Seo Hyein thought leaving Shin Woojin was her way out. Three years of love, trust, and broken dreams had left her expelled, unemployed, and with no future. The pain of losing it all pushed her to walk away, hoping to reclaim her life. But eight years later, she's lost again, desperate for money to care for her sick sister. That’s when Woojin reappears, offering her a chance she can’t refuse.Now, trapped in a web of old feelings and new stakes, Hyein faces a decision that could chan...

On the cusp of the twentieth century, Manhattan is a lively metropolis buzzing with talent. But after a young soprano meets an untimely end on stage, can one go-getting leading lady hit the right notes in a case of murder?New York City, 1899. When it comes to show business, Gilded Age opera singer Ella Shane wears the pants. The unconventional diva breaks the mold by assuming “trouser roles”—male characters played by women—and captivating audiences far and...

It’s easy to be overlooked in Gilded Age Manhattan, but the Ella Shane Opera Company’s latest premier manages to attract adoring crowds, rave reviews, and a killer who’s a real showstopper!New York City, Fall 1899. Ahead-of-her-time coloratura mezzo Ella Shane has always known opening night to be a mess of missed cues and jittery nerves, especially when unveiling a new opera. Her production of The Princes in the Tower, based on th...

During the first winter of the twentieth century, Gilded Age trouser diva Ella Shane refuses to dim the lights on her dazzling show business career for marriage—even to a dashing British duke. But the versatile mezzo-soprano may have to put it all on the line once murder takes centerstage . . .New York City, 1900. Renowned opera singer and theatre company owner Ella may have both much to gain and much to lose by getting engaged to her cou...

Welcome to Candy Cane Hollow, where every day feels like Christmas!It's New Year's Eve in Candy Cane Hollow.This winter wonderland may look festive and be home to the Claus Family, but all is not as it seems.The festivities take a turn for the bizarre when the giant glitter ball comes crashing down on cantankerous elf chef, Greasy.Chief Superintendent Wiggles is sure the death is just a tragic accident, but Holly isn't so sure. Greasy was lo...

As Christmas approaches in Candy Cane Hollow, it's time for the annual Claus Family ice fishing trip.Holly Wood (yes, that's her real name) is a ball of nerves about meeting all of Nick Claus' relatives, until the trip ends in disaster.One Claus doesn't return home, and as everyone begins to fear the worst, an old grudge between the Lost Claus and Nick makes his actions look suspicious.Can Holly get to the truth, before anyone else is hurt?

Our 91st issue features 3 original tales—mysteries by Jacqueline Freimor (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and Kathleen Marple Kalb (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman), and a science fiction story by M. Christian (thanks to Acquiring Editor Cynthia Ward). Plus a classic SF novel by Harrison, the first of his Stainless Steel Rat series. Plus a classic detective collection from Dick Donovan. Plus a lot more! So much more that you may have trouble finishing it all before the ...

Welcome to Candy Cane Hollow, where every day feels like Christmas!Holly Wood (yes, that's her real name) is driving home for Christmas and not feeling too happy about the empty house waiting for her.When her car skids into a snow bank, she's rescued by a sweet old lady who promises her name is Mrs. Claus. Holly is taken to Candy Cane Hollow to recover, and finds herself in a genuine winter wonderland.As Christmas Day approaches, the grouchy medical...

Newly married Gilded Age diva Ella Shane and her Duke return to New York for Ella's Metropolitan Opera debut, and his investigation of a decades-old mystery that could threaten the succession to the British Throne-only to be drawn into a blackmail plot closer to home. Now, Ella and Gil will have to figure out what happened when the Prince of Wales visited the City in 1860...and protect a friend who is trying to maintain a family connection with his brother, a man who is living as a woman. ...

"Moonshine Mafia" is a rip-roaring story about bootlegging moonshine, the greatest heist in West Virginia history, two cat-house prostitutes dipping into a hidden stash of cash, a career criminal who come comes from a long line of "can't stay out of trouble and jail" kinfolk, a star football player-turned-lawyer who returns to his West Virginia home town to defend his family...and a dizzying array of other elements, too many to count, that make this story shine. It's laugh-out-loud, jaw-hi...

Recent events have thrust Belarus into the international spotlight, but for years after declaring independence in 1991, Belarus remained a little-known republic in the West, despite its important geostrategic position between Poland and Russia, and as a conduit for Russian energy supplies to central Europe. In the late Soviet period, it was best known as a victim of the 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl, which covered its territory in dangerous radionuclides of cesium, strontium, and iodi...

Why did the Soviet Union collapse in 1991?The collapse of the Soviet Union has widely been seen as the result of the arms race and Cold War, and the failure of the Soviet side to keep pace with new technology. This book argues that the disintegration was mainly a result of two interrelated factors: the rise of the Soviet national republics, and the manipulation of the new Russian presidency by Boris Yeltsin in what became a direct power struggle between Yeltsin and the Soviet leade...