Download or read book A Cozy Beatles Mystery written by Kal Smagh and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-16 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beatlemania is building! Liverpool record store girl, Helen Spencer, lands the plummiest job -- in the Beatles Fan Club! She is new to the craziness...and the Beatles themselves. She's thrilled to meet the boys and attend their insane concerts... screaming with the growing legion of fans...answering mountains of fan club mail and seeing their 1962 shows... an exciting, pulse pounding, heart-racing time to be alive and in the midst of their soaring popularity... ...but one week before their long sought studio recording she is robbed of the souped up lyrics to Please Please Me...and goes on a desperate search to recover them before someone else records the song... The Bobbies believe she's the culprit...as she gets closer to the truth she's chased through the streets by mysterious men...to silence her. With John, Paul, George, and Ringo she's in fun-loving company and on an intense and hilarious ride. Together they work against time to figure out who did the crime. What does a junior fan girl know about saving the Beatles' dreams? Nothing except she must risk her safety and her thrilling job to solve the robbery. And she learns how much the Beatles need her help to make their big break happen. (This is a novella intended for all ages. No Beatles are harmed, mild language, no graphic descriptions of violence, or bedroom activities)

Download or read book Mayhem for Her Majesty written by Kal Smagh and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-05-08 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who did it? Who has the power to bump the Beatles? It's 1963...the Beatles are putting out hit after hit...and Super smart Helen must unravel why the Beatles are mysteriously bumped...from playing for the Royals! It was supposed to be a star studded weekend in London...but now it's an awkward disaster...can she figure it out and fix the playbill in time to help the Beatles get their biggest-ever break? Or is this snub the end of Helen? One thing's for sure...Helen will stop at nothing, no matter how far she has to go...how hilarious it gets...or how knackered she gets in the process... Helen's thrilled to travel at Brian Epstein's direction to swinging London, checking into the posh Mapleton Hotel, adjacent to the Prince of Wales Theater...where the crowds are surging in the streets behind barricades of Bobbies in anticipation of the Beatles. Only funny things are happening, and a mysterious someone doesn't want things to work out and gets them bumped from the show... Overwhelming odds against her, high ranking political figures conspiring to thwart her, Helen must figure out who is behind this debacle in the making, what they want, how to fix it...and it has to happen fast because the Beatles have just arrived ...and London is going bonkers... Here goes Helen...taking on the establishment and stopping at nothing to support the Beatles she loves...and they need Helen to come through now more than ever! Do the cheeky Beatles have something to say about it? You can count on it... With a cast of quirky and loveable characters, including John, Paul, George and Ringo, the Queen's own staff, Lords and Ladies, (and perhaps a budding love interest for Helen?)...It's a big weekend to remember...for Helen, the Royals, and especially the Beatles! Click BUY NOW and start your adventure Titles in the A Cozy Beatles Mystery series: LARCENY IN LIVERPOOL: 1962, she needed a job...they needed a big break...all went well ...until the robbery! Who stole the souped up lyrics to Please Please Me? Helen helps the Beatles set a trap for the culprits to save their dreams (#1) MAYHEM FOR HER MAJESTY: 1963, who is the culprit? Can Helen figure it out, and restore the Beatles to the Royal Variety Show playbill?...they've been mysteriously bumped...the Performance is in 1 day...and London is going crazy! (#2) THE BEVERLY HILLS BEATLES BURGLARY: 1964, STOLEN! Helen's with mum and dad in sunny California ...the Beatles are set to play at the Hollywood Bowl, only George's Rickenbacker 12-string is suddenly stolen...before the biggest West Coast show of the Beatles 1st American Tour...the chase is on!(#3) THE BEATLE CAR BANDITS: 1965-69: Who is stealing the Beatles' cars? And the crown jewel, John's famous psychedelic Rolls Royce, is prime for picking...Oxford student Helen aims to figure it out because the Bobbies and the Beatles are baffled! (#4) Short stories: A Cozy Beatles Mystery Short Story: PUNCHING UP: Backstage at the Cavern Club, in chilly January 1963, the Beatles reveal a mysterious nemesis to Helen through a highly embellished story told by Paul...oh, and it's release day for Please Please Me... Buy the whole series and experience the excitement of yesterday, today!

Download or read book The Beatle Car Bandits written by Kal Smagh and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-07-11 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hilarious whodunit with quirky characters for fans of Golden Girls, Murder She Wrote and The Beatles. A clean, fun read. Helen Spencer's got a problem with stolen cars. What do you get when you cross the BEATLES with 1960s supermodels, jealous neighbors, envious businessmen and the music of the Summer of Love? A whole bunch of suspects... The one thing you can't do is panic. So why was I panicking? Because John Lennon's psychedelic Rolls Royce had just been stolen...and I was in charge of it not getting stolen! George Harrison roared up in his silver Aston Martin, hands on the wheel, brown hair on his collar, cocky look in his eyes, "Get in, Helen. They want a chase, let's give it to them." ---from The Beatle Car Bandits--- The Beatle Car Bandits ... 1965-69...Helen moves out of Liverpool as the Beatles move to London...and working with the Beatles she stumbles across a dastardly plot to steal the Beatles' cars ... one at a time or all at once? She's on the case...and she's got one job to do...match wits with the mysterious car thieves and foil their plot. Make that ten jobs to do... She's out on her own now...can she still come through for the Beatles, or will their cars, including John's world famous and head turning psychedelic yellow Rolls Royce, disappear forever? With car chases, drag races, studies at Oxford, college loves and bursting space rockets, Helen has her hands full in a hilarious adventure through the late 1960s. John revved his engine more. The others looked at him. Then Paul started revving his Austin. Ringo stalled his red Facel, then restarted it. George held firm, both hands on the wheel. ---from The Beatle Car Bandits--- And today in her Florida home Scotland Yard's Inspector Tuffle has been asking a lot of questions about the 60's, Helen and the Beatles. Can Helen figure him out, too? Or, is his inquisition leading up to Helen's arrest, for stealing what she knows she took? Click BUY NOW! Praise for A Cozy Beatles Mystery Series: "A Fun Read"..."Witty Dialogues"..."I Loved All The Characters" The Cozy Beatles Mystery Series: A Cozy Beatles Mystery: Larceny in Liverpool (#1) Mayhem for Her Majesty (#2) The Beverly Hills Beatles Burglary (#3) The Beatle Car Bandits (#4)

Download or read book Twist and Shout Murder written by Rosemary Martin and published by Signet. This book was released on 2006 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bebe's new job at a modeling agency quickly sours when Bradley, her adored boss, takes a personal interest in the company's top model. Then the scheming beauty is strangled with a Pucci scarf-a gift from Bradley! Bebe's determined to find the real killer, before the man of her dreams winds up behind bars. And if that weren't enough to stop a swinging chick in her tracks, she also has to contend with a visit from her parents, a photo shoot in the Virgin Islands, and dates with the Burma Shave man...

Download or read book Beatles vs Stones written by John McMillian and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1960s an epic battle was waged between the two biggest bands in the world—the clean-cut, mop-topped Beatles and the badboy Rolling Stones. Both groups liked to maintain that they weren’t really “rivals”—that was just a media myth, they politely said—and yet they plainly competed for commercial success and aesthetic credibility. On both sides of the Atlantic, fans often aligned themselves with one group or the other. In Beatles vs. Stones, John McMillian gets to the truth behind the ultimate rock and roll debate. Painting an eye-opening portrait of a generation dragged into an ideological battle between Flower Power and New Left militance, McMillian reveals how the Beatles-Stones rivalry was created by music managers intent on engineering a moneymaking empire. He describes how the Beatles were marketed as cute and amiable, when in fact they came from hardscrabble backgrounds in Liverpool. By contrast, the Stones were cast as an edgy, dangerous group, even though they mostly hailed from the chic London suburbs. For many years, writers and historians have associated the Beatles with the gauzy idealism of the “good” sixties, placing the Stones as representatives of the dangerous and nihilistic “bad” sixties. Beatles vs. Stones explodes that split, ultimately revealing unseen realities about America’s most turbulent decade through its most potent personalities and its most unforgettable music.

Download or read book Sprinkle with Murder written by Jenn McKinlay and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura are finally living out their dream as the proud owners of the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery. But their first big client is a nightmare. She's a bridezilla who wants 500 custom cupcakes for her wedding. When Mel stumbles upon the bride-to-be dead-by-cupcake, she becomes the prime suspect. To save themselves and their business, the ladies need to find the real murderer, before the cupcake killer ices someone else.

Download or read book The Beverly Hills Beatles Burglary written by Kal Smagh and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-06-06 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los Angeles, California, August 1964...Hilarious whodunit with quirky characters for fans of the Beatles, Golden Girls and mysteries. A clean, fun read. Beatles abound! Fan girl Helen Spencer's on holiday in L.A. when the Beatles tumbled into town...only, there's a problem...Who stole it?...from her room in the elegant Beverly Hills Hacienda...celebrities are everywhere...and the Beatles are coming into town as they take the USA by storm... The Beverly Hills Beatles Burglary...Helen must use all her wits, and her mother, to find the perp who stole George Harrison's new Rickenbacker 12 string...before the Beatles can play at the Hollywood Bowl on their first tour of America. It's I Love Lucy meets Hollywood...with cameo appearances from Hollywood elite including Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman...and visits to Southern California beaches...Helen is on the culprit's trail, turning over every stone, getting into trouble...and this time has her quirky and loveable red-headed mother Daphne accompanying her... Can she do it? Can she survive her mother? Will she come through for the Beatles, or will the show fail, and with it Helen's hopes to keep working for the Beatles? Set in the summer of 1964 this fun read is filled with humor and a touch of mystery in 1960s Southern California. BUY it now! (This fictional novel is intended for most ages. No Beatles are harmed, mild language, no graphic descriptions of violence, or bedroom activities) About the Series: Follow super smart amateur sleuth and Beatles fan club helper Helen Spencer as she solves mysteries for the Beatles...and usually gets in over her head. Whether in Liverpool, London, the USA and everywhere else the Beatles lived, visited and performed, Helen uses her brilliance and persistence to figure problems out and help John, Paul, George and Ringo bring their music to the world...with hilarious happenings and chases every step of the way. Titles in the A Cozy Beatles Mystery series: LARCENY IN LIVERPOOL: 1962, she needed a job...they needed a big break...all went well ...until the robbery! Who stole the souped up lyrics to Please Please Me? Helen helps the Beatles set a trap for the culprits to save their dreams. (#1) MAYHEM FOR HER MAJESTY: 1963, (#2) THE BEVERLY HILLS BEATLES BURGLARY: 1964, (#3) THE BEATLE CAR BANDITS: 1965-69, (#4) A GREAT GIFT FOR BEATLES FANS

Download or read book Shady Hollow written by Juneau Black and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in the Shady Hollow series, in which we are introduced to the village of Shady Hollow, a place where woodland creatures live together in harmony—until a curmudgeonly toad turns up dead and the local reporter has to solve the case. Reporter Vera Vixen is a relative newcomer to Shady Hollow. The fox has a nose for news, so when she catches wind that the death might be a murder, she resolves to get to the bottom of the case, no matter where it leads. As she stirs up still waters, the fox exposes more than one mystery, and discovers that additional lives are in jeopardy. Vera finds more to this town than she ever suspected. It seems someone in the Hollow will do anything to keep her from solving the murder, and soon it will take all of Vera’s cunning and quickness to crack the case. A VINTAGE CRIME/BLACK LIZARD ORIGINAL

Download or read book Under an English Heaven written by Alice K. Boatwright and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Ellie Kent moves to an English village with her new husband Graham, she fears the villagers will always see her as that young American who snared their attractive vicar during his sabbatical in California. But this challenge is nothing compared to what happens when she stumbles across a body in the churchyard. The villagers insist they don't know the murdered man, so suspicion mounts that the killer must be the incomer - the vicar's new wife. As evidence piles up against her, Ellie tries to stay one step ahead of the police to unravel a decades-old literary mystery and love story. Will others die before she can solve it? And what will be left of her new life and marriage, even if she succeeds?

Download or read book Copy Cap Murder written by Jenn McKinlay and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author of At the Drop of a Hat returns to her London hat shop with a fresh tale of milliners and murder. For Scarlett Parker, part of the fun of living in London is celebrating the British holidays, and she’s excited to share her first Bonfire Night with her cousin Vivian Tremont. Invited to a posh party by their friend Harrison Wentworth, Scarlett and Viv decide to promote their hat shop, Mim’s Whims, by donning a few of their more outrageous creations. The hats prove to be quite the conversation starters as the girls mix and mingle with the guests—never suspecting that one of them is a killer. It’s a cold, clear night, perfect for the British tradition of tossing a straw stuffed effigy of Guy Fawkes, traitor to the crown, onto the bonfire. But instead of a straw man, they realize in the heat of the moment that the would-be Guy Fawkes is actually Harrison’s office rival and he’s been murdered. Before the smoke has cleared, Harrison is the Metropolitan police’s prime suspect, and Scarlett and Vivian must find the real homicidal hothead before their dear friend’s life goes up in flames.

Download or read book Beetle the Hollowbones written by Aliza Layne and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enchanting, riotous, and playfully illustrated debut graphic novel following a young goblin trying to save her best friend from the haunted mall—perfect for fans of Steven Universe and Adventure Time. In the eerie town of ‘Allows, some people get to be magical sorceresses, while other people have their spirits trapped in the mall for all ghastly eternity. Then there’s twelve-year-old goblin-witch Beetle, who’s caught in between. She’d rather skip being homeschooled completely and spend time with her best friend, Blob Glost. But the mall is getting boring, and B.G. is cursed to haunt it, tethered there by some unseen force. And now Beetle’s old best friend, Kat, is back in town for a sorcery apprenticeship with her Aunt Hollowbone. Kat is everything Beetle wants to be: beautiful, cool, great at magic, and kind of famous online. Beetle’s quickly being left in the dust. But Kat’s mentor has set her own vile scheme in motion. If Blob Ghost doesn’t escape the mall soon, their afterlife might be coming to a very sticky end. Now, Beetle has less than a week to rescue her best ghost, encourage Kat to stand up for herself, and confront the magic she’s been avoiding for far too long. And hopefully ride a broom without crashing.

Download or read book Hiss Me Deadly written by Miranda James and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie and Diesel must catch a killer before he strikes another deadly note in this latest installment of the New York Times bestselling Cat in the Stacks Mysteries. Charlie Harris remembers Wilfred “Wil” Threadgill as one of the outsiders during high school in Athena. Although Wil was a couple of years ahead of him and his friend Melba Gilley, Melba had a big crush on Wil, who dropped out after his junior year. An aspiring musician, Wil hit the road for California and never looked back. Wil eventually became a star, fronting a band and writing award-winning songs. Coming back to Athena to work for two weeks with students in the college music department, Wil is now the big man on campus. Not everyone is happy to have him back, however. His entourage have been the target of several acts of petty harassment. At first they are easy for Wil to shrug off, but the incidents escalate and become more troubling. When one of the band members is killed Charlie worries that Melba, now deeply involved with the man at the center of the attacks, could be in deadly danger. It is up to Charlie and Diesel to find out who hates Wil Threadgill enough to silence his song . . . forever!

Download or read book Murder on Cape Cod written by Maddie Day and published by Kensington Cozies. This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First in a New Series! A Cape Cod shop owner and her book club must find a crafty killer in this charming new series fromthe Agatha-nominated author of the Country Store Mystery series. Summer is busy season for Mackenzie “Mac” Almeida’s bicycle shop, nestled in the quaint, seaside hamlet of Westham, Massachusetts. She’s expecting an influx of tourists at Mac’s Bikes; instead she discovers the body of Jake Lacey. Mac can’t imagine anyone stabbing the down-on-his-luck handyman. However, the authorities seem to think Mac is a strong suspect after she was spotted arguing with Jake just hours before his death. Mac knows she didn’t do it, but she does recognize the weapon—her brother Derrick’s fishing knife. Mac’s only experience with murder investigations is limited to the cozy mysteries she reads with her local book group, the Cozy Capers. So to clear her name—and maybe her brother’s too—Mac will have to summon help from her Cozy Capers co-investigators and a library’s worth of detectives’ tips and tricks. For a small town, Westham is teeming with possible killers, and this is one mystery where Mac is hoping for anything but a surprise ending...

Download or read book The Finishing Stroke written by Ellery Queen and published by Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the tail end of the Roaring Twenties, a birthday bash for publishing heir John Sebastian, Jr., perfectly coincides with the twelve days of Christmas. Among the twelve invited guests is Ellery Queen, a newly published mystery writer planning to enjoy every last minute. But when an uninvited Santa Claus shows up on Christmas Eve and then mysteriously goes missing, the party takes a disturbing turn. Threatening clues masked as gifts begin to appear under the tree, and Queen - a novice crime fighter on his first solo case - must try to solve the killer's puzzle before someone gets murdered. After a dead body turns up, Queen is no closer to stopping the killer. If he can’t anticipate the next clue before it shows up, John Sebastian’s birthday will end up his funeral.

Download or read book The Beatles in Scotland written by Ken McNab and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2012-09-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fab Four: George, John, Paul and Ringo, a quartet of working-class kids whose magical songs and revolutionary influence still inspires four decades on. More has been written about The Beatles than any other rock group in history and it is difficult to imagine that there remains anything new to say, but lifelong Beatles fan Ken McNab reveals for the first time, in intimate detail, the pivotal part Scotland played in the genesis of the group and the extraordinary connections that were fostered north of the border before, during and after their meteoric rise to global fame. McNab follows The Beatles as rough and ready unknowns on their first tour of Scotland in 1960 - when they were booed off stage in Bridge of Allan - and again, in 1964, as all-conquering heroes. He also discovers that the momentous decision to break up the band was made in Scotland and provides details of the McCartneys' lives in Mull of Kintyre and Lennon's childhood holidays in Durness.

Download or read book Beachfront Bakery A Killer Cupcake A Beachfront Bakery Cozy Mystery Book 1 written by Fiona Grace and published by Fiona Grace. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Very entertaining. I highly recommend this book to the permanent library of any reader that appreciates a very well written mystery, with some twists and an intelligent plot. You will not be disappointed. Excellent way to spend a cold weekend!" --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (regarding Murder in the Manor) BEACHFRONT BAKERY: A KILLER CUPCAKE is the debut novel in a charming and hilarious new cozy mystery series by #1 bestselling author Fiona Grace, whose bestselling Murder in the Manor (A Lacey Doyle Cozy Mystery) has nearly 200 five star reviews. Allison Sweet, 34, a sous chef in Los Angeles, has had it up to here with demeaning customers, her demanding boss, and her failed love life. After a shocking incident, she realizes the time has come to start life fresh and follow her lifelong dream of moving to a small town and opening a bakery of her own. When Allison spots a charming, vacant storefront on the boardwalk near Venice, she wonders if she could really start life anew. Feeling like it’s a sign, and a time to take a chance in life, she goes for it. Yet Allison did not anticipate the wild ride ahead of her: the boardwalk, filled with fun and outrageous characters, is pulsing with life, from the Italian pizzeria owners on either side of her who vie for her affection, to the fortune tellers and scheming rival bakery owner nearby. Allison yearns to just focus on her delicious new pastry recipes and keep her struggling bakery afloat—but when a murder occurs right near her shop, everything changes. Implicated, her entire future at stake, Allison has no choice but to investigate to clear her name. As an orphaned dog wanders into her life, a devoted new sidekick with a knack for solving mysteries, she starts her search. Will they find the killer? And can her struggling bakery survive? A hilarious cozy mystery series, packed with twists, turns, romance, travel, food and unexpected adventure, the BEACHFRONT BAKERY series will keep you laughing and turning pages late into the night as you fall in love with an endearing new character who will capture your heart. Books #2 (A MURDEROUS MACAROON), #3 (A PERILOUS CAKE POP), #4 (A DEADLY DANISH), #5 (A TREACHEROUS TART), and book #6 (A CALAMITOUS COOKIE) are also available!

Download or read book Hooked on a Feline written by Sofie Kelly and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-08-23 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Librarian Kathleen Paulson and her inquisitive cats find themselves in a jam when a musician turns up dead, in the newest installment of this New York Times bestselling series. It’s summer in Mayville Heights, and Kathleen Paulson and her detective boyfriend, Marcus, are eager to attend the closing concert of the local music festival. The concert is a success, but then one of the band members is discovered dead shortly after it. At first it’s assumed the death is a robbery gone wrong, but Kathleen suspects foul play—and she’s certain that she, along with her trusty side-cats, Owen and Hercules, can help solve the murder. Before his death, Kathleen had noticed the victim in the library researching his genealogy, and when she and Marcus take a closer look at the man's family tree, they begin to think a previous death of one of his relatives now seems suspicious. The more Kathleen thinks about it, the more this murder feels like it could be an encore performance. Kathleen and her cats will need to act fast and be very careful if they want to stay off of a killer's hit list.