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Based on the true story of Alexander Selkirk, who survived alone for almost five years on an uninhabited island off the coast of Chile, The Mysterious Island is considered by many to be Jules Verne's masterpiece. Published in French as L'Île Mystérieuse in 1874, this novel is a sequel to Verne's earlier Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas. After hijacking a balloon from a Confederate camp, a band of five northern prisoners escape the American...
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Crème de la Crime, an imprint of Severn House Publishers Ltd
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2019.
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"New District Sheriff Tristan Haraldsen uncovers a series of dark secrets when he investigates the disappearance of two boys in the remote Faroe Islands. Newly-appointed District Sheriff Tristan Haraldsen and his wife Elsebeth are looking forward to a peaceful semi-retirement in the remote fishing village of Djevulsfjord on the stunningly beautiful island of Vagar. But when two boys go missing during the first whale hunt of the season, the repercussions...
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Island sisters mystery volume 2
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Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2021.
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"In Danger at the Cove, the second book in a delightful cozy series by Hannah Dennison in which a surprise visitor makes an appearance on the island-and murder ensues. Renovations on Tregarrick Rock Hotel are coming along, and Evie Mead thinks they just might be done by opening day. Then one of her sister Margot's old Hollywood friends, Louise, arrives unannounced-and expecting VIP treatment. Evie has half a mind to tell Louise to find other accommodations,...
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Okaloosa Island mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
2016
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"Treachery on Okaloosa Island is the sequel to Death Doesn't Vacation on Okaloosa Island where it picks up at the trial of Launie Sanderson. She is accused of killing Ollie her bouncer at her strip joint which was actually a front for much of the drug trade coming into the Panhandle of Florida...Why is Judge Jeffery Bickel dragging out the length of the trail? Or is he the one responsible? Will the lifelong feud between Bicycle Bob and the Judge destroy...
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Okaloosa Island mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
2016
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At the west end of Okaloosa Island, the La Mancha complex is filled with vacationers relaxing on the sugar white sands of the Emerald Coast of the Florida Panhandle, but Death is among them working overtime. An overbearing mother drives her son to destruction because of his physical abnormality. A busy-body old Southern 'belle' sits in the shadows and rules her empire. Another scheming mother loves her business and 'girls' more than her own. A street...
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Okaloosa Island mysteries volume 3
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AuthorHouse
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2017
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When Launie Sanderson's trial abruptly ends with bloodshed, and two mighty explosions rip through the Sound, costing millions of dollars, the Prof and his friends at the La Mancha start to believe that this season will be worse than the previous two. Two daring and unexpected rescues are made from the explosions which will lead to two deaths--one with pure sadistic pleasure, and one with final consent. One resident of the La Mancha is not so certain...
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Okaloosa Island mysteries volume 4
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AuthorHouse
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2018
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The antics of three little boys create a fun-filled story of imagination and innocence as they roam their way through the everyday life of the La Mancha on Okaloosa Island. Across the Sound from the island, the horrors of war and memories of all the sorrows and lost love she has endured create a tragedy for Miss Camelia Ledbetter.She lives across the Sound from Okaloosa Island, where murder and illegal activities have filled the daily paper she reads....
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Guideposts Books
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2006
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"When storms wash a beautiful shard of pottery ashore on Buccaneer Bay, a puzzling piece of history is uncovered. Where did the broken piece come from and how did it end up there? Are there more fragments? Mysterious lights in the water and unexplained sounds lead to wild ideas about what really lurks beneath the waves. Even the Delectable Desserts Contest is full of suspicious surprises. With her trademark determination and faith, Abby resolves to...
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"Ann Cleeves is back with the sixth book in her Shetland series featuring Inspector Jimmy Perez, whom readers will remember from Raven Black, White Nights, Red Bones, Blue Lightning, and Dead Water. A group of old university friends leave the bright lights of London and travel to Shetland to celebrate the marriage of one of their friends. But, one of them, Eleanor, disappears--apparently into thin air. It's mid-summer, a time of light nights and unexpected...
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