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First published in 1988, the award-winning Trash showcases Allison at her most fearlessly honest and startlingly vivid. The limitless scope of human emotion and experience are depicted in stories that give aching and eloquent voice to the terrible wounds we inflict on those closest to us. These are tales of loss and redemption; of shame and forgiveness; of love and abuse; and the healing power of storytelling.

Late summer blooms in beautiful Sea Harbor, Massachusetts, and while a harvest thrives, Izzy Chambers Perry and the other Seaside Knitters will need to cast on their sleuthing skills to save a local farm. Unfortunately, finding a killer can be like looking for a needle in a haystack....

A young man is stopped by the police, a body is found in his backseat, and he is convicted of murder. While he awaits execution, he makes out a will leaving all his money to the police lieutenant who handled his case. The lieutenant learns of this when Hildegarde Withers, schoolteacher and hard-boiled private eye, stops by. She determines to clear the man in the few days left before his execution. The opening paragraphs bear comparison with the opening of Chandler's short story "Red Wind".

Sexual Intimacy for Women helps female couples examine the emotional, physical, and psychological aspects of their relationships, with the goal of creating more intimacy. Exercises and client-based anecdotes from Dr. Corwin’s years of experience with same-sex couples help women overcome common issues around orgasm, body image, identity, aging, and parenthood. Dr. Corwin dispels myths, examines the intricacies of female desire, and gives advice to help couples achieve long-lasting, healthy, and fulfilling relationships.

A violence prevention expert helps targets of gender-based violence discern fact from fiction around what keeps us safe and support social change Personal safety shouldn’t mean living in fear, nor should it come at the expense of political progress. Questionable advice to avoid violence, like...

The Jazz Age comes alive with a love story for the ages: a rugged Prohibition agent and a saucy flapper from one of Appalachia’s most notorious bootlegging families… Manhattan, present day Ella Hawthorne thinks she’s going crazy when she hears strange noises coming from the walls of her...

In Sea Harbor, the holidays mean cozy fires, festive carols, and soft skeins of yarn waiting to become hats and sweaters and scarves. And this year, Izzy and the other Seaside Knitters are also knitting tiny ornaments to decorate a tree for the first annual tree-trimming contest. Their holiday cheer is multiplied when Izzy's younger brother, Charlie Chambers, unexpectedly arrives to volunteer at a local clinic. He brings with him outspoken hitchhiker Amber Hanson, who is returning to Sea Harbor to claim an inheritance.

When Inspector Oscar Piper asks his old friend Hildegarde Withers to stop meddling in murder, she surprisingly agrees. But old habits die hard and Hildy soon finds herself back in harness, investigating suspects and snooping for clues. Oddly enough, she spots a vital clue while looking at her own tank of tropical fish.

Dental tech, dog trainer, and amateur sleuth, Eve, is relieved when another dentist and dental hygienist are hired to help carry the load at work. All goes well with the new coworkers, but Eve finds it odd when she sees the new dentist at the same park every day, acting as though he’s looking for something. Curious, she does a social media search and discovers that his wife went missing years ago, and he was investigated as the prime suspect in the disappearance.

While the Seaside Knitters get ready to showcase their new Danish-inspired event, locals can’t stop talking about Tess Bean - a bright-eyed environmental activist with a way of charming both animals and humans alike. Birdie’s granddaughter is mesmerized by ethereal Tess’ passion for saving the earth and ocean, and even Izzy’s old Irish setter becomes attached to the young woman’s gentle touch....

It’s early fall, and the weather coincides perfectly with the opening of a local tea house, Chai Froth. Amateur sleuth and Search and Rescue dog trainer, Eve has been a devoted customer of The Granite Mug, but she and Aidan decide to check out the newly opened shop early one morning before work, and they absolutely fall in love with it. Unfortunately, it seems as though Chai Froth’s early success may be short lived, however, when one of its employees goes missing just days after the shop’s opening.

It’s the tail end of summer, and things are finally getting back to normal in Granite. The dental clinic is finished being rebuilt after the fire, and amateur sleuth and dog trainer, Eve, can finally get back to her old routine. With more time on her plate, she intends to focus on her dogs’ training with renewed vigor – a plan that coincides perfectly with a local independent journalist’s request for some footage of her training her search and rescue dogs.

Amateur sleuth and rescue dog trainer, Eve, is joyfully busy. Her best friend is getting married and, as maid of honor, Eve pours her heart and soul into making sure Tiana’s special day goes off without a hitch. Just when it looks like everything is going to be a success, one of the wedding guests goes missing in the woods surrounding the venue. While trying to track down the missing guest, Eve stumbles across a murder scene. And the victim is another guest.

Amateur sleuth and dog trainer, Eve, is delighted to take some time off and go on a camping trip to secluded part of Lake Superior’s coastline. The trip that’s supposed to be a relaxing and fun adventure takes a dark turn when Eve’s Search and Rescue dog, Atlas, discovers a body on the beach. And that’s not the only surprise that they find.

Search and Rescue dog owner and amateur sleuth, Eve, has been tasked with helping to plan and prepare for the Michigan Mutts Search and Aid Spring Meeting. To say that she’s busy would be more than an understatement, but when her day-job boss asks her to help out an elderly friend who’s convince that something scary and dangerous is afoot, Eve makes time for it. In her mind, it won’t take long to meet up with the elderly woman and take Atlas, her cadaver dog, through the woman’s house, just to do a good deed and ease the woman’s worries.

When Major Gryffth Hockaday is called to the front lines of the Civil War, his new bride is left to care for her husband's 300-acre farm and infant son. Placidia, a mere teenager herself living far from her family and completely unprepared to run a farm or raise a child, must endure the darkest days of the war on her own. By the time Major Hockaday returns two years later, Placidia is bound for jail, accused of having borne a child in his absence and murdering it. What really transpired in the two years he was away?

Although the Stock Market had crashed recently, it was too early for most people to predict that the Great Depression was about to get underway. For 39-year-old spinster schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers, it’s business as usual. And part of her usual business is taking her class for an outing to the aquarium to see the penguins. Instead, she spots the floating corpse of Wall Street broker Gerald Lester and quickly realizes that Inspector Oscar Piper of NYPD Homicide isn’t up to solving this tricky case.

Julie Ellis and Luke Muldenhower have always been school sweethearts. Now both are in high school and deeply in love. Luke, a talented football player, is almost certain to receive an athletic scholarship to a top college. And no matter what her parents say, wherever Luke goes, Julie intends to follow. When Luke can't shake what he thinks is a virus, Julie persuades him to see a doctor. Luke's test results are alarming, but Julie believes their love is stronger than anything. Can love survive, now and forever?

It’s an exciting time for yarn shop owner Izzy Chambers Perry. She and her new husband are expecting a baby, and all of Sea Harbor seems to be rejoicing with them. As a mother-to-be, Izzy is having a heady summer—full of bike rides, runs along the shore, and time spent with her aunt Nell and the other Seaside Knitters—until the day she spots an abandoned baby car seat and hand-knit blanket on the beach. Izzy immediately recognizes the blanket’s material—a soft yellow angora yarn she displayed in her shop window last fall.

As Izzy and the Seaside Knitters prepare her yarn studio for the tourist season, fellow knitter Birdie Favazza has her hands full with her granddaughter Gabby. The little girl soon becomes a fixture in the town and even strikes up a friendship with a reclusive local fisherman, Finnegan, who is the source of much local turbulence. Then lobsterwoman Cass Halloran stumbles over the old fisherman—his body covered with leaves and sea grass and wearing the yellow fleece vest she once made for him.