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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: ...

Vera Thimble fell for a man whose family is one of the oldest in NYC—they own lots of things. Actually, she fell backwards on the escalator and broke his finger in the tangle. She's a veterinarian, so tried to fix it for him, naturally. It seems he fell in love with her for that kind gesture. Who knew that broken bones would be the highlight of their romance? But given she wasn’t his usual lovely actress or supermodel type, Vera was flattered. Until she found out what he really had planned for her and the family jewels. Now the cops wonder just what she did with the body.

A quirky tale of garden intrigue that's shared across decades and unlikely lifetimes. 1914: War is looming in Europe. Helena, a daughter of great privilege in the grand house, leaves her home and garden to be with her French fiancé. She means to become a nurse for the Croix Rouge—the Red Cross in France. She never came back. 1994: After ten years in Africa, Rosie Malone came home to a place she’d never been before. Things feel familiar here in this old house and on these neglected grounds. Sure, the place is historical, but it hasn’t been kept up at all. The lily pad pond was leaking...

Everybody lies on their computer dating profile, right? It seemed harmless enough, just a bit of fun. But that secret has grown beyond her control. It stares at her now like a little troll. When imagination overcomes common sense, is that feeling just the thrill of her fantasy still, or fear from something far more sinister? Maybe someone really is following her . . . KEEPING SECRETS & Other Curious Encounters include: MALLORY’S GHOST: When memories become as haunting as a ghost. WHISPER: If you’re going to answer those voices in your head, make sure you do it in a whisper. But when the...

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...

West Coast, USA, late 1980s: Irina was named after her great-aunt, a Russian woman whom everyone said was eccentric, but that was okay, because her aunt was also a bit mysterious. At least, Irina thought so growing up. They were quite close then, but she hadn't seen Auntie in years, what with college and career and faulty romances taking up Irina's time. All those excuses echoed hollow now with the terrible news that her beloved great-aunt died . . . weeks ago . . . alone. She feels guilty. So, when the summons came from a law firm to come pick through the remnants of the grand lady's life,...

England, 1960s: Madeline Wicks was born while the world was at war. She never knew her mother. Her father, an American flyer in the RAF, became a hero back then. But peace time and grief left him with little ambition afterwards. She never went to regular school from the start, but her father insisted she learn from the books he'd pinched from the library. They took the books back, of course, because they were borrowers, not thieves. Madeline was quite partial to mathematics though and could calculate probability in her head. Useful, given her father was also quite a gambler. That was his ...

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 ...

Are they really still considered newly-weds? Sometimes, it feels like so much longer, and not in a good way. When her new husband finds new interests without including her, a young woman turns to her past, long before she ever met him. She used to be self-sufficient then. Perhaps she just needs to find herself again. But in their new home—which she paid for, though he came from a wealthy family—things went from bad to worse. Cliché? Maybe, but really, Your Honor, he had it coming. . . This is what happens when a greeting card gets sent to the Twilight Zone.

Oregon, October 1990: War is looming in the Middle East. How bad it will be, how long it will go on—who knows? Staff Sergeant Murphie Dawes made it home on a compassionate leave to get married before it all started for real over there—it was his idea. But she waited for her fiancé at the airport baggage claim . . . and waited . . . and waited. Maybe she should have seen trouble coming, but Murphie never did believe in superstitious things like omens in those stories told by her grandmother. Those were just native superstitions, right? It's only coincidence that Murphie had recently ...