Historic Family Mystery

A gripping dual-timeline tale of revolution and family secrets. Versailles, 1789. A young girl must draw on all of her courage and loyalty, as her adoptive family is plunged into the chaos of the French Revolution. As her world spirals out of control, a vow to save their priceless heirlooms becomes a fight for survival. Now, after more than two centuries, the family secret is about to be rediscovered in a dusty attic half a world away. Sophie West is thrilled at the idea of visiting Paris to investigate her mysterious ancestor, especially as a distant relative appears to hold the missing ...

She Might Be the Mystery He Cannot Solve It is post-Civil War America. Reggie Poole, a precocious teenage girl, must travel into the war-torn South. She finds violence is commonplace, and Northerners are unwelcome on her journey to find her biological father. He is not any man; he is R. Edwin Easley, the famous British detective known as Mr. REE. When two men are murdered in an antebellum plantation, and Reggie is connected to both crimes, Mr. REE takes on the case with his assistant, Sally-Ann Primrose, who competes for his attention. The more Reggie learns about her father, the more she ...

Centuries ago Thomas Dyersen left behind the information needed to find Sanctuary…the safe refuge where he once took his family… Now hundreds of years later another Dyersen is in great need of the information Thomas left behind. The danger is not from someone close as what his ancestor faced…but an unknown threat…still unnamed but dangerous to all he loved. Storm Warning continues the story of family, friends, and strangers who come together at a time when the unknown is their greatest enemy…and their hidden sanctuary their greatest defense. Senator Gareth Dyersen knows that the ...

Shelly Parker, a sixteen-year-old servant who works for the tyrannical Pastor Dobbins and his family, has had the gift of sight for as long as she can remember. She's grown accustomed to coexisting with the spirits of the dead who roam Black Mountain, telling Shelly their stories and warning her of the dangers that surround her. When the ghost of Arleen Brown, a poor woman who died on the mountain during childbirth five years earlier, begins to pursue Pastor's daughter Faith, Shelly is the only person that can help her.

In the wake of a tragedy that tore her life down to its foundations, Dr. Alison McAdams has lost her way. So when she's summoned to Napa to care for her ailing father, she's not sure she has anything to offer him - or anyone else. What Ali finds in Northern California wine country is a gift, an opportunity to rest, and distance from her painful memories. In a quest to discover the truth about another woman's lost love, she sets off on a journey across oceans and deep into history. And in making sense of that long-ago tragedy, Ali is able to put together the broken pieces of her heart.

A determined rancher. A relentless search for justice. A partnership that could change everything. Blessing “Buster” Odell never expected to inherit the largest ranch in her corner of Utah, but after her father’s death, she’s committed to running the Rafter O and supporting her community. Known for her generosity and strength, Buster stands out in men’s overalls, yet her grace and beauty are undeniable. When she decides to split the proceeds from a major horse sale with the widows of Wildcat Ridge, she earns both admiration—and suspicion. Thad King is on the trail of stolen ...

The Mill in The Village by H. Wilhelm Starkweather is a gripping psychological fiction novel set in the ancient city of Winton in Hampshire, during a haunting period of familial conflict and dark secrets. The primary genre of the book is Psychological Fiction. This compelling tale invites readers into a mysterious and atmospheric setting where the past and present collide, exposing the shadowy corners of the human psyche. A mill steeped in ancient curses and family secrets. Three brothers entangled in a web of psychological turmoil. A mysterious girl with a supernatural aura who disrupts ...

Whitechapel, London 1890. Queenie Bonner is only two when she is taken from her large family in the slums to a big house in the country. She is frightened and confused, begging to be taken back, but is told that this is now her home. She yearns for her nine brothers and sisters, especially Harry, who is her favorite. Albert and Mary Warrender rename her Eleanor and bring her up as their daughter. As time passes Eleanor forgets about her other family and loves Mary and Albert as her mother and father. But 15 years later, when Mary dies, Albert tells her about the Bonners.

Set in Saskatchewan and the Ottawa Valley, this finely honed tale begins in 1929 with a small-town schoolteacher helping an underprivileged child learn to read - all under the watchful eye of the school's domineering, enigmatic principal. From there the story takes listeners on a mesmerizing journey probing the roots of obsession and revealing how the pains and passions of childhood follow us into adulthood and beyond.

Bringing 16th century Languedoc vividly to life, Kate Mosse's The Burning Chambers is a gripping story of love and betrayal, mysteries and secrets; of war and adventure, conspiracies and divided loyalties....

Angel has just lost her father, and her mother's grief means she might as well be gone, too. She's got a sister and a grandmother to look out for, and a burgeoning consciousness of the unfairness in the world - in her family, her community, and her country. Set against the backdrop of the second Philippine People Power Revolution in 2001, the contemporary struggles of surviving Filipina "Comfort Women" of WWII, and a cold winter’s season in the city of Chicago is the story of a daughter coming of age, coming to forgiveness, and learning to move past the chaos of grief to survive.

He'd returned from war a duke. Now Rafael Daughtry was battling a force more terrifying than Napoleon's army—his family. Thankfully, his childhood friend Charlotte Seavers had agreed—reluctantly—to a bargain. While Rafe would provide her with the home she'd lost, Charlotte would provide him with a chaperone for his unruly twin sisters. But who would chaperone Rafe? For the feisty young girl he remembered had blossomed into a sensual woman—a woman whose haunting beauty and deeply kept secrets drew him like no other. Charlotte had good reason to mistrust men—yet could Rafe's ...

The Mayor’s Missing Message A Birdie Lou Baxter Mystery – Book Two In the charming Southern town of Haven Hills, where sweet tea flows and gossip travels faster than high-speed fiber, Birdie Lou Baxter just wants a smooth installation job. But when her crew uncovers a decades-old confession tape hidden inside the walls of the mayor’s historic home—and the newly elected mayor vanishes the very next day—Birdie finds herself tangled in a web of long-buried secrets, political cover-ups, and a scandal that threatens to rewrite the town’s history. With the help of her loyal dispatch ...

When four sisters arrive at Applecote Manor to spend the summer, all is clearly not well. They find their aunt and uncle still reeling from the disappearance of their only daughter, five years before. No one seems any closer to finding out the truth. Why did Audrey vanish? Who is keeping her fate secret? As the sisters are lured into the mystery of their missing cousin, the stifling summer takes a shocking, deadly turn. One which will leave blood on their hands, and put another girl in danger decades later.

"Witch Child", the enthralling finale to the River Run series, revisits the enigmatic and haunted River Run estate, where the echoes of a dark past linger ominously. This last installment follows the journey of the Lee family, who, unaware of the estate's chilling history, move into the infamous property, setting the stage for a new chapter of supernatural occurrences and gripping terror. As the Lees begin to settle into their new home, they are quickly confronted with a series of unexplainable and unsettling events. These disturbances eerily mirror the haunting legacy of River Run, ...

County Kerry, Ireland, 1825. Nóra, bereft after the sudden death of her beloved husband, finds herself alone and caring for her young grandson Micheál. Micheál cannot speak and cannot walk, and Nóra is desperate to know what is wrong with him. What happened to the healthy, happy grandson she met when her daughter was still alive? Mary arrives in the valley to help Nóra just as the whispers are spreading: the stories of unexplained misfortunes, of illnesses, and the rumours that Micheál is a changeling child who is bringing bad luck to the valley.

After Peter Körber is stabbed to death in Berlin, his son, Andreas, leaves Denmark, where he was raised by his mother and stepfather, and travels to that once-divided city to uncover the brutal truth. In his search to know this complete stranger, Andreas hopes to come to grips with his own identity crisis, stalled academic career, and failed relationship. But what kind of man was his father? A complicated portrait begins to emerge concerning Peter's role in the German Democratic Republic before reunification.

1951, Ireland: On the windswept Cork coast, the lighthouse-keepers’ wives wait, watching the sea. Their husbands are coming home. But one secret can never be revealed. 2023, Maine: Decades later, Mollie Kenefick, receives an anonymous note: Family secrets never stay buried. Of the four keepers’ wives, only Mollie’s grandmother is still alive – however she made a vow that she swore never to break. But someone knows what happened that summer in 1951, and it seems they’re not happy keeping silent.

The year is 1863. After two years of battles, the Civil War has evolved into a bloody slaughter with scarcely a town or home on both sides untouched by the tragic loss of its young men. President Abraham Lincoln has just announced the first order of "Draft" in the history of the American Republic. After Jeptha enlists, Fiona Dawes finds herself working their farm with her five-year-old daughter, Bridget, on a thin spit of sandy peninsula stretching out into the Atlantic from the rocky coast of Massachusetts.

Following the untimely death of her husband, Beatrix and her three children are finally free. While Ambrose has already determined his path in life, eldest son Laurie's future is less certain. Meanwhile, headstrong and independent Alicia is defying expectation and excelling at school. There, she befriends the enigmatic Olivia Snowdon and they quickly become inseparable. But Olivia's family past is shrouded in mystery and as she begins to dig deeper secrets come tumbling out.