Frankie Bow

This collection contains four licensed novellas in the Miss Fortune universe.Sinful Science: "Anubis, the ancient Egyptian god of the underworld, was a man with a wolf's head. The Navajo skin walkers could turn into any animal they pleased. And of course there's the Hồ tinh, Hanoi's nine-tailed fox. I was thinking I might write a story about the Hồ tinh.""Gertie, that's a great idea," Ally said. "Are you going to write children's books?""Oh, my goodness, no. There's no money in children's books. I'm thinking erotica."Once Upon a Murder: "It's been crazy," the desk clerk said. "We just had another big group stay here right before you guys, and they completely trashed the place. Shot out the security cameras with BB guns, pitched a couch off a seventeenth-floor balcony, and one room tried to flush a pillow down the toilet." "What kind of group was that?" I asked. "Doll collectors' convention."Tabasco Fiasco I found cooking to be something of a mystery. Fortunately, I had a strong stomach and what a fellow agent once enviously described as "taste buds of steel."Schooled: "What's Celia complaining about this time? Did I wash my car on a Tuesday? Wear off-white before Labor Day?"Sheriff Lee fidgeted and cleared his throat. "Celia Arceneaux is dead, Fortune."

Professor Emma Nakamura doesn't believe in ghosts. So it doesn't bother her (much) when she learns of a long-ago suicide in her remote upcountry rental house. She's sure there's a logical explanation for the disappearing items and the strange sounds in the night. Fortunately (?), Emma's best friend Molly has news shocking enough to take Emma's mind off the hauntings. Now Emma and Molly have to rely on their strong reasoning skills and a weak internet connection to figure out how a body ended up in Molly's backyard. The Nakamura Letters is an island-style take on the Golden Age mysteries of Mary Roberts Rinehart and Agatha Christie.

A fundraising scheme at Mahina State University ("Where Your Future Begins Tomorrow") forces pregnant Professor Molly into the role of "tutierge" (that's tutor-concierge). While she's battling morning sickness, a meddling mom, and the Student Retention Office. The last thing she needs to deal with right now is murder.But here we are.

Henry Justice Ford (1860-1941) was an English artist and illustrator, best known for his illustrations of Andrew Lang's Fairy Books. Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a poet, novelist, and literary critic. It was thanks to Lang, Lang's wife Leonore Blanche Alleyne, and other translators that many international folk tales saw their first appearance in English. This coloring book contains high-resolution reproductions of H.J. Ford's gorgeous and sensual illustrations from Lang's Pink Fairy Book (1904) and Grey Fairy Book (1905).