Mandy Gasson

"Please admire my docile and obedient nature. I will not thank you for providing us with a home, nor will I even breathe a word of gratitude for your provision of such funds as will feed us each quarter. I will not even write such platitudes as 'You are very good,' given that you have also provided us with respectability in the form of Mrs. Ingles. There. I am quite done now with not expressing my gratitude — I should not at all wish to prove tiresome." From...

When Lady Rample steps out, murder steps in. Lady Rample finds herself at odds after the death of her husband until her best friend drags her to a hot new jazz club in the heart of London. As if being wooed by two handsome men isn't enough, Lady R finds herself embroiled in the murder of one of the club's owners. Bored with her aristocratic life and irked that the police have arrested the wrong suspect, Lady R decides to turn lady detective. With...

When an invitation to a Hollywood wedding arrives in London, Lady Rample and Aunt Butty are living the glamorous life among the rich and famous in California. But when their movie producer host is found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot, they find themselves embroiled in a mystery involving a silver screen starlet, a conniving butler, and kidnapping gangsters! Suspicious from the start, Lady Rample is determined to prove that their friend didn't commit...

Clean jokes for kids and family fun. Jokes and riddles for kids.

Swahili cuisine is influenced by African, Middle Eastern and Indian foods and is spicy sweet not spicy hot. Rice is the staple food. Dishes are often cooked in coconut milk and served with meat, bean or vegetable stews. Meals incorporate locally available vegetables and fruits and spices. Fish is also central to the diet. Chicken and goat meat are popular for holiday meals. Sweet tea with milk (Chai) or Strong Coffee (Kahawa) is served several times...

A remote Scottish island plays host to a deadly reunion... It should be a lot of fun, meeting up for a long weekend in a rented lighthouse on a chunk of rock miles from anywhere. There will be drinks and games and all sorts of other amusements. It is ten years since the last get-together and twenty years since Nadia and her friends graduated from university. But not everything goes according to plan. One of the group has a more sinister agenda and,...