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  One Fatal Flaw - A Daniel Pitt...

  Anne Perry

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  Two fiery deaths have young lawyer Daniel Pitt and his scientist friend Miriam fford Croft racing to solve aforensic crisis in this explosive new novel from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry.When Jessie Beale comes to see Daniel Pitt, desperately seeking a lawyer for her boyfriend, Rob Adwell, Danielis convinced of the young man’s innocence. Adwell has been accused of murder and of setting a fire to conceal thebody, but Daniel is sure that science can absolve him—and Miriam fford Croft is the best scientist he knows. Miriamconnects Daniel with her former teacher Sir Barnabas Saltram, an expert in arson, and together they reveal Adwell’sinnocence by proving that an accidental fire caused the victim’s death. But it’s not long before Adwell is killed in thesame fiery fashion. If these deaths are, in fact, murders, what essential clue could Daniel and Miriam have missed?As the investigation deepens, one of Saltram’s former cases comes into question and Miriam finds herself on thedefensive. If the reasoning Saltram used in that case is proved false, several other cases will have to be retried, andSaltram’s expert status—not to mention Miriam’s reputation—will be ruined. Haunted by Saltram’s shady tactics inand outside the classroom, Miriam is desperate to figure out truths both past and present and protect herself in theface of Saltram’s lies. What started as an accidental fire in Adwell’s case seems to be linked to a larger plot for revenge,with victims accumulating in its wake, and Miriam and Daniel must uncover who or what is stoking these recurringflames—before they, too, find themselves burned

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  The Last of the Mohicans -...

  James Fenimore Cooper

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  It's 1757. The fate of North America is in the hands of the French, the British, and the Native Americans. Each party weaves its warlike path in this tapestry of adventure. Meet Hawkeye, Uncas, and Chingatchgook - each a stealthy iron-browed warrior of the mystifying forest. Discover the unscrupulous and sinister Magua, banished and determined to become the leader of his people.
  
  Originally published in 1826, The Last of the Mohicans is the second historical novel in the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and is best known to contemporary audiences. Since its publication, it has remained one of the most popular novels in English and is widely read in American literature courses today.

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  Moving the Palace

  Charif Majdalani

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  “A Middle Eastern heart-of-darkness tale that flows like a dream . . . Crackling with razor-sharp humor” (The New York Times).   At the dawn of the twentieth century, a young Lebanese explorer leaves the Levant for the wilds of Africa, encountering an eccentric English colonel in Sudan and enlisting in his service. In this lush chronicle of far-flung adventure, the military recruit crosses paths with a compatriot who has dismantled a sumptuous palace in Tripoli and is transporting it across the continent on a camel caravan. The protagonist soon takes charge of this hoard of architectural fragments, ferrying the dismantled landmark through Sudan, Egypt, and the Arabian Peninsula, attempting to return to his native Beirut with this moveable real estate. Along the way, he will encounter skeptic sheikhs, suspicious tribal leaders, bountiful feasts, pilgrims bound for Mecca, and T. E. Lawrence in a tent—in this “utterly charming” novel that was a recipient of the Académie Française’s François Mauriac Prize (Library Journal).   “Renders the complex social landscape of the Middle East and North Africa with subtlety and finesse . . . Yet one doesn’t need to care about the region’s history, or its present-day contexts, to enjoy Moving the Palace.” —The Wall Street Journal

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  Dandy Delivers - A Victorian San...

  M. Louisa Locke

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  It’s January 1881, and while the grown-ups in Annie and Nate Dawson’s San Francisco O’Farrell Street boardinghouse are busy with their own affairs, two boys and a dog find their own adventure. Ian Hennessey, a poor boy from South of Market, who is trying to shoulder a man’s responsibilities, gets in trouble, and his best friend, Jamie Hewitt, does what he can to help. But it is Jamie’s young Boston Terrier, Dandy, who saves the day. 
    
  This short novella comes right after the events in Pilfered Promises and Kathleen Catches a Killer, however, as a stand alone, it can act as an introduction to the Victorian San Francisco Mystery series by USA Today bestselling author, M. Louisa Locke.

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  The Short Stories of William...

  William Hope Hodgson

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  William Hope Hodgson was born in Essex, England on November 15th, 1877. 
   
  Over his short career he produced a large body of work which explored and covered many genres. From horror, to science fiction, to stories on the sea, where he had spent much of his early life. 
   
  In 1899, at the age of 22, he opened W. H. Hodgson's School of Physical Culture, in Blackburn offering tailored exercise regimes for personal training.  
   
  Eventually the business shut down and he immersed himself in writing.  An article in 1903 ‘Physical Culture versus Recreative Exercises’ led the way into fiction writing.  In 1904 came his first short story ‘The Goddess of Death’.  It was the beginning of an intensely creative period in his life. 
    
  He wrote novels, poetry and many, many short stories including series on the Sargasso Sea and Captain Gault. 
   
  One of his most memorable creations was his Carnacki, Supernatural Detective creation.  This fused together his passion for sleuthing and interest in the Occult.  It was a memorable success. 
   
  When war drew its shadow over Europe Hodgson received a commission as a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery. In 1916 he was thrown from a horse and suffered a serious head injury; he received a mandatory discharge, and returned to writing. 
   
  Hodgson recovered sufficiently to re-enlist but at the Battle of Ypres in April 1918 he was killed by an artillery shell. 
  01 - William Hope Hodgson - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction 
  02 - Carnacki, The Ghost Finder - No1 - The Gateway of the Monster by William Hope Hodgson 
  03 - The Shamraken Homeward-Bounder by William Hope Hodgson 
  04 - The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson

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  The Tattooed Duke

  Maya Rodale

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  From the author of A Tale of Two Lovers. “Fans of historical romance will fall in love with our intrepid heroine and our ornately decorated hero.” —Library Journal 
   
  Maya Rodale’s wonderfully witty Writing Girls series is a winner!  Her third delectable love story to feature a plucky Regency heroine with a pen, The Tattooed Duke follows a scandal sheet reporter posing as a common housemaid in order to uncover whatever nasty little skeletons an adventure-seeking Duke may be hiding in his closets—only to fall in passionate love with the nobleman whose secrets she’s been exposing to the world! The Tattooed Duke is deliciously fun historical romance fiction in the vein of Laura Lee Guhrke and Suzanne Enoch, and no true romance fan will want to write it off! 
   
  “Packed with engaging, complex characters, humor, blackmail, secrets, deceit, clever banter, true love and a city on tenterhooks awaiting Eliza’s next article, this story is a keeper.” —Romance Junkies Reviews 
   
  “A quick read featuring a daring hero who is a fish out of water among the ton, and a heroine whose eye for a good story gets her much more than she expected . . . the couple has fun getting to their happy ending.” —Historical Novel Society

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