So, you’ve been ripped out from your mother’s paws and taken in by a strange family of humans that has kids who insist on flapping your floppy ears and dressing you up like a ladybug. These new human-folk are trying to “teach” you things, like sitting or not ripping apart their fun-looking shoes, and you might start to think you should try to “obey.” But I know better; I’ve been around the block and peed on most parts of it. Puppies like you need my—wait, somebody just walked in with a ham...

The deal was too good to be true.Sara, Marcus, and Dave thought they'd scored a luxury vacation, but the moment they set foot in the resort, they were legally bound to a 10,000-year time-share contract—on a dying sun. Now, with an overly enthusiastic salesbot enforcing every obscure clause, a resort AI programmed to keep them forever, and a star that's about to explode, their dream getaway turns into a de...

A Provincetown MysteryThe boas are fluffed. The sass is sharpened. Let the cocktail hour chaos begin.In the sun-drenched streets of Provincetown, summer means tourists, drag queens, and thescent of salt air... and this year, it means murder. Sun, scandal, and sequins collide in this cozymystery with claws.When a poet — who once called Provincetown home — is found dead in a local hotel, retireddetective Eden Lowell is pulled ba...

Rufus King returns to the maritime mystery genre with "Murder on the Yacht." A lawyer disappears from a taxi cab on the way to join a party aboard the giant luxury yacht "The Crusader." Where did he go and what happened to him? Lt. Valcour joins the cruise to find out, mixing with a varied bunch of eccentric guests and crewmen, including a psychic. But will she provide clues or a smokescreen for the culprits? Another thrilling Lt. Valcour mystery!

Perennial wisdom from one of history’s most important Stoic teachersThe Stoic philosopher Musonius Rufus was one of the most influential teachers of his era, imperial Rome, and his message still resonates with startling clarity today. Alongside Stoics like Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius, he emphasized ethics in action, displayed in all aspects of life. Merely learning philosophical doctrine and listening to lectures, they believed, will not do one any good ...

The book is straight forward. It is a true story as told to me by my mother, who is alive but not well. She is 84 years old and have been waiting patiently for her childhood abuses to be revealed. She was given up for adoption by her grandmother to a couple, a husband and wife, who had some education knowing how to read and write. My mothers grandmother wanted her to have an education, able to go to schools and to college. That was her desire for my mother. So at age 7 years old, she left ...

An extortionist's note, demanding $20,000 in cash and threatening the kidnapping of Kate Willett's two mentally unbalanced sons, sent Lieutenant Valcour rushing up to the Willetts' Adirondacks camp.There, death struck with slashing suddenness while Valcour was talking to young Arthur Willett, who was sprawled on a sofa smoking a cigarette. Listening to the crackling roar of flames in the fireplace, Valcour detected the odor of burning cloth. He glanced at Arthur to find the cigaret...

Joanne seeks adventure and share fantasies by visiting different dating sites. One day she found the ultimate fantasy and decided to go for a trip. All the needful things was served at the destination. But were there a hatch? The abundance of luxury that met her was flattering. But a dark corner of their basement had a studio? And what was these tag numbers? Joanne where soon to find out..

When a prominent New Yorker is murdered at his home, Lt. Valcour is called in to investigate. This is the first of the Lt. Valcour series, from the same time period (and much in the same spirit) as the Philo Vance mysteries.

When the radio operator on a luxury cruise ship is murdered, Lt. Valcour takes charge. While investigating the crew and the passengers, especially a lovely but lethal man-eater, the killer strikes again -- and it's up to Valcour to solve the crimes before anyone else falls victim!Rufus King (1893-1966) was an American author of Whodunit crime novels. He created four series of detective stories: the most famous being Lieutenant Valcour. Modern critics are rediscovering Rufus King's ...

Lt. Valcour did not object to interrupting his vacation in order to help Chief Goodfriend of the Miami detective force solve the oddly similar murders of two distinctly dissimilar women. For one thing, the cases, or case as Valcour felt it to be, interested him and he felt a distinct apprehension that unless somebody solved it there would be more deaths to come. And Goodfriend appeared in desperate need of assistance. Consequently Valcour felt as though he were conducting a demonstration c...

A blackmailer with religious mania and a decayed actor are murdered -- one by land and one by sea. Despite the challenges, Lt. Valcour is not daunted by his latest case!"The thrills and polished deducing are there in quantity." -- The Saturday Review.