Intrigue Box Set Mar 2021/SVU Surveillance/Stalker in the Shadows/Rescue Mission

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Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
ISBN 13 : 186722819X
Total Pages : 1138 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (672 download)

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Book Synopsis Intrigue Box Set Mar 2021/SVU Surveillance/Stalker in the Shadows/Rescue Mission by : Carla Cassidy

Download or read book Intrigue Box Set Mar 2021/SVU Surveillance/Stalker in the Shadows/Rescue Mission written by Carla Cassidy and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 1138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mills & Boon Intrigue — Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served. SVU Surveillance - Julie Anne Lindsey He’s determined to solve the cold case…and save the woman he’s never forgotten. Star SVU detective Lucas Winchester never forgot the criminal who brutally attacked his fiancée and shattered their lives forever. So five years later, when Gwen Kind seeks him out, looking for help after she receives a chilling threat, he’s determined to finally solve the haunting cold case. But as hard as Lucas works to keep Gwen safe, it may not be enough to foil her cunning predator… Stalker In The Shadows - Carla Cassidy She’s ready to start a new life…if only her past will let her. Single mum Ainsley Meadows and her daughter have finally found the perfect hideout from her abusive ex-husband. Armed with a new identity, she opens her heart to Deputy Hunter Churchill, but Hunter never anticipates the reign of terror that follows her. He’s eager to get to know the real Ainsley, but first he’ll have to keep her alive. Rescue Mission: Secret Child - Danica Winters Kidnappers have taken their baby. Their only mission is to find him. The moment his ex-fiancée tells him that he’s a father, military contractor Mike Spade is ready to make the commitment he’s always feared. Intelligence operative Summer Daniels is willing to give him another chance. Then their child is abducted. Mike and Summer both have enemies — and they both have unhealed hurts from their tempestuous romance. Can they overcome the past to save their son? Cold Case Reopened - Caridad Piñeiro They are on a cold trail and running out of time. Rhea Reilly is certain her twin sister’s sudden disappearance six months ago wasn’t a suicide, no matter what Colorado authorities think. She can’t afford to trust police detective Jackson Whitaker — even if he’s risking his career to uncover the truth. But a lethal trail of lies is drawing them together…and into an inescapable trap. The Prosecutor - Nichole Severn If she wins her case…she could lose her life. Prosecuting the notorious Rip City Bomber, pregnant Deputy DA Madison Gray is stunned to find Marshal Jonah Watson as her security detail. He’s the child’s father, but circumstances forced her to walk away months ago. Then a series of bombings threatens Madison, and she reluctantly must trust the one man she vowed never to depend on. Mountain Investigation - Cindi Myers To understand her father’s disappearance…she’ll trust a man who vowed to bring him down. Audra Trask’s entire existence has been clouded by her missing father. When a vicious smear campaign and a mysterious stranger lurking in the background threaten her business and her life, she turns to Colorado Ranger Brigade specialist Mark ‘Hud’ Hudson for help. But Hud’s plan to use Audra to locate a potential criminal soon leads to an attraction he can’t deny…and a danger neither may survive.

The Maidens

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Publisher : Celadon Books
ISBN 13 : 1250304474
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Maidens written by Alex Michaelides and published by Celadon Books. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** "Alex Michaelides’s long-awaited next novel, 'The Maidens,' is finally here...the premise is enticing and the elements irresistible." —The New York Times "A deliciously dark, elegant, utterly compulsive read—with a twist that blew my mind. I loved this even more than I loved The Silent Patient and that's saying something!" —Lucy Foley, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient comes a spellbinding tale of psychological suspense, weaving together Greek mythology, murder, and obsession, that further cements “Michaelides as a major player in the field” (Publishers Weekly). Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike—particularly by the members of a secret society of female students known as The Maidens. Mariana Andros is a brilliant but troubled group therapist who becomes fixated on The Maidens when one member, a friend of Mariana’s niece Zoe, is found murdered in Cambridge. Mariana, who was once herself a student at the university, quickly suspects that behind the idyllic beauty of the spires and turrets, and beneath the ancient traditions, lies something sinister. And she becomes convinced that, despite his alibi, Edward Fosca is guilty of the murder. But why would the professor target one of his students? And why does he keep returning to the rites of Persephone, the maiden, and her journey to the underworld? When another body is found, Mariana’s obsession with proving Fosca’s guilt spirals out of control, threatening to destroy her credibility as well as her closest relationships. But Mariana is determined to stop this killer, even if it costs her everything—including her own life.

The Time Thief

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439103534
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Book Synopsis The Time Thief by : Linda Buckley-Archer

Download or read book The Time Thief written by Linda Buckley-Archer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-16 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when a seventeenth-century bad guy has twenty-first-century technology? An accident with an antigravity machine catapulted Peter Schock and Kate Dyer back to 1763. A bungled rescue attempt leaves Peter stranded in the eighteenth century while a terrifying villain, the Tar Man, takes his place and explodes onto twenty-first-century London. Concerned about the potentially catastrophic effects of time travel, the NASA scientists responsible for the situation question whether it is right to rescue Peter. Kate decides to take matters into her own hands, but things don't go as planned. Soon the physical effects of time travel begin to have a disturbing effect on her. Meanwhile, in our century, the Tar Man wreaks havoc in a city whose police force is powerless to stop him.Set against a backdrop of contemporary London and revolutionary France, The Time Thief is the sequel to the acclaimed The Time Travelers.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Four: The Battle of the Labyrinth

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Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
ISBN 13 : 1423131983
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (231 download)

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Book Synopsis Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Four: The Battle of the Labyrinth by : Rick Riordan

Download or read book Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Four: The Battle of the Labyrinth written by Rick Riordan and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2009-05-02 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Percy Jackson isn't expecting freshman orientation to be any fun. But when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears on campus, followed by demon cheerleaders, things quickly move from bad to diabolical. In this latest installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near.

The Meaning of Names

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Publisher : Red Hen Press
ISBN 13 : 1597092770
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (97 download)

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Book Synopsis The Meaning of Names by : Karen Gettert Shoemaker

Download or read book The Meaning of Names written by Karen Gettert Shoemaker and published by Red Hen Press. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A German-American woman copes with a pandemic, and her neighbors’ hostility during the Great War, in “a heart-rending story of endurance” (Historical Novel Society). Stuart, Nebraska is a long way from the battlefields of Western Europe, but it is not immune to the horrors of the first Great War for Peace. Like all communities, it has lost sons and daughters to the fighting, with many more giving themselves over to the hatred only war can engender. Set in 1918 in the farm country at the heart of America, The Meaning of Names is the story of an ordinary woman trying to raise a family during extraordinary times. Estranged from her parents because she married against their will, confronted with violence and prejudice against her people, and caught up in the midst of the worst plague the world has ever seen, Gerda Vogel, an American of German descent, must find the strength to keep her family safe from the effects of a war that threatens to consume the whole world. “Suddenly, ‘liberty cabbage’ replaces ‘sauerkraut’ on food menus, job advertisements warn ‘no krauts need apply,’ and neighbors demand the nearby university stop teaching courses in ‘that vile language’. . . . Shoemaker crafts eminently realistic characters; her descriptions of unreasonable fear and hatred are particularly effective.” —Publishers Weekly

Blood of the Fold

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Publisher : RosettaBooks
ISBN 13 : 0795346034
Total Pages : 806 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (953 download)

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Book Synopsis Blood of the Fold by : Terry Goodkind

Download or read book Blood of the Fold written by Terry Goodkind and published by RosettaBooks. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Seeker of Truth takes his rightful place as the new ruler of D’Hara in the third novel of the #1 New York Times–bestselling author’s epic fantasy series. After escaping from the Palace of Prophets, Richard comes to terms with his true identity as a War Wizard. But when he brings down the barrier between the Old and New Worlds, the Imperial Order suddenly poses a threat to the the freedom of all humankind. As the Imperial Order sends delegations and armies into the New World, Richard’s only chance to stop the invasion is to claim his heritage as the new Lord Rahl and ruler of D’Hara. But convincing the D’Harans of his legitimacy won’t be easy. Meanwhile, a powerful enemy is on the trail of Richard’s love, Kahlan Amnell. And when the spell Richard cast to protect her is broken, he must martial his newfound authority—and the armies that come with it—to save her life.

Burden of Poof

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ISBN 13 : 9781954878044
Total Pages : pages
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Book Synopsis Burden of Poof by : Julie Anne Lindsey

Download or read book Burden of Poof written by Julie Anne Lindsey and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An amateur sleuth named Bonnie and her kitty companion Clyde, with names like those, what could possibly go wrong?Life hasn't sparkled too brightly for Bonnie Balfour over the past few years, but a heart-breaking divorce has brought her back to her small rural hometown of Bliss, Georgia, and things are starting to shape up.The proud new owner of Bless Her Heart-a second chance dress shop and boutique on the town square-Bonnie thinks thirty-eight might not be too late for a fresh start in life after all.Until a grouchy old widow turns up dead in a pile of donations meant for Bonnie's shop, and the town's new detective pins her to the top of his suspect list!To save her shop, dream and reputation, Bonnie must coordinate clues and stitch together the truth about her innocence, but the unreasonably handsome detective and prying eyes of the local gossip mill are fast fraying her nerves.When a series of anonymous attacks begin to hem her in, Bonnie fears the real killer is fixing to make her his next victim. Can this amateur sleuth measure up?

Illuminating the Dark Side: Evil, Women and the Feminine

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 1848880448
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Illuminating the Dark Side: Evil, Women and the Feminine written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evil. Women. The Feminine. The relationships that bring together these three ideas form the basis for the papers gathered together in this volume. By asking how, why, when, and to what purpose these three terms are often linked serves as the starting point of interrogation for each of the authors here considered.

Good Omens

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Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061991120
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)

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Book Synopsis Good Omens by : Neil Gaiman

Download or read book Good Omens written by Neil Gaiman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic collaboration from the internationally bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, soon to be an original series starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant. ?Season 2 of Good Omens coming soon! “Good Omens . . . is something like what would have happened if Thomas Pynchon, Tom Robbins and Don DeLillo had collaborated. Lots of literary inventiveness in the plotting and chunks of very good writing and characterization. It’s a wow. It would make one hell of a movie. Or a heavenly one. Take your pick.” —Washington Post According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655, before she exploded), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner. So the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring. Everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon—both of whom have lived amongst Earth's mortals since The Beginning and have grown rather fond of the lifestyle—are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture. And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist . . .

North Carolina Literary Review

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Publisher : East Carolina University
ISBN 13 : 9781469660028
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)

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Book Synopsis North Carolina Literary Review by : Margaret D. Bauer

Download or read book North Carolina Literary Review written by Margaret D. Bauer and published by East Carolina University. This book was released on 2020-07 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2020 issue showcases North Carolina expatriate writers, ranging from Harriet Jacobs, who moved north to escape enslavement in North Carolina to Glenis Redmond, who developed her poetic voice during her years living here in North Carolina and now travels over 35,000 miles a year bringing poetry to the masses, thus earning the title Road Warrior Poet." Between, find essays on other writers with North Carolina roots: Charles Chesnutt, Tony Earley, Lionel Shriver, and Stephanie Powell Watts. Read retired Emory Professor/Goldsboro native Jim Grimsley's interview with retired LSU Professor/Goldsboro native Moira Crone, featuring her own art. This interview was selected by Elaine Neil Orr to receive the 2020 John Ehle Prize. The issue's cover art is by A.R. Ammons, an Eastern North Carolina poet who spent most of his career teaching at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Also interviewed: Durham native/novelist/California television writer Gwendolyn Parker; poet Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, from her current residence in Hawaii; longtime Texas resident Ben Fountain, talking about growing up in Eastern North Carolina; and Raleigh native Mary Robinette Kowal, recipient of the three biggest speculative fiction awards, the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus, for her novel The Calculating Stars. Bringing up the oft-heard North Carolina remark, "You can't throw a rock in this state without hitting a writer," Editor Margaret Bauer notes, "It turns out that it might be dangerous for North Carolina writers if rocks are thrown anywhere, not just within the state's borders. The Old North State seems a fertile starting point, even if some writers do not remain." Despite these authors branching off to places far from Tar Heel soil, their writing roots are deep in North Carolina, and North Carolina has left its mark. The subject of one essay, Watts, for example, describes her novel as "The Great Gatsby set in rural North Carolina." And Hedge Coke says, "I am never really away from the land and waters there. ... Closing my eyes, [North Carolina] is always present." The Flashbacks section of the issue includes the 2019 James Applewhite Poetry Prize winner, "Meditation in a Glass House" by Wayne Johns; the other finalists selected for honors; and new poetry by the namesake of the award, James Applewhite, and former North Carolina Poet Laureate, Fred Chappell; the 2019 Doris Betts Fiction Prize winning short story "Something Coming" by Katey Schultz; the premiere Paul Green Prize essay by Rachel Warner about renowned author Zora Neale Hurston's brief residence in North Carolina; and an interview with Charlotte writer/musician Jeff Jackson.

The Silent Patient

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Publisher : Celadon Books
ISBN 13 : 1250301718
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Book Synopsis The Silent Patient by : Alex Michaelides

Download or read book The Silent Patient written by Alex Michaelides and published by Celadon Books. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** "An unforgettable—and Hollywood-bound—new thriller... A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy." —Entertainment Weekly The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive. Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....

Language, Literacy, and Cognitive Development

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Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135661529
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Book Synopsis Language, Literacy, and Cognitive Development by : Eric Amsel

Download or read book Language, Literacy, and Cognitive Development written by Eric Amsel and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002-12 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text's goal is to go beyond traditional accounts of human symbol skills to examine the development and consequences of symbolic communication. The editors explore the significance of communicationg symbolically as a means for understanding human symbol skills.

STAY HIDDEN.

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ISBN 13 : 9780263293531
Total Pages : pages
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Book Synopsis STAY HIDDEN. by : JULIE ANNE. LINDSEY

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Caillou

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Publisher : PBS
ISBN 13 : 9780780642461
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Caillou written by and published by PBS. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even though Caillou's a little boy, he's got a big job: he's Rosie's big brother! This video helps kids learn the importance of sharing and cooperating, and the fun and responsibilities of sibling relationships.

The Mummy's Curse

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199698716
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Book Synopsis The Mummy's Curse by : Roger Luckhurst

Download or read book The Mummy's Curse written by Roger Luckhurst and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-25 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quirky history that offers a new way of understanding the myth of the mummy's curse. Roger Luckhurst provides a startling path through the cultural history of Victorian England and its colonial possessions.

Nothing General About It

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Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062973401
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)

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Book Synopsis Nothing General About It by : Maurice Benard

Download or read book Nothing General About It written by Maurice Benard and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instant New York Times bestseller! The Emmy Award-winning star of General Hospital chronicles his astonishing and emotional life journey in this powerful memoir—an inspiring story of success, show business, and family, and his struggle with mental illness. "This shocking true story is General Hospital on anabolic steroids." — Mehmet Oz, M.D., Emmy Award-winning host of The Dr. Oz Show Maurice Benard has been blessed with family, fame, and a successful career. For twenty-five years, he has played one of the most well-known characters on daytime television: General Hospital’s Michael “Sonny” Corinthos, Jr. In his life outside the screen, he is a loving husband and the father of four. But his path has not been without hardship. When he was only twenty, Maurice was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. In Nothing General About It, Maurice looks back to his youth in a small town and his tenuous relationship with his father. He describes how his bipolar disorder began to surface in childhood, how he struggled to understand the jolting mood swings he experienced, and how a doctor finally saved his life. For years Maurice was relentless in his goal to be a successful actor. But even after he “made it,” he still grappled with terrifying lows, breakdowns, and setbacks, all while trying desperately to maintain his relationship with his wife, who endured his violent, unpredictable episodes. Maurice holds nothing back as he bravely talks about what it was like to be medicated and institutionalized, and of how he learned to manage his manic episodes while on the set of GH. Nothing General About It is also an incredible love story about an enduring marriage that demonstrates what those vows—for better, for worse, in sickness and in health—truly mean. Maurice also pays tribute to the community that has been there for him through thick and thin, and ruminates on the importance of both inherited and created family. A shocking, riveting, and utterly candid memoir of love, adversity, and ultimately hope, Nothing General About It offers insights and advice for everyone trying to cope with mental illness, and is a motivational story that offers lessons in perseverance—of the importance of believing in and fighting for yourself through the darkest times. Nothing General About It includes a 16-page insert featuring approximately 50 photographs.

No Farm No Fowl

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Publisher : Cozy Queen Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1954878206
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (548 download)

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Download or read book No Farm No Fowl written by Julie Anne Lindsey and published by Cozy Queen Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s out of the frying pan and into the fire for Thelma and Louisa in this new farm to fun cozy mystery series! Polish chicken breeder Louisa Eggers and her beloved hen, Thelma, are enjoying life sunny side up in their earthy cottagecore community of Meadowbrook. Friends and neighbors can’t get enough of Louisa’s special breakfast recipes, and she has high hopes of feathering her nest with income from the budding egg enterprise. But when a local naysayer, seemingly determined to bring bad press to Louisa’s community, lifestyle, and café is found dead with a belly full of her quiche, and the coroner crows murder, all eyes turn to Louisa for an explanation. To save their business and reputation, Thelma and Louisa lay a plan to find the killer. Can they crack this case before it’s too late? Or will they find themselves in a heaping helping of trouble?