Kirjahaku

Revised Second Edition. Set in modern day, but with haunting flashbacks to the mid-1900s, The Desk is a film-noir of a novel whose heroine, Jeagan Christensen, is forced by visions to become one gutsy gal in quest of answers. A desk, which comes into her possession as an antique, also brings with it the antiquity of an unsolved murder. It is the murder of an innocent man, as Jeagan discovers in her quest, that was covered up to retain the honor of a class-conscious family. Against odds, which would daunt even the seasoned professional, Jeagan rushes forth oblivious to her amateur status to put meat on the bones of a skeleton that refuses to remain in the closet.

Val Atwell - wife of a nearly always-absent minister and mother of five, with two mares named Burt and Ernie; a golden retriever named George; twenty-five acres of rolling prairie in the heart of Highlands Ranch, Colorado; an old ranch house in need of much updating; and an Erma Bombeck sense of humor - finds her idyllic life shattered after the death of her photojournalist sister in a fiery automobile accident. But, three years later as Val begins to pull her life back together, her daughter finds a roll of mud-caked film that was recovered from the crash site and tossed carelessly into a box that was stashed in the basement. When the film is developed, Val's real nightmare begins. Pictures of what look like a fatal accident - or murder - appear on the prints. Val takes the prints to the police who opt for the fatal accident and make little effort to investigate. Church members and family alike, except for an elderly, southern mentor - thwart Val's attempts to find out the truth about the incident and what it had to do with her sister's death.Val's amateurish, pesky, not-so-subtle investigation launches her directly into the path of a killer - a killer who thinks nothing of another murder, Rocky Mountain style

Have you ever had something happen that you couldn't explain? Something so wonderful you wanted to share it with the whole world but were afraid no one would believe you? Angel Encounters is a collection of such incidents, real-life experiences with angels, spirits, demons, or Jesus himself. These stories have come from across the United States and Europe. They are stories of near-death experiences, angel warfare, unexplained rescues, messages from the other side, appearances of departed loved ones, help from unlikely earth angels, and visits from God and Jesus in a time of need. These stories will give you hope and assurance that you have a guardian angel watching over you. When you need help, all you have to do is pray. God will hear you. And, the next time something truly wonderful and unexplainable happens to you, don't dismiss it as mere chance or coincidence but an expression of God's love for you.

Eighth grade is almost over, and Alaina is excited to start Kiowa High School in the fall. In between, she hopes to spend a fun Colorado summer with her friends and a few weeks in Florida's sand, sun, and surf. However...before the last few days of middle school come to an end, Alaina's life takes a trip into the Twilight Zone. Calls from an out-of-service number and calls on a cellphone with a dead battery, plus the appearance of a strange woman-who is there one minute and gone the next-have Alaina spooked. When she reluctantly agrees to accompany her mother to a battered women's shelter, she befriends two boys whose mother has been kidnapped by their abusive father. Soon, Alaina discovers the strange woman she has been seeing is the boys' mother. Alaina is now determined to help the boys find their missing mother and enlists the aid of her best friends. Together, the teenagers pool their talents and doggedly follow the clues they hope will lead them to the missing woman. Yet, before they make any headway, the boys are kidnapped from the shelter and it is burned to the ground. The situation worsens and becomes dangerous for Alaina when she is targeted by the kidnapper. It will take all the skills and courage she and her friends can muster to help the police track down a heartless, abusive kidnapper-before Alaina becomes his next victim.