Ballots, Belles, and Blackmail: A Beauty Pageant Cozy Mystery

2024-04-26 Fiction

Author : Brittany E. Brinegar
Release : 2024-04-26
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis Ballots, Belles, and Blackmail: A Beauty Pageant Cozy Mystery by : Brittany E. Brinegar

Download or read book Ballots, Belles, and Blackmail: A Beauty Pageant Cozy Mystery written by Brittany E. Brinegar. This book was released on 2024-04-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this small-town mystery series from Brittany E. Brinegar, author of laugh-out-loud Texas whodunits... Judges bribed, election tied. Every smile hides a secret hotter than a jalapeno. Welcome to Lake Falls, Texas, where the air is thick with excitement and suspicion. In the midst of an emergency election for sheriff, tensions rise as the two candidates find themselves locked in a tie. As the town braces for another round of voting, sabotage rears its ugly head, prompting private eye Lizzie to step in and unravel the tangled web of deceit. Meanwhile, at the train station, a Southern Belle pageant adds a splash of glamor to the small-town scene. But behind the dazzling smiles and fluttering fans, rumors swirl of judges being bribed to sway the outcome. Determined to uncover the truth, reporter Samantha dons her undercover persona, delving into the heart of the pageant world. With the fate of the sheriff's office hanging in the balance and whispers of corruption echoing through the town, twin sisters Lizzie and Samantha must navigate a maze of secrets and scandals to untangle the mysteries of ballots, belles, and blackmail. Will they uncover the truth before it's too late, or will their charming town fall prey to the dark forces at play? ---------------- Ballots, Belles, and Blackmail 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

Turkey, Thievery, and Twins: A Small-Town Holiday Cozy Mystery

2023-11-10 Fiction

Author : Brittany E. Brinegar
Release : 2023-11-10
Genre : Fiction
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Download or read book Turkey, Thievery, and Twins: A Small-Town Holiday Cozy Mystery written by Brittany E. Brinegar. This book was released on 2023-11-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this small-town holiday mystery from Brittany E. Brinegar, author of laugh-out-loud Texas whodunits... They wanted a feast, but what they got was a mystery with all the trimmings. Twins Samantha and Lizzie hoped for a peaceful Thanksgiving in their charming Texas town. But when Lizzie's boss, a seasoned private investigator, entrusts her with a baffling case, their holiday takes a curious turn. A priceless family heirloom, on loan to the museum, vanishes during the annual Pilgrim Pageant in front of hundreds of witnesses. Left in its place is Gobbles, the town Turkey, who every year gets a stay of execution for the holiday feast. Lizzie suspects the elusive newcomer orchestrated the daring switcheroo. Tensions flared between him and her boss, when he attempted to purchase the heirloom the day prior. The case seems open and shut. But there's a hitch: the town newcomer has an unbreakable alibi. Samantha and Lizzie are determined to leave no cranberry unturned as they unravel a web of secrets and prove even the tightest alibis can't hide the truth when the twins are on the case. ---------------- 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

The New Sultan

2017 Turkey

Author : Soner Çaǧaptay
Release : 2017
Genre : Turkey
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Book Rating : 972/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The New Sultan written by Soner Çaǧaptay. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In a world of rising tensions between Russia and the United States, the Middle East and Europe, Sunnis and Shiites, Islamism and liberalism, Turkey is at the epicentre. And at the heart of Turkey is its right-wing populist president, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an. Since 2002, Erdo?an has consolidated his hold on domestic politics while using military and diplomatic means to solidify Turkey as a regional power. His crackdown has been brutal and consistent - scores of journalists arrested, academics officially banned from leaving the country, university deans fired and many of the highest-ranking military officers arrested. In some senses, the nefarious and failed 2016 coup has given Erdo?an the licence to make good on his repeated promise to bring order and stability under a 'strongman'. Here, leading Turkish expert Soner Cagaptay will look at Erdo?an's roots in Turkish history, what he believes in and how he has cemented his rule, as well as what this means for the world. The book will also unpick the 'threats' Erdogan has worked to combat - from the liberal Turks to the Gulen movement, from coup plotters to Kurdish nationalists - all of which have culminated in the crisis of modern Turkey."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report

2011-05-01 Political Science

Author : Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
Release : 2011-05-01
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 414/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report written by Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. This book was released on 2011-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report, published by the U.S. Government and the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in early 2011, is the official government report on the United States financial collapse and the review of major financial institutions that bankrupted and failed, or would have without help from the government. The commission and the report were implemented after Congress passed an act in 2009 to review and prevent fraudulent activity. The report details, among other things, the periods before, during, and after the crisis, what led up to it, and analyses of subprime mortgage lending, credit expansion and banking policies, the collapse of companies like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the federal bailouts of Lehman and AIG. It also discusses the aftermath of the fallout and our current state. This report should be of interest to anyone concerned about the financial situation in the U.S. and around the world.THE FINANCIAL CRISIS INQUIRY COMMISSION is an independent, bi-partisan, government-appointed panel of 10 people that was created to "examine the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States." It was established as part of the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009. The commission consisted of private citizens with expertise in economics and finance, banking, housing, market regulation, and consumer protection. They examined and reported on "the collapse of major financial institutions that failed or would have failed if not for exceptional assistance from the government."News Dissector DANNY SCHECHTER is a journalist, blogger and filmmaker. He has been reporting on economic crises since the 1980's when he was with ABC News. His film In Debt We Trust warned of the economic meltdown in 2006. He has since written three books on the subject including Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity (Cosimo Books, 2008), and The Crime Of Our Time: Why Wall Street Is Not Too Big to Jail (Disinfo Books, 2011), a companion to his latest film Plunder The Crime Of Our Time. He can be reached online at www.newsdissector.com.

Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man

2002-07-02 Social Science

Author : John F. Kasson
Release : 2002-07-02
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 039/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man written by John F. Kasson. This book was released on 2002-07-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable new work from one of our premier historians In his exciting new book, John F. Kasson examines the signs of crisis in American life a century ago, signs that new forces of modernity were affecting men's sense of who and what they really were. When the Prussian-born Eugene Sandow, an international vaudeville star and bodybuilder, toured the United States in the 1890s, Florenz Ziegfeld cannily presented him as the "Perfect Man," representing both an ancient ideal of manhood and a modern commodity extolling self-development and self-fulfillment. Then, when Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan swung down a vine into the public eye in 1912, the fantasy of a perfect white Anglo-Saxon male was taken further, escaping the confines of civilization but reasserting its values, beating his chest and bellowing his triumph to the world. With Harry Houdini, the dream of escape was literally embodied in spectacular performances in which he triumphed over every kind of threat to masculine integrity -- bondage, imprisonment, insanity, and death. Kasson's liberally illustrated and persuasively argued study analyzes the themes linking these figures and places them in their rich historical and cultural context. Concern with the white male body -- with exhibiting it and with the perils to it --reached a climax in World War I, he suggests, and continues with us today.

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