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Twins Charlie and Hailey excel at just one thing - doing what's not right! Gumrbling and complaining, they accompany their parents on a camping trip in the rain, never knowing that a mystery awaits - and that Aunt Rachel will sneak in a lesson in character, complete with easily understood definition.
"Bill and Betty have just one week to learn the secret of Cachuma Lake. ... What is Awk'-ee-SUE'-em, and how did it disappear?"--Cover.
In this legal thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of Against the Wind, breaking into a mansion for a laugh turns into a sobering crime. Maria Estrada, a hard-partying girl with family ties to some of the toughest gangsters in California, had no idea an old mansion could be so beautiful. The boy who broke into it with her had a feeling she might be impressed. But by the time the night is over, Maria has been brutally killed, and the boy is nowhere to be found. It’s up to PI Kate Blanchard and Luke Garrison, a criminal lawyer, to decipher what happened in the grand old mansion. To bring Maria’s killer to justice, they must locate the elusive connection between the poverty where she was raised and the affluence of where she died.
Miranda Marquette reconnects with her family after years of separation. In what starts only as a visit from her brother, Michael and his fiancé, Kara, ends as an announcement that they have decided to relocate to California. On a hike with them the next day, bordering nearby Coyote Lake, the three of them discover two bodies anchored at the bottom of a holding pond near the lake. Soon they discover the bodies belong to Miranda's neighbor, Jerry Carter, and Matoska, the mother of Chenoa the Indian Princess. Once again, Sally Roop, Miranda's neighbor comes under suspicion for the murders. But there are also international undertones to the case, making it even more confusing. Once again, Miranda enlists her friends Margo, Wanda and Lyanne, the WAIT Club, to solve the case, and her future brother-in-law, Mark, to defend her neighbor Sally.
A party for California’s rich and fabulous is the perfect place to start a deadly game of revenge in this mystery thriller by the author of Spouse Trap. Santa Barbara event planner Madeline Dawkins is coordinating a weekend-long birthday bash for the wife of a famous film director. It should be a highlight of her career. But when precious jewels go missing and dead bodies start turning up, Madeline puts party hosting aside to focus on her other line of work—as a private investigator. Together with her partner Mike Delaney, Madeline follows the clues to some dark mansions that hide even darker secrets. A grim and terrifying chapter of Madeline’s past has been reopened, and a soulless predator is now on a quest for vengeance. But while searching for the killer, Madeline soon learns that the victims aren’t random; they were meant to send her a personal message: “You’re next.”
Madeline's dual professions as event coordinator and private investigator cross paths during the most lavish affair of her career-a weekend-long fortieth birthday extravaganza for the wife of a famous film director. As the party draws near, a simple background check after the disappearance of precious family jewels quickly turns into a murder investigation, and before Madeline and Mike can put the pieces together, another body turns up. Adding to Madeline's already overflowing plate, the D.A. informs her that Rick Yeoman, one of the men who had abducted her three years earlier, has been prematurely released from prison after cutting a deal with the Feds. Besides fearing reprisals from the man she helped to convict, his parole also triggers the reappearance of soulless Lionel Usherwood, lured out of his hideaway by the call of revenge. When Yeoman's body surfaces in Lake Cachuma, Usherwood moves on to the next target: Madeline. A High Price to Pay is the second novel in the Madeline Dawkins series.
Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime "Bugliosi, the quintessential prosecutor, has written a crime book that should be read by every lawyer and judge in America." —F. Lee Bailey On December 11, 1966, a mysterious assassin shot Henry Stockton to death, set his house on fire, and left the scene without a trace. A year later, when a woman was found brutally killed, shreds of evidence suggested a connection between the two murders. In the Palliko-Stockton trial, prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi offered a brilliant summation that synthesized for the jury the many inferences and shades of meaning in the testimony, fitting all the pieces together in a mosaic of guilt. But will the jury be persuaded?
When Pastor Jonathan Larsen and his wife, Kim, find their faith and marriage tested by anonymous threats, stressful careers, and a laborious adoption process, they cry, pray and fight their way to a deeper level of trust and commitment. When he's elected bishop, a thirteen-year-old secret eats a hole in his soul. His passion for transparency contends with an equal desire not to hurt his family and admirers by admitting the long-ago deception. Struggling to apply forgiveness to himself in the same way he proclaims it to others, he is thwarted by his father's admonitions and the high expectations placed on church leaders. A seductive sister-in-law, a jealous colleague, and two clergy charged with sexual misconduct distract the bishop from his commitment to confess to Kim and church authorities. When the troubled bishop makes his decision, even he is surprised at the revelations that emerge. As you accompany these characters, you will travel to violence-ridden Liberia, rain soaked heights above Waimea Canyon on Kauai, and through the maze of freeways in Southern California. Together with them, religious or not, you will experience the challenge of living with integrity, compassion, and joy in a diverse and demanding twenty-first century culture.
A California socialite awakes in a luxury hotel with no memory of the night before, and finds herself caught in a web of mystery and deceit . . . Madeline had the picture-perfect life. A handsome, successful husband. A treasured spot near the top of Santa Barbara’s elite social pyramid. Hers was a country-club lifestyle with every luxury money could buy. Until the morning she awoke in a five star hotel, her clothes on the floor, and no idea how she got there. The nightmare began when she arrived home. The accusal. The photos. Questions she couldn’t answer. With her idyllic life shattered, and all of Santa Barbara relishing the show, Madeline knows that she’s been set up. But the further she digs into the mystery, the more she becomes entrenched in a web of blackmail, sabotage, and lies. At the heart of it all remain two killer questions: Who did this to her? And how will she upend their plans?
The animals of Santa Barbara County’s Santa Ynez Valley are plentiful and varied. Some fly, some swim, some slither; others gallop, or trot, or ride in the back of pickup trucks. Some are wild and others domestic; some are workers while others are pets; there are prize winners and there are bandits; many of the animals are beautiful and friendly, whereas others are beautiful and dangerous. The Valley is home to meadowlarks, condors, and ostriches; cattle, sheep, and alpacas; polo ponies and work horses; prize-winning cattle, goats, and swine; dogs and coyotes; cats and mountain lions; elands and even an elephant. Brooks Firestone, who has lived in the Santa Ynez Valley for over thirty-five years, knows the animals well. He has ranched with them, lived with them, laughed at their antics, and marveled at their beauty. Now he has written a book about them: dozens of stories about his encounters with his animal neighbors, as well as retold tales heard from his human neighbors. These stories cover a wide range of emotional territory, from hilarious (a parade of dogs gossiping about their human companions) to heart-wrenching (prized and treasured horses lost in a tragic barn fire) to beautiful and inspired (a flock of migrant geese waking up after spending the night in a foggy meadow).