A Corpse Under the Christmas Tree

A Corpse Under the Christmas Tree
Author: Fran Rizer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2013-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781622680504

Callie Parrish and her friend Jane love Christmas and decorating and presents during the holiday season, but they never expected to find Santa in person--murdered and dumped under the tree they decorated. The funeral home cosmetician is made an undercover deputy out to investigate and solve this case, but not before both Jane and Callie are in danger.

Christmas Cocoa and a Corpse

Christmas Cocoa and a Corpse
Author: Maddie Day
Publisher: Kensington Cozies
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2022-09-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1496741552

ʼTis the season to indulge in hot chocolate and irresistible holiday treats—until too much of a good thing turns downright deadly . . . When local businessman Jed Greenberg is found dead with a Chocolate lab whimpering over his body, the police start sniffing around Robbie Jordan’s country restaurant for answers. Was it something in Robbie’s hot cocoa that killed Jed, or was it Cocoa, the dog . . . ? As the suspects pile as high as her holiday tree, Robbie attempts to get to the bottom of the sickly-sweet murder . . . Previously published in Christmas Cocoa Murder

The Christmas Tree Murders

The Christmas Tree Murders
Author: John A. Miller Jr.
Publisher: Pima Books
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2013-05-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1489512810

A beautiful mid-autumn day, just the day for a Sunday drive in the country. At least that's what former journalist Art Parker; his wife, Dr. Marsha Parker; their sixteen-year-old adopted daughter, Mary Ann Markham; and her best friend, Jennifer Martin, think when they visit a hilltop in the western part of Mercer County that contains a Christmas tree farm; an old, apparently abandoned mansion; and... a corpse. If that isn't bad enough, after reporting the corpse to Jennifer's uncle, Sheriff's Deputy J.J. McClure, the girls decide they want to disregard the "No Trespassing" sign and explore the mansion's interior--several times. As usual, they discover more dead bodies. Add to that a couple of kidnappings and a cache of smuggled goods, and they're lucky to escape with their lives before they finally discover the real murderer at a most unexpected location.

A Corpse and a Cat

A Corpse and a Cat
Author: Rena Leith
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2024-10-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1509258329

What's a ghost to do when she needs a little excitement? In Doris' case, she hitches a ride inside her human roommate's big black cat Thor. But she didn't intend to find a dead body. With her smarmy ex-husband in town trying to cozy up to her, romance with a local cop cooling, and a St. Patrick’s Day party to plan, Cass Peake already has her hands full. But the loss of her most lucrative client yet and the near-loss of her ghost pal forces Cass to consider a shocking idea. Is there a killer among the DNA relatives vying for a lucrative conservatorship? And did she really see someone load a body-sized canvas bag into a car?

Mother Hubbard Has a Corpse in the Cupboard

Mother Hubbard Has a Corpse in the Cupboard
Author: Fran Rizer
Publisher: Bella Rosa Books
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2013-05-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781622680320

Callie Parrish escapes her duties as a mortuary cosmetologist to hang out with friends, Jane and Rizzie, at the county fair, but their fun screeches to a standstill when Rizzie's Maum breaks her hip. Then Callie discovers an injured man in a storage space-worse than hurt, he's dead. Graffiti pops up all over town-even on coffins at the funeral home. Callie hates seeing spray-painted threats against her and her new man, but she's more concerned with who shot Dr. Sparrow. Does his obnoxious bedside manner justify murder? His trophy wife is devastated by the doctor's death for too many wrong reasons. When Rizzie's teenaged brother is accused of homicide, Callie's thrown smack in the middle of an investigation that could land her in a casket with her name sprayed on it. A Callie Parrish Mystery #5

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ARTnews
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 698
Release: 1955
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Disloyalty and Destruction

Disloyalty and Destruction
Author: Rob Barrett
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2010-04-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567554872

The goal of the work is a heuristic reading strategy for a modern reader to engage with YHWH's threats against Israel in Deuteronomy. This goal is accomplished in three steps. First, the biblical text is considered through close reading to discern the logic of YHWH's threats: what motivates the threats, what form the threats take, and what effect the threats expect to produce. Second, a modern analogy is sought that most helpfully matches the structure and logic observed in the biblical text. A number of common modern analogies for the divine-human relationship (e.g., parent-child, master-slave, husband-wife) are deemed unhelpful because they cannot support the features of the biblical pattern. However, the threats of the modern state against those who threaten it are found to bear significant resemblance. Finally, this analogy is developed for each of several significant passages of Deuteronomy. In order to justify and substantiate the analogy, this book examines the religious and political background surrounding both Deuteronomy and the modern state through historical reflection. Since there are significant differences between the religio-political situations, sociological perspectives are used to provide patterns that can be applied within both the ancient and modern contexts. Finally, although the focus of the work is on establishing an analogy between YHWH's threats and those of the modern state, the book dedicates one chapter to discussing dis-analogous features to avoid over-emphasizing the similarity between the two.

Date With Death

Date With Death
Author: Ruby Blaylock
Publisher: JB Woods
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2019-03-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Love is in the air, but so is murder... The Country Acres Coven of Kensleigh Landing East is faced with the terrifying possibility that there is a serial killer in their small suburban town. The murderer seems to be targeting single women, especially those who have used a particular dating app. When Seneca teases Poe about her 'relationship' with Oliver, Poe does the only thing she can think of to prove that she's not interested in the nerdy wizard--she agrees to go on a blind date with someone via a dating app, unaware that a murderer could be using the very same app to pick his next victim. Meanwhile, Ellie's on Cloud Nine when her daughter's gorgeous math teacher asks her out on a date. She's thrilled at the prospect of being in a relationship again, but she's just not sure how she'll break the news to him that she's a witch. And was that a dating app that she just saw on his phone? Join the witches of the Country Acres coven as they look for love in all the most dangerous places...

Fire

Fire
Author: Alan Rodgers
Publisher: Chameleon Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 705
Release: 2015-06-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1603123040

Two countries on the brink of nuclear war. The President is bent on avenging the greatest loss a man can endure: the First Lady. A dangerous religious organization vying to control the fate of the earth. A mysterious virus leading to the resurrection of the dead all over the planet. A bestial nightmare of a creature straight out of Revelation. These are the elements at play in FIRE, an epic novel of the world in what might be its final days. "Every so often, a truly seminal book is published in the horror field. Blatty's The Exorcist, King's The Stand, Barker's Books of Blood. Alan Rodgers' Fire is such a book. It is a tale of amazing sweep and scope, uniting Biblical prophecies and hightech, ancient horrors with new ones cobbled up from labs and shadows. After this book, everything changes." -- J. Michael Straczynski, creator of Babylon Five "With Fire, Alan Rodgers shows that he can set the whole world of horror alight. Powerful, frightening, apocalyptic." -- Graham Masterton "This book's pages turn like a windmill in an F-5 tornado!" -- the Publisher FIRE characters facing the end of the world Luke Munson: scientist trying to figure out dinosaur DNA Ron Hawkins: college student and janitor . . . his graduation plans are interrupted by the apocalypse President Paul Green: loses his beloved First Lady on a trip to Russia and tries to start WWIII. Herman Bonner: Mad scientist and just plain whacked out ... His creation, the Beast from Revelation. And Tom, the dog who dies and comes back to life again. Along with a whole lot of other people and animals we usually eat.

The Icing on the Corpse

The Icing on the Corpse
Author: Liz Mugavero
Publisher: Kensington Cozies
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2015-03-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0758284837

A town historian is dead—and there may be ties to an old cold case—in this clever mystery starring a professional pet-treat baker. Kristan “Stan” Connor is thrilled to be invited to the Groundhog Day festivities in quirky Frog Ledge, Connecticut. Her organic, home-baked pet treats are a big hit at the annual celebration, though an important guest is curiously absent . . . When Helga Oliver, the town’s elderly historian, is found crumpled in the basement of the Historical Museum, the close-knit town is devastated. But after some tenacious digging, Stan discovers Helga was pushed down the stairs—and that this picture-perfect New England town may hide some dark secrets. Stan’s dogged determination reveals Helga’s ties to an unsolved death in 1948 . . . but how does that connect to Adrian Fox, who’s just arrived in town to shoot an episode of Celebrity Ghost Hunters? Stan is going to have to be very careful in chasing down the killer—if she wants to live to see another winter . . . Includes Gourmet Pet Food Recipes!