Welcome to Tornado Alley, where the tales are as dangerous and as twisted as the storms that ravage the great plains of Kansas.Here, you'll meet an arachnophobe whose plans for a romantic weekend become a nightmare far worse than anything she could ever have imagined.Holidays are all about food and family, but this year there's a darkness hovering over Don Carmelo's Thanksgiving feast.A hen-pecked husband finally decides to heed his wife's advice to man up and becom...

Zach wakes up with no memory, no phone, and no clothes except his stripper g-string. And oh yeah! There's that pesky naked dead guy in bed next to him. Problem is Zach's not gay. Or a murderer. At least, he doesn't think so.Only one person can help him, his sister, Zora. Of course Zora's got problems of her own—she has three kids at home and is eight months pregnant with the fourth. So she's a bit cranky. But that's not going to stop her from helping her brother.With kids i...

This textbook helped to define the field of Behavioural Ecology. In this fourth edition the text has been completely revised, with new chapters and many new illustrations and full colour photographs. The theme, once again, is the influence of natural selection on behaviour – an animal's struggle to survive and reproduce by exploiting and competing for resources, avoiding predators, selecting mates and caring for offspring, – and how animal societies reflect both cooperation and conflict am...

Zach, the friendly neighborhood "male entertainer dancer," is back and mixed up in another suspicious murder case!But just like last time, big sister, Zora—private investigator supreme—comes to the rescue, complete with four kids in tow.Nuttiness, chaos and mystery ensue as Zach and Zora race against the clock to prove his innocence. No clue is too big, no clue is too small. Even if it involves dancing cops, ex-radical hippy militants, pompous pastors, or a creepy set of "F...

Juggling four kids while working as a detective is tough enough. Zora LeFevre sure didn't need her nanny dying first day on the job. Especially when it looks like murder and something's fishy about her nanny supplier.Meanwhile, a serial killer van's chasing her dimwit stripper brother, Zach, and his tear-away pants have been stolen. A mariachi band is his only hope for survival. Worse, Zach's head-over-heels, willing to learn country line-dancing, in love.Nannies are danger...

An embittered farmer.A New York corporate raider.Two teenage high school girls.A failed small business owner.Past and present collide, secrets are revealed.These disparate people gatherat a desolate Kansas farm for a hellish nightnot everyone will survive.Godland is a dark psychologicalsuspense horror thriller.A Midwestern nightmare.Farm noir.

WELCOME TO THE DANDY DROP INN, WHERE EVERYBODYIS TREATED LIKE FAMILY!It's the worst snowstorm Missouri has ever seen, and nine strangers, each harboring their own secrets, find themselves sharing a roof at the Dandy Drop Inn.CHECKING IN'S EASY, …Tommy and Heather Goodenow, the inn's only scheduled guests, are young newlyweds brought together by God himself. They plan to start their life together by carrying out the Lord's wor...

Leon Garber's an accountant and occasional serial killer, one of the good guys. Still holding a grudge, Leon's former employer Like-Minded Individuals has hired Leon's former associate, Cody, to track him down. Unfortunately someone else from Leon's past, someone he never wanted to see again, has other ideas for Leon's welfare.Old allies and new enemies clash to bring down the insidious Like-Minded Individuals, Inc. Serial killers have never been so much fun.

Being in high school sucks. Just ask Richard “Tex” McKenna, a Kansas sophomore. Dealing with bullying, burgeoning love, the loss of parents, and dodge ball is bad enough. To top it off, he's just found out he's a witch! Then there's the pesky problem of fellow students being murdered. The suspicious eyes of local law enforcement are watching Tex and his loyal group of friends. So is the killer. Will Tex's new-found witchcraft skills prove helpful? Or cause even more problems?

If you’re dead already, can you die again? Elspeth’s been summoned from limbo. Her new assignment? Track down the culprit in the mysterious death of a student at Clearwell High. And incidentally, uncover the identity of the new drug dealer prowling the halls. Only one problem—the body she has to co-inhabit has a different agenda. Elizabeth just wants to be prom queen, marry Prince Charming, and graduate with perfect posture. Both girls, alive and dead, will have their separate worlds rocke...

Laugh till it hurts! There are few things in life worse than being a bombing comedian in an empty club, unless you pick on the one person in the crowd who happens to be an ancient demon who can make your life a living, ironic hell. Stand-up comedian Charlie Broadmoor has a hell of a time coming up with new material while terrorized at every waking moment by a poorly-coiffed, thin-skinned eldritch evil whose appreciation of humor is dwarfed by his monumental pettiness. Charl...

Being in high school sucks. Just ask Richard “Tex” McKenna, a Kansas sophomore. Dealing with bullying, burgeoning love, the loss of parents, and dodge ball is bad enough. To top it off, he's just found out he's a witch! Oh, and fellow students are being murdered. The suspicious eyes of local law enforcement are looking right at Tex and his loyal group of friends. And so is the killer. Will Tex's new-found skills prove helpful? Or cause even more problems?