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Snooping Can Be Dangerous is the first in a series of Lindsay Harris Murder Mysteries. After a man is murdered in her neighborhood, Lindsay decides to take matters into her own hands. She soon finds herself in the middle of a deadly situation and learns that snooping can be dangerous.
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Snooping Can Be Contagious is the second in a series of Lindsay Harris Murder Mysteries. This book finds Lindsay in the middle of investigating another murder- actually two. The two children that belong to the mysterious single dad that lives next door. Getting her friends involved proves that snooping can be contagious.
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Crooked Road Stalker is the story of how Ellen's life changed when her husband died. With her books, writing, and road trips, she felt she was moving on. She liked meeting new friends- but a stalker? Why would she have a stalker? How would she handle this problem?
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The Best Darn Secret is a story of Annette Taylor. She was kept in an orphanage so her mother, an actress, could get good Hollywood roles. When her mother and father come to take her on vacation, there is a car crash in which Annette is thrown out of the vehicle. She gets amnesia. While she tries to learn who she is, she finds people that tell her about life, love, and real family. But she realizes that someone wants her dead.
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Checking On The House is the story of Ellen Holcombe who was taken at gunpoint in the hospital garage when she went to see her husband who was there for congestive heart failure. She told herself that she was a survivor and that someone would see the message she had written on the bathroom wall when the man had stopped at a gas station.
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Death By Computer is the story of Ellen Holcombe and how she used computers to find methods of murder and mayhem to use in her short stories. Those stories were based on people, places, and events that she knew and grew into novels. She never dreamed that anyone would use the products of her vivid imagination against her.
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The Backwards House is a story of a house that sat backwards from the other houses in the neighborhood. Using her dog, Nikki, and a watering can, she began to play hide and seek. When family and friends started disappearing, the search for answers became a life and death struggle for survival.
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An Awfully Lonely Place is a story of wanting to find out who could murder your uncle, even if he wasn't your favorite uncle. Moving from Ohio to Virginia to learn more about family, she discovered many deep, dark, hidden secrets and nearly lost her life as well as two friends' lives in her new hometown.
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Snooping Can Be Devious is here. It is the third in a series of Lindsay Harris Murder Mysteries. You don't want to miss this one. See how Lindsay Harris solves the mystery of her son Ryan's kidnapping. Was it his dad? Who is this Brian he'd been talking to? Whoever it was should have known not to mess with Mama Bear. She'll have you in her sights before you can say "Snooping Can Be Devious."
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Maddie, a missing, homeless teenager pulls Lindsay, family, and friends, into her world. Lindsay agrees to help her daughter, Emily, Maddie's best and only friend, find Maddie and finds she must infiltrate the world of the homeless to accomplish her task. Part of a great cozy mystery series.
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Divorce is a tough subject for a
teenager, but add a dose of murder, and her life becomes a real mess. Lindsay and kids make it their job to help her defend her parents and prevent the dissolution of her family. Fiction
This story follows another strong Appalachian woman, Molly Thompson, also a widow, who stays busy on the road selling her crocheted angels. Molly comes to believe she has been "put under a spell" by the handcrafted angels she creates and before readers finish the book, they may just feel the same way.
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Ellen remains naïve and trusting
until she allows Bertha, a young mother with three children, move into her home to share expenses. Bertha leads Ellen down the path to a life that is just a step away from prison. Ellen meets new men, even though her husband told her no one would ever want her. Unfortunately, those new men are not what she needs in her life. They teach her things about life that she really doesn’t need to know. All Ellen asks is that you don’t judge her until and unless you have traveled in her shoes. Non-fiction
Quilted Memories shares the story of a quilt made for Ellen's mother using clothing and curtains from when she was a little girl, to her marriage years, and through the death of both of her parents. Each night, the quilt projected memory films. Could this quilt be controlling her life?
Non-fiction
Living Life for Others is the true story of Tommy Jones, a mountain man out of West Virginia. He lived his life in poverty but likes to help others that need a hand. He calls it a hand up not a hand out. You will be touched by the stories this man had to tell about his life. He really does enjoy living life for others.
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Snooping Can Be Doggone Deadly is the fourth in a series of Lindsay Harris Murder Mysteries. See how Lindsay's daughter Emily becomes a victim after trying to help a friend, how Lindsay's friend Jed ends up in the hospital with a broken leg, and how Lindsay finds out who killed her co-workers dog. You will just find out that snooping can be doggone deadly.
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This story chronicles the struggle of a widow, Ella Hutchins, as she works to get her life back after years of care-taking for her husband. After his death, Ella realizes she has pushed everyone away and no longer has a network of friends or family to support her as she heals. Ella has to dig deep, relying upon the strong Appalachian stock from which she comes, to regain what she has lost. "Missing Sammy" is a must read for anyone who has lost a loved one.
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This is a book co-written with my dear friend, Rodney Smith. It follows a family whose baby was switched at birth and what they go through to keep the child they raised as their own. You will enjoy reading "An Unjust Court".
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Living a sheltered childhood is not always good. Ellen discovers
deceit and pain as she travels through life from being a naïve country girl to acquiring the basic instincts to survive in the big city. Ellen faces not one crossroad, but many, and she does not always choose the correct path. Ellen didn’t choose to be fat, but she is. Ellen didn’t choose to become pregnant with her first child while unmarried, but it was her fault, and she knows it. All she asks is that you don’t judge her until and unless you’ve traveled in her shoes. Fiction
People will assume every bad thing Ellen endured was true and every good thing was an embellishment to make her look good.
Ellen will not tell you what is true and what is not. She won’t tell you whether it’s all true or whether it’s not. The only way to figure out what’s real and what isn’t is to know the writer. Ellen doesn’t regret anything she has ever done because, at the time she did it, it was necessary. Can you say that? Can you say you’ve lived your life and have no regrets? All Ellen asks is that you don’t judge her until and unless you have traveled in her shoes. Non-fiction
Just a Country Boy- Don Dunford is about the life of Delegate Don
Dunford. After working with Mr. Dunford and the many fine friends that he has, the author wrote a simple statement about him: I Am Impressed. You will also be impressed with this story and the way it was written. |
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Watch Out For Eddy is the story of a boy who was struck by a car and the long road to recovery and healing. After years, Eddy was almost back to the way he used to be with an extra touch of paranoia for good measure. This is a story of survival, fear, frustration, love, and hope for normalcy.
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90 Years and Still Going Strong is the story of Stanley Eli Holcomb. Even though the years were hard, he worked at becoming a better person so he could support his family. This book is a story of good years and bad years and how one man made a difference in how he was going to live his years.
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Collections
I Am.... Linda Ellen is a collection of poetry by Linda Hudson Hoagland. In her words... "I tell stories with my poems that let the reader know who I am and how I feel about each situation from my parents, my past loves, and my true love. I added a few whimsical ideas and thoughts for a laugh or two."
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A Collection of Winners is a collection of short stories and essays that have won awards in publications, certificates, and even small sums of money. The collection begins with a true story and ends with a mystery and there are many different flavors of writing sprinkled in the middle.
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Angels to Women of the World:
A Poetry Collection is poems about women of the world which the author considers herself to be. Her love of angels has helped her become who she is today. |
A Collection of Winners 2 is another collection of winning short stories and essays. If you enjoyed the first collection, you will definitely want to read these.
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Anthologies
Broken Petals is an anthology by Jan-Carol Publishing.
Anthologies
These Haunted Hills is a collection of
short stories that tease the readers' curiosity of the supernatural. With the Appalachian region as a backdrop, each story brings fictional characters to life with intertwining moments of mystery, humor, and a reality check of the beating heart. A group of talented authors has created a delightful, haunting read in a non-cookie cutter, invigorating style that each reader will enjoy. Each story brings its own intriguing and engaging moment of excitement and thoughfulness. Linda has 2 entries in this anthology titled "Only Time Will Tell" and "The Followers". Fiction- Mystery
While sitting at a table making an effort to sell the books she has written, an old high school friend appears before her and turns her life upside down. As a widow, she longs for companionship and friendship, not a lasting love, because she had already lived through that until he died. Her schoolmate from fifty years earlier had the wrong idea when he stood before her book-laden table. She wonders how she will deal with a persistent man who is demanding her attention. Then – Marie Eddleston enters Ellen’s life and she has two major problems in front of her. She is faced with death several times and she doesn’t know why it is happening.
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The second edition of haunted tales from Jan-Carol Publishing. Linda has several entries in this edition.
Anthology
Easter Lilies is an anthology by Jan-Carol Publishing.
Anthology
Scattered Flowers is an anthology by Jan-Carol Publishing.
Anthology
The third edition of haunted tales from Jan-Carol Publishing.
Short Stories
What Was That? and Other Short Stories written by Linda Hudson Hoagland with several award winners.
Poetry
A collection of
award-winning poems. |
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Snowy Trails is an anthology published by Jan-Carol Publishing in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Linda Hudson Hoagland has stories in this which was a collection of stories with either white, snow, or Christmas as a theme. Fiction- Mystery
Ghosts and a haunted house are the enticements that pull Emily and her friend, Tim Riley, into the dilemma of being held hostage along with two of the local legal authorities who felt it necessary to search for the teenagers.
Lindsay, Ellen, Ryan, Jed, and Marnie look for the truth and the kids. Poetry
A poetry chapbook with the poem "The Last Time" and many others.
Short Story Collection
A collection of award winning short stories such as Frank's Fate and more. Be sure to check this book out if you enjoy short stories.
Fiction- Mystery
The eighth edition of the Snooping Series. This is a cozy mystery series involving Ellen Harris, a single mother and her three children, twin daughters Ellen and Emily and a son, Ryan. This story finds Ryan mixed up with drug dealers that end up kidnapping the girls and trying to kill Ryan. Can Ellen get her children out of this mess?
Anthology
Wild Daisies is an anthology by Jan-Carol Publishing.
Anthology
Daffodil Dreams is an anthology by Jan-Carol Publishing.
Anthology
The fourth edition of haunted tales from Jan-Carol Publishing.
Poetry
The Cup and other poems written by Linda Hudson Hoagland with several award winners.
Short Stories
A collection of
award-winning short stories. |