Peace, a beautiful sixteen-year-old part-Chinese girl and Bandy Bunion’s niece, has run away from school, and is taken in by Lizzy. But Peace goes missing a second time, and Lizzy must visit the seedy dock area in Limehouse.
The torture-murder of a young girl, the daughter of a fellow cop pulls Eve’s attention away from her duties as Louise’s matron of honor. Thank god.
The Setup: Buying my artwork From out of the blue, a woman emailed me about buying two of my artworks and could they get a discount for buying two? Naturally, I emailed back and gave them a price and a discounted one as well. They decided to buy one, which was cool. They would send me a check. The Rush The woman got all chatty talking about how her husband was in Johannesburg as they were moving there for his job (setting me up for rushing things so I wouldn’t take the time to think). Later emails were on how she was in the hospital, then how she was having a rough pregnancy (playing on the sympathy card). Don’t forget, her husband was not in the country…supposedly. Oh yeah, she got my sympathy up even as I was becoming wary. The Scam Another email arrived saying that there was a mixup and her husband was having a client send me the check since he was out of town. Oh, and, darn, he had sent more money than just the purchase price because he thought they were paying the shipping and could I send the extra cash onto the shipper please?? […]
An interesting anthology of thirteen short stories revolving around a theme of paranormals going on a “normal” vacation.
I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library Sneetches and Other Storiesby Dr. Seussin Paperback edition that was published by HarperCollins on May 1, 2003 and has 65 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Horton Hatches the Egg & Horton Hears a Who!, Green Eggs and Ham, The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories, The Lorax, Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!, Daisy-Head Mayzie, Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose, The King’s Stilts, Scrambled Eggs Super!, Bartholomew and the Oobleck, Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories, You’re Only Old Once!, My Many Colored Days, McElligot’s Pool, If I Ran the Circus, Sleep Book, I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories, I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!This is a collection of four stories about silly superiorities, too stubborn for your own good, being lazy and not thinking ahead, and confronting your fears. The Stories “The Sneetches” are divided. Some have green stars for belly buttons while others do not. Naturally, […]
A dark stranger begins watching her, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective, Meghan discovers she’s the daughter of a mythical faery king and a pawn.
A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them together.
Investigating a dead body that drops from the sky onto the Iron Duke’s doorstep, Detective Inspector Mina Wentworth uncovers a conspiracy that threatens the lives of everyone in England.
Denise MacGregor knows too much about the dark and a demon shapeshifter wants Denise; now her survival depends on Spade, an immortal who craves a taste of her.
The prime suspect author Elliot Morgan’s murder, Annie Laurance Darling, owner of the Death on Demand mystery bookstore, must clear her name.