Murder In Scorpio

Licensed Private Investigator Elizabeth Chase is used to skeptical glares and sarcastic comments when she's working on a case. Her unorthodox methods tend to surprise people: Dr. Chase is also a double-Ph.D. parapsychologist who uses her understanding of the paranormal in her investigations. Certainly some of her techniques do stand out a bit from those of the average P. I., such as her ability to see auras around witnesses or pluck important clues from her own dreams. So naturally, Escondido Police Department Sergeant Tom McGowan has some internal doubts about consulting Elizabeth on a case involving the so-called accidental death of his old high-school friend Janice Freeman. As her investiga­tions cast an increasingly suspicious light on Janice's death, Tom quickly gains more than a little respect (and affection) for Elizabeth. But the closer she gets to the truth, the less either Tom's protection or the intervention of the stars and planets may be able to keep Elizabeth out of harm's way. In this delightful series debut, Martha Lawrence captures the sunny, offbeat appeal—as well as the danger—of Southern California and introduces an original detec­tive who promises to enchant readers for many cases to come. "One of the most engaging mysteries I've ever read. There's no tougher critic than a Virgo, and this Virgo says Murder in Scorpio is flawless.—Nancy Pickard, author of Confession

Nathaniel Stone searches for the power to protect his new wife and those of the Craft from persecution. His wish is that no one he loves will die by murderous plots the way Jason and Thena Mauldon were killed. As he seeks power at any cost, he is approached by an old man with an enticing offer of great wisdom and unmatched power. Blinded by his obsession, he submits himself to another master to right the wrongs he witnessed in his life. At his new master’s command, Nathaniel hatches a plan that begins in murder and leaves King Rohn half mad and suspicious of his brother-in-law. As Nathaniel bends his will to vengeance and sorcery, an old friend must become his enemy to save the sister kingdoms and thwart his plans. What hope is left that will save the sister kingdoms from Nathaniel and his dark master?

Anita Lorraine Cobby, a beautiful young married woman, was recently separated from her husband John. They were both registered nurses, living in Sydney, Australia. Anita, raised in the working class suburb of Mt. Druitt, was 1979 Miss Western Suburbs, in the Miss Australia Quest. After her marriage break down, Anita returned to live with her parents. Seven years after she won her title, when Anita was 26 years old, she was abducted while walking home from the Blacktown train station, raped, tortured and murdered at nearby Prospect, on the evening of the 2nd of February, 1986. Five men, including three brothers, were convicted of her murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, never to be released. Anita's fingers were broken, her bones dislocated, her nose and cheekbones fractured in the shocking assault upon her. The horrifically cruel murder of this kind and caring, lovely young nurse, caused mass outrage within Australia. This is the forensic numerological criminal analysis and profile of her killers.

This volume is a comprehensive collection of critical essays on The Taming of the Shrew, and includes extensive discussions of the play's various printed versions and its theatrical productions. Aspinall has included only those essays that offer the most influential and controversial arguments surrounding the play. The issues discussed include gender, authority, female autonomy and unruliness, courtship and marriage, language and speech, and performance and theatricality.

The Epic Saga of an Alien Trapped in Medieval Times “Wonderful! Intriguingly worked out characters. I’m eager for Scorpio’s next adventure.”—Bruce Coville 1351. Medieval France. An Alien Makes First Contact... Genocide on his home planet drove Scorpio to take a blind leap into the time vortex—only to land on earth in the year 1351, in a mediaeval city full of violence and intrigue. He found a friend in the young and beautiful Leah de Bernay, who is herself pursued by enemies: her father has been wrongly accused of murder and thrown into prison. As Scorpio and Leah race to prove her father’s innocence, they are chased by the mysterious and vicious Hunters—the deadly assassins who drove Scorpio from his home planet. They know that he travelled through time with the help of a glowing orb of power, and they mean to have it. Pursued at every step by the Hunters, Scorpio and Leah jump through time to Elizabethan London, to seek help from Queen Elizabeth’s astrologer. But time is running out for them to decipher the secret of the orb, if they are to save themselves from the Hunters, and Scorpio’s home planet from destruction! The first in a richly textured series.

Like other fictional characters, female sleuths may live in the past or the future. They may represent current times with some level of reality or shape their settings to suit an agenda. There are audiences for both realism and escapism in the mystery novel. It is interesting, however, to compare the fictional world of the mystery sleuth with the world in which readers live. Of course, mystery readers do not share one simplistic world. They live in urban, suburban, and rural areas, as do the female heroines in the books they read. They may choose a book because it has a familiar background or because it takes them to places they long to visit. Readers may be rich or poor; young or old; conservative or liberal. So are the heroines. What incredible choices there are today in mystery series! This three-volume encyclopedia of women characters in the mystery novel is like a gigantic menu. Like a menu, the descriptions of the items that are provided are subjective. Volume 3 of Mystery Women as currently updated adds an additional 42 sleuths to the 500 plus who were covered in the initial Volume 3. These are more recently discovered sleuths who were introduced during the period from January 1, 1990 to December 31, 1999. This more than doubles the number of sleuths introduced in the 1980s (298 of whom were covered in Volume 2) and easily exceeded the 347 series (and some outstanding individuals) described in Volume 1, which covered a 130-year period from 1860-1979. It also includes updates on those individuals covered in the first edition; changes in status, short reviews of books published since the first edition through December 31, 2008.

A criminal profiler uses astrology, palmistry and numerology to solve a triple murder.

The racial ideology of colorblindness has a long history. In 1963, Martin Luther King famously stated, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." However, in the decades after the civil rights movement, the ideology of colorblindness co-opted the language of the civil rights era in order to reinvent white supremacy, fuel the rise of neoliberalism, and dismantle the civil rights movement's legal victories without offending political decorum. Yet, the spread of colorblindness could not merely happen through political speeches, newspapers, or books. The key, Justin Gomer contends, was film--as race-conscious language was expelled from public discourse, Hollywood provided the visual medium necessary to dramatize an anti–civil rights agenda over the course of the 70s, 80s, and 90s. In blockbusters like Dirty Harry, Rocky, and Dangerous Minds, filmmakers capitalized upon the volatile racial, social, and economic struggles in the decades after the civil rights movement, shoring up a powerful, bipartisan ideology that would be wielded against race-conscious policy, the memory of black freedom struggles, and core aspects of the liberal state itself.