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One night after a cooking class, Hannah goes to throw out the garbage only to find the murdered body of the sheriff.

In 525 B.C., the Persian king Cambyses sent fifty thousand soldiers across the conquered Egyptian desert to take an oasis city not far from where the Libyan border stands today.

On the frozen shores of Sweden, lightning strikes from a clear sky. The skeleton of a huge man is revealed, its fingers clutched around the handle of an iron hammer.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. The last thing Maura Thomas remembers before her car careened over a steep embankment is having dinner with her college roommate.over twenty years ago.

Haunted by her dreams. Kathi Ellison is an English literature major at the University of California in Berkeley, living with her boyfriend off-campus.

After mountain climbers discover an ancient, buried ship on Mount Ararat, a team of scholars, archaeologists, and filmmakers make it inside the ark, where they find an ugly, misshapen cadaver with

An exploration of Canadian Remembrance Day history, customs, and traditions. Who are the people who offered their lives in war? Why do we remember them? How do we honour their memory?

Christmas normally descends on Lake Eden, Minnesota, as gently as reindeer alighting on a rooftop-but this yuletide season the only thing coming down Hannah Swensen's chimney is a case of murd

Hannah Swensen's supplies are delivered daily by Ron LaSalle, whom she often passes on her way to work.

Life in Lake Eden, Minnesota, is usually pleasantly uneventful. Lately, though, it seems everyone has more than their fair share of drama to manage.

Hannah is thrilled to be marrying Ross Barton, her college crush.

A romantic seven-day cruise is the perfect start to bakery owner Hannah Swensen's marriage.

Thanksgiving has a way of thawing the frostiest hearts in Lake Eden.

One summer in Lake Eden, Minnesota, Hannah Swensen attends the grand opening of a newly refurbished hotel, where her famous red velvet cupcakes will be served in the new Red Velvet lounge.

The moment Marian Larsen sees the patrol car stop outside her house, she feels a shiver of foreboding. The news is even worse than she feared.