Linda Hall
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A thriller of fear and faith that "takes a young woman on a journey to find her past and leads the reader right into a mystery about the present" (Fresh Fiction).
"Never go back to Burlington!" Those were the dying words of the secretive aunt who'd raised orphaned Marylee Simson. Yet to discover who she was, Marylee had to go back, sure the Lord would look out for her. But learning anything about her past was proving impossible. Why were there...
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I was only fourteen when I witnessed a murder on the riverbank. A murder that went unpunished. Unless you count what happened to my family. We were forced out of town by the teenage killer's prominent parents. And the murder was forgotten-;by everyone but me. Now, the killer is a respected businessman. I can't let him get away with it. But I'm a single mother with a child to protect, what can I do? The new man in my life, Mark Bishop, warns me to...
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I wasn't always the law-abiding, churchgoing young woman I am today. Not too long ago I did shameful things and then ran far away. Not even my beloved fiancé youth minister Greg Whitten, knows the truth about my past. But now my worst nightmare has come true. Someone has pictures of the old me and is sending them to me, to Greg, to the church. And if I want to live happily ever after-if I want to live at all-I'll need my newfound faith and Greg's...
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Whisper Lake mysteries volume 1
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The rustic lakeside homestead is supposed to be a refuge for widow Nori Edwards. However, the moment the single mom arrives, strange and frightening things start happening. Former police officer Steve Baylor--the only resident who'll step foot on the 'cursed' property--vows to protect Nori. And catch the shadowy someone dead set on terrorizing her. For the first time, she feels safe. But danger won't stay hidden forever...and neither will Nori's stalker,...
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Whisper Lake mysteries volume 3
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When an explosion at City Hall kills two people, all the evidence of wrongdoing points to shy make-up artist Anna Barker. Hardly the type of person you'd think of as a killer, Anna hopes with all her heart that Sheriff Stu McCabe, the lead detective, will be able to clear her. But Stu has a tormented past of his own, and he isn't inclined to trust anyone--not eve sweet, lovable Anna. He'd learned the hard way that people are not always what they seem....
6) On thin ice
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Whisper Lake mysteries volume 2
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Twenty years ago, two weeks before their intended wedding day, tragedy tore Megan Brooks and Alec Black apart. They haven't seen each other since. Someone has been watching them, though, and attacking the members of the would-be bridal party. Megan knows she must confront her past by coming home and facing Alec, now the sheriff of Whisper Lake, Maine. He's the last man she wants to see, yet he's the only one who can keep her safe.
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A young woman's new life of love and faith is threatened by a dangerous stalker from her past in this inspiring novel of romantic suspense.
Lilly Johnson wasn't always the law-abiding, churchgoing woman she is today. Not even her boyfriend, youth minister Greg Whitten, knows the truth about her former life. With engagement on the horizon, Lilly fears what would happen if Greg ever found out her secrets. And now her worst nightmare is coming true.
Someone...
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A study in conflict between a powerful industry and a struggling nation: "This fine monograph... addresses an important issue in Mexican history."-The Americas
Mexico was second only to the United States as the world's largest oil producer in the years following the Mexican Revolution. As the revolutionary government became institutionalized, it sought to assure its control of Mexico's oil resources through the Constitution of 1917, which returned...
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Dolores del Río's enormously successful career in Hollywood, in Mexico, and internationally illuminates issues of race, ethnicity, and gender through the lenses of beauty and celebrity. She and her husband left Mexico in 1925, as both their well-to-do families suffered from the economic downturn that followed the Mexican Revolution. Far from being stigmatized as a woman of color, she was acknowledged as the epitome of beauty in the Hollywood of the...
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How does fear — deep, ongoing, systemic fear — impact on Black lives?
Through reflections on her own life, anthropologist Dr. Linda Jean Hall Ph.D. draws on traditions of African storytelling to explore the question of how systemic fear affects the twentieth- and twenty-first-century Afro American experience. By using the framing of pandemic waves — a concept all too familiar in the wake of COVID-19 — Hall employs a personal lens to parse...