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  Murder by Invitation Only

  Colleen Cambridge

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  "A murder will occur tonight at Beecham House . . ." Who could resist such a compelling invitation? Of course, the murder in question purports to be a party game, and Phyllida looks forward to using some of the deductive skills she has acquired thanks to her employer, Mrs. Agatha, who is unable to attend in person. 
   
   
   
  The hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Wokesley, are new to the area, and Phyllida gladly offers their own overwhelmed housekeeper some guidance while events get underway. Family friends have been enlisted to play the suspects, and Mr. Wokesley excels in his role of dead body. Unfortunately, when the game's solution is about to be unveiled, the participants discover that life has imitated art. Mr. Wokesley really is dead! 
   
   
   
  In the absence of Inspector Cork, Phyllida takes temporary charge of the investigation, guiding the local constable through interviews with the Murder Game actors. At first, there seems no motive to want Mr. Wokesley dead . . . but then Phyllida begins to connect each of the suspects with the roles they played and the motives assigned to them. It soon becomes clear that everyone had a reason to murder their host—both in the game and in real life. Before long, Phyllida is embroiled in a fiendishly puzzling case, with a killer who refuses to play by the rules . . .

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  Lifeless at the Lighthouse

  Cindy Beall

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  A fun cozy mystery with two adorable Westies, a beautiful seaside setting, and a strong female sleuth. 
  Maddie Mills loves her new life in Bayview with her two lovable pups. Being back in her childhood home with old friends and family, and reopening her parents’ bakery is the new start she needed. Everything is coming together. The bakery has its first big job catering for the lighthouse’s anniversary celebration, and she is excited to have her first proper date with the police chief. 
  But their date comes to a grinding halt when someone plunges to his death at the lighthouse. Maddie is determined to help find out what happened. So, with a little help from her family and friends, she does a little snooping. They quickly discover that the victim was involved in his fair share of sketchy dealings, and getting to the bottom of things is not going to be a piece of cake. 
  It’s a race against time to find the murderer before someone else plummets to their death!

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  Target Down

  Glenn Trust

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  They took his family. Now he's taking the war to them.John Sole has been running, hiding, and striking back where he can. But the cartel hasn't forgotten him and now they've unleashed their most ruthless enforcer, Alejandro Garza.Garza isn't just another soldier. His name carries whispers of the night Sole lost everything, and Sole knows this confrontation won't end until one of them is dead.In a deadly game of hunter and hunted, Sole will either deliver justice with his own hands or join his family in the grave.Target Down is the third relentless thriller in Glenn Trust's Sole Justice series. Perfect for fans of Jack Reacher, Baldacci, and gritty vigilante action.

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  The Adventure of the Priory School

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  The Adventure of the Priory School, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Priory School" tenth in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories.Holmes receives a visit from Dr. Thorneycroft Huxtable, the founder and principal of a preparatory school called Priory School in Northern England. He beseeches Holmes to come back to Mackleton with him to look into the disappearance of one of his pupils, the ten-year-old Lord Saltire, whose father is the very rich and famous Duke of Holdernesse. Huxtable explains that not only the boy has disappeared, but also the German master, Heidegger, along with his bicycle.Once in the North, the Duke says to Holmes that he does not think that his estranged wife has anything to do with his son's disappearance, nor has there been a ransom demand. Holmes establishes that the boy and his kidnappers could not have used the nearby road without being seen, suggesting that they went cross-country. As if to confirm this, the police find the boy's school cap in some gypsies' possession. They swear that they simply found it on the moor, but the police lock them up...Famous works of the author Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Valley of Fear, His Last Bow, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, Stories of Sherlock Holmes, The Lost World.

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  The Vicar of Wakefield

  Oliver Goldsmith

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  Published in 1766 'The Vicar of Wakefield' was Oliver Goldsmith's only novel. It was thought to have been sold to the publisher for £60 on Oliver Goldsmith's behalf by Dr Johnson to enable Goldsmith to pay off outstanding rent and to release himself from his landlady's arrest.It is the story of the family of Dr Primrose, a benevolent vicar, and follows them through their fall from fortune and their ultimate rise again. The story provides insight into family life and circumstances in the mid 18th century and the plot has many aspects of a pantomime like quality: Impersonation, deception, an aristocratic villain and the abduction of a beautiful heroine.Goldsmith himself dissipated his savings on gambling whilst a student at Trinity College Dublin and subsequently travelled in Europe sustaining himself by playing the flute and disputing doctrinal matters in monasteries and universities. Later he worked as an apothecary's assistant, a doctor and a school usher (experiences shared in this story by Dr Primrose's son).(Summary by Martin Clifton)

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  Follow the White Dog - Josie...

  Catherine Sequeira

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  Dr. Josie Harjo never expected a dead police dog to haunt her dreams. The workweek begins with a steady flow of the usual sorts of dead bodies, and Josie eases into the comfortable routine of life on the necropsy floor. Everything chugs along smoothly until the narcotics unit shows up with the body of a canine officer who died under suspicious circumstances. To Josie’s dismay, the necropsy is unremarkable, and she’s left grasping at straws. Her oddball coworker, Gerald, thinks the dog is another victim of a recent food-borne outbreak. But with no lesions to hang her hat on, Josie can’t rule out the possibility that something terrible happened during the drug bust. With everyone hounding her for answers, she can’t shake the police dog from her thoughts. To make matters worse, the rest of Josie’s life is a soupy mess. She’s still trying to figure out where things stand with Gerald and the rest of the crew at the lab. Her boyfriend’s visa is set to expire soon, potentially sending him an ocean away. Her Aunty’s dog, Chula, has fallen mysteriously ill. And at night, she’s plagued by nightmares of a white dog trailing down an endless path. With everything coming to a head, will Josie be able to put her life in order and find closure?

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