by admin | Oct 30, 2025 | Biography & Memoir |
The harrowing true story that inspired the critically acclaimed film
The son of a freed slave, Solomon Northup lived the first thirty years of his life as a free man in upstate New York. In the spring of 1841, he was offered a job: a short-term, lucrative engagement as a violinist in a traveling circus. It was a trap. In Washington, DC, Northup was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery. He spent the next twelve years on plantations in Louisiana, enduring backbreaking labor, unimaginable violence, and inhumane treatment at the hands of cruel masters, until a kind stranger helped to win his release. His account of those years is a shocking, unforgettable portrait of America’s most insidious historical institution as told by a man who experienced it firsthand.
Published shortly after Harriet Beecher Stowe’s abolitionist classic Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Northup’s memoir became a bestseller in 1853. With its eloquent depiction of life before and after bondage, Twelve Years a Slave was a unique and effective entry into the national debate over slavery. Rediscovered in the 1960s and now the inspiration for a major motion picture, Northup’s poignant narrative gives readers an invaluable glimpse into a shameful chapter of American history.
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by admin | Oct 30, 2025 | Cozy Mystery |
From USA Today Bestselling Author, P.D. Workman!
Murder by muffin
Erin Price moves to Bald Eagle Falls, a place where everyone knows everyone as well as everyone else’s business, taking over the store left to her by her aunt to start up a gluten-free bakery. The grand opening is marred by just one thing, the death of her business rival, Angela Plaint. It appears that Angela was poisoned by one of Erin’s cupcakes, making her a prime suspect.
Equipped with cupcakes, her desire for the truth, and new bakery assistant Vicky’s help, Erin goes head-to-head against Detective Terry Piper to solve the murder. Rumors of treasure hunting, drug dealing, and a missing boy swirl around Bald Eagle Falls as Erin tries to sort the clues from the red herrings and find the killer before the killer can take care of her.
????? P.D. Workman has done it again! This introduction to a new series involves a fresh start, sympathetic characters, and a murder. I spent the last ten minutes of the book standing up to read because I was off to do something but just couldn’t put it down until I got to the end. I haven’t been that invested in a book in a while.
Like baking mysteries? Cats, dogs, and other pets? Award-winning and USA Today Bestselling Author P.D. Workman brings readers to small town Bald Eagle Falls for a culinary cozy mystery to be solved by gluten-free baker Erin Price and her friends.
Have your gluten-free cake and eat it too. Sink your teeth into this sweet treat now!
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by admin | Oct 30, 2025 | Teen & Young Adult |
FROM IMPRISONED SOLDIERS TO SPACE RENEGADES
***FULL AND COMPLETE SERIES!***
In the darkest corners of the Cauldron Nebula lies Barracuda Bay Penal Colony, where Benedict Jones and his team of former Union Army Marines are unjustly imprisoned for a crime that has tipped the galaxy toward chaos.
With a reputation built on a legendary assassination they didn’t commit, this squad’s only chance of survival is a daring escape from the most dangerous prison in the universe.
From the first page of their desperate fight for survival inside the deadly confines of Barracuda Bay, to the last breathless escape through a minefield of cosmic dangers, the Battlecry series promises non-stop action and intrigue.
This box set contains the full series – an interstellar adventure of courage, camaraderie, and conviction, where the lines of justice are redrawn in the vacuum of space:
Betrayed
Bay Run
Forgotten
Old Allies
New Enemy
Trapped
Sovereign
Freedom
Join the Battlecry team as they prove that even in the depths of darkness, the fight for truth and freedom can illuminate the galaxy.
Note: This series is for fans of old fashioned adventure sci-fi. If you’re looking for hard sci-fi, look elsewhere. But if you enjoy endless space battles and wall-to-wall fun, read on!
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by admin | Oct 30, 2025 | Mystery |
A determined sleuth.
And a terrible crime.
London 1920. Veronica Vale is content with her obituary writing, parties with friends, and walks with her rescue dog, Benji.
But when a shocking killing occurs at the Winter Garden Theatre and Veronica knows the victim, she finds herself doing more than writing about the death. She’s investigating whodunnit and why.
Veronica enlists her best friend Ruby Smythe, and her street-smart dog, Benji, to figure out what happened and get justice for the victim.
Can our headstrong, clever, amateur sleuth catch the killer before the police? And what secrets will she uncover when she does?
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If you love witty dialogue, 1920s British historical glamour, intrigue, and a fast-paced mystery, you’ll adore Kitty Kildare’s unputdownable whodunnits.
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by admin | Oct 30, 2025 | Crime Fiction |
“Dark and delightful” – Booktok
“Nail bitingly, skin chillingly insane. A real deep crime thriller” – Booktok
“What a twisty book” – Goodreads
“A dark twist in almost every corner” – Bookstagram
An old evil. A new nightmare.
As the head of the Major Investigation Team, Detective Inspector Laura Warburton must catch a killer that is preying on vulnerable women. The case strikes dangerously close to home for Laura. Once a victim of domestic violence at the hands of her ex-fiancé, Laura escaped with a shattered reputation, a drinking problem and tormented memories.
With the body count piling up, Laura barely holds herself together as she finds and pieces together the fragmented clues at the crime scenes. Like breadcrumbs, the clues lead her down a dark road to a past she wishes to forget.
Trapped in a deadly game of cat and mouse, is this a new evil in her life? Or is something much more sinister at play?
From best-selling author and ex-police officercomes this new nail-biting crime thriller that will leave you guessing until the final page.
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