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Agent to the paws volume 2
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"The second in this hilarious cozy mystery series features a woman who is a talent agent for show biz animals and discovers that she has a talent herself: solving crimes." "Admirers of old comedy sketches and anyone looking for a laugh-out-loud mystery should pick up this series launch by Copperman." --Library Journal (starred) on Dog Dish of Doom. "Readers will root for Kay to be more than pals with Sam Gibson, proprietor of Cool Beans coffee house--and,...
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Arthur Conan Doyle's Tales of Terror and Mystery (1922) is a haunting collection of twelve stories that highlights his extraordinary skills of storytelling. The first six stories are bloodcurdling tales of horror, and includes the macabre classic "The New Catacomb". The last six stories, closer in form to the Sherlock Holmes work, includes the classic railroad mystery, "The Lost Special".
One of the stand-out works in the entire collection is "The...
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The narrative begins with the auction by the US Government of fictional Spencer Island, located 460 miles off the California coast. The island is uninhabited and there are only two bidders, William W. Kolderup, a very wealthy San Franciscan, and his arch-rival J. R. Taskinar, a resident of Stockton, California. Kolderup wins the auction, buying Spencer Island for four million dollars. J. R. Taskinar mutters, "I will be avenged!" before retiring to...
4) Manalive
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First published in 1912, G. K. Chesterton's "Manalive" is the fascinating and incredible story of Innocent Smith, a man who can be described as a "holy fool". Innocent arrives at Beacon House, a London boarding establishment, and breathes new life into the residents with his games and antics. All in one day he creates the "High Court of Beacon", decides to elope with one of the residents, and convinces another lodger to declare his love for the landlady's...
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Murder, mayhem and high strangeness continue in Dreamland Junction.
There's a UFO festival coming to town, and that means lots of overtime for Kat Parker. Between working at the ET Landing Café, and uncovering all the government's deep dark secrets, also known as Black Projects, she barely has time to breathe.
That's life in Dreamland Junction.
But then the chaos changes from just bizarre, to downright scary. Someone is trying to kill her.
Fortunately,...
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Murder, lies and little green men are just the beginning of a very bad day for Kat Parker.
Get a gift added on at the end of this book.
By day, Kat works as a waitress at the town's only travel center – truck stop and by night she moonlights as an armature sleuth and paranormal investigator. Life is strange and often unpredictable, but she hasn't seen anything yet.
The once peaceful town of Dreamland Junction has been in chaos for weeks and things...
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A sarcophagus, séances and seed cake. Evangeline is back with another adventure.
Mrs Picklescott-Smythe's mummy unwrapping soiree doesn't quite go to plan, and for once it's not Evangeline's fault.
Evangeline is a seventeen-year-old ex-urchin and aspiring world-famous inventress, recently resettled in Marvellous Melbourne with her long lost father, the Professor.
It's the infamous spiritualist, Madame Zsoldas, who interrupts the party with a sinister...
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Molly is heading to Pluto. Send in the clones...Molly's Bistro is opening a new branch of the famous Martian restaurant on Pluto. But the opening is delayed when their chef is murdered. With the Pluto Police taking a relaxed approach to crime, Molly heads to Pluto to help crack the case and get the restaurant back on track. But she will have to face clone confusion, kidnapping chocolatiers, and the space mafia in order to solve this mystery.This sequel...
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First the U.S. then Canada. Now we're off to conquer Europe. The land of Big Ben, The Tower of London, and The London Eye. Are European cats any different than North American cats? Ask James Patterson, our big British Shorthair. We have two countries working with, or for, the cats and now it's time to persuade The Queen herself. Will we be able to get England, France, Iceland, and Greenland? Or will the cat's plans end up in the kitty box?It's true...The...
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Murder…the final frontier!
Space sleuth Sylvia Stryker wants more from her day job aboard a Moon Unit than to manage crew uniforms. In her time between moon treks, she turns to hunky hero Neptune for lessons in security training. But when a hijacked space pod lands by their training site and the body of an intergalactic courier is discovered inside, Sylvia's newly-acquired skills are put to the test. The courier was a friend who shared her interest...
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Boldly go where no cozy has gone before… All space sleuth Sylvia Stryker ever wanted was gainful employment in the space travel sector, but job security is the least of her concerns now that mentor-and-maybe-more, Neptune, is serving time for a crime he didn't commit. Between her full time Moon Unit work and her side gig selling uniforms, Sylvia goes all in on getting Neptune out. But when a space pirate is murdered behind bars and Neptune is assumed...
12) Orchidelirium
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An heiress, a tiger, an artificial arm, a hatbox of stolen orchids: each one is a vine in the tangle of Opal Morris's life. As she begins to discover how they all connect, she will find herself re-evaluating not only her botanical studies, but her whole life.
This illustrated novella, set in an alternative Edwardian England, will be a treat for fans of cozy mysteries and historical fantasy alike.
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Cream cakes and inventions. Fake gold and kung-fu. Meet Evangeline.
In 1882, "Marvellous" Melbourne was flush with gold-rush cash and the British Empire's second biggest city.
Evangeline, a seventeen year old reformed urchin and acrobat, is settling into a new comfortable life in Melbourne with her long lost father, Professor Caldicott. But learning to be a lady is awfully dull. Then one day, the police arrive, seeking the Professor's expertise...
14) Entanglement
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Entanglement is a quirky mystery with a sci-fi twist which reviews say "blends the wit of Douglas Adams with the sci-fi genius of Terry Pratchett" and "If you're a fan of Douglas Adams, Issac Asimov, Kurt Vonnegut or Haruki Murakami you'll definitely love this book too".
David's fiancée worries when he drops out of contact. MI5 panics when a secret airbase vanishes. Liz doesn't understand when her research subjects go missing. Nigel is confused...
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Love long and prosper?
When Sylvia Stryker boards her space cruise as a lowly uniform lieutenant, it's with an eye toward the future. After space pirates destroyed the life she knew, she's counting on the trek to Venus to give her a fresh start. Even her side gig working for security stud Neptune feels full of possibilities. But when she finds a body outside her ward after the departure point, her fresh start is as sullied as a worn uniform. The...
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Lights in the sky. Magnets and letters. Old friends and new.
Coming back from a Sunday at the seaside, Evangeline and her family witness three strange lights darting across the sky, manoeuvring in a most peculiar way.
Melbourne is abuzz with rumours but who is behind the mysterious lights? Could it be an invasion? A runaway airship? Or visitors from further afield?
Luckily, Evangeline Caldicott is on the case, determined to uncover the mystery and...
17) Alien Ambush
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For everything there is a season… Captain Liz Laika and crew have a new assignment: escorting the Mother Love's Traveling Intergalactic Troupe on their galactic tour. The final stop is where Liz started her career, Epsilon Violet, a lush, forested planet with multiple research stations, and the scrappy captain looks forward to reconnecting with her old boss. But when the first troupe performance ends with a prop phaser that is actually quite deadly,...
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The adventure starts with two, unlikely partners, Dr. Weinstein and Ms. Adams. They jump through worlds of fairytales, mysterious badlands, and past wars. A time when the human mind is filled with hopes of finding artifacts and broken dreams. A mixture of sub humans, aliens, ape-like creatures, and prehistoric animals. The couple's ending is far from over. Will they finish the unthinkable task, or end with nothing?
19) Medusa Snare
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The Medusa Snare is an Environmental Mystery. A mysterious hologram virus occupies our detective, Mike Lambert, while his exotic heroine, Dr. Helene Troy, runs for president and takes firm stands on issues such as population, jails, education, wars and the environment.
Mike is the average macho male detective who must remove his ego blinders if he is to win the fair Dr. Troy and join the futuristic movement for which she stands. He must also prevent...
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Set phasers to cozy!Sylvia Stryker has no business being on the next Moon Unit Cruise Line, unless you count aspirations and dreams. The career that once felt within her reach-Intergalactic Cruise Ship Security-disappeared the day her dad was arrested for collusion with space pirates. Since then she's begrudgingly been running the ice mine for her aging mother, the two of them social pariahs amongst their fellow Plunians. Everything changes when the...
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