The Vanishing Of Betty Varian - format ePub

It was the third week in September when the Fairfields left the seashore and returned to their Vernondale home. "Now, my child," said Mr. Fairfield, as they sat on the veranda after dinner, "I will unfold...

Mark of Cain, A cozy romance and mystery about mistaken identity and missing persons. CHAPTERS: I- THROUGH THE GREEN CORD II- WHO COULD HAVE DONE IT? III- PINCKNEY, THE REPORTER IV- THE INQUEST BEGINS...

"The Mystery of the Sycamore" is an early type of detective story, falling somewhere between Conan Doyle's genius Sherlock Holmes and Hammett's tough-guy Sam Spade. It contains elements of the Gothic...

A man is found murdered in a locked Manhattan apartment, the only other inhabitants of which were his niece and a servant. The niece, under suspicion, will be indicted unless Otis Landon, a young lawyer...

Sam Appleby, the former Governor of Massachusetts, pays a weekend visit to Sycamore Ridge, the Connecticut estate of his old political rival Dan Wheeler. Appleby wants Wheeler’s support for his son Appleby...

Patty was curled up in her favourite big easy-chair in her own study. Though called a study, because it had been used as such during her schooldays, the pretty room was really more like a boudoir. Her...

Ambientato nella natura selvaggia del Wisconsin, tra baie inaccessibili e boschi tenebrosi, Il mistero di Deep Lake si impone nell’ambito dello standard poliziesco per una serie di tratti atipici e stranianti....

Dick and Dolly were twins and had been twins for nine years. Most of these years had been spent with Grandma Banks and Aunt Helen, for Dick and Dolly were orphaned when they were tiny tots, and Aunt Helen...

Deep Lake, in Wisconsin, had a curious and sinister charm. By day it was a charming resort for summer visitors, but by night its character took on sinister depth like the swirl of its own waters. The...

The Mystery of the Sycamore By Carolyn Wells

First published in 1911, 'Patty's Motor Car' is the ninth in the wholesome 'Patty Fairfield' children's series by Carolyn Wells. Patty enters and wins a contest to win a car in which she has lots of adventures....

She only had one life and she was determine to live it on her terms she refuse to let life dictate to her how her life would go for the rest of it. She had kept those things and people close to her that...

“I can’t stand it, Patty, I simply can’t stand it!” “But you’ll have to, Phil, dear. I’m engaged to Little Billee, and some day I’m going to marry him. And that’s all there is about it.” “Oh, no, Patty,...

"Well, by the Great Catamaran! I think it's the most footle business I ever heard of! A regulation, clinker-built, angle-iron, sunk-hinge family feud, carried on by two women! Women! conducting a feud!...

A locked-room mystery is solved by detective Fleming Stone. Sanford Embury refused to give his wife an allowance of spending cash or even a checking account. He pays all the bills and her store charge...

In the seventh instalment of the 'Patty Fairfield' series of children's novels, Patty is still in Europe and is now touring Italy with her family. Patty makes plenty of new friends along the way and they...

A dark, sexy, and twisted reimagining of The Wizard of Oz from USA Today bestselling author Nikki St. Crowe No one is safe on the yellow brick road.Dorothy Gale doesn’t know where she came from. At the...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell returns with a breathtakingly honest novel about a woman who lost everything — and isn't sure she wants it back.Everybody knows that Cherry's husband,...

A struggling Hollywood actor falls into a life of crime in this highly anticipated second novel from Hollywood Hustle author and four-time Emmy Award nominee Jon Lindstrom.Twenty years ago, Jake Ferguson...

From the author of Hearts Still Beating comes a chilling and romantic supernatural novel set in a small town with dark secrets, about a teen girl who falls in love with a ghost.No one is safe in Blackridge.Not...

"Warm, smart, hilarious, delicious, riveting."—Curtis Sittenfeld, New York Times bestselling author of Romantic Comedy “Powerful… There are multiple messes in Leave Your Mess At Home; I loved reading...

“Violaine Huisman explores and contests the myths surrounding the great men of her family, using fiction where the official archives fall silent. The Monuments of Paris is a moving elegy for her accomplished,...

A brutal string of ritualistic killings terrorizes a city already shaken by economic and political turmoil in this chilling new historical mystery from C. S. Harris, USA Today bestselling author of Who...

A superstar lineup is included in this urban fantasy collection featuring short stories from New York Times bestselling authors Jim Butcher, Holly Black, Kim Harrison, Faith Hunter, and more …In this...

Darkness lurks in the shadows as a betrothed princess wrestles with a dangerous new magic that threatens her bond with her beloved horse—and a forbidden love for the enemy sworn to protect her.Zara has...

A provocative, fast-paced novel about two creative women—a young writer fighting to be heard and an older producer clinging to relevancy—and the age reversal treatment that intertwines both of their lives…from...

The lives of four sleepless strangers intersect late at night as they attempt to solve not just their own anxieties but also the mysterious disappearance of one of their own, from New York Times bestselling...

A floundering twenty-something who’s sworn off romance finds herself roped into her meddling sister’s matchmaking business in this sparkling debut romcom that asks: Can we protect ourselves while falling...

Two violent crimes challenge the investigative skills of young Daniel Pitt and his wife, Miriam, in the final novel of iconic mystery writer Anne Perry's beloved Daniel Pitt series.“A towering achievement...

“Tender, thoughtful, and beautifully rendered. . . . A banger debut.” Téa Mutonji, author of My Person“Jasmeen A. Siddiqui just wrote my favourite love story. . . . I couldn’t put it down.” Anne T. Donahue,...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WHERE'D YOU GO BERNADETTE'SMART, FUNNY AND DEVASTATING IN A GREAT WAY' JENNETTE MCCURDY'I ADORED THIS NOVEL AND IT MADE ME VERY HAPPY' NINA STIBBE'LOADED WITH MARIA SEMPLE'S...

[Foxtrot Foxtrot Sierra]Book 7 in the Veronica Tracey Spy/PI series:A routine intelligence job turns deadly when stolen data, foreign agents, and a covert international operation collide in New Zealand....

'The Substance meets Yellowface' PEOPLE'A juicy, twisty take on aging, success, and race . . . sure to be one of the hottest books of spring' MARIE CLAIRE----------------THERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS TO GET...

She is hiding an inconceivable secret. He is facing certain death.Could her mountain sanctuary become their tomb?Dr. Grace Woodruff has inherited an overwhelming and extraordinary ability. As she grapples...

The next technology might replace you. Or it might kill you. Alan Harrison is a former insurance analyst struggling to build a new private investigation business with the help of his state-of-the-art...

A summer-camp wedding. A serial killer on the loose. And a wedding party trapped in the woods.Allie's once best friend is tying the knot at a nostalgic summer-camp–themed wedding in a remote forest campground....

The Celestial War shattered the Heavens; after millennia, the battle still rages.On the most important day of Zahra's career at the Gallery of Time Museum, everything unravels. A mysterious package arrives...

**The Sunday Times bestselling series**'TRULY EPIC' Fonda Lee on The Mercy of Gods'DAZZLING . . . THIS IS SPACE OPERA AT ITS BEST' Publishers Weekly on The Mercy of GodsFrom the multi-million-copy bestselling...

All Victoria ever wanted was a home to call her own. Her life had been one apartment after another, and she craved roots. When her dream finally came true, someone else wanted to take it from her. There...

Two very different worlds collide when Prince Thomas receives a proposal from the King of Cromwell. Thomas's family is kind, loving, and generous with the family servants, calling some of them their best...

Unforgettable Small-Town StoriesLove. Secrets. Second chances.In towns where everyone knows your name, the past is never far behind. These stories explore what happens when love returns, trust is tested,...

'A lush re-invention of one of the greatest stories of all time' Elle McNicoll'Unique, brilliant and incredibly difficult to put down' Ore Agbaje-Williams***A captivating, funny and devastatingly tender...

Sol (short for Soleil) always thought her love life and her Broadway dreams were on two separate tracks—until she finds herself swept into a complicated showmance that's too real to ignore. After a devastating...

Two weeks until graduation from Kogetsu, every girl seems to be falling over themselves to confess their feelings to Makoto Kawanishi. He's sensitive, the top swordsman of Kogetsu (and from the top-ranking...

🍓🐉 NEW FROM STRAWBERRY ENTERTAINMENT STUDIOS 🍓🐉PLUCK THE STRAWBERRY DRAGONEverybody thinks a dragon guards treasure.Pluck guards the harvest.High above the Strawberry Forest, where the trees grow thick...

The Hexagonal Reverie follows impoverished gentleman Arthur Penhaligon as he tumbles from Victorian England into Apia - a hidden kingdom of bee-folk beneath his ancestral chestnut tree. When the mystical...