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Canary Islands Mysteries Collection

Author : Isobel Blackthorn

Publisher : Next Chapter

Page : 1467 pages

File Size : 18,81 MB

Release : 2022-06-18

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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All five Canary Islands Mysteries by Isobel Blackthorn, now available in one volume. A delightfully gripping collection with plenty of twists and turns, these novels will appeal to anyone who loves a good mystery! A Matter Of Latitude: After Paula's husband Celestino fails to return home one night, she starts searching for answers. Together with the trouble retiree, Shirley Mobad, the two make their way through Lanzarote in search of Celestino. But where is he, and can they get him back home alive? Clarissa's Warning: A lottery jackpot changes Claire Bennett’s life, and she decides to buy an ancient stone ruin on the island of her dreams. Despite her mystic aunt Clarissa's warnings, Claire moves to the idyllic island in the Canaries. As the sinister story of her home slowly uncovers, Claire enters a world of inexplicable events and ordeals. But is her new home really cursed, or is there something else behind the events? The Prison In The Sun: After ghostwriter Trevor Moore rents an old farmhouse in Fuerteventura, he moves in to find his muse. Instead, he discovers cache of money. But who does it belong to, and what should he do with it? Struggling to decide, Trevor unravels the harrowing true story of a little-known concentration camp that incarcerated gay men in the 1950s and 60s. The Ghost Of Villa Winter: Psychic Clarissa Wilkinson is holidaying in the Canary Islands, hoping to find some adventure. Instead, she discovers a body in a chest in Villa Winter: a secret Nazi base on the idyllic island of Fuerteventura. Teaming up with the hapless writer, Richard Parry, the two try to unravel the clues and find the killer before another life is lost. Sing Like A Canary: Retired police officer Marjorie Pierce is on her way to Lanzarote to track down her old informer, Billy McKenzie. Soon, present and past collide when gangsters Eric and Mick Maloney turn up on the island, hell-bent for revenge. Racing against the clock, Marjorie has to get to Billy before the brothers. But who can be trusted... and who betrayed Marjorie all those years ago?



A Different Kind of Evil

Author : Andrew Wilson

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 325 pages

File Size : 48,21 MB

Release : 2018-03-13

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1501145118

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Agatha Christie—the Queen of Crime—travels to the breathtaking Canary Islands to investigate the mysterious death of a British agent in this riveting and “stellar” (Publishers Weekly) sequel to A Talent for Murder. Two months after the events of A Talent for Murder, during which Agatha Christie “disappeared,” the famed mystery writer’s remarkable talent for detection has captured the attention of British Special Agent Davison. Now, at his behest, she is traveling to the beautiful Canary Islands to investigate the strange and gruesome death of Douglas Greene, an agent of the British Secret Intelligence Service. As she embarks on a glamorous cruise ship to her destination, she suddenly hears a scream. Rushing over to the stern of the liner, she witnesses a woman fling herself over the side of the ship to her death. After this shocking experience, she makes it to the Grand Hotel in a lush valley on the islands. There, she meets a diverse and fascinating cast of characters, including two men who are suspected to be involved in the murder of Douglas Greene: an occultist similar to Aleister Crowley; and the secretary to a prominent scholar, who may also be a Communist spy. But Agatha soon realizes that nothing is what it seems here and she is surprised to learn that the apparent suicide of the young woman on the ocean liner is related to the murder of Douglas Greene. Now she has to unmask a different kind of evil in this sinister and thrilling mystery.



A to Z Mysteries: The Deadly Dungeon

Author : Ron Roy

Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers

Page : 98 pages

File Size : 28,63 MB

Release : 1998-03-03

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0679887555

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Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! D is for Dungeon . . . Get ready for a sleepover—in a castle! Soon after the kids arrive at Moose Manor in Maine, they hear strange sounds behind the walls. Does this castle have a hidden dungeon? And could it be haunted? Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are dying to find out!



The Canary Islands

Author : Juan Cruz Ruiz

Publisher : Abrams

Page : 210 pages

File Size : 20,85 MB

Release : 2017-09-06

Category : History

ISBN : 1468315447

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Traditional guidebooks give straightforward advice on what to do and where to go, but in this remarkable cultural history, celebrated journalist and Canary Islands native Juan Cruz Ruiz offers something much more—a fusion of literature and travel that will captivate both globetrotters and interested readers looking for a more intimate exploration of this rich archipelago, which is part of Spain, yet completely distinct from the mainland.Over twelve million visitors travel to the Canary Islands every year to see its famous black and white sand beaches and attend Carnival. Reading The Canary Islands is like traveling with a personal tour guide, one who will tell you in exquisite language about the original inhabitants of the Canaries, the history of the islands, and what life was like for residents of the Canaries before tourism. Weaving together lectures, memories, and experiences, Ruiz explores the geography, the food, and the local art of the Canaries, and tells the stories of the Canarian people. Including writings, anecdotes, and comments of personalities connected to island—Ignacio Aldecoa, Unamuno, Humboldt, García Márquez, Chillida, César Manrique— Juan Cruz Ruiz introduces readers to the very essence of the Canary Islands and its people.The Canary Islands is both inspiring and useful—an in-depth look at the islands and the islanders, as well as a unique guide to unusual Canary Islands destinations, the native cuisine, and the history, mythology, and ecology of this cherished destination.



A to Z Mysteries: The Kidnapped King

Author : Ron Roy

Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers

Page : 98 pages

File Size : 37,45 MB

Release : 2000-06-27

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0679894594

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Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! K is for Kidnapped . . . The king and queen of Costra have been kidnapped. For his own safety, Prince Sammi comes to Green Lawn to hide out at Dink’s house. But then Sammi is captured, too! Who kidnapped the king and his family? It’s a royal mystery for Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose.



The Ghost Of Villa Winter

Author : Isobel Blackthorn

Publisher : Next Chapter

Page : 280 pages

File Size : 46,80 MB

Release : 2021-12-19

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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English psychic Clarissa Wilkinson is holidaying in the Canary Islands. Hoping to have an adventure, she boards a tour bus bound for Villa Winter, a secret Nazi base on the idyllic island of Fuerteventura. Instead, she discovers a body in a chest and finds herself teamed up with hapless crime writer Richard Parry. What unfolds is an edge of seat mystery brimming with intrigue, as they try to unravel the clues together, and find the killer. Setting rich with a colorful cast of characters, The Ghost of Villa Winter is a delightfully gripping read with plenty of twists and turns that will appeal to all good mystery lovers.



The Drago Tree

Author : Isobel Blackthorn

Publisher : Next Chapter

Page : 283 pages

File Size : 50,62 MB

Release : 2022-02-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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She wanted to forget; to let this atmosphere of tremendous isolation consume her. Haunted by demons past and present, geologist Ann Salter seeks sanctuary on the exotic island of Lanzarote. There, she meets charismatic author Richard Parry and indigenous potter Domingo, and together they explore the island. Ann’s encounters with the island’s hidden treasures becomes a journey deep inside herself, as she struggles to understand who she was, who she is, and who she wants to be. Set against a panoramic backdrop of dramatic island landscapes and Spanish colonial history, The Drago Tree is an intriguing tale of betrayal, conquest and love.



Emma's Tapestry

Author : Isobel Blackthorn

Publisher : Next Chapter

Page : 319 pages

File Size : 29,15 MB

Release : 2021-12-27

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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At the dawn of World War Two, German-born nurse Emma Taylor sits by the bedside of a Jewish heiress in London as she reminisces over her dear friend, Oscar Wilde. As the story of Wilde unravels, so does Emma's past. What really happened to her husband? She's taken back to her days in Singapore on the eve of World War One. To her disappointing marriage to a British export agent, her struggle to fit into colonial life and the need to hide her true identity. Emma is caught up in history, the highs, the lows, the adventures. A deadly mutiny, terrifying rice riots and a confrontation with the Ku Klux Klan bring home, for all migrants, the fragility of belonging.



Said the Fly

Author : Laurie Taylor

Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 42,82 MB

Release : 2016-03-08

Category : Islands

ISBN : 9781530197651

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On a remote Spanish island near the African coast, a young scientist, Epiphany Jerome, is looking for a rare beetle. Instead, she finds a body on an empty beach with a knife sticking out from its back. It's not just another tourist. It's the daughter of Epiphany's landlady and the single mother of an 11-year old girl devoted to Epiphany's small dog, Mostly. As a forensic entomologist trained in the language of insects, Epiphany can tell the police more about the baffling murder than, apparently, they care to know. Epiphany, a Mexican American married to an Italian, still struggles with her Catholic upbringing and is drawn deeper into the secrets of the small harbor town, where traditional values are eroding under the pressures of tourism and Spain's growing economic crisis. A second body turns up: a beautiful hooker from Berlin that Epiphany's husband knows just a little too well. The Medical Examiner requests the entomologist's expertise once more, and this time, the police are very interested in what she has to say. But Epiphany has gone off alone into the island's rugged interior tracking nature's clues, unaware that her life is about to be irrevocably changed.



Ruth Finlay Mysteries - Books 1-3

Author : Isobel Blackthorn

Publisher : Next Chapter

Page : 719 pages

File Size : 17,60 MB

Release : 2024-08-14

Category : Fiction

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The first three books in 'Ruth Finlay Mysteries', a series of cozy mystery novels by Isobel Blackthorn, now available in one volume! Murder In Myrtle Bay: When feature writer Ruth Finlay's old tennis coach is found dead, she discovers that there's no lack of people who harbored a grudge against the victim, and a tangled web of family ties and lies begins to unravel. Together with her friend Doris, can Ruth find the killer in time to avert a second murder? Too Bright for Murder: Who killed Burt Braithwaite, and why? With too many suspects, only one small clue and few leads to follow up on, Ruth is desperate to find answers. To complicate things further, her neighbour and sidekick Doris disappears at the local farmer’s market. Running out of time, can Ruth find the killer before it's too late? A Cape, A Rock and A Murder: With a feature to write and the promise of romance in the air, Ruth is reluctant to investigate another mysterious death. But Doris has other ideas, and drags Ruth into the confusing world of a local family's inheritance dispute. With few clues and many culprits, their investigations seem to be going nowhere - until a shocking discovery turns the whole case on its head.