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On a bitterly cold night in December, 1943, government girl Louise Pearlie and her friend Joe Prager are enjoying a quiet drink in the Baron Steuben Inn, when a bloodstained body is discovered behind the bar. Although the victim had been a regular customer, no one seems to know anything about him. When it turns out there is a link to Louise’s top-secret work at the OSS, she is ordered to find out as much as possible about the murder while keeping the connection secret from those involved, including the investigating police detective.

When the celebrated crime writer Agatha Crispy engages Hettie and Tilly in the search for a stolen manuscript, our feline detective duo is plunged into a world of Dickensian thieves and murderers. Does the ghost of Jake the Nipper prowl the London Streets of Kitzrovia? Will Madame Two Paws’s exhibition wax or wane? And will the secrets in the crypt of the church of St Mavis and Cucumber finally be revealed? Join Hettie and Tilly as they attempt to unravel yet another darkly humorous case for The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency.

Dark Poems is a collection of poetry from the archives of burgeoning poet D.K. Mckenzie. Forty vivid poems all forged from the dark realms of the psyche. Each poem offers a poignant and sometimes heartbreaking outlook on the topics of life, death, relationships, and everything in between.

Aiming to make this compelling story of church politics and Christian service available to all, Lesley O'Brien presents a moving account of the life and times of Mary MacKillop, Australia's first saint. The only biography of Mary to be authorised by the Sisters of St. Joseph, this edition has been updated to include her beatification by Pope John Paul II.

When Madlyn and Rollo are sent to stay at ancient Clawstone Castle, they soon fall in love with the house and its eccentric, penniless inhabitants. There's grumpy, limping Uncle George, mousey Miss Emily, and reclusive Cousin Howard who hardly ever leaves his library. But, the children are especially enchanted by the cattle of Clawstone Park - rare and beautiful beasts, as white as snow and as wild as wolves. No one knows where they came from.

Sometimes the Dashwood girls do not seem like sisters. Elinor is all calmness and reason, and can be relied upon for practical, common sense opinions. Marianne, on the other hand, is all sensibility, full of passionate and romantic feeling. She has no time for dull common sense - or for middle-aged men of 35, long past the age of marriage. True love can only be felt by the young, of course. And if your heart is broken at the age of 17, how can you ever expect to recover from the passionate misery that fills your life, waking and sleeping?

Frazzled mom Molly Peterson is zapped by an "enhancement-ray" and recruited by a super-spy agency to infiltrate the PTA and save the world. Molly loves her new superpowers and is more than happy to save the world...It's the PTA she dreads.

Hettie and Tilly are summoned to a mysterious tea party hosted by Tilly's long-lost great-aunts. The ancient windmill they live in is not what it seems, and very soon the mill begins to reveal its terrifying secrets of murder and betrayal. Tilly must face her family's demons as Hettie fights to unravel the tragedies of the past. Who are the hippy cats camped in the field? Why do the walls of the windmill whisper at night? And who haunts the derelict priory? Will Hettie and Tilly have the wind blown out of their sails before this baffling case is brought to a grinding conclusion?

The 'best short story writer in English' (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas of power, ethics, and justice, and cuts to the very heart of what it means to live in community with our fellow humans. With his trademark prose—wickedly funny, unsentimental, and perfectly tuned—Saunders continues to challenge and surprise: here is a collection of prismatic, deeply resonant stories that encompass joy and despair, oppression and revolution, bizarre fantasy and brutal reality.

Miau-zige Weihnachten. Endlich ist Weihnachten im Puppenhaus! Gabby erhält einen verzweifelten Anruf von Figgy, der Elfe des Miau-nachtsmanns. Sie steckt in der Klemme. Gerade frisch zur Ober-Elfe ernannt, scheint sie an den vielen Aufgaben zu scheitern. Gabby und Pandy machen sich schnell auf den Weg zum Nordpol . um Figgy unter die Arme zu greifen, damit noch alle Geschenke rechtzeitig zu Weihnachten fertig werden. Ratkatz' Puzzle-Jagd. Im Kätzchenüberraschungspäckchen stecken heute ein mysteriöser Kätzchen-Schlüssel und ein Rahmen für 4 Puzzle-Teile.

Mary Russell, assistant and protégée of the great Sherlock Holmes, finds herself and her partner once more mired in mystery. When Mary is given a scrap of papyrus by an old archaeologist friend, she has no inkling of what it contains. Written in Greek, it could be a letter from a previously unknown apostle - who just happens to be female. However, the situation moves from being curiously exciting to chillingly perilous as the archaeologist is murdered and Mary and Sherlock's home is ransacked.

Hundreds of thousands of Australians have property investments or want to acquire them. This audiobook shows you how to do it successfully, avoid the pitfalls and triple your returns in three years. From the very first step of how to tell if an investment property is the best choice for your particular circumstances, Anita takes you through the process. You'll find out how to choose the right type of property, how to find a good one and get it at a bargain price, how to make the most of your asset even before settlement and how to manage it successfully - either through an agent or doing it yourself.

John Doe remembers nothing of his life before waking up in the hospital. He doesn't know he was a dangerous man, and he somehow has survived assassination by even more dangerous men. John needs long-term supervision and care to relearn how to live. Dr. Mitchell Oberon has been married to her surgical work for too long. She is comfortable in her spinsterish life. She resists being attracted to this brain-damaged patient with the body of Adonis and the mind of a child, but Agent Frank Stone, of Homeland Security, forces the doctor to take John Doe into her own home to recover.

Kate Ballantyne's life was cruising along very nicely. No highs. No lows. Just the way she liked it. She had a good job and a casual relationship. Then Patsy Maclean had a 60th birthday and Kate learned her entire family would be attending the party, including her younger daughter, Ashley. As an orphaned 10-year-old, Kate's young life had been turned upside down when she was sent to live with her aunt in the historic gold mining city of Charters Towers. For the quiet and lonely Kate, the extroverted Ashley Maclean had been her salvation.

Wenn dein Teenagerschwarm dein neuer Mitbewohner ist. Als Ärztin Hartford Kent aus einem Auslandseinsatz zurück nach London kommt, braucht sie dringend eine neue Wohnung. Dass ihre Eltern sie im Luxusapartment von Joshua Luca einquartieren, gehörte allerdings so gar nicht zu ihrem Plan. Als Teenager war der beste Freund ihres Bruders der Traum ihrer schlaflosen Nächte. Bis ein schlimmer Unfall sie ihre Zukunft kostete und sie ihr altes Leben - und Joshua - hinter sich lassen musste. Ihre Gefühle für Joshua sind Geschichte.

'Have you met them yet, the new couple?' When Gav and Lou move into the house next door, Sara spends days plucking up courage to say hello. The neighbours are glamorous, chaotic and just a little eccentric. They make the rest of Sara's street seem dull by comparison. When the hand of friendship is extended, Sara is delighted and flattered. Incredibly, Gav and Lou seem to see something in Sara and Neil that they admire, too.

Elizabeth Clarke gave her brother a silver locket to remind him of home as he left for war in June of 1917. But as the Great War ends for America, it continues on for Elizabeth. While carrying out duties for the US State Department, her father went missing in the chaos of the Russia Revolution. When word arrives that he is alive and needs assistance moving a valuable and mysterious “package” out of Russia, it is up to his children to organize the rescue.

Divorce is an uncomfortable topic that nobody wants to talk about. Yet, it is happening everywhere you look - even in our churches. Even though the divorce rate is lower in the church, there is still no question that it's still present and is constantly growing. The enemy is out to destroy marriages and now there is a generation in which half of the people don't know what it means to be a father or a mother because they didn't have that example before them.

In Demon à la Mode, Shelby scouts out the Demon Pit Haunted Hayride. Residing on a vast property that once saw sinister demonic cult activity, she comes face to face with the anguished spirits who suffered under a cult’s dark practices. In the late 1950s, the area was home to the town of Aurora. It was little more than a bump in the road, with a general store, a dozen modest houses and a church. If you drove through it, people would smile and wave at you from their perfect lawns. They might even invite you in for a glass of sweet tea and homemade apple pie.

To fight against the cruel and superstitious patriarchy known as the Talisman, members of the resistance group known as the Companions of Hira have risked their lives in a failed attempt to procure the Bloodprint - a dangerous text that may hold the secret to overthrowing the terrifying regime. Now, with their plans in ashes, the Companions of Hira have scattered, and the lives of two brave women at the center of the plot - Arian and Sinnia - face unprecedented danger. Yet a spark of hope flickers in the darkness - the Bloodprint has survived.