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  Gravy Boat Gone Wrong A: A Cozy...

  Hoang Nguyen

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  🛶 Caterer and antique collector Maisie Gravy is hosting a vintage dinnerware exhibition when the event's snobbish curator—a notorious perfectionist with a taste for rare porcelain—is found dead in the banquet hall, floating face-down in an overflowing antique gravy boat. The police suspect a slip-and-fall accident, but Maisie notices the gravy boat's spout has been deliberately widened and the victim's appraisal notes contain coded marks about ceramic forgeries. With her catering business sinking fast and the antiques community in hot water, Maisie must stir through the murky details. Assisted by her kitchen staff and the handsome ceramics expert analyzing the altered porcelain, Maisie uncovers a scheme involving antique forgery, insurance fraud, and a sophisticated operation altering museum-quality pieces. From suspicious glaze inconsistencies that reveal modern repairs to clay compositions that don't match the stated era, every ceramic clue tells a story. But when Maisie discovers the victim was systematically "authenticating" forged antiques for a lucrative insurance scam, she realizes the killer is protecting collector integrity more valuable than any porcelain piece. With the exhibition gala approaching and the real forger still pouring on the charm, Maisie must ladle out the truth before her own reputation gets permanently waterlogged.

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  The Trap

  Michael Leese

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  After the worst year of her life, Martha Munro is looking forward to getting back to the job she loves. She’s one of the best and brightest young detectives in the Met, but she’s immediately put on a seemingly pointless case . . . 
   
  Martha is ordered to investigate a spate of cat abductions in leafy south London. Each time, the missing moggy turns up unharmed days later. 
   
  But then one family receives a terrifying message: Next time it’s the kids. 
   
  And an ambulance is sent to the children’s school. A sinister threat by someone playing a deadly game of cat and mouse. 
   
  That same week, another Dulwich resident plunges to her death from an upstairs window. It looks like a tragic accident. Until Martha discovers she was pushed. 
   
  Someone is setting a dangerous trap for Detective Martha Munro — and they have eyes and ears everywhere. 
   
  Martha can’t let her family get hurt again. Can she outsmart this devious killer without falling into the trap?

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  Huntingtower

  John Buchan

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  Dive into the captivating world of "Huntingtower" by John Buchan, where adventure meets unexpected heroism. Retired grocer Dickson McCunn embarks on a walking holiday in rural Scotland only to stumble upon a thrilling conspiracy. Aided by a band of spirited youngsters, he confronts Russian nobility held captive in an old mansion. As intrigue and courage intertwine, Buchan crafts a compelling narrative, celebrating the extraordinary potential hidden within ordinary lives.

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  Chariots in the Sky - A Story...

  Larry A. Freeland

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  A dedicated U. S. Army assault helicopter pilot in Vietnam just wants to do his job and return home to his wife and family.  But to do so, he has to survive harrowing combat missions, bad weather, mechanical problems, human error, and a commander who is more interested in personal glory and promotion than his men’s well-being. Along the way, he participated in the last major American combat operation of the war—Lam Son 719, a major incursion into Laos, which lasted sixty days and was the costliest period of the war for helicopter pilots and crew members.

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  How to Snare a Dodgy Heir

  Eliza Watson

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  From USA Today bestselling author and genealogist Eliza Watson!After inheriting her grandmother's cottage, Mags Murray moves from the States to rural Ireland to embark on a new life. Her odd seasonal jobs won't pay for the needed repairs on her home, so Mags is determined to become a full-time genealogist, following in her grandmother's footsteps. She starts by organizing a DNA support group that encourages members to share research tips and provide moral support to frustrated family historians.Mags soon lands her first client, but not the kind she'd expected. A group member, Aidan, hires Mags to find a stolen family heirloom—a valuable unpublished manuscript written by a famous Irish author. Shortly after hiring her, Aidan also turns up missing. His brother hires Mags and her sidekick, Biddy, to find both Aidan and the manuscript. He guarantees them a cut of the manuscript's sale price. Rather than spending the money on an exotic trip as she would have in the past, Mags dreams of buying a shiny new riding lawn mower and a fuel tank.Will the money they stand to make be worth the risk of uncovering a dark family secret and chasing down forgers, an ex-con, and other dodgy suspects?

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  Malice Domestic 3 - An Anthology...

  Nancy Pickard

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  Acclaimed Agatha Award-winning author Nancy Pickard presents this anthology of original mystery stories by some of the most distinguished mystery writers of the 20th century, including Dorothy Cannell and Sharyn McCrumb. Compiled in honor of the most beloved crime writer of all time— Agatha Christie— this collection includes:
  • " His Tears" " by Marilyn Wallace
  
  • " Cast Your Fate to the Wind" by Deborah Adams
  
  • " Sign of the Times" by Nancy Pickard
  
  • " Fannie's Back Fence Caper" by Susan and Bill Albert
  
  • " The Dying Light" by Taylor McCafferty
  
  • " The Family Jewels (A Moral Tale)" by Dorothy Cannell
  
  • " The Trouble with the Shoot" by Camilla T. Crespi
  
  • " High Heels in the Headliner" by Wendy Hornsby
  
  • " Cara's Turn" by Marlys Millhiser
  
  • " Gentle Reader" by Sharyn McCrumb

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