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It was a generous gesture for Angel Wineries to send their lawyer a complementary case of wine at Christmas, but it probably would have been better if it hadn't contained two bottles of moldy Merlot and a scribbled note pleading for help. The lawyer is intrigued, and fortunately, he knows where to...

   The five staff members of R&P Laboratories have an unfortunate habit of getting involved in criminal investigations when they should be pursuing scientific activities. In these four short stories, Rob, Phil, Ellis, Virginia and Mitch tackle four mysteries involving a possibly poisoned pie,...

    R&P Labs want a mass spectrometer, but their bank account is running on empty. Wealthy Jason Drake wants a product to remove barnacles from his yacht and is willing to pay handsomely for its development. It seems like an ideal trade-off until a corpse turns up on the waterfront and Drake...

According to Wikipedia: "Christian Church and the word church are used to denote both a Christian association of people and a place of worship. The word church is usually, but not exclusively, associated with Christianity. The term means something quite different for each religious institution that sees...

Strange things are said to happen on Twelfth Night, although few as strange as the ghost of a man believed drowned years earlier appearing in the midst of the town's celebration, vowing revenge on his killers. The sighting might have been blamed on the potent punch being served, but after two bodies...

Jacob Silver's wrought iron garden gate disappears, and two lovers vanish into the night with a stolen horse and cart. There appears to be no connection between the events, until the gate reappears, along with a corpse and a terrified girl. Although Jacob and his housemaid Sarah Simm are both...

All sorts of things had been donated for St Augustine's Christmas bazaar -- books, second-hand clothes, cookies, murder weapons ... 'Zukie's Gift' is a Zukie Merlino Mysteries short story for the holiday season.

A young woman falls to her death in a crowded shopping mall during the Black Friday sales frenzy. Her family think it must have been a tragic accident. The police suspect it was suicide. But Zukie Merlino thinks Mimi Carr was murdered, and she sets out to prove it, with the reluctant assistance of...

He’s considered a heretic. She’s a 13-year-old thief.  Jacob Silver and Sarah Simm are mistrusted by the residents of their Cotswold market town even before the suspicious death of wealthy merchant Thomas Martyn – a  man with the power to destroy both of them. But a secret night visit, a hidden...

Es ist die Zeit des Dreißigjährigen Krieges: Die Geschwister Jakob und Bärbel Selzer, Bergmannskinder aus dem Schwarzwald, hat es ins Rheintal verschlagen. Sie müssen nun ihren Weg im Leben finden. Jakob verlässt das kleine Dorf Odelshofen und zieht in den Krieg. Endlose Märsche und zermürbende...

A short history of the WBAI, as well as news clippings from the early 1900s. Biographies and photos of WBAI members.

The police are chasing a ring of art thieves. The thieves are chasing Zukie Merlino’s cousin Lou, who’s accidentally interrupted a handover of stolen goods. And Zukie? She’s causing chaos as only she can, in between baking lemon meringue pies, thwarting burglaries and trying not to end up as...

Psst! It's true! This is the best book on warrior women you'll ever read! Warning: This is not a book about saints or do-gooders. This is a book about lying, cheating, bullying, murdering, vengeful women. They murdered their husbands, executed their enemies and stole whole countries...

Unglückliche Umstände zwingen die beiden Bergmannskinder Jakob und Bärbel Selzer am Anfang des 17. Jahrhunderts zu einer abenteuerlichen Reise vom Schwarzwald ins Rheintal. Doch ihre Verwandten sind nicht erfreut über ihre Ankunft. Und so wird das Ende der Wanderung zum Anfang zweier ergreifender Lebenswege. Ein packender historischer Romans aus der Zeit des Dreißigjährigen Krieges.