The Antiques Roadshow, if Stephen King was the host...When art appraiser Anita Cassatt is sent to catalogue the extensive collection of reclusive artist Leo Kubin, it isn't the chill of the secluded house making her shiver, it's the silent audience of portraits clustered on every wall, watching her.The lawyer didn't share the dead artist's instructions for handling his art, and Anita and her team start work ignorant of the instructions designed to keep them safe. Safe from the art.There are secrets hiding in Kubin's house. But as Anita and her team discover, some secrets don't want to stay hidden.Described as Caravaggio meets Poltergeist - Painted is a gothic horror novel with a decent serving of psychological unease and a healthy fear of the dark. Perfect for lovers of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House.What readers are saying about Painted: "Refreshing to encounter this subtle, delicate narrative where horror peeps slyly out..." "Painted is an effective haunted house book, favoring tension and subtlety over outright violence and kills." "McKenzie does an incredible job in the characterization of the people in her novel. With each and every one, I came away with the feeling that I knew them--down to even the secrets they kept hidden from each other." "This novel literally took my breath away in places." "The plot is sensationally addictive and the creepy factor kept me alert page after page." "No gore or cheap scares here, this is a subtle and delicate chiller written in the spirit of a Shirley Jackson novel."

Painted

Literature & Fiction

McKenzie, Kirsten

Genre Fiction

Squabbling Sparrows Press

Doctor Perry prefers his patients old, lonely and unloved. Because no one misses them when they disappear. 
"Doctor Perry is a spine-tingling read and a slamming indictment on the blind trust we give to doctors."\nHiding from a traumatic past, retiree Elijah Cone spends his days at Florida's Rose Haven Retirement Home waiting for death to relieve him of his all-consuming guilt and the worsening pain of his arthritis. But Elijah isn't the only one with a secret. Rose Haven's resident doctor has a secret too, one involving his elderly patients. A profitable secret. A deadly side hustle.\nForced into a fight for their lives, Elijah and the other residents of the care home soon learn that under Doctor Perry's care, death is a better option…\nAfter reading Doctor Perry, you'll be left questioning how much you trust your doctor.\nDoctor Perry is recommended for readers who enjoy reading thrillers tinged with a hint of the paranormal - think Stephen King with a medical degree.\nBoth the paperback and ebook versions contain a page of discussion questions for your next bookclub meeting. The author of Doctor Perry, Kirsten McKenzie, is available to attend your bookclub meetings, either in person, or online, depending on where you are in the world.

Doctor Perry

United States

General AviationDo you want to be the pilot who comes home after every flight?Learn from the experiences of other pilots so you don't become another air incident statistic.81 Lessons From The Sky contains 81 true stories from actual pilots, including what they learnt from their accidents and near misses. 81 stories from around the globe, from the General Aviation community on their own near misses and their learnings.
All 81 stories have been selected and republished with permission from NASA, CASA and CHIRP, and include first hand pilot reports about aviation accidents from the USA, Australia and the United Kingdom.
81 lessons learnt from taxiway incidents, refuelling errors, airspace infringements, cloud base confusion, reliance on GPS systems, storm fronts, military airspace incursions, and many, many more.
Each story is short and easy to read, written in the voice of the pilot who lived to report back. You'll recognise the names of the aircraft, and you may have even landed at some of the airfields mentioned in these pages. Aircraft like the Conquest, the Pawnee, the Cessna 150, the 172, a Piper 6XT, even a Bird Dog, and others.
This book is an essential read for all current and future pilots. Remember, safety first. Order now.

81 Lessons From The Sky

Biographies & Memoirs

McKenzie, Fletcher

Professionals & Academics

The companion book to the best selling General Aviation book '81 Lessons From The Sky'.
101 Lessons From The Sky focusses on commercial and air transport aviation, and is possible thanks to the pilots who shared their failings and misadventures. Read 101 true stories from pilots with hundreds and thousands of hours of flight experience between them. 
The flight simulator has nothing on learning from actual stories straight from the pilots who lived to tell the tale. 101 stories about the Boeing 737, and the 767, the CRJ-700, the Beech 99, the ERJ-145, the Airbus A320, a Learjet and a Gulfstream, the CRJ-200, the Airbus A319, and others.
Read about airline checklists, complacency, maintenance issues, poor load planning, limitations with dipsticks and fatigue, and dozens more easy-to-read true accounts of potentially catastrophic incidents narrowly averted. And the lessons the pilots, the cabin crew, the ground crew, the engineers, and the co-pilots learnt. And the airline companies and air cargo companies...
Learn from the experiences of other pilots so you don't become another air incident statistic. 
An essential read for all current and future pilots. And remember, safety first. Order now.

101 Lessons From The Sky: Commercial Aviation

Learn from the experiences of other helicopter pilots. Packed with seventy one powerful lessons, 71 Lessons From The Sky is a new survival guide for helicopter pilots detailing real incidents and accidents taken from the FAA (USA), CHIRP (UK) and CASA (Australia). Learn from Claude Vuichard - as he details his Vortex Ring State Recovery Technique, and from Mark Ogden - editor of Heliops Magazine, as he identifies pitfalls pilots miss in training. Also included are lessons on situational awareness, complacency, fatigue, and stories about wire strikes from pilots who lived to share the tale. Many of the stories are from seasoned aviators and ground crew, but even with all their experience, they were unaware of the potential air disaster ahead of them, falling victim to the situation, but surviving to share their lessons. These lessons offer firsthand experience in identifying the signs aircrew may miss until it's too late. This is the fourth book in the Lessons From The Sky series, offering rare insight into the risks pilots and crew face. An essential read for all current and future pilots. Blue skies and fly safely.

71 Lessons From The Sky

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

Learn from the largest air force in the world - the US Air Force. 51 Lessons From The Skycontains stories from USAF pilots and crew who lived to share their stories of air incidents, and close calls. If you enjoy Mayday, Air Crash Investigation or Seconds Before Disaster, then you will love this companion book to the best selling General Aviation book 81 Lessons From The Sky and the Commercial and Air Transport Aviation book 101 Lessons From The Sky. 51 Lessons From The Sky is possible thanks to the USAF pilots who served and shared their failings and misadventures. All fifty-one stories are introduced by former USAF Test Pilot, Shuttle Pilot and Shuttle Commander Colonel Tom Henricks. Real life unclassified stories straight from the pilots who lived to tell the tale. 51 stories about unique military aircraft, including the F-16 Viper, C, CJ, U-28A, T-1A Jayhawk, C-21 Super Taxi, C-17 Transport, C-130E Hercules, AC-130, HC-130, MC-130H, EC-130H, B-52, KC-135, KC-10, A-10 Thunderbolt, F-15 Eagle, E-3 Sentry, B-1B Bomber, CF-5, CV-22B Osprey and a T-6 II doing aerobatics, and includes a number of declassified stories. It includes the Special Operations Squadron, 77th Fighter Squadron, 36th Maintenance Squadron, 58th Operations Support Squadron, 962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron, 80th Flying Training Wing, 25th Fighter Squadron, 18 OSS/OSOST, 47th Flying Training Wing, 40th and 39th Airlift Squadron, 43rd Airlift Wing, 32nd Air Refueling Squadron. With all crew surviving to tell their tale. Read about complacency, maintenance issues, poor planning, limitations and fatigue, and dozens more easy-to-read true accounts of potentially catastrophic incidents narrowly averted. And the lessons the pilots, the crew, the ground crew, the engineers, and the co-pilots learnt. Learn from the experiences of others so you don't make the same mistakes. An essential read for all current and future crew, aviators and air force personnel. Remember, safety first. Order now.

51 Lessons From The Sky

Leaders & Notable People

History shapes those who travel through itDetermined to save the antiques store she has inherited from ruin after the unexplained disappearance of her parents, Sarah Lester discovers a jumbled collection of vintage postcards which lead her on a journey through time.
Unprepared for the story the postcards weave about their reclusive former owner, Sarah’s life is thrown into disarray as she is transported to Victorian London, colonial New Zealand and to the British Raj in nineteenth century India.
Sarah’s journey through time could solve the mystery of her parents’ disappearance. But one impossible question remains: what will staying in the past do to her future?
 Fifteen Postcards is the first book in The Old Curiosity Shop trilogy.

Fifteen Postcards (The Old Curiosity Shop)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Time changes everything, even historyAfter disappearing amidst a spray of bullets, antiques dealer Sarah Lester leaves behind no body, only questions. Sarah’s friends are left dealing with the aftermath of her disappearance, including an investigation into the provenance of her antiques, which threatens to crush The Old Curiosity Shop.
As Sarah struggles to reunite with her father, she continues the search for her mother, unaware the violent colonial past has followed her home, putting herself, and those she loves in danger.
From the remote shores of New Zealand, through India’s hill country stations and onto the streets of Victorian London, Sarah must decide whether family bonds are strong enough to stretch through time.
The Last Letter is the second book The Old Curiosity Shop trilogy.

The Last Letter (The Old Curiosity Shop)

History will change Sarah Lester's mother is missing and the Indian uprising holds her father captive. The police want to question her, and even the church is demanding its pound of flesh. Her return to The Old Curiosity Shop raises more questions than answers. Waiting in the shadows is a vengeful Richard Grey. After discovering Sarah's ability to travel through time, nothing will stop him from restoring his name to its former glory. Not even time. Can Sarah reunite her scattered family before Grey closes the doorway to the past? Telegram Home is the last book The Old Curiosity Shop trilogy.

Telegram Home (The Old Curiosity Shop)

THE GHOST SHIP She's a jinxed witch with Bruce Lee moves. The coven's being haunted and witches are disappearing. Will she be able to save the coven and herself? Not yet over the loss of her mom, Frankie B's in a new city, without family, a home or her full powers. Thank goodness for her familiar, Dex, the best Jack Russell in the world. They're faced with moving into a flea-pit motel, when Dex spots a vacancy at a nearby marina. But this is no ordinary marina, and before they've even had time to finish unpacking, life takes a deadly turn. Will Frankie solve the mystery of the missing witches and rid the coven of the ghost of Captain Russell Garnet? Or will her ability to make him corporeal see her being held as his prisoner until her dying breath? Either way, she's not going down without a fight. THE BLOOD HEX A potentially lethal blood hex. Her mother's murderer still on the loose. Her father maybe not as dead as she's been led to believe. Jinxed witch Frankie B and Dex, her familiar, certainly have their hands (and paws) full. With the ghost of Captain Russell Garnet banished to an island in the Caribbean, Frankie thought she and Dex could get on with life. If only she wasn't lumbered with a blood hex. And if only her troublesome grandmamma -- the not so ex-pirate -- Anne Bonny hadn't managed to get herself in a heap of trouble. Before any rescue can take place, Frankie needs to get a handle on her new witchy powers. While she's no longer stuck with housework spells and the occasional ward, her new power levels are unstable at best, and completely missing, at worst. Yet again, she's training with the drop-dead gorgeous warlock / merman hybrid Zane, making concentration difficult, especially when the air between them is laced with freaky magic. Will Frankie break the hex, and find out who killed her mom and dad, or will she die trying? With Dex and Zane at her side, how can she possibly fail?

Marina Witches Mysteries - Books 1 + 2: Two fun paranormal cozy mysteries

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