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Subtitle: Volume 6 2006
Publisher: Readers Digest Association, Inc.
Published: 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 572
Description: Married to a stranger: 26-year-old Emma has it all--an inherited fortune, a job she loves, good friends, and a boyfriend who is crazy about her. Emma met sexy freelance journalist David at a dinner party. Romantic, free-spirited, and a perfect lover, David sweeps Emma off her feet. Now a baby is on the way. Emma expects David to say goodbye, but David enjoys surprises. At their beautiful, impromptu wedding, they promise to love and cherish each other for the rest of their lives. The only shadow over Emma's happiness is cast by her stepfather, who is furious that David failed to sign a prenuptial agreement. As the newlyweds set off for their honeymoon at an idyllic cabin in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, Emma has no idea that her life is about to turn into a wife's worst nightmare--but soon she must confront the possibility that her husband is trying to kill her.--From publisher description

Christmas guest: Dominic and Clarice Corde, instead of replacing the local vicar of a quaint hamlet who is away on holiday, find his corpse stashed in the cellar and must now solve his murder, instead of fulfilling his duties as the residents are trapped in the dangerously snowbound village with a killer at large.  The surprising solution reveals the true meaning of the Christmas message in addition to the killer

Sailing to Capri: Adler invites you on a decadent Mediterranean cruise--where nothing is what it seems, no one is telling the truth, and murder is on the agenda... When English tycoon Sir Robert Waldo Hardwick dies mysteriously in a car accident, he leaves behind a note naming six people he suspects might have wanted him dead. Daisy Kean and P.I. Harry Montana team up to take the suspects--and also six 'red herrings'--on a fabulous Mediterranean cruise, all expenses paid by the late Sir Robert. As they call at Monte Carlo, St. Tropez and Sorrento, the mystery deepens. And the unexpected twists are just the beginning.--From publisher description

Conjurer's bird: In 1774 one of Captain Cook's ships returned from the South Seas with a small bird on board that was destined to become extinct. Centuries later, the bird is the obsession of a wealthy collector who asks natural history expert John Fitzgerald to help him track it down. Fitz's quest becomes a fascinating journey into the life of an eighteenth-century British naturalist whose mysterious love affair almost cost him everything