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Gnomebody's Business: A Longbow Initiative Novella Kindle Edition

by James McDonald (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 out of 5 stars (8)
Agent Beth Raines takes the call when one of their own, a gnome, is murdered and turned to stone. With the few other Longbow agents unavailable, she takes on her first solo case. Can she solve the case before more gnomes become lawn decorations?
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    79 pages
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  4. Publication date
    October 20, 2015
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Jim has a long-standing love for and interest in history, anthropology, the sciences, and literature, which have been run through the blender of his twisted mind to produce this work. When not trying to get the strange ideas floating around in his head out in text, Jim lives in the central Carolinas with his wife, three dogs, and the occasional fish. When not clicking away on a laptop pretending to be the monkey writing Shakespeare, he is usually behind a different laptop adding to twenty-plus years doing business and technology consulting or playing with glass in fire. To contact me with snarky comments, please visit http: //jim-mcdonald.net/ and sign up for the mailing list. Or follow me on Facebook: https: //www.facebook.com/jimmacauth Goodreads: https: //www.goodreads.com/author/show/8119076.James_McDonald Twitter: @JimMacAuth And eMail: jim@jim-mcdonald.ne

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B016XI574G
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Infinity Limited
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 20, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.9 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 79 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0996050449
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Best Sellers Rank: #2,608,989 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars (8)

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James Nettles (Writing fiction as James P. McDonald) has a thirty-year career consulting for dozens of clients from startups to Fortune 100’s, media contributor, speaker on privacy, futurism, coming disruptive technologies and their impact on businesses and individual daily lives, and is a science fiction and fantasy author. He is also a founding partner for Author Essentials.

In addition, having started writing in media and journalism, he has contributed to and written hundreds of articles and now develops content and materials for personal and professional development, technology, privacy issues, and Artificial Intelligence. He also is a science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary fiction author, using his background in cultural anthropology and sociology. His current series are the Home Summonings and Longbow Initiative urban fantasy series, and soon to be released technothriller series under the name James P. McDonald.

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Short stories and more can be found at: http://www.jim-mcdonald.net/

I’m a founding partner for Author Essentials (https://www.authoressentials.net and https://www.authoressentialsworkshops.com), with resources and workshops dedicated to the business of being an author.

Email: jim@jim-mcdonald.net

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Twitter: @JimMacAuth

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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Gnomebody’s Business
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Gnomebody’s Business
Gnomebody’s Business by James P McDonald A Longbow Initiative Story. Police procedural mystery and paranormal novella. When a gnome is murdered and turned to stone, Agent Beth Raines is called to investigate. She’s changed to gnome size and determined to survive her first solo case. The danger is larger than she is. A humorous monster story that will have you laughing out loud, though classifications show this as horror. Um, not so much. A good cop mystery with gnomes and more.
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  • Ashley Y
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
    Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2025
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    "Gnomebody's Business: A Longbow Initiative Story" by James P. Mcdonald was an enjoyable short story. It took me into the gnome world. Beth is tasked with heading into the gnome world when her boss, Wynn, is out of town. Beth has never done a case by herself, and she needs to figure out who is doing evil things to the gnomes. My favorite scene of this short story was the initial phone call from Cariatink to Beth and then when Beth called Wynn. I was laughing so hard. James is a new to me author, and I can see myself reading others by James.
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  • Madison W Fairbanks
    4.0 out of 5 stars Gnomebody’s Business
    Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2025
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    Gnomebody’s Business by James P McDonald
    A Longbow Initiative Story. Police procedural mystery and paranormal novella.
    When a gnome is murdered and turned to stone, Agent Beth Raines is called to investigate. She’s changed to gnome size and determined to survive her first solo case.
    The danger is larger than she is.

    A humorous monster story that will have you laughing out loud, though classifications show this as horror. Um, not so much. A good cop mystery with gnomes and more.
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    Madison W Fairbanks
    4.0 out of 5 stars
    Gnomebody’s Business

    Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2025
    Gnomebody’s Business by James P McDonald
    A Longbow Initiative Story. Police procedural mystery and paranormal novella.
    When a gnome is murdered and turned to stone, Agent Beth Raines is called to investigate. She’s changed to gnome size and determined to survive her first solo case.
    The danger is larger than she is.

    A humorous monster story that will have you laughing out loud, though classifications show this as horror. Um, not so much. A good cop mystery with gnomes and more.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars better than a kick in the pants.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2019
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    Oh this is just fun.
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  • jodikayti
    4.0 out of 5 stars fun read
    Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2026
    Format: Kindle
    This is a quick fun read. Agent Beth Raine is on her first solo case, in a community of gnomes. Solving this mystery requires her shrink and the danger does not come in small sizes. It has some funny moments, a few scary moments and I was invested in outcome.
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  • Deanna Anderson, Author
    5.0 out of 5 stars A delightfully, witty, and quick read.
    Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2017
    Format: Paperback
    This book took me longer to read only because it has been a busy week and I've only had a chance to read a few pages at a time, but this one book I could've read in one sitting...As anyone who follows me knows, I am an avid reader...so reading a book in a night does not disqualify it's content, rather it qualifies it.

    The book, or booklet as I think of it, is 100 pages long and is perfect for a quick read, reading during a commute, vacation reading or one of those "palate cleansing" books I like to read after coming out of a long saga or book series.

    The Longbow Initiative is an organization similar to the FBI, but one that deals with the Fae world. I am huge fan of combining Fae and mythological worlds with the common world. So for that alone, I loved the book. But the characters are also engaging, witty, and endearing. I cared about the characters and what happened to them.

    I picked this book up at a Comicon and a book another one in the Longbow Initiative series, "Spirits of the Season." The author, James P McDonald, is very personable and I enjoyed having a chat with him about writing. He appears to enjoy talking to his fans and eager to talk about his work. I also got both of my books signed. At the comicon he sold out of "Spritis of the Season."

    Anytime I get a book I will peruse it before putting it on a shelf to be read later. Often I am already reading a book and I don't like to stop even when buying a new one. But that night I stopped reading the book at hand, and started on Gnomebody's Business.

    The gnomes, who are trying to co-exist in our world, are being terrorized by someone or something that turns them to stone. The antagonist is building a garden fountain and decorating it with the gnomes that were turned. As sad as this is, because all of the gnomes are very endearing characters, I love this idea because it pulls things from the book world into our real world. Try reading Gnomebody's Business and then shop in the garden department of a store. You will definitely look at the stone gnomes and wonder....

    I recommend this book a lot. I really enjoyed it and actually want to re-read it soon when life calms down a little and I have the chance to read it all in one shot or at least over the course of two nights. Reading a few pages at a time I feel like I missed something because I wasn't able to devote my time to it like I normally do when reading.

    But it is a keeper and will be re-read again and again, and when I need a quick read for something the Longbow Initiative books by James P McDonald will be what I grab. I hope he writes more.
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  • Amy
    5.0 out of 5 stars A fun little romp
    Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2019
    Format: Kindle
    A fun little romp that grabbed me from the start. Mystery, adventure, and fantasy all wrapped in one story.
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