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When beloved librarian Felicity Penman's body is discovered slumped between the Murder and Mystery shelves, the four members of the library's reading group immediately spring into action. They are determined to deploy all the skills they’ve gleaned from reading literary detective classics to embark on a real-life hunt for the killer. The police say they are handling it, but who better to solve the case than a team of murder-mystery superfans? But as secrets and suspicions begin to overwhelm them, will the amateur sleuths find the culprit before they strike again…

Kasspian and Cara have left their past behind, seeking to forge a new path in a foreign land. In Hong Kong, they join a powerful sect and earn a new path to cultivate - the Path of Wolf and Flame. With the help of an advanced artificial intelligence system, they delve deeper into the realms of cultivation and unlock new powers that they never thought possible.

Oonzil Windlestraw, a pixie with a great imagination and a bit of a temper problem, is due to be punished by the old wizard, Master Zarvin. With a clever bit of ingenuity and the help of an eagle named Igor, Oonzil gets on Master Zarvin's good side and strikes a deal. The three of them are forced into fantastic action when a human hunter nabs a fairy girl with the intent of grinding her into pixie dust for profit.

When fate leads Braiden and Sissy to a spectacular hidden stronghold, they believe they’ve found a place to call home. But in this time travel romance, their newfound sanctuary is in jeopardy, and their only hope lies in an extinct herb that vanished from the world before even mighty Dahg Mahn was born. To save their future, they must journey back through time to the treacherous, skeek- and snapper-infested marshlands south of Westland. Only there, in an age long before Westland’s army purged the deadly creatures, can they locate the elusive silphium. But in true young adult adventure ...

Julie Larimer, a troubled teenage girl with the gift of unrelenting curiosity, teams up with two men twice her age and half a continent apart to solve a peculiar murder.

Ghosts, ghouls, witches, and other unearthly creatures promise to chill the blood and raise the hair of even the most courageous listener. Volume Two in this series presents more classic horror to enjoy beyond the spooky season. Brought to you by the slightly unhinged Utah Audiobook Narrators.

In the middle of the night an EMP attack destroys the power grid and havoc ensues at the hospital where Andie is working. There is one thing on her mind and that is to get home to her husband and daughter. She escapes a hospital on lockdown and abandons some of the most critical patients. Finding her way out of a city that’s been thrust into chaos isn’t easy and while Andie thinks making it home is the hard part, wait until you see who she runs into on the way home.

Guys like Alex Sullivan don’t come around every day, but when they do, they aren’t looking for girls like Morgan. She is the unexpected one, the unplanned daughter of parents who don’t want her; she has always stood in the shadow of her beautiful-but-dead twin sister. So when Morgan lands a marriage proposal from the handsome businessman, she pounces on the opportunity.

Stan Armstrong dedicated his entire life to science. Branded as a maverick and a risk-taker by his colleagues, his unorthodox experiments and outlandish theories of time and space resulted in loss of funding and, ultimately, his termination from tenure at the university where he’d spent his entire career. Stan’s insatiable quest to explore extreme hypotheses and to prove the unproven were matched only by his neurotic lust to peel back the mysterious layers of time and space to expose the hidden secrets of the universe.

I’m a Coroner. I spend my life laying things to rest . . . When lawyer, Jenny Cooper, is appointed Severn Vale District Coroner, she’s hoping for a quiet life and space to recover from a traumatic divorce, but the office she inherits from the recently deceased Harry Marshall contains neglected files hiding dark secrets and a trail of buried evidence. Could the tragic death in custody of a young boy be linked to the apparent suicide of a teenage prostitute and the fate of Marshall himself? Jenny’s curiosity is aroused.

“Don't say I didn't warn you - you won't want to stop reading until the story is over! The best of the series!” – Amazon reader A timeless fjord. A legendary dragon. An ancient cult known as the Smoke Breathers. At the edge of the world, people in the town of Lake Home are being burned alive. A nearby village and hamlet have also been put to the torch with all their occupants trapped inside. Calec and Serileen hunt the merchant who fled, and they are pulled into the dark events centered around the lake and its lost creature. They uncover conflicting beliefs about the people living in ...

This collection of short stories contains several gothic tales featuring the macabre and chilling voices of writers as diverse as Edgar Allan Poe, Rudyard Kipling, Edith Nesbit, and MR James. These tales are designed to unsettle you, just a little, as you sit back and take in their words as they lead you on a walk to places you’d perhaps rather not visit on your own.

In the shadowy recesses of Old Bedhampton lies a tale steeped in gothic horror, a chilling narrative that beckons to those daring enough to confront the darkness nestled within the grand Manor House. The Crimson Legacy intertwines the rich tapestry of history with the sinister threads of family secrets and ancient curses, inviting readers to traverse a landscape where whispers of the past echo in the silence of dust-laden halls. Lady Catherine Fairchild, the haunting matriarch, looms large over this tale, her Specter entwined with the sinister legacy of the Fairchilds. As the veil between ...

"Do Not Respond" emails are meant to be sent to yourself only - never to be reread or responded to. Vent about your mean boss and don't focus on the scruff on his chin. Ignore the butterflies that flutter as he stares back at you and concentrate on his condescending tone. I wish I'd listened. I wish I'd never drank my body weight in vodka and sent him a venting email, telling him exactly what I really thought about his Lycra-wrapped package and the way he makes my body hum.

Beneath the waves, darkness stirs… Most know stories of Atlantis; the downfall of a superior civilization that sank into the ocean. Join these characters on the adventures of a lifetime as they navigate the dangerous depths. From exploring sunken cities where hungry monsters lurk to sanguine sirens that leave bloody trails in their wakes. From selkies stumbling across love to the discovery of elusive creatures like Nessie. Featuring stories from Jo Niederhoff, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Ella Rose, Charles Kyffhausen, M.R. Parsons, and J.E. Feldman.

The ruler of the small kingdom of Mythka has stolen some gold from the dwarven mines Crimzon & Clover watch over for King Amothy. It isn't wise to mess with a girl with a dragon, especially Clover, who decides that a one on one showdown between her and the thief king himself, in his own arena, is the best way to handle things. Don't miss this 25 page short story that is #6 in the Crimzon & Clover Short Story Series. **NOTE: The eight stories are available separately, or as an omnibus edition, in paperback and Kindle versions. After these 8 short stories, Crimzon and Clover's tale isn't over...

How can we endure in a world filled with sin and suffering? Only by looking to Jesus Christ, our Great High Priest. Each chapter in this encouraging audiobook draws lessons from biblical examples of suffering saints and mines the riches of the Reformed divines. As you listen, you will find hope in Christ that will sustain you as you persevere until heaven.

“The genre I didn’t know I needed until I did.” – Jason L., Amazon reader Horrific murders are devastating those who reside at a strange monastery in the jungle. And only dark magic could explain the events. No one has seen a thing. Nor can they find the cause. Some have died right in front of witnesses. There is no murderer. No blade. No poison. The Horseman has summoned his darkest and most secretive magic into Calec’s world. Victims are first cut in warning, but there is nothing they can do to prevent their impending deaths. They cannot run. They cannot fight what is not there....

As with all the Crimzon and Clover tales, this is a short story of about 25 standard book pages. In this episode, Crimzon and Clover have settled in the mountains of Kar, where King Amothy rules the men, and tribes of savage Karsithian giants roam the peaks. To enlarge their hoard our beloved dragon and his rider have started taking sacks of kingdom jewels for odd jobs here and there. Jobs such as searching out lost trade ships and keeping the Karsithian fighters from harassing the good people of the realm. Things get out of hand after some dwarven miners in Crimzon's employ are killed for ...

What do a handsome henchman, an unlucky duke, and one of the biggest gambling houses in the kingdom of Kar have in common? When Clover, the luckiest girl around, loses and finds out they are cheating the customers, she reminds them all of some age old wisdom: Don't mess with a girl with a dragon! **This is the seventh episode in "The Crimzon and Clover Short Story Series" and is +/- 30 actual book pages long. Enjoy, MR