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Local artist and amateur sleuth Penny Brannigan has been spending her summer painting views of the once-lovely Gwrych Castle, which is now in a heartbreaking state of disrepair. So when she hears that one of the locals, Mark Baker, is leading a team of enthusiastic volunteers to restore the castle, she is thrilled. However, after disagreements over how the work should proceed break out, the body of an overbearing volunteer is discovered and Mark is implicated.

The residents of Llanelen are brimming with excitement as a popular antiques show is coming to their Welsh town. People are flocking from miles around, hoping their treasures turn out to be worth a fortune. On the day of filming, quiet local sheep farmer Haydn Williams brings a generations-old long-case clock for evaluation while the woman he's always admired from afar, Catrin Bellis, turns up with a cherished handmade quilt. But by the end of the day, Catrin turns up dead, her quilt missing.

In this volume our classic authors conjure up all sorts of damnations and destructions in literary assaults testing our will to survive and our ingenuity to overcome situations where the outlook is bleak at best and the total extinction of us at worse.

Journey to Queendom Podcast is a space for women ready to leave survival mode behind and step fully into their authentic power. Host Marci J. Duncan shares real, raw stories of hustle, heartbreak, healing, and hope — from building a career to surviving grief, from motherhood to marriage, from code-switching to finding her true voice. Through personal reflections, spiritual insights, and deep conversations, this podcast invites you to celebrate your growth, honor your softness, and walk confidently into your destiny. Your queendom awaits — let’s journey there together. Podcast workbook: ...