Download or read book Chicken Mission The Mystery of Stormy Island written by Jennifer Gray and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The toughest Chicken Mission yet! All's quiet at Chicken HQ - but not for long. A new villain is on the scene: Vladimir Raptorov, an owl with more than mice in his sights. When the chickens are sent to investigate on Stormy Island, they discover his awful secret - he wants to use fossils to create horrifying dino-chicken hybrids! Can the chickens foil his plans for world domination, or is this finally the end of the Elite Chicken Squad?
Download or read book The Storm Keeper s Island written by Catherine Doyle and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Magical in every way." - Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl “Fans of Harry Potter or Percy Jackson can add Fionn Boyle as a generous and brave hero from the Emerald Isle.” – School Library Connection Fionn Boyle comes from a long line of brave seafarers, people with the ocean behind their eyes. But he can't help but fear the open sea. For years, Fionn's mother has told him stories of Arranmore Island, a strange place that seems to haunt her. Fionn has always wondered about this mysterious island, and from the day he arrives he starts noticing things that can't be explained. He can sense the island all around him, and it feels like the island is watching him, too. Once in a generation, Arranmore Island chooses a new Storm Keeper to wield its power and keep its magic safe from enemies. The time has come for his grandfather, a secretive and eccentric old man, to step down. But as Fionn and the other descendants of Arranmore's most powerful families fight to become the island's next champion, a more sinister magic is waking up, intent on rekindling a long-ago war and changing Fionn's life and the island's future forever.
Download or read book Peregrine Island written by Diane B. Saxton and published by She Writes Press. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peregrine Island is the recipient of the following 10 literary awards: 2017 Winner of the New York City Big Book Award for Mystery 2017 Best Book Awards Finalist in General Fiction for Fiction, for Literary, and for Mystery & Suspense 2017 Winner of the National Indie Excellence Award for Regional Fiction: Northeast 2017 Distinguished Favorite in Literary Fiction by Independent Press Awards 2017 International Book Awards Finalist for Literary Fiction 2017 National Indie Excellence Award Finalist for Fiction 2017 Bronze Award for US Northeast Fiction from the Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards 2018 Reader Views Literary Award Finalist and Honorable Mention for Adult - Fiction 2018 A Reader's Favorite literary fiction award winner 2018 Semifinalist, Somerset Award for Literary Fiction, Chanticleer International Book Awards ~~~~~ Literary Mystery Highlights an Heirloom Painting on Long Island Sound and the Relationships between Three Generations of Women Part “who-done-it” and part family drama, this award-winning novel reveals that neither people nor paintings are always what they appear to be. Contradictory relationships within troubled families are nothing new, but the award-winning psychological novel written by well-known journalist Diane B. Saxton elevates these relationships and the mysterious heirloom painting that both exposes and unites them to an art form. Peregrine Island interweaves the stories of three generations of women, one valuable painting, the artist who created it, and those who would do anything to possess it – including kill. Lush with sensory details, this psychologically complex mystery novel is set on a private island in the middle of Long Island Sound. It begins when the family’s lives are turned upside-down one summer by so-called art experts, who appear on the doorstep of their isolated home to appraise a favorite heirloom painting. When incriminating papers along with two other paintings are discovered behind the painting in question, the appraisal turns into a full-fledged investigation and detectives are called into the case—but not by the family whose members grow increasingly antagonistic toward one another. During the course of the inquiry and as the summer progresses, the family members discover new secrets about one another and new facts about their past. Above all, they learn that neither people nor paintings can be taken at face value. The Peregrine family's lives are turned upside down one summer when so-called "art experts" appear on the doorstep of their Connecticut island home to appraise a favorite heirloom painting. When incriminating papers, as well as other paintings, are discovered behind the art work in question, the appraisal turns into a full-fledged investigation. Antagonism mounts between grandmother, mother, and child, who begin to suspect one another, as well as the shady newcomers in their midst, of foul play. As the summer progresses and the Peregrines discover facts about their past in the course of the investigation, they learn that people―including them―are not always who they appear to be.
Download or read book The Mysterious Island written by Jules Verne and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 962 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although The Mysterious Island is technically a sequel to Vernes' enormously popular Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, this novel offers a vastly different take on similar thematic motifs. As with all of Verne's best-known works, The Mysterious Island is a masterpiece of the action-adventure genre, with a heaping dash of science fiction influence thrown in for good measure.
Download or read book The mystery of Easter island written by Katherine Routledge and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-07-10 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The mystery of Easter island" by Katherine Routledge. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book Storm Island written by Linda Watkins and published by Linda Watkins. This book was released on 2022-08-18 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2019 Silver Medalist in Fiction-Suspense, Readers Favorite International Book Awards! 2018 Winner, First Place Award, Chanticleer International Book Awards(PARANORMAL AWARDS)! >>>A Contemporary Gothic Series to Chill Your Bones and Warm Your Heart... A body found hanging from the ceiling fan in the tower room of the old manor house on Storm Island. For nineteen years, Kate Pomeroy has suppressed that memory. A second-year-resident in surgery, she thinks she has her life under control. But a curious conversation overheard while taking a catnap launches her on a descent into a world filled with nightmarish visions that cause her to doubt her own sanity. >>>An Unexpected Romance Battered by Waves of Terror, Old and New Sent to Storm Island to rest and recuperate from an apparent breakdown, Kate is forced to come to grips with memories of the summer her mother died as well as new terrors that plague her mind. Even the blossoming of an unexpected romance with islander, Jeremy Bradshaw, cannot keep her fears at bay for long. >>>A Mystery of Her Own Making? The discovery of a strange little silo, hidden deep in the woods, spurs Kate to action as she tries to unravel its mysteries. But is the silo real or just another illusion created by her tortured mind? >>>"An engrossing and suspenseful mystery." ~Kirkus Reviews
Download or read book The Moai Island Puzzle written by Alice Arisugawa and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published in Japan in 1989 by Taokyao Sogensha Co., Ltd. as Kotao Pazuru"--Title page verso.
Download or read book The Witches of Storm Island written by Linda Watkins and published by Linda Watkins. This book was released on 2019-01-21 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prequel to the award-winning STORM ISLAND, A Kate Pomeroy Mystery! It is the Year of Our Lord 1685 and fourteen-year-old Maude Prichard finds herself at a crossroads in life. A chance meeting with a strange woman, who never ages, sets the young Puritan maid on a path littered with fear, superstition, and witchcraft. A boy whose love is forbidden and an old man, drenched in darkness and depravity, will catapult Maude out of her well-ordered world into a life fraught with danger. >>>Travel with her as she journeys from the Massachusetts Bay Colony to the wilds of Maine where she will finally take her place among The Witches of Storm Island! The Witches of Storm Island is the first installment in a prequel series to the modern-day Kate Pomeroy Mysteries.
Download or read book The Lost Tide Warriors written by Catherine Doyle and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fans of Harry Potter or Percy Jackson can add Fionn Boyle as a generous and brave hero from the Emerald Isle.” – School Library Connection on The Storm Keeper's Island There is magic deep within Arranmore Island, and Fionn Boyle is beginning to discover how it has woven its way through generations of his family's history. But Arranmore is in trouble; evil sorceress Morrigan's soul stalkers have returned, giving rise to widespread fear and suspicion. Fionn wants to help, but the Storm Keeper magic passed down from his grandfather seems to have deserted him. Fionn sets out to summon the merrows, a vast army of sea creatures who may be his only chance. But how can he find them without the faintest idea of where to look? The battle to save Arranmore has begun. This gorgeously written, magical tale of family, bravery, and self-discovery is perfect for fans of Orphan Island and A Snicker of Magic.
Download or read book Blaze Island written by Catherine Bush and published by . This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For those who loved Barbara Kingsolver's Flight Behavior comes a new climate-themed, Shakespeare-inspired novel from bestselling author Catherine Bush. The time is now or an alternate near now, the world close to our own. A mammoth Category Five hurricane sweeps up the eastern seaboard of North America, leaving devastation in its wake, its outer wings brushing over tiny Blaze Island in the North Atlantic. Just as the storm disrupts the present, it stirs up the past: Miranda's memories of growing up in an isolated, wind-swept cove and the events of long ago that her father will not allow her to speak of. In the aftermath of the storm, she finds herself in a world altered so quickly and so radically that she hardly knows what has happened. As Miranda says, change is clear after it happens."--
Download or read book The Invitation written by Lucy Foley and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Paris Apartment and The Guest List, an evocative love story set along the Italian Riviera about a group of charismatic stars who all have secrets and pasts they try desperately — and dangerously — to hide. Rome, 1953: Hal, an itinerant journalist flailing in the post-war darkness, has come to the Eternal City to lose himself and to seek absolution for the thing that haunts him. One evening he finds himself on the steps of a palazzo, walking into a world of privilege and light. Here, on a rooftop above the city, he meets the mysterious Stella. Hal and Stella are from different worlds, but their connection is magnetic. Together, they escape the crowded party and imagine a different life, even if it's just for a night. Yet Stella vanishes all too quickly, and Hal is certain their paths won't cross again. But a year later they are unexpectedly thrown together, after Hal receives an invitation he cannot resist. An Italian Contessa asks him to assist on a trip of a lifetime -- acting as a reporter on a tremendous yacht, skimming its way along the Italian coast toward Cannes film festival, the most famous artists and movie stars of the day gathered to promote a new film. Of all the luminaries aboard — an Italian ingénue, an American star, a reclusive director — only one holds Hal in thrall: Stella. And while each has a past that belies the gilded surface, Stella has the most to hide. As Hal's obsession with Stella grows, he becomes determined to bring back the girl she once was, the girl who's been confined to history. An irresistibly entertaining and atmospheric novel set in some of the world's most glamorous locales, The Invitation is a sultry love story about the ways in which the secrets of the past stay with us — no matter how much we try to escape them.
Download or read book Stormy Cove written by Bernadette Calonego and published by Amazon Crossing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a globe-trotting freelance photographer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Lori Finning has seen just about everything. But when she lands an assignment on the barren, snow-swept island of Newfoundland, she finds herself in harsh and unfamiliar territory. During the long, dreary winters in the isolated fishing community of Stormy Cove, gossiping is the primary pastime. So Lori is surprised when she learns of a crime the locals have spent twenty years not talking about: the strange, unsolved murder of a teenage girl. As she delves deeper into the village's past, she'll discover dark family secrets, unexplained crimes, and an undeniable attraction to Noah, a taciturn local fisherman who just might hold all the answers.
Download or read book Stormy Petrel written by Mary Stewart and published by Hodder Paperbacks. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a rented cottage off the west coast of Scotland, Rose Fenemore finds her peace shattered by the arrival of two men seeking shelter from a violent storm
Download or read book The Lighthouse Keeper s Love written by OJ LEIGH and published by OJ LEIGH. This book was released on 2023-09-14 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amidst the relentless turmoil of a remote and storm-battered island, where tempestuous waves relentlessly assail rugged cliffs, a story of extraordinary love unfolds. In this untamed landscape, where the elements rage in symphony, dwells Hanna, a resolute lighthouse keeper who has found purpose in taming the very tempests that lash the desolate shores. One fateful day, destiny's capricious hand intervenes, delivering a shipwrecked sailor into Hanna's care. Santana, an enigmatic figure with no recollection of his past, emerges from the wreckage like a blank canvas awaiting the brushstrokes of forgotten experiences. As Hanna nurses Santana back to health and aids him in piecing together the fragments of his lost life, an unspoken bond takes root between them. Their vulnerabilities converge, and in each other's presence, they find solace transcending the constraints of language, time, and memory. Together, they embark on a journey through the island's wild beauty, unearthing concealed treasures amidst the untamed terrain. Amid moments of tenderness and understanding, they uncover the profound comfort that accompanies shared experiences. Yet, beneath the surface of their burgeoning connection lurk the shadows of Santana's missing memories. As their lives entwine like the turbulent currents of the sea, they are unable to evade the specter of Santana's forgotten past. Confronting the secrets that could rend them asunder, they grapple with their deepest apprehensions. Their choices will determine whether the unbreakable bond they've nurtured will endure the trials they face, or if it will fracture irreparably. "The Lighthouse Keeper's Love" weaves a narrative of tenacity, absolution, and the enduring potency of love to serve as a guiding light through the bleakest hours. Join us on an odyssey brimming with emotions as tumultuous as gusting winds, and a love that radiates as luminously as the beacon from the lighthouse's tower.
Download or read book Haunted Inside Passage written by Bjorn Dihle and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of twenty stories showcasing the supernatural legends and unsolved mysteries of Southeast Alaska, with a focus on the region between Yakutat and Petersburg, where the author has lived his entire life, writing, teaching, guiding, commercial fishing, and investigating ghost stories. Each chapter is rooted in Bjorn’s own adventures and will intertwine fascinating history, interviews, and his reflections. Bjorn’s writing, sometimes poignant and often wickedly funny, brings to mind Hunter S. Thompson and Patrick McManus. Chapters touch on legends such as Alexander Baranov, Soapy Smith, James Wickersham, and the Kóoshdaa Káa (Kushtaka) to lesser known but fascinating characters like “Naked” Joe Knowles and purported serial killer Ed Krause. From duplicitous if not downright diabolical humans to demons of the fjords and deep seas and cryptids of the forest, Bjorn presents a lively cross-section of the haunter and the haunted found in Alaska’s Inside Passage.
Download or read book Chicken Mission Chaos in Cluckbridge written by Jennifer Gray and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chickens ... we've got a cobra problem! Danger is looming over Cluckbridge Town. A cobra has escaped from the local zoom and is after the local birdlife. And if that isn't bad enough, the dastardly Most Wanted Club are back and causing trouble, too. Can Agent Cluckbucket and the Elite Chicken Squad vapourise the cobra's venom and keep the birds of Cluckbridge safe? For the awardwinning author of the Atticus Claw series.
Download or read book Abducted written by Linda Watkins and published by Linda Watkins. This book was released on 2023-01-06 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE BECAME YOUR NEW REALITY? Kate Pomeroy will have to answer this question in order to survive. On the eve of her planned wedding to Jeremy, an unknown assailant attacks her on the wharf, drugs her, and carries her away. Alone and frightened, in a dark room, Kate must battle to stay alive and maintain her sanity. Who has abducted the young doctor and why? And, to what lengths will she go to escape? Abducted, A Kate Pomeroy Mystery is the third volume and the award-winning Kate Pomeroy Gothic Mystery Series by USA Today bestselling author, Linda Watkins.
