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  Bones and Arrows - A Sarah Booth...

  Carolyn Haines

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  USA Today bestselling author Carolyn Haines is a recipient of the Harper Lee Award and the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence.  
  In "Bones and Arrows," a red-hot Valentine's party turns into a spellbinding-and dangerous-mystery for the Delaney Detective Agency. Ready for her own bed at Dahlia House, Sarah Booth reluctantly agrees to stay at Tinkie's chic Mississippi Delta costume party. But after all the guests are robbed, Sarah and Tinkie must wade through a sea of Roman gods and goddesses to unmask a cunning culprit.

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  A Ball of Fire - Collected Stories

  John Montague

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  John Montague, best known as a poet, is also a gifted prose writer.A Ball of Firecollects all of his short stories, together with the erotic novellaThe Lost Notebook(which he hoped to have banned, but which ended up winning a major literary prize).In the shorter stories, fromThe Road Ahead, which comments poignantly on the loss of established landmarks, to the title story, in which a series of chance encounters helps unlock a painter s creativity, he casts a cool yet sympathetic eye over his environment, both in Ireland and farther afield.The longer works -The Lost Notebooks(about the incendiary relationship between a troubled American girl and a young Irish man in Florence),Death of a Chieftain(a daringly ambitious story set in Mexico) andThe Three Last Things(a moving meditation on love and death) - stand as pillars within the book.Montague's clear prose is shot through with hard-won insights into his fellow human beings, and the various burdens, physical and emotional, under which they labour. And of course through it all runs the theme of the importance of love, in its many forms.

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  The Lady with a Dog

  Anton Chekhov

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  This well-known short story tells of an adulterous affair between a Russian banker, Dmitry Gurov and a young lady he meets while vacationing in Yalta, Anna Von Diederitz. The couple spend much time together but since Anna is married and lives far away, Gurov has obstacles to overcome in formalizing this relationship.

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  Sticky Fingers 2 - Another 12...

  JT Lawrence

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  Diverse, dark-humored, and deliciously bite-sized: USA Today bestselling author JT Lawrence ratchets up the tension with this compelling collection of short stories perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn and Roald Dahl. 
  GATSBY’S DOUBLE 
  An artist’s Pomeranian has been replaced by an imposter. 
  COURT, MARRY, KILL 
  Whose body ends up being unzipped by fish on the ocean floor? 
  ROCKABYE BABY 
  A female-only cult has a very dark side. 
  HE DID IT 
  A detective relies on his gut (and his hallucinations) to help him solve murder cases. 
  THE BRAIN BLEACHER 
  He can remove your pain by hacking your memory, but his own suffering is here to stay. 
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  ★★★★★   "Lawrence makes every word count, telling each story with elegance and emotional punch.” — Patsy Hennessey 
  ★★★★★   "JT Lawrence is the queen of short stories." — Dora Bona 
  ★★★★★   "Each story is masterfully constructed ... Humorous, touching, creepy, but most of all entertaining, this collection is superb." — Tracy Michelle Anderson 
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  If you're a fan of Roald Dahl or Gillian Flynn you'll love these unsettling stories with a twist in the tale.  
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  Hope: - An Anthology Of New...

  Creative Minds

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  Hope is the light that burns brightest when times are dark and breathes life into what is best within us. Here are 24 stories that will make you laugh, cry, question and ultimately believe in better tomorrows. 
  The writers met on Zoom during COVID and are all members of the same writing Meet Up Group. 
  Contributors: 
  1. Alien on the Run Andrew Akratos 
  2. Life Cell Kam Austine 
  3. The Future We Choose to Live Anais Bethuel 
  4. The Boy Who Dreamed of Understanding the Whole Universe James Clarke 
  5. When Hope is Stuffed Sean Edward Daly 
  6. Death is in the Air Conchita CarSantiago 
  7. Lessons by a Ginger Cat Irina Gladushchenko 
  8. You Couldn’t Make This Up Teresa Goudie 
  9. Kappl Dorf Rex Hatton 
  10. The Great Drought Andrew Head 
  11. A Suitcase Full of Hope Anita Jane 
  12. Hope in a Note An Ngo Lang 
  13. Don’t Forget, Me Too Ash Lee 
  14. Cherry Blossoms Joel McFarlane 
  15. Call Me Rose Swagatika Mahapatra 
  16. Collaroy Club Amy Morse 
  17. The House of Many Welcomes Leigh O’Regan 
  18. Which Way Forward for Planet Earth? Joseph Owolabi 
  19. One Step at a Time Annabelle Peters 
  20. Escape from Mystery Island Veronica Sands 
  21. Baby Hope Liz Shaw 
  22. The Athlete Joanna Trilivas 
  23. Life or Death John Walsh 
  24. Hellhole Matt Walsh

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  American Drolleries - Selected...

  Mark Twain

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  In these extraordinary stories Mark Twain takes us from the sleepy banks of the Mississippi, through frontier towns, and across the deserted gold plains of California. We encounter his countryfolk in all their bizarre variety: a cannibalistic ex-senator, a compulsive gambler, phoney travelling salesmen, and a team of bumbling detectives.
  
  The breadth, skill, and comic ingenuity of these tales remind us why Mark Twain is truly the 'father of American literature'.
  
  'Twain is still the liveliest, sharpest, most humane observational satirist and wit.' -
  A A Gill
  'Beguiling, brusquely fantastic yarns. . .' -
  John Updike
  'The greatest humorist of his age.' -
  New York Times

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