Download or read book Missing Marlene written by Evan Marshall and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2000-05-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A PAGE-TURNER!" —Publishers Weekly This delightful new series introduces Jane Stuart, a widowed young mother and literary agent, and Winky, her tortoiseshell cat who has a nose for trouble. The last thing a working mom like Jane needs is a call from her young son's school saying Marlene, his nanny, never arrived to pick him up. It looks as if the pretty, nineteen-year-old has left without giving notice, and no one seems to know where she's gone. Could the young nanny have met with foul play? "PURE ENJOYMENT, REFRESHING AND LIGHT, THIS IS JUST FUN." —The Poisoned Pen Juggling book deals, rival agents, and a rocky romance with a handsome author, Jane begins to uncover Marlene's shocking secret life. As she discovers more evidence that Marlene's innocence died long ago, Winky has a critical clue that could reveal if a killer came in on little cat feet. . .and if that same killer is getting ready to strike again. "Marshall's refreshing debut has all the trappings of a cozy." —KIRKUS REVIEWS "A fast-paced, solid whodunit full of nifty surprises and with a dandy twist at the end." —I LOVE A MYSTERY "A must for cat-cozy lovers!" —THE SNOOPER

Download or read book Missing Marlene written by Evan Marshall and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miss Marple Lite--Kirkus Reviews "Jane Stuart is a Jane Marple for the millennium."--Kensington Publishing BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from HANGING HANNAH by Evan Marshall. THE NANNY'S SHOCKING SECRET LIFE... The first in the Jane and Winky Suburban Sleuths series introduces Jane Stuart, a widowed young mother and New Jersey literary agent who has a knack for getting involved where she shouldn't and solving mysteries with her tortoiseshell cat Winky, who has a nose for trouble. In their first case, Jane and the intrepid Winky give readers the purr-fect opportunity to pussyfoot with crime... The last thing a working mom like Jane needs is a call from her young son's school saying his nanny Marlene never arrived to pick him up. Now Jane's wondering what happened to pretty blonde Marlene, the daughter of an old friend she recently hired to work for her as a nanny on a trial basis. It looks as if the nineteen-year-old up and left without giving notice and no one else seems to know where she's gone. Her mother can't track her down. The police figure she's run away. Could the young nanny have met with foul play. Not one to let things go, Jane thinks she'd better start snooping around. JANE AND WINKY SLEUTH TO FIND THE TRUTH Juggling book deals, rival agents, and a rocky romance with a handsome author, Jane soon uncovers Marlene had a shocking secret life. There was an erotic video tape, a boyfriend with violent tendencies--and a police record--and a different flirtation with a second mystery man. As Jane finds out more and more about Marlene, Winky uncovers a critical clue that could reveal if the killer came in on little cat feet...and whether that same killer will strike again... JANE AND WINKY SUBURBAN SLEUTHS ARE THE CAT'S MEOW MISSING MARLENE HANGING HANNAH STABBING STEPHANIE TOASTING TINA ICING IVY CRUSHING CRYSTAL REVIEWS OF MISSING MARLENE 3.41 average rating, 115 ratings, 5 reviews, added by 222 people, 68 to-reads, 85% of people liked it.--Goodreads ***** Five Stars The nanny is missing and hardly no one cares. Starting reading this last night and couldn't put it down. It is one of the best mystery books that I have ever read. The book started out nice, put picked up steam. This story has everything. A missing nanny, murder, sex, friends, lovers and family. It is hard to tell too much about the story without giving away the twist of the ending that I never saw coming." T Toms, Amazon customer ***** Five Stars "A very fast and fun read." Lennie Alickman "The Jane and Winky series is as cozy as a kitten - with tiny sharp claws."--Jill Churchill "MISSING MARLENE is fast-paced fun. The characters are engaging and the twist at the end took me by surprise."--Laurien Berenson "Devilishly well-paced, a cozy with a satisfying bite."--Candace Robb, author of the Owen Archer Mysteries ABOUT THE AUTHOR Evan Marshall is president of The Evan Marshall Agency author of The Marshall Plan® For Novel Writing (Writer's Digest, 1998), an international bestseller on the technique of commercial novel writing. He is the author of 10 commercially published mysteries including Manhattan Mysteries and Jane and Winky Suburban Sleuths series, named "Miss Marple Lite" by Kirkus Reviews. His books appeal to fans of Janet Evanovich, Lilian Jackson Braun, Agatha Christie and Alexander McCall Smith. You can reach him at [email protected].

Download or read book Girl Gone Missing written by Marcie R. Rendon and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nineteen-year-old Cash Blackbear helps law enforcement solve the mysterious disappearance of a local girl from Minnesota's Red River Valley. 1970s, Fargo-Moorhead: it’s the tail end of the age of peace and love, but Cash Blackbear isn’t feeling it. Bored by her freshman classes at Moorhead State College, Cash just wants to play pool, learn judo, chain-smoke, and be left alone. But when one of Cash’s classmates vanishes without a trace, Cash, whose dreams have revealed dangerous realities in the past, can’t stop envisioning terrified girls begging for help. Things become even more intense when an unexpected houseguest starts crashing in her living room: a brother she didn’t even know was alive, from whom she was separated when they were taken from the Ojibwe White Earth Reservation as children and forced into foster care. When Sheriff Wheaton, her guardian and friend, asks for Cash’s help with the case of the missing girl, she must override her apprehension about leaving her hometown—and her rule to never get in somebody else’s car—in order to discover the truth about the girl’s whereabouts. Can she get to her before it’s too late?

Download or read book Unsolved Australia written by Justine Ford and published by Macmillan Publishers Aus.. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia's most baffling homicides and mysterious missing persons' cases are uniquely explored in this stunning true-crime book in which you the reader are invited to play armchair detective. Featuring 18 infamous cases, Unsolved Australia unearths a host of jaw-dropping new evidence via in-depth interviews with police, families and criminals. Along the way you'll meet the 'Unsolved Squad' - the humble heroes and dedicated experts involved in collecting and connecting clues. Unsolved Australia is a chilling, thrilling and inspiring book full of drama, emotion... and hope.

Download or read book Bad Faith written by Robert K. Tanenbaum and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A parent’s worst nightmare sets the stage for the exhilarating new thriller in Robert K. Tanenbaum’s New York Times bestselling Butch Karp series. New York District Attorney Butch Karp has no qualms about putting David and Nonie Ellis on trial following the excruciating death of their young son, Micah. To him, the case is cut-and-dried—reckless manslaughter. Helpless ten-year-old Micah counted on his parents to protect him from the effects of a rare but treatable cancer. Instead, the Ellis family relied solely on prayer and the guidance of snake-oil salesman Reverend C. G. Westlund, of the End of Days Reformation Church of Jesus Christ Resurrected, to save him. Westlund and his zealous followers set up camp outside the DA’s office, angrily protesting the indictment of their “brother” and “sister,” but the charismatic leader’s true objective is to create a diversion from an alarming fraud. He coerced Nonie Ellis into signing an insurance policy that listed himself and the church as beneficiaries in the event of Micah’s death, but he needs the Ellises to be exonerated to get the payout. When David Ellis discovers the deception, no amount of faith can save him from his gruesome fate. Amid the firestorm of controversy surrounding the case, Karp’s wife, private investigator Marlene Ciampi, heads to Memphis to uncover Westlund’s past. The evidence she finds is enough to blow the top off the con man’s scheme—if she doesn’t get herself blown away in the process. Back in Manhattan, meanwhile, Karp is confronted by a deadly nemesis from the past who has explosive plans of her own. The edge-of-your-seat action comes to a head at the annual Halloween parade when a merciless struggle between good and evil metes out its own fatal form of justice.

Download or read book Love In A Cottage written by Ann Clouder and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-02-03 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love? In a Cottage is the story of two middle-aged people from very different backgrounds who meet as the result of an advertisement placed in the lonely hearts section of a national newspaper. Marlene Sugden is a secretary working in London whose life has changed very much for the worse in a few months. Firstly her father, who she has loved and cared for over many years, dies then her best friend marries and immediately emigrates to Australia and, as a final straw, Marlene’s boss retires and her new boss is a snappy and difficult man. Marlene dearly wants a husband and a home to care for and in her desperation, she places an advertisement in the Evening Standard. “Lonely unmarried woman, good cook and homemaker seeks kind-hearted, single middle-aged man with view to matrimony if suited”. Deep in the Herefordshire countryside, Donald Evans sits reading a two-day-old newspaper as he eats his meal of baked beans straight from the tin. His eye is caught by Marlene’s advertisement. He is single, mid-40s and kind-hearted if it does not cost him anything. Donald hunts out a piece of notepaper, sharpens his pencil and replies to Marlene’s advertisement.

Download or read book Death Rides the Surf written by Nora Charles and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her granddaughter Katharine drops out of college and arrives in Florida, taking up with a gang of surfers, Kate Kennedy must come to her rescue when her surfer crush is killed in a shark attack and the police suspect foul play, pointing their fingers at Katherine. Original.

Download or read book Harlequin Romantic Suspense January 2014 Bundle written by Carla Cassidy and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin Romantic Suspense brings you four new titles for one great price, available now! Looking for heart-racing romance and high-stakes suspense? This Harlequin Romantic Suspense bundle includes Lethal Lawman by NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Carla Cassidy, The Return of Connor Mansfield by Beth Cornelison, Deadly Engagement by Elle James and Secret Agent Secretary by Melissa Cutler. Look for 4 new compelling stories every month from Harlequin Romantic Suspense!

Download or read book Billy Love s Wolfpack written by Jean Wolf and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1928 in Oklahoma, and Billy Love Wolf is on the cusp of womanhood. Cousin Katerina Wolf and Aunt Elisabetha Wolf Braun reside in Germany. These three women are the voices of the Wolf clan, their complex relationships exquisitely intertwined. The pre-war years reveal an America seemingly uninterested in what is happening during Hitler's rise to power-yet there are exceptions, with the three women working against the dark regime. What are their secrets?

Download or read book Local Girl Missing written by Lisa Regan and published by Bookouture. This book was released on 2022-08-11 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through swirling dawn fog, they follow the trail of discarded items at their feet: a tube of glittery lip gloss; a cell phone; a cracked make-up compact, broken chunks of ivory powder spilling into the grass. Then the mist parts—just for a second—to reveal a beautiful young girl on the ground, her pale lips frozen forever in a silent scream… On a winding mountain road into the small town of Denton, Pennsylvania, Detective Josie Quinn finds the body of a local teenage girl, Dina Hale. The sight of plum-colored bruises gathering around the girl’s neck pierces Josie’s heart, but the discovery of a second girl’s empty purse in the dirt nearby gives her a flicker of hope that one person, at least, made a lucky escape. Dina’s parents are grief-stricken as the town rallies together in a desperate search for the second girl, Alison Mills, who waitressed with Dina at a local hotel. The two best friends were on their way to a shift when they were attacked. Josie was too late to save Dina, but she won’t rest until Alison is home safe. Hitting a dead-end with interviews, Josie thinks she’s on to something when a photo surfaces suggesting Alison was romantically involved with one of the hotel staff. But when Josie arrives at the man’s house to find a bullet in his head, and the house ransacked, the case comes crashing down. Evidence of frantic searching at both crime scenes has Josie convinced a twisted killer is on a hunt for something very personal and precious. And that they won’t stop until they find it. But how many innocent lives will be destroyed before Josie can uncover the missing piece at the heart of this deadly puzzle? And what sacrifices will she have to make to find Alison alive? An absolutely unputdownable crime thriller from an Amazon, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Robert Dugoni and Rachel Caine. WARNING: will keep you up all night flipping pages until dawn! Everyone is talking about Local Girl Missing: “Loving this series!!! A pulse-pounding, absolutely gripping and totally addictive page-turner that will have you racing through the pages and reeling at the twists. Hold on to your hat, and don't kid yourself that you'll be doing anything other than reading on the day that you start this one… Top marks!” NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars “And now BREATHE… From the very first page until the very last it had me gripped vice-like in its claws… Literally had me breathless and on the edge of my seat.” Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars “Oh my goodness… My heart is still racing … There are so many twists and turns in this plot it will make you dizzy… I just couldn't put this book down, bravo Ms Regan this is a winner.” Leanne’s Reviews, 5 stars “This book will leave you breathless… Oh my word… jaw-dropping and oh man, the action in this book doesn’t stop.” Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars “This book would Not. Let. Me. Go… I couldn’t put it down until I had reached the very last page.” @daniereads87, 5 stars “Absolutely love it… so many plot twists and shocking reveals… flawless in its twisting and winding plot from page one to the last… Don't walk, run to your favorite retailer… just when you're ready to take a break, Lisa will hit you will a twist that will keep you reading long into the night.” Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars “Wowser!! Now that’s how you start a book!!!… One of the BEST crime thriller-mystery series out!!!” Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars “Clear your schedule as once you start, you won’t want to do anything else.” Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars

Download or read book Lethal Lawman written by Carla Cassidy and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Carla Cassidy dazzles us with her Men of Wolf Creek—heroes who live and love fiercely Marlene Marcoli made the mistake of falling in love and almost lost her life. Hoping to put her abusive marriage behind her, Marlene moves to Wolf Creek, Pennsylvania. But danger follows her once again when her apartment is vandalized. To make matters worse, the sexy detective working the case is distracting her beyond reason. Detective Frank Delaney hasn't been interested in dating since his wife died—until Marlene comes to town. Irresistibly drawn to the blonde, he's got to find a way to make her trust him. And when Marlene's life is threatened, Frank must race to protect her—if they both hope to have a second chance at love.

Download or read book Dead Ringers written by Camilla Chafer and published by Audacious. This book was released on 2020 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When obituaries and entertainment reporter, Shayne Winter overhears a passing comment about a vanished woman, her interest is immediately piqued. But in Los Angeles, one more missing person doesn't qualify as a story. After all, she's told, disillusioned young starlets frequently have their Hollywood dreams shattered. When one missing woman becomes two and some more digging reveals several more, Shayne knows she stumbled onto a possible serial killer stalking the city. Connecting the dots that link the missing women, Shayne notices a chilling trend. All the girls resemble her new friend, supermodel-turned-actress Daisy Casta. Suspecting the killer's obsession might mean Daisy is his true target, Shayne's investigation unravels the chilling side to the star-studded city. Shayne hopes she’s on her way to getting her next headline… but it might cost her everything.

Download or read book Return to Summerfield written by Dianne H. Lundy and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-05-02 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ladies of Summerfield are back with new and exciting stories. Luci Carlito Clark returns to Summerfield after learning her “Mr. Perfect” might not be as perfect as she believed when she left Summerfield after marrying him twelve years ago. Her return results in confusion, excitement, and danger as she deals with both her husband and a former boyfriend from her high school days. Regenia Whitworth enters Summerfield in a cloud of smoke as her car breaks down and she is introduced to Bart Murphy, a tow truck driver, who turns out to be a friend to a woman in need. Both Regenia and Bart are hiding secrets that will come back to haunt them. Many surprises await both parties as the threads of their stories are unraveled.

Download or read book Lying Wonders written by Susan Rogers Cooper and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was something else nagging at me. I didn't know diddly about this retreat—this Seven Trumpets. And I didn't like the thought of some nutcase harboring runaway teenagers in my county. Even if the teenagers were of age. Something smelled—and for a change it wasn't Johnny Mac's diaper. Milt Kovak, sheriff of Oklahoma's Prophesy County, has been missing from the bookshelves for too long a time. Readers who have developed a friendship with this down-to-earth hero will be delighted to find the lawman back at the old stand and, as Kirkus Reviews has described him, "ever more simpatico." Milt has married and has a toddler son. Then one day Milt receives a terrified phone call from Laura Johnson, an old girlfriend who broke his heart. Laura's teenage son, Trent, went on a religious retreat of some kind with his girlfriend, Amanda, and has not returned. Since the dubious "church" is in Milt's county, Laura wants him to look into young Trent and Amanda's whereabouts. What Milt finds is more than enough to alarm a mother. On the other side of a fence around the farmland deeded to the cult, Milt sees vultures circling over something in the grass. Hoping it's a cow, Milt dares the barbed wire and a suspicious bull to find instead the body of Amanda. Milt's investigation is barred at every turn by "Brother Grigsby,” Grigsby’s wife, and their mostly female followers (an amazing number of whom are pregnant). Meanwhile, Laura is a shrieking hysteric, and Milt's niece sneaks incognito into the compound to do some detecting of her own. Cooper's stories always strike a fine balance of humor and solid suspense, and her characters are as real as the neighbors down the street, although their antics are more entertaining. Milt Kovak's return is a real treat.'

Download or read book A Friend s Betrayal written by Monica Helene Thomas and published by America Star Books. This book was released on 2015-03-04 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agnes Sanchez was your typical ninth grader growing up in a dysfunctional home. Her family had just relocated to a new town. Leaving behind her old friends, Agnes was faced with the challenge of trying to fit in at her new school. Soon she realizes that Greenville is nothing like her old town Richmond Heights and neither are her new friends anything like the friends she left behind. And one innocent mistake she makes comes back to haunt her one fateful night. Born May 1, 1978 in a town called Gainesville, Florida (Home of the Gators) Monica H. Thomas is the author of three other fiction books, “My Brother’s Keeper”, “What a Crooked Web We Weave” and “I’ll Never Amount to Nothing So You Say. In her spare time she enjoys writing pilot episodes for upcoming television shows. She is also the inventor of a brand new product called ‘The Stimulating Pacifier.’ To see a short video about this amazing product, visit - http://youtu.be/FR9LJE0AsK4

Download or read book Unaccustomed to Waiting written by Linda Hudson-Smith and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After serving time for a crime he did not commit, Reverend Jessie Covington forms the "Unaccustomed to Waiting" support group for men whose spouses and girlfriends have been incarcerated to help them overcome the fear and pain through the power of prayer, faith, and friendship. Original. 15,000 first printing.

Download or read book Sanctuary written by Luca D'Andrea and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his haunting follow-up to the acclaimed Beneath the Mountain, Luca D’Andrea returns to the stunning Italian landscape of Alto Adige in this clever, twisting thriller that follows a woman on the run from her crime boss husband and the assassin sent to kill her. The Italian region of Alto-Adige is the northernmost part of the county, bordering Switzerland and Austria. The majestic Dolomites mountain range encompasses the area creating stark, beautiful landscapes. But this place of beauty also hides an evil side. For within the shadows of the towering Dolomites’ peaks, one man has forged a reign of terror. Since World War II, when he was only a boy, Herr Wegener has been entrenched in a black market crime organization. He is feared by all and controls everyone: politicians, police, and his wife Marlene. But Marlene has finally had enough... Unable to take her husband’s abuse and cruelty anymore, Marlene has reached her breaking point and goes on the run—but not before stealing millions of lire worth of sapphires from Wegener’s safe as well as his car. Marlene was a young woman when Wegener fell into her life by chance while she was working at a hotel to earn money for her family who still lives in a rural mountain town. He represented protection and sanctuary—until she found out too late how he made his money. But no one escapes Wegener, and he will make sure Marlene pays for her betrayal. Wegener sends a notorious assassin to kill his wife—an assassin known solely as The Trusted Man and who always gets the job done. Once he is given an assignment, he sees it through to the end no matter how difficult. Normally, this wouldn’t be a problem for Wegener. But then one of his men discovers the one fact that would make him want Marlene alive. She’s pregnant with his son…. With nightmarish villains and kind-hearted heroes, Sanctuary is a fairy tale-esque thriller that will leave readers racing through its pages to keep up with a cat and mouse game between a lunatic crime boss and his desperate, pregnant wife.