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Jack 'Flash' Gordon's private investigation business in Liverpool is in trouble with staffing issues and changing technology. So when Sarah Gladwyn from an old Welsh family commissions the ex-copper to investigate a series of threats and attacks from an anonymous assailant, it seems like a lifeline. The stalker is obsessed with the family's role in oppressing the local slate workers in Victorian times and stealing Welsh water for use in Englan...

When Midland Airlines Flight 3182 falls from the sky and kills Callan Morrow's best friend, Callan wants to know what went wrong. Unsatisfied by the official account, he uses his audit and forensic-accounting skills to investigate further, but instead of closure, he finds collusion by the aircraft's manufacturer, third-party maintenance and inspection contractors, and the federal government. Callan's wife, Terese, content with their secure sub...

When eight students wrote a letter accusing Sogyal Rinpoche, author of the best-selling Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, of decades of physical, emotional and sexual abuse, Tahlia Newland set up an online support group for abuse victims and students of his Tibetan Buddhist community, Rigpa. Appalled by the lack of ethics, the group undertook a journey of discovery during which they uncovered the depth of the trauma suffered by victims, and th...

After Jane Austen's death at the tragically young age of forty-two, her brother Henry published a brief biography of her life which seemed to contradict the view of others who'd known her. Intrigued by the mystery of the conflicting stories, the Prince Regent's librarian asks Regency playwright and amateur detective Sarah Kedron to uncover the truth about Jane. Sarah takes up the challenge and interviews family members, publishers, friends, in...

When Dr. Ken Turner and his colleagues finally find half-human, half-chimpanzee hybrids in the dark jungles of the Congo, they think they are at the end of their long quest, but shady government agents have discovered the hybrids and plan to exploit them for military use. With the ruthless agents growing ever closer to realizing their goals, Dr. Turner and company must find a way to protect the creatures without destroying their careers and, f...

No love is as safe as that of an inseparable sister, no hurt as deep as when she leaves without a trace. St. Paul, MN, 1946: As little girls, the Malone sisters relied on each other for companionship and affection as their mother remained distant, beating back the demons of her own mysterious childhood. Now young women, the closely-knit sisters endure separate tragedies that threaten to tear them apart. Diagnosed with tuberculosis, Shannon und...

When Chicago investment-banker Russell Henderson-newly divorced and suffering from depression-makes a spur-of-the-moment decision to go on a camping trip to explore the Western United States, he steps outside his usual safe mode of operation and opens up a wealth of new, and scary, possibilities.Somewhere in Iowa, he picks up a woman hitchhiker, who challenges everything in which he believes. This sets off a chain of events that involve an Ame...

Michael Milosovic, builder, amateur architect, developer, landowner and mayor of the Australian town Coddington St George (pop. 5, 499) wants to be elected to the shire council and hence to the Queensland State Planning Committee. To achieve this ambition, he needs publicity. What better, he thinks, than making a community movie extolling the delights of life in Coddington St George. He'll be the producer and the star. But there's a problem. H...

When Sir Charles Browning, a young aristocrat, apparently abandons his wife, leaving her destitute and ostracised, Sarah Kedron, a successful playwright and feminist, agrees to help the young wife by finding out what has happened.James Brewster, the editor of her father's weekly periodical, assists Sarah in her investigation. Their search for the truth takes them from the high society of Regency England to its shady underbelly. Firmly establis...

At his father's urging, a teenage boy finds himself working in an antique store while learning arcane skills and knowledge from the owner. While exploring the basement, he unintentionally converts a black coal from the dawn of creation into a mutating manuscript engraved on gold. When a much-feared magus finds out, the boy's mentor destroys the manuscript and casts it into gold ingots to prevent the magus from accessing the knowledge it contai...

When radio inventor and spiritualist, Leslie Carter, meets the beautiful psychic healer, Lily Bancroft, he knows she's his soulmate and that he could love only her. But Lily is focused on becoming a healer and spiritualist medium. Through two world wars and three marriages, she struggles to fulfil her dreams. Leslie stands by her as each of her marriages fails. Will his love ever be returned? Based on a true story of love and the paranormal se...

When Dr. Ken Turner and his colleagues decide to search for rumored half-human, half-chimpanzee creatures, they get more than they bargained for. Now, with time running out, Ken must risk his career and life to find and protect these creatures before a group of shady underworld agents find them.

When Martin Bennett, the backroom brains in a regeneration company charged with bringing back Merseyside's former prosperity, sees an ex-friend murdered on a hospital escalator and discovers that the body was too hastily cremated, he feels compelled to investigate.In order to discover the truth about the murder, he must navigate the Merseyside underworld peopled by bent solicitors and coppers, corrupt politicians and violent thugs. He forms an...

A story of two men, a generation apart, one growing up in the shadow of the other. Peter Jirgens tells the story of his youth as the son of Arnold Jirgens, a Latvian immigrant, who struggled against discrimination to establish his family in Nowra, Australia. He shares the stories his father told him of the hardship of life under Soviet rule, his escape from Europe after World War Two and the early days of his new life as an immigrant in a ...

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Indulge your taste for good fiction with this short story anthology by authors with bold new voices. Though from diverse genres, the stories share a contemporary and contemplative feel that will linger long after the reader has read the last one. Awesome Allshorts: Last Days, Lost Ways showcases talented authors from around the globe, many whose novels have received multiple honors, including Awesome Indies approved status.

Ella's boyfriend Jamie seems to be her perfect match until a death in the family calls him back to England and it becomes clear that he's hiding something. Can their relationship survive the revelation of something so astounding that it completely changes Ella's perception of him and his place in her world? While Jamie struggles with family responsibilities, Ella's steampunk murder mystery develops a life of its own, raising disturbing memorie...

Do you think meditation is hard, or hard to get round to? The instructions in this book make it easy.Do you wonder if you're getting the best out of your meditation? Here you'll find advice-as handed down from the great Tibetan meditation masters but presented free of religiosity and cultural bias-that will ensure you're making the most effective use of your time.Do you want to go deeper in your meditation? This book gives you the understandin...

Ariel and Nick face their deepest fears and their greatest challenge as they search for the Master Demon who holds the key to the future of mankind. Slay him and the world goes free, fail, and it falls irrevocably into violence and chaos. Guided by a wisdom master of a mystical tradition that uses mind power as the basis of powerful magic, the assault party travels from the ancient granite walls of the Hermitage, up the Steps of Death, and...

This inspirational fantasy adventure has received the Awesome Indies Seal of Excellence & the BRAG Medallion for Outstanding Fiction. "A contemporary fantasy that rivals such young adult favorites as J.K. Rowling, Rick Riordian and Cassandra Clare." Rabid Readers. When demons kidnap Ariel's mother, she discovers a previously invisible hidden realm populated by demons who feed on fear. Now, with the demons trying to kill her-in fear that ...