The media has dubbed University of North Carolina history professor Simon Shaw a "forensic historian" for his success at investigating murders that occurred over the last century. In this case, he investigates a killing at a Raleigh orphanage at the turn of the 20th century.
Professor Simon Shaw never set out to be a detective. But now he is known as the forensic historian and, when not teaching American history to college students, takes on unsolved mysteries from long ago. His latest puzzling case involves Helen Williams who has long suffered from flashbacks of a past life. In them she is a turn-of-the-century woman called Annie Evans who worked at an orphanage and could possibly have been involved in a child murder. Simon is sceptical at first but his need to get to the bottom of this mystery takes over. And the answer that Simon and Helen are seeking will surprise everyone.
2012 IRA-CBC Children's Choices 2012 Children's Choice Book Award Finalist My teacher's pretty slick, Has a hundred teaching tricks. Even in the bathroom stalls, She hangs poetry on the walls, And while I'm there all alone I can't help but read a poem. From "Gross" and "Flushophobic" to "There's a Sock in the Toilet," these poems will have kids laughing all the way to "The Bathroom Dance!"
With gentle humor and quirkiness, this sympathetic book demonstrates how to say goodbye to a beloved pet and give it a proper sendoff. “[The End of Something Wonderful is] really good. It’s funny and sardonic and it gets to be touching at the end.” —Betsy Bird, School Library Journal Children love their pets very much—and when the animals die, that loss can be hard to process. The End of Something Wonderful helps kids handle their feelings when they’re hurting and can’t find all the right words. In a warm, understanding, sometimes funny way, it guides children as they plan a backyard funeral to say goodbye, from choosing a box and a burial spot to giving a eulogy and wiping away tears. Most of all, it reassures them that it’s not the end of everything . . . and that Something Wonderful can always happen again.
North Carolina college history professor Simon Shaw has been dubbed a forensic historian for his work in solving cold cases. But he's never had acase like this before. A woman named Helen Williams asks him to help her recover past memories. She thinks she may have committedinfanticide in a past life as a woman named Annie Evans.As Simon and Helen come closer to solving the truth about her memories, they face some real danger. "Accidents" happen to those who've provided them with information about Annie's life, but eventually the clues fall neatly into place,revealing family secrets in this unique, well-written installment of Shaber's enigmatic series.Reviews"Sarah Shaber's strongest novel yet! The Bug Funeral kept me totally absorbed. I literally could not put it down. She just gets better and better with each new book." -- Margaret Maron"Shaw is an engaging hero -- self-effacing, yet whip smart -- and Shaber, as always, has done prodigious research and careful plotting that makeseven the unlikeliest twists and a shocker ending somehow worthy of our trust."--Raleigh News & Observer
NEW ORLEANS JAZZFEST PRODUCER STABBED! TEENAGE SISTER MISSING!Everybody loved easygoing Ham Brocato, producer of the famed New Orleans JazzFest. So how did he end up stabbed to death on his kitchen floor?New Orleans Homicide Detective Skip Langdon just happens to be on hand when Ham's body is discovered in the middle of his own party the evening before the Fest. To complicate the already murky case, the victim's sixteen-year-old blues musician sister has disappeared, and Skip suspects that if the young woman isn't the murderer, she's in mortal danger from the person who is. So Task One is finding Melody, ambitious, unhappy at home, and determined to break from her family.In this tale of southern kinships gone awry, she's assisted by her long-distance love, Steve Steinman, and her gay landlord, Jimmy Dee. Meanwhile, Melody's dangerous yet exhilarating journey tugs at the heart and raises the pulse rate.
Darryl and Wanda have the parenting thing down all right, but they still continue to be surprised by the delightfully devilish antics of their two live-wire children. From first steps to bedtime snacks, from shopping adventures to sibling rivalry, Zoe and Hamish keep their parents on the move and the rest of us in stitches. Baby Blues chronicles the chaotic entertaining lives of the MacPherson clan as they chart a course through the everyday demands of family life. In a style that speaks to parents and nonparents alike, Baby Blues charms its followers with scenes of child-rearing mayhem and devotion. In Lift and Separate, Wanda and Darryl continue to confront the ever-changing challenges of raising two active youngsters.
Eyebrows are raised as crime-scene tape drapes across the once distinguished Colonial Bloodworth House. For the mansion, nestled amidst the tranquil academia of Kenan College, may have once been the scene of a brutal murder. When archaeologist David Morgan unearths a decayed body during a dig for Colonial-era artefacts he enlists Professor Simon Shaw for a little detective work. As Kenan College's youngest full-time professor, Simon knows more about the house than anyone. As he digs deeper into this decades-old murder, Simon finds that someone still very much alive wants to put a permanent stop to his investigation.