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Summer, 1969, Davison City Minnesota. Best Friends Beth and Evie face another baffling mystery when the new owner of the Majectic Theater is arrested for a murder they are sure he didn't commit.

Fifteen-year-old Jana’s Romani family leads a nomadic life, traveling and trading horses, in Czechoslovakia. When her family relocates to Prague, one step ahead of the Nazi invasion, Jana becomes a freedom fighter. She gets a job in the Prague castle and smuggles out secret messages, hidden inside of clocks, to the Resistance.

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Flood of Memories, a cozy historical mystery, is the second in the Beth and Evie Mystery series.  It is spring, 1969. Warm temperatures and rain quickly melt the snow, raising the specter of record flooding in Northwestern Minnesota.

The peace of Davison City is further disrupted when an elderly resident, Miss Almira Archer, suddenly dies under mysterious circumstances. Her nurse caregiver turns to Beth Williams for help. A missing will, a mysterious painting, and long-buried secrets draw Beth and her best friend, Evie Hanson, into a labyrinth of history and memories to unravel the mystery.

Tinged with nostalgia for bygone days, Flood of Memories will keep you guessing right up to the end. This puzzling whodunnit will appeal to fans of Agatha Christie, Richard Osman, and Rhys Bowen.

Seeking a fresh start after ending a decade-long stagnant relationship, 30-year-old Beth Williams returned to her hometown of Davison City, located on the Northwest Minnesota prairie. While most of the world is transfixed by the televised images of the first manned lunar orbit, Beth rushes through the eerily quiet city park trying to get to work on time. Suddenly, a body rolls down the hill and lands near her feet. Before the police arrive, the body disappears and they dismiss the whole thing as a drunk who fell, and then wandered off after regaining consciousness. However, Beth is certain that a murder was committed. She and her best friend, Evie Hanson, decide to investigate. The menace grows when Beth discovers she is being followed around town. Now, Beth and Evie must solve the case before it is too late.

Sundial Magazine presents an anthology of short historical fiction and poetry set in America or in American conflicts. From the Salem witch trials to the Challenger disaster, Sundial's first anthology relates almost 400 years of American history.

• With sixteen original short stories by Kim Ross, Greg Houle, R. Louis Scott, Michael Harris, Marlin Bressi, Shanteé Felix, Nikki Lynn Blakely, Michael Cooney, Scott Pedersen, Jared Carlson, Jonathan Adams, Alexis Silas, Nikita C. Anderson, B.K. Oldre, Marcy Dilworth, and David Salner. 
• With five flash pieces by Teresa Tennyson, Gina L. Grandi, Andrea Goyan, Wilson Koewing, and Yash Seyedbagheri.
• With a novel excerpt by Jennifer Schuberth.
• With five original poems by John Johnson, David Salner, and Tani Law Rey.
• With eleven original illustrations by Sandra Eckert, Yaleeza Patchett, Ann van der Giessen, and Kaci Ellison.

Emma Thompson is determined to finally write a novel! She has put it off for years. Her husband had insisted that it was not a practical goal and that she had to have a "real" job. Between the demands of work and marriage, she had never found the time to write. But now she is divorced. And, without a husband, a mortgage, or a job, she has nothing but time. What, then, is keeping her from writing?

Emma moves into her childhood home, in Pine Forest, Minnesota, just before the holidays. She and her sister have inherited the house, and Emma uses a large chunk of her divorce settlement to buy out her sister's share, only to find that the house needs constant repair! Luckily, her next-door neighbor is a handyman who can help her with a string of emergencies. Unfortunately, the handsome handyman becomes just another distraction, when he lures her into a fierce billiards competition at the Big Bear Lodge.

Between her distractingly handsome neighbor, home repairs, money worries, a pair of cute, but mischievous, kittens, and her competitive nature and tendency to procrastinate, will Emma finally find the time to become the writer she has always longed to be?