That Girl Montana Completed

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense American WestMurder MysteryFrontier Life

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AuthorMarah Ellis Ryan

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In the rugged wilderness of the Pacific Northwest, seventeen-year-old Montana—known to the river guides and miners simply as 'Tana—is far from an ordinary young woman. Independent, sharp-eyed, and hardened by the wild hills, she has just struck a fortune in gold at the Twin Springs diggings. Yet fortune brings dark shadows: notorious outlaw Lee Holly has been found dead in her cabin, leaving 'Tana haunted by suspicion despite an alibi sworn by her loyal partner, Dan Overton. Now, accompanied by a pompous guardian, an ardent admirer named Max, and the watchful gaze of an intrigued journalist trailing the party, 'Tana prepares to head east into civilized society. But the untamed frontier does not release its children so easily. Brimming with atmospheric tension, unspoken secrets, and frontier intrigue, this gripping tale explores whether a girl of the mountains can ever truly outrun the dangerous mysteries of her past.

Contents · 29 chapters

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
In the quiet English village of King’s Abbot, secrets rarely stay buried for long. Village physician Dr. James Sheppard finds himself drawn into a web of intrigue when a wealthy widow dies of an overdose, stirring rumors of blackmail. The tension turns deadly when prominent squire Roger Ackroyd is murdered in his study at Fernly Park just after receiving a fateful letter. With Ackroyd’s erratic stepson missing and suspicion falling on relatives and servants alike, fear grips the parish. Fortunately, Sheppard’s eccentric new neighbor, who recently retired to grow vegetable marrows, is legendary Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot. Enlisting the doctor as his companion, Poirot begins unraveling a tangled web of deceit. In an atmosphere thick with gossip and hidden motives, every resident conceals something, and the truth demands ruthless scrutiny.
The Red House Mystery
The Red House Mystery
A tranquil summer afternoon at an English country estate shatters when a gunshot echoes through the halls of the Red House. Mark Ablett, the fastidious and theatrical host, awaits the arrival of his estranged, disreputable brother Robert from Australia. But moments after Robert enters the private office, a shot rings out, leaving Robert dead on the floor and Mark mysteriously vanished. Enter Antony Gillingham, an effortlessly clever and inquisitive visitor who arrives at the estate just as the crisis unfolds. Teaming up with his genial friend Bill Beverley to play sleuth and Watson, Gillingham dives into a web of secret passages, locked doors, suspicious cousins, and bewildering clues. Packed with wit, charm, and ingenious deduction, this delightful country-house whodunit invites readers into a sunlit puzzle where nothing is quite what it seems and every guest hides a secret.
The Hand in the Dark
The Hand in the Dark
In the autumn of 1918, an ancient English moat-house steeped in centuries of bloody legends hosts a lively house party. Beneath the historic stone and crumbling brick, tensions simmer among the guests, overseen by the formidable Miss Alethea Heredith. When young war bride Violet Heredith falls suddenly ill on the eve of a neighborhood dance, a sinister shadow falls over the gathering. Isolation and ancestral dread deepen as a brutal, perplexing crime shatters the evening, leaving behind an inscrutable puzzle of dark motives and hidden secrets. As suspicion creeps through the ancient corridors, every guest harbors something to conceal, and the legendary curse of the Heredith family threatens to claim another victim. In this chilling country house mystery, unmasking the truth requires piercing through a labyrinth of eerie silence, ghostly folklore, and deadly deceit.
The Valley of Fear
The Valley of Fear
A cryptic, ciphered warning from an informant inside Professor Moriarty’s criminal syndicate reaches Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson at Baker Street, hinting at an impending tragedy. Moments later, grim tidings arrive: John Douglas, the master of a secluded moated manor in Sussex, lies brutally slain by a devastating shotgun blast. The crime scene bristles with baffling anomalies—a missing wedding ring, an enigmatic bicycle, a single misplaced dumbbell, and a mysterious brand seared into the dead man’s forearm. While local detectives chase false leads, Holmes senses the sinister, invisible web of Europe’s greatest criminal mind behind the bloodshed. The investigation soon unravels a dark saga linking English aristocracy to a shadowy, ruthless secret society operating in the violent coal-mining valleys of America. Atmospheric, tense, and richly plotted, this gripping mystery pits pure deduction against organized terror.

That Girl Montana Completed

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Contents · 29 chapters

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