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A Sci Fi Mystery from Pittsburgh born author Andrea Hairston – Every Sunday, Oona the St. Berdoodle and her current owner, Zsuzsu, make their way through the winding paths of the State Park to the enigmatic Redemption Center-a place often mistaken for a haunted mansion. When a local celebrity is found murdered, the unexpected brings Oona together with a rag-tag group of local misfits. Together they venture into the depths of the Center’s mystery to untangle the threads of murder and deception. But Oona holds two secrets: she’s a citizen of the multiverse, able to travel between dimensions at will, and more importantly, she knows the killer’s identity.

Discover the paranormal history of our world through an amazing array of unique objects, each with its own dark and mysterious story. ‘Vault of the vampire’ features original photographs of 200+ objects from the VAMPA Museum’s collection of occult artifacts accompanied by the fascinating details of their origins and significance.

From Pittsburgh based author Jess Mey – They’re not detectives. They’re just two millennials with a murder to solve. A funny and wholesome mystery, perfect for fans of the Finlay Donovan series. Grace’s life is turned upside down when she finds her boss’s dead body at his desk. After being questioned by the police, Grace takes it as a sign to declare her recent move to Philadelphia a bust and move back to Florida, until her boss’s widow, Jo, shows up and offers Grace a job as her assistant.

This is the first monograph on the trans visionary artist Greer Lankton (1958-96), whose lifelike doll sculptures shocked 1980s New York. Lankton’s dolls, which she began making as a child and produced obsessively until her death at age 38, were a means to explore her fraught relationship with the human body. Her final work, an immersive installation created for the Mattress Factory in 1996, remains on permanent view.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Shift , this richly drawn portrait of four nurses in four different sectors of our broken healthcare system reveals where solutions are actually possible–to make care about people rather than profits.

Nore Gordon is a woman of many talents: she can speak a variety of languages, disguise herself in plain sight, and has made a name for herself as a successful wine merchant. But unbeknownst to those closest to her, it is all a front for Nore’s true role as the favoured spy of the Lindle crown. Tasked with infiltrating enemy lands in search of a powerful relic, Nore is forced to engage the services of a great thief. Unfortunately, the only person for the job is her estranged husband Caspian.