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Barrie Bennett has a talent for turning junk into unique and useful things. It’s a profitable enterprise. But so far, it hasn’t been without its problems. The last one ended her up in the hospital. That won’t happen again. No way. Her newest find: a 100-year-old sewing machine cabinet, will soon be a bathroom vanity. Found in one of the drawers is a book. Not just any book. A first edition Grapes of Wrath, valued somewhere around $50K. She doesn’t feel right keeping it. Unfortunately, returning the book to its original owner causes a whole mess of trouble. Meanwhile, her sister has ...

Barrie Bennett is buried in plans for a gratitude party for her neighbors, who stood by her during Captain Conklin’s quest for power. Videos of his behavior go viral and he is soon headed out of town. In the meantime, it’s time for the Christmas season at her Flea Market Flip Shop in Key Largo. The most recent restoration project, a giant oak mantel, its front peppered with tack-holes from generations of stockings hung by the chimney with care. A big surprise: two secret panels at the base of each leg. Finally, the mantel’s panels open revealing silver coins from a ship sunk in 1688 ...

It’s official, Grayson has moved to Hawaii. Barrie’s not really ready to jump into life without him, but sometimes you have no choice. And she’s doing okay until she’s turning a hickory dining table into a foyer bench for her Flea Market Flip Shop. The problem? The underside of the table holds a message written in blood—a clue to an unsolved murder case from three months ago. New Captain Tina Samoset reopens the murder case, determined to find the woman’s killer. To that end, she compels Barrie’s involvement in the investigation. A second problem is Gray’s smothering ...

Barrie Bennett is ecstatic about the opening of her store: Flea Market Flip Shop in Key Largo, Florida. Her brand-new project: recycling a dozen terracotta pots, vases, and urns, into a spectacular garden fountain. Well, that’s the plan, but a body under the pile of ceramic puts the job on hold. There is a positive side: Captain Conklin doesn’t try to blame her for it. Yet. She and sister Holland are looking forward to their first Thanksgiving together in many years. Until their parents come to visit. Normally, that’s a good thing…but Mom’s biological clock is booming, and ...

Bliss is hauled back to Magnolia Bluff, Texas in a police car. Her boyfriend, with whom she broke up three months ago, has been found dead in the ashes of the Annual Celtic Faire bonfire. She was miles away when he died, but a witness, someone she considered a friend, said she was in town. And no one can prove otherwise. Chief Jager is being pressured from all sides to not only solve the murder, but also the rash of petty thefts that have hit the small town. Could they somehow be related? Bliss thinks so, but the chief can’t let go of the idea she’s the killer. When the body is ...

The Texas hill town of Magnolia Bluff looms as a mere distraction for Bliss Jager when the new-to-her motorcycle breaks down under a banner publicizing the annual persimmon festival. Her other thought at the time: What in the world is a persimmon? Only in town an hour, she’s offered pizza-for-life and a job at Doyle’s General Store. The job comes with two perks: a yellow throat toucan, which is odd enough, but add to that the ghost of Merrick Doyle and life takes a vociferously strange turn. The fatherly man is friendly and much loved, and related to most everyone in town. Trouble is, ...

The R&R in Alaska was great but Hannah, Bliss, and Whitney are happy to be home. Until they walk into the house to find a strange man dying on the braided rug in the living room. Their resident ghost has no idea how he got there. While on vacation, the girls made a pact: no more investigating. Too dangerous. Too expensive. But the image of Randy Washburn on the braided rug of their living room, once seen, is impossible to unsee. How did he get into their locked home? Why? Who had a grudge against the father of three small children? The clues dropped at their feet by the intrepid toucan ...

A Scary Request is one of many short stories that have spun from Cindy Davis’ novel Zipacna’s Legacy. As an author and psychic, she strives to help adults connect with this sometimes-confusing always fast-paced world. As children, we often have questions our elders cannot answer. We wonder about the person in the corner of the bedroom that no one else can see. Or why something we dream about comes true a day or so later. These aren’t things to fear. They are normal. They are part of your awakening. In this story: Jade meets Grampa Zipacna for the first time. He is imposing and ...

Can a yellow throat toucan, and lyrics from JJ Cale songs, help Joy solve the murder of a young girl’s parents thought to have died in a horrific car crash? Happy times arrive in central Florida as Joy, Anna, and Whitney, prepare to renovate an old warehouse into a place where kids of all ages can hang out and learn how to ‘pay it forward’. Because of an endowment from one of Uncertain’s leading citizens, The Down ’n Dirty Brigade will soon become a reality. Even the adults in town are excited for a safe place the kids can hang out. Naturally, things in Uncertain don’t remain ...

A strange burst of energy at a Mount Shasta, California spiritual retreat for kids has an unexpected and most extraordinary outcome. Jade has converted her Mount Shasta school for advanced spirituality into a retreat for kids. The first session is a rousing success, except for two things... Her daughter K’iin is manipulated by the spirit of her great-grandfather Zipacna, who seems determined to cause chaos and dissention amongst the group. Amid this turmoil, Zipacna senses a disturbing explosion of energy near the complex. He relates this to the family, but because of his recent behavior,...

Why do we fear death? Does reincarnation really exist? Why were references of it removed from the bible? Interview with a Soul is intended to answer these questions and more. In a sometimes lighthearted, sometimes serious fictional format, the author hopes to help people understand how the after-death ‘process’ works. Obsidian is funny and irreverent, and scared silly as he stands before the Council of Elders. They guide him gently through his recent life events, and help him decide which situations he could’ve improved, and which were a success. Afterward, he chooses the where, who, ...

Angie Deacon’s partner has gone to Broadway to follow his dream, and she’s left alone to produce Prince & Pauper’s first play of the new year. Proudly she narrows the group of leading-man applicants to pharmaceuticals salesman Stone Powers. His six-pack abs and charisma have the female cast practically swooning. Stone accepts the attention with cool professionalism, even as wives pop up like dandelions in a field. When he arrives drunk at the theater two days in a row, Angie isn’t surprised; keeping three wives from learning of each other could drive anyone to drink. The next day, ...

The barking dog's owner lay dead in the living room Angie was last seen in a confrontation with him Several other people have better motives--but she is the main suspect. Especially when his wife is found dead later--and once again Angie was the last to see her alive. Angie Deacon thought her vacation in Weirs Beach, New Hampshire would be relaxing. But the dog next door would not stop barking. After two sleepless nights, she confronts the handsome, athletic owner at the local diner. When he doesn't even apologize... Their ‘discussion’ ends in a near knockdown drag-out.The following ...

A local drama teacher is found dead with a makeup tube duct taped into her mouth. Everyone is devastated, especially Kiana Smith, co-author of the most recent production intended to raise money for the floundering drama program. Although her own community theater is in the midst of its next production, Angie Deacon agrees to help out. But the principal announces she’ll be working on the case. Since she and Detective Colby Jarvis’ near-death experience in a recent case, she’s sworn to leave investigating to the professionals. Angie thinks the gene that produced maternal instinct is ...

The entire Doyle clan is celebrating Easter at Old Man Thompson’s barn. Though Bliss isn’t blood-related, they insist she be a part, which kind-a makes sense since months ago she uncovered the murderer of patriarch Merrick Doyle, who now resides, in spirit, in the general store. The barn walls vibrate with the beat from the popular band Loco-Motion. Suddenly, the lead singer lights up like fireworks on the Fourth of July. Nina Warren has been electrocuted, and things look bad for the family. After all, except for Bliss, Diablo the toucan, and the band members, the only attendees are ...

Can a yellow throat toucan, and lyrics from Cat Stevens’ songs, help Joy solve the murder of the vice-principal in the middle of her marriage proposal? Joy is finally settling down. She’s bought a house but it needs work. No problem, as she has amazing friends to help out, but a kink in the plans arises when she enlists Trinity’s help ‘relocating’ Merrick’s ghost to the new address. Meanwhile, Joy, Anna, and Whitney are immersed in making a snowy Christmas wonderland in the high school gym, even though they live in sunny Florida. Things go well until a man in a ten-gallon hat, ...

How can the number one thoroughbred in the country disappear while on a practice run at the track? Ocho Rios, the number one thoroughbred in the country, has just been sold for $10.7 million. The new owner watches him run a practice lap at the Lexington, Kentucky track—ears are back, mane flying, hooves pounding the dirt. But as the sweaty animal returns trackside, it’s quickly obvious another horse has taken Ocho Rios’ place. He was only out of sight for three seconds while he rounded the backstretch. How could a substitution be made with dozens of people looking on? And who is the ...

Jade French is baffled when she inherits her grandfather Zipacna’s home in Chi’país, Mexico. She’s neither seen nor heard from him in twenty-five years. If he hadn’t cared enough to keep in touch, what kind of place could it be? And why didn’t he leave it to her father? Friend Mari urges her to at least check things out. Jade argues that a trip to Mexico is out of the question right now. She’s too busy climbing the corporate ladder. Mari persists. No surprise: she didn’t inherit a home; it’s a rundown hotel. Big surprise: she decides to stay. More surprises are in store: ...

A life-or-death secret can never remain secret. There’s always someone who knows. And tells. Jade and Luna thought their five-year-old daughter’s ability to manifest was a secret. But someone has found out, and they’re determined to use it to their advantage. K’iin K’aay is kidnapped from their home in Mexico. Luna manages to get her back, but it’s clear the perpetrator won’t stop with one attempt. The family is on the run. Somehow the men keep locating them. Miguel suspects K’iin K’aay’s ex nanny is providing information on their whereabouts. But it happens even after ...

A kidnapped dachshund. Poison lemonade. A van forced over an embankment. And a mysterious 50-year old diary. Could such seemingly random events be related? Glenn and Lindsay Reade are out buying used books for their bookstore—always seeking that valuable First Edition so coveted by collectors. Instead they discover a diary, written by a troubled teen more than 50 years ago. Within moments of its discovery, their lives turn upside down. Attacks are perpetrated, people are dying. Is it somehow related to the diary? IF so, who in the tiny close-knit Berkshire town could still care? But ...