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Wolf Castle is an eerily beautiful castle settled on the Pacific coast of California. Built by an eccentric Baron who dabbled as a naturalist and scientist, it has seen its share of tragedies. The old Baron died in a mysterious fire, and the young wife of the current Baron, Gregor von Reiner, died unexpectedly only a year ago. Wanting his son, Tom, to have a proper education and some womanly influence, the Baron sends his solicitor to England to find a suitable governess. Lavinia Fergusson Cathcart is a beautiful, red-haired, high-spirited young woman who is ready for whatever adventures wait for her in the year 1899. A trip to another country is just the sort of new life she wants. Lavinia finds the brooding chill of Wolf Castle somewhat intimidating, and the reaction to her presence in her first days is unnerving. The Baron goes pale when he sees her, Tom's cousin Paul-really his mother's cousin-almost attacks her, and the servants seem wary. But her pupil, Tom, is a lovely boy, She identifies with his loss because she too has lost parents. The mysteries of the castle, the tensions between the Baron, the staff, and the dashing and intriguing Cousin Paul are disturbing. Lavinia begins to feel that her life depends on finding out the secrets the castle holds before the wolves come out.

The first part of the book is fiction, and the manual is non-fiction. In Divorce, Gilly, 11, tells how she copes, some days not at all, with the impending divorce of her parents. Her younger sister, Honey, gets into serious trouble, and her two older sisters complicate matters. Mom gets a boyfriend and Dad gets a girlfriend. In her Manual and Advice on Coping With Your Divorce, Gilly gives advice about what she learned so that others won't have to go through the same heartbreak, and thoughts of suicide.

Four mysteries solved by female P.I. Brooke in San Antonio, Texas.WINESHEETSBrooke and Angela, new P.I.s, investigate pilfering at a winery near San Antonio. Angela gets too close to the truth and is murdered. Brooke's goal is to nab her killer. She takes on another client-to find a valuable and historical relic stolenfrom the McVey Museum. But Brooke gets too close to the truth also...CLOSE ENCOUNTERSP.I. Brooke is working on a dognapping case with two other P.I. agencies-searching for seven missing valuable dogs. The three plan an entrapment to find the suspect with Brooke as the bait. Then things turn nasty...NO ONE CAN HELP MEP.I. Brooke's client is a loan shark trying to collect from the CEO of a bank. However, there's more to it, as Brooke gradually learns. A captain in the San Antonio Police Department is murdered and the loan shark wants her to find the killer and he is the prime suspect!NEVER AGAINP.I. Brooke says she'll never take another case from the loan shark-but she does. The case is to find his missing brother. Once again she learns that Gomez hasn't told her everything, and she drops him and his case in disgust, to search for a kidnapped twelve-year-old girl the police can't find.

Twenty historical, biographical, humorous and mystery plays from ten-minute to three-act-from small stage readings at California's South Coast Repertory Theater (where the author took courses in playwriting) to full productions at the Cambria Allied Arts Association Theatre Arts group and Alhambra's Mosaic Lizard Theater. The Ashes of Zane Grey was a finalist in the Zane Grey Playwriting contest, and Baskets to Jade was chosen for a half-hour video series production by the Cine Arts Dance Theatre (CADT).

LAPD Officer Agnes Graham is patrolling Hollywood Boulevard when her PI friend Marlowe invites her to the off-shore gambling ship, the SS Rex. He needs a date for the investigation he is doing about the harassment of a popular movie star. The person suspected dies in the bathtub. Suicide? Accident? Murder?

Alison Leigh Powers, Super Sleuth, middle-reader mystery series includes The Secret of the Strange Staircase, The Mystery of the Missing Miniature Books (an Independent E-Book Awards Finalist), The Mystery of the Octagon House (EPPIE Award Winner, Agatha Award Nominee, and an Independent E-Book Award Finalist), The Mystery of the Missing Arabian, and The Secret of the Equestrian Park-currently available in electronic formats and in paperback under the title Super Sleuth: Five Alison Leigh Powers Mysteries.

Matt and Ivy Sampson, two American tourists, are enjoying their holiday on a tour of Europe. As they enjoy the sights and sounds of Covent Garden, they unwittingly get involved in a transfer of information between two foreign spies who are passing sensitive information to each other. Although the Sampsons have no idea what has happened or what is going on around them, they become the targets of both sets of spies as well as other interested parties in the transferred package. Matt and Ivy must find out what information these parties are after, what they supposedly posses that is worth killing for, and get themselves out of danger. Tony Reynolds is a tired American agent living and working in London. Through investigation and information from his colorful informants, Tony must find out what happened on that fateful day in Covent Garden and uncover the meaning behind the transfer of information. In Reynolds' world, no one is exactly what they seem, not even Reynolds himself. He must fight through a tangled web of lies and disguises to track down a killer and stop other innocent lives from being taken.

Lauren, 9 1/2, who comes from Scotland, has elective mutism, but that doesn't stop her from having adventures, which she tells us about in four stories of her encounters with thieves, bears, forest fires, white water, biting horses, stolen art and ghosts from April to August. VOLUME ONE: LAUREN MACPHEARSON AND THE SCOTTISH ADVENTURE In April, in Scotland, Lauren stays the weekend with her father, where he works, sees the Company's cat, Ginger, catch her own special brand of "mice," and watches a pain-in-the-neck eat crow pie. VOLUME TWO: LAUREN MACPHEARSON AND THE COLORADO ADVENTURE In June, Lauren flies to a Colorado Dude Ranch to meet cousin Andi, Aunt Daisy (her deceased mother's sister) and Uncle Bill. She meets up with bears, forest fires, white water--and, worst of all, a three-year old boy. VOLUME THREE: LAUREN MACPHEARSON AND THE JUMBLED CUPBOARD ADVENTURE In July, in Mirasol, California, where Andi and her family live, the girls go to Summer School. Lauren is fascinated with the stuffed cupboard of a teacher, Mrs. Utamaro. So stuffed that things keep falling out of it. A beautiful poster on the inside of the cupboard door is of a wave. The original print hangs in a local museum. Or does it? VOLUME FOUR: LAUREN MACPHEARSON AND THE GHOSTLY ADVENTURE In August, while Lauren continues her visit with cousin Andi in Mirasol, she learns that her cousin is psychic. The ghost of the woman who died next door won't let Andi rest until her murder is solved. Genres: Middle Reader / Mystery / Detective

Four Mystery Short Stories Set on Greenway, Agatha Christie's Holiday Home in Devon.

Jo Peters, a former LA County District Attorney, once thought that big city life and glamor were her future. But after a brush with death and a truckload of murder and mayhem in LA, Jo decides that home, Mirasol, CA, doesn't look so bad after all. She is content to be the new city attorney for her home town. No more grisly murder scenes, just boring administrative law. A small town pace, re-connecting with old friends. Life is good. When the body of one of those old friends is found, Jo finds herself drawn to the investigation. The police think Loren Balfour committed suicide. Jo thinks he was planning for the future-not suicidal behavior in Jo's experience. Jo's dogged investigation of Loren's death leads her through a labyrinth of small town politics, grudges, more skeletons than she could have imagined, and a killer who is none too pleased about her efforts.

What happens afterwards-after people are shot, or shot at by a gunman at the airport. They're in transit from one place to another, then their life is changed radically. But they still have a life, as some others do not. Meet Sylvia, Celeste, Sonja, Sybil, Trudy, Simone and Liana. Let them tell you about their life-changing experience. None have met. Each woman has a different story to tell.

Three eleven-year-olds-a girl from Hawaii, a boy who is Black, and a girl who is Caucasian-have their own detective agency to solve cases. Their case this time is who is doing stuff on Rodeo Ranch-like letting the bull out. Is there really a Calico Ghost? When they find that out, really bad stuff starts happening. Are they in over their heads-or will they be able to solve this case, too?

Three sleuths, two girls and a boy, during the summer before going into sixth grade, solve the mystery of a missing Thoroughbred, a valuable racehorse. It turns out not to be the case of a simple horsenapping. The theft involves the whole upscale community which is centered around horseracing.