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Inspired by classic Film Noir and vintage TV works of Alfred Hitchcock, enjoy this eccentric collection of ordinary folks in bungling attempts at investigation or intrigue, often ending with a bit of comeuppance too. Forget: 'Who done it.' This is more like: 'They had it coming.' BTW: As always, resemblance of these characters to ANY colleagues (past or present) or colleagues of family or friends is PURELY coincidental! Why is everything about you? Stories include: THIS SHADY BUSINESS: Early 1950s, a nosy neighbor and complaints to skeptical cops lead to shady plots. CARETAKER'S GARDEN: ...

An eccentric take on VINTAGE MYSTERIES, with a twist in the tale in the comfortable old clichés. Stories include: THE BUTLER DID IT: Society changed after the Great War. When keeping up standards gets too pricey, desperate measures must be taken as well as hidden. But which costs more—loss of standing or loss of manor? MODERN CONFESSION: Caught in the act and in real time too—can a computer actually be a witness? THE BUTLER DID IT AGAIN: Family jewels, a wayward husband, his mistress and some gambling debts—any doubts about what happens next? WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE: Boston, late 1920s...

Can people be haunted, just like a house? What if haunting is really just memories of a past life? It’s been centuries since something quite dreadful happened to lovely Mhairi Brodie, daughter of the Laird of the Marches of southeasterly Scotland. The tower of their manor seemed cursed afterwards—the family too—until someone from the modern world figured out what to do. Meanwhile, in Boston, Adelle Mary Adair just landed a job at a legal firm that has been operating in London for centuries. Given her wedding plans were rudely disrupted, it seems like Fate or Karma or Luck. You’d ...

Déjà vu—the feeling that you've done this before, or you've been here before, or seen this before, maybe even felt as if you were someone else before. An eclectic collection of cozy mysteries crossed with paranormal suspense, some with a quirky dark theme you might find wandering around in the Twilight Zone without a clue or a compass. Stories include: BEEN HERE BEFORE (The Vanishing Point): A woman is drawn to the spot where a child disappeared decades before, last seen touching an ethereal painting with a vanishing point. Is it a painting . . . or a portal? / THE SCIENCE OF MAGIC: A ...

When Rip Van Winkle disappeared in that old colonial tale, was his over-worked wife suspected of murder? What about Cinderella—did she get on in the castle like everyone said, or was that fairy tale just fiction? These questions and more in the mystery of faulty expectations and quirky twists. Stories include: EVER AFTER: When the fairy tale ended long before intended, Cinderella wasn’t the only one without a happily-ever-after. ALL THE LUCK: Things went from good to perfect when she won a honeymoon trip with a raffle ticket . . . except for what happened next—is she suspect, or ...

Inspired by vintage Film Noir and Alfred Hitchcock, enjoy this eclectic collection of short stories regarding clumsy attempts at retribution or retaliation, also known as a bit of comeuppance. Come on, everybody has that urge now and then. BTW: resemblance of these characters to ANY colleagues of friends (past or present) is PURELY coincidental! (No, really!). Stories include: OFF THE BEATEN PATH: A bickering couple and a robbery that goes from bad to worse . . . to unexpected. LIVING DOLL(Badgers and Colors): A little girl, a doll who looks like her and people who don’t seem to notice ...