A Double Shot of Ghosts


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A duo of deceased demanding justice. A ghost-whispering barista. Can she stop peril from percolating through her picturesque town? Coffee connoisseur April Storm can’t wait to knock the socks off an acclaimed fae food critic. She’s even called in a world-class-barista friend from America to help WOW! the critic. But just as she proudly finishes polishing her Welsh café’s cups, the anxious witch is horrified to find the critic’s archnemesis dead in a nearby alley. She has to hide the magic of her village from her American friend while the deceased demands answers. It’s up to April to filter through her town’s suspects and roast the Killer. Trouble is also brewing next door at Black Bart’s pirate reunion. The quiet village gets a double shot of murder when a sailor meets his doom. The main suspects are one of April’s new pirate friends, or a long-dead undead pirate returned from Davy Jone’s locker. April prefers it to be neither. Add in the usual trouble from her over-caffeinated snarky feline, and how the local inspector is eyeing her American friend as a prime suspect in at least one of the murders, April fears her small community’s reputation will end up in the dregs. But when yet another body stuns the town, this java girl races to scorch the assassin before another deadly déjà-brew. Can April earn a Michelin star in serving up justice? A Double Shot of Ghosts is the action-packed third book in the charismatic Mystic Brews cozy mystery series. If you like sassy heroines, investigative misfits, and crime served with perfect crema, then you’ll love Alyn Troy’s cappuccino caper. Buy A Double Shot of Ghosts for a strong cup of intrigue today!




Shot and a Ghost


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"Funny, sad and uplifting, Shot and a Ghost is the story of one extraordinary year in the life of top squash player James Willstrop. In a unique insight, Willstrop pulls no punches on the demands of being one of England's top squash players: the globe-trotting, the loneliness and the tremendous highs and lows. A must for any sports fan, Willstrop reveals his inner-most thoughts as he attempts to progress from a medal-laden junior career to winning the sport's greatest prizes. He talks candidly about playing world-class sport as a vegan, his off-court relationships with his girlfriend and father, the rigorous training and the problems he faced carrying on after the death of his mother from cancer."--Publisher's description.




Italian Roast and Wedding Ghosts


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A wedding, an Italian resort full of Fae, and a decades-old murder! A family holiday isn't all that's brewing for Ebrel and her friends in the quiet seaside Italian resort. Ebrel's human father is getting married, and the new in-laws are as mundane as possible. Amidst the wedding bells, a missing broach pulls April and her friends deep into a murder from the past. With a hotel full of Fae, frolicking familiars, and a barista throwdown, Ebrel and Elain have their hands full keeping the human family from discovering the truth about witches. Their plans go sour in a hurry, when rivalries and a second murder froth up even more trouble. Can Ebrel keep trouble from spilling into her father's new marriage, and pull the lid off a crime of the past century? Italian Roast and Wedding Ghosts is the latest book in the delightful Mystic Brews cozy mystery series. If you like sassy heroines, colourful characters, and a side of spells with your cuppa joe, then you’ll love Alyn Troy’s otherworldly adventure. Get your copy of Italian Roast and Wedding Ghosts to explore the whodunnit fun!




Lattes and Spirits


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A magical café where the deceased demand answers, cats are snarky, and chickens ghostly! When my quirky Aunt Rose asks me, an American barista, to help open a hip espresso café near the Welsh and English border, I jump at the chance. What better way to celebrate my 36th birthday and try to ignore the second anniversary of my boyfriend’s death? Misty Valley isn’t just your average Welsh village. This one is full of fae like pixies, orcs, and leprechauns, and now me. My special power, other than making great espresso? I can see and hear ghosts. So, when the spirit of my ex-boyfriend Jake shows up with more than the ghostly chickens he died with (don’t ask, it’s complicated), I find out just how strange my new life in Misty Valley is. Jake’s new ghostly friend, Sir Reginald, disappeared a year before I arrived. Now that I’m here, the deceased cricket player wants me to figure out who murdered him. And figure out why. Everyone agrees he’s the most cricket of all cricket players. Who’d want to do in a chap like him? First I find out I’m a witch, now I have to be a supernatural detective? I’d worry about that, but my new bestie seems to be a top secret agent for the fae queen. Yeah, I told you this is a weird little village. And, since I’m a new witch, I’ve inherited not only a wand, but also a snarky talking cat named Punkin who is addicted to coffee beans. Seems that he had an incident with too many beans, the fae queen’s ball gown, and now I’m stuck with him. And our attempt to solve the mystery of Sir Reginald’s death, is making the killer very nervous. My new friends and I find ourselves in hot water right away. Just locating the car wreck that killed Sir Reginald reveals an escaped infernal that wants to eat my new cat, then eat the rest of us. Can we serve up justice before a brewing disaster boils over? Lattes and Spirits is the first book in the delightful Mystic Brews paranormal cozy mystery series. If you like sassy heroines, quirky characters, and a side of spells with your cuppa joe, then you’ll love Alyn Troy’s otherworldly adventure. Read the full Mystic Brews Series Lattes and Spirits Tall, Dark and Troll A Double Shot of Ghosts Coffee Grounds and Ghostly Hounds A French Press of Murder Italian Roast and Wedding Ghosts The Art of the Brew Frappes and Flying Machines The Marocchino Sparrow A Royal Brew




Ghost Talkers


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“Powerful, laden with emotion, and smartly written.” —Brandon Sanderson, author of Mistborn and The Way of Kings A brilliant historical fantasy novel from acclaimed author Mary Robinette Kowal featuring the mysterious spirit corps and their heroic work in World War I. Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World War I, is engaged to Captain Benjamin Harford, an intelligence officer. Ginger is a medium for the Spirit Corps, a special Spiritualist force. Each soldier heading for the front is conditioned to report to the mediums of the Spirit Corps when they die so the Corps can pass instant information about troop movements to military intelligence. Ginger and her fellow mediums contribute a great deal to the war efforts, so long as they pass the information through appropriate channels. While Ben is away at the front, Ginger discovers the presence of a traitor. Without the presence of her fiancé to validate her findings, the top brass thinks she's just imagining things. Even worse, it is clear that the Spirit Corps is now being directly targeted by the German war effort. Left to her own devices, Ginger has to find out how the Germans are targeting the Spirit Corps and stop them. This is a difficult and dangerous task for a woman of that era, but this time both the spirit and the flesh are willing... Other Books Forest of Memory Glamour in Glass Of Noble Family Shades of Milk and Honey Valour and Vanity Without a Summer At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.




A Ghost of a Chance


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Rory O'Brian is a man haunted by his past—by the best friend he couldn't save and the enigmatic woman who slipped out of his grasp. Now he has a real specter to deal with. The ghostly apparition visits Rory at night, bringing bone-chilling warnings of dark things to come. Mina Johnson comes to his aid like a knight in shining armor. Or shiny lip gloss. As the founder of Spiorad, a paranormal investigation agency, she's the ideal person to help Rory with his mysterious ghost girl. At least, she would be, if she weren't also the woman who spent one glorious, mind-bending night with him years ago. As the former lovers work together to solve the mystery surrounding his home, it becomes apparent Mina is not only the perfect person to help Rory exorcise the literal ghosts in his house but to help him battle the demons of his past.




Ghost Writer


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Mystic Brews Collection 1


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Dive into this Witchy-Paranormal Mystery Series set in the rural Welsh countryside today! A magical café where the deceased demand answers, cats are snarky, and chickens ghostly! When her quirky Aunt Rose asks her to help open a hip espresso café near the Welsh and English border, Barista April Storm jumps at the chance to start fresh. But she gets an extra shot of strife when a famous deceased cricketer wants her to spill the coffee beans on his killer. April is forced into the role of supernatural detective. Assisted by her spectral ex, a magical secret agent, and an over-caffeinated snarky cat named Punkin, she finds herself in hot water when the clue trail reveals an escaped infernal. And if she can’t get control of her own recently awakened power, the next murder she has to solve may be her own. Can April serve up justice before a brewing disaster boils over? This collection includes books 1 to 3 from the Mystic Brews cozy mystery series. Lattes and Spirits Tall, Dark and Troll and A Double shot of Ghosts If you like sassy heroines, quirky characters, and a side of spells with your cuppa joe, then you’ll love Alyn Troy’s otherworldly adventure. Buy Mystic Brews Collection 1 to froth up some whodunnit fun today!




Cinematic Ghosts


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In 1896, Maxim Gorky declared cinema "the Kingdom of Shadows." In its silent, ashen-grey world, he saw a land of spectral, and ever since then cinema has had a special relationship with the haunted and the ghostly. Cinematic Ghosts is the first collection devoted to this subject, including fourteen new essays, dedicated to exploring the many permutations of the movies' phantoms. Cinematic Ghosts contains essays revisiting some classic ghost films within the genres of horror (The Haunting, 1963), romance (Portrait of Jennie, 1948), comedy (Beetlejuice, 1988) and the art film (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, 2010), as well as essays dealing with a number of films from around the world, from Sweden to China. Cinematic Ghosts traces the archetype of the cinematic ghost from the silent era until today, offering analyses from a range of historical, aesthetic and theoretical dimensions.




The Ghost of Silicon Valley


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Can one of Silicon Valley’s premier software companies be haunted? “Impossible,” says Bobby Race, CEO of the company and a powerful force in the information industry. “Don’t be so sure,” counters Kevin Pierce, a talented but down-at-the-heels portrait artist who knows too well that supernatural life does exist. Kevin has been saddled for ten years with his own personal ghost— Sport Sullivan, a cynical, street-wise gambler murdered in 1920. Desperate to save his company from the embarrassment of a haunting, Bobby Race hires Kevin to rid the company of its ghost under the guise of painting Bobby’s portrait. The ghost appears to be Cynthia Gooding, a company employee who died in a suspicious “accident” at company headquarters. Along the way Kevin becomes involved with two very sharp, quite different career women. Dorothy Lake is an emotionally buttoned down genius programmer who wants Kevin more than she will admit. Jenny Hartson, executive secretary to the CEO, is a health and exercise fanatic who wants to break Kevin of his dependency on Carta Blanca beer. Throw in Izzy Valentine, a gangster trying to buy (or threaten) his way onto Bobby’s board of directors; Big Sam Cody, the best car thief in San Francisco; and Pure John Braggia, a thug with excellent manners. With the help of Sport Sullivan (an ethereal cousin to Dr. Watson), Kevin must walk through a mine field of these dangerous characters to uncover the reason Cynthia Gooding’s ghost is haunting the executive suites of Silicon Valley.