"Madame Charmaine" by David Tischendorf (Feb, 2014)
http://tinyurl.com/MadameCharmaine
Madame Charmaine chronicles the adventure one summer of four close friends, three boys and a girl, all 12 years old, who discover a locked “treasure chest” half buried in the sandy shore of the Missouri River following a spring flood. As they play detective and try to find out who buried the chest and what its strange content means, they meet up with a tall, mysterious woman in a turban and soon find out that they are playing a dangerous game, one that threatens to bury them alive in a grave of their own digging!
"Auntie Maim" by David Tischendorf (Feb, 2014)
http://tinyurl.com/AuntieMaim
Was Auntie Maim an axe murderer? Well, you might have thought so!
Auntie Mame, on the other hand, can teach you and all of us an important lesson.
The little things in life sometimes aren't so little. Sheldon Beasley, 13, learned that lesson when his attempt to audition for a role in the wildly popular play Auntie Mame went horribly awry.
In a letter to the play’s director, Sheldon made several references to "Auntie Maim". Oops. That’s no way to impress the boss, who politely notified Sheldon he would not be invited to tryouts.
But Sheldon’s best friend, Tabby Moore, wouldn't let Sheldon give up. She organized a political-style campaign on Sheldon’s behalf. It certainly grabbed a lot of attention... Would it be enough to give Sheldon his chance?
http://tinyurl.com/astwigisbent"Someone is killing women in the Chelsea district of Manhattan - but, who? The only clues: a signature heart carved into each victim's breast (inside, the initials "J.C." and those of the deceased); copies of the New Testament (with underlined passages referring to infidelity); and fingerprints of a juvenile arrested in the 1960s. On the case is Matt Davis, a plodding but effective NYPD homicide detective who is addicted to fly fishing - and chocolate. Helping him is his one-quarter Mohawk Indian partner, Chris Freitag, to whom he owes a long-standing debt of gratitude. Complicating things is Rita Valdez, a female cop looking for "true love," and not too particular about where she finds it. "As the Twig is Bent" is an explosive thriller that rips the lid off the sordid underbelly of Internet chat rooms, and propels the reader on a no-holds-barred journey toward its bone-chilling conclusion."
