Bøger af Elizabeth Varadan

Carla Bass, an interior decorator and wannabe sleuth, moves to Braga, Portugal, for her husband's career.When a nervous wine seller accidentally slips a bottle of Port into Carla's bag, she later attempts to return it to him - only to find his body slumped behind the counter. The last person to see him alive, she's forced to remain in the country and decides to do a little investigating on her own.Discovering that the bottle was a family heirloom stolen from a retired banker, she realises it may be the key that unlocks the case - and falls headfirst into a conspiracy. In way over her head and with her own life in peril, Carla refuses to give in before the mystery is solved.Will she discover exactly how and why the wine seller died? And more importantly, will she escape with her life?Elizabeth Varadan is an American author and former teacher. She has written children's fiction aswell as adult flash fiction, fantasy and poetry. She lives with her husband in Sacramento, California.

Eleven-year-old Melanie persuades her brother, Cory, and their little sister, Erin to go to a magic show. Arthur, their pesky neighbor, joins them, a recipe for disaster. They encounter Mrs. Seraphina, who claims she can grant wishes. Erin mentions all the magic The Great Mondo will do at the show. Cory says, "I wish he could...." The four children are soon running from Mondo, after he is fired for creating a stampede of rabbits and making the theater manager really float. At Daisy's Do-nuts, they worry how to undo the wish. When Mrs. Seraphina shows up, one wish leads to another. Mondo ends up driving a cab. Daisy's Do-nuts is on the evening news. Melanie is sick of wishes. She has other worries--the new boy in sixth grade; her parents' divorce; the fact that Mondo is giving her mother rides home from work. Ultimately Melanie learns the difference between "cool" and reality, tricks and magic, and what makes a real family.