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OCTOBER
2023
JUSTICE
BE DONE
A Caleb Knowles Mystery
Book
4
Author:
Carla Damron
Social
worker Caleb Knowles finds himself in the heart of a firestorm
of racial tensions and violence in downtown Columbia, SC. When
he interviews young Laquan Harwell, the truth behind Laquan's
crime becomes clearit was born from years of racial mistreatment.
However, Laquan's assault on a white storekeeper lights the
match that sets the town on fire: a hate crime sparks protests.
Protests erupt into riots.
Downtown
becomes a war zone.
The
murder of a racist police officer further fuels the violence,
and soon Caleb is entangled in a desperate search for justice.
As the riots escalate, Caleb's brother Sam is injured, leading
Caleb to take rash actions that put his career on the line.
As
he uncovers the truth about the police officer's death, Caleb's
efforts to save a client thrust him into the eye of the storm
and endanger his life. Will justice prevail, or will the hate-spawned
violence take more lives?
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THE
SECRET OF
FBI FILE 100-3-116
Author: Mark de Castrlque
First Edition
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APRIL
2023
THE
SECRET OF
FBI FILE 100-3-116
Blackman Agency Investigations
Book 9
Author:
Mark de Castrique
The
summer of 2020. COVID-19 is spreading like wildfire. Racial
reckoning and Confederate monuments fuel nationwide protests.
And Asheville, North Carolina, is not immune.
When
Sam Blackman and Nakayla Robertson see an elderly man knocked
to the pavement by a Confederate sympathizer, they rush to his
aid. The assailant runs away and the fatally injured man struggles
to say, "I'm so sorry, Nakayla. Can you forgive me?"
Nakayla has never seen him before. Why does he want her forgiveness?
Nakayla
learns the man, Henry Nelson, was a retired homicide detective
who had investigated her father's death fifteen years earlier.
He'd closed the case as a suicide. But when Nelson's widow brings
Nakayla the case files her husband stole from police records,
she and Sam realize the old man had been reviewing the investigation,
evidently questioning his earlier conclusions.
But
then the detective's widow is murdered and Sam and Nakayla find
themselves confronting a killer who will stop at nothing to
keep a crime from the past buried in the past. Their only clue,
a declassified FBI file that J. Edgar Hoover kept on Martin
Luther King, Jr. A file that detailed threats against the civil
rights leader during his trips to Asheville. A file found on
the desk of Nakayla's father the night he died. A file that
holds the key to the secret. The Secret of FBI File 100-3-116.
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AGNES
HOPPER TACKLES
MAYHEM at the MANOR
Author: Carol Guthrie Heilman
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AGNES
HOPPER
TACKLES MAYHEM
AT THE MANOR
The Adventures of Agnes Hopper Series
Book 3
Author:
Carol Guthrie Heilman
After
Agnes Hopper purchased Sweetbriar Manor, the retirement home
where she resides, she anticipated a tranquil lifestyle as soothing
as sharing a cup of tea with her friend and love interest, Smiley.
Instead,
when she suspects Mr. Lively, the administrator, of embezzling
manor funds, life gets complicated. More distractions arise
when an edgy ex-convict, Zelda Dee, appears from the local halfway
house and pressures Agnes to hire her as a manicurist.
Mayhem mounts with kleptomania to confront, a horrific fire
to overcome, and a storm of the century bearing down upon the
community.
How will Agnes tackle all the harrowing issues before her? Will
her suspicions about Mr. Lively be confirmed? Is Zelda Dee innocent
of her crimes, as she claims?
Will
Agnes' resilient spirit help her, once more, to overcome the
many thorny situations that arise at Sweetbriar Manor?
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NO
WORD FOR GOODBYE
Author: Mignon F. Ballard
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WORD for
GOODBYE
Author: Mignon F. Ballard
"...
I was sure to be scalped and chopped into little pieces with
a tomahawk.
Well,
it would serve them right if I was.
"Although I'd rather not."
* * *
In
the autumn of 1831, feeling as though her heart and stomach
had switched places, eleven year old Nell Webb travels from
her home in the small village of Athens, Georgia, to the Cherokee
capital of new Echota in the northern end of the state.
Because of family circumstances,
it has become necessary for her to live for a time with her
uncle, a printer there, and his Cherokee wife, and to attend
school with the local children.
Instead of the expected teepees
and mud huts, Nell is surprised to find a wide main street leading
through a town square bordered by neat frame buildings, not
unlike those in her hometown.
Homesick and resentful, Nell's
friendship and adventures with her classmate, Callie, and the
kindness of her uncle, aunt, and others lead her not only to
a growing understanding, but respect and affection for the people
she once considered primitive. As the grim threat of removal
looms closer, she shares the sadness and alarm at the injustice
that her friends might be forced to leave the land they love.
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TRIPLE
TRAGEDY IN ALCOLU
Author: Kendall Bell
First Edition
True Crime
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TRIPLE
TRAGEDY
in
ALCOLU
The execution of 14-year-old George Stinney, Jr., accused
of the
murders of Betty June Binnicker and Mary Emma Thames.
Author: Kendall Bell
On
June 16, 1944, the State of South Carolina executed 14-year-old
George Stinney Jr., found guilty of killing 11-year-old Betty
June Binnicker in the Clarendon County town of Alcolu.
Betty
June Binnicker and her 7-year-old companion, Mary Emma Thames,
went missing on March 23, 1944. Searchers discovered their bodies
early the next morning. Binnicker's bicycle, and its detached
front wheel, had been placed on top of them.
Deputies
charged George Stinney Jr. with killing both girls. However,
for reasons unknown, Stinney was tried only for the murder of
Binnicker.
83
days after the deaths, with no appeals, George Stinney Jr. was
electrocuted by the State of South Carolina.
Rumors
about Stinney's innocence or guilt began the day of his arrest.
Since the original trial, a fictional book, movie, and several
video productions loosely based on the George Stinney Jr. story
added to those rumors, and some eventually came to be touted
as fact.
In
December 2014, a judge vacated George Stinney Jr.'s conviction,
ruling he did not receive a fair trial in 1944. Although the
judge's ruling did not exonerate Stinney, it fed rumors that
the girls may have been killed by someone else. This book is
an attempt to separate fact from fiction, and an effort to give
readers available information pertaining to the case.
Guilty
or innocent, George Stinney Jr. will forever be the youngest
person executed in the United States during the Twentieth Century.
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THE
LAST BLUE NOON IN MAY wins
Killer Nashville's 2018 Silver Falchion Award, and author
Joseph L.S. Terrell is the recipient of the 2018 Mystery
Writers of America's Magnolia Award.
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THE
LAST BLUE NOON IN MAY
A Harrison Weaver Mystery
Book 6
Author:
Joseph L.S. Terrell
Outer Banks
crime writer Harrison Weaver tackles a really cold casedisappearance
of the nine-year-old sister of Chief Deputy Odell Wright. The
young girl vanished twenty-two years earlier, and there seem
to be no leads at all as to what happened to her. But when the
"Bear Woman," who had befriended the black bears on
the mainland near North Carolina's Outer Banks, is found dead
in what appears to be a bear attack, Harrison and his friends
SBI Agent Ballsford Twiddy and Deputy Odell Wright, unearth
a connection that could shed light on the girl's fate. Now they
must deal with the death of the Bear Woman, and the questions
that nag them: Was she really killed by bears? Or was she killed
by someone who feared she might be ready to uncover a brutal
crime of decades earlier?
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Author
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Best
Suspense Novel, Beverly Hills International Book Awards
Finalist in the Killer Nashville's 2014 Silver Falchion Award
Short-list Finalist, William Faulkner Pirates Alley competition
Best First Novel, Carrie McCray Literary Award.
THE
SPECTRUM CONSPIRACY
Author: Craig Faris
Trade Paperback Original
"Wow,
what a book! It's a wild, white-knuckle ride, pedal to the
metal right from page one, never letting up. A very impressive
novel in ambition and scope, with intricate plotting, relentless
pacing, action-filled, with technical and procedural details
that bring authenticity to the story. Bravo for writing this
outstanding thriller!"
Ted Tally, Academy Award Winning screenwriter of
The Silence of the Lambs
The
Spectrum Conspiracy is a complex political thriller that has
the ticking clock intrigue of Angels and Demons and the
fast-paced thrills of A Clear and Present Danger.
Devrin Crosby,
is a suspended, but brilliant FBI agent, and a former alcoholic.
He has a partner he can't stand, who is dating the only woman
he's interested in, and a boss who is giving him one more chance.
Crosby starts looking into irregularities in the "official"
investigation of the President's assassination. Everyone is
convinced that the culprit is dead, but Crosby begins to uncover
clues of a far more sinister plot.
A powerful
government entity is using a covert operation called, Project
Spectrum, to build a highly unstable thermonuclear weapon to
sell on the black market as a Trojan Horse. Unaware of the weapon's
instability, their terrorist clients would store it at their
most secure facility; possibility the same location where other
weapons of mass destruction are kept. But the scheme backfires
when the weapon is stolen and hidden in Washington, DC.
Crosby and
his partners are thrown into a race to save our nation's capitol
from not only the thieves, but also government thugs, who are
bent on protecting their ultimate anti-terrorist weapon, and
the fact that they assassinated the President to keep him from
exposing their ultimate anti-terrorist scheme.
The clock
is ticking, no one is listening, and in order to save thousands
of lives, Crosby will have to lose his best friend.
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HOW
TO WRITE MAGICAL WORDS: A Writer's Companion
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Editor:
Edmund R. Schubert
Contributors:
David B. Coe, A.J. Hartley, Faith Hunter, Stuart Jaffe, Misty
Massey, C.E. Murphy
"This
is the best idea for a writing book that I've ever seen. It's
like sitting in a room full of professional writers, and after
each one delivers a riff on one aspect of writing, the others
weigh in to buttress, amplify, refine, or add to what was said.
It's an extended conversation with writers who know what they're
talking aboutand what matters in writing fiction that
really communicates with readers."
Orson Scott Card
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LARRY
PHILLIPS: NASCAR's Only Five-Time Winston Racing Series Champion
Master Of The Short Track
Authors: Kendall Bell and David Zeszutek
NASCAR fans
take pride in knowing all about its drivers both
past and present. However, unless Larry Phillips is a part of
that history, it's not complete.
Throughout the Midwest, Larry was known
as the "master of the short track." He seemed unbeatable
and won an unprecedented five NASCAR Winston Racing Series Titles!
"He
taught me how important it was to know your car.
He taught me a lot about racing."
Rusty Wallace, NASCAR driver
"I
was only six or seven years old ... I thought Larry was a god.
He was so good they'd put a bounty on him."
Kenny Wallace, NASCAR driver and Speed TV commentator
"Larry
Phillips is the only driver I'd pay to watch race."
Mark Martin, NASCAR driver
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Don't Sabotage
Your Submission
Chris Roerden
312 pp TP, annotated, indexed
ISBN 978-933523-31-6
$17.95
Booking
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Winner
of the Florida Writers Association's Royal Palm Literary Award.
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"Chock
full of practical advice for the novice writer.
Even seasoned writers could use a copy as a refresher course."
Charlaine Harris, New York Times best-selling author
of 29 books in multiple genres; Sookie Stackhouse series is
HBO hit True Blood
"Best
book of its kind by far. Required for my college level students.
Recommended for all aspiring writers."
Reed Farrel Coleman, two-time Edgar nominee;
Shamus, Barry, and Anthony winner
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DON'T SABOTAGE
YOUR SUBMISSION
by Chris Roerden
wins Benjamin Franklin Award
Bella Rosa Books (Rock Hill, SC) won the 2009 Benjamin Franklin
Award in the category of Literary Criticism for its trade paperback
DON'T SABOTAGE YOUR SUBMISSION: Insider Information from a Career
Editor to Save Your Manuscript from Turning Up D.O.A.
The national Benjamin Franklin Awards[TM] are sponsored by the
Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) to celebrate
excellence in editorial and design. Judges come from all areas
of the industry: major newspaper and trade media reviewers,
bookstore and library buyers and reviewers, non-competing publishers,
and artists and writers who serve the industry.
DON'T SABOTAGE YOUR SUBMISSION is the expanded edition, for
writers in all genres, of the Agatha Award winner DON'T MURDER
YOUR MYSTERY: 24 Fiction-Writing Techniques to Save Your Manuscript
from Turning Up D.O.A., also published (2006) by Bella Rosa
Books. Each award-winning book reveals why 90 percent of the
manuscripts submitted to literary agencies and publishing houses
are rejected by page one, and what authors can do to boost their
odds of having their writing actually read.
Author Chris Roerden is a full-time book editor working in publishing
more than 40 years. She's edited writers published by St. Martin's
Press, Berkley Prime Crime, Harlequin, Intrigue, Midnight Ink,
Rodale, Viking, Oceanview Publishing, Walker & Co., and
many others. Roerden is a summa cum laude graduate of the University
of Southern Maine with a Master's degree in English, past president
of a trade association of Midwest university presses and independent
publishers, and a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters
in Crime, and Mensa. She also teaches writing and has led over
300 workshops in 3 countries.
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Agatha
Award Winner - Macavity Award Finalist - Anthony Award Finalist
DON'T
MURDER YOUR MYSTERY
24 Fiction-Writing Techniques To Save Your
Manuscript From Turning Up D.O.A.
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"Invaluable
to fiction writers of all genres"
Midwest Book Review
A career
editor demonstrates why most fiction manuscripts are rapidly
rejected. Loaded with positive examples from 140 mystery authors,
this well-researched volume shows numerous ways that ALL writers
can dramatically improve their craft and put forth the fresh
new voice publishers demand.
Even multi-published pros Margaret
Maron, P.J. Parrish, Phil Hardwick, and Kathryn Wall admit to
learning new techniques from Don't Murder Your Mystery.
"Offers
a wealth of good advice, supported by excellent examples."
Mystery Scene
Author:
Chris Roerden
Original Title from Bella Rosa Books
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DEATH
ON A SOUTHERN BREEZE
Author: Mark de Castrique
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DEATH
ON A SOUTHERN BREEZE
by Mark de Castrique
A
LOCKED-ROOM WHODUNIT
IN THE CLASSIC TRADITION OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
JUNE
1860 A new locomotive christened A Southern Breeze steams
across the Carolina countryside carrying seventeen-year-old
Jeb Bennett and his twin sister Rachel Leigh to the exhilarating
promise of a summer in Charleston.
While
storm clouds gather over the landscape, fiercer storms rage
inside the passenger cars. The tensions between North and South
rapidly escalate until one traveler's journey abruptly and brutally
ends. Who was the murderer? Was the victim the real target?
Amid swirling suspicions and deceptive intrigue, Jeb and Rachel
Leigh join Pinkerton Detective Jonathan Ward in a race to unmask
a killer.
But murder
isn't the only evil Jeb must confront. As motives and suspects
abound, Jeb learns what it means to place a price on a human
life, not only as a victim of murder, but also as property to
be traded and sold.
The final
showdown means hard choices, a test of loyalties, and a face-to-face
encounter with Death On A Southern Breeze.
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