Fairy Detective

When the NYTF reports that a golem, a large rock creature, is terrorizing parts of the city and destroying hubs of power, Ezra calls on Montague & Strong to investigate and stop the creature. Their first reaction is to refuse. Except there’s one problem. No one refuses Ezra, a personification of death, without grave consequences. Now, Monty and Simon, together with Ursula of the Damned, must uncover how the golem was created and who would use it to destroy hubs of power, without being crushed in the process.

Jobe wants to be a bard like his father Jaquan. But his father abandoned him after a fight. Now Jobe’s living with his mother Jona, and working as a clown at a seaside amusement park. A singer quits, and Jobe wants to audition. But his boss Dashiel hires the infamous bard Paracleus instead, which infuriates Jobe. Jobe tries to dissuade Paracleus from performing. But Jobe finds himself seduced by Paracleus. Paracleus normally would travel to hide the fact he’s a kitsune Vulpine, a shape-shifting fox with nine tails who can take on human form. He’s afraid what’ll happen to him if ...

How do you kill someone who cannot die? The wrath of Poseidon is falling upon land and sea. In Mera's search for a way to destroy him, she returns to the kingdom she once abandoned. Atlantea. Meanwhile, Bast tackles the frail political balance in Tagrad, and tries to regroup with his soulmate. He will do anything to see Mera again, and she will do anything to protect him. Even if the price might be her own life. The stakes have never been higher, and the fall has never been steeper. Poseidon is here. And it's time to end it all.

If Lupe Dávila and Javier Utierre can survive each other’s company, together they can solve a series of grisly murders sweeping though Puerto Rico. But the clues lead them out of the real world and into the realm of myths and legends. And if they want to catch the killer, they'll have to step into the shadows to see what's lurking there - murderer or monster?

When Eva Tilling wakes up in the hospital, she's confused - who in her sleepy little North Carolina town could have hit her with their car? And why? It seems impossible that anyone would have it out for the town darling. Thanks to her family's distinguished history and her own unassailable reputation in old-money Jessup, Eva is universally liked. But she has little time to consider the question when she finds that she's awoken with a strange new skill: the ability to foresee people's deaths when they touch her.

Moira Alexander has always been fascinated by the deadly sirens who lurk along the shores of her island town. Even though their haunting songs can lure anyone to a swift and watery grave, she gets as close to them as she can, playing her violin on the edge of the enchanted sea. When a young boy is found dead on the beach, the islanders assume that he's one of the sirens' victims. Moira isn't so sure. Certain that someone has framed the boy's death as a siren attack, Moira convinces her childhood friend, the lighthouse keeper Jude Osric, to help her find the real killer.

Haunted by her ex-husband’s deceits, can Skye unravel the clues to discover a new life?During an ill-fated job hunt in Miami, Skye O’Shea wants to run away from the betrayal of her loved ones. A black bird's ominous message, a cryptic warning from a resident at a retirement home, and the echoes of a raven's caw all beckon her toward a destiny she never imagined. A revelation sets her on a journey where every twist and turn reveals a new enchanting secret, and every new puzzle brings Skye one step closer to the extraordinary destiny she never knew awaited her. A Mystical Legacy: A Skye ...

When a knight from the Round Table of Camelot bursts into 221B Baker Street demanding the help of Sherlock Holmes, there begins the oddest, most mystical adventure Holmes and Watson have ever experienced. Merlin himself, has called the great detective and his scribe back through time, to solve a vexing problem.

Healey’s second novel The Shattering stars Keri, a 17-year-old trying to come to terms with her brother Jake’s death. Although authorities believe Jake committed suicide, Keri cannot accept that her brother would take his own life. And when she’s approached by her classmate Janna, whose brother also committed suicide years earlier, the two team up in search of answers. Soon the girls come to a grim realization—that their brothers weren’t the first in town to die under mysterious circumstances.

The world is often full of bamboozling headlines and numbers that don't add up. But don't panic. Within these pages you will transform into a Truth Detective, hunting down the truth about the world around you. You will meet heroic truth detectives, such as Florence Nightingale who started a revolution with a pie chart. You will encounter dastardly villains who have tried to trip us up with dodgy data and misinformation. And you will learn how being smart and savvy with numbers, will help you be smart and savvy about everything else in life too.

Conan Doyle is a sympathetic and illuminating portrait of the creator of one of the most famous characters in English literature. Hesketh Pearson was interested in the many contradictions in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - the conventional Scottish doctor who pursued the occult, was interested in spiritualism and fairies, invented the immensely popular Sherlock Holmes yet came in time to detest his creation. Pearson's very readable portrait is by turns admiring, witty and moving. The Author: Born in 1887 at Hawford, Worcesterhire, Hesketh Pearson was educated at Bedford Grammar School, then worked...

Amateur sleuth Annie Tillery has been warned to stay away from Nevshehir, Turkey, where she is heading to meet her boyfriend Ty Egan, and Cedric Zeeks, Ty's best friend. Intent on helping the two excavate an archeological site where they hope to link human remains to the first African ancestors, Annie does her best to shakes her foreboding feelings as her plane lands in Istanbul and she prepares to embark on her next adventure.

He's the world's first black bear detective, and he's sure of himself.“I’m not trying to say anything bad about them,”Bearstone said, “But if a couple of schlemiels like mycousins Winnie and Paddington can make it by screwingthings up, think what a bear detective could do.”“Bear detective?” I asked.“Sure,” he said. “What did you think, I was going tostand in the park selling balloons to three-year-olds?What kind of smarmy pap would that be?”I shrugged.“See, that’s what’s wrong with people, especially whenit comes to storybook characters,” he said. “They take ...

Once upon a time, in a world brimming with magic and wonder, there existed a seemingly ordinary garden. But within the boundaries of this unassuming patch of earth, an extraordinary adventure was about to unfold. It was a place where plants whispered secrets, flowers sang melodies, and mysteries flourished amidst the vibrant foliage. In this enchanted garden, an unlikely duo, Detective Mouse and his green-thumbed friend Blossom, embarked on a journey that would forever change their lives. Little did they know, their curious hearts and unwavering bond would lead them to discover a hidden ...

Je ne voulais pas rentrer... Le château était désormais chargé de mauvais souvenirs. Pourtant, il a suffi que je la voie pour retrouver l’espoir de raviver la flamme. L’héritage de mon père donnait non seulement un sens à sa mort, mais à sa vie tout entière. Alors, quand on a menacé de me l’arracher, la crainte s’est changée en courage et je suis devenu celui que j’étais vraiment. Voici mon histoire, je la dédie à vous, mes chers parents, et à tous ceux qui ont soif de ce que vous nous avez transmis si généreusement et qui ne le savent pas encore...

By now the sun was up, and through the periscope he minded he could see the stony plateau in front of the position. On the other side of it were the outskirts of the jungle where the enemy was hiding and building his camps, preparing for new attacks. He observed the vastness of the wild jungle stretching north and west, pierced by hundreds of hilltops, each surrounded by a white fog. French Indochina was a gigantic and mysterious place, and he was gradually losing hope that he would ever find what he had come here searching for.

***Adult Readers Only*** Have you ever had a dream where two planets collide and the ending result was total annihilation of everything you know and love? Mack and her friends in Portland Maine are about to find out, except that it’s not colliding planets but the strands that hold the portal between human and Fae worlds that will be tested.

When Little Red returns to Grannie’s house, she senses things aren’t right. Little Red must use her newfound detective skills to determine if Grannie is who she says she is. When Red learns that Grannie really is in danger, Red comes up with a plan to help save the day - all with a little help from science.

Bernal Fitzhugh hade många strängar på sin lyra. Han var inte bara skeppsläkare hos amiral Sir Francis Drake utan även spion för drottning Elizabeth av England. Något som ledde honom från Oxfords stilla kloster till det rullande däcket på ett piratskepp, från plundringen av Cartagena till den spanska inkvisitionens fängelsehålor. Bernal Fitzhugh var en äventyrare och ett råskinn, men även en skicklig läkare och en sökare på jakt efter kärleken. Frank G. Slaughter (1908-2001) var en amerikansk författare vars böcker har sålt i cirka 60 miljoner exemplar över hela världen.

The road to Rome is long and full of peril. Following his retirement, ex-legionnaire Carbo journeys back to Rome, blissfully unaware of the dangers that await him. On the way, he encounters many adventures, strives to solve a mysterious theft, and meets an old friend getting ready for gladiatorial combat. In other stories, we visit Elissa, the evil priestess, and Vespillo, the trusty watchman, and discover more about their colourful histories. We see a young boy’s first battle and travel all the way to the barbaric Hadrian’s Wall.