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Jack Bell, a builder, has a local job in a large house with four flats by West Ham Park. He's employed to knock down a garden wall and replace it with a fence, a task made less easy by the tension among the tenants. But pretty soon, he has a developing romance with the childminder living on the ground floor. With an invitation to dinner, life is going well. Until the murder, with Jack bang in the middle, and a body to dispose of in Epping Forest......
2) Oscar
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Oscar is a heartwarming story of a dog that even humans can relate to.
Even when he was still a pup, Oscar has already experienced a lot of difficulties in his life. When he was still a newborn, he and his other siblings were thrown out in the snow. It was a blessing and a miracle when a little girl named Debbie found him and took him home. He was welcomed with open arms in Debbie's family, and he grew up and spent his life with them.
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Jack, a builder, has a job in the local cemetery making a memorial bower. His work is obstructed by the manager, whose brother runs the crematorium. The two brothers are at loggerheads, goaded by Jack's employer and the woman who runs the flower stall, all part of the same family who are major shareholders in the cemetery. It's a bad blood ménage, overseeing the business of the dead, complicated by murder with Jack as suspect and sleuth.
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Annie Ware is new, I thought you knew,
Grab a book for yourself and come along too
And one for a friend, the total is two,
We'll explore the adventures of this bubbly one,
See and experience, the word battle is won
Learning the difference between a shoe,
And something to do to a fly is shoo
Annie will show you, how fun it can be
To expand your vocab, win a spelling bee
Suitable for sharing under moon or sun
Here's homophone fun for daughter or son!...
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Jack, a builder, is working at the Lodge guest house. His health isn't good, so should he be digging and laying concrete? The Lodge is full, giving Cleo, who runs it, a headache. The more so, as a guest is blackmailing her; her son turns up out of the blue and she has to find space for him. Clyde, another guest, should not be in town at all if he wants to go on living. So why is he here? All together at the barbecue, tensions running high, a discarded...
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Mystery and magic provide the setting for a confrontation between brothers.
At the age of fifteen, shattered by the sudden death of his girlfriend Grace, Charles Bentchley flees his Connecticut home and takes to the road. He finds refuge with the Magnificent Rudy, a traveling magician who for the next seven years teaches Charles the tricks of his trade. But with Rudy's death Charles has no place to go but home. As he confronts his loss...
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Vanessa Gonzalez was given a wonderful gift by a bad man. Her gift was Sam and she raised Sam as both his loving mother as well as an erstwhile father figure. Sam grew to be a young man that she was proud to have raised.
Carmine Rostintoni was raised in a hostile world where the anger of his father ruled. Although raised by what he deemed a small man, Carmine had big dreams. Samuel Luscious took notice of Carmine's dreams of wealth and power...
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I originally wrote and self-published the first edition of this book, Saga After The Surge, in 2009 after I wanted to share my experiences of Hurricane Ike. With no promotion or marketing I sold over 150 printed copies and never really wanted to make money off of this story and eventually broke even. Over time, many have asked if they could purchase the book online or download digitally. I had intentions of converting it digitally, but never had any...
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In the third book in the Tripping the Light Fantastic trilogy, Transcendence and Redemption, our protagonist, Michael, does just that. He transcends the pit of pain and mental illness and redeems himself to his family and friends. The battle is ongoing, the pain and mental illness will always be there. It will be a constant battle to not slip back into a schizophrenic haze again. He must be ever vigilant that his demons do not raise their ugly heads...
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Bricklaying in a park is not the pastoral interlude Jack hoped for. Possibilities of love with Liz, who runs the greenhouses, are thwarted by Ian, the bullying park manager, who has his own schemes afoot. Or there's Rose, Liz's sister, made homeless and sleeping secretly in the bowling green pavilion. But for the park workers, it's all hands on deck as they prepare for the coming of the Mayor. Until murder intervenes, with Jack too involved.
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Details each crucial step for assembling a modern Cobra replica, profiling the assembly of the most popular Cobra kit car – the Factory Five Cobra Mk4. Includes an informative guide to buying a pre-owned Cobra replica that covers how to inspect, evaluate, and test drive used Cobra kit cars for those who prefer to purchase one already assembled.
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In this small gem of a novel, a thoughtful boy on the lip of adolescence struggles to make sense of the evil that resides in his small town. Told with brilliant, lyric push, this tale reveals the unconscious rush that childhood is, that nagging dream that still persists because it means something to the heart. At twelve, this boy floats quietly through his world, voyeur to the complexities that both bind and tear his seemingly placid community. He...
14) Jack Recalled
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Jack, a builder, is working in a house owned by brother and sister, Paul and Lynn. The hostilities between the siblings are heightened by Paul's two 18-year-olds who are going off the rails. As Jack is reluctantly drawn into this family conflict, from left field comes a nightmare. When two bodies are found in Epping Forest, the police quickly realise Jack knows how they got there.
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While living eternally in Heaven, Elvis Presley peers through the clouds down to where he once lived his mortal life . . . and sees a world filled with chaos. The date is August 16, 2020, and the entire world is upside down, suffering through the COVID-19 pandemic, racial strife and unrest, violent protests, political upheaval, and non-unity between the many, many people Elvis once knew as his adoring fans. Elvis becomes quite distraught, and somehow...
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From the literary industry's tough standard for book reviews comes, "Smith's debut is a multifaceted thriller that blends SF, religion, and touches of horror ... The plot's careful maneuvering and balance among intriguing concepts will leave readers clamoring for a sequel. A solid thriller that engages the heart and mind in equal measure." - "Kirkus Reviews"
Jonas Gredas was born a mystery, some said soulless, an orphan with everything in life...
17) Bunny: A Romance
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Eighteen years ago a college love affair ended disastrously: a moonlit walk, a fairytale evening, and then a terrifying confrontation and a tearful goodbye. Bunny Bingham fled to the safety of a more ordinary life. But now, with that life in tatters, she returns to the scene of her greatest happiness, trying to make sense of all that she has lost and all that might still be waiting.
Bunny's search entangles her in the lives of two damaged souls: a...
18) Jack o'Lantern
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A standalone novel in the Jack of All Trades crime series (#3). Jack, an East London builder, is working at Bramley, an independent school near Billericay in Essex. The school is in trouble. Graham DeNeuve insists on total control, but his daughters and wife decide they must get rid of him, one way or another, to save the school from financial disaster. As Jack becomes increasingly involved with one of the daughters, Ellie, he begins to work out what...
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Yo, listen up! Before we dive into this game-changing guide, we gotta lay down some real talk. This ain't your grandma's and them, self-help book with all that PG-rated, sugar-coated fluff. Nah, we're here to keep it a buck, with Unfiltered Love and straight-up, even if it makes my church folks squirm a little. 'Cause God Ain't G-Rated, so BE FREE! Consider yourself warned! Disclaimer: This guide contains language that may ruffle a few feathers, challenge...
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One brother goes bankrupt, owing Jack thousands, but Ace, the slick brother offers Jack lucrative work he can't refuse making a kitchen island and spying on Nadine, his wife. But once in the house, Jack is ensnared with the family, the brothers fighting, Nadine warming to him and a daughter selling drugs at school. Jack for a favour to Nadine does a job in the community garden opposite, hoping their relationship will blossom as he fobs off his employer....
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