In 1946, after a millionaire is found dead in his mansion in an apparent burglary and the burglars themselves are found dead, a recent wartime veteran investigates.

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Margaret O'Mara’s brother disappeared thirty years earlier, so when his last known associate is found murdered, O'Mara hires Chicago PI Paul Whelan to investigate.

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This second collection of historic firefighting images covers 1940 through 1990, five formative decades for fire protection in North Carolina’s capital county. During this period, the Raleigh Fire Department quadrupled…

A small but growing number of immigrants today are moving into new settlement areas, such as Winchester, Va., Greensboro, N.C., and Salt Lake City, Utah, that lack a tradition of…