Download or read book Dumpster Dying written by Michelle Bennington and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henny Wiley has a problem...she's a bit of a collector. Well, collector might be an understatement. She's a full-blown hoarder! Henny doesn't see it that way though. She considers herself a finder of lost treasures and the only thing Henny loves more than a great deal at a yard sale is to head to the parking lot of her favorite hobby store and search through their dumpster for bright new shiny things. During one such dumpster dive, Henny makes a horrific discovery...the dead body of a young woman she had a soft spot for. Determined to find out who murdered her friend Henny drags along her recently deceased husband Walter (who obviously has problems of his own!) and her long-suffering sister Ida Mae as back-up. But the murderer is paying attention and if Henny's not careful, the next body dying in a dumpster will be her own!

Download or read book Dumpster Dying written by Lesley Diehl and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-10 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ah, the golden years of retirement in the sunshine state. They're more like pot metal to Emily Rhodes, who discovers the body of the county's wealthiest rancher in the Big Lake Country Club dumpster. With her close friend accused of the murder, Emily sets aside her grief at her life partner's death to find the real killer. She underestimates the obstacles rural Florida can set up for a winter visitor and runs afoul of a local judge with his own version of justice, hires a lawyer who works out of a retirement home, and flees wild fires hand-in-hand with the man she believes to be the killer.

Download or read book Death by Dumpster written by Karen Hanson Stuyck and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laid off from her magazine job, Lauren Prescott reluctantly agrees to ghostwrite a memoir for Caroline Marshall, the self-described Queen of Dumpster Diving. Lauren attends a potluck dinner at Caroline’s house, where guests bring food they found dumpster diving. By the end of the evening, one guest is dead, poisoned by toxic nuts. Days later another dinner guest dies after trying homemade goodies sent to Caroline by “A Grateful Former Student.” Lauren is determined to bring the murderer to justice. But first she has to save herself from a ruthless killer intent on adding her to the list of victims.

Download or read book The Hill to Die on written by Jake Sherman and published by Crown Publishing Group (NY). This book was released on 2019 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With control of both the House and Senate up for grabs in 2018 and the direction of the nation resting on the outcome, never has a more savage, unrelenting fight been waged in the raptor cage that is the U.S. congress. From the torrid struggle between the conservative Freedom Caucus and Speaker Paul Ryan for control of the house, to the sexual assault accusations against Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh that threw the Senate into turmoil, to the pitched battles across America in primaries, the road to the midterm election has been paved with chaos and intrigue. And that's before one considers that it's all refracted through the kaleidoscopic lens of President Trump, who can turn any situation on its head with just a single tweet. With inside access that ushers readers deep into the inner workings and hidden secrets of party leadership, Politco Playbook writers Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman trace the strategy and the impulsiveness, the deal-making and the backstabbing, in a blow-by-blow account of the power struggle roiling the halls of Congress. The Hill to Die On will be an unforgettable story of power and politics, where the stakes are nothing less than the future of America under Trump.

Download or read book Dumpster Dying written by Michelle Bennington and published by . This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birdie Harper is a widowed hoarder who lives with her husband's ghost. The only thing she enjoys more than a good yard sale is a good dumpster dive. When she finds her latest treasure-a ceramic angel- she knows just who to bring it to.Jenna Lawson is a cashier at the Blue Market convenience store where Birdie often shops. The two women have formed a strong bond to assuage the losses in their lives, and Birdie thinks of Jenna like the daughter she lost long ago. So, when Jenna goes missing, Birdie is determined to find out what happened to her.As she works to unravel the mystery, a man at church, Neville Miller, shows interest in Birdie, leading her to wonder if the lonely days are finally coming to an end. But her ghostly husband, Walter, sure isn't going to like it.Birdie is on a hunt that may claim the ultimate price-her own life.

Download or read book Too Big to Die written by Sue Ann Jaffarian and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2017-12-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Viral videos and dangerous criminals turn Odelia and Greg's good deed into accusations of murder It's the dog days of summer for Odelia and Greg after they rescue a dog from a closed car on a blistering hot day. The culprit is former reality star Marla Kingston, who's married to a client of Odelia's law firm. The dog was saved, but Odelia's job might not be when Kingston demands blood. Things get even stickier when a video of the rescue goes viral, and the man who helped them winds up dead. And who is the mysterious young woman who shows up about the same time? Is she connected or just an opportunist looking to cash in on their reluctant Internet fame? Praise for the Odelia Grey Mysteries: "[A] delightful series."—Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine "[A] witty series with its quirky, well-drawn characters."—Booklist "Balancing her professional skills as a paralegal with her self-doubt as a sleuth, Odelia is one of the most believable amateur detectives in recent fiction. Beautifully plotted and carefully crafted, this is a marvelous start to an exciting new series. Strongly recommended."—Library Journal "Plus-size reading pleasure—try this one on!" —Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author

Download or read book Live Free or Die written by Ernest Hebert and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-01 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The struggle between the rural working class and the upper crust intensifies in this turning-point novel of the Darby Chronicles as Freddy Elman, son of the town trash collector, and Lilith Salmon, daughter of a prestigious family, embark on their ill-fated love affair. Seeing Darby through new eyes, Freddy comes to realize that "the kind of people who hunkered down among these tree-infested, rock-strewn hills" is "dying out, replaced by people with money, education, culture, people 'wise in the ways of the world.'" As that world increasingly intervenes, the lovers' attempt to bridge the chasm that divides their class-alienated families inevitably collapses in Hebert's tragic tale that echoes Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. This is a book for anyone interested in local politics, privilege, and poverty, all embedded in a story of love and death in the woods and on the ledges of the Granite State.

Download or read book Once More to Die written by Jim Johnson and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retired hitman and gangster, escaped convict, former Marine, outlaw biker, and French Foreign Legionnaire Tommy Atkins is hiding out in the Florida Everglades. When a chance encounter leads him to rescue beautiful freedom blogger Maria Elena from rape and murder, they find themselves on the run from a rogue ex-pat Cuban anti-revolutionary militia group, the U.S. Marshal Service, a CIA and FBI joint task force, an infamous Mexican hitman, and the Tampa and Las Vegas Mafia. Their only hope is to fight their way across the country to try to resolve the militia group to which Maria Elena is heir. Along the way, Atkins teaches Elena Maria the lethal arts and how to survive in his underground world--abilities they must put to good use. Only the fact that he is one of the most dangerous men in the world has kept them alive. The prize at the end of their road? Nothing less than controlling all commerce with Cuba as the Castro brothers regime comes to an end! But only if they live long enough to see the payoff...

Download or read book How to Marry a Ghost written by Hope McIntyre and published by Mysterious Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intrepid ghostwriter Lee Bartholomew returns to New York to plan her mother's wedding and solve the murder of an ambitious competitor in this follow-up to How to Seduce a Ghost. Ghostwriter Lee Bartholomew heads to New York to be the maid of honor in her mother's wedding/commitment ceremony (even though she's still married to Lee's father), and to interview for the job of ghostwriting an autobiography by aging rock legend Shotgun Marriott. But her time in the States doesn't quite go as she planned. First she learns she lost the ghostwriting job to Bettina Santa Cruz, an ambitious hustler much younger than Lee. And the body of a man in a wedding dress washes up right after Lee's mom is married in a beautiful oceanside ceremony-and he turns out to be none other than Shotgun Marriott's estranged son! When Bettina is also murdered, Lee finds herself stepping into the dead woman's ghosting shoes...and trying to solve a murder before the killer strikes again.

Download or read book Animals and Society written by Margo DeMello and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human-animal studies is an interdisciplinary field that explores the spaces that animals occupy in human social and cultural worlds. It examines the interactions humans and animals have with each other and the ways animal lives intersect with human societies. Since existing social orders rely on the exploitation of animals to serve human needs, the questions posed by human-animal studies touch upon a wide range of fundamental issues. Animals and Society provides a broad overview of this rapidly growing field. Margo DeMello offers students and scholars a holistic and comprehensive picture of the state of inquiry into the relationships that exist between humans and other animals. She considers interactions between animals and humans in social organizations, such as the family, the legal system, and political and religious institutions. A major focus is the social construction of animals in world cultures and the way in which these social meanings are used to reinforce and perpetuate hierarchical human relationships such as racism, sexism, and class privilege. The book also examines how different human groups construct a range of identities for themselves and for others through animals. This second edition of Animals and Society is fully updated and expanded throughout, enhancing the book’s relevance for student and activist readers alike. It includes many new international examples, all-new case studies, and updated supplementary readings.

Download or read book Dying Is My Business written by Nicholas Kaufmann and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given his line of work in the employ of a psychotic Brooklyn crime boss, Trent finds himself on the wrong end of too many bullets. Yet each time he's killed, he wakes a few minutes later completely healed of his wounds but with no memory of his past identity. What's worse, each time he cheats death someone else dies in his place. Sent to steal an antique box from some squatters in an abandoned warehouse near the West Side Highway, Trent soon finds himself stumbling into an age-old struggle between the forces of good and evil, revealing a secret world where dangerous magic turns people into inhuman monstrosities, where impossible creatures hide in plain sight, and where the line between the living and the dead is never quite clear. And when the mysterious box is opened, he discovers he has only twenty-four hours to save New York City from certain destruction, in Dying Is My Business by Nicholas Kaufmann.

Download or read book The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning written by Margareta Magnusson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *The basis for the wonderfully funny and moving TV series developed by Amy Poehler and Scout Productions* A charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life. In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called döstädning, dö meaning “death” and städning meaning “cleaning.” This surprising and invigorating process of clearing out unnecessary belongings can be undertaken at any age or life stage but should be done sooner than later, before others have to do it for you. In The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, artist Margareta Magnusson, with Scandinavian humor and wisdom, instructs readers to embrace minimalism. Her radical and joyous method for putting things in order helps families broach sensitive conversations, and makes the process uplifting rather than overwhelming. Margareta suggests which possessions you can easily get rid of (unworn clothes, unwanted presents, more plates than you’d ever use) and which you might want to keep (photographs, love letters, a few of your children’s art projects). Digging into her late husband’s tool shed, and her own secret drawer of vices, Margareta introduces an element of fun to a potentially daunting task. Along the way readers get a glimpse into her life in Sweden, and also become more comfortable with the idea of letting go.

Download or read book Deserves To Die written by Lisa Jackson and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judged As he watches, her body drifts below the water's surface, forever altered. Before he disposes of each victim, he takes a trophy. It's a sign of his power, and a warning--to the one destined to suffer most of all. . . Condemned In Grizzly Falls, Montana, Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli are struggling with a new commander and a department in the midst of upheaval. It's the worst possible time for a homicide. A body has been found, missing a finger. Alvarez hopes this means a murderer with a personal grudge, not a madman. But then a second body turns up. . . Executed As the clues begin pointing toward a suspect, Pescoli's unease grows. Even with Alvarez barely holding it together and her own personal life in chaos, she senses there's more to this case than others believe. A killer has made his way to Grizzly Falls, ready to fulfill a vengeance years in the making. And Pescoli must find the target of his wrath--or die trying. . .

Download or read book I Don t Want to Die All Alone written by Joseph F. Henderson III and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph, the sixth child of nine children, describes a sad but shockingly true story of growing up on the streets at a young age. After a life filled with crime, drugs, money, cars, and women, Joe realizes that life and time is catching up to him. He shares with the readers his days of living in below zero temperatures in Michigan with no heat; nightly pit stops through ice and snow to raid the supermarket garbage dumpsters; and feasting on goldfish, turtles, and mallard ducks, from the neighborhood park pond. Journey with Joe as he tells an all out, no holds barred tale of physical, mental, and sexual abuse. He tells of living in a household where discipline consisted of holding encyclopedias in each hand while balancing on one foot, and whippings with electrical cords, brooms, two-by-fours, and garden hoses. After being shot on a street corner, later escaping a drive by shooting, then the subsequent brutal murder of his sixteen year old brother, feel the passion with Joe, as he explains several suicide attempts his family never knew about. Ignoring the stereotypes, read why his controversial thoughts have lead him to an almost recluse lifestyle. Feeling he would die all alone, Joe makes a desperate and emotional attempt to apologize and ask forgiveness from family, friends, and foes that suffered during his reign of torment.

Download or read book Super Triptychs written by Everett C Borders Jr. PhD., PhD and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-06-17 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Super Triptychs This writer’s material is the most controversial screenplays of this time that I have ever written & just completed to date. There are three distantly different stories with three distantly different juntas 1-Planet Black, this storyboard is about a high action & very high science fiction high drama, about a race of black warriors who come to earth after witnessing the genocidal & treatment atrocities on planet earth, as they attempt to correct what’s been a historical global effort to denigrate the black experience on planet earth. This screenplay is harvested upon presentence of real factual historical & scientific evidence, perceived science fiction & futuristic interpretations, along with this writer’s personal highlighted original theoretical scientific innovational concepts, and part (original story movie) screenplay novel; included within this screenplay, all complete movie scripts, dialogs & soundtrack forthwith. 2-Little Miss Pantomime short screenplay movie; exert; Included within this movie screenplay, all complete movie scripts, dialogs forthwith. This story is about very dark true life story about a little homeless girl living on the streets of a big city. The tale has many twists & turns of high drama, about street children & pedophilia, child prostitution & children being trafficked. 3-The third novel is named; The third novel (the Ghosts of Vegas) is another material that could very easily be converted into another movie. The Ghosts of Vegas; exert; The storyboard is a snapshot about the fate of so many street people, in Vegas & all over the world living in shantytowns, as it depicts the whys of a growing & concern, as so many homeless people who live on the streets.

Download or read book The Dumpster s Daughter written by PJ White and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bored ten year old girl is stuck at her mother's workplace (a daytime shelter for homeless women and children). While rummaging around she finds a diary which seems to belong to one of the shelter's homeless clients.Whose diary is this? What is her name? The questions become more and more urgent as the girl reads on: this nameless woman and her baby might be in terrible danger. Will she be able to help them? Will she find out who they are before it's too late?

Download or read book Dying to Live written by Kim Paffenroth and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lone survivor in a zombie-infested world, Jonah Caine wandered for months, struggling to understand the apocalypse in which he lives. Unable to find a moral or sane reason for the horror that surrounds him, he is overwhelmed by violence and insignificance. Then Jonah comes across a group of survivors living in a museum-turned-compound. They are led by Jack, an ever-practical and efficient military man; and Milton, a mysterious prophet who holds a strange power over the dead. Both share Jonah’s anguish over the brutality of their world as well as his hope for its beauty. Together with others, they build a community that reestablishes an island of order and humanity surrounded by relentless ghouls. But this newfound peace is short-lived, as Jonah and his band of refugees clash with another group of survivors who remind them that the undead are not the only—nor the most grotesque—horrors they must face.