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Talking and walking faith is easy when life is going well, but how do you rely on God in the midst of an assailant’s attention? Addison Parker, a resident of small-town Massey, Georgia, works to serve and protect as a homicide detective in the city of Atlanta. Facing burn-out from constant exposure to society’s dark side, Addison vows to locate the newly emerged murderer Jackdaw. This killer, hunting women who serve their community on the Southside of Atlanta, has targeted Addison Parker as his next quarry in this deadly scheme.

Carla has known nothing but the orphanage for all her life. Derided because of the birthmark that covers half of her face, her only friend is Sally. When Sally dies in childbirth, she begs Carla to save her baby’s life. With Baby Marsha wrapped in her arms, Carla runs for their lives, making the long walk to the next town, Carrick Plains. There she finds comfort and help in a way she never expected. Soon she begins to relax, but Sheriff Bud Jeffries is curious about this newcomer.

Sara Mason joins in searching for Huxley's MIA brother's remains in the Vietnam jungle. She is joined by her friend Esmerelda. Later in Hawaii, Sara learns that a six-year-old neighborhood girl had gone missing 10 years earlier. Something odd is going on at the nearby forest cliffs; someone wants this cold case to stay cold. But even after attempts are made on Sara's life, she pushes on with the investigation and pursues the leads that take her on a path of danger. Can she solve the mystery of the Howling Cliffs?

Rachel C. Brady has faced many things during her life. In In Search of Love’s Treasure, she shares her testimony and her inspiring life story. Her narrative begins in her early childhood where she was raised with a mixed identity. She recalls difficult times with her family, and journeys through adulthood, revealing both the challenges she faced and blessings she received. Brady discusses the perils of sin and her experience in finding Christ, as well as an array of adventures....

When Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) published Three Stories and 10 Poems in 1923, he was 24, a wounded veteran of the Great War, and still three years away from publishing his debut novel (The Sun Also Rises). So the "Three Stories" give us a unique look into Hemingway's developing writing skills and his very particular areas of creative interest.

After serving during WWII as a WAC armorer, Molly Evers partners with army buddy, Jake Kent, to open a private investigator’s office. Romantically involved with a Detroit police detective and sometimes working with the Detroit mob, she walks a tightrope that won’t give her room for a single wrong move. Follow Molly as she recounts five of her most memorable cases, including one she solves with help from Humphrey Bogart himself, during this most memorable year.

Linda Wagner-Martin brings a wealth of new information to this detailed portrait of Hemingway and his world, concentrating particularly on his friendships with women and the history of his four marriages.

On the morning of May 18, 1924, households across America opened their newspapers to the headline: "Derby Winner Property of Indian Woman." The woman in question was Rosa Magnet Hoots, a member of the Oklahoma Osage Nation. The horse, draped in the iconic red roses signifying his victory in the fiftieth running of the Kentucky Derby, was Black Gold. Named for the oil that had been discovered in large quantities in Oklahoma at the time of his birth, Black Gold was born in 1921 to a mare named Useeit.

After closing the memorable cases of 1947, private investigator Molly Evers finds that the end of one year and the beginning of the next doesn’t mean a break in the line of desperate clients looking for her help. This year she finds it’s her personal friends, some rolling in dough and others not knowing where their next meal is coming from, who need her skills. The year 1948 brings travel, murder, and mobsters as Molly solves cases from Vegas to Detroit to Hollywood and back again.

Intrigue. Danger. Drama. All in a day’s work for Detroit detective Molly Evers and her partner Jake Kent. Follow their case files of 1949, from one that breaks Molly's heart and sets her on a path of revenge, to the last that draws her back to Hollywood and the biggest leading man in town.

The stories shared with me about Lena, my husband’s mother, were extraordinary. I heard many of them over the years, tales told to me by her son and his father, accounts that were often shocking, sometimes heart-wrenching, and always fascinating.