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Sarah Cooper's peaceful afternoon at Sea Breeze Marina in the sleepy town of Shell Bay is shattered when a fisherman makes a gruesome discovery of a partial dead body in a crab trap.Suddenly, Sarah and her fellow residents at the Marina - affectionally known as the Wharf Rats - finds themselves caught in their own trap of small-town secrets and long-buried lies.Forced to team up again with the skeptical Detective Linda Jenkins, Sarah delves into the victim's past, uncovering his obsession with a decades-old disappearance and a shadowy secret society. As they follow the clues, the unlikely duo realizes that the key to solving the murder may lie in the very cold case the victim was investigating.But as Sarah and Linda get closer to solving the murder, they find themselves in the crosshairs of a killer determined to keep the past buried. With danger lurking around every corner and a growing attraction between Linda and the charming bookshop owner, Alex, Sarah and the Wharf Rats must use all their ingenuity to expose the sinister secrets that have haunted Shell Bay for generations and bring a ruthless killer to justice."Death on the Dock" is a page-turning follow-up to "Murder at the Marina" and will delight readers who love cozy coastal mysteries with unexpected twists, endearing characters, and the power of friendship and love to overcome even the darkest of secrets.
In the midst of World War II, as Hitler unleashes his most devastating attack on London since the Blitz, a sinister plot unfolds in the shadows. The British government faces a new threat: a rogue wing of the Irish Republican Army, determined to resurrect the deadly S-Plan Bombing campaign that claimed innocent lives in 1939.Enter Maggie Carroll, a struggling Irish mother whose husband is fighting on the front lines. Facing constant hostility in war-torn London, Maggie seizes an opportunity to gather information for an old acquaintance, hoping to secure a better future for her children. But as she delves deeper into the world of espionage, the stakes become higher than she ever imagined.With suspicion lurking around every corner, Maggie must navigate a treacherous landscape where one wrong move could spell disaster for her and her family. In this gripping tale of secrets, sacrifice, and the unsung heroes of the home front, author Jackie Sharp weaves a masterful narrative that will keep you guessing until the very last page.
In this mesmerizing novel about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, acclaimed author Dawn Tripp has crafted an intimate story of love and power, family and tragedy, loss and reinvention. "A brilliant, beautiful book that] touches the soul."--Chris Bohjalian, New York Times bestselling author of The Princess of Las Vegas The world has divided my life into three: Life with JackLife with OnassisLife as a woman who goes to work because she wants to. My life is all of these things, and it is none of these things. They continue to miss what's right in front of them. I love books. I love the sea. I love horses. Children. Art. Ideas. History. Beauty. Because beauty blows us open to wonder.Even the beauty that breaks your heart. Jackie is the story of a woman--deeply private with a nuanced, formidable intellect--who forged a legacy out of grief and shaped history even as she was living it. It is the story of a love affair, a complicated marriage, and the fracturing of identity that comes in the wake of unthinkable violence. When Jackie meets the charismatic congressman Jack Kennedy in Georgetown, she is twenty-one and dreaming of France. She has won an internship at Vogue. Kennedy, she thinks, is not her kind of adventure: "Too American. Too good-looking. Too boy." Yet she is drawn to his mind, his humor, his drive. The chemistry between them ignites. During the White House years, the love between two independent people deepens. Then, a motorcade in Dallas: "Three and a half seconds--that's all it was--a slivered instant between the first shot, which missed the car, and the second, which did not. . . . A hypnotic burst of sunlight off her bracelet as she waved." This vivid, exquisitely written novel is at once a captivating work of the imagination and a window into the world of a woman who led many lives: Jackie, Jacks, Jacqueline, Miss Bouvier, Mrs. Kennedy, Jackie O.
Jackie is a heartwarming tale about a young girl with cancer and her mother who learns how to deal with it the best she can. Through this incredibly tragic time that no family should go through, they each learn of the strength, hope and will to live that they had inside of them all along. About the Author Author Betty Hodges is an avid helper in her community. She loves to assist with the homeless and give back in any way she can with the blessings she believes has been given.
Jackie chronicles the life of a young man born to misfortune. As a child he is labeled as mentally challenged. He suffers an abusive home life and the torment of bullies at school. Soon he is judged uneducable and relegated to homeschooling that is no more effective than the classroom. He is left without a formal education. Thirteen years later he is reunited with an old classmate, Jimmie, who is now a recent college graduate. Circumstances reunite the old acquaintances when Jackie's mother becomes ill. Together they discover that Jackie has a secret ability and enormous untapped potential. That ability enables the friends to discover and expose deeply seated local government corruption and create a future for Jackie. Friendship, luck, and Jackie's special talent are the springboard that propels him on a journey to fulfill his destiny.
Everyone knows that Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was married to two of the twentieth century’s most powerful men: John F. Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis. Lesser known are the five incredible years between those marriages, when she was on her own. Jackie tells that story—the story of a woman who was globally famous, and yet utterly enigmatic. The world was shocked when Jacqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis in 1968. It would not have been so surprising had the truth of their relationship—which dated back to the 1950s—been known. Jackie knew Ari almost as long as she had known John F. Kennedy—and saw qualities in him (besides money) that she found highly attractive. The five years between her marriages to JFK and Onassis are often overlooked. But it was an incredible period of growth and change for Jackie. How did the world’s most famous woman remain so enigmatic? What was she really like? This book reveals the real Jackie, the one that hid behind her trademark large sunglasses. In this book, you’ll learn about: Jackie’s lovers—and the one man she regretted not marryingThe secret, second burial of JFKHer evolution from “political wife Jackie” into “nightclubbing, party girl Jackie”Her own near death in 1967Her influence on pop art, fashion, and design