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Winner of The Gilpin Hotel Prize for Fiction 2023 Eyes down to find a killer who’s playing to win… An irresistible slice of murder and mystery – there’s a killer on the loose in the Lake District, and the members of the Penrith Bingo Club have decided they’re the ones to catch the...

A Tiffany Black Travel Caper A retirement resort where all is not what it seems… Tiffany and Rosie are looking forward to a nice, relaxed holiday at a resort for retirees. This should be extra-relaxing, they think; after all, how much excitement could retired old people get up to? Unfortunately, relaxation is not on the cards when a resident is killed and Tiff and Rosie are asked to help out. Could the mafia have been involved in this murder? Or could the victim have made enemies more recently, enemies who are still hanging around the resort, keeping an eye on Tiffany and Rosie… ? Will ...

Meg Butler sets sail on the Grand Voyager on a luxury world cruise, eager to visit 30 countries before she's 30. But she hasn't planned on running into murder! The ship is hosting a Bingo tournament for the length of the cruise. Several passengers are competing for the grand prize which is rumored to be in six figures. Meg runs into a friendly older man who boasts of being a skilled player. He has developed a fool proof strategy that is guaranteed to win him big money. Meg is warmed by his affectionate manner toward her and feels he is the father figure she has always yearned for. Disaster ...

Before Indian casinos sprouted up around the country, a few enterprising tribes got their start in gambling by opening bingo parlors. A group of women on the Oneida Indian Reservation just outside Green Bay, Wisconsin, introduced bingo in 1976 simply to pay a few bills. Bingo not only paid the light bill at the struggling civic center but was soon financing vital health and housing services for tribal elderly and poor.

“Wonderful. . . hopeful, wrenching, funny, sexy, intense, and penetratingly true.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review From acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Louise Erdrich comes a tale of spiritual death and reawakening; of money, desperate love, and wild hope; and of the enduring...

Meet Bingo, the greatest drug runner in the slums of Kibera, Nairobi, and maybe the world. A teenage grifter, often mistaken for a younger boy, he faithfully serves Wolf, the drug lord of Kibera. Bingo spends his days throwing rocks at Krazi Hari, the prophet of Kibera's garbage mound; "lipping" safari tourists of their cash; and hanging out with his best friend, Slo-George, a taciturn fellow whose girth is a mystery to Bingo in a place where there is never enough food.

Whether he's initiating a coup d'état against new regulations with the residents, or forging a bond with the 98-year-old who once called him a fat slut, Pope Lonergan's work is infinitely varied. This no-holds-barred account shows what life inside a care home is really like, for both residents and carers. Featuring night-time drama, incontinence pads and the uniquely dark humour of one double-amputee Alzheimer's patient, here you can learn everything you ever wanted to know (and a few things you probably really didn't) about Britain's care system.

Move over, James Bond. There's a new spy sensation in town and her name is Jane Ponds. A madman is hellbent on starting World War Three. The last person you’d think the US Intelligence Agency would tap to save the day is a recently widowed senior center desk clerk named Janet Ponderosa. And yet call upon Janet is exactly what the Agency does. With Social Security threatening to cut off her pittance of a retirement benefit, what’s she got to lose? Nothing much…except her life. Fans of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club, Jonas Jonasson’s The Hundred-Year-Old Man and of course ...

In the heart of Cottonwood Springs, where secrets are whispered and grudges are nurtured, one woman's treacherous game of blackmail comes to a deadly halt. Morgan Douglas, a woman with an uncanny knack for uncovering others' secrets, has made a comfortable living exploiting the vulnerabilities of the town's residents. Living a lavish lifestyle, funded by the desperation of those she's cornered, Morgan believed she was invincible. Until bingo night. Brigid, the proud owner of the New Dawn Bed & Breakfast, anticipated a night of fun and light-hearted competition when she decided to sponsor ...

Fueled by paranoia and visceral suspense, and crafted with masterful restraint, these 17 stories explore what happens when our fears cross over into the real, if only for a fleeting moment. Identities are stolen, alternate universes are revealed, and innocence is lost as the consequences of minor, seemingly harmless decisions erupt to sabotage a false sense of stability. False Bingo is a collection of realist fables exploring how conflicting moralities can coexist: the good, the bad, the indecipherable. 

Jan Hegenberg entlarvt in seinem neuen Buch Klima-Bullshit-Bingo die gängigsten Scheinargumente gegen Klimaschutz! Ein unterhaltsames Nachschlagewerk, das fundierte Antworten auf Vorwände wie "Deutschland alleine kann die Welt nicht retten!", "Ja, aber China" und "Die Experten sind sich nicht einig" liefert. Dieses Buch rüstet für jede Stammtischdiskussion und zeigt, wie Klimaschutz wirklich funktioniert.

Father Johnny Bingo’s SermonOn the Annunciation and the Visitation

A grand cruise and the promise of adventure beckon when Tess hits the bingo jackpot. But mischief meets murder, brewing intrigue beneath the glittering surface. My title of investigative journalist and Toby’s crime-finding prowess face a true test as obscured motives and forgotten legends weave through luxurious decks. Eccentric Grannies bring their wit and wisdom, while Eli lends tech genius. With danger thick as sea fog, each chapter unveils hidden truths aboard this vessel veering towards peril. As pieces of a treacherous puzzle fit together, will we expose the villain lurking behind ...

Father Bingo gives a short talk about the life and legacy of Saint Patrick

The Ups and Downs of Life, well illustrated by Simon Peter, the Rock and Now Satan

This is a story about being unworthy to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, shown in this example as the "High Church"

FATHER JOHNNY BINGO GIVES A SERMON ON HELL AND HOW TO AVOID IT.

In history class, we’ve been taught that the Great Depression was all about crashing stock markets, snaking breadlines, and ecological disasters. We learned that FDR tried to put it right with the New Deal, but it was only World War II that finally succeeded in revitalizing the American economy. But that’s not the whole story.

Resourceful Bingo Riggs and his partner, Handsome Kusak, are in the sucker-bait business, snapping candid pics of tourists off Central Park. Their fly-by-night enterprise can be irresistible to souvenir lovers, but with one camera in a pawnshop and their developing room in the bathtub of a two-room dump near Hell’s Kitchen, their venture is wretchedly underexposed - until they stumble upon an insurance fraud scheme between the allegedly dead eccentric Mr. S. S. Pigeon and his business partner and beneficiary.

A grand cruise and the promise of adventure beckon when Tess hits the bingo jackpot. But mischief meets murder, brewing intrigue beneath the glittering surface. My title of investigative journalist and Toby’s crime-finding prowess face a true test as obscured motives and forgotten legends weave through luxurious decks. Eccentric Grannies bring their wit and wisdom, while Eli lends tech genius. With danger thick as sea fog, each chapter unveils hidden truths aboard this vessel veering towards peril. As pieces of a treacherous puzzle fit together, will we expose the villain lurking behind ...