Willow Grove resident, Dave Fairmont, has departed from home. His wife, Lila, claims he did so voluntarily. While a baying hound gives Sheriff Delton Ross other ideas and sends him off on a hunt for a killer.This tale is offered as a short story to fill an idle moment with a bit of mystery.

The Imp waits and watches. But Geraldine Love is too busy rebuilding her tattered life to notice. All either of them wants is to find a someone to care about in this lonely world. But that's easier said than done in this dark novella.Lost souls struggle to find themselves and each other in difficult times.

Legislating under the Charter explores how governments and Parliament justify limitations on rights when advancing laws that raise rights concerns or when responding to judicial decisions under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.Through an analysis of legislation concerning criminal justice policy, the approval of new safe consumption sites, sex work, and medical assistance in dying, the book provides a detailed analysis of the extent and nature of parliamentary d...

Deliberative democracy – whereby people debate competing ideas before agreeing upon political action – must surely rest on its capacity to include all points of view. But how does this inclusive framework engage with activism that occurs outside of, and in opposition to, deliberative systems themselves?Activism, Inclusion, and the Challenges of Deliberative Democracy challenges the inherent contradiction of a framework that includes activism but doesn’t require sustained e...

Isabelle doesn't expect a summer job in the south of France to turn into a nightmare. But even before she encounters the mysterious Nathan Freelander at the wheel of a boat on the Canal du Midi, she is already fighting for survival, and after that things go from bad to worse. Is Nathan's friend Josh friend or foe? Who can she trust?This romantic suspense novel developed from an opening paragraph in the style of Mary Stewart, the well-known novelist. This paragraph was inspired by a ...

In this cosy mystery, Scottish distillery heiress Fiona Sutherland returns to the bucolic village of her childhood to assume her role in the family business only to discover her true expertise is jousting with enigmatic Chief Inspector Nick Dawson when her grandmother's friend falsely confesses to the murder of the local greenkeeper two days before the start of the British Open.

Reunited in Death is a sequel to the quirky Crime in the Community, which is already available from Smashwords.Reunited in Death was a quarter finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award for 2011 and received the following comments in a review by Publisher's Weekly:'An unlikely cast of endearingly eccentric characters distinguish this offbeat mystery set in Pitkirtly, an appropriately quirky town on the Scottish coast....Memorable characters, delightful word pictures -- a...

Can anyone ever really change? Christopher and Amaryllis ask themselves this question when a young man comes to the door of their holiday caravan one wet evening.The attempt to answer it takes them and their friends on a dangerous journey from a Pitkirtly ice-cream shop to a knitting club and then to a cattery before they reach a dangerous conclusion in an old railway yard.A Pitkirtly mystery

When a former high school classmate dies, three "sixty-something" widows are determined to prove that the cause was nothing less than foul play. Certain that they know the culprit, the ladies turn the lives of everyone around them upside down in their hilarious quest for justice.In this cozy mystery authors L. Barnett Evans and C.V. Rhodes offers readers a belly full of laughs!

(If you enjoy this book, check out the sequels: NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MONEY, NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MATURITY, NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MYTH, NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MISTAKES, and NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MOTIVES.)A sleuthing substitute teacher tackles her first case and it's nearly her last.Notice: This mystery contains no vampires, werewolves, zombies, or space aliens. It was not tested on laboratory animals. It makes no claims to political correctness. Characters may not be fully clothed at all times...

In this first book of a brand new series by Dani Ripper and New York Times Best Selling author, John Locke, a young, beautiful private detective is determined to find the infamous killer, ManChild. To support herself while searching, our plucky detective works as a decoy, helping jealous wives and fiancés determine if their men are likely to cheat.Preliminary Reviews:"I've read Call Me three times. Need I say more? How about this: Five Stars!""Five Smiling Stars for...

An indecent proposal for an infamous rake leads to undeniable passion in this sexy Regency romance by the New York Times bestselling author.A successful businesswoman, Miss Jane Middleton goes to London in search of a husband—and finds herself virtually ignored by the ton. But she soon concocts a daring proposition: she will pay the notorious rake "Hellion" Caulfield to strike up a flirtation with her, thus bringing her to the attention of Society's eligib...