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Trouble in the Brasses

Trouble in the Brasses

Charlotte MacLeod

Charlotte MacLeod. kill you!'” Chapter 19 “DID SHE, INDEED?” ASKED Madoc. “ And what did.
Murder Goes Mumming

Murder Goes Mumming

Charlotte MacLeod

Charlotte MacLeod. Chapter. 4. SQUIRE WENT ON LADLING wassail and passing around the crystal cups while the old retainer, for Ludovic was surely that , zigzagged up the incredible staircase out in the front hall. No wonder this family was ...
The Gladstone Bag

The Gladstone Bag

Charlotte MacLeod

Charlotte MacLeod. poorly. Maybe Emma Kelling had better quit telling herself horror stories and go pour the sherry so that Everard Wont wouldn't hog it all for himself. THIRTEEN THE IMPROMPTU PICNIC AROUND the fireplace was ...
The Withdrawing Room

The Withdrawing Room

Charlotte MacLeod

Charlotte MacLeod. Chapter. 16. NEVERTHELESS, SARAH DIDN'T GIVE in without a struggle. “But—but we'd have to clean the room first. I couldn't let you move in here with the place in such a state.” “Oh, I can do that. Please let me. I'm so ...
Something the Cat Dragged In

Something the Cat Dragged In

Charlotte MacLeod

A horticulturist and amateur sleuth roots out an irritating professor’s killer in a witty, cozy mystery from a Nero Award–winning master.
90 CRIME NOVELS: Complete Collection (The Secret House, The ...

90 CRIME NOVELS: Complete Collection (The Secret House, The ...

Edgar Wallace

He is quite an important burglar; important enough to have a man like Andrew Macleod looking for him. He's the pathologist.” “Who is Andrew Macleod?” she asked. She knew at once that Andrew Macleod was the man with the grey eyes, but ...
The Odd Job

The Odd Job

Charlotte MacLeod

One of Boston’s landmark museums is shaken by a savage murder When the doddering patrons of the Wilkins Museum learned that dozens of their priceless masterworks had been stolen and replaced by forgeries, there was no one to turn to but ...
Rest You Merry

Rest You Merry

Charlotte MacLeod

On Christmas Day, a University scrooge finds a murdered librarian Each December, the faculty of Balaclava Agricultural College goes wild with Christmas lights.
The Balloon Man

The Balloon Man

Charlotte MacLeod

Long-lost relatives and priceless jewels turn a wedding upside down For all the Kellings’ quirks, no other family in Boston is more adept at throwing a wedding.
Rest You Merry

Rest You Merry

Charlotte MacLeod

A Christmas scrooge finds a murdered librarian in this holiday novel from an Edgar Award finalist known for her “witty, literate, and charming” mysteries (Publishers Weekly) Each December, the faculty of Balaclava Agricultural College ...
Grab Bag: A Collection of Stories

Grab Bag: A Collection of Stories

Charlotte MacLeod

In this volume, she proves herself a master of the short story as well. Here is the original Peter Shandy story, featuring the school that would eventually metamorphose into Balaclava Agricultural College.
The Terrible Tide

The Terrible Tide

Charlotte MacLeod

Cliff House may be haunted, but no ghost is as scary as the family’s secret history Holly Howe is just beginning to succeed in in the cutthroat world of New York modeling when a car accident ruins her good looks forever and she is forced ...
Maid of honor

Maid of honor

Charlotte MacLeod

Fed up with her family's preoccupation with her sister's coming wedding, Persis tells no one of her music school scholarship until the disappearance of a valuable wedding gift precipitates a crisis that reveals a new side to her family.
Les Écossais: The Pioneer Scots of Lower Canada, 1763-1855

Les Écossais: The Pioneer Scots of Lower Canada, 1763-1855

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Norman MacLeod Alexander MacLeod William MacLeod Kenneth McLeod Alexander McLeod Alan McLeod Angus ... McRae William Montgomery Martin MacPherson Angus MacPherson Hugh MacPherson Murdo MacPherson Malcolm ...
The Misadventures of Hector Macleod

The Misadventures of Hector Macleod

Hugh Cowan

Hector MacLeod might have said the best but one, and that one himself, and he would have spoken truth. Why did Captain Mackenzie fail in that gift in which he was most efficient? The answer came from the mother of his young wife, who still  ...
The Grub-and-Stakers Spin a Yarn

The Grub-and-Stakers Spin a Yarn

Charlotte MacLeod

A corpse in a yarn store leads to a very crafty mystery When word gets out that Dittany Monk, the sleuthing gardener of Lobelia Falls, is expecting twins, every knitter in town races to Miss Jane Fuzzywuzzy’s Yarnery to begin work on a ...
Wrack and Rune

Wrack and Rune

Charlotte MacLeod

A gruesome murder leads Professor Peter Shandy to uncover an ancient Viking curse When 105-year-old Hilda Horsefall tells young reporter Cronkite Swope of a stone carved with Norse runes that once sat in the nearby woods, the writer starts ...
The Curse of the Giant Hogweed

The Curse of the Giant Hogweed

Charlotte MacLeod

Chasing a vile English plant, Professor Peter Shandy and his friends go on a most peculiar trip The giant hogweed, a creeping menace known for crushing the life out of any plant foolish enough to get in its way, has put the hedgerows and ...
Macleod of Dare, 3 vols

Macleod of Dare, 3 vols

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Along the ridge tuere, by the side of the wood, are many mounds of earth. Over the grave of Hector Macleod is no proud and pathetic inscription such as marks the last resting-place of the young lieutenant who perished at Gravelotte — Er ruht ...
Stop the Bollocks

Stop the Bollocks

Andrew MacLeod

This book is a collection of his thoughts dating back well over a decade of publication in newspapers, on line and speeches. MacLeod rejects 'sound bite' thinking, preferring deep discourse on issues of political importance.
Macleod of Dare, 3 vols

Macleod of Dare, 3 vols

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Over the grave of Hector Macleod is no proud and pathetic inscription such as marks the last resting-place of the young lieutenant who perished at Gravelotte — Er rultt sanft in wiedererkampfter Deutscher Erde ; but the young Highland officer  ...
Macleod of Dare

Macleod of Dare

William Black

Over the grave of Hector Macleod is no proud and pathetic inscription such as marks the last resting-place of a young lieutenant who perished at Gravelotte—Er ruht saft in wiedererkampfter deutscher Erde—but the young Highland officer was  ...
Forbes

Forbes

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In writing a perceptive and moving tribute to one of Charlotte, N.C.'s most extraordinary achievers, President and Publisher Rolfe Neill of the Charlotte Observer and the Charlotte News leads off with this unfortunate Truth: “Oliver Rowe is a ...
Charlotte

Charlotte

Helen Hughes Vick

While on their way to the Arizona Territory, Charlotte's family is attacked by Indians, and Charlotte is the only one to escape, thus facing a life alone, she must do all she can to build a life for herself and survive in her new world out ...
The Real Charlotte

The Real Charlotte

Edith O. Somerville

The action in The Real Charlotte is dominated by two women: the pretty, vulgar, light-hearted Francie; and her guardian, the complex, heavy-set Charlotte.
Unexploded

Unexploded

Alison MacLeod

Unexploded is Alison MacLeod's compelling novel of love and prejudice in wartime Brighton.
Manchineel: A Skye MacLeod Mystery

Manchineel: A Skye MacLeod Mystery

John Ballem

On Manchineel, the Caribbean playground of the rich and famous, Skye MacLeod flies his own vintage airplane, attends parties, flirts with a gin-loving princess, and falls in love with the ex-wife of a powerful American senator.
Kenya Gazette

Kenya Gazette

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... ADMINISTRATION Supreme Court Cause No 80 of 1937 In the Matter of William Hector Macleod, deceased To all whom it may concern TAKE NOTICE that the account of the estate of the above-named William Hector MacLeod, deceased, ...
The Original Home School Series

The Original Home School Series

Charlotte Mason

This is the complete unabridged and authorized edition of the works of turn-of-the-century British educator Charlotte Mason, with a forward by Dr. John Thorley of The Charlotte Mason College.

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