Dana Mentink

• Jan-2027
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• Sep-2026
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In this witty historical murder mystery set in a San Francisco hotel, an unlikely trio of amateur sleuths must uncover a killer before another guest checks out for good.In 1905, the Grand Mallard Marquee is well known for its iconic style, as well as...

• Mar-2026
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As the dam crumbles and water sweeps across the terrain, their battle for justice and survival is just beginning.  When Mackenzie Bardine's brother Aaron was murdered in a drug deal gone wrong, she started a true crime podcast dedicated to expos...

• Jan-2026
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To track down the truth, they'll need to unravel the clues Detective Beth Wolfe's reunion with investigative journalist Jack St. James is a matter of life or death -- and when a masked assailant attacks them, a severe blow leaves Jack with amnesia...

• Sep-2025
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Sniffing out the enemies requires a K-9's help. A panicked call sends detective Chase Wolfe and his search-and-rescue bloodhound, Tank, racing right into the path of his neighbor -- who's just barely escaped an abduction. But Pilar Alonso has no i...

• Jul-2025
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Fire rains from above as they fight to discover the truth and stay alive.  In the shadow of a threatening volcano, long-haul trucker Kit Garrido wakes up in her crashed big rig, unable to recall what happened or why she's suddenly in possession ...

• Jun-2025
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A search-and-rescue mission reveals a lethal secret. After K-9 handler Kara Wolfe witnesses her childhood friend Beau O'Connor survive a targeted hit-and-run, she's shocked to learn his mother's missing. And Beau, who can no longer recognize famil...

• Jan-2025
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A killer out for vengeance... but this bloodhound has his scent. Ambushed by sudden gunfire, former cop Stephanie Wolfe realizes the tracking competition she entered with her bloodhound is a setup. An escaped fugitive has lured her into the rem...

• Sep-2024
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A murderer out for revenge... who is closer than they think. When the man who killed her father is finally arrested, Catherine Hart thinks it's safe to come out of hiding...until he escapes and abducts her. But private investigator Garrett Wolf...

• Apr-2024
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To expose a suspect, he needs evidence... and a K-9's instincts. After Emery Duncan is abducted and dumped in a lake, private investigator Roman Wolfe and his bloodhound partner rescue her from an icy death. Someone doesn't want Emery to find o...

• Mar-2024
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When a massive earthquake levels the region, secrets and unknown dangers are exposed... The ground in still-icy Yosemite National Park isn't stable, and K-9 handler Von Sharpe fears the worst. But his worries are pushed aside when he sees an SUV v...

• Dec-2023
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In 1978, the tiny town gold rush town of Honey Creek tucked in California's Sierra foothills is a throwback to a simpler time.When former world class pianist Alexi Quinn arrives, he intends to stay no longer than it takes to save up bus fare to escap...

• Dec-2023
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Dana Mentink's adorable Love Unleashed series is now available in this special 4-in-1 ebook-only bundle! These three novels, plus a bonus novella, offer charming stories of humor, misadventure, and how God can use four-legged rascals to heal wound...

• Nov-2023
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"Mentink has designed a story that will keep the reader wondering, and then knowing, and then wondering again, as the suspects and victims keep changing places." -- New York Journal of BooksA murder for the holidays is about to shake things up!Trin...

• Nov-2023
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To rescue a witness... this K-9 team must face a killer and a storm. After months tracking a colleague falsely accused of a double homicide, officer Tanner Ford and his K-9 partner finally locate crime tech Mara Gilmore--but the real murderer i...

• Apr-2023
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Danger from the past... and a little girl in peril Family secrets have Felicia Tennison, and the sister she never knew existed, on the run. Someone is after them, and Felicia will have to turn to someone she never wanted to see again for help -...

• Dec-2022
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A violent attack Isn't the homecoming she expected. When an ATV tries to run her down in Death Valley, animal rescuer Nora Duke knows it's a sign she never should have returned. Now she's stuck on Seth Castillo's ranch until Christmas with a pr...

• Jul-2022
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This K-9 will stop at nothing to keep a child safe When a little boy is threatened, Officer Daniella Vargas and K-9 partner, Zara, are assigned to pose as his nanny to uncover the culprit's identity. Suspecting one of the guests in his inn, widowe...

• May-2022
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"The first shake shop mystery delivers all the delectable ingredients cozy mystery fans crave. This terrific series debut is certain to tempt the reading palates of fans of Cleo Coyle, Sarah Graves, and the much-missed Diane Mott Davidson." -- Librar...

• May-2022
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Running from a murderer with only the desert as refuge... Placed in WITSEC while his brother testifies against a terrifying criminal, Tony Ortega must guard his young niece and nephew from the hit man hunting for them. Death Valley local Willow Du...

• Mar-2022
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A killer seeking revenge will stop at nothing to get it... Pilar Jefferson is shocked to learn that her supposedly deceased father is alive and has been in prison -- and now his ruthless former partner is after her. Fleeing on her wedding day was ...

• Nov-2021
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Sabotage on a family ranch... this K-9's on the case. When her estranged uncle attempts to sabotage her family's reindeer ranch, K-9 team assistant Katie Kapowski heads home to help save it -- and becomes his target. With their rocky past, Alaska...

• Aug-2021
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Five years ago, her sister disappeared... Now someone is coming for her. Who would believe that Mara Castillo's sister -- missing and presumed dead -- suddenly sent a one-word text? Now Mara wants answers, even if it means stepping into a k...

• May-2021
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"The first shake shop mystery delivers all the delectable ingredients cozy mystery fans crave. This terrific series debut is certain to tempt the reading palates of fans of Cleo Coyle, Sarah Graves, and the much-missed Diane Mott Davidson." -- Librar...

• Mar-2021
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A killer who will stop at nothing... Framed for a murder he didn't commit, firefighter Beckett Duke gave up on everything -- including his marriage to spirited Laney Holland. That is, until Laney's life is threatened. Knowing the real killer is st...

• Oct-2020
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A cold case solved by the K-9 unit...but the past is not so easily escaped. Decades after her parents' murders, Penelope McGregor's grateful the killer's finally been identified -- until he comes after her. Now Detective Tyler Walker and his K-9 p...

• Jun-2020
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Searching for the truth could get them killed... When new evidence surfaces about a tragic boating accident that put her ex-boyfriend's father in prison, private investigator Dory Winslow's determined to look into it. But now someone's dead set on...

• Feb-2020
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Hunting down old leads puts a murderer on their trail. Convinced his sister's death wasn't an accident, private investigator Sergio Ross is determined to catch her killer. But with all the clues hinting at a connection to another unsolved murde...

• Nov-2019
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A cowboy to her rescue... but she's not who he thinks she is. Posing as her sister for Christmas is the only way to save her, but Maggie Lofton needs help -- even if it means working with her twin's cowboy ex-boyfriend, Liam Pike. But between t...

• Jun-2019
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Her child's life is on the line A Roughwater Ranch Cowboys story After putting his serial killer brother in prison, former US marshal Mitch Whitehorse chooses a solitary country life -- until his brother escapes. Now Mitch's former sister-in-la...

• May-2019
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She saw something she shouldn't have... A True Blue K-9 Unit story When airline employee Violet Griffin encounters several suspicious passengers, she's thrust into the crosshairs of a drug smuggling operation. NYPD officer Zach Jameson and his ...

• Mar-2019
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Protecting and serving in the Big Apple An exciting prequel to the True Blue K-9 Unit series Her uncle's business practices have put a target on April Reed's back. He's gone into hiding, and April's the only link the drug runners have to him. N...

• Nov-2018
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A witness with amnesia Can she trust this Gold Country Cowboy with her life? Tracy Wilson witnessed a murder -- but after a head injury, she can't remember what she saw. Now someone plans to silence her for good, and only cowboy Keegan Thorn be...

• Jul-2018
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She must protect a baby... With her secret husband's help In this Gold Country Cowboys novel, Jack Thorn gets a surprise call from the woman he married in secret years ago. Shannon Livingston needs his protection for herself and the baby she's ...

• Jun-2018
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Her true identity is a secret With his ex-wife next on a killer's hit list, military police lieutenant Ethan Webb and his K-9 partner, Titus, must guard the woman posing as her. But courageous private investigator Kendra Bell refuses to be just ba...

• Mar-2018
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Falsely accused... Can she escape the real killer? In this Gold Country Cowboys story, farrier Ella Cahill is accused of murder -- and only former marine Owen Thorn, her brother's best friend, can help clear her name. Now with someone trying to...

• Dec-2017
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• Nov-2017
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Car mechanic Valerie watched her father die in a fiery wreck and she can't admit to herself that she's in love with a Nascar race car driver Jackson, especially after he's also injured in a crash. But when a stranger shows up, terrorizing her about a...

• Nov-2017
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UNDER THE RANCHER'S PROTECTION Someone is dead set on stopping Shelby Arroyo from doing her job: assessing mineral rights in a mine in gold country. But after rancher Barrett Thorn rescues her from an attack, the handsome widowed cowboy seems to ...

• Apr-2017
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There's Just Something About Jackson When Marcy Deveraux's romance series catapults to the top of the New York Times bestseller list, no one is more surprised than Marcy herself. After all, she barely passed high school, flunked the driving test four...

• Apr-2017
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After San Francisco spa owner Corrine endures a spectacularly bad day (involving a painfully public breakup and the destruction of fifteen jars of grocery store pickles), she is assigned to do community service in a national park in the middle of a s...

• Apr-2017
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• Apr-2017
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LAST WITNESS STANDING Four weeks before she's set to testify at a gang murder trial, someone is determined to make sure that Candace Gallagher Andrews never takes the stand. When nowhere is safe for the private investigator or her little girl, Ca...

• Feb-2017
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The Only Thing Sweet About Jellybean Is His Name Jellybean the terrier is about to unleash some serious mayhem on the unsuspecting town of Albatross. There's no quiet on the set when over-the-hill screen star Lawrence Tucker brings his naughty ...

• Dec-2016
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Conductor Pippa Lewis is in over her head. A new arrival to Christmas Town, Maine, she's the last minute replacement to lead the orchestra for the town's production of the Nutcracker. What's more, she's not exactly brimming with Thanksgiving cheer as...

• Nov-2016
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ON THE RUN When the high school sweetheart she never expected to see again bursts through the door of her medical mission clinic, nurse Sarah Gallagher can't hold back her shock. But Dominic Jett isn't there to catch up. He's trying to save a lif...

• Aug-2016
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Standing Between Stephanie and Her Dream Is One Hundred Pounds of Lovable Trouble It should have been so simple for Stephanie Pink: Meet up with Agnes Wharton in a small town in California, retrieve the reclusive author's valuable new manuscript, ...

• Jun-2016
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KILLER HEADLINE Reporter Madison Coles wants to write an exposé on the crime spree rocking Desert Valley, Arizona -- but the small town's residents and police are tight-lipped. Even when Madison herself is attacked, the only help she can get is ...

• May-2016
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IN THE LINE OF FIRE Navy chaplain Angela Gallagher wants to put the past behind her, but she's still haunted by the wartime death of her assistant. So when his brother claims he's in danger and pleads for her to use her family's private detective...

• Apr-2016
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Take one abrasive professional athlete, a quirky out-of-work schoolteacher, and an overweight geriatric dog, and you're ready for a lesson in love...Tippy style. Pro baseball pitcher Cal Crawford is not a dog guy. When he inherits his deceased mot...

• Nov-2015
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SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH Coast Guard rescue swimmer Brent Mitchell wants only one gift for Christmas: to find his sister. When he discovers that her disappearance is tangled with the death of private eye Bruce Gallagher, he joins forces with Bruce...

• Jul-2015
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Danger: Heartbreak ahead! Piper Brindle has spent her entire adult life trying to live down the stigma of her family's checkered history. The one bright spot was Cy Franco, the talented California designer with the surfer-boy looks. She ended up ...

• Apr-2015
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HIS CHANCE AT REDEMPTION Former parole officer Mick Hudson blames himself for the death of Keeley Stevens's sister. If he hadn't paroled a criminal, she might still be alive. When he hears that the suspected killer has been spotted in Keeley's ho...

• Mar-2015
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It's a normal day in the desert for Marty, AKA Martina Escobar. As she tends to her animal charges at the Desert Star Preserve in Ferocious, Arizona, a newspaper covered rock falls out of the sky. Three minutes later, a small airplane does the same. ...

• Mar-2015
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The Arizona desert is lovely in August. If you're a cactus.If you're not green and prickly it's like standing in the bottom of a volcano hoping your SPF 15 will do the trick. So how does Simone Greevey, a twenty something e-zine editor from San Franc...

• Nov-2014
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Little girl lost Ruby Hudson finds new evidence that could shed light on her childhood friend's disappearance. But she'll have to fight for her life to keep it out of the wrong person's hands. Cooper Stokes' brother is still the prime suspect, an...

• Jul-2014
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Her design scheme didn't include him! Struggling interior designer Rosa Franco and her twin brother, Cy, would transform the timeworn Pelican Inn into the jewel of the California coast if it killed her. And it would kill her if they failed. Their...

• Jul-2014
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PRIME SUSPECT Mia Sandoval's friend is murdered under mysterious circumstances -- and the single mother is a suspect. Her only ally is a man she isn't sure she can trust. Search and rescue worker Dallas Black has a past as harrowing as Mia's own,...

• May-2014
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Fast Fiction Suspense short stories full of intrigue Valerie Rogers was in total control of her life and emotions. Right up until a man put a knife to her throat. Luckily, her exboyfriend, firefighter Jackson Montes, chose that moment to reenter h...

• Jan-2014
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WHO WANTS TO ICE A WORLD-CLASS SKATER? Speed skater Laney Thompson still has nightmares about the car crash that almost shattered her lifelong dream. But as she's poised to compete in the world's most important games, she finds worse trouble. Som...

• Dec-2013
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STORMY REUNION Pulled from the waves and gasping for air, the last person Antonia Verde expects to be her rescuer is Reuben Sandoval. He may once have been the love of her life, but his drug-smuggling brother ruined their chance of happiness. Now...

• Aug-2013
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TRAPPED...WITH A KILLER? When an earthquake rips through San Francisco, the last person journalist Sage Harrington expects to run into is ex-soldier Trey Black. After what they survived in Afghanistan, she doesn't know if she can face him again. ...

• Jul-2013
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The deadliest animal in the jungle is the two legged kind. Nina Truman is a missionary nurse, serving in a tiny Guatemalan town not far from the Mexican border. It's a fulfilling life, tending to the village poor, a way to serve in the country fr...

• Jun-2013
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The deadliest animal in the jungle is the two legged kind. Nina Truman is a missionary nurse, serving in a tiny Guatemalan town not far from the Mexican border. It's a fulfilling life, tending to the village poor, a way to serve in the country from w...

• Feb-2013
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Ava Stanton has no need for love or tales of hidden treasure -- until her uncle is kidnapped at her family's ski resort. Now she needs help from professional treasure hunter Luca Gage...the man she'd tried to forget. Signs point to a fortune hidden i...

• Jan-2013
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Blueberry farmer Misty Hart hears an eerie voice floating through the trees. Before she knows it, she's in the middle of a mystery involving an abducted parrot, a missing treasure and a political feud. If she doesn't get to the bottom of the mess qui...

• Nov-2012
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Stephanie Gage's father has been kidnapped -- by a dangerous man who wants to make a trade. Her beloved dad for a multimillion-dollar family heirloom that's gone missing. Either Stephanie finds the valuable violin or her father dies. But to track it ...

• May-2012
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Brooke Ramsey is running out of time. She needs to save her father's reputation before she loses him to illness. That means finding the painting that went missing while in his care. Fast. Which is why she teams up with Victor Gage, owner of Treasure ...

• Jan-2012
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A BROTHER'S PROMISE After his brother is convicted of murder, Shane Mason will do anything to clear his name. But when his investigations lead him to enter South Dakota's Desert Quest extreme race, Shane is floored by the surprise waiting for him. K...

• Aug-2011
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"COMING FOR YOU." A note, impaled by a knife on Bill Cloudman's door, tells the former tribal agent a murderer has escaped. The vicious madman who murdered Bill's partner -- and cost Bill the community's trust and his job -- is on the loose in the S...

• Feb-2011
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WHAT MADDIE DOESN'T KNOW COULD KILL HER Someone wants to ensure that the flight bringing Maddie Lambert and a transplant organ to her father never reaches its destination. Someone who's desperate enough to sabotage the plane. In the aftermath of the...

• Oct-2010
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A SINGLE MISSTEP COULD BE HER LAST... Isabel Ling returned to the barren Badlands of South Dakota to bury her sister -- but she stayed to find answers no one wants to give. Cassie's death was no accident, and Isabel will find the killer, no matter w...

• Jan-2010
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On the run, Jackie Swann returns to the last place anyone would look for her: Alaska's Delucchi Lodge. The retreat was the site of her brother Danny's fatal accident -- and is home to pilot Roman Carter, the man she once loved. The man she still blam...

• Oct-2009
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Revamped and re-released as Lost and Clowned in May 2023 Pi Steely's life is a circus. Literally. As business manager for a mostly animal-free traveling show, she's used to the unexpected. She lives year round with acrobats, trapeze artists, a p...

• Sep-2009
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"HELP...MURDER." Those were her brother's last words before their phone connection was lost. So Anita Teel rushes to Arizona to find her only relative right away. But no one -- from his employer to the police -- will take her seriously. Except for B...

• Jan-2009
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A TREASURE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN. . . A MURDERER ROAMING THE QUIET STREETS OF FINNY. . . It's the 150th anniversary of the wreck of the Triton, a ship that foundered off the coast of Finny, California. A team of college students arrives to fi...

• Jan-2009
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Why is a kind-hearted savant setting fire to an ordinary book? Recuperating firefighter Ivy Beria is determined to find out. But then the young man, Moe, goes missing--and his only friend turns up dead. Ivy is sure the double mystery is linked to the...

• Aug-2008
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The worm business is thriving for vermiculturist Ruth Budge. . .until a disembodied toe turns up on the golf course, and members of a strange cult begin to infiltrate the quiet seaside town of Finny, California. Life is already crazy for forty-se...

• Jun-2008
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Deception at 20,000 feet Transporting pet supplies--and the occasional bunny--is routine for pilot Maria de Silva. Discovering drugs amidst her shipments of kitty litter is not. Out of fuel in the Oregon wilderness, Maria barely escapes with her l...

• Jan-2008
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But the final kicker comes when her hairdresser goes on vacation to Fiji, leaving Ruth to look like Dickens' Miss Havisham. A crazy kaleidoscope of characters such as the uptight gallery owner, Napoleon Prinn; half-baked Dimple Dent, writer of fortun...

This is a re-release of a previous book: Pi and the Fabulosa Pi Steely's life is a circus. Literally. As business manager for a mostly animal-free traveling show, she's used to the unexpected. She lives year round with acrobats, trapeze artists...