Download or read book A Death at Tippitt Pond written by Susan Van Kirk and published by . This book was released on 2023-03-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secrets long buried surround the murder of teenage Melanie Tippitt. The daughter of a wealthy family in a small town, her lifeless body was found floating in Tippitt Pond in the summer of 1971. Six people were there that day, and one was convicted of her murder. Case closed.Now, forty-five years later, Beth Russell, a freelance researcher and genealogist, is brought to the town by a lawyer who believes Russell is the daughter of Melanie Tippitt and long-lost heir to the Tippitt fortune. Soon Beth finds herself surrounded by people who want her gone as soon as possible, people with a great deal to lose. The more they push, the more determined Beth is to discover the truth. With the help of a handsome detective, Beth vows to uncover what happened that day at Tippitt Pond.The ghostly presence of Melanie Tippitt, a stranger watching from the woods, and the discovery of secrets in Tippitt House make for a suspense-filled investigation where Beth discovers ? A DEATH AT TIPPITT POND changed everything.
Download or read book Three May Keep a Secret written by Susan Van Kirk and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grace Kimball, a recently retired teacher in the small town of Endurance,is haunted by a dark event from her past, an experience so terrifying she hasnever been able to put it behind her. Most days, however, she loves her life inher historical town, filled with friends and former students who are funny andsupportive. Among those friends is police detective TJ Sweeney.When Grace's former colleague and now shoddy journalist Brenda Norris ismurdered in a suspicious fire, the police have an endless line of suspects. Theeditor of the Endurance Register, Jeff Maitlin, hires Grace to take over Brenda'sjob and write about the town's history, but neither of them realizes the charmingtown hides people who will do anything to keep their secrets. Grace and Jeff findan undeniable attraction for each other, but Grace knows nothing of the editor's past,and when suspicious deaths begin to occur, she finds herself wonderingif she can trust this mystery man.Endurance is a picturesque place to live ¿ if you don't minda dead body or two.
Download or read book Marry in Haste written by Susan Van Kirk and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2012, wealthy Endurance banker, Conrad Folger, is murdered and his wife arrested. Grace Kimball, retired teacher, joins Detective TJ Sweeney to investigate the murder and uncovers a dark secret.In 1893, Olivia Havelock, age seventeen, moves to Endurance to seek a husband. She finds one in Charles Lockwood, powerful and wealthy judge, but her diary reveals a terrifying story.Two wives-two murders a century apart-and a shocking secret connects them.
Download or read book Death at Deacon Pond written by E. M. Alexander and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kerri Langston has fought to suppress her psychic vision since her father's violent death and when she stumbles upon Mark Travers' dead body in the woods, she realizes that he and her father were both murdered.
Download or read book Three May Keep a Secret written by Susan Van Kirk and published by Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grace Kimball, a recently retired teacher in Endurance, Illinois, is haunted by a dark event from her past. Most days, however, Grace loves her life in the little town filled with friends and past students. Then local reporter Brenda Norris dies in a suspicious fire. And when newspaper editor Jeff Maitlin asks Grace to finish Brenda's research for the upcoming 175th centennial, neither realizes the town harbors people who will do anything to keep their secrets.
Download or read book Death Takes No Bribes written by Susan Van Kirk and published by . This book was released on 2017-06 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Witch s Child written by Susan Van Kirk and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retired teacher Grace Kimball is elated when former student Fiona Mackenzie returns to Endurance to make burial plans for her recently deceased mother, Sybil Mackenzie. But this will be no ordinary funeral because Fiona's mother-a self-proclaimed witch-died in prison following a sensational Endurance murder trial ten years earlier. Detective TJ Sweeney doesn't need witchcraft or visions to know Sybil Mackenzie's presence-dead or alive-will rekindle anger in the residents of the small town.When the judge from Sybil's trial is poisoned, the evidence points toward Fiona, the witch's child. Who else has a garden full of poisonous plants? Who else lost her mother to ten years in prison? Who knows the kind of dark magic the witch's child can create? Her mother put a curse on all involved in her trial. Has Fiona returned to get revenge?TJ finds other suspects ripe with motives to murder. Add vicious whispers and malicious rumors in the local coffee shops, pushy reporters looking for a story, and clashing opinions on social media. The town of Endurance is like a tinderbox just waiting for someone to light a match. Can Grace and TJ find the judge's killer before that match is struck?
Download or read book CliffsNotes on Steinbeck s Of Mice and Men written by Susan Van Kirk and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2011-05-18 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in the series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. In CliffsNotes on Of Mice and Men, you'll meet drifters Lennie and George and recount their peculiar difficulties and unusual bond. The CliffsNotes commentaries, summaries, and character analysis will show you why this sweet, sad, and moving American story is considered to be one of Steinbeck's greatest works. You'll also find Life and background of the author, John Steinbeck A short introduction to the novel A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters Critical essays A review section that tests your knowledge A Resource Center with books, Web sites, films, and magazine articles for further study Classic literature or modern-day treasure—you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
Download or read book The Education of a Teacher written by Susan Van Kirk and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-08-30 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1968, at age twenty-one, I was sure I had all the answers I needed to know about teaching five classes a day in a real high school I had no idea how nave I was! Every teachers career is a journey of discovery that begins with rookie insecurities and moves toward self-confidence and understanding. When Susan Van Kirk drove into little Monmouth, Illinois, in 1968straight out of college, with her teaching degree in handshe thought she was ready to teach English and speech to high school students. She didnt realize that, for the rest of her career, she would both teach and be taught by a town, a school, and the students who entered her life. A veteran of thirty-four years in public high school teaching, Van Kirk will take you on a passionate and unforgettable journey through one teaching life. Meet her students and experience the events that molded a rookie teacher into a veteran. This montage of stories covers the years 1968 to 2008; they describe her early fears about classroom discipline, plots to overthrow the rookie, handing drug overdoses, the devastating first student death, and a challenge to a major Kurt Vonnegut book in her classroom.
Download or read book Trifles written by Susan Glaspell and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Marry in Haste written by Susan Van Kirk and published by Five Star. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Marry in Haste, Repent at Leisure" --Benjamin Franklin Marry in Haste, is the story of two lives over a hundred years apart, both illustrating the resilience of women in the small town of Endurance. Grace Kimball, retired teacher, is writing for the Endurance Register and dating its editor, Jeff Maitlin. When he buys a huge Victorian house and borrows money from the bank, he sets off a chain of events that puts Grace in danger. Conrad Folger, the bank president, is murdered, and his wife, Emily, becomes the prime suspect. While TJ Sweeney, Grace's friend and Endurance police detective, investigates, Grace also sets out to prove her former student innocent. If Grace is right and Emily Folger is innocent, who else had a motive to kill the bank president? TJ Sweeney investigates a list of possible suspects: spurned lovers, unhappy bank clients, and even family members. Grace and Jeff also find a diary from 1893 in Lockwood House, Jeff's newly-bought mansion. Written by a naïve 17-year-old who comes to Endurance from a small farm, it tells Olivia Havelock's bittersweet story. She marries a powerful judge, and what begins as a joyous event quickly turns to terror. As Grace reads the diary, she soon sees parallels to the life of Emily Folger. Can the lessons from the past help Grace clear Emily's name? And can she do it in time, before a killer strikes again?
Download or read book History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County Illinois written by John Carroll Power and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book CliffsNotes on Hawthorne s The Scarlet Letter written by Susan Van Kirk and published by Cliffs Notes. This book was released on 2000-06-05 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. In CliffsNotes on Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, you explore life in 17th-century Massachusetts as you follow the ordeal of Hester Prynne, who has been found guilty of adultery and sentenced to wear a scarlet letter A on her dress as a sign of shame. The Scarlet Letter is considered to be Hawthorne's finest work, depicting a world where the real meets the unreal, the actual meets the imaginary — in a classic story that is difficult to forget. This study guide carefully walks you through every step of Hester's journey by providing summaries and critical analyses of each chapter of the novel. You'll also explore the life and background of the author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and gain insight into how he came to write The Scarlet Letter. Other features that help you study include Character analyses of major players A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters Critical essays on the novel's setting and structure, symbolism, and classification as a gothic romance A review section that tests your knowledge A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites Classic literature or modern modern-day treasure — you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
Download or read book From Doniphan to Verdun written by Evan Alexander Edwards and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health Care Ethics through the Lens of Moral Distress written by Kristen Jones-Bonofiglio and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a bridge between the theory to practice gap in contemporary health care ethics. It explores the messiness of everyday ethical issues and validates the potential impacts on health care professionals as wounded healers who regularly experience close proximity to suffering and pain. This book speaks to why ethics matters on a personal level and how moral distress experiences can be leveraged instead of hidden. The book offers contributions to both scholarship and the profession. Nurses, physicians, social workers, allied health care professionals, as well as academics and students will benefit from this book.
Download or read book The State Water Plan written by Pennsylvania. Bureau of Resources Programming and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Between the Cracks of History written by Francis Edward Abernethy and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six essays discuss definitions and explanations of folklore, and methods of teaching it. Then 15 additional essays explore Texas folklore related to such topics as police burials, gang graffiti, fiddling, ghosts, dance halls, oil fields, spring rituals, and the dialect spoken along the border between Texas and Mexico. Numerous illustrations and black-and-white photographs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
