Spanning 1911 to 1940, with a present-day coda, this historical mystery reveals a new interpretation of a real 1911 double murder, drawing on fresh perspective and overlooked details to uncover the story behind the story.In 1940, a dying bartender places a sealed envelope into the hands of his grandson. Inside is a private account of what he witnessed nearly thirty years earlier, a version of events that challenges what the public has long accepted as truth.The narrative re...

Book Four of Twenty Lives at War is a propulsive mosaic of twenty Americans caught in the war's "other" front, from December 1941 to June 1945. A Honolulu switchboard operator and an overworked nurse ride the shock of Pearl Harbor. A Cape Hatteras spotter watches for U-boats; a Brooklyn riveter fights blame on the factory line. At Tanforan, a Japanese-American teenager becomes a courier of memory; in Los Angeles and San Francisco, women track sabotage and lead blackout searches through fog...

Book Two of The Ravenshaw Chronicles. Boston, 1722. The harbor runs on tar, tide, and trust-until "respectable" losses begin happening with uncanny precision. Elizabeth Fairchild arrives quietly from the south carrying fragments of proof and a vow to stop Edmund Ravenshaw, the polished predator who steals like a merchant and vanishes like a ghost. Edmund has reinvented himself as a gentleman agent, trading in manifests, favors, and borrowed names; his hands stay clean while other men do th...

In the autumn of 1897, New Orleans stands at the crossroads of commerce, politics, and ambition. Along the crowded levees, fortunes rise and fall with the movement of ships, cargo, and secrets. For Jacques Begere, a respected French-Creole shipping broker, life appears prosperous. His family is admired, his business is thriving, and his young son Maurice is the center of a happy household.Yet beneath the city's elegant surface, dangerous forces are gathering.As the conflict...

I walked into a world I had no business being in.One minute, I’m signing a contract for a fake marriage to save my family from a business collapse. The next, I’m standing in front of a man who’s not just cold and ruthless, but downright dangerous.I agreed to play the part of his wife for a ...

In a world of unrelenting change and unprecedented challenges, we need organizations that are resilient and daring.Unfortunately, most organizations, overburdened by bureaucracy, are sluggish and timid. In the age of upheaval, top-down power structures and rule-choked management systems are a liability. They crush creativity and stifle initiative. As leaders, employees, investors, and citizens, we deserve better. We need organizations that are bold, entrepreneurial, and as nimble a...

Management guru Gary Hamel and coauthor Michele Zanini paint a stark picture of how bureaucracy is worse and more costly than ever, and provide a manual for dismantling it and building an entrepreneurial organization that is truly fit for the future.Big idea book from leading business/management thinkerCounterintuitive argument, that bureaucracy is still the biggest obstacle to innovation and successSubstantial research baseLots of fresh stories ...

Savannah in the 1920s is a city where elegant hotels, quiet squares, and private rooms often hide more history than the streets outside. In 1923, Charles Whitaker leaves his home in Augusta seeking rest at the Hotel De Soto after a bitter divorce and a stubborn case of writer's block that has silenced his work. He expects little more than quiet days and a chance to clear his mind.A few evenings into his stay, Charles meets Clara Ashford at the hotel bar. Their easy conversation qui...

Kansas City, 1931. When celebrated garment manufacturer Nell Donnelly and her chauffeur are abducted and held for a $75,000 ransom, the crime sends shock waves through a city where politics, business, law enforcement, and the underworld exist closer together than anyone publicly admits. Yet the kidnapping ends almost as strangely as it began. Within thirty-four hours, both captives are released alive. No ransom is paid.In January 1932, federal investigator Clayton Spengler arrives ...

A Century on the Plains: A Kansas Family's Journey Through Wars, Work, and American NewsreelsBook III of The Cornelius-Gilley SagaThis story follows Dean A. Gilley from his 1901 birth in Kinsley, Kansas through a lifetime of upheaval and wonder. He comes of age as classmates leave for WW1, raises a son and twin daughters with the love of his life, and fights to keep them afloat through the Great Depression, WW2, and family tragedies that never quite break them.For a...

Everyday Grace Series - Book 1Miles of Good: Stories of Hope and the Heart gathers 50 bite-sized tales of ordinary people doing quietly extraordinary things. A snowplow driver carves a path for a stranded ambulance. A barista and a trucker turn a blackout into a soup line. A class's postcards help a beloved teacher find her words again. Set in diners, depots, gyms, and front porches, each story moves from a simple problem to a small act of grace-and lands ...

Book Four of The Ravenshaw Chronicles. In 1728 New Orleans, Edmund Ravenshaw arrives sick, broke, and anonymous-then survives thanks to the disciplined mercy of the Ursuline sisters. Recovered but exposed, he takes work as a clerk and discovers the colony's true power isn't sugar or silver, but paper: ledgers, seals, manifests, and the rumors that travel faster than ships. With Celeste Arnaud-sharp-eyed, bilingual, and impossible to fool for long-Edmund learns the city's hidden map of tave...