Enjoy this small-town holiday mystery from Brittany E. Brinegar, author of laugh-out-loud Texas whodunits... 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the mall Not a soul was shopping, they’re stealing from y’all. But do you recall the most famous twin sleuths of all? Lizzie is an underpaid intern for a small-town private investigator and Samantha is a nosy reporter trying to survive the holiday. Neither expected to spend their Christmas Eve trapped in a mall with Santa, a frazzled mom, an eccentric toy collector… oh and a team of thieves robbing the place. The crooks are making a list and checking it twice as they ransack the mall, one store at a time. But as the clock ticks the sleuths begin to suspect one of the hostages might be on the naughty list. With the Policeman's Ball occupying local law enforcement, can the twins and their Dalmatian sidekick thwart the robbery in time to save Christmas? ---------------- Silent Nights and Shoplifting is a stand-alone case in the Twin Bluebonnet Ranch Mysteries. If you love quirky small-town characters, best friend shenanigans, and a Dalmatian sidekick, this series is for you! Twin Bluebonnet Ranch Mysteries: Series Order Book 1: Caverns, Clues, and Cowboys Book 2: Friday Night Frights Book 3: Silent Nights and Shoplifting Book 4: Ghostwriters and Gravediggers Book 5: Antiques, Alibis, and Auctions Book 6: Secrets, Lies, and Poisonberry Pies Book 7: Rodeo, Ransom, and Fireworks Book 8: Sleuths, Sabotage, and Sandcastles Book 9: Turkey, Thievery, and Twins Book 10: Ballots, Belles, and Blackmail Book 11: Texans, Tourists, and Treachery Book 12: Softball and Stickups

From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the mall Not a soul was shopping, they're stealing from y'all. But do you recall the most famous twin sleuths of all? Lizzie is an underpaid intern for a small-town private investigator and Samantha is a nosy reporter trying to survive the holiday. Neither expected to spend their Christmas Eve trapped in a mall with Santa, a frazzled mom, an eccentric toy collector... oh and a team of thieves robbing the place. The crooks are making a list and checking it twice as they ransack the mall, one store at a time. But as the clock ticks the sleuths begin to suspect one of the hostages might be on the naughty list. With the Policeman's Ball occupying local law enforcement, can the twins and their Dalmatian sidekick thwart the robbery in time to save Christmas? ---------------- Silent Nights and Shoplifting is a stand-alone case in the Twin Bluebonnet Ranch Mysteries. If you love quirky small-town characters, best friend shenanigans, and a Dalmatian sidekick, this series is for you! Twin Bluebonnet Ranch Mysteries Teachers, Tricks, and Time Capsules Friday Night Frights Silent Nights and Shoplifting Rodeo, Ransom, and Fireworks

This memoir moves through Cohen's life in the counterculture, discussing book collecting, the pleasures of browsing and the need for bookshops.

A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day A collection of forty-seven newly commissioned essays from a team of leading scholars across the globe make this Companion the definitive guide to crime fiction Follows the development of the genre from its origins in the eighteenth century through to its phenomenal present day popularity Features full-length critical essays on the most significant authors and film-makers, from Arthur Conan Doyle and Dashiell Hammett to Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese exploring the ways in which they have shaped and influenced the field Includes extensive references to the most up-to-date scholarship, and a comprehensive bibliography

Meet Edinburgh Detective Inspector Liz Kavanaugh, head of the Innovative Crimes Investigation Unit, otherwise known as the Rule 34 Squad. They monitor the Internet for potential criminal activity, analyzing trends in the extreme fringes of explicit content. And occasionally, even more disturbing patterns arise… Three ex-cons have been murdered in Germany, Italy, and Scotland. The only things they had in common were arrests for spamming—and a taste for unorthodox entertainment. As the first officer on the scene of the most recent death, Liz finds herself sucked into an international investigation that isn’t so much asking who the killer is, but what—and if she doesn't find the answer soon, the homicides could go viral.