Bøger af Alexandria Blaelock

For better or for worse...As the sun set, a line of orange and yellow highlighted the darkness of the landscape. The clouds overhead partially concealed the summer blue sky with grey and charcoal cotton candy.Junie's just become Mrs Franco Visille Jnr. It's the first blissful day of the rest of her life.At least until the bullets start flying.

A love for all the universesZelda Smith. Ordinary girl. Falls asleep in a quiet room. Warm and dark. On a soft, plush, overstuffed chaise lounge. Smelling of roses and beeswax furniture polish.Woken by Scott Fitzerald with a kiss. A wealthy business man. May or may not have a heart of gold.Scott Fitzerald. Sees her barefoot in a hotel lobby. Probably doesn't have a heart of gold.Scott Fitzgerald. Most likely has a heart of gold. If he stuck around long enough for her to find out.Zelda feels compelled to seek them out. Torn between the men whose name and personality echoes across the universes.All hoping for the one and only Zelda.

In an apartment fit for a fairy tale princess who knows what magic might happen?In the bustling heart of the city, Helene King is looking for a sanctuary.Her lease has expired. She's tired of sharing. She needs to economise.One fateful day, she finds a hidden gem. A small apartment in a deligtful Edwardian building. Fit for a fairy tale princess.Handy for the train and the supermarket. Ridiculously cheap rent.Does it come with fairy tale monsters too?

Hard-arsed detective Captain Maeryn Prothero is on the case. Battling her fragmented memories. Can she save herself before the Security Directorate does?

The Cookie Shop. No one knows how or where it came from. No one sees or experiences the same thing. All anyone knows is you must visit every five years. And if the door opens, you must go in.

On her first assignment...Second Lieutenant Cora Meadows new to Exploratorem Station.Hears an alarm tone not covered by her induction.Is on her own. Outisde. With noone to give orders.Is it a hazing rutual? Or a rebel attack?Does she have what it takes to deal with whatever it is?

There's a serial killer in the Security DirectorateIt was a beautiful afternoon. The sunlight glinted off the glass windows of the executive residential towers at exactly the right angle to blind anyone dumb enough to enter its hallowed sanctum.Captain Tara Cline forced to work with nemesis Captain Max Wade.Who broke her heart at University.Can she solve the crime before he does?

More stories from the ruthless fascist dictatorship that is the Security Directorate.The Director General oversees the indoctrination and eugenics programmes to ensure only the best and brightest survive to take up postings in the elite enforcement Protection Squad. These are five of their stories.Life in the Security Directorate - Eve struggles to come to terms with life in the Directorate and finds her own way out.Honoris Virilis Respectu - Major General John Simm struggles with the difference between his version of the truth and the Director General's.Calling it a Day - Captain Maeryn Prothero finds herself on the wrong side of the Directorate. Is she good enough at her job to be worth saving?Veni Vidi Vici - Second Lieutenant Cora Meadows must make a one woman assault on Exploratorem Station. Pursuit of Power - Captain Tara Cline pursues a serial killer with a dirty secret.These stories will continue to challenge your sense of a good life.

Secrets shift and scatter like sand dunes in Fremantle.Twenty three years since Hazel Riggs agreed to meet Alan Ackerman at Predjama. Ten years years since he stood her up.Haunted by unanswered questions and her lingering sense of loss, Hazel embarks on a quest to unravel the mystery.Can she uncover the truth about Alan's disappearance? Or will she discover some mysteries are better left unsolved?

Travelling can be detrimental to your health...Humans have spread across the universe. Super-sized cargo ships ply the space lanes.On board, Space Mariner third class Kumahl Levi detects a biohazard. A human female to be precise.Morag Clementine is grateful to be quarantined and not spaced as a separatist.But can Kumahl get her safely back home?

Zoo doesn't believe in ghosts...Zoo hosts The Ghost Detectors show. As far as he's concerned, it's all mass hysteria.When his show visits Hayward Hall, he's not prepared for what he finds.It will challenge his assumptions.And change his life forever.

When the stars align, all things are possible.Melbourne, 2021. Morag Clementine. Typical twenty-first century woman. Hayward Hall's new houskeeper.Melbourne, 1904. Henry Fox. Typical nineteeth century man. Recently inherited Hayward Hall.Can they find a future together?

At the right time and place...It was Morag Clementine's first day at Hayward Hall, and so far, she was impressed.Mystified, but impressed.Barely noticing the clock stopped at fourteen minutes past nine.The previous housekeeper's sudden departure was concerning.But more concerning; where exactly was her employer?

When all is not as it seemsWhen Morag Fox née Clemetine goes missing on her wedding day, Inspector Morrison assumes she's overcome by emotion and run away.Fifteen year old Amelia Fox isn't so sure. Kidnapped more likely.As the family retraces Morag's steps, it becomes clear that fact might be more puzzling than fiction.

In the heart of the Security Directorate, corruption festers, and political machinations rule. Major General John Simm, Propaganda Bureau Director, shapes reality with his words.His assistant hospitalised by a workplace accident. Her replacement so inept he suspects intention.But is she the target, or was he? Can he get to the bottom of it before they try again?Dare to step into the darkness of a dystopian urban fantasy like no other.

Success in the Directorate is not guaranteed. From birth to death, citizens face gruelling physical and mental testing. Lieutenant Jemima Hunt runs candidate 124 through his paces. And finds the over life and death is not always clear cut.

Even the ruthless Security Directorate holds Gala Events for its best and brightestNewly graduated Second Lieutenant Minty Hollister is in charge of the inaugural Distinguished Service Awards.There's a lot riding on it, her future's at stake.Literally.

The problem with a family business...It gets personal real quick.After a break in at the White Family Investigations office, her grandfather dies mysteriously on a case, and Lily knows without a doubt there's more than meets the eye.Can she keep the business going?And more importantly, can she find out who the killer is and bring them to justice?

The calm before the storm...Tasked to document every move criminal mastermind Nick Liang makes, Private Investigartor Susan Murray chooses to draw.Part life drawing, part Method of loci memory palace, part plain old excuse.It's like watching a live action Asian drama until she finds herself pulled into the case.Cover blown. In deep water. Barely coping.Can she rescue herself and the case?

The one that got away...Every detective has a case that got away, and for Phobe Swan, it's the kidnap, ransom and ultimately murder of Lette Walker. A decade later, now working as a Private Investigator, tracked down by the still grieving parents, she's back on the case. Wanting to give them the answers they crave. Needing to discover the truth behind the crime. Whatever the consequences.

Grief's a bitchDerek Ericsson can't get over his son's death in a drink driving incident. Resents his wife for moving on and leaving him behind. Private Investigator Shirley Weaving has a knack for seeing things others can't. With more to the child's death that anyone else can see, Derek needs her more than most.With her late Great Uncle Edward supporting from the Other Side, she needs to get to the bottom of it before anyone else dies.Can she solve the crime and save the man? Can she resceu herself and the case?

The new broom sweeps clean...Dot Sayers sat at her desk, huffed on the plastic card that was her new class A Private Security licence, and buffed it with her sleeve. She was now a fully licensed private investigator!Problem is, she knows there's something wrong with a background check. Can't explain it.Needs to convince her boss to trust her intuition.Must find the truth behind the fiction.

An abandoned Australian outback town. The ghost of a Cobb & Co carriage. A light breeze blows red dust. Li Quan is far from home. The last person in town. Grows vegetables. Feeds cockatoos.When he dies, who will collect his soul?

Katie belonged to Steve, and she didn't have a choice in the matter. Until she takes matters into her own hands and gets more than she bargained for. A story about fitting in, standing out, and finding the courage to be who you're meant to be.