Salt and Pepper Detective Agency
Salt and Pepper Detective Agency

Author: Donna Underwood

Publisher: Abbott Press

Published: 2018-06-28

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1458221784

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Houston Hayfield and Wilamina Robinson are released from Lancers Womens Prison after having been cleared of murder. For both women, life was never easy, starting with abusive childhoods and failed high school careers. Having received lengthy sentences, they thought their lives were over until an attorney took their cases pro bono and got their convictions dismissed. While incarcerated, Houston and Wilamina made good use of their time. They attended a six-month workshop that stressed the intrinsic value of every person. The attendees of the program learned self-worth, self-respect, purpose, and a belief in their own abilities. For the first time, these women felt hope. They found the strength to make better choices and realized they could have a decent, productive life in prison or in society. Now free, Houston and Wilamina want to have a positive effect on the world, so they start an investigative business. Since Houston is a white woman from Texas and Wilamina a biracial woman from the Carolinas, they call it Salt and Pepper Detective Agency. What they lack in formal education, they make up for in street smarts. They now vow to fight for the innocent, seeing all prospective clients as valuable, loveable, and deserving of respect.

The Dream Team
The Dream Team

Author: Donna Underwood

Publisher: Abbott Press

Published: 2020-03-23

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 1458222829

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This is a murder mystery. A story about inmates from prison and juvenile hall who discover their inner beauty, the power they have to make right choices and their first glimpse of hope for a better life. The Dream Team formed with a diverse group of friends, lovers, ex-inmates and acquaintances. Houston and Wilamina were in-mates at the same time in Lancers Womens’ Prison. They both had received long sentences for murder. Mr. Lagunta, an attorney, took on their cases and had the guilty charges reduced to involuntary manslaughter. Once they were released, they decided to dedicate themselves to helping others make better choices and thus the Dream Team was born.

Choices
Choices

Author: Donna Underwood

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2022-02-25

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1665553073

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This story is about young and older folks and their struggles with making meaningful choices. Choices that will enhance not diminish their lives and those they care about. The Dream Team is back again working together to do whatever possible to improve the lives of ex-cons, kids in and from juvenilehall and other people facing tough challenges.

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Author: Douglas Adams

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780671746728

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Detective Gently whizzes about the world, the universe, and time itself as a group of eccentric characters help him find an eccentric cat, solve a murder, and save the human race.

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set

Author: Douglas Adams

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-10-04

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 1501164120

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Discover the hilarious and beloved Dirk Gently novels from legendary science fiction author Douglas Adams—now the basis for the all-new TV series on BBC America! Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency Douglas Adams, the “master of wacky words and even wackier tales” (Entertainment Weekly), once again boggles the mind with a completely unbelievable story of ghosts, time travel, eccentric computer geniuses, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the end of the world, and—of course—missing cats. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul When a check-in desk at London’s Heathrow Airport disappears in a ball of orange flame, the event is said to be an act of God. But which god, wonders holistic detective Dirk Gently. And how is this connected to Dirk’s battle with his cleaning lady over his filthy refrigerator…or to the murder of his latest client? Or are these events just another stretch of coincidences in the life of the world’s most off-kilter private investigator?

Jefferson-Davis Investigation Agency: Cold Case Investigators
Jefferson-Davis Investigation Agency: Cold Case Investigators

Author: Anthony Harris

Publisher: Gatekeeper Press

Published: 2021-01-23

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 166290701X

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The book features two private investigators who specialize in solving cold cases involving hate crimes. Their first case is one in which a 16-year-old African American teen was killed in a small Mississippi town. For five years, law enforcement has refused to solve the crime, almost immediately labeling it a cold case. Not one to give up,, even after five years of stonewalling, the teen's mother asks Jefferson-Davis Investigation Agency to find out who killed her son and why. The investigation leads to the discovery of numerous criminal acts by corrupt elected officials and law enforcement whose actions directly related to the death of the teen. The principal investigators are characters from my novel, Fruits of a Dead Legacy, which was published last year. This book will be a series of books in which the investigators pursue cold cases that possibly involve hate crimes.

The Prisoners’ Group
The Prisoners’ Group

Author: Donna Underwood

Publisher: Abbott Press

Published: 2017-06-22

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1458221040

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Dr. Sharon Primm is found guilty of manslaughter and sent to serve her sentence at Lancers Womens Prison. Prior to her conviction, Sharon was a well-respected psychologist at the Grief Clinic for five years. Now behind bars, she wants to do something good during her incarceration, so she gets in touch with her old coworkers to see about starting a program for her fellow women in lockdown. To her amazement, all four of the social workers at the Grief Clinic agree to get involved. Soon, her pilot program is off and running with Brooksie, Lucinda, Rachael, and Anita at the helm. But its not long before things start going badly at Lancers. An inmate ends up missing, the only trace of her being a bit of blood in the laundry room. Missing quickly turns to murder, and the women are frightened of much more than their fellow convicts. Theres something nasty happening at Lancers, and Sharon is intent on finding out what. With the help of her friends at the Grief Clinic and the other inmates, evil intent and corrupt practices are revealed. Yet whos going to believe a bunch of criminals? Despite the odds, these women will work together to right the wrongs, and some will even find hope in the darkness, emerging victorious on the other side.

The Marshmallow Hammer Detective Agency: The Mysterious Case of the Golden Egg
The Marshmallow Hammer Detective Agency: The Mysterious Case of the Golden Egg

Author: Ernie Lindsey

Publisher: JCL Publishing Middle Grade Novels

Published: 2017-07-04

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13:

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A middle grade mystery from USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Ernie Lindsey... The sudden and unexpected arrival of a mysterious package interrupts would-be private investigator Hat Tintersmoot's twelfth birthday. Once she discovers that the small cardboard box is a present from her Grandpa Gordon, the mystery deepens . . . considering the fact that he passed away three years earlier. It's another perfect job for the owner of The Marshmallow Hammer Detective Agency. With the help of a new best friend, Hat must solve five nearly impossible clues in order to uncover the baffling truth behind such a perplexing, invaluable gift. Keywords: middle grade novels, middle grade fiction, young readers, middle grade mysteries, detective, young adult

Double Death
Double Death

Author: Gavin Mortimer

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2010-08-17

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 0802717691

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An assessment of the role and influence of a civilian spy famously known for his 1911 suicide jump from New York's Pulitzer Building traces his recruitment by Allan Pinkerton into the agency that became Lincoln's secret service, contributions to key Union victories and sensational Confederate trial.

The Book Club Cookbook, Revised Edition
The Book Club Cookbook, Revised Edition

Author: Judy Gelman

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-03-01

Total Pages: 490

ISBN-13: 1101560568

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“Part cookbook, part celebration of the written word, [The Book Club Cookbook] illustrates how books and ideas can bring people together.” —Publishers Weekly "We are what we eat, they say. We can eat what we read, too. The Book Club Cookbook by Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp (Tarcher/Penguin, $21.95), first published in 2004 and now newly updated and revised, offers up dozens of new recipes inspired by book clubs’ favorite books, their characters and authors." —USA Today "It's pretty much a no-brainer why we love something like The Book Club Cookbook - it combines two of our all-time favorite things: food and books. Even better - the recipes in the book let us get a fuller experience of our favorite novels by thinking up recipes either inspired by the story or literally contributed by the author as essential to the book." —Flavorwire "The Book Club Cookbook excels at offering book groups new title ideas and a culinary way to spice up their discussions." —Library Journal Whether it's Roman Punch for The Age of Innocence, or Sabzi Challow (spinach and rice) with Lamb for The Kite Runner, or Swedish Meatballs and Glögg for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, nothing spices up a book club meeting like great eats. Featuring recipes and discussion ideas from bestselling authors and book clubs across the country, this fully revised and updated edition of the classic book guides readers in selecting and preparing culinary masterpieces that blend perfectly with the literary masterpieces their club is reading. This edition features new contributions from a host of today's bestselling authors including: Kathryn Stockett, The Help (Demetrie's Chocolate Pie and Caramel Cake) Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants (Oyster Brie Soup) Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper (Brian Fitzgerald's Firehouse Marinara Sauce) Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone (Almaz's Ethiopian Doro Wot and Sister Mary Joseph Praise's Cari de Dal) Annie Barrows, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Annie Barrows's Potato Peel Pie and Non-Occupied Potato Peel Pie) Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Lisa See's Deep-Fried Sugared Taro) The Book Club Cookbook will add real flavor to your book club meetings!