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Temporarily lost on a long walk, Amateur Sleuth Geneva and her crime-solving partner, Iris, stumble across a shocking sight—the body of retired circus performer, Lawrence Lavelle, a man who spent his sunset years alone on a sprawling ranch watching circus movies and dreaming of days past. Lavelle has no shortage of enemies—Shorty Sycamore, who fantasizes about murdering him; Rita Toboggan, who loves and hates him in equal measure, and to whom he leaves all his money; Donald Fenugreek, a former business partner—still smarting from the loss of the girlfriend Lavelle stole from him.

Stationhouse Tales is a collection of stories; some fact, others fiction. Some are believable; others, not so much. I'm happy to share these stories with you—the ones that I heard at the stationhouse. But there's one thing I’m not going to tell you: which stories are fact and which are not. You can decide for yourself who is the real hero and who is the urban legend in Stationhouse Tales: an exciting collection of true (and not-so-true) crime stories from former Suffolk County (NY) police officer Keith Bettinger.

A collection of tales not for the faint of heart! These gruesome stories have peppered the pages of newspapers and history books over the centuries. Some are well-known. Some aren’t. They rest in that murky place between true crime and horror. The tales in this, book two of the series, focus on where the courts and media got it wrong. The falsely accused. Cases in which justice went...haywire.

A young Garifuna boy, Pepe, is forced to travel to Belize after his grandmother becomes ill. While in Belize with his uncle, Pepe faces challenges that teach him lessons about himself and others. With nothing but his drums, Pepe shakes up the town and gains love and respect from the community and his peers by playing to the rhythm of his heart.

Jake, Josh, and Jazmine live with their parents deep in the woods by a blue lagoon just outside of their small town. They become excited when they find three T-Rex babies in the woods by their house and make it their mission to keep them safe after finding out there is a dinosaur hunter named Mr. Gary Smith living in town who wants to capture all dinosaurs. While the children sleep happily in their beds, Mr. Smith steals the baby dinosaurs and hides them in his oversized barn. Will the children get them back before it's too late?

Bradley is always in trouble. He's in trouble so often that his parents call him "T" for short. His actions are usually nothing major, but he has definitely earned his nickname. When Bradley decides to sneak something without permission and then tries to cover it up, he learns that being dishonest is not only the wrong choice but sometimes our choices can hurt others - and lead to some stinky situations.

During his senior years, John, a retired high school English teacher, decided to finally write his memoirs. His story begins at a young age, with his first visit from a spirit playmate his own age. To John, Jason is just an ordinary child like him, and John never gave much thought to where Jason came from or where he disappeared. As years passed by, more playmates followed, and as John got older, his playmates shared more and more information about the spirit world with him.

There is a hush deep inside the forest as the warmer winds begin to whisper through the trees. There is life that begins in the Spring. A newness of everything. From the raccoons deep within their den, to the chirping of the bird friends. There is magic in the forest. Something that is quiet and still, that comes after the deep winter chill. There is something taking place in the darkness of the woods. Life and magic, the whisper of the trees. So much beauty would you like to take a peek?The earth is full of wonder and magic, if you dare to view it with the eyes of your heart!