Miss Aggie's Gone Missing

Miss Aggie's Gone Missing
Author: Frances Devine
Publisher: Center Point
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Boardinghouses
ISBN: 9781611730937

At 10:29 a.m., on a cold day in January, the Cedar Chapel Bank was robbed. At 5:41 that same afternoon, Aggie Pennington-Brown was declared missing. Victoria Storm, new owner of Cedar Lodge Boardinghouse, and her elderly boarders reluctantly agree with Sheriff Turner's conclusion -- Miss Aggie's been kidnapped by the robbers. But when secrets and long-lost loves begin to surface from their missing friend's past, a horrible possibility arises. Could someone they know and love have harmed Miss Aggie; As Victoria and her elderly friends attempt to solve the mystery and locate Miss Aggie, more secrets are revealed until Victoria begins to wonder if there is anyone she can trust -- including, or perhaps especially, the dashing local reporter, Ben Grant.

Rest in Peace

Rest in Peace
Author: Frances Devine
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2011-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1607422654

Ride along on a hair-raising adventure with Victoria Storm and her cohorts as they comb Cedar Chapel for clues to a murder. When the local pet store owner is found dead, the coroner deems it due to a fall. But Victoria, her fiancé Benjamin, and the residents of Cedar Chapel Lodge, a senior boardinghouse, think it’s murder. As they begin to uncover evidence, things go from bad to worse and their friend Miss Aggie disappears, leaving her blood-stained clothing behind. Will Victoria catch the killer or be the next victim?

Aggie

Aggie
Author: Scott Wimberly
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2011-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1617772925

'Can I help you?' I asked as I opened the door just wide enough for him to see my face. 'It's not you who can help me but I who can help you, ' he replied. There were all kinds of things going through my mind. I wanted to just shut the door so I could go back to wallowing in my guilt and shame. But for some reason, I found myself talking to this man. There was something different about him. It's still hard to explain, but it was like I had known him all my life, but I had never seen this man before. So I opened the door. 'Would you like to come in?' Travis thought his life was over. His wife had left him and taken his daughter. His addictions kept him enslaved. But just when he thinks he has hit rock bottom, the mysterious Aggie shows up at his door. Will this stranger's grace be enough to lead Travis along the painful path through brokenness into recovery? As Travis finds himself compelled to trust Aggie, he begins to wonder just who this man is and whether he is truly human after all

Love of My Heart

Love of My Heart
Author: Bess McBride
Publisher: Bess McBride
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2014-04-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Aggie has done what no mental health therapist should do. She's fallen in love with her mysterious client, Bill. Aggie has recently purchased an old Victorian house on a hillside overlooking Commencement Bay in Tacoma, Washington; where she finds an old photograph of a Victorian era couple and a love letter written in 1885. The letter speaks of another love that can never be—that of Louise, the daughter of a wealthy English family, and her Irish lover, William. Heartbroken, Aggie soon begins to dream of the forbidden love between Louise and William, but in her dreams, William's face mirrors that of her beloved, Bill. Bill is in love with Aggie, and he can't figure out how to get close to her. If only he hadn't entered her professional doors as a client. How is he going to fix this? “An in depth and enticing novel, Love of My Heart takes the reader on two romantic journeys of unfulfilled love...”

The Aggie Morton Mystery Queen Collection

The Aggie Morton Mystery Queen Collection
Author: Marthe Jocelyn
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 1250
Release: 2022-11-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1774883694

Every book in the critically acclaimed Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series — now available in one digital collection! Aspiring writer Aggie Morton lives in a small town on the coast of England in 1902. Imaginative but deeply shy, Aggie longs for adventure after the death of her beloved father. One fateful day, she crosses paths with twelve-year-old Belgian immigrant Hector Perot and discovers a dead body on the floor of the Mermaid Dance Room! That is just the beginning of Aggie and Hector’s sleuthing endeavors. The year will take them to an elegant, snowbound manor, home to a puzzling murder . . . a luxury health spa where guests and staff confront two suspicious deaths . . . and an expedition to uncover an ancient skeleton that digs up more tension than bones. Aggie and Hector, joined by Aggie’s indomitable Grannie Jane, must use logic, wit, and bravery as they race against time to solve every case! Inspired by the early life of Agatha Christie, one of the world’s most popular authors, and her two most beloved literary creations Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple, this e-book set brings together all four of Aggie’s thrilling, cozy mysteries into one collection, including: · The Body under the Piano · Peril at Owl Park · The Dead Man in the Garden · The Seaside Corpse

Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen: Peril at Owl Park

Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen: Peril at Owl Park
Author: Marthe Jocelyn
Publisher: Tundra Books
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2021-09-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0735265518

For young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, Christmas becomes a lot more exciting when a dead body is found in this second book in the Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series, inspired by the life of Agatha Christie as a child and her most popular creation, Hercule Poirot. For fans of The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency. Aspiring writer Aggie Morton is looking forward to Christmas. Having just solved a murder and survived her own brush with death inal her small town of Torquay on the coast of England, Aggie can't wait to spend the holidays with her sister Marjorie, the new Lady Greyson of Owl Park, an enormous manor house in the country; Grannie Jane and her fellow sleuth and partner in crime, Hector Perot. Owl Park holds many delights including Aggie's almost cousin Lucy, exciting and glamorous visitors from Ceylon and disguises aplenty in the form of a group of travelling actors, not to mention a secret passageway AND an enormous, cursed emerald. Not even glowering old Lady Greyson (the Senior) can interfere with Aggie's festive cheer. But when Aggie and her friends discover a body instead of presents on Christmas morning, things take a deadly serious turn. With the help of a certain nosy reporter, Aggie and Hector will once again have to put their deductive skills and imaginations to work to find the murderer on the loose. Filled with mystery, adventure, unforgettable characters and several helpings of tea and Christmas pudding, Peril at Owl Park is the second book in a new series for middle-grade readers and Christie and Poirot fans everywhere.

Aggie's Broncs

Aggie's Broncs
Author: Izzy Auld
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2011-06-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1462022545

Bill Taylor dreams of becoming a world champion rodeo cowboy. To raise a stake toward achieving his goal, Billy follows his brother's advice to "find a rich wife to support your dream." Billy persuades Nicole to elope with him and have his baby. He hopes her rich old granddad will die soon and leave her a bundle. Meanwhile, her kinfolk want their princess back home in the bosom of the family who loves her. Nicole struggles to control her temper--vowing to stop beating up on Billy and endangering her child. She changes her mind almost daily about sticking by her man, because she's afraid of losing little Stevie into the foster care service. In a backwater community where nothing much ever happens, an art gallery owner dabbles in art forgeries. Senator Steve Norman and the U.S. President are two hobby artists whose works of art are at risk. And Aggie Morissey seeks to solve a murder before one of her double cousins is arrested. Key players in the story are Nicole Jacquot Taylor and her husband, Cowboy Billy Taylor; Steve Norman, the man Nickee cannot have. And Aggie Morissey, supportive confidante and grandmother. Plus a supporting case of assorted in-laws and outlaws, the art gallery owner, the bartender, the banker, and the President of the United States.

Through The Storm

Through The Storm
Author: Maureen Lee
Publisher: Orion
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2011-11-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1409138852

The third novel in bestseller Maureen Lee's outstanding Liverpool sequence about family life during World War II Two years of war have taken a terrible toll on Pearl Street, Liverpool. German bombs have reduced some houses to rubble and most of the inhabitants have lost friends and family. While sisters Eileen and Sheila share the anxious burden of absent husbands, the conflict for others brings excitement and freedom. Kitty Quigley, stuck at home for years with an invalid father, is forced to register for war work and is delighted to become an auxiliary nurse. And Jessica Fleming, struggling to earn a living, finds herself and friend Rita increasingly drawn to the glamour and excitement of the Yanks. Look out for more in the bestselling Pearl Street series: Book 1 - Lights Out Liverpool Book 2 - Put Out the Fires Book 3 - Through the Storm

Witch Switch

Witch Switch
Author: Sibéal Pounder
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2015-10-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1408852683

Tiga Whicabim is settling in to the witchy, glitzy world of Ritzy City. Peggy is Top Witch, and Tiga is enjoying life at the Brews' house with Fluffanora. But when Fran the Fabulous Fairy visits Linden House and finds Peggy has gone – leaving behind only a note to say she is 'AWAY WITH THE FAIRIES' and has left the evil Felicity Bat in charge – the girls realise something is very wrong. And then witches all across town start to disappear. Tiga and Fluffanora set out to investigate and discover an old, unsolved Sinkville mystery that might just be the key to it all. The second glitzy adventure in the Witch Wars series is perfect for fans of The Worst Witch, Eva Ibbotson's hilarious Which Witch, and Witchworld.