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10 best books like The Front Porch Prophet (Raymond L. Atkins): The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Death Comes for the Archbishop, Fly by Night, Cold Comfort Farm, Chopsticks, Brat Farrar, Love and Death Among the Cheetahs, Fly Trap, Summer of Fire, The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology: An A-Z Guide to the Myths and Legends of the Ancient World

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
AuthorCharles Dickens
ISBN0140439269
Charles Dickens's final, unfinished novel, and one that has puzzled readers and inspired writers since its publication, The Mystery of Edwin Drood is edited with an introduction by David Paroissien in Penguin Classics.

Edwin Drood is contracted to marry orphan Rosa Bud when he comes of age,...
Death Comes for the Archbishop
AuthorWilla Cather
ISBN0679728899
There is something epic—and almost mythic—about this sparsely beautiful novel by Willa Cather, although the story it tells is that of a single human life, lived simply in the silence of the desert. In 1851 Father Jean Marie Latour comes as the Apostolic Vicar to New Mexico. What he finds is a vast...
Fly by Night
AuthorFrances Hardinge
ISBN0060876271
Twelve-year-old Mosca Mye hasn't got much. Her cruel uncle keeps her locked up in his mill, and her only friend is her pet goose, Saracen, who'll bite anything that crosses his path. But she does have one small, rare thing: the ability to read. She doesn't know it yet, but in a world where books are dangerous...
Cold Comfort Farm
AuthorStella Gibbons
ISBN0143039598
Update I've just watched the film. It's even better than the book, by a long way. It's very affectionate, and very much played for gentle laughs. The cast is fantastic, some of the best actresses around including Eileen Atkins and Joanna Ab Fab Lumley, Stephen Fry and Ian McKellan. The attention to detail...
Chopsticks
AuthorJessica Anthony
ISBN1595144358
After her mother died, Glory retreated into herself and her music. Her single father raised her as a piano prodigy, with a rigid schedule and the goal of playing sold-out shows across the globe. Now, as a teenager, Glory has disappeared. As we flash back to the events leading up to her disappearance, we...
Brat Farrar
AuthorJosephine Tey
ISBN0684803852
What begins as a ploy to claim an inheritance ends with the impostor's life hanging in the balance. In this tale of mystery and suspense, a stranger enters the inner sanctum of the Ashby family posing as Patrick Ashby, the heir to the family's sizable fortune. The stranger, Brat Farrar, has been carefully...
Love and Death Among the Cheetahs
AuthorRhys Bowen
Georgie and Darcy are finally on their honeymoon in Kenya's Happy Valley, but murder crashes the party in this all-new installment in the New York Times bestselling series.

Georgie is excited when Darcy announces out of the blue that they are flying to Kenya for their extended honeymoon. It...
Fly Trap
AuthorFrances Hardinge
ISBN0060880449
Having barely escaped the revolution they had a huge (if accidental) part in causing, sharp-eyed orphan Mosca Mye; her guard goose, Saracen; and their sometimes-loyal companion, the con man Eponymous Clent, must start anew.

All too quickly, they find themselves embroiled in fresh schemes...
Summer of Fire
AuthorLinda Jacobs
ISBN1932815295
A Strong 3.75 Star Read

1988 was indeed a Summer of Fire. I remember watching the news and seeing the Western states ablaze, especially in and around Yellowstone National Park. Over 2 Million acres burned in around the park, as accurately documented in Linda Jacobs’ fictional novel. Fifty-two...
The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology: An A-Z Guide to the Myths and Legends of the Ancient World
AuthorArthur Cotterell
ISBN0681617349
The book is oversize and has over 1,000 entries over hundreds of pages. It's bulky, but it's lavishly illustrated which makes the full size worthwhile, if you're into those kinds of things.

I think the Goodreads summary can give as good a feel as anything for this book: "An authoritative A to...
First, There Is a River
AuthorKathy Steffen
ISBN1932815937
This was a riveting story about Emma's escape from an abusive, delusionary husband who uses his belief in God as justification for heinous crimes and mistreatment of others. It seems like a coming of age story, of sorts, as Emma regains her self-confidence and emerges as a confident, spirited woman....
The Hunt
AuthorJan Neuharth
ISBN0972950311
The complex and romanticized lifestyle of elite foxhunters is revealed in this thrilling murder mystery. An attractive and wealthy lawyer and horseman, Doug Cummings personifies the old money equine subculture of Middleburg, Virginia. Driven to succeed, Cummings's climb to the top is halted when...
From the Ashes
AuthorJeremy Burns
ISBN1936558327
A DEADLY CONSPIRACY
Graduate students Jonathan and Michael Rickner, sons of eminent archaeologist Sir William Rickner, are no strangers to historical mysteries and archaeological adventures. But when Michael is discovered dead in his Washington, D.C. apartment, Jon refuses to believe the...
Untouchable
AuthorScott O'Connor
It is the autumn of 1999. A year has passed since Lucy Darby's unexpected death, leaving her husband David and son Whitley to mend the gaping hole in their lives. David, a trauma-site cleanup technician, spends his nights expunging the violent remains of strangers, helping their families to move on,...
Retirementology: Rethinking the American Dream in a New Economy
AuthorGregory Salsbury
ISBN0137056532
"A superb introduction to the necessary financial planning no American over 40 can afford to ignore." Publishers Weekly "It's time for many individual investors to make some hard choices. Baby Boomers are learning to deal with the fact that they really can't have it all--at least not all at once. Retirementology...
Don't Know Much About Mythology: Everything You Need to Know About the Greatest Stories in Human History but Never Learned
AuthorKenneth C. Davis
ISBN0060932570
What is an Egyptian pyramid doing on the U. S. dollar bill?
Did a pharaoh inspire Moses to worship one God?
What’s a Canaanite demoness doing at a rock concert?

Since the beginning of time, people have been insatiably curious. They’ve asked questions about where we come from, why...
A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels and Other Subversive Spirits
AuthorCarol K. Mack
Watch your back! . . . How to spot and identify demons and other subversive spirits . . . And what to do next.

Demons, fairies, and fallen angels are everywhere. They lurk at crossroads, crouch behind doors, hide in trees, slip into beds, wait in caves, hover at weddings and childbirths, disguise...
The Family Way
AuthorRhys Bowen
ISBN1250011639
I think I might be done with the Molly Murphy series. This series has not aged well, and this book was only slightly better than Bowen's previous offering of "Hush Now Don't You Cry."
The plot was good, the villain convincing, but the main characters were not enjoyable. Daniel has lost any charm he...
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