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Christmas Killings Author: Laura Levine ‘Tis the season for frozen chocolate Yule logs and murder! Our lovable freelance writer with the tie to Toiletmasters is back and ready to spend a ritzy Christmas housesitting in opulent Bel Air with her best friend and neighbor, the inimitably fashionable, kale drinking, Christmas crafting Lance. There is only one fly in the Christmas pudding . . .or maybe two . . . or. . . a small infestation. The main problem is former child actor and next door Scrooge, also known as Scotty Parker, who spends his pinch penny days tormenting neighborhood children, [...]

Old Houses, Hidden Secrets Author: M.C. Beaton Number 14 in the ongoing Agatha Raisin cozy mystery series, Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House is filled with very human spooks, failed romances, and evidence destroying hijinks from our one and only Aggie. Still smarting over her ex-neighbor and now ex-husband, the cold fish known as James Lacey, Agatha is trying out the simplicity of village life again. No more PR promos, no more work, just finally retirement and acceptance. That’s until a new, dishy, and equally disastrous romance prospect, married to boot, moves in next door. Throw in boredom, Agatha’s usual [...]

Digging in the dirt... Author:  Paige Williams There’s definitely a heroic quality to whole thing.  Like Indiana Jones or his real-life equivalent Roy Chapman Andrews.  Scouring the globe, searching for dinosaurs and excavating their fossilized bones.  Then bringing the monstrous creatures back to life by reassembling them for display in famous museums, thrilling the throngs of visitors.  There are thousands of individuals who’ve caught the fossil fever, amateur scientists devoting much of their life searching for the next big discovery.  Floridian Eric Prokopi is one of those people and journalist Paige Williams tells his uniquely intriguing story in The Dinosaur [...]