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Mackenzie Morgan thinks she's doing the right thing by taking her teenaged daughter, Bella, into the Appalachians on a photography shoot. Fleeing a crumbling marriage, Mac needs time to bond with her daughter and escape the betrayal that still leaves her numb. But when a drifter abducts Bella and carries her deep into the steep mountain woods, Mac must draw on her deepest reserves to fight for her daughter's safe return. When her soon-to-be ex-husband arrives, old wounds flare, and Mac turns to Caleb Howell, a local tracker, who helps keep her focused on the most important task: finding Bella. Then astonishing evidence comes to light that reveals the abduction was not as random as they first believed. As hours turn into days, Mac struggles to keep her hope--and her terrified daughter--alive. - - - - - - - - - - Hunter keeps the story moving at such a breakneck pace that it's hard to put this book down. Gritty and occasionally violent, it often finds relief through humor and the romance developing between Mac and Caleb. --ROMANTIC TIMES MAGAZINE

Life in a small town can take some interesting twists--especially for ER physician Dr. Rhea Lynch. When the chief coroner is shot in a hail of gunfire that leaves a man dead and a teenaged boy searching for clues to his missing sister, Rhea is deputized as an assistant coroner. Then a mass grave is discovered--along with a killer's baffling clue. Although she is a doctor dedicated to saving the living, Rhea is suddenly forced to find answers from the dead. Soon her skill and courage put her back on the front lines of the battle she fights best: a race between life and death.

DON'T SABOTAGE YOUR SUBMISSION Winner of the 2009 Benjamin Franklin Award * Discover why 90% of fiction manuscripts are rejected quickly, long before your characters and plot are read. * Learn to spot the clues to average writing-and how to find and fix them in your own work. * See how an editor analyzes the techniques of 215 writers who got right what most writers get wrong. * Get an insider's tips for painless revisions by computer. * Find out the secrets of craft that can boost your odds of changing an "a" for average to the "A" of Accepted. . . . . . . . "Chock full of practical advice for the novice writer. Even seasoned writers could use a copy as a refresher course." --Charlaine Harris, New York Times best-selling author of 29 books in multiple genres "Best book of its kind by far. Required for my college level students. Recommended for all aspiring writers." --Reed Farrel Coleman, two-time Edgar nominee; Shamus, Barry, and Anthony winner "Without qualification, I recommend this book to fiction writers, be they literary, mainstream, or genre writers." --John Thornburg, Professor English/Creative Writing, San Jacinto College, Pasadena, TX "A savvy writer's guide to creating a manuscript that will SELL!" --Carolyn Hart, two-time winner of Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards "A must for anyone who seeks to become a published author." --Midwest Book Review "This is an undisputed winner ... one that you must buy if you're at all serious about seeing yourself in print. Highly recommended." --Concept Sci-Fi

Originally published: New York: Dodd, Mead, 1987.

In DAME AGATHA'S SHORTS, mystery author Elena Santangelo guides you through the short works of one of mystery's most famous writers, AGATHA CHRISTIE. Find out: - what was the most exciting event in Christie's life outside of dining with the Queen. - who Miss Lemon, detective Hercule Poirot's secretary, listed as a former employer on her resume. - which three short stories inspired the novel Evil Under The Sun. - what was Ariadne Oliver's sideline before she became a famous novelist. - what inspired Christie's first story, and possibly her whole writing career. - why you should read, or re-read, Agatha Christie's short stories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The most readable guide and in-depth companion to Agatha's Shorts that any fan could ever wish for. No mystery library, personal or public, should be without this resource. Santangelo has created a gem ... --Charles Todd, author of A Matter of Justice and A Duty to the Dead A delicious romp through Christie's life and stories. A must-read for Christie lovers ... Santangelo weaves together a wealth of information, making it both enjoyable and educational. --Judy Clemens, author of the Anthony- and Agatha-nominated Stella Crown series Santangelo provides the first source book of Agatha Christie's short fiction in easy prose, with a dash of humor ... For Christie fans--the answer to a prayer! --Robin Hathaway, author of Sleight of Hand

From Charleston to Hilton Head, Family matters . . . and murder is relative. When a fifth cousin twice removed calls Bay Tanner--a young, recently widowed financial consultant--from the Beaufort County Jail, it's no accident. Mercer Mary Prescott spent a lot of time and trouble locating Bay on the family tree, and she needs more than bail out of the relationship. What she's really after is a secret Bay's not willing to reveal--yet. But when Bay generously takes Mercer back to the family mansion of Presqu'isle, she finds that this distant kin comes with a lot of personal baggage--and some very dangerous pursuers. Before Bay can help straighten out Mercer's problems, the mousy young woman disappears. Bay begins a desperate hunt for her "shirttail" cousin through the twisted alleys of the past, from Civil War days to a plantation called Perdition House, and to one last deadly fight. . . . . . . "Sue Grafton, Sara Paretsky, and Marcia Muller come to mind as the quintessential writers of the modern female private eye novel. Wall, in a quiet and unassuming way, has produced a body of work of equal quality. Highly recommended." --Library Journal on The Mercy Oak Third book in the Bay Tanner mystery series.

A LOCKED-ROOM YOUNG ADULT WHODUNIT IN THE CLASSIC TRADITION OF SHERLOCK HOLMES A VIEW OF HISTORY REVEALED THROUGH A MYSTERY JUNE 1860 -- A new locomotive christened A Southern Breeze steams across the Carolina countryside carrying seventeen-year-old Jeb Bennett and his twin sister Rachel Leigh to the exhilarating promise of a summer in Charleston. While storm clouds gather over the landscape, fiercer storms rage inside the passenger cars. The tensions between North and South rapidly escalate until one traveler's journey abruptly and brutally ends. Who was the murderer? Was the victim the real target? Amid swirling suspicions and deceptive intrigue, Jeb and Rachel Leigh join Pinkerton Detective Jonathan Ward in a race to unmask a killer. But murder isn't the only evil Jeb must confront. As motives and suspects abound, Jeb learns what it means to place a price on a human life, not only as a victim of murder, but also as property to be traded and sold. The final showdown means hard choices, a test of loyalties, and a face-to-face encounter with Death On A Southern Breeze.

Aspiring actress Martha Virginia Brown was only twenty when she died in an apparent fall while appearing in summer stock in the North Carolina foothills. Now, fifty years later, her great niece and namesake, Ginger Cameron, arrives at the quaint tavern in Fiddler's Glen to unearth the forgotten details of her relative's death, and to escape the menacing overtures of a former boyfriend. According to those who knew her, Martha Brown was beautiful, talented, and full of life. She was also blatantly outspoken, and there are too many unanswered questions about the way she died. Some say it was an accident. Some say she was pushed. Others say she was a victim of the music played upon a fiddle by the ghost of a Confederate soldier--Lucifer's fiddle. But Martha's murderer proves much too real to be an apparition. Ginger soon learns the killer will stop at nothing to silence those who would expose the secret kept hidden for so many years, and she seems doomed to relive the fate of her late aunt. However, she doesn't count on the assistance of her aunt's sprightly spirit to lead her to the person responsible for her death, or on the love she has found in this unlikely place.

As a former novitiate in the Order of the Paraclete, Catherine LeVendeur has had more than her share of adventures. In fact, intrigue--and murder--seem to dog her path. When Catherine chose love over churchly devotion by falling in love with her Saxon nobleman, Edgar, her family had the earnest hope that married life would settle this most headstrong and unusual woman. But fate has a way of playing with mortals, and after suffering several miscarriages and the birth of a stillborn child, Catherine is inspired by a prophetic dream. She and Edgar will embark on a pilgrimage to the fabled monastery of Compostela, to petition St. James for a child, to take the holy waters, and to pray. During their journey Catherine and Edgar encounter mad monks, some less-than-penitent crusaders, and a motley collection of pilgrims whose past deeds bind them all in a bizarre game of chance. When several pilgrims are gruesomely murdered, the trail of evidence points to an old sin left unshriven and a hidden villain whose quest for revenge may end in Catherine's death.