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Twice Round the Clock

by Billie Houston ...

Narrated by Nick Rawlinson ...

Series series British Library Crime Classics
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7 hours 4 min

Horace Manning, scientist, recluse and 'closed book' even to his friends is found dead in his study at 4a.m., following a dinner in honour of his daughter's engagement. An ivory-handled carving knife rests between his shoulder blades as the houseguests gather round to witness the awful crime. The telephone line has been sabotaged - a calculated murder has been committed. Rewinding twelve hours, ... Read more

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Horace Manning, scientist, recluse and 'closed book' even to his friends is found dead in his study at 4a.m., following a dinner in honour of his daughter's engagement. An ivory-handled carving knife rests between his shoulder blades as the houseguests gather round to witness the awful crime. The telephone line has been sabotaged - a calculated murder has been committed. Rewinding twelve hours,
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The Potter's Wheel

Second Chances Christian Romances

by Billie Houston ...

Series series Second Chances Christian Romances
The year is nineteen-seventeen. America has just gone to war. Ruth Garland has earned her nursing certificate and looks forward to fulfilling her dream of becoming a medical missionary. She returns home to visit her sister, Rachel, and learns Rachel has only a few weeks to live. Rachel begs Ruth to take care of her three children. "Bring them up in the church. Show them how to live a Christian ... Read more

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The year is nineteen-seventeen. America has just gone to war. Ruth Garland has earned her nursing certificate and looks forward to fulfilling her dream of becoming a medical missionary. She returns home to visit her sister, Rachel, and learns Rachel has only a few weeks to live. Rachel begs Ruth to take care of her three children. "Bring them up in the church. Show them how to live a Christian
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Whither Thou Goest

Second Chances Christian Romances

by Billie Houston ...

Series series Second Chances Christian Romances
Resigned to being an old maid, Elizabeth Holt works at the library and lives quietly in the small town of Cedar Gap, Texas. The 1929 financial crash leaves her penniless and devastated. Her devious aunt Lavinia has squandered her inheritance in the stock market.Reverend John Reardon has recently become the pastor of a church in Cedar Gap. Unbeknown to the congregation, the chairman of the deacons ... Read more

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Resigned to being an old maid, Elizabeth Holt works at the library and lives quietly in the small town of Cedar Gap, Texas. The 1929 financial crash leaves her penniless and devastated. Her devious aunt Lavinia has squandered her inheritance in the stock market.Reverend John Reardon has recently become the pastor of a church in Cedar Gap. Unbeknown to the congregation, the chairman of the deacons
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Asking for a Miracle

Second Chances Christian Romances

by Billie Houston ...

Series series Second Chances Christian Romances
Carole Garner's life is serene and secure until she learns her recently-deceased Aunt Effie was, in reality, her mother. As she tries to adjust to this shocking news, her husband's infidelity of twenty years ago comes to light. Leaving her husband and daughter, Carole retreats to the home her mother left her.Jack Garner searches for a way to persuade his wife to forgive him. When he begs Carole to ... Read more

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Carole Garner's life is serene and secure until she learns her recently-deceased Aunt Effie was, in reality, her mother. As she tries to adjust to this shocking news, her husband's infidelity of twenty years ago comes to light. Leaving her husband and daughter, Carole retreats to the home her mother left her.Jack Garner searches for a way to persuade his wife to forgive him. When he begs Carole to
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Moonlight & Misadventure

20 Stories of Mystery & Suspense

by Judy Penz Sheluk, Susan Daly, Susan Jane Wright, K.L. Abrahamson, M.H. Callway, Elizabeth Elwood, Joseph S. Walker, Robert Weibezahl, Michael A. Clark, Billy Houston, Sharon Hart Addy, Clark Boyd, Kate Fellowes, KM Rockwood, Buzz Dixon, John M. Floyd, C.W. Blackwell, Bethany Maines, Jeanne DuBois, Tracy Falenwolfe ...

Series Book 3 - A Superior Shores Anthology
Whether it’s vintage Hollywood, the Florida everglades, the Atlantic City boardwalk, or a farmhouse in Western Canada, the twenty authors represented in this collection of mystery and suspense interpret the overarching theme of “moonlight and misadventure” in their own inimitable style where only one thing is assured: Waxing, waning, gibbous, or full, the moon is always there, illuminating things ... Read more

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Whether it’s vintage Hollywood, the Florida everglades, the Atlantic City boardwalk, or a farmhouse in Western Canada, the twenty authors represented in this collection of mystery and suspense interpret the overarching theme of “moonlight and misadventure” in their own inimitable style where only one thing is assured: Waxing, waning, gibbous, or full, the moon is always there, illuminating things
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Summertime in My Heart

Second Chances Christian Romances

by Billie Houston ...

Series series Second Chances Christian Romances
Fern Marshall has not seen her ex-husband in fifteen years. Their parting was less than amicable. Now she is faced him with telling him that their eighteen-year-old daughter has been in an automobile accident. If her bad news ended there, she could manage. Unfortunately, it does not. Drew Marshall feels keenly his failure as a father. When his ex-wife brings a message that his daughter has been in ... Read more

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Fern Marshall has not seen her ex-husband in fifteen years. Their parting was less than amicable. Now she is faced him with telling him that their eighteen-year-old daughter has been in an automobile accident. If her bad news ended there, she could manage. Unfortunately, it does not. Drew Marshall feels keenly his failure as a father. When his ex-wife brings a message that his daughter has been in
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Chapter and Verse

by Billie Houston ...

Chapter And Verse has one theme--love. Yet there is diversity within that unity, both in form and substance. The poems run in length from a few short lines to a several verses. The rhyme schemes are many and varied. The subject matter addresses the charm, the mirth, the drama, the chivalry, the bliss, the gravity, and the mystery of love. Each poem speaks directly to the heart with its symmetry of ... Read more

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Chapter And Verse has one theme--love. Yet there is diversity within that unity, both in form and substance. The poems run in length from a few short lines to a several verses. The rhyme schemes are many and varied. The subject matter addresses the charm, the mirth, the drama, the chivalry, the bliss, the gravity, and the mystery of love. Each poem speaks directly to the heart with its symmetry of
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Twice Round the Clock. Illustrated

by Billie Houston ...

Originally published in 1935, Twice Round the Clock is a rare gem of Golden Age detective fiction—fast-paced, theatrical, and packed with intrigue. A glamorous house party at a country estate promises an evening of music, merriment, and high society. But as the clock ticks toward midnight, the mood shifts from festive to fatal. One of the guests is found dead—and it becomes clear that beneath the ... Read more

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Originally published in 1935, Twice Round the Clock is a rare gem of Golden Age detective fiction—fast-paced, theatrical, and packed with intrigue. A glamorous house party at a country estate promises an evening of music, merriment, and high society. But as the clock ticks toward midnight, the mood shifts from festive to fatal. One of the guests is found dead—and it becomes clear that beneath the
... Read more
For Jenny's Sake

by Billie Houston ...

Eight years ago, Erin Harrow fled her hometown in the wake of shame and scandal. The woman who ran for cover then is not the same Erin who has come home to reconnect with her daughter. She is now sophisticated, savvy, and well-educated. She's also determined to be part of Jenny's life, even if that takes every cent she inherited from billionaire Sheldon Bennett.Gabe Harrow adored his wife, and his ... Read more

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Eight years ago, Erin Harrow fled her hometown in the wake of shame and scandal. The woman who ran for cover then is not the same Erin who has come home to reconnect with her daughter. She is now sophisticated, savvy, and well-educated. She's also determined to be part of Jenny's life, even if that takes every cent she inherited from billionaire Sheldon Bennett.Gabe Harrow adored his wife, and his
... Read more
Sparrow on a Housetop

WWII Aftermath

by Billie Houston ...

Series series WWII Aftermath
In 1943 Sara Carson left her farm home and went to Orange, Texas, to work in the ship yards. There she met and fell in love with soldier Kent Holden. Three days later they were married. Less than a week afterward, he shipped out to North Africa. Sara moved back to the farm to help her mother with her ailing grandmother and her father who was losing his hold on reality.Now it is 1945. Germany has ... Read more

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In 1943 Sara Carson left her farm home and went to Orange, Texas, to work in the ship yards. There she met and fell in love with soldier Kent Holden. Three days later they were married. Less than a week afterward, he shipped out to North Africa. Sara moved back to the farm to help her mother with her ailing grandmother and her father who was losing his hold on reality.Now it is 1945. Germany has
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Brush Country

Poems of the American Southwest, #1

by Billie Houston ...

Series Book 1 - Poems of the American Southwest
Brush Country is a collection of poems that vary in style, tone, length, and content. Their unity is in the setting, the Brush Country of Central Texas.Whether rugged and rough-hewn as the tangled underbrush that grows in in stubborn profusion beneath stately oaks and scrubby mesquites, or as finely wrought as fragile flowers that bloom in shady glades and hidden places, these poems reflect the ... Read more

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Brush Country is a collection of poems that vary in style, tone, length, and content. Their unity is in the setting, the Brush Country of Central Texas.Whether rugged and rough-hewn as the tangled underbrush that grows in in stubborn profusion beneath stately oaks and scrubby mesquites, or as finely wrought as fragile flowers that bloom in shady glades and hidden places, these poems reflect the
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The Road to Jericho

Second Chances Christian Romances

by Billie Houston ...

Series series Second Chances Christian Romances
In the depths of the Great Depression, desperate widow Nora Cassidy locates relatives willing to take in her and her young daughter. However, Nora and Dede must travel 500 miles to reach their destination of Jericho, Texas. Providence thrusts the mother and child together with Cliff Windom, a man who's running for his life. Along the way, the travelers encounter a collection of quirky characters ... Read more

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In the depths of the Great Depression, desperate widow Nora Cassidy locates relatives willing to take in her and her young daughter. However, Nora and Dede must travel 500 miles to reach their destination of Jericho, Texas. Providence thrusts the mother and child together with Cliff Windom, a man who's running for his life. Along the way, the travelers encounter a collection of quirky characters
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