Download or read book Orcas Island Mystery written by Jan G. Johnson and published by Review & Herald Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While it surprised 15-year-old twins Julian and ReAnn Hunter to learn that their arrival on Orcas Island coincided with a sudden wave of petty thefts in the remote community, the teens were astonished to be labeled suspects. After all, the pair's plan to spend all summer helping to repair their grandparents' retirement home on the island was supposed to include everything but a mystery.

Download or read book A Mysterious Christmas on Orcas Island written by Tara Ellis and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Sam and Ally get a special Christmas invitation to Orcas Island, they have no idea that the small island has such big mysteries.Their friend, Sandy, begs them to help her solve a troubling situation, and they are drawn into a puzzle with layers of uncertainties. From secret meetings, to legendary ghosts, they explore the dramatic setting in an attempt to make sense of it all.But in the middle of their plight, a storm of the century bears down on them. Not only do they end up battling the raging storm, but also a criminal plot. Stranded and alone, can the girls come together to overcome their most harrowing adventure yet?

Download or read book The S O S Boys written by Rosanna I. Porter and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-12 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mystery on Orcas Island is the first book in the S.O.S. Boys Mystery Book series. The S.O.S. Boys, Rick, Greg, and Topher are friends who live near each other on the mainland in Bellingham, Washington and whose parents' have cabins on Orcas Island near one another in Hidden Cove. The boys had grown up together and had been friends as long as they could remember.This summer is the first year the boys are going to spend most of the time on Orcas Island, while their families travel back and forth from their homes on the mainland to their cabins on the island on the weekends. For several years, the boys had saved their money from odd jobs and bought a 16 foot boat. Their plan for the summer is to get a job catching crabs for the Doe Bay Café, earn money, and explore the island.The first mystery begins shortly after the boys set a course for Hidden Cove on Orcas Island. Something mysterious swam under their boat and caused it to bounce around a lot. Then once they arrived on the island, they began to see strange marks in the sand. At night while they were having a bonfire, there were mysterious lights flashing from the cliff across their cove. Hoping that it was just other boys on the island having fun, they soon discovered they were in for a surprise they could have never guessed.Read how the boys solve this mystery only to find that a larger mystery was awaiting them.

Download or read book A Quagmire on Orcas Island written by Aileen Nowatzki and published by America Star Books. This book was released on 2015-12-18 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two dead bodies, seemingly unconnected, are found within a week on Orcas Island, a San Juan Island off the coast of Washington. Border concerns with Canada, bizarre murders, coupled with teenage kidnapping and runaways prompt the local authorities to call in experts, agents Bev and Brian Moore. These specialists in foreign intrigue are diverted from their international assignment in Italy to pose as journalists for a criminal investigation on the island. Clues lead to discovery of terrorist tactics and the attempted recruitment of teens into a quagmire of ruthless behavior. Aileen Nowatzki is a Californian writer of novels of intrigue. She received her MA in French and has worked as a teacher, a college instructor, a translator and a director of religious education. Extensive travel with her husband spans three continents and has provided her with a unique perspective on multi-cultural issues. Volunteerism is an important part of her weekly activities. Three children and young grandchildren keep her very active.

Download or read book The Girl Who Wrote in Silk written by Kelli Estes and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! "A powerful debut that proves the threads that interweave our lives can withstand time and any tide, and bind our hearts forever."—Susanna Kearsley, New York Times bestselling author of Belleweather and The Vanished Days A historical novel inspired by true events, Kelli Estes's brilliant and atmospheric debut is a poignant tale of two women determined to do the right thing, highlighting the power of our own stories. The smallest items can hold centuries of secrets... While exploring her aunt's island estate, Inara Erickson is captivated by an elaborately stitched piece of fabric hidden in the house. The truth behind the silk sleeve dated back to 1886, when Mei Lien, the lone survivor of a cruel purge of the Chinese in Seattle found refuge on Orcas Island and shared her tragic experience by embroidering it. As Inara peels back layer upon layer of the centuries of secrets the sleeve holds, her life becomes interwoven with that of Mei Lein. Through the stories Mei Lein tells in silk, Inara uncovers a tragic truth that will shake her family to its core—and force her to make an impossible choice. Should she bring shame to her family and risk everything by telling the truth, or tell no one and dishonor Mei Lien's memory? A touching and tender book for fans of Marie Benedict, Susanna Kearsley, and Duncan Jepson, The Girl Who Wrote in Silk is a dual-time period novel that explores how a delicate piece of silk interweaves the past and the present, reminding us that today's actions have far reaching implications. Praise for The Girl Who Wrote in Silk: "A beautiful, elegiac novel, as finely and delicately woven as the title suggests. Kelli Estes spins a spellbinding tale that illuminates the past in all its brutality and beauty, and the humanity that binds us all together." —Susan Wiggs, New York Times bestselling author of The Beekeeper's Ball "A touching and tender story about discovering the past to bring peace to the present." —Duncan Jepson, author of All the Flowers in Shanghai "Vibrant and tragic, The Girl Who Wrote in Silk explores a horrific, little-known era in our nation's history. Estes sensitively alternates between Mei Lien, a young Chinese-American girl who lived in the late 1800s, and Inara, a modern recent college grad who sets Mei Lien's story free." —Margaret Dilloway, author of How to Be an American Housewife and Sisters of Heart and Snow

Download or read book An Unseen Current written by Bethany Maines and published by Blue Zephyr Press. This book was released on 2015-04-25 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You never know what’s beneath the surface. When Seattle native Tish Yearly finds herself fired and evicted all in one afternoon, she knows she’s in deep water. Unemployed and desperate, the 26 year old ex-actress heads for the one place she knows she’ll be welcome – the house of her cantankerous ex-CIA agent grandfather, Tobias Yearly, in the San Juan Islands. And when she discovers the strangled corpse of Tobias’s best friend, she knows she’s in over her head. Tish is thrown head-long into a mystery that pits her against a handsome but straight-laced Sheriff’s Deputy, a group of eccentric and clannish local residents, and a killer who knows the island far better than she does. Now Tish must swim against the current, depending on her nearly forgotten acting skills and her grandfather’s spy craft, to con a killer and keep them alive.

Download or read book ORCAS INTRIGUE written by Laura Gayle and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Camille Tate has always run away...but vanishing whenever life gets too frightening has never solved anything. When a broken heart sends Cam to remote Orcas Island to try her hand at caretaking and writing a screenplay, she finds quiet beaches and cozy bookstores, plus a host of intriguing folks, including a rugged boat-builder, a glamorous neighbor, and a reassuring sheriff's deputy. But an escalating nest of mysteries and the haunting sense of being watched soon leave Cam wondering if she can believe her own perceptions. As intrigue turns to danger, she must decide whether there is anyone she can trust, or if it's time for her to vanish yet again.

Download or read book Sunset Secrets written by Amelia Addler and published by ANJ Press. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living in paradise isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be… Marty Coursin is finally living the good life. Free of the erroneous FBI charges against him, now he’s able to spend his days in comfort on Orcas Island. Sure, there’s a bit of a mystery surrounding who’s been sending him strange, anonymous messages. But who cares about that when everything is going his way, including the arrival of a beautiful, fascinating new resident? Emma Dickinson is ready for a fresh start. With her health problems under control and her divorce finalized, island life is exactly what she needs. She won’t ever fall in love again, though. Not even with her charming new friend, Marty. No matter how perfect he seems, risking her heart again is not in her best interest. Or so she keeps telling herself… Will Marty’s secretive nature, colorful past, and best intentions only serve to keep Emma at arm’s length? Or will she learn to trust – and love – him enough to take a shot at happily ever after? Sunset Secrets, book two in the Orcas Island series, is a sweet, romantic, contemporary women’s fiction read full of joy and second chances. Enjoy the sites of the San Juan Islands through the eyes of your favorite islanders – Marty, Lucy, and Claire. Download today!

Download or read book Island of the Unknowns written by Benedict Carey and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2011-08-05 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a trailer park called Adjacent, next to the Folsom Energy Plant, people have started to vanish, and no one seems to care. At first Lady Di and her best friend, Tom Jones, barely notice the disappearances—until their beloved math tutor, Mrs. Clarke, is abducted, too. Mrs. Clarke has left them clues in the form of math equations that lead them all over the trailer park, through hidden tunnels under “Mount Trashmore,†? and into the Folsom Energy Plant itself, where Lady Di and Tom Jones and a gang of other misfits uncover the sordid truth about what’s really happening there. F&P level: Y

Download or read book The Search written by Nora Roberts and published by . This book was released on 2014-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Unfamiliar Sea written by Bethany Maines and published by San Juan Islands Murder Myster. This book was released on 2020-01-13 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tish Yearly is about to open a wedding venue on Orcas Island, in the San Juan Islands of Washington State. All she wants is to sail through her first wedding, figure out why her best friend isn't talking to her, and tell her grandfather she's dating someone he doesn't approve of, but before she can get to any of that, Tish's favorite employee turns up dead-apparently drowned in four inches of water. Now Tish is wading through the suspects including a meth-cooking uncle, a brother with anger-management issues, and the mysterious island drug kingpin, who may or may not be going straight. Tish is attempting to navigate this unfamiliar sea, but she may not be able to weather the storms and find her way home.

Download or read book Endangered Orcas The Story of the Southern Residents written by Monika Wieland Shields and published by Orca Watcher. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales are the most watched and studied whales in the world, yet they struggle for survival in the waters of Washington State and British Columbia. These urban orcas, a Pacific Northwest icon, are at the center of human politics as we attempt to learn from the past and find a sustainable future.

Download or read book The Irish Cowboy written by D. W. Ulsterman and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He gave his word, refused to break a vow, and lost his one chance at true love. Now they've come for his land. Hap Wilkes is a man facing a painful past, an increasingly uncertain future, and now fights with everything left in a broken and failing body, to keep the one thing still left to him - his pride. The Irish Cowboy is a story of loss, secrets, redemption, and the always present human yearning for love and forgiveness, and marks the most personal novel to date from bestselling author D.W. Ulsterman.

Download or read book Orcas Investigation written by Laura Gayle and published by Chameleon Chronicles. This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Camille Tate has found the spot she would like to call home......but staying in one place has dangers for a woman who always fades away.When winter comes to Orcas, ice strands Cam indoors. It's time to work on her script, do some caretaking, and recover from the danger of her early time on the island. But Cam is grieving her friends, lost to betrayal, travel, and whatever called Lisa Cannon away with barely a word.What will break Cam's loneliness? JoJo, the rakish son of her boss, offers a charming distraction from all the things Cam should be doing. With him at her side, Cam is swept into a new investigation. Against a backdrop of hilarious island politics and eccentric neighbors, the secrets of Cam's childhood-and her mysterious gift-begin to surface.

Download or read book Orcas Island written by Don Wilsun and published by . This book was released on 1980-07-01 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Chopping Water written by Bruce Langford and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-06 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Island Chronicles Book 1, Conscious, Christopher, whose name has been changed to William, is drawn by the music to the mysterious woman, Eleutheria, who lives in the house with the thatched roof overlooking Bourani Cove and the ancient lime kiln which still burns hot for those who know how and where to look. There, she tells him about trapping time in the old tower, inadvertently creating the dragon, and how he must contain the monster while she searches the world for a way to repair what she has done. Having made his choice to believe her, the story continues in book 2, Chopping Water, part mystery, part philosophy, and part historical fiction, in which William tells Lexi the story of how Eleutheria came to America three hundred years ago only to watch her life shattered before sailing halfway around the world to Orcas Island in search of ultimate freedom. Contemporarily on the island, William encounters investors who have come to create a profitable paradise while he continues to struggle with the mystery of Nazdehda Retovna, the woman who rescued him fifty years ago. Now she has apparently reappeared as Julien Darville, debonair dandy and owner of the bookstore. Eventually, William is confronted with an evil that threatens him, his mission, and those he loves. And we learn to what lengths he will go to survive. With the aid of his companions, Winston, the Belgian Malinois, and the playfully dangerous Lexi, William continues his search for the truth. Do we really matter, or are we just characters playing our parts, nothing more and nothing less, than conscious stardust pretending to be free?

Download or read book An Unfinished Storm written by Bethany Maines and published by Blue Zephyr Press. This book was released on 2023-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former actress Tish Yearly washed up on her grandfather's doorstep after being fired, robbed, and evicted all the same day. Now, two years later Tish has a burgeoning business as the owner of a wedding and events venue on Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands of Washington State. But when Hollywood knocked on her door, Tish found herself turning down the part of a lifetime for a new dream - being a producer. But having persuaded a bevy of Hollywood insiders to film a movie on Orcas Island, persuaded her boyfriend that she's not leaving him to be a star, and persuaded Matt Jones, the islands most reputable drug dealer, to help bank roll the film, Tish Yearly has a lot riding on things going well. But when the movie's director turns up dead, Tish can see a storm is about to hit. Now Tish and Tobias are racing against the clock to solve the case before the movie folds or Tish ends up in jail for a murder she didn't commit.