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  The Upper Berth - A sailor...

  F. Marion Crawford

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  Francis Marion Crawford, an only child, was born on 2nd August 1854 at Bagni di Lucca, Italy. He was a nephew to Julia Ward Howe, the American poet and writer of ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic’.  
   
  Crawford was educated at St Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire and then on to Cambridge University, the University of Heidelberg and the University of Rome.  
   
  In 1879 he went to India, to study Sanskrit and then to edit The Indian Herald. In 1881 he returned to America to continue his Sanskrit studies at Harvard University. 
   
  His family became increasingly concerned about his employment prospects.  After an attempt at a singing career as a baritone was ruled out, he was encouraged to write.  
   
  In December 1882 his first novel, ‘Mr Isaacs’, was published and was an immediate hit as was his second novel ‘Dr Claudius’ in 1883.  
   
  In October 1884 he married Elizabeth Berdan and encouraged by his excellent start to a literary career they returned to Sant Agnello, Italy to make a permanent home, buying the Villa Renzi that then became Villa Crawford.  
   
  In the late 1890s, Crawford began work on his historical works which would later include ‘Corleone’, in 1897, the first major treatment of the Mafia in literature.  
   
  Crawford is also exceedingly popular and anthologized as a short story writer of bizarre and creepy tales.   
   
  In 1908 came his classic ‘The Screaming Skull’. Without doubt its unsettling nature is heightened as the reader/listener is drawn into to the story by its narrator.  Everything is explained and plausible until, of course, it isn’t. 
   
  Francis Marion Crawford died at Sorrento on Good Friday 1909 at Villa Crawford of a heart attack.  
   
  In this classic supernatural story by F Marion Crawford a man takes a room on a liner and discovers that its previous occupants have all committed suicide.  When his room mate on the Upper Berth also disappears the evidence points to some unearthly sequence of happenings.

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  Reader I Married Him - Stories...

  Anonymous

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  This collection of original stories by today’s finest women writers—including Tracy Chevalier, Francine Prose, Elizabeth McCracken, Tessa Hadley, Audrey Niffenegger, and more—takes inspiration from the famous line in Charlotte Brontë’s most beloved novel, Jane Eyre. 
  A fixture in the literary canon, Charlotte Brontë is revered by readers all over the world. Her novels featuring unforgettable, strong heroines still resonate with millions today. And who could forget one of literature’s best-known lines: “Reader, I married him” from her classic novel Jane Eyre? 
  Part of a remarkable family that produced three acclaimed female writers at a time in 19th-century Britain when few women wrote, and fewer were published, Brontë has become a great source of inspiration to writers, especially women, ever since. Now in Reader, I Married Him, twenty of today’s most celebrated women authors have spun original stories, using the famous line from Jane Eyre as a springboard for their own flights of imagination. 
  Unique, inventive, and poignant, the stories in Reader, I Married Him pay homage to the literary genius of Charlotte Brontë, and demonstrate once again that her extraordinary vision continues to inspire readers and writers.

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  Tell Me Who We Were - Stories

  Anonymous

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  Infused with the keen insight of Joyce Carol Oates and haunting power of Kelly Link, a radiant collection of linked stories that explore the vulnerability, resilience, and hidden desires of women, following six girls over the course of sixty years, from their first semester at boarding school to the twilight of their lives. 
   
  It begins with a drowning. One day Mr. Arcilla, the romance language teacher at Briarfield, an all-girls boarding school, is found dead at the bottom of Reed Pond. Young and handsome, the object of much fantasy and fascination, he was adored by his students. For Lilith and Romy, Evie and Claire, Nellie and Grace, he was their first love, and their first true loss. 
  In this extraordinary collection, Kate McQuade explores the ripple effect of one transformative moment on six lives, witnessed at a different point in each girl’s future. Throughout these stories, these bright, imaginative, and ambitious girls mature into women, lose touch and call in favors, achieve success and endure betrayal, marry and divorce, have children and struggle with infertility, abandon husbands and remain loyal to the end. 
  Lyrical, intimate, and incisive, Tell Me Who We Were explores the inner worlds of girls and women, the relationships we cherish and betray, and the transformations we undergo in the simple act of living.

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  Seafarer's Secret The: A Cozy...

  Hang Nguyen

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  The Seafarer's Secret: A Cozy Mystery of Coastal Towns and Sunken Treasures 🏖️🗝️ 
  When marine biologist Maya stumbles upon a body washed ashore with a cryptic, ancient ship's log, her peaceful life in a sleepy coastal town is turned upside down. Suddenly, she's entangled in a dangerous mystery that dates back to the golden age of pirates. 
  Teaming up with a handsome and skeptical local ship captain, Maya must use her knowledge of the sea and its secrets to piece together the clues. But they aren't the only ones interested in the past. As modern-day treasure hunters descend on the town, willing to do anything to claim the sunken prize, Maya finds herself navigating perilous waters where the real treasure is the truth—and staying alive to uncover it. 
  Perfect for fans of: 
  🔍 Cozy Mysteries & Small-Town Settings 
  🏴‍☠️ Pirate History & Sunken Treasure 
  🦈 Marine Life & Coastal Charm 
  💕 A Touch of Sweet Romance 
  Dive into this captivating series starter, perfect for a relaxing listen by the sea. Narrated by the wonderful Anabella.

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  Scents of Love: A Chromatic Affair

  Ella Stories

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  A renowned male perfumer, known for crafting the most intoxicating scents, inexplicably loses his sense of smell. Devastated and ready to abandon his life's work, he is saved by the riveting woman with synesthesia, who can smell colors. United by their extraordinary olfactory capabilities, they embark on a passionate journey, redefining love and scent while he rediscovers his craft through her eyes.

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  The Mtdox - By Mtdox

  Mtdox

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  A paranormal investigator Mtdox is employed by a university to look into a series of mysterious deaths in college Students that some are attributing to supernatural causes.

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