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     If you’re looking for a different kind of mystery, Murder on Millionaires’ Row is definitely it.   I would call it a paranormal historical mystery.   Is there even a category for that?   Paranormal, yes.   Historical, yes.   Mystery, absolutely.   Combinations of at least two of these genres, certainly.   But all three?   Well, now there is one.      It’s 1886 and Rose Gallagher, a maid, is in love with her boss.      Well, maybe “in love” is too strong of a term.   Infatuated would probably be more accurate.   Either way, when Thomas Wiltshire disappears, Rose becomes concerned.   While most employees would be happy to have their boss away, Rose sets out to find Thomas and bring him home.      Everyone is shocked when Rose actually manages what she set out to do.   She finds Thomas, despite his having been kidnapped and hidden away.   His return home does not solve the mystery around his disappearance, though.   It is still a mystery as to why he was kidnapped and by whom.

     While the mystery in Word to the Wise is good, it is the situation surrounding the mystery that is important to read about.  It is a situation that needs to be taken seriously.  A situation that is often discarded or seen as someone overreacting.  Beliefs held until it is too late. Book Stack /Artwork by Kate Dorsey      Lindsey Norris tries to be nice to everyone who comes into her library.  As the library director, this is usually a good thing.  In the case of Aaron Grady, it is not.      At first the attention Grady gives Lindsey seems innocent enough.  A note expressing appreciation for the help she gave him.  Flowers following to reemphasize the sentiment.  But then things go to far.  Grady shows up at Lindsey’s home.  He follows her wedding dress shopping; an event held out of town.  With each further incident, Lindsey tells Grady his behavior is inappropriate.  He refuses to listen.      Grady goes so far as to come to the library simply to stare at Lindsey.  In a r

     Season two of The Heart Guy was hard for me to get through.  After watching the first disc, I was not excited to go on with the rest of the season.  But I did, and the season improved.  Until a specific character showed up, making me question my continuing with the series at all.      Life at the hospital in Whyhope has not been easy since Hospital Administrator Penny Cartwright (Hayley McElhinney) left.   The new administrator, Nora (Helen Thomson), is mean, conniving, insulting, and a bad doctor.   She is a malpractice suit waiting to happen.   Actually, I’m surprised there wasn’t a malpractice suit after she gives Dr. Hugh Knight’s ( Rodger Corser ) father the wrong blood, permanently damaging his kidneys.      Wanting to get rid of Nora, hospital employees Ken Liu (Charles Wu) and Betty Bell (Belinda Bromilow) ask Hugh to help them come up with a plan.   Hugh agrees, but ends up being blackmailed by Nora.   It takes a lightning strike and the threat of police to finally g

     I don’t know about you, but group projects were definitely not my favorite thing in school.  This was especially true when I wasn’t able to choose the group.  There was one group project that was particularly horrific.  It is probably why even today when I hear group project or teams, I cringe.      Nina is spending her last semester of high school in a radio class.   The class’ major project is to create a weekly radio show.   Without anyone in the class she truly wants to form a group with, Nina ends up working with two students she does not know well, Sasha and Joydeep, and someone she has a past with, Jamie Russell. Give Us a Ring /Artwork by Kate Dorsey      Jamie is a childhood friend of Nina’s.   They haven’t hung out together in years because of something Nina did on a school fieldtrip.   This past event makes it awkward for Nina and Jamie to work together now.   Without any other options for partners, Nina has to.   She also has to figure out how to get through this pro