The Leech by Phillips Barbee.

With the bishop's daughter suddenly missing and a new sheriff in town, Anna and Beth find themselves roped into solving another mystery in their small town.Levi expects to meet Ruby at their secret spot in the woods, but she is nowhere to be found. Due to a disagreement earlier that day at the breakfast table, Ruby's father is faced with a battle of pride as the bishop of the Amish community. But when Ruby doesn't come home for dinner, he and his wife begin to worr...

The Amish community in Little Valley is facing big changes, and big threats, with tourism booming. It becomes clear that some of the new businesses want control of the market, and it looks like they are willing to go to great lengths to get it.With one barn after another set on fire in the middle of the night, it becomes personal, and the community is scared for the well-being of their families and their future in Little Valley.Anna and Beth are considered the wise women in...

Can twin sisters solve a murder and save their town's Christmas?Anna and Beth, the twin sisters and amateur sleuths of Little Valley, are shocked to discover their quaint library is facing closure due to anonymous threats and lack of funds. Desperate to save the cozy haven, they feel the weight of their community's loss and the urgency to uncover the mystery behind the chilling threats. Everything changes when Beth volunteers to organize a Christmas fair, only for ...

The unbelievably awesome 8th volume of the Golden Age of Science Fiction! Featuring: Sjambak, by Jack Vance One Man’s Poison, by Robert Sheckley Earthmen Bearing Gifts, by Frederic Brown The Leech, by Phillips Barbee The Day of the Boomer Dukes, by Frederik Pohl No Strings Attached, by Lester del Rey Keep Your Shape, by Robert Sheckley The Machine that Saved the World, by Murray Leinster

Jessica McLean opens shop to find a man has been left for dead on the floor of her diner.With very few clues left behind, Jessica becomes the prime suspect. But Amish twin sisters and amateur sleuths, Beth and Anna, wonder if the crime could be related to Jessica's new relationship with their beloved Matthew Beiler.It soon becomes clear that things aren't always as they seem.Will the sisters step in and solve the mystery, bringing justice to Little Valley y...

These siblings share everything… including a penchant for plucking a killer out of hiding.Anna and Beth are as close as they come. As helpful to their Amish community as they are to their husbands, the twins are proud of being the resident problem-solvers. But they may be in over their heads when the local sheriff is found behind their relative's hardware store, stone-cold dead.Desperate to save their loved one and restore harmony, Anna and Beth are shocked...

Hazel Thompson is found dead in Little Valley's now-famous Amish Inn, and there's a long list of suspects with plenty of motive.Much to the dismay of the Amish community, the sheriff's prime suspect is Eva Zook, the owner of the new Amish bakery. Twin sisters, Anna Miller and Beth Troyer, find themselves once again faced with clearing their family's name. But things become even more complicated than ever before since the murder weapon has Eva's prints all over it.

Most people think of The Call of the Wild or White Fang when Jack London's name comes up -- and rightfully so, for these are his two most famous works, and both are classics. It's an interesting but far less well known fact that London also wrote a substantial body of science fiction and fantasy (before the term "science fiction" had even been coined!) including The Scarlet Plague, The Iron Heel, and The Star Rover, and many more. Almost 900 pages of great reading!Included are:...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREA mission to Mars. A freak accident. One man’s struggle to survive. From the author of Project Hail Mary comes “a hugely entertaining novel that reads like a rocket ship afire” (Chicago Tribune).“Brilliant . . . a celebration of human ingenuity [and] the purest example of real-science sci-fi for many years . . . utterly compelling.”—The Wall Stre...

Youth' is a short novel by Isaac Asimov. It first got published by the Space Science Fiction in the May 1952 issue, and then, was reprinted in the 1955 collection titled 'The Martian Way and Other Stories'. 'Youth' is one of the rare Asimov stories with alien characters.

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