Canary Islands Mysteries - Books 4-5

Canary Islands Mysteries - Books 4-5
Author: Isobel Blackthorn
Publisher: Next Chapter
Total Pages: 591
Release: 2023-04-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Books 4-5 in 'Canary Islands Mysteries', a series by Isobel Blackthorn, now available in one volume. A delightfully gripping collection with plenty of twists and turns, these novels will appeal to anyone who loves a good mystery! The Ghost Of Villa Winter: Psychic Clarissa Wilkinson is holidaying in the Canary Islands, hoping to find some adventure. Instead, she discovers a body in a chest in Villa Winter: a secret Nazi base on the idyllic island of Fuerteventura. Teaming up with the hapless writer, Richard Parry, the two try to unravel the clues and find the killer before another life is lost. Sing Like A Canary: Retired police officer Marjorie Pierce is on her way to Lanzarote to track down her old informer, Billy McKenzie. Soon, present and past collide when gangsters Eric and Mick Maloney turn up on the island, hell-bent for revenge. Racing against the clock, Marjorie has to get to Billy before the brothers. But who can be trusted... and who betrayed Marjorie all those years ago?

The Drago Tree

The Drago Tree
Author: Isobel Blackthorn
Publisher: Next Chapter
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2022-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

She wanted to forget; to let this atmosphere of tremendous isolation consume her. Haunted by demons past and present, geologist Ann Salter seeks sanctuary on the exotic island of Lanzarote. There, she meets charismatic author Richard Parry and indigenous potter Domingo, and together they explore the island. Ann’s encounters with the island’s hidden treasures becomes a journey deep inside herself, as she struggles to understand who she was, who she is, and who she wants to be. Set against a panoramic backdrop of dramatic island landscapes and Spanish colonial history, The Drago Tree is an intriguing tale of betrayal, conquest and love.

The Lady SothebyÕs Curse Trilogy - Forbidden, Books 4, 5 & 6 (Book 1 FREE!)

The Lady SothebyÕs Curse Trilogy - Forbidden, Books 4, 5 & 6 (Book 1 FREE!)
Author: Mike Wells
Publisher: Top Ten Best Murder Mystery Detective Thriller Crime Romantic Suspense Books Press
Total Pages: 701
Release: 2017-12-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1370484046

Jayne Clark is now living an entirely new life in Oxford, England, with Robert Astor, the man she loves. As her horrific memories of Lady Eleanor Sotheby finally start to fade, a blackmail letter arrives out of the blue. Unless huge payments are made, the blackmailer will destroy Robert’s good name and his family’s reputation, not to mention Jayne’s relationship with her business partner and the new restaurant they’re starting together. Looming even larger is Jayne and Robert’s happiness as a couple. Can they track down the malicious criminal before all is lost?

Emma's Tapestry

Emma's Tapestry
Author: Isobel Blackthorn
Publisher: Next Chapter
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2021-12-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

At the dawn of World War Two, German-born nurse Emma Taylor sits by the bedside of a Jewish heiress in London as she reminisces over her dear friend, Oscar Wilde. As the story of Wilde unravels, so does Emma's past. What really happened to her husband? She's taken back to her days in Singapore on the eve of World War One. To her disappointing marriage to a British export agent, her struggle to fit into colonial life and the need to hide her true identity. Emma is caught up in history, the highs, the lows, the adventures. A deadly mutiny, terrifying rice riots and a confrontation with the Ku Klux Klan bring home, for all migrants, the fragility of belonging.

The Skipping Verger and Other Tales

The Skipping Verger and Other Tales
Author: John Reid Young
Publisher: Reidten Publishing
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2012-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9788461596324

The Skipping Verger and Other Tales is a collection of delightful short stories set in the Canary Islands between the late 19th and early 21st centuries. Written in Reid Young's engaging and unique style, the stories range from the humorous and romantic adventures of Victorian travellers, who were determined to understand and partake in the charms of local traditions, to intrigue at the start of the Spanish Civil War. An English scientist who meets a man with a strange walk, a Scottish artist who falls in love with a barefooted woman, foreigners who discover marvellous old wives tales and remedies for a variety of ailments, boys who get up to mischief in the bananas, secret agents, stowaways and even a grumpy chaplain can be found wrapped up in the charms of these Atlantic islands. Based on the personal experiences and recollections of a fourth generation British immigrant, these stories will appeal to those who enjoy a touch of eccentricity and old fashioned ways.

Plants and People

Plants and People
Author: Alexandre Chevalier
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Total Pages: 525
Release: 2014-04-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1782970339

This first monograph in the EARTH series, The dynamics of non-industrial agriculture: 8,000 years of resilience and innovation, approaches the great variety of agricultural practices in human terms. It focuses on the relationship between plants and people, the complexity of agricultural processes and their organisation within particular communities and societies. Collaborative European research among archaeologists, archaeobotanists, ethnographers, historians and agronomists using a broad analytical scale of investigation seeks to establish new common ground for integrating different approaches. By means of interdisciplinary examples, this book showcases the relationship between people and plants across wide ranging and diverse spatial and temporal milieus, including crop diversity, the use of wild foodstuffs, social context, status and choices of food plants.

Earth: An Alien Enterprise

Earth: An Alien Enterprise
Author: Timothy Good
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 646
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1480448141

A worldwide history of alien contact from one of the most respected authorities on the phenomenon: “A bible for UFO watchers” (The Wall Street Journal). This fascinating new volume tells the story of contact between aliens and humans from all across the globe, dating back to 1932, including meetings with military personnel and American presidents such as Eisenhower and Kennedy. For the first time, a former member of MI6 reveals her conversation with Neil Armstrong at a NASA conference, when she confirmed that there were “other” spacecraft on the moon when Apollo 11 landed in 1969. Armstrong also confirmed that the CIA was behind the cover-up. In a further admission in December 2012, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev revealed “the president of Russia is given a special top secret folder [that] in its entirety contains information about aliens who have visited our planet. Along with this, the president is given a report of the Special Service that exercises control over aliens in our country. I will not tell you how many of them are among us because it may cause panic.”