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“Combine the lighthearted mystery of Murder, She Wrote with local history and lore and you’ll get Kathleen Bridge’s Hamptons Home & Garden series.” —Lee Meyer, Dan’s PapersWhen the patriarch of an old-money Hamptons family is found dead, interior decorator Meg Barrett discovers that some family secrets are better left buried . . .It was big news when Roland Whitney bankrupted his family’s media empire amid rumors of fraud. Now he’s lost th...

Imagine being summoned to another world to be the hero, beat the Demon King, and live an adventure...only to be forced to return to modern-day Japan. That’s what happened to Hizaki Shio. Those exploits seem like forever ago—he is in high school now—even though it’s only been three years. But just as Hizaki has settled back into reality, he’s suddenly summoned again and this time to stop the Secret Society, Helheim! However, Shio has a slightly cringey secret... He founded Helheim himself, ...

A senseless tragedy sends two sisters fleeing back to the refuge of Goaway, their isolated family cottage. As children, Goaway was always a safe and comforting place, a fairy-tale realm of myths and legends. But the sisters have now left childhood far behind them, and the arcane mysteries they discover there as adults promise to lead them down an even more shadowy path. The woods surrounding the cottage may be filled with secrets, but it soon transpires that each of the sisters nurtures a ...

One of the few books to be published under the Othello imprint, The Corpse Wore Grey is, as you might expect a mystery novel. A detective (actually, writer of detective fiction), is called into a rich man's hope for help in finding someone. While there, he meets up with the professor's daughter, and not a few other women along the way. There are fistfights, shootings, and a twist at the end. In reading this book, you have to admire the author's dedication in preparing his cross-over, but a...

Learn German with the Augsburg Saga – A1.1 Interlinear German–English ReaderWhen the Romans LeftLearn German through story, history, and calm, carefully graded A1-level language — with immediate English support when you need it.When the Romans Left is the first book in the Augsburg Saga and an ideal starting point for adult beginners.It is written in clear A1 German and presented in an

Successful author Viola Roberts is headed to a writers’ conference at an exotic Florida resort complete with white sand beaches and swaying palm trees. She plans to lounge in the shade drinking frosty beverages with little umbrellas while catching up on her never ending to-be-read pile. And, of course, no sojourn to tropical climes would be complete without her boozy, wise-cracking best friend and fellow author, Cheryl.When Viola discovers the diva of the author world dead (as a do...

Mermaid Brooke is settling into her small-town life when her sister shows up with a plan to snag a man. But Brooke is distracted by the fact that the host of a party she attended with Aiden ends up dead. One of his four widows asks for help, mermaid to mermaid. But everyone involved with the dead polygamist was hiding secrets, and her sister has set her eyes on Aiden. Brooke is pulled in every direction. With everyone talking about what love means, the biggest mystery might be what Brooke’...

Konrad Savast is the Malykant: foremost and most secret servant of the God of Death. His job? To track down the foulest of murderers and bring them to The Malykt's Justice. No mercy. No quarter.Danil Dubin is a murderer. He knows this because he's been told -- by the many witnesses to his crime.Only, he has no memory of it himself.It's part of a spate of similar killings, and Konrad must act. But how can he deliver The Malykt's justice to a man with no reason to kil...

When foul play pays a visit to a snowy mountain retreat, Hope Early will have to battle the elements to catch a cold-blooded killer . . .With her first cookbook about to be published, food blogger Hope Early decides it’s the perfect time to attend a weekend retreat with a life coach and take her career to the next level. Her hopes for a life-changing experience are soon dashed, however, when she realizes the woman’s wisdom is nothing more than buzzwords and hollow ...

**From Stuart MacBride, the Sunday Times bestselling author of the smash-hit Logan McRae series.Move Over Miss Marple . . .**The great and the not-so-good are gathered at Skirivour Castle Hotel, in the heart of the Highlands, for the wedding of the year – but they weren’t expecting Detective Sergeant Roberta Steel to crash their party. And get horribly, horribly drunk.The whole valley’s been cut off by a massive thunderstorm and the phone lines are...

Angry Scots and a blizzard lead to murder in a small town in Maine in this cozy mystery by the author of A Wee Christmas Homicide.Can there be such a thing as too many men in kilts? Normally Liss MacCrimmon, proprietor of Moosetookalook, Maine's one and only Scottish Emporium, would say no. But that's before one of them turns out to be murderous . . .The bagpipes are blaring at Moosetookalook's finest hotel, reopened just in time to host an annual ...

Secret Society Helheim sets off to raise money and procure materials in the land of desires—the Sleepless City of Shehem—where they are reunited with Hræsvelgr of the Eight Precepts and guardian of the Divine Tree Yugel. However, she hasn’t forgiven the Corpse King for vanishing one hundred and eighty years ago, and the reunion quickly turns violent.Meanwhile, the residents of Shehem are plagued by dreams of two massive serpents. The Corpse King accepts a request from a longtime al...