$44 million. A Victorian mansion. And a young career woman with cats. The prospect sounded like a dream come true. What could possibly go wrong? How could a friendly town’s welcome turn into a case of poisoning, murder, and deceit? When Katherine “Katz” Kendall, a computer professional in New York City, discovers she’s the sole heir of a huge inheritance, she can’t believe her good fortune. She’s okay with the clauses of the will: Move to the small town of Erie, Indiana, check. Live in her...
When Caro Lamont, former psychologist turned pet therapist makes a house call to help Kevin Blackstone with his two misbehaving German Shepherd dogs, she expects frantic dogs, she expects a frantic dog owner, she even expects frantic neighbors. What she doesn't expect is that two hours later the police will find Kevin dead, his dogs impounded; and that as the last person to see Kevin alive (well, except for the killer) she is suddenly a person of interest, at least according to Homicide...
This book is written by Harold. His fulltime occupation is dog. He lives with Mr. and Mrs. Monroe and their sons Toby and Pete. Also sharing the home are a cat named Chester and a rabbit named Bunnicula. It is because of Bunnicula that Harold turned to writing. Someone had to tell the full story of what happened in the Monroe household after the rabbit arrived. Was Bunnicula really a vampire? Only Bunnicula knows for sure. But the story of Chester's suspicions and their consequences makes...
**Playing With Poison was a Quarter Finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award! Murder meets menopause. Take a guess which wins. ** **PRAISE for Playing With Poison** "I just love Jessie Hewitt. She is the bomb." Melina Mason, *Melina's Book Blog* "This was one of my favorite submissions so far. I loved the main character, Jessie Hewitt, a middle aged romance writer (ex-pool hustler) having the time of her life." *Amazon contest review* "These characters are a hoot!! A lighthearted cozy...
### From Publishers Weekly Animals play a passive role in Johnston's less than engaging first in a new series featuring Lauren Vancouver, who runs HotRescues, a private no-kill animal shelter in Granada Hills, Calif. After raiding a puppy mill, Lauren is certain that Efram Kiley, an animal care apprentice who'd abused his own dog and was working for her as part of a legal agreement, tossed beagle puppies down a drainpipe. When Efram is later found stabbed to death at Lauren's shelter, she...
Sydney McCall left behind an ex-fiance and a New York advertising job to return home to Deer Park, North Carolina and help her sister, Kat, run the local animal shelter, Friendly Paws. Determined to save the shelter from financial trouble, Sydney and Kat organize a cat cafe fundraising event at a local coffee shop. Things are looking up until their landlord, Trowbridge Littleton, threatens to shut down the event. When Sydney drops by his art gallery to make peace, she finds Kat--along with...
*Dessert chef Casey Feldstein doesn’t know a knitting needle from a crochet hook. But after her aunt dies unexpectedly, leaving Casey to run her yarn retreat business, the sweets baker finds herself rising to the occasion—and trying to unravel a murder mystery* When Casey finds out that her late aunt’s business, Yarn2Go, has one more yarn retreat scheduled, she decides to go ahead and host the event, despite her complete lack of experience as a knitter. At least the retreat is on the beautiful...
***Did a down on his luck former student steal a priceless book? Grad student and cat lover Dulcie Schwartz thinks not - and she sets out to prove it*** It's spring break, and Dulcie Schwartz has stayed behind in almost-deserted Cambridge, Massachusetts to concentrate on her thesis. But when a former student turned vagrant, Jeremy Mumbles, is found injured, with a valuable missing book clutched in his arms, Dulcie can't seem to let it go. What was he doing with the book? And why has it turned up...
When a top-ranked competitor keels over at a dog obedience trial, photographer Janet MacPhail is swept up in a maelstrom of suspicion, jealousy, cut-throat competition, death threats, pet-napping, and murder. She becomes a “person of interest” to the police, and apparently to major hunk Tom Saunders as well. As if murder and the threat of impending romance aren’t enough to drive her bonkers, Janet has to move her mother into a nursing home, and the old lady isn’t going quietly. Janet finds...
Margot returns to her well-to-do family in England on the eve of her Aunt Chloe's murder trial—she is accused of fatally stabbing her twin sister with a kitchen knife in the garden. Nothing has been the same since Claudia's body was found: her 14-year-old daughter, Lynette, refuses to leave her bedroom, the paparazzi are relentless, and Tikki, the family's beloved Abyssinian, goes to stay with the neighbors. When another body, whom no one recognizes, shows up facedown in the pond while the...
The cat's out of the bag: dead bodies are piling up in Brimful Coffers, a picturesque English village. Among the deceased is Boswell, a pet white rat. His killers were caught: Had-I and But-Known, two mischievous felines belonging to Lorinda Lucas, mystery writer. Unfortunately, the other victims were all too human--and their killer remains at large... The danger in Brimful Coffers was unforeseen when several authors created an informal writers' colony in this lovely town outside of London. In...
Written by Marian Babson. When two grand dames of Hollywood, silent film star Eve Sinclair ('she put the sin in Cinema') and ex-hoofer Trixie Dolan set out for London to attend a film retrospective held in Eve's honour, they fully expect to be the centre of attention. What they don't expect is that all the lovely attention will be generated not by an appreciation of their talents but by a series of grisly murders associated with the retrospective. Even less do they expect to find themselves...
A lifetime of craving more cuddly companionship than her hectoring mother has led fortyish Bettina Bilby to board her neighbors' felines for a long holiday weekend: an expectant tabby, a pampered blue-eyed Balinese, a depressed ginger Persian with a cod-liver-oil addiction, and Adolf, an imperious mouser with a patchwork face. But a freak storm sets the pigeon among the cats—a carrier bird downed on the doorstep with a tiny load of large flawless diamonds. And Bettina's dilemma escalates, as...
Douglas Perkins of Perkins and Tate (Public Relations) Ltd believed that the business of a PRO was to put the client's best foot forward, and try to hide the other three cloven hooves. He even went on believing it when Black Bart and his Troupe of Hillbilly Singers were wished on the firm by their American associates, who had arranged for the Troupe to make a few appearances on English TV shows. The tangled personal relationships and professional jealousies within the Troupe soon gave Perkins a...
"It's Harriet's fault. It's always her fault, not that she'll ever admit it." So begins A Spell of Murder: A Witch Cats of Cambridge mystery, the first in a new cozy series that mixes feline fiction with a touch of the paranormal, and a little romance as well. Becca, newly single and newly unemployed, wants to believe she has psychic powers. With nothing but time - and a desire for empowerment - she's studying to become a witch. What she doesn't know is that her three cats - Harriet, Laurel, and...
Кадзуо Исигуро – урожденный японец, выпускник литературного курса Малькольма Брэдбери, написавший самый английский роман конца XX века! Лауреат Нобелевской премии 2017 года. «Остаток дня» – дневник дворецкого, жизнь с точки зрения Бэрримора. В основе его стилистики лежит сдержанность, выявляющая себя в самой механике речи. Герой не считает возможным проявлять свои чувства, и на лингвистическом уровне эта своеобразная аскеза приводит к замечательным результатам – перед нами этакая оборотная...
"Первая любовь" - рассказ о подростке, впервые испытавшем чувство любви к девушке, которая была старше его. Очень интересно и правдиво.
Одно из сильнейших впечатлений ранней юности И. С. Тургенева - влюбленность в княжну Е. Л. Шаховскую, переживавшую в ту пору роман с отцом Тургенева, нашло свое отражение в повести "Первая любовь".
Дорогие ребята! Эта книжка поможет вам выучить болгарский язык весело и интересно. В ней вы найдете любимые русские сказки, переведенные на болгарский язык. Читайте сказки, учите болгарский язык и получайте удовольствие!
Скъпи деца! Тази книжка ще ви помогне да научите български език весело и интересно. В нея ще намерите любимите си руски приказки, преведени на български език. Четете приказките, учете български език и се забавлявайте!
Динамичная жизнь "новои" Европы диктует свои правила. Бесцеремонно сломан увесистыи замок на вратах "разумных" запретов. Прогресс науки пропагандируется, как единственныи "укреп" на пути неминуемых катастроф на Земле. В мире, где процветает искушение и соблазн, Джино ищет дорогу к духовным ценностям. Но дьявол сыграл с ним злую шутку, наделив безграничнои властью над женщинами. При этом забрав надежду на взаимную любовь. Сможет ли Джино, спасая душу, вырваться из порочного круга страстеи?...
«Сeрдце тьмы» (1902) — культовая повесть английского писателя Джозефа Конрада, на основе которой снят не менее культовый фильм «Апокалипсис сегодня». Повесть рассказывает о путешествии молодого человека в неведомые земли Африки и столкновении его лицом к лицу с варварской жестокостью внутри человеческой души. Данная адаптация для среднего уровня отличается тем, что в ней присутствуют только частоупотребимые слова английской речи (ТОП 4000), за редким исключением. Это позволяет в полной мере...
«Титан» – это второй роман знаменитой «Трилогии желания», основанной на истории жизни американского миллионера Чарльза Йеркса. Главный герой – Фрэнк Каупервуд – жёсткий и циничный бизнесмен с безошибочным деловым чутьём. После выхода из тюрьмы и ряда успешных спекуляций он решает продолжить свою деятельность в Чикаго. Играя на тайных страхах и слабостях города, Фрэнк продолжает свой путь наверх. Роман издан без сокращений и адаптации. Наслаждайтесь реалистическим гением Дрйзера в...
Учебник «Основы сербского языка» имеет сугубо практическую направленность и знакомит с основными языковыми конструкциями в объеме, достаточном для общения с носителями языка.Учебник состоит из восьми уроков (лекциjе), приложения (апликациjе) и ключей к упражнениям (кључеви за вежбање), предназначенных для успешного овладения языковыми конструкциями.
Geography teacher Madas Nave has spent his whole life in a small town. His fate is only a reflection of millions of ordinary people like him. On his fiftieth birthday, his tiny world turns into an infinitely huge universe.
Гарри Поттеру предстоит четвертый год обучения в Школе чародейства и волшебства «Хогвартс». Новые заклинания, новые зелья, новые учителя, новые предметы… Все это знакомо, и Гарри с нетерпением ожидает начала учебного года. Но на школу внезапно обрушивается потрясающая новость: в этом году в Хогвартсе будет проходить Тремудрый Турнир, и конечно же, каждый хочет принять в нем участие…