Saffron Everleigh is in a race against time to free her wrongly accused professor before he goes behind bars forever. Perfect for fans of Deanna Raybourn and Anna Lee Huber, Kate Khavari's debut historical mystery is a fast paced, fearless adventure. London, 1923. Newly minted research assistant Saffron Everleigh attends a dinner party for the University College of London. While she expects to engage in conversations about the university's large expedition...

"While investigating a toxic outbreak in the Caribbean Sea that may ultimately threaten the United States, Pitt unwittingly becomes involved in something even more dangerous--a post-Castro power struggle for the control of Cuba. Meanwhile, Pitt's children, marine engineer Dirk and oceanographer Summer, are on an investigation of their own, chasing an Aztec stone that may reveal the whereabouts of a vast historical Aztec treasure. The problem is, that...

When her first group reading ends in murder, self-taught "seer" Shay, the descendant of an Irish witch and owner of a New Age tea shop, with her assistant suspected of committing cold-blooded murder, finds her business in hot water as she works to exonerate her employee by following the signs to a manipulative murderer.

"Sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons are reunited with a distant relative who wants them to cater a New Year's Eve event - and help find a guilty party... It's been years since Bernie and Libby's parents became estranged from Ada Sinclair's side of the family - though the reasons for the rift are lost to history. The sisters, however, are intrigued when Ada makes contact. She tells them about the long-ago deaths of her father and his business partner,...

Marie mixes perfumes to sell on market day, saving the money for a dowry for her sister, Ama, in hopes of Ama marrying well. But some of the perfumes are laced with death-- a hint of honeysuckle she's trained her sister to respond to. Marie marks her victim, and Ama attacks-- and kills as a beast. When an unmarked boy turns up dead one morning, Marie knows Ama needs a cure. Which means returning to the place where Ama was cursed in the first place:...

""A fascinating tale of poisons and poisonous deeds which both educates and entertains." --Kathy Reichs A brilliant blend of science and crime, A taste for poison reveals how eleven notorious poisons affect the body--through the murders in which they were used. As any reader of murder mysteries can tell you, poison is one of the most enduring-and popular-weapons of choice for a scheming murderer. It can be slipped into a drink, smeared onto the tip...

Twin siblings Elliot and Liza only have each other. Their parents are gone. Their home was taken, and to survive on their own, they're forced to scrounge up plastic and metal to trade for coin within an abandoned garbage heap. Desperate to escape the vagabond cycle that they're trapped in, the answer to their plight seemingly appears when they stumble upon a Raven Quest--magical tasks offered by mysterious message-carrying ravens that when successfully...

In a world of villainous cowboys, high-speed chases, and falling pianos, can our iconic trio find their way back to one another and save the Moon Queen before it's too late? And who would want to poison her? With few she can trust in her own royal court, Moon Queen and First Cat will have to journey alone to find the antidote. If only LOZ 4000 were still with them... but our once-heroic toenail clipping robot is on the run, looking for a new purpose...