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When eighteen-year-old aspiring scientist Elinor Dashwood discovers her beloved father slumped over the desk of his office study, she knows his death means dire straits for the Dashwood women. To make matters worse, an outdated will entails his estate—including Norland & Company, the private investigation firm where her younger sister Marianne worked as her father’s partner and protégé—to their half-brother and his haughty wife, who waste no time in forcing the Dashwoods out of their home and into a cramped apartment on London’s Barton Street.

After depleting an alarming amount of resources securing Seattle from the undead menace, Captain Kersey and his elite team of soldiers embark on a mission to Boise, Idaho, in search of a reliable source of ammunition. Listen to all six books in the exciting Idaho series, together, in one collection!

Join Tara in the second book of the Dying Thoughts series as she faces new challenges. Tara Leverton has a gift. Up until recently it has been kept a secret from everyone. Things have certainly changed. For one, Tara has a best friend, Kaolin. For another, Kaolin, her dad and the police know about her gift. She's got the chance to help them solve murders—actually make a difference, one that doesn't involve doing homework on time. When tragedy strikes, can Tara be the eyes seeing things that no one was supposed to see?

Susie and Grady are a couple of average kids on a weekend getaway with their parents until they explore the creepy old hotel. As the children soon discover, some doors are never meant to be opened. Some places are better left unexplored, and some nightmares are more than just bad dreams. They will need each other to survive. They will need each other to make it back alive as their strength, their love, and their faith will all be tested. Follow Susie and Grady on an adventure through the second door, and see what magic awaits them there.

A million zombies march toward the survivors in Fabens, as well as the cartel stronghold a few miles away in El Paso. With resources limited and time not on their side, an uneasy alliance between the civilians and the cartel is created to deal with the creeping death coming their way.

The Burglar originates in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. John Mattingly and his wife, Madge, live in a quiet suburban neighborhood. Their home is burglarized, and the only witnesses are the family dog, Max, and the cat, Penny. Ironically, much of the story is told from the pets’ point of view. While the home’s security cameras catch a portion of the burglary, Max has the job of somehow identifying the crook. Look for two bumbling police officers, Peachtree and Gordon, who are comical throughout the adventure.

Sixteen-year-old Alex, his 12-year-old brother James, and their feisty friend Bim have a life-or-death mission. Ruthless armed thugs have captured two innocent wildlife conservationists: the boy's parents. Only the three children have time to engineer a rescue before the kidnappers reach their hideout high in the Himalayas. But saving them means crossing two high passes, negotiating terrifying crags, and fleeing from hungry predators. Surely they can't succeed?

England, 1888. Fourteen-year-old Indigo Taylor dreams of becoming a detective, which as a young child is what she thought her solicitor father was. A local murder that seems too quickly solved inspires Indigo to do some investigating of her own. The thread she finds leads to a dangerous chain of events. Meanwhile, Indigo is befriended by a group of circus artists who live a refreshingly different way of life than the stifling society in which finds herself. For fans of Sherlock Holmes, Flavia de Luce, and The Mysterious Benedict Society.

I need answers only my father can provide. Separated from birth, we’ve only recently connected. Still, I have no one else to turn to. The Deltites are hunting me and they’re close now. We’ll fight our final battle soon. Needing more information, I force him to tell me a story about the beginning, my beginning. He sheds new light on my mom, on my grandfather Sicheii, and on how I started down this path. He spins a tale about love, a recent murder, and mysterious strangers who come to town looking for a medicine man, my grandfather.

The Adventure of the Second Stain, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes and the only unrecorded case mentioned passively by Watson to be written. Doyle ranked The Adventure of the Second Stain eighth in his list of his twelve favourite Holmes stories.Lord Bellinger, the Prime Minister, and the Right Honourable Trelawney Hope, the Secretary of State for European Affairs, come to Holmes in the matter of a document stolen from Hope's dispatch box, which he kept at home in Whitehall Terrace when not at work.

Jared, having once triumphed over a ruthless demon, believes he’s ready for anything. But as he settles back into the familiarity of home for a well-deserved college break, an unexpected visitor shatters his confidence—a ghost, not of malice but of warning, leaves him with a cryptic message of impending doom.

Después de la Revolución, Aura y Dominio desaparecieron de Nylert. Las ocho Familias restantes vivieron en paz. Pero ahora Dominio ha vuelto. Y solo unos pocos están preparados para lo que va a suceder.

I was never meant to be an alpha. As a 16-year-old shifter who can barely control his wolf, I’m definitely not qualified for the job. Unfortunately, I’m stuck with the pack I accidentally acquired. Or they're stuck with me. Plus, now that my big secret is out, quite a few shifters want me dead.

Knowing that The Chosen must be dealt with before they can complete their mission, Captain Kersey devises a plan to take the fight to the enemy.... Follow survivors from coast to coast, as they deal with the threats posed by both the living and the undead.

Still reeling from their first encounter with The Chosen, Captain Kersey and his team embark on a dangerous journey to Kuna in search of other survivors.... Follow survivors from coast to coast, as they deal with the threats posed by both the living and the undead.

With the final confrontation with The Chosen at hand, Captain Kersey and his team embark on one last dangerous assault....Follow survivors from coast to coast, as they deal with the threats posed by both the living and the undead.

After depleting an alarming amount of resources securing Seattle from the undead menace, Captain Kersey and his elite team of soldiers embark on a mission to Boise, Idaho, in search of a reliable source of ammunition.... Follow survivors from coast to coast, as they deal with the threats posed by both the living and the undead.

With the assault on The Chosen taking a dangerous turn, Sergeant Copeland and his strike team fight for their survival.... Follow survivors from coast to coast, as they deal with the threats posed by both the living and the undead.

Separated from the group, Kowalski faces dangerous times in downtown Boise.... Follow survivors from coast to coast, as they deal with the threats posed by both the living and the undead.

As the horde continues to march, a risky plan is attempted to give Sergeant Hammond and his rogue team of soldiers a way through the blockades and into El Paso.