Hubby lost his phone last night. He knew it was somewhere in the house, so I called it. RING RING RING. I could hear it. I was sure it was coming from the other room. He searched and searched for about five minutes, all the while I am calling his phone to keep it ringing. He was sure it was coming from the room I was sitting in. Nope, I was sure the other room, but I was to tired to get up and help just yet. After another few minutes of watching him search, I finally got up to join in the search. The sound got considerably louder. Oh dear… I was sitting on it. Well, not exactly sitting on it. It was under the couch. OOPS! Sorry babe. Hubby moved the couch off the wall. Everyone…. please note that the couch has not moved from that wall in a very very long time. What he uncovered was HORRIFIC! It’s burned into my eyes. BLEGH! The good news is with all that dirt and fuzz the phone landed softly. For now I am going to pretend I didn’t see all that.
Not the Faintest Trace (The Sergeant Frank Hardy Mysteries Book 1)
by Wendy M. Wilson
Genre: Historical Fiction | Mystery
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“It proved absolutely engrossing and enthralling – and I ended up reading the whole book in one sitting.” Val Burr, New Zealand Historian.
NEW ZEALAND, 1877: Fear hangs over a small Scandinavian settlement near Palmerston, in the North Island of New Zealand. The children have spotted a troll lurking in the bush, a large man clutching a hatchet and carrying a bag over his shoulders, the kind of troll that steals small children away from their families; thewomen are afraid it’s a man intent on harming them. Meanwhile, two teenaged boys are missing after crossing the river in search of illegal drinks. The inhabitants of the settlement, who have sailed from Schleswig to escape the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War, can’t get the police to take their fears seriously.
When the settlers ask Sergeant Frank Hardy, once a sharpshooter with the 57th. Regiment, to search for the boys, he’s not interested. He’s missing his old life and bored with his new life as a mail coach driver and sometime card shark, but looking for the bodies of two drowned boys is not the excitement he craves.
Then he recalls his brother who went missing a decade ago after crossing a different river, and he changes his mind. But as he begins his search, an event from his army days resurfaces, and his danger increases. And now he has a young woman to protect: the attractive cousin of the missing boys, who has assigned herself the task of helping him search.
Set in the picturesque New Zealand countryside, Not the Faintest Trace, a gripping mystery with a touch of romance, is the first of eight books in The Sergeant Frank Hardy Mysteries series. Based partly on a family story of two young men who crossed a river and disappeared, and partly on a little known but brutal atrocity, this book is a product of the author’s imagination.
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The Personal Shopper (The Annie Valentine Series Book 1)
by Carmen Reid
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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There’s just one accessory Annie Valentine can’t find… the perfect man!
Meet Annie Valentine: stylish, savvy, multi-tasker extraordinaire. As a personal shopper in a swanky London store, Annie can be relied on to solve everyone’s problems… except her own.
Because as a busy single mum to two kids, Annie’s realised there’s a gap in her life as well as her wardrobe. But with her heart still hurting from losing the love of her life, Annie’s discovered that finding the perfect partner is turning out to be so much trickier than finding the perfect pair of shoes!
Can she source a genuine classic? A lifelong investment? Or will Annie realise that her perfect man is already sitting on the front row of her life…
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Involuntary Turnover (Kat Voyzey Mysteries Book 1)
by Cheri Baker
Genre: Mystery
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“The last day in October began with a violation of the employee dress code and ended with a dead employee in the medical records department. I’ve always said I like my job because of the variety, but this was a bit much, even for me.”
HR director Kat Voyzey has a talent for getting things done. Tamping down office drama? Soothing egotastic executives? Dodging calls from her bully of a boss? It’s all in a day’s work.
But when Kat’s coworker is shot dead on Halloween night, questions fly through the hospital like a hail of bullets. Is there a killer roaming the halls of the hospital? Who will they strike next? And who on Earth would want to hurt sweet Anna Vasquez?
Frustrated by a weak police response, Kat rolls up her sleeves and gets to work. Someone needs to get the bottom of this mystery, and she’ll be super careful. After all, how dangerous could a murder investigation be?
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Saints And Sinners: In the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of Mercia and Lindsey
by John Broughton
Genre: Historical Fiction | History
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Saxon times were not called the Dark Ages for nothing. It was a violent, unrecognizable world of kill or be killed.
In seventh century England, tribes and so-called kings vie for power and blood flows throughout the land. Aethelred – ruler of Mercia – is being pressed from all sides, and his wife Osthryth dies under unknown circumstances. Osthryth’s ring falls into the hands of warrior noble Aethelbald, who is accused of her murder and forced to leave Mercia by his conniving cousin Coeolred, who has eyes on the throne. When Aethelred abdicates and the weakling Cenred assumes power, Coelred sees a path to become the king.
With a court rife with would-be successors, can Aethelbald survive and become Bretwaldas – the ‘Britain-ruler’ – and sweep aside the underkings to unite the land?
Based on true stories, John Broughton’s Saints and Sinners shines a light on the murky Dark Ages, and recreates a Britain on the cusp of momentous change.
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel: A Life From Beginning to End (Biographies of Engineers)
by Hourly History
Genre: History | Biographies & Memoirs
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel. One of the most famous engineers the United Kingdom has ever produced. A man who put his stamp on his own country in the most visible way possible; through the construction of bridges and tunnels that stand to this day and by transforming both the landscape and the nature of society.
In 2002, Brunel was voted the second Greatest Briton of all time in a BBC survey, second only to Winston Churchill and putting names such as Darwin, Shakespeare, and Newton behind him. In 2006, numerous events were held across the United Kingdom in celebration of Brunel’s 200th birthday. There are few engineers with such a long-lasting and widespread legacy.
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