It was the second body that aroused suspicion. The first victim, Roger O'Bannon, had a fast-and-loose life style that would have killed a lesser man. But when Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen hears that a second corpse has turned up, she begins to suspect that the high mortality rate in Crozet, Virginia, is not exactly natural. Of course, Haristeen's investigations are enhanced once again by her very active feline menagerie, including the peerless "Mrs. Murphy." Another first-rate Sneaky Pie Brown mystery.
It's no secret that cats are a mystery writer's best friend. Just ask the bestselling team of Rita Mae Brown and her furry partner, Sneaky Pie Brown, back on the prowl with another unforgettable whodunit. This time a controversial miracle in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains sparks religious fervor--and a suspicious death. Now the indefatigable felines Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, along with the dogged corgi Tee Tucker, must trust their animal instincts to sniff out the worst of human nature.
The mysterious Stalkers show up at almost the same instant 12-year-old Aiden Cain's grandmother dies. Following his grandmother's instructions, Aiden decides to seek out a powerful sorcerer at Melstone House. Yet when he arrives, he discovers the man died a year earlier. Melstone House now belongs to the sorcerer's adult grandson Andrew, who agrees to help Aiden with the Stalker problem. But then other problems come up: a creepy neighbor is stealing power from the land, and magic is leaking between the realms. Dealing with these issues would be so much easier - if only Andrew could remember anything his grandfather taught him about magic.
Fractal Time 4-CD: The Secret of 2012 and a New World Age (Audiobook, mp3)
In this fascinating CD set, Gregg Braden merges the modern discoveries of nature’s patterns (fractals) with the ancient view of a cyclic universe. The result is a powerful model of time—fractal time—and a realistic window into what we can expect for the mysterious year 2012 . . . and beyond. Applying fractal time to the history of the world and life, he proposes that everything from the war and peace between nations to the patterns of human relationships mirror the returning cycles of our past. As each cycle repeats, it carries a more powerful, amplified version of itself.
