Lanternarius Press Books

The Matter of a Murder of a Maid, A Hadley Sisters Mystery

A Novel

By Elizabeth Martina

Reincarnation of the Martyr

A Novel by Nicolas Priore (Author), Ryan LoMedico (Illustrator)

The Ragman Murders

A Novel

By Elizabeth Martina

Conferences for Boys

By Rev Reynold Kuchnel

Adapted by Debra Ann Booton

A Catholic Mother Speaks to her Children

By de Flavigny, Marie Catherine-Sophie (Author), Debra Ann Booton (Author)

A Catholic Mother Speaks To Her Children

Talk to your children about Heaven. This traditionally Catholic book is arranged in short, weekly segments designed to easily keep a young child’s attention. Even the older child will appreciate the explanations and issues. This book follows the liturgical year, discussing the Holy Days as they come up. But more than that, this book talks to the child’s heart: why he should behave, why he should pray, and virtues a child should practice. Written in a conversational tone, A Catholic Mother says what you wish to tell your children.


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Paperback: 226 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0983975809

Conferences For Boys

”A well-conducted sodality will, in its promotion of frequent Holy Communion among men, be a powerful means of ‘restoring all things in Christ.’

In the following Conferences, it is hoped, spiritual directors of boys’ sodalities will find practical thought, and suggestion, which, applied with their own ripened experience and judgment, may help in making their talks to boys interesting, instructive and productive of a healthy spiritual condition in the young fellows.

The Author

Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola, 1914″


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Paperback: 326 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0983975841


The Ragman Murders

1910: Italian immigrants are pouring into New England by the thousands every year. They bring with them their own culture and their own form of justice from the Old World. Tenuous finances, unscrupulous con-men and a desperate need to achieve the American Dream all work together to put Giuseppe Amato into a desperate position! How far will Joe and his family go to get their share of the dream?


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Print Length: 309 pages
Language: English
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0983975817


Reincarnation of the Martyr

Which is more important, the art or the artist? In 1928, a silent film was made depicting the trial and execution of Joan of Arc. Many regard the portrayal of Joan to be the greatest performance ever recorded. The actress, Maria Falconetti, was never heard from again, at least not in the world of theatre and film, as though she had disappeared, while her director, Carl Dreyer, enjoyed a long career thereafter. The extent to which he drove her madly into character is not documented, as it happened behind the camera, but looking into her eyes on screen, one can see and feel every bit of that ordeal. It is said that an actor must get into the persona. But can a persona get into an actor? Can it get under their skin and into their heart and latch on to their very spirit? Should they proceed with caution or surrender completely? Should they sacrifice all for the sake of their craft? Does their life matter more


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Print Length: 179 pages
Language: English
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 098397585X


THE MATTER OF A MURDER OF A MAID

Two socialite sisters in 1930s Boston take it upon themselves to help the police in crime detection. Armed with fountain pen, notepaper, a Mercedes Benz roadster, and plenty of lipstick, Kate and Betty Hadley can fulfill their dreams of living on the edge of excitement as they hunt for clues, gossip and society pages. They don’t have to look for trouble. Trouble just finds them.


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Print Length: 134 pages
Language: English
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0983975876


THE MATTER OF A MISSING STUTZ

What do two socialite sisters, two detectives and a Stutz Bearcat roadster have to do with each other? Kate and Betty Hadley stumble across another mystery, involving their father’s best friend, Professor McGovern. Together with Kate’s beau, Det. Casey Roach, and newcomer, Det. Joe Talbot, they search for the missing Stutz and find out why it was stolen.

The girls use methods the police don’t, gossip, the newspaper society pages and intuition, to help solve the case. They don’t look for trouble. Trouble just finds them.

 QUOTES

“Guess who was Terrance Weeks’ attorney during the trial?” Casey seemed to move closer to the table, gazing at the sisters.

“George Gordon!” Betty blurted out. Seeing the satisfied look on Casey’s face, she knew she was right. “I should have figured it out!”

“We suspected,” Joe consoled her. “But we had no evidence until I got some paperwork from the courthouse.”

“That changes the complexion of this whole theft problem,” Casey added. ” Now, we don’t know if Gordon is an executive of a will, a friend of the widow, a business partner or a co-conspirator.”

“Or all of them,” added Joe


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Print Length: 134 pages
Language: English
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0983975876


THE MATTER OF A MISPLACED DOCUMENT

Kate and Betty Hadley team up, again, with Boston police detectives, Joe Talbot and Casey Roach, to find out how a valuable, antique document got into an old copy of a popular book. Who does the document belong to and why did it get there? Not being detectives, the socialite sisters use their spunk, social contacts, and the daily newspaper, to find their way through a maze of plausible owners before finding the real one.

 QUOTES

“How much Massachusetts history do you know?”

“That was my most favorite subject in school,” Betty said, putting her gloved hand out. “Let me see that.”

Casey very carefully handed her the sheet. Betty looked at it for a minute. Stunned, she looked at Kate. “This looks like a will or a list of some sort. The writing is very faded. But I am sure that the name is Harvard.”

“Harvard? John Harvard?” Kate asked.

Betty looked around the document. “I think that date is August? 1638?”

“How did that get into the book?”


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Print Length: 134 pages
Language: English
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0983975876