Download or read book The Daphne Jones Mystery Collection written by Phillipa Nefri Clark and published by Phillipa Nefri Clark. This book was released on 2023-10-02 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three cozy mysteries to delight your inner sleuth. At an age when most people are retiring, Daphne Jones starts a new career as a wedding and funeral officiant who travels from town to town with her husband, John, and cute camper, Bluebell. Daphne didn't set out to help solve murders along the way, but somehow she finds herself in the middle of local mysteries, murders, and mayhem. And she isn't someone who turns her back in an hour of need. After all, there's nothing like a spot of sleuthing. Between old family feuds, poisoned preserves, and murder on the menu at a mountain retreat, there's barely time for Daphne to bake her beloved cookies. Get your fill of Daphne and John with the three full length cozy mystery adventures in one fun collection. Till Daph Do Us Part The Shadow of Daph Tales of Life and Daph

Download or read book The Secrets of Palmerston House written by Phillipa Nefri Clark and published by Phillipa Nefri Clark. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could an historic house hold the key to their happiness? The small seaside town of Rivers End is abuzz with an upcoming wedding, to be held at historic Palmerston House. Once home to Christie Ryan's ancestors but lost in a poker game in the 1850s, it’s now an inviting bed and breakfast. When a stranger arrives to stay at Palmerston House and starts asking questions around town, Christie begins to wonder about the history of the house. Do the locals know more than they are letting on and is someone hiding something? Christie decides to do some investigating of her own, determined to uncover the true story behind the house’s ownership. But it turns out she’s not the only one with suspicions and searching for the truth can be a dangerous pastime. The disappearance of two members of the wedding party turns into a race against time to locate a lost key and discover what really lies beneath the old home. The Secrets of Palmerston House will take you on a journey to the past and back, where enduring friendships warm the heart and the power of true love shines. Recommended reading order: The Stationmaster's Cottage Jasmine Sea The Secrets of Palmerston House The Christmas Key

Download or read book The Stationmaster s Cottage written by Phillipa Nefri Clark and published by Phillipa Nefri Clark. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christie is happy in her life... or so she tells herself. Despite a tragic childhood, she has built a satisfying career and loves her city apartment. But deep down she yearns for a simpler life. Family. A garden. And a place to heal her heart. The decision to attend a funeral in a town she's never heard of throws her safe world into disarray, exposing the cracks in her life. As she deals with the fallout, Christie moves into a rundown cottage she's inherited and there, makes a discovery. A damaged painting. Unworn wedding rings. And a shoebox full of unopened love letters. Fifty years ago, a heartbroken young artist waited each dawn on a jetty for his true love to return. And each night, he wrote her a love letter. What Christie uncovers will change her life forever. This is a beautiful tale of love - sometimes lost, sometimes found and sometimes both. This is also a book with a mystery to solve which keeps your interest in the story. The author did an amazing job writing this book. The characters were well developed, the story was unique, and the descriptions helped you to feel the emotions, smell the scents, and visualize the persons, places and objects. I highly recommend this book if you enjoy romance with a bit of mystery and a HEA. Karen Thurmer. Recommended reading order: The Stationmaster's Cottage Jasmine Sea The Secrets of Palmerston House The Christmas Key

Download or read book The Heart Match written by Phillipa Nefri Clark and published by Phillipa Nefri Clark. This book was released on 2022-08-31 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A long lost jade necklace. One chance to find it. And two hearts at risk. Izzie Davis might be broke but she will never accept charity. Which is a problem, because the cute guy she met visiting Maple Gardens Assisted Living could solve all her financial woes with a click of his fingers. Keeping her mom’s fees up to date takes almost all her meagre income but she's seen what money does to some people and will never seek out wealth. Bart Brown inherited more money than he knows what to do with, but the one person he’d love to spend it on happens to be a spitfire who sticks to her principles. The only way she’ll date him is if he promises he won’t ever spend money on her. His generous heart doesn't quite understand but she is worth the compromise. When the family heirloom Izzie's been desperate to buy back for her mom is up for auction, Bart wants to change the rules to help her. But will Izzie's principles mean more to her than love? Because suddenly there’s more at stake than a necklace. Part Cinderella retelling, part billionaire romance, and a touch of enemies to lovers... all wrapped up in a clean and sweet contemporary romance with a swoony happy ever after. About the series: Maple Gardens has the best of care for its residents. Staff who go the extra mile. And a small group of elderly friends who want nothing more than to see their loved ones find romance. Even if it takes a bit of a nudge sometimes. And a whole lot of meddling!

Download or read book The Vanishing Girl Daphne and Velma 1 written by Josephine Ruby and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the classic girl detectives like you've never seen them before! Daphne Blake and Velma Dinkley have a terrifying new mystery to solve - and this time, the culprit is far more frightening than any man in a mask... Popular Daphne Blake and uber-nerd Velma Dinkley are not friends. They aren't enemies either, but they don't have any reason to speak to each other, and that's how they prefer it. The two girls grew up together - they'd been best friends since pre-K - but when they hit middle school, Daphne dropped Velma and never looked back. These days, Daphne's deep in the popular crowd, daughter of the richest family in town, while Velma's an outsider, hiding from the world behind her thick glasses. When they run into each other in the halls of Crystal Cove High, they look the other way. But then Daphne's best friend, Marcy - who happens to be Velma's cousin - goes missing. A century ago, there was a wave of disappearances in Crystal Cove, and many local people believe that supernatural forces were behind it. Now the whole town believes those same forces are back . . . and up to no good. Daphne and Velma may be the only ones who can solve the mystery and save Marcy-if they can trust each other enough to try. Especially since the truth might be stranger-and scarier-than either girl can imagine . . .

Download or read book Tales of Life and Daph written by Phillipa Nefri Clark and published by Phillipa Nefri Clark. This book was released on 2021-07-24 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A retreat in the mountains sounds perfect with spa treatments for Daphne and fishing for John. Until a killer strikes... Daphne Jones is invited to an exclusive conference in the high country in Victoria. The annual meeting of wedding officiants is her first and she's excited to attend sessions with her peers. In between a bit of spoiling, of course. Within hours of John leaving for an overnight camping trip to the best fishing river in the region, Daphne is knee-deep in a fountain full of puzzles in the middle of the night. Literally. Was there really a body in the water feature or is this an elaborate hoax? A note arrives with a terrible warning. Murder is on the menu at the banquet. But who is the target? People are quick to point fingers at Daphne whose sleuthing reputation preceded her. She suspects there is a whole lot more going on in this Bridgerton-style hotel and between power outages, planted evidence, and missing diamonds, closes in on the killer. Until the only way down the mountain is blocked. Book three in the Daphne Jones Mysteries puts Daphne in the middle of someone's dangerous game and it might take more than her homemade cookies to get her out of this alive. A light and quirky story with a nosy main character.

Download or read book Till Daph Do Us Part written by Phillipa Nefri Clark and published by Phillipa Nefri Clark. This book was released on 2023-07-25 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One wedding. Two feuding families. Three sneaky suspects. Daphne Jones has travelled with her cute-as-a-button camper Bluebell to the outback town of Little Bridges to officiate a wedding at a beautiful rural home. Such a perfect setting. But not so perfect people are determined to stop the union and before the day is done, a member of the bridal party ends up face down in the swimming pool. She's no detective nor a spring chicken, but Daphne does love a puzzle and her gut tells her this was no accident. Amid old family feuds, resentful relatives, and missing money, there are plenty of suspects, and none of them appreciates Daphne snooping in their business, but with a heart of gold and a way with words, this celebrant sleuth is not giving up. Unless the killer finds her first... The Daphne Jones Mysteries are later in life camping cozies with a travelling wedding officiant and a regional, small-town Aussie twist. A light and quirky story with a nosy main character.

Download or read book The Christmas Key written by Phillipa Nefri Clark and published by Phillipa Nefri Clark. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some old secrets are better left in the past… A hot summer Christmas Day is just around the corner in the Australian seaside town of Rivers End. Beachside BBQs and sumptuous dinners are on the menu. But Martha Blake is like a dog with a bone, determined to solve the last of the mysteries surrounding the old stationmaster’s cottage. Knowing her husband won’t approve of her plans, she enlists great-niece Christie to join her in a secret investigation. Meanwhile, Thomas Blake is just as busy with his own clues and not wanting his wife to know what he’s up to, seeks the help of his reluctant grandson, Martin. At Palmerston House, loving new couple Elizabeth and Angus face their greatest obstacle, throwing their happy future into doubt. With everyone working at cross-purposes, who will find themselves in the middle, cast decades back into memories of a terrible mistake? Is love enough this time, as the beloved residents of Rivers End deal with the fallout of the old mystery? Who, or what, will bring them all together in time for Christmas?

Download or read book Jasmine Sea written by Phillipa Nefri Clark and published by Phillipa Nefri Clark. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Danger lurks in the sea... with a storm of the heart and a storm of the sky. Christie has never been so happy. She adores living in Rivers End and every day her relationship with Martin grows stronger. But a last-minute job in Melbourne puts her back in the sights of the one person she vowed to keep away from. A man who will do anything to ruin her future. Back home again, she works on the renovations of the stationmaster's cottage and discovers a hidden room whose secrets might heal the old hurts of someone she loves... or reopen past wounds. When a sudden crime spree affects the town, Christie finds herself at odds with Martin over her safety. Instead of the proposal she hoped for, she's now unsure of their future and loses focus on the danger closing in on her. In a heart-stopping series of events, Christie comes face to face with her greatest fear... and only one chance to save those she loves. Jasmine Sea follows on from The Stationmaster's Cottage, with heart-pounding suspense and heartwarming joy. HEA guaranteed and tissues recommended.

Download or read book Posted to Death written by Dean James and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2003-03-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: England has a new sleuth--Simon Kirby-Jones, who is not only a vampire, but an American to boot. Settling in the village of Snupperton Mumsley, Simon's preternatural senses are tuned for trouble as he looks into the mysterious death of the village's mean spirited postmistress.

Download or read book Tangled by Tinsel Bindarra Creek Christmas Romance written by Phillipa Nefri Clark and published by Phillipa Nefri Clark. This book was released on 2023-06-24 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miranda Layton has too many balls in the air at a time – if running her grooming salon and building her dog walking clientele isn’t enough, there’s her elderly grandfather who wanders off at the drop of a hat. As much as she adores her life in Bindarra Creek, she is always just one catastrophe away from failure. Blair Maxwell is at a loose end on a break from his job as a sports physiotherapist in the city. He’s home to spend Christmas with his brother and to catch up with old friends, including Miranda, but then he’s back to his normal life. Falling off a ladder while setting up decorations in the salon is the last thing Miranda needed. Rather than lose clients, she reluctantly allows Blair to take over dog walking while she heals. Working together brings out new feelings – not the kind she wants. After all, she’s too busy for love and his home is far away. Unless a missing loved one and the magic of Christmas can work a miracle for them both. Welcome to the heart-warming joy of nine sweet, Christmas romances set in a small rural town. Experience happy-ever-afters along with the up-lifting good cheer of love and life in Bindarra Creek, and meet again our community of interesting and charming people. Each story can be read as a stand-a-lone and can be read in any order. The Mistletoe Wish by Suzanne Gilchrist A Clever Christmas by Annie Seaton Mistletoe Magic by Erin Moira O’Hara Christmas Jinx by Susanne Bellamy Tangled by Tinsel by Phillipa Nefri Clark The Grinch of Bindarra Creek by Lindsay Douglas Mistletoe and Blue Jeans by Linda Charles Christmas at Forrest Glen by Rhonda Forrest A Cowboy for Christmas by Lauren K McKellar

Download or read book The Shadow of Daph written by Phillipa Nefri Clark and published by Phillipa Nefri Clark. This book was released on 2023-07-25 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One missing body. Two poisoned people. Three curious crimes. The forest town of Shady Bend is known for its crafts, preserves, and local produce. It is not known for disappearing bodies let alone a mysterious spate of crimes! Daphne came to officiate a funeral for Edwina Drinkwater but in a shocking twist, the deceased vanishes before making it to the grave. The sudden death of a mourner - a gossip who kept records of other people's indiscretions fires up Daphne's inner sleuth. Was the murder payback? Meanwhile, John pursues his own secrets mission to find someone special from Daphne's past. Who has hidden Edwina’s remains? Was it the neighbour who wants her land, the disgraced local doctor, or her fiercest competitor in the world of preserves and jams? With judging underway at the local country show, the suspects come together all determined to obtain Edwina’s famous secret sauce recipe. But as the body count rises, Daphne is the only person standing between the killer and the truth. The Shadow of Daph is book 2 in the Daphne Jones Mysteries, with a fun and quirky look at Australian agricultural shows and small town life. A light and quirky story with a nosy main character.

Download or read book Book Club Murder in Kingfisher Falls written by Phillipa Nefri Clark and published by Phillipa Nefri Clark. This book was released on 2023-11-23 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So many motives, but who is the killer? Charlotte is finding her place in the peaceful town of Kingfisher Falls. Working in the bookshop with Rosie is a joy, as is their growing friendship. If only Senior Constable Sid Browne would get over his grudge against Rosie's son, Trev, and stop making a pest of himself, then life would be perfect. But the sudden death of one of the book club ladies lands Charlotte in the middle of an investigation. Was it an accident, or is something more sinister going on? A series of cryptic messages adds confusion about who knows what. Rosie is keeping secrets, the remaining book club ladies are pointing fingers at each other, and someone is following Charlotte's every move. Suspecting Sid might be behind the messages, Charlotte has to find the killer... before the killer finds her. IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a rewritten version of a book previously published under the titles DEADLY FALLS.

Download or read book Cold Case Murder in Kingfisher Falls written by Phillipa Nefri Clark and published by Phillipa Nefri Clark. This book was released on 2023-11-23 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hidden in a trunk was a new wedding dress, unworn baby clothes, and a teddy bear... Charlotte's first winter in Kingfisher Falls should be filled with crackling fireplaces, hearty soups, and brisk walks to the waterfalls. Instead, she discovers what looks like an old grave in the bushland behind her apartment. Could this be the resting place of a young woman who ran away from home years ago? When a new clairvoyant sets up shop in town, Rosie is excited to have a reading. Charlotte is uneasy about the motives of the stranger, who seems to know an awful lot about Charlotte's past. And why is she determined to spend time with Rosie? A trunk hidden in the back of Charlotte's garage by past residents might hold clues to finding the runaway. But will Charlotte's investigation - against her police officer boyfriend's wishes - solve the sad mystery, or put her directly in the sights of the killer? Important Note: This books was originally published with the title Deadly Secrets.

Download or read book Plans for Murder in Kingfisher Falls written by Phillipa Nefri Clark and published by Phillipa Nefri Clark. This book was released on 2023-11-23 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A happy life. A bright future. A past which is catching up... Charlotte Dean is finally living the life she wants. Happy in her small town of Kingfisher Falls with a great job and loving boyfriend, everything is perfect. But after a terrible accident rocks the community, Charlotte suspects there is more to it. Much more. When someone comes forward to point their finger at a beloved member of the community, Charlotte isn't about to allow history to repeat itself. As she begins to do her own investigation, a chance sighting of someone from her old life sends Charlotte's world into a tailspin, forcing her to doubt her relationship with Rosie, and future in Kingfisher Falls. But is there a common link behind everything, and who is really behind the planned shopping mall near the bookshop? In a shocking series of events, Charlotte comes face to face with the past and will have to risk everything, even her life, to overcome the most dangerous situation yet. NOTE: This book was previously titled Deadly Past.

Download or read book Happy Holidays Animated written by William D. Crump and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-04-18 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the early 20th century, animated Christmas cartoons have brightened the holiday season around the world--first in theaters, then on television. From devotional portrayals of the Nativity to Santa battling villains and monsters, this encyclopedia catalogs more than 1,800 international Christmas-themed cartoons and others with year-end themes of Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and the New Year. Explore beloved television specials such as A Charlie Brown Christmas, theatrical shorts such as Santa's Workshop, holiday episodes from animated television series like American Dad! and The Simpsons, feature films like The Nutcracker Prince and obscure productions such as The Insects' Christmas, along with numerous adaptations and parodies of such classics as A Christmas Carol and Twas the Night before Christmas.

Download or read book Christmas Crime in Kingfisher Falls written by Phillipa Nefri Clark and published by Phillipa Nefri Clark. This book was released on 2023-11-23 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting over has never been more dangerous. Charlotte Dean loves her new job at the bookshop in the small town of Kingfisher Falls. One day she will buy the store when Rosie retires, but for now she's content to learn the ropes and forget her troubled past. Even the snobby book club ladies can't dampen her spirits. But when a strange series of crimes casts suspicion on all the wrong people - including Charlotte - she can't stand back and watch. With Rosie more than happy to help, Charlotte begins her own investigation into Christmas tree thieves and a vendetta against a local family. With the community divided and criminals on the loose, the annual Christmas Eve street party is about to change lives forever, and Charlotte is the only one who can prevent a disaster. So much for keeping her head down. IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a rewritten version of a book previously published under the titles DEADLY START and before that THE CHRISTMAS TREE THIEF. Since rights reversion, this book has been freshly edited with some new scenes and has a new title and cover.