It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow and horror.  As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling,...  more

It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow and horror.  As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling, and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last.  With its raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is a landmark publication full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.

The new novel featuring the delightful Ellie Quicke. Ellie Quicke, fiftyish and recently widowed, is still trying to come to terms with her husband's death and her newly-single state. She's coping, just, but could do without everyone else making demands on her: Diana, her selfish...  more

The new novel featuring the delightful Ellie Quicke. Ellie Quicke, fiftyish and recently widowed, is still trying to come to terms with her husband's death and her newly-single state. She's coping, just, but could do without everyone else making demands on her: Diana, her selfish daughter, who expects Ellie to drop everything to babysit; the builders working on her new conservatory; elderly and irritable Aunt Drusilla; even dear Rose who needs Ellie's advice about her daughter's wedding. To cap it all, ten-year-old Tod, who lives next door, has gone missing... Ellie is very fond of Tod, and his disappearance shocks her to the core. Before she knows it, she's caught up in a police investigation which casts a sinister shadow over her respectable, close-knit community...

Medical technology meets rural values of simplicity, home health remedies,and unwavering faith in divine providence when a country boy turned country doctor returns to his roots.

According to Confucius, “an educated woman is a worthless woman,” but Tan Yunxian -- born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separations, and loneliness -- is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China,...  more

According to Confucius, “an educated woman is a worthless woman,” but Tan Yunxian -- born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separations, and loneliness -- is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China, and she teaches Yunxian the pillars of Chinese medicine, the Four Examinations -- looking, listening, touching, and asking -- something a man can never do with a female patient. From a young age, Yunxian learns about women’s illnesses, many of which relate to childbearing, alongside a young midwife-in-training, Meiling. The two girls find fast friendship and a mutual purpose -- despite the prohibition that a doctor should never touch blood while a midwife comes in frequent contact with it -- and they vow to be forever friends, sharing in each other’s joys and struggles. No mud, no lotus, they tell themselves: from adversity beauty can bloom. But when Yunxian is sent into an arranged marriage, her mother-in-law forbids her from seeing Meiling and from helping the women and girls in the household. Yunxian is to act like a proper wife -- embroider bound-foot slippers, pluck instruments, recite poetry, give birth to sons, and stay forever within the walls of the family compound, the Garden of Fragrant Delights. How might a woman like Yunxian break free of these traditions, go on to treat women and girls from every level of society, and lead a life of such importance that many of her remedies are still used five centuries later? How might the power of friendship support or complicate these efforts? Lady Tan’s Circle of Women is a captivating story of women helping other women. It is also a triumphant reimagining of the life of a woman who was remarkable in the Ming dynasty and would be considered remarkable today.

This third book by Roger Riccard brings forth a series of six short stories occurring during the Christmas seasons of Sherlock Holmes' career, with each title taking its name from the carol, The Twelve Days of Christmas. In this first volume we meet The Seventh Swann, The Eighth Milkmaid, The...  more

This third book by Roger Riccard brings forth a series of six short stories occurring during the Christmas seasons of Sherlock Holmes' career, with each title taking its name from the carol, The Twelve Days of Christmas. In this first volume we meet The Seventh Swann, The Eighth Milkmaid, The Ninth Ladyship at the Dance, The Tenth Lord Leaping, The Eleven Pipe Problem and the Twelfth Drumming.

An old family heirloom, a painting called The Decayed Gentlewoman, had been stolen from Colin Lockie two years before, and attempts to solve the crime had been fruitless. Now it had turned up in an auction room in a small English village, and Colin, fond of the old portrait since childhood,...  more

An old family heirloom, a painting called The Decayed Gentlewoman, had been stolen from Colin Lockie two years before, and attempts to solve the crime had been fruitless. Now it had turned up in an auction room in a small English village, and Colin, fond of the old portrait since childhood, tried to buy it back. When a sinister-looking stranger, obviously not motivated by sentiment, paid an astonishing amount of money for the picture, Colin was intrigued--and more determined than ever to recover it. He set in motion the machinery for reclaiming his stolen property...and unwittingly set the scene for murder. Scene: Scotland and England.              This novel has been serialized under the title Legal Steal.

This unique collection of 54 stories, poems, and memoirs takes a nostalgic, sometimes skeptical look at Catholic childhood and the lifelong struggles posed by faith. With the same sensitivity and humor they brought to the widely successful Catholic Girls, Sumrall and Vecchione provide a rich and...  more

This unique collection of 54 stories, poems, and memoirs takes a nostalgic, sometimes skeptical look at Catholic childhood and the lifelong struggles posed by faith. With the same sensitivity and humor they brought to the widely successful Catholic Girls, Sumrall and Vecchione provide a rich and outspoken collection. Gathers fifty-four stories of Catholic childhood as observed by such authors as Louise Erdrich, Michael Dorris, and Lucille Clifton.  

In this autobiography, Anthony takes the reader through his harrowing past of ending up homeless at age 13 in Washington, D.C. after the death of his grandmother and escaping being murdered by his mother with a meat cleaver one night due to her habitual drug use. Despite not being able to go to...  more

In this autobiography, Anthony takes the reader through his harrowing past of ending up homeless at age 13 in Washington, D.C. after the death of his grandmother and escaping being murdered by his mother with a meat cleaver one night due to her habitual drug use. Despite not being able to go to high school because of the need to feed and clothe himself at such a young age, Anthony was able to earn his GED and leave a homeless shelter behind after getting accepted into a University in North Carolina in 2009. From being a 4.0 student and apart of numerous honor societies since freshmen year, Anthony prepares the reader to experience what it was like being homeless at age 13, to becoming one out of 14 homeless students in the country recognized by the United States of America’s Interagency Council on Homelessness and being elected Student Body President of the university his junior year all while graduating Magna Cum Laude in the top percentile of his graduating class in year 2013. This is his story.

Would you confide your most intimate secrets to a stranger? Hella Moormann, a pharmacist, finds herself doing just this when she meets the unprepossessing Rosemarie Hirte in hospital. Hella has always suffered from a need to nurture lost souls, but she believes her latest lover will be...  more

Would you confide your most intimate secrets to a stranger? Hella Moormann, a pharmacist, finds herself doing just this when she meets the unprepossessing Rosemarie Hirte in hospital. Hella has always suffered from a need to nurture lost souls, but she believes her latest lover will be different. Levin, a beautiful young dental student, is heir to his grandfather's fortune and looks like a good thing. All too soon, though, her faith is shaken: not only does he take an unhealthy interest in some antique poison bottles, but he also plans to misuse his dental skills in a macabre way. Hella's life takes an increasingly bizarre course, from involvement with drug runners to murder, via adultery and much else. But is she the helpless victim of fate or a cunning manipulator of events? Whatever the truth, in choosing to tell her story to the anonymous Rosemarie Hirte, she may have made a lethal mistake, for Hirte has a sinister secret of her own...

Sometimes, a cop has to improvise. Like when my partner Richie and I had to respond to a woman claiming a guy in another building was trying to control her brain. Richie questioned her thoroughly, and found out that this guy's death ray would only work at night and only seemed to be...  more

Sometimes, a cop has to improvise. Like when my partner Richie and I had to respond to a woman claiming a guy in another building was trying to control her brain. Richie questioned her thoroughly, and found out that this guy's death ray would only work at night and only seemed to be directed toward her bedroom window. "Not a problem," said Richie, "I've seen this before. Follow me and do exactly as I say." He explained that if she covered the window entirely with aluminum foil, the negative ions that compromised the thought-control function of the gamma ray that this guy was directing toward her could be recalibrated, diffused, vaporized... That accomplished, she had another question. "But officer, if you know what he's doing to me, why can't you stop him?" "Ma'am, this is a federal matter." It was the early 1980s on the east side of Manhattan and the NYPD cops were cool, competent, and at times, hysterically funny. Slide into the front seat of Officer Paul Murphy's 'radio car' as you take the next incoming 911 call. These characters and their true stories are an incredible mix of comedy and tragedy that no writer could possibly invent.

When asked to judge the neighboring village's Flower Show, vicar's wife Monica Noble is thrilled, even if she can't tell a begonia from an azalea! This year, competition is fierce, and when her fellow judge, a well-liked vicar, is killed, Monica must wake up and smell the roses. A...  more

When asked to judge the neighboring village's Flower Show, vicar's wife Monica Noble is thrilled, even if she can't tell a begonia from an azalea! This year, competition is fierce, and when her fellow judge, a well-liked vicar, is killed, Monica must wake up and smell the roses. A second murder quickly follows, this time a local scientist. Monica must help the local detective to solve the two murders and find the killer - quickly, before anyone else dies. Originally published as An Unholy Whiff of Death by the author's pen name, Joyce Cato.

IN THE LINE OF DUTY: They are hero cops--the men and women who walk in the face of danger every day. And these are their stories--true, terrifying, inspiring and unforgettable... The Alaskan State Trooper who ended a bloody spree of mass murders with one lightning-fast decision under...  more

IN THE LINE OF DUTY: They are hero cops--the men and women who walk in the face of danger every day. And these are their stories--true, terrifying, inspiring and unforgettable... The Alaskan State Trooper who ended a bloody spree of mass murders with one lightning-fast decision under combat conditions. The eight-months-pregnant cop who faced down a gunman with a .38. The LAPD officer who was shot through the heart with a .357 Magnum---and managed not only to kill her assailant, but to return to active duty just months later. The New Hampshire State Trooper who singlehandedly apprehended a serial killer in a hand-to-hand fight over a loaded gun. ... and many other stories of human drama and courage. The truth behind the headlines.

On a snowy December morning, a young woman is found outside Patches nightclub in Leek. Half dead from the cold, she says she has been raped. As Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy, fresh from a disciplinary action, investigates, she learns that Kayleigh Harrison has made unsubstantiated...  more

On a snowy December morning, a young woman is found outside Patches nightclub in Leek. Half dead from the cold, she says she has been raped. As Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy, fresh from a disciplinary action, investigates, she learns that Kayleigh Harrison has made unsubstantiated allegations before against her stepfather. But there are possible links to a similar rape case six months previously . . . Is there a real case to investigate or not? Kayleigh holds the key, but how much of her story can be trusted?

London's renowned Old Bailey, scene of many famous murder trials, itself becomes the scene of a murder---committed, moreover, under the stern, professional eye of Inspector Manton. What's so sinister about an ordinary chair that makes a man who doesn't even know you become your...  more

London's renowned Old Bailey, scene of many famous murder trials, itself becomes the scene of a murder---committed, moreover, under the stern, professional eye of Inspector Manton. What's so sinister about an ordinary chair that makes a man who doesn't even know you become your mortal enemy as soon as you sit down in it? That's what the Scotland Yard Inspector should be asking himself; whereas he's stalking a criminal who's no longer in a position to escape from anyone or anything!

Ned Bunn wasn't a popular member of the community of Enderby. There were people who had wished him dead. But when he is murdered on the doorstep of his own shop there's a terrible outcry, the community is in shock. Littlejohn of Scotland Yard investigates the case and finds there are...  more

Ned Bunn wasn't a popular member of the community of Enderby. There were people who had wished him dead. But when he is murdered on the doorstep of his own shop there's a terrible outcry, the community is in shock. Littlejohn of Scotland Yard investigates the case and finds there are some startling revelations about Bunn and his family, before the murderer is finally tracked down.

Adjusting to life as a wealthy widow, Ellie Quicke is shattered to hear that her difficult but endearing Aunt Drusilla has been killed in a freak accident. Her only son, Roy, is also devastated. However, Aunt Drusilla has made many enemies in her time, among them Ellie's selfish daughter Diana,...  more

Adjusting to life as a wealthy widow, Ellie Quicke is shattered to hear that her difficult but endearing Aunt Drusilla has been killed in a freak accident. Her only son, Roy, is also devastated. However, Aunt Drusilla has made many enemies in her time, among them Ellie's selfish daughter Diana, who believes she's her great-aunt's heir. What if it were not a genuine accident? And what if Aunt Drusilla's cleaner were missing? The police are suspicious of all those closest to Aunt Drusilla, which includes not only her family but all those who have worked for her...and their families, too. Ellie struggles to keep her dysfunctional family from falling apart as each one in turn is suspected of murder.

Upon his arrival, Butternut Creek Christian Church's newly-minted minister is met by a welcome committee led by Miss Birdie and her friend Mercedes, a.k.a. "the Widows." Their first order of business, to educate him on how things should be done, quickly gives way to a campaign to...  more

Upon his arrival, Butternut Creek Christian Church's newly-minted minister is met by a welcome committee led by Miss Birdie and her friend Mercedes, a.k.a. "the Widows." Their first order of business, to educate him on how things should be done, quickly gives way to a campaign to find him a wife. When their matchmaking efforts fizzle, the Widows turn to another new bachelor. Amputee and Afghan vet Sam simply wants to be left alone -- a desire that's as good as a red flag to the Widows! Soon they're scheming to pair him up with Willow, his beautiful physical therapist, a divorced mother of two who is afraid of commitment, Perrine's small-town tale is a big-time triumph of gentle humor, fast-paced plot, and wonderfully engaging characters.

"Watch out for mayhem around every corner in Murder New York Style! Explore Manhattan, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Westchester, and the Outer Reaches. The twenty-one stories in this anthology are classic New York. Imagine bargain shopping in Chinatown, working in the...  more

"Watch out for mayhem around every corner in Murder New York Style! Explore Manhattan, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Westchester, and the Outer Reaches. The twenty-one stories in this anthology are classic New York. Imagine bargain shopping in Chinatown, working in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, belly dancing in a Turkish nightclub, or teaching a course at a diverse New York College. These are some of the circumstances and locations that find murder and mayhem around every corner in Murder New York Style. Several stories are set in the New York of days gone by. Among those, one takes place during a 1913 labor strike, and another explores the effects of the House Un-American Activities Committee on the New York cultural community. One Brooklyn story solves a mystery involving an eighty year old murder and the ghost of a Hessian soldier from the Revolutionary War. The Stories and Authors are: Pick up Dry Cleaning, Commit the Perfect Murder by Cynthia Baxter, Name Tagging by Randy Kandel, Mister Right by Ronnie Klaskin, Death Will Clean Your Closet by Elizabeth Zelvin, La Bruha del Barrio by R.M. Peluso, I Love Alana by Marianna Heusler, The Knock-off by Chelle Martin, Strike Zone by Terri Farley Moran, A Voice to Remember by Margaret Mendel, Out in the Cold by Meredith Cole, NYPDaughter by Triss Stein, The House on Lake Place by Dorothy Mortman, Murder in the Aladdin¿s Cave by Lina Zeldovich, The Lie by Anita Page, A Day at a Time by Fran Brannigan Cox, Family Matters by Peggy Ehrhart, None of the Above by Deirdre Verne, What About Henry? by Pearl Wolf, Friendly Witness by Erica Harth, Casino Gamble by Nan Higginson, and Murder in the Mill by M.E. Kemp."

When flash floods unearth a human skeleton at a local beauty spot, DCI Tom Raven is called to investigate. Who is the dead man, and how did he end up there? Help is on hand from forensic anthropologist Dr Chandice Jones who enjoys the challenge of working with old bones. But is Raven one...  more

When flash floods unearth a human skeleton at a local beauty spot, DCI Tom Raven is called to investigate. Who is the dead man, and how did he end up there? Help is on hand from forensic anthropologist Dr Chandice Jones who enjoys the challenge of working with old bones. But is Raven one challenge too many for her? Meanwhile, Detective Sergeant Becca Shawcross is called to a local nursing home where an elderly resident has taken his own life. The death appears to be a routine case of suicide, but Becca has her suspicions. Could foul play be involved? As the two investigations widen, Raven and Becca begin to find common threads. And when things take a sinister turn, they must work together to untangle the connections between the two deaths. Because some secrets are best left buried.

Having realized there is no escape from his past as an agent, Max has offered his services to MI5 on an as-needed basis. Now it’s time for him to follow through. The body of glamorous film star Margot Browne has washed ashore from a luxury yacht and Max’s former colleague wants his...  more

Having realized there is no escape from his past as an agent, Max has offered his services to MI5 on an as-needed basis. Now it’s time for him to follow through. The body of glamorous film star Margot Browne has washed ashore from a luxury yacht and Max’s former colleague wants his help to find the murderer. It’s a perfect “closed circle” murder since victim Margot must have been killed by one of the actors, stylists, screenwriters, or second-tier royalty aboard. The investigation into Margot’s lurid past uncovers a host of motives―it seems she was not the only person on board with a secret they’d kill to keep.

Jenny is a successful doctor, the mother of three great teenagers, married to a celebrated neurosurgeon. But when her youngest child, fifteen-year-old Naomi, doesn't come home from a school play, Jenny's seemingly ideal life begins to crumble. There is a nationwide search with no...  more

Jenny is a successful doctor, the mother of three great teenagers, married to a celebrated neurosurgeon. But when her youngest child, fifteen-year-old Naomi, doesn't come home from a school play, Jenny's seemingly ideal life begins to crumble. There is a nationwide search with no success. Naomi has vanished, and her family is broken. As the months pass, the worst-case-scenarios - kidnapping, murder - seem less plausible. Yet more than a year later, a desperate Jenny is still digging for answers - and what she finds disturbs her. Everyone's she's trusted, everyone she thought she knew, has been keeping secrets, especially Naomi. Piecing together the traces her daughter left behind, Jenny discovers a very different Naomi from the girl she thought she'd raised. Jenny knows she'll never be able to find Naomi unless she uncovers the whole truth - a twisting, painful journey into the past that will lead to an almost unthinkable revelation...

A perennial best seller now featuring a popular new Bible translation! The HCSB One-Minute Bible for Students offers 366 readings that allow young people to thoroughly survey the heart of the Bible in one year at the rate of just one minute per day. Each reading follows the general flow of...  more

A perennial best seller now featuring a popular new Bible translation! The HCSB One-Minute Bible for Students offers 366 readings that allow young people to thoroughly survey the heart of the Bible in one year at the rate of just one minute per day. Each reading follows the general flow of biblical history, interspersed with several topical series for occasions such as Easter and Mother's Day. If more study is desired, related texts are provided at the end of every day that point to nearly eighteen hundred passages of Scripture to further one's understanding of the topics covered in that day's reading. The seven hundred selected Scriptures and eighteen hundred related passages carefully present the key themes of the Bible and draw from all sixty-six books.