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An old mansion with bedroom doors kept locked all night, always from the outside, a staff of servants summarily dismissed, and a family gripped by fear.Enter a young nurse, sent in to care for the children but really working undercover to reveal the mystery at hand. With a further secret tucked away in the attic, Locked Doors will keep you guessing until the very end.

Johann Renken schätzt nichts mehr als seine Ruhe und ein kühles Bier, aber plötzlich findet er eine Leiche in seiner Scheune. Er gerät tief hinein in den Schlamassel der unheimlichen Geschehnisse im bis dahin so beschaulichen Dorf Merschmoor. Erst die Leiche, dann ein einsames Auto, ein geplünderter Laden und eine Waffe, die ihm zugeschrieben wird: Nicht zuletzt Johanns Vergangenheit zwingt ihn, die für ein ostfriesisches Dorf ungewöhliche Häufung fremder Leichen aufzuklären, bevor dies der Polizei gelingt ¿ denn durch eine Verkettung unglücklicher Umstände gerät Bauer Johann ins Visier von Kommissar Beckmann. Für den Ermittler, strafversetzt in die ostfriesische Ödnis, werden die Nachforschungen zur Nervenprobe. Nicht vertraut mit den lokalen Gepflogenheiten, beißt er sich die Zähne an den unverbindlichen Friesen aus. Eine Wand aus Schweigen wird für ihn zum schier unüberwindlichen Hindernis ¿ und für Johann womöglich zur Rettung.

Eine einsame Vogelschutzinsel wird zum Schauplatz eines Mordes, Vogelwart Brunke Behrens unschuldig zum Verdächtigen. Er beginnt eigene Ermittlungen, um Kommissar Martin Beckmann seine Unschuld zu beweisen. Der fahndet nach einem Vermissten, der in Wirklichkeit längst tot ist. Die ominöse OPA, die Ostfriesische Patrioten Armee, treibt in den Dörfern ihr Unwesen, ein halbseidener Windanlagenbetreiber verteilt Schmiergelder und glaubt, im Wattenmeer werden seine Windräder gebaut. Doch so einfach ist es nicht¿

Fun Size FictionThis collection of sixty-five bite-sized stories-none greater than 250 words-gives a window into many different lives, each with its own particular insight into the human experience.Seth Edgarde is the author of ten books. Short-term Parking is his first collection of micro-fiction.

A vintage story with a contemporary vibe . . .A student nurse falls in love with her patient in this romantic drama that takes place on the eve of America's entry into World War I.But there's more than love at stake at the city hospital: A boy's life, a doctor's reputation, and the nurse's career all hang in the balance. Add in a dangerous contagion and throw the hospital under a quarantine lockdown, and something's got to give.

The year is 1909, and a Washington attorney, fresh from taking a sensitive deposition in Pittsburgh, finds himself enmeshed in a murder, where he is the prime suspect. To top it all off, his train crashes on the way home, and the deposition testimony goes missing. In the meantime, he falls for a young woman who just happens to be the witness's niece and his law partner's girlfriend! As the mystery deepens, her own involvement in the case emerges.From the pen of the great Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Man in Lower Ten offers a authentic window on the world of the upper classes in the United States in the early twentieth century, when there were no airplanes, trains were the preferred method of long-distance travel, and even automobiles and telephones were not that common. And, of course, forensic science hardly existed. A fascinating book which will leave the reader in awe of how far we've come and maybe just a little nostalgic for the world that we've lost.

Sarah Austin's classic translation of F. W. Carové's German Romantic masterpiece, The Story without an End, is a fairytale journey through a magic garden with dew drops and dragonflies, sunbeams and flowers, all telling their part of the tale, the unending story of nature itself, a continuing saga of wonder and fascination. Although it was written for children, the beauty of the story's images and the depth of its words will find their way into the heart of any aged reader or listener.

Winston, New York--a nice town, a quiet town. Sure, there's corruption, but the streets are clean, everything works, and everyone has what they need. It's a delicate balance, all held together by private investigator Tim Smith, The Operator. Until it isn't. That's when the killing starts.

Part mystery, part hospital soap opera, and part social commentary, Mary Roberts Rinehart's 1914 novel, K., is a look at a vanished world, a social artifact from the early 20th century, complete with rowdy, old-school roadhouses, forlorn lovers, and themes of revenge, altruism, and pride, not to mention a mysterious stranger known only as K.Recent dramatic series, like The Knick, Mr. Selfridge, and Downton Abbey, have sought to give us a clear-eyed look at things as they were a century ago, but K. is the real McCoy, a time capsule taking us directly into that period and showing us life as it was before the Great War, before penicillin, before the vast changes in social norms that we now take for granted.One of the first romantic mysteries, it is also a window in on medicine as it was practiced a hundred years ago, and, as such, provides the perfect backdrop to delve into the mysteries of the human heart as well as the mysteries of our own past.

"As a guest gift for the wonderful wine, I will eat you last," yawns Polyphemus the Cyclops, in Joanne Keegan's wonderous, phantasmagoric comedy based on Homer's epic poem, the Odyssey.Laying down a comedic play for school-age students on a classical substrate may seem ambitious for some, but for others, it is an opportunity to expand the imagination.The result is more than just a clever piece of drama-it is an inspired work of art in its own right, a wild ride to open up students' dramatic talents and expose them to an age-old classic.The Odyssey provides age-appropriate and accessible material, parts for over twenty students, and strong roles for both male and female actors, all while retaining the flavor of Homer's classic in the context of an original and imaginative play, with adventure, humor, and, of course, a cast of colorful characters!

Dawn breaks, and Emily Williams awakens, hungover and alone in an unfamiliar park. A crazy night with too much to drink and not enough self-control. But, as she soon discovers, she's not quite alone.A drunken hookup . . .A night in the park . . .And now he's dead, and she can't remember.What's a girl to do?

Donald Westlake's nearly forgotten pulp sleaze classic, Man Hungry, is actually one of his first published novels, a 1959 literary take on the genre, complete with lesbians, prostitutes, a swinging college campus, and a washed-up writer-turned-writing professor who's been unable to reprise the success of his bestselling first novel. And, oh yeah, a certain salacious young college junior who's hungry for more than just an education.Apart from its steamy content, Man Hungry is actually a fine novel and a fascinating glimpse into the development of one of our most prolific and talented writers. It's all there-hints of his dark style, flawed and wanton characters, and the old familiar haunts, including the first appearance of the fictional Monequois College in the equally made-up town of Monequois, New York, which subsequently appears in at least a half dozen Westlake novels under at least four of his pen names.If you're a Westlake fan, a fan of the genre, or just looking for a great vintage read, this new edition of Man Hungry from Blackbird Books will satisfy your appetite!

New York, 1960 . . .Take one lesbian editor, well-done, add one sexually curious intern, and one all-man co-editor. Mix thoroughly at a posh Park Avenue women's magazine, and you have another Donald Westlake classic. Cast in the mold of Mad Men with Madison Avenue advertising swapped out for New York's "smart publishing set," this new edition from Blackbird Books sports its original Robert Maguire cover and will take you back to that arousing time and place.