Classic Calls the Shots

Classic Calls the Shots

Amy Myers

Health / Nonfiction

Car detective Jack Colby has a new case, but soon suspects much more is at stake...All is not well on the film set of director Bill Wade's new blockbuster Dark Harvest. At first Jack Colby, car detective, can't believe his luck when he is called in to investigate the disappearance of Bill Wade's rare 1935 Auburn speedster, but he soon realizes that this is no straightforward theft. Jack's warning lights are beginning to flash about his assignment—and rightly so, because the stage is set for murder.
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A Vicar, Crucified

A Vicar, Crucified

Simon Parke

Self Help / Health

Abbot Peter has recently swapped his failing leadership of a remote monastery in the Sinai desert for retirement in the bleak and stormy English seaside town of Stormhaven. When the charismatic local vicar is discovered dead – crucified, naked, to a cross on the vestry wall – Abbot Peter is invited to act as a Special Witness investigator. He is assigned to work alongside Detective Inspector Tamsin Shah – young, pretty, brash, unsentimental and, by a peculiar quirk of fate, a niece that Abbot Peter never knew he had. A cast of suspects to the murder of Rev. Adam Fontaine is quickly revealed from within the church's own community – including the formidable flower-arranger, the egotistical bishop, the compassionate curate, the irascible youth worker and the frustrated treasurer. Nine people were at the meeting that immediately preceded the vicar's shocking death. Could the mystical nine-point Enneagram revered by the father he never knew help Abbot Peter...
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Classic in the Dock

Classic in the Dock

Amy Myers

Health / Nonfiction

Jack Colby, car detective, is plunged into a nightmare when his friend, the world famous artist Giovanni, is arrested for murderJack Colby is delighted when his friend, the world famous artist Giovanni, calls in at Frogs Hill on his way to Plumshaw Manor to paint a 1930s Alfa Romeo racing car. Jack waves him goodbye – but it isn't for long. Later that day he has a phone call from Giovanni. He has been arrested for the murder!What follows brings nightmare to Jack, as he investigates the crime. Did Giovanni really do it? Or is the murder related to a village feud between two rival families? Nothing is as it seems – except for the danger which Jack faces as he draws close to the truth.
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Songs of Spring

Songs of Spring

Amy Myers

Health / Nonfiction

Christmas 1917, and as the Lilley family gathers at the Rectory in the Sussex village of Ashden, the mood is far from festive. Caroline's parents refuse to support her love of Belgian Army intelligence officer Captain Yves Rosier, and she is forced to leave abruptly. Phoebe falls in love with a divorced music-hall singer, and she too incurs her parents' disapproval. The new year brings fresh tragedy, and Caroline returns to Ashden as the war ends. The Rectory opens its doors to a new world, its inhabitants strengthened by the grief and happiness shared during the long years of war.
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It Takes a Thief

It Takes a Thief

Liz Wolfe

Health / Nonfiction

The CIA is trying to recruit Zeke Alexander, a world renowned and retired thief, to infiltrate the Dominion Order for them. His daughter Zoe, a thief herself, knows her father is no longer up to the task and the only way she can prevent his participation is to offer her own. But what once seemed like a small operation soon turns into a deadly game full of suspense and intrigue.
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Tease

Tease

Amanda Maciel

Young Adult / Realistic Fiction / Health

From debut author Amanda Maciel comes a provocative and unforgettable novel, inspired by real-life incidents, about a teenage girl who faces criminal charges for bullying after a classmate commits suicide.Emma Putnam is dead, and it's all Sara Wharton's fault. At least, that's what everyone seems to think. Sara, along with her best friend and three other classmates, has been criminally charged for the bullying and harassment that led to Emma's shocking suicide. Now Sara is the one who's ostracized, already guilty according to her peers, the community, and the media. In the summer before her senior year, in between meetings with lawyers and a court-recommended therapist, Sara is forced to reflect on the events that brought her to this moment--and ultimately consider her own role in an undeniable tragedy. And she'll have to find a way to move forward, even when it feels like her own life is over.With its powerful narrative, unconventional point of view, and strong...
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Depression & Other Magic Tricks

Depression & Other Magic Tricks

Sabrina Benaim

Poetry / Health / Mental Health

Depression & Other Magic Tricks is the debut book by Sabrina Benaim, one of the most-viewed performance poets of all time, whose poem "Explaining My Depression to My Mother" has become a cultural phenomenon with over 50,000,000 views. Depression & Other Magic Tricks explores themes of mental health, love, and family. It is a documentation of struggle and triumph, a celebration of daily life and of living. Benaim's wit, empathy, and gift for language produce a work of endless wonder.
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Murder Takes the Stage

Murder Takes the Stage

Amy Myers

Health / Nonfiction

A new investigation for family duo Peter and Georgia Marsh - Peter and Georgia Marsh are in the Kentish seaside resort of Broadgate, on the trail of Georgia's missing brother Rick when they come across the strange tale of a haunted fish and chip shop. They pursue both mysteries but the journey to discovery is a dangerous one. There is much at risk.
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A Deadly Diversion

A Deadly Diversion

David Barry

Science / Nonfiction / Health

Weston and Turner, novice private detectives, are plunged into a nightmare world of murder when they are hired by a young millionairess to solve the triple murder of her family, a crime the police failed to solve more than eleven years ago. As they delve deeper into the case, they soon discover a hired assassin is always one step ahead of them and someone will do anything to stop them learning the terrible truth behind the crime, even if it means bumping off their witnesses. Not only does family man Freddie have to risk his life on behalf of their client, his personal problems are compounded by threats to his daughter's safety. And when he discovers the hired gunman's boss is the mysterious Eclipse, his investigations take him on a mad dash to Poland, and he becomes involved in a race against time to prevent another murder, one for which he is willing to risk everything, even his own life.
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