Leap forward a century from the days of Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael.... She stretched out her hand, struggling to grasp him, reaching for the crude wooden cross he wore on a thin leather strap around his neck. But something seemed to hold her back; some black force scrabbled to keep her soul from deliverance. The priest had not heard her cry. He did not see her fighting to reach him. She must tell him. She must! After all her years devoted to God, Satan should not win her soul over such a misunderstanding, a judgement she'd made with imperfect knowledge and mortal blindness. An innocent person would be hurt, even die, if she did not. She could not have that fouling her conscience. She fought harder to reach her confessor, twisting, crying, moaning for help. Suddenly a hand materialized from the tapestry. It grasped the old prioress firmly and pulled her back to the ground. It was a woman's hand, and the touch was warm. The old prioress looked up and saw St. Mary Magdalene smiling. ''tell me, my child,'' the saintly voice said. ''I will tell Our Lord.'' She gestured to the glowing man at whose feet she sat. ''And He will forgive all as He always has.'' The old prioress wanted to weep for joy. ''Please tell him that I accused wrongly. It was not the one we feared, but rather the other!'' she gasped. And with that, the world turned black.

An escaped lunatic, a panicked town, and a murder case that will challenge their sanity… Summer has arrived in the lovely town of Clovedale Falls, and sisters Rita and Rhonda are enjoying the quiet life at their bakery. But when they stumble upon a rumour that an escaped patient from a mental asylum is closing in their town, they struggle not to get caught up in the whirlwind of panic and suspicion. But the mental patient isn’t the only person they have to worry about… their day quickly turns from bad to worse when a dead body mysteriously appears in their own bakery. Forced head-first into a wild roller coaster of a murder investigation, the twin sisters must use all of their wits if they want to unmask the true killer and prove their innocence. But time is running out, and the small town is eager to take the law into their own hands. If Rita and Rhonda don’t act fast, there’s no telling what could happen… Can these sleuthing sisters unmask the silent killer lurking in their kitchen? And what will become of the escaped mental patient now hiding somewhere in Clovedale Falls? Perfect for fans who love reading about cozy and lighthearted mystery novels that combine suspense, excitement, and all the twists and turns of a page-turning who-dun-it, Rita and Rhonda’s next adventure in Flour Day will Come is one you won’t want to miss.

A bold declaration of faith, 41 Will Come is a shot of encouragement and hope for everyone who desperately needs to hear “God is with you. Your story is not over. You are not defeated.” In the Bible, it rained for forty days and forty nights. Day 41 came and the rain stopped. The people of Israel wandered the wilderness for forty years. Day 41 came and a new generation entered the Promised Land. For forty days, Goliath bullied Israel and dared anyone to fight him. Day 41 came and David slew Goliath. Do you see the theme? Don’t quit. Don’t give up. Perhaps you’re stuck in a downpour or lost in one of life’s deserts. Maybe you’re facing someone or something that could take you down. You might feel stuck on your journey, but 41 will come—it’s on its way. No matter how long your battle—days, weeks, or years—Chuck Tate offers you seven keys to help you hang on to the promise and truth that God will come through for you.

A masterful political thriller from the author of Shining City thrusts veteran Washington fixers Peter Rena and Randi Brooks into a dark world of cyberattacks, a new era of foreign espionage, and a risky, classified plan to save the world from environmental disaster Billionaire entrepreneur David Traynor has big dreams for fixing a broken government in his first term as president of the United States. In the months before his inauguration, he’s developed daring and, in some cases, secret strategies to solve the climate crisis, force Congress to work again, and rebuild America’s economy—and that’s just the beginning. Everyone in the capital is scrambling to adapt to the new disruptor in chief’s bold agenda, though many, both at home and abroad, also want to see Traynor and his steely vice president, Wendy Upton, fail. Unsure of whom he can trust, Traynor intends to turn to an unusual group of people to advise him, including the savvy and sometimes ruthless DC fixers Peter Rena and Randi Brooks. Though he is at the height of his career, Rena finds his world in chaos. His personal life is a mess; he wonders if his work—saving powerful people from their mistakes—has become too cynical. When malicious, untraceable cyberattacks related to his past start seeping from the dark corners of the internet, Rena’s doubts overwhelm him. Then an unpredictable tragedy throws the country into crisis, and he must come out of his stupor. If Rena wants to help the new president salvage American politics, he will first have to reckon with his own demons and come to grips with a world far different from the one he once believed in. With the government and the country polarized and on the cusp of enormous change, Tom Rosenstiel’s The Days to Come is a clever, gripping thriller and a cogent meditation on how to heal a divided country.

``Gandhi saw progress in very much the same way that Rabindranath Tagore explained it to Westerners. The West sees progress mainly in material terms-something visual and concrete: once one travelled in horse drawn carriages, now one can fly in planes. But, as Tagore pointed out, the true Eastern mind doesn't see the outward signs. A tree which stands in one place for years also progresses-it is constantly revewing itself but the changes are taking place inside it, unseen. So also it is with man: he truly progresses only when he makes the necessary adjustments within himself-the `know thyself' of Socrates''. This is how the author explains what happened to him. His early life was highly influenced by the western style education he received in Christian boarding schools in India and later in England. He became part of the western concept of progress going for the outer gloss. But Jew-baiting at school and racial discrimination in England forced him back to his Jewish and Indian roots. He made the correction in his inner life while living in a tent in the Negev desert where he wrote this book. From being an admirer of Churchill, be become a follower of Gandhi. He argues in this book that non-violence is the only solution to the crisis in the Middle East.