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The Secret Portrait [Fairbairn/Cameron Mystery Series Book 1] [MultiFormat]
by Lillian Stewart Carl
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 Fleeing an academic scandal and a broken marriage, Jean Fairbairn has come to Scotland to work for an Edinburgh-based history and travel magazine. Writing about the Scottish national pastime of playing illusion off reality is just the quiet, scholarly pursuit she needs to soothe her burned-out emotions. But when Jean heads for the Highlands to investigate the 18th century mystery of Bonnie Prince Charlie's lost treasure, she finds herself involved in a contemporary murder case--and not as an inn... more info>> 2006
Words: 107829 - Reading Time: 308-431 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Ashes to Ashes [MultiFormat]
by Lillian Stewart Carl
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Historian Rebecca Reid comes from Missouri to a replica of a Scottish castle located outside a small town in Ohio. She's cataloging a collection of historical artifacts, among them, supposedly, a scandalous letter written by Mary, Queen of Scots. But her co-worker, Scottish historian Michael Campbell, has his own plans. And the ghosts of the past, not to mention a very contemporary antagonist, want them both gone. 2000
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Dust to Dust [MultiFormat]
by Lillian Stewart Carl
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Michael Campbell and Rebecca Reid meet again at the excavation of a medieval priory in Scotland. But before they have time to smooth out the wrinkles in their relationship, Michael's former girlfriend is murdered and he's the prime suspect. Hints of buried treasure, ghostly manifestations, a historical mystery, co-workers with too many secrets (not to mention annoying habits), and a very up-to-date murderer almost succeed in breaking the young couple apart. 2000
Words: 135390 - Reading Time: 386-541 min.
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The Burning Glass [Fairbairn/Cameron Mystery Series Book 3] [MultiFormat]
by Lillian Stewart Carl
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Fire in the Borders.... The rolling hills of the Scottish Borders have seen centuries of fire--Scots, English, battling kings, feuding lords, rampaging clansmen, raiding, looting, killing. But the fire at brooding Ferniebank Castle wasn't set by an enemy. Isabel Sinclair died there four hundred years ago, on her way to a lover's tryst, in the conflagration kindled by her own burning-glass. Or so the story goes. Now Jean Fairbairn is on her way to write Ferniebank's story--and to her own tryst wi... more info>> 2007
Words: 111622 - Reading Time: 318-446 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Shadows in Scarlet [MultiFormat]
by Lillian Stewart Carl
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Amanda Witham sees her new job at an eighteenth-century house as a career move, just part of the history business, nothing personal. Then archaeologists find a man's skeleton buried in the garden behind the house. That night James Grant's ghost introduces himself to her. And a handsome and charming ghost he is, in the tartan kilt and scarlet coat of King George's Highland Regiment. Suddenly Amanda finds history to be up close and very personal indeed. She promises James she'll reveal the truth a... more info>> 2001
Words: 104436 - Reading Time: 298-417 min.
Category: Romance
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The Avalon Psalter [MultiFormat]
by Lillian Stewart Carl
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Magnus Anderson (from Blackness Tower) comes to Glastonbury to check out an artist for his TV program, The Paranormal Files. The artist, who is illustrating a copy of the Psalms with the legends of Glastonbury, isn't living in quite the same Glastonbury Magnus can see. And the last thing she wants is for people to laugh at her and her work. 2008
Words: 5564 - Reading Time: 15-22 min.
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The Murder Hole [Fairbairn/Cameron Series Book 2] [MultiFormat]
by Lillian Stewart Carl
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Deep water.... Jean Fairbairn is off to write a story about the haunted waters of Loch Ness. She has an appointment with American scientist Roger Dempsey, who is using his latest gadgets to try and prove that the legend of the monster, Nessie, is true. Jean's business is checking out legends. Some hold water, some don't, and some are about much more than H2O. But the troubled water she finds at Loch Ness is colder than its snow-melt and darker than its peat-stained depths. Sonar and other remote... more info>> 2006
Words: 115262 - Reading Time: 329-461 min.
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The Blood of the Lamb [MultiFormat]
by Lillian Stewart Carl
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Sixteenth-century England: A nun waits in dread for Henry VIII's henchmen to despoil her convent. But it's only when she helps a poor madman, who claims to be over 300 years old and smells faintly of blood, that she receives a most unexpected answer to her prayer. 1996
Words: 6658 - Reading Time: 19-26 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Memory and Desire [MultiFormat]
by Lillian Stewart Carl
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Claire came to the English village to find her best friend, Melinda, who'd vanished after performing in a play which re-creates a seventeenth century witchcraft trial. What she found was a murder mystery--and a man. A man who, like her, is trapped between memory and desire. The play takes place at the manor house where the protagonists lived and died, a house where the past is still a haunting presence. Did Melinda ask too many questions about the village's tragic history? To find her, Claire, t... more info>> 2000
Words: 114142 - Reading Time: 326-456 min.
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The Rag and Bone Man [MultiFormat]
by Lillian Stewart Carl
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A medieval abbot is annoyed when, in the midst of his usual duties, he's called upon to solve the murder of a pilgrim. Little does he suspect that the solution will profoundly affect his faith. 2002
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From the Labyrinth of Night [MultiFormat]
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A scientist searching for life on Mars finds it in a most unexpected place, leading him to re-evaluate not only his own life but what it means to be human. Like beauty, thought is its own excuse for being. 1984
Words: 5504 - Reading Time: 15-22 min.
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Garden of Thorns [MultiFormat]
by Lillian Stewart Carl
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Mark Owen and Hilary Chase, who met at the excavation of a medieval Scottish priory, get back together in Fort Worth, Texas. He's excavating an eerie turn of the century house owned by a prominent local family. She's working at an art gallery on medieval artifacts recovered from the Nazis by the same family. Mark's and Hilary's relationship is rocky enough without someone resorting to murder to keep a century's worth of skeletons locked in the old house's closets. 2000
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Upon This Shoal of Time [MultiFormat]
by Lillian Stewart Carl
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On a dig in Scotland, archaeologist James Henderson unearths the skull of an ancient Celt. All the mysteries of the Celt's life--and how it ceased--are about to be revealed, for Henderson has perfected a way to resurrect the thoughts of the long dead. But the archaeologist learns the hard way that siphoning the mind of another "Isn't like sitting in the cinema. The brain's impulses are emotions." 1985
Words: 5577 - Reading Time: 15-22 min.
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Way Down in Egypt's Land [MultiFormat]
by Lillian Stewart Carl
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My assignment was to write a mystery based on a Bible story. I dithered a long time over this, but finally settled on the story of Moses, which does, after all, include his murder of the Egyptian overseer. I did some research into Pharoah Akhnaten's reign, planning to just write a straightforward story set in Egypt. And then I saw how I could transpose the story to another setting. I set the story in old Virginia, an area I was already familiar with after my visits to Colonial Williamsburg. I ch... more info>> 2005
Words: 8031 - Reading Time: 22-32 min.
Category: Historical Fiction
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Blackness Tower [MultiFormat]
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Blackness Tower: an enigma at the edge of this world, looking over the sea to the next. Lauren Reay is looking for answers about her family's mysterious past and about her own strange dreams. Lauren's past, her presence and the depths of her spirit will open the secret at the heart of Blackness Tower. 2008
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O Grave, Where is Thy Victory? [MultiFormat]
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When an old man dies before he can finish building a model of Admiral Nelson's ship, The Victory, his widow discovers that simply living can be the greatest victory. And death itself is not necessarily the end. 1985
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Pleasure Palace [MultiFormat]
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The Company decrees that an engineer working on Jupiter's moon, Io, needs some rest and recreation. But during her stay at the Recreation Station, aka the Pleasure Palace, artificial pleasure becomes real tragedy. 1985 Sturgeon Award Nominee
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Wild Honey [MultiFormat]
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In medieval Sicily, William's Lord has been betrayed into a trial by combat. Since William himself is only an artisan, he thinks he has nothing to offer a potential champion--until he finds that champion, and learns just what offering She will accept. 2000
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The Muse [MultiFormat]
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A frustrated writer runs away from her mundane life, only to find she's carried her inhibitions with her. Then, on the island of Skye, she meets a young musician who shows her what freedom of both body and soul really means. 2002
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The Rim of the Wheel [MultiFormat]
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A woman going through a life crisis visits the foothills of the Himalayas, where she meets a Tibetan teacher who is having a crisis of his own. Their world-lines cross in the center of the wheel of reincarnation, and for a short time they remember their earlier lives. But their present lives are the ones they have to deal with. 1984
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