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Chime
by Franny Billingsley
Briony has a secret. It is a secret that killed her stepmother, ruined her sister's mind, and will end her life, if anyone were to know. She has powers. Then Eldric comes along with his golden lion eyes and a great mane of tawny hair. He is as natural as the sun, and he treats her as if she is extraordinary. And everything starts to change . . . Chime is a haunting, brilliantly written novel that will stay with... (more)
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Flavia de Luce: Book 2
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
by Alan C. Bradley
The story opens with the immortal words 'I was lying dead in the churchyard' (spoken, astonishingly, by Flavia herself) and ends with a funeral watched by the De Luce family on a newly-installed television set. Inbetween, Alan Bradley weaves a hauntingly nightmarish tale that involves Punch & Judy - and in particular Mr Punch's nemesis, the hangman, Jack Ketch - a frighteningly realistic puppet show, and a... (more)
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Newes from the Dead
by Mary Hooper
"Intriguing and captivating."—Celia Rees, author of Witch Child WRONGED. HANGED. ALIVE? (AND TRUE!) Anne can't move a muscle, can't open her eyes, can't scream. She lies immobile in the darkness, unsure if she's dead, terrified she's buried alive, haunted by her final memory—of being hanged. A maidservant falsely accused of infanticide in 1650 England and sent to the scaffold, Anne Green is trapped with her... (more)
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Rocky Creek Romance: Book 1
A Lady Like Sarah
by Margaret Brownley
She's an outlaw; he's a preacher. Both are in need of a miracle. Sarah Prescott has never known a respectable life. Just a hardscrabble childhood and brothers who taught her to shoot straight. Justin Wells left Boston in disgrace, heading out alone on the dusty trail to Texas. But when the once-respected clergyman encounters a feisty redhead in handcuffs with a dying US Marshal at her side, their journey... (more)
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The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller also wrote the screenplay for the 1992 movie starring Daniel Day Lewis and Winona Rider. The film features a scene (between John and Abigail) that was deleted from the original production.
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Ballad: Book 5
The Ballad of Frankie Silver
by Sharyn McCrumb
From New York Times bestselling author Sharyn McCrumb comes the fifth novel set in the Appalachian wilderness blending legends and folklore with high suspense. A career lawman will bear witness to the final judgement, as a man he put away twenty years ago is about to be excecuted for the brutal slaying of two hikers. However, his conscience is no longer clear to the point of absolute certainty about the man's... (more)
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Armand Gamache: Book 0
The Hangman
A Short Story
by Louise Penny
A short story: On a cold November morning, a jogger runs through the woods in the peaceful Quebec village of Three Pines. On his run, he finds a dead man hanging from a tree. The dead man was a guest at the local Inn and Spa. He might have been looking for peace and quiet, but something else found him. Something horrible. Did the man take his own life? Or was he murdered? Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is called... (more)
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Poppy Markham: Culinary Cop: Book 2
Stick a Fork in It (Poppy Markham: Culinary Cop)
by Robin Allen
Order up: one Timothy McViegh and a lethal injection on the rocks As a health inspector and former chef, Poppy Markham thought she’d seen it all—until she stepped into Capital Punishment. The restaurant’s twisted concept, last meals of famous death row inmates, just might be a hit in Austin, Texas. The macabre theme becomes all too real when co-owner Troy Sharp—a hard-drinking ex-jock and all around jerk—is... (more)
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Death Row's Angel
by Maurizio Rossi
Martha is a London prostitute who is asked to visit a condemned prisoner to satisfy his last wish. her performance leads to her being nominated sole heiress to the prisoner's fortune. This angers the Church that attempts to stop the proliferation of this new trend. but in the process, a prelate gets hooked on gambling and is later murdered, while the Bishop gets hooked on Martha, who has set up a house of gambling... (more)
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REVERBERATION, The Novel
by V. B. Holmes
Parts of Reverberation, The Novel, were written in response to our current times. Today, vicious, slanderous, political campaigning; abuse by religious father figures; social issues such as women's rights, abortion and racial discrimination dominate the headlines of our newspapers. These same issues existed almost two hundred years ago when Andrew Jackson battled John Quincy Adams for the Presidency of the United... (more)
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The Hanging of Hard Barnes
by Ryan King
Raised in the dark shadow of his twin brother Hardin, Lloyd Barnes is on a mission to save Hard from the hangman's noose. In the corrupt L.A. scene of the late 1920's, though, Lloyd's task looks hopeless as the California penal system makes ready for its last legal public execution. The Hanging of Hard Barnes is a 75-page short novel.
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Six Years in Galmoy: Rural Unrest in County Kilkenny 1819-1824
by Padraig O. Machain
On the night of 16 March 1824, John Marum, a Catholic landholder on the Laois-Kilkenny border, was assassinated. The subsequent execution of six men brought to an end in this area a period of unrest that had begun in 1819. The story of why and how these events happened is told in this book.
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Charlotte and Thomas Pitt: Book 13
Farriers' Lane
by Anne Perry
"Gripping and intense...Her characters are authentically and appealingly drawn, and her plot is sinister." BOOKLIST When a distinguished judge dies of opium poisoning, the crucifixion five years before of Kingsley Blaine is brought back into the public eye, and it is screaming for revenge. The police had arrested a Jewish actor, who was soon condemend to hang. Police Inspector Thomas Pitt, investigating the... (more)
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Sweet Treason
by Patricia Gaffney
Exquisitely beautiful, fiery Katherine McGregor had no qualms about posing as a doxy, if the charade would strike a blow against the hated English. But her certainty turned to confusion when she was captured and confronted by the infuriating Major James Burke. Now her very life depended on her ability to convince the arrogant English officer that she was a common strumpet, not a Scottish spy. Skillfully,... (more)
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The Vigilantes of Montana: a Correct History of the Chase, Capture, Trial and Execution of Henry Plummer's Notorious Road Agent Band
by Thos. J. Dimsdale
Taking his gun he went up town, to the house of a friend--Buz Craven. He borrowed Buz's rifle, without remark, and stood prepared for emergencies. Ater waiting some time, he went down to the butcher's shop which he kept, and saw Plummer frequently; but he always had somebody close beside him, so that, without endangering another man's life, Hank could not fire.
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The Legend of Stuart Brannon: Book 3
Last Hanging at Paradise Meadow
by Stephen A. Bly
The third book in a continuing western series that captures the gritty textures of Western life while delivering a powerful spiritual message. Stuart Brannon devises a plan to convince the people of Paradise Meadow that an outlaw is lying about his role in a woman's death. In the process, Brannon finds an unusual ally who is going through a different trial.
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A Decent, Orderly Lynching: The Montana Vigilantes
by Frederick Allen
The deadliest campaign of vigilante justice in American history erupted in the Rocky Mountains during the Civil War when a private army hanged twenty-one troublemakers. Hailed as great heroes at the time, the Montana vigilantes are still revered as founding fathers. Combing through original sources, including eye-witness accounts never before published, Frederick Allen concludes that the vigilantes were... (more)
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Noughts and Crosses: Book 1
Noughts & Crosses
by Malorie Blackman
Two young people are forced to make a stand in this thought-provoking look at racism and prejudice in an alternate society. Sephy is a Cross -- a member of the dark-skinned ruling class. Callum is a Nought -- a “colourless” member of the underclass who were once slaves to the Crosses. The two have been friends since early childhood, but that’s as far as it can go. In their world, Noughts and Crosses simply don’t... (more)
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Lord John Grey: Book 2
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade
by Diana Gabaldon
In her much-anticipated new novel, the New York Times bestselling author of the Outlander saga brings back one of her most compelling characters: Lord John Grey—soldier, gentleman, and no mean hand with a blade. Here Diana Gabaldon brilliantly weaves together the strands of Lord John’s secret and public lives—a shattering family mystery, a love affair with potentially disastrous consequences, and a war that... (more)
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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
by John Fox, Jr.
Short excerpt: There were tiny drops along the roots of her shining hair for the climb had been steep and now the shadow of disappointment darkened her eyes.

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