Bird Mystery

Orphan Edie is sent by her art-dealer guardian to Knight's Haddon School, on a secret mission to find out whether Anastasia, a Russian princess, is being persecuted by the other girls. But what Edie uncovers instead is a dangerous mystery that only the girls themselves can solve.

Native American Fish & Wildlife Investigator Rhoda Deerwalker finds more than she bargained for when a routine bird smuggling case turns deadly. Rhoda teams up with a small town sheriff as events spiral out of control. This is Book one in the Felony of Birds series. Rhoda Deerwalker is not like any female investigator you've ever encountered, she's brave, vulnerable, and all too human. You'll want to read all three thrilling tales.

With President Ronald Stamp and Kim Jung Ill threatening each other and the world with nuclear war, Joel Thomas and his college roommates head to the Outer Banks' primitive Portsmouth Island for a week of camping on the edge of the ocean. The possibility of romance develops when they meet Holly and her friends from WVU. Joel and Holly become acquainted with Elsa Newland, a preteen with uncanny abilities. She claims that a treasure chest buried on the island contains an object that has the power to establish world peace

Inexplicably, Cash has become troubled, depressed, irrationally angry with his friends, and worried unaccountably about the safety of his daughter and grandson. Callie suggests he see Abe Stein, the therapist who helped her son, Lew. Reluctantly, Cash agrees, and the two men begin to explore his largely forgotten past—particularly the story of his parents, who died in a car accident when he was seven.

Fish & Wildlife investigator, Rhoda Deerwalker, stumbles on a nasty survivalist militia in Wisconsin's great north woods. The danger posed by the militia pales before the insane ambitions of their bio-terrorist masters whose deadly plot to infect the world with bird flu leads to danger, excitement and death.

George Woolfe is a young working class East London printmaker in 1900. Frustrated by the constraints of his class and station, he sees an opportunity to escape when, by chance, he meets Charles Booth, author of one of the most comprehensive social surveys of London ever undertaken. But this apparently auspicious encounter has tragic consequences for George who, within six months, is charged with the murder of a young woman. But did he do it?

Seit langem steht das Anwesen Old Mansion Hall im beschaulichen Örtchen Rosefield leer. Plötzlich verbreitet sich im Ort die Neuigkeit, dass der als verschollen geltende Erbe des Herrenhauses wieder dort eingezogen ist. Für die betagten Freundinnen Elisabeth und Margret eine willkommene Abwechslung in ihrem Alltag. Doch noch ehe sie dem Neuankömmling einen ersten Besuch abstatten können, geschieht ein heimtückischer Mord. Während die Polizei im Dunkeln tappt, entdeckt Margret eine Spur. Ist sie auf der richtigen Fährte? Und können sie und Elisabeth der Gefahr entgehen, die auf sie lauert?

Los Angeles, mitten in der Rush Hour: eine junge Frau wacht auf den Gleisen der U-Bahn auf mit nichts als einem Rucksack und einem rätselhaften Vogel-Tattoo auf ihrem Handgelenk. Wie sie dort hingekommen ist kann sie so wenig sagen, wie sie sich an ihre eigene Identität erinnert. Sicher weiß sie nur eins: wer auch immer sie dort abgelegt hat, hat es auf ihr Leben abgesehen und wird sie umbringen, wenn sie der Person nicht zuvorkommt. Ein atemloser Wettlauf um die Zeit beginnt, als sie verzweifelt um ihr Leben und ihre Erinnerung kämpft.

Auch im zweiten Teil der Blackbird-Serie ist Sunny vor ihren Verfolgern noch nicht sicher. Nach dem schockierenden Verrat Bens schlägt sie sich nach New York durch, in der Hoffnung sich dort mit weiteren Verfolgten verbünden zu können. Und dann ist da noch das Versprechen von Rafe, dem Jungen aus ihren Träumen, der sie liebt und ihre wahre Identität zu kennen scheint. Doch in New York ist Sunny ebenso wenig sicher und das tödliche Spiel nimmt weiter seinen Lauf und dann taucht auch noch Ben überraschend wieder auf.

Three months into her new role as a Psychiatrist at a clinic in New York, Erin Cartwright is asked to evaluate the case of a man who murdered his mother and sisters at the age of 17. Found not guilty by reason of insanity and held in a maximum-security psychiatric facility for 27 years, Timothy Stern is now eligible for release. Upon learning the crime occurred in the same village she once visited as a child, Erin is on the verge of refusing to take the case, when a startling discovery triggers memories she’d rather keep hidden and a suspicion the wrong man is behind bars.

Two years after stopping a wicked serial killer, former detective Dhata Mays is called in to investigate a kidnapping. After all, he’s the new “fixer” in town. But when Dhata discovers that there’s more at stake than a missing woman, he knows he’s up against an evil entity that might destroy everything. With help from his partners, Dhata uncovers a plot that not only involves genocide, but a brand new model of android. It's the final hour and time is running out, but can Dhata Mays pull a hat trick, and bring an end to the synth crisis?

Jake Whyte is the sole resident of an old farmhouse on an unnamed British island, a place of ceaseless rains and battering winds. It’s just her, her untamed companion, Dog, and a flock of sheep. Which is how she wanted it to be. But something is coming for the sheep – every few nights it picks one off, leaves it in rags.

The epic story of a senator’s rise and fall. Mark Coffin of California was barely 30 years old when he won a startling upset victory in his race for a seat in the US Senate. A bright, handsome, energetic idealist with a passion for decency in government, he thought his honesty and dedication would see him through anything.

The clever little ladybird is off on a trip to the seaside, but those two bad men, Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len, are also back and they're up to their wicked ways again. This time they're planning to steal the mermaid's long, luscious hair and sell it to a famous star...luckily, the crime-busting ladybird has another cunning plan to stop the thieves!

Lily King has spent years behind bars. Convicted of murdering her husband, London villain Leo King, she hasn't been missed. Everyone believes she got what she deserved, but Lily knows she was fitted up. Now she's out, and she doesn't do forgiveness. In her absence things have moved on, and the old order has changed. But now she's ready to reclaim her position as head of the King family. Fuelled by vengeance, Lily King is back, and some people aren't going to know what's hit them.

Sassy freelance journalist Courtney Frome is on assignment counting bathrooms for the property pages. For Courtney the world of expansive bay views and renovator's delights is just another job... until Lizzy Candy is discovered dead in her spa while Courtney is inspecting the Candy mansion. Lizzie's faithless husband is a big player in real estate. But is he the obvious answer to the obvious question? Then a second body is discovered at another prestige address....

옆집에 누가 이사를 왔군요. 분명 이사를 왔는데, 누가 살고 있는 것 같은데 꼬꼬닭은 이상하게 통 얼굴을 볼 수 없었어요. 점차 옆집에 이사 온 이를 의심하게 되고, 외출할 때는 자물쇠로 현관문을 채우고 다니는군요. 도대체 옆집에는 누가 살고 있을까요? 꼬꼬닭이 생각한 계획들을 살짝 공개합니다.

The oyster party had the kiss of death upon it—even though there were two 'R's in the month. Miriam Birdseye—famed revue star and sleuth—could have told you that from the start. She isn't a bit surprised to learn that her fiancé's mother died in the night. But who at the seedy Sussex hotel would have poisoned the bivalves? Could it be the hotel proprietor—a handsome, drunken bankrupt? His put-upon wife? Miriam's impressively moustachioed fiancé? Or the menacing, unsavoury chef?

It may not be as grim up north as they say, but it wasn't where amateur private investigators Natasha DuVivien and Miriam Birdseye intended to spend their Christmas. When the principal boy in a production of Cinderella is murdered, and a ballerina hits the bottle a little too hard, they do the only logical thing they can do and join the cast, stranding themselves in a small industrial town for the sake of art and sleuthing. The show must go on, after all, and the detective duo must get to the bottom of things - before the final curtain falls.

An ordinary-looking pie bird is more than it seems. For generations the Starling family has had power and influence over a small mountain town. Some believed they were witches, attributing the luck to magic. The secret to their good fortune could be as simple as pie. Jo picked up what she thought was a simple baking tool from an estate sale, but what she got was much more. Mysteries as old as the county are solved when she discovers the ceramic gadget holds a secret.