Do children, these innocent souls whose lives were cut drastically short, haunt in a different way? Can YOU resist the spirit of a child?Are you ready to take a journey into the afterlife? Everyone loves a good ghost story! But what happens when the ghost is just a child?In the following collection of ghost stories we’ll take you on a haunted ride.You’ll travel from the confines of a cr...

When Sergeant Frank Hardy's father, James Hardy, arrives from England, he's accompanied by a woman he met on the voyage. In forced quarantine on Somes Island in Wellington Harbour, Frank is visited by a man claiming to be a detective from the Chinatown Squad in San Francisco, who warns Frank that his father is in deep trouble. The woman has enemies, and they are on the way to New Zealand to find her and kill her. If James Hardy gets in their way, he's a dead man.Fr...

From the author of the beloved Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and The Big Goodbye comes the definitive account of one of the quintessential American artists, Frank Capra, visionary behind the iconic and timeless It’s a Wonderful Life.Frank Capra, the director of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It Happened One Night, and, supremely, It’s a Wonderful Life remains one of the great chroniclers of the American heart, how we love, lead...

THREE MORE GRIPPING MYSTERIES SET IN LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY NEW ZEALANDTHE SECOND BOX SET IN THE SERGEANT FRANK HARDY MYSTERIES (BOOKS 4-6)Join Sergeant Frank Hardy and Mette Hardy in these three exciting, action-packed mysteries.DEAD SHOTFrank and Mette take on the protection of a thoroughbred stud horse targeted by a brutal gang from the north. But when members of the gang are found closer to home than th...

New Zealand, November 1868: Sergeant Frank Hardy has been sent into hostile territory to bring back a witness to the murder of a prominent man, but the killer is still out there and the rebels are closing in.After escorting a prisoner down from the front, Sergeant Frank Hardy of the 57th Regiment ("The Diehards") is ordered to return north to Woodall's Redoubt to bring a murder witness back to headquarters. A retired major and his wife, relatives of the new governo...

FROM NEW ZEALAND: THREE ATMOSPHERIC AND ENGAGING HISTORICAL MYSTERIES IN ONE SETIn late nineteenth century New Zealand, Sergeant Frank Hardy, ex British soldier from the 57th Regiment, battles for survival and for his own life as he carves out a new existence for himself and his family in the prehistoric but stunningly beautiful bush. An "atmospheric and engaging" series.This three-book anthology (box set) includes, in chronological...

New Zealand, 1878: Awaking from a chloroform-induced sleep in a remote underground cell, Sergeant Frank Hardy must search his compromised memory to discover why he has been imprisoned. Meanwhile, his fiancee, Mette, and his partner Constable Will Karira, search for him. When an earthquake followed by a fire comes to his rescue he goes on the run, unable to return to his home and his new fiancée. How can he find the answer to his question and return to his former life? And ...

In a 2012 opinion piece bemoaning the state of the US Senate, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank cited a “leading theory: There are no giants in the chamber today.” Among the respected members who once walked the Senate floor, admired for their expertise and with a stature that went beyond party, Milbank counted Sam Nunn (D-GA).Nunn served in the Senate for four terms beginning in 1972, at a moment when domestic politics and foreign policy were undergoing far-reaching ...

He's all that's standing between his family and a hired assassin. And he's unarmed.After Sergeant Frank Hardy watches the invasion of a peaceful Māori village by the Armed Constabulary, with crops destroyed and innocent men imprisoned, he lays down his rifle and swears never to shoot in anger again. Then he learns that a contract killer has come from America to avenge the death of a crooked detective from San Francisco. The killer is targeting the ...

Sliced Up Press is delighted to present its debut anthology, featuring sixteen sweetly sinister stories.Grab your fork and dig in to tales of tiered cakes and teary eyes, plump currants and sinister undercurrents, all-consuming hunger and bizarre gluttony. There's something for all tastes here, though you might think twice before ordering dessert...With all-new fiction from:Tiffany Michelle BrownV CastroBelinda FergusonDougla...

Manawatu, New Zealand, 1877: Sergeant Frank Hardy, a veteran of the Land Wars, is hired to search for two missing settlers. Is he looking for bodies or runaways? And why is someone trying to kill him? The answer lies in the river that is the life blood of the new community, and in his own tortured past.An engrossing, atmospheric mysteryThe first of three books in an ongoing saga of life in New Zealand, where a seemingly bucolic countryside ...

The hot-headed, mob connected crooner Frank Sinatra was involved in more than one violent confrontation over not being allowed his gambling line of credit at Casinos that he was performing at whether with the Rat Pack singing group that also included Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop, or performing solo acts. Read in this informative report about the out of control behavior of Frank Sinatra as he trashed the Sands Hotel and Casino and also got into an altercation ...