is at least a head taller than me, is a great swimmer, and doesn't have an irrational fear of water.Just like everybody else in the group.If I survive this trip, I might need a new group of friends.

We all keep secrets. Sometimes our own, sometimes others’. Sometimes we keep them consciously, sometimes our subconscious does the hard work for us.But at some point, the truth will come out. It may get us in trouble, it may save us.What is absolutely certain: it will bring change.Deep Dark Secrets is a collection of five mystery short stories: Hidden Horrors, Out of Sight, Cold Blue Eternity, Sitting Duck, and Just D...

Be sure to define the rules before you play…Tristan will come out to his colleagues when he meets the right guy. He just hasn’t met him yet.Fidi, out and proud, plays a game with his colleagues to prove that they treat him differently because of his sexuality.But what happens when someone doesn’t play by the rules?

The forever rebellious Clothilde’s gravestone only mentions her first name and date of death. A small bump in the ground next to her grave marks former police officer Robert’s last resting place.And in thirty years, no visitors for either of them.Confined within the cemetery borders and yearning for closure to move on, the two ghosts can’t go after the people who killed them.Until Clothilde receives her very first visitor — and along with it, the means to escape the...

Nobody ever said high school was boring — or easy.Everyone searches for their place — some do their best to fit in, others thrive in standing out.From new-kid status to dealing with bullies and impossible parents, from coming face-to-face with weird Martians to being accused of murder on the very first day of school, the high school years are... unforgettable.Tales From the Trenches is a collection of five Young Adult short stories across genres: First ...

Like so many introverts, Laure has a secret persona online - one who writes romance. Every Saturday night, she gets comfortable with her blanket, her tea, and her laptop, and reads and writes love stories to her heart’s content.In real life, she has a crush on her colleague Denis. She’d love to be as forward and adventurous as her characters and flirt with the guy, but her shyness stops her from doing more than asking for his help on correcting today’s bug.Everything is goi...

Raising an army of ghosts may not be a traditional method for investigating crimes, but Robert, Clothilde, and Captain Evian believe it’s their last hope in the search for justice.The first of many obstacles? To free the ghosts from their cemeteries, they need Commander Diome’s signature on the exhumation orders. This means convincing Evian’s no-nonsense boss that ghosts do indeed exist.In this final installment of the Ghost Detective novel series, Robert and Clothilde clos...

There's nothing more constant in life than death. It comes for us all, no matter how, where, or when we live our lives.Our mourners' behavior during the funeral, however, depends on a variety of factors.Robert and Clothilde have seen it all: small groups and entire congregations; loud, expressive mourners and private people holding back their tears until they get back home; friends in their finest suits and parents who dress like they're going on a four-day hike later....

The screams reverberate through our cemetery as soon as the casket exits the church, with its large group of mourners in tow.A new arrival.Not everyone graciously comes to terms with suddenly dying and becoming a ghost. Hardly any of us, actually.Especially when the person who killed us still walks free.

In French cemeteries, “perpetuité” only lasts for a hundred years. If the deceased’s family wants to keep their dead buried, they must pay the rent.If not, the municipality will excavate the tomb to liberate the space for a new family.After the latest excavation, Robert and Clothilde find themselves faced with a ghost much older than themselves — along with the daunting task of solving a century-old mystery.Is it still possible to find eternal rest for their new fri...

When someone dies with unfinished business, their souls linger until they find closure.A rather tall order when the ghost is stuck within the confines of the cemetery, with minimal means to affect the world of the living.Robert and Clothilde know their way around the limitations, though. While waiting for their own release, they help the other ghosts deal with their unfinished business and find peace.Unfinished Business is the third collection of short stor...

A murdered mayor. A second body reduced to skeleton and dust. The public display so horrific that the police are baffled.Everyone assumes uninterested heir Louis Saint-Blancat will finally settle down and focus on the politics of Toulouse, France. Louis becomes the center of attention in the press while his mother and sister pressure him to follow the family's political tradition when all he wants is to track down his father's killer, then return to his globe-trotting lifestyle.