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  Cadaver at the Con

  Winnie Reed

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  Conferences can be murder... 
  Emma’s boss has sent her to a conference. All expenses paid. How great is that? It was great until her mother’s best friends show up as attendees to make sure she doesn’t get herself into any trouble. What? It’s not like that’s their only mission. The conference is at a casino and they love their slots. Not to mention they love the keynote speaker. It was great until a mysterious shady man shows up, harassing the keynote speaker and another author. That shouldn’t really involve Emma. And it doesn’t. Until a trip to the swimming pool turns up a dead body. 
  Of course, wouldn’t you know it, the detective in charge is Detective McHottie. And he’s got his eye on a suspect. Luckily, this time, it’s not Emma. Unfortunately, it’s a new author that Emma’s become quite a fan of. Not to mention, Emma’s convinced this debuting author did not kill the dead guy in the pool. 
  Emma’s got her hands full, what with her mom’s best friends always on her heels, a killer on the loose, and of course, trying to keep out of Detective McHottie’s way. And thoroughly failing.

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  Bald-Headed Lies

  Greta Boris

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  Men are confusing, alive, or dead. 
   
   
   
  Imogene Lynch, assistant to the head embalmer at Greener Pastures Mortuary, feels the final sensations of the deceased when she touches their hair. So, why did she get a hit from a 200-year-old skull? 
   
   
   
  When an earthquake reveals a long-hidden tomb under the historic San Juan Capistrano Mission, El—Greener Pastures' hunky night watchman—moonlights to guard the discovery. He and Imogene have recently declared their love for one another. What better place to grab some alone time than among the skulls and crossbones of the dead? 
   
   
   
  However, when Imogene stumbles into a mound of bones and dislodges a skull, she's plagued by an itching attack that not only ruins their romantic moment but follows her home.Which means the cranium's owner must have been murdered. 
   
   
   
  The only way to get rid of the disgruntled spirit is to reveal his killer. But how do you solve a crime that happened centuries ago? 
   
   
   
  The questions come fast and furious: Has she discovered a new and unwanted ability? What do zombie cults have to do with Baldy and the other bones in the tomb? And, most importantly, will she ever be alone with El again?

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  How Watson Learnt the Trick

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  How Watson Learnt the Trick is a Sherlock Holmes parody written by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1924. It concerns Doctor Watson attempting to demonstrate to Holmes how he has learned the latter's "superficial trick" of logical deduction by giving a summary of Holmes' current state of mind and plans for the day ahead, only for Holmes to then reveal that every single one of Watson's deductions is incorrect.Conan Doyle was one of several authors commissioned to provide books for the library of Queen Mary's Dolls' House; others included J. M. Barrie, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling and W. Somerset Maugham. Conan Doyle was provided with a book approximately 1.5" x 1.25" (3.75 cm x 3.15 cm) into which he wrote the 503-word story of How Watson Learned the Trick by hand, taking up 34 pages. The original manuscript is still part of the Dolls' House library.

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  To Be a Man - Stories

  Anônimo

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  O, The Oprah Magazine's 20 Best Titles of the Year 
  Time Magazine's 100 Books to Read in 2020  
  Financial Times' Best Books of 2020 
  Esquire's Best Books of 2020 
  New York Times Editors' Choice 
   
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  Bustle's Best Short Story Collections of 2020 
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  Library Journal's Best Short Stories of 2020 
  “Superb. . . . Krauss’s depictions of the nuances of sex and love, intimacy and dependence, call to mind the work of Natalia Ginzburg in their psychological profundity, their intellectual rigor. . . . Krauss’s stories capture characters at moments in their lives when they’re hungry for experience and open to possibilities, and that openness extends to the stories themselves: narratives too urgent and alive for neat plotlines, simplistic resolutions or easy answers.”  —Molly Antopol, New York Times Book Review 
   “From a contemporary master, an astounding collection of ten globetrotting stories, each one a powerful dissection of the thorny connections between men and women. . . . Each story is masterfully crafted and deeply contemplative, barreling toward a shimmering, inevitable conclusion, proving once again that Krauss is one of our most formidable talents in fiction.” —Esquire 
  In one of her strongest works of fiction yet, Nicole Krauss plunges fearlessly into the struggle to understand what it is to be a man and what it is to be a woman, and the arising tensions that have existed from the very beginning of time. Set in our contemporary moment, and moving across the globe from Switzerland, Japan, and New York City to Tel Aviv, Los Angeles, and South America, the stories in To Be a Man feature male characters as fathers, lovers, friends, children, seducers, and even a lost husband who may never have been a husband at all.  
  The way these stories mirror one other and resonate is beautiful, with a balance so finely tuned that the book almost feels like a novel. Echoes ring through stages of life: aging parents and new-born babies; young women’s coming of age and the newfound, somewhat bewildering sexual power that accompanies it; generational gaps and unexpected deliveries of strange new leases on life; mystery and wonder at a life lived or a future waiting to unfold. To Be a Man illuminates with a fierce, unwavering light the forces driving human existence: sex, power, violence, passion, self-discovery, growing older. Profound, poignant, and brilliant, Krauss’s stories are at once startling and deeply moving, but always revealing of all-too-human weakness and strength. 

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  The Removal Man

  R. J. Parker

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  ‘Extremely fast paced and completely page-turning … will stay in my mind for a long time’ Sunday Times bestseller B P Walter on The Good Neighbour 
  The Removal Man is an utterly unputdownable suspense thriller that imagines your worst house-moving nightmare – and then dials it up to 11. 
  Rose is moving. For her and her son, Noah, this is going to be a fresh start. 
  She’s almost finished packing but Noah is determined to spend one last night camping out in the garden like he used to. Rose agrees as long as he wraps up warm inside their small tent. 
  Four hours later she’s woken by a frantic banging on the window. 
  It’s Noah. 
  There’s someone in the garden. 
  That’s when Rose picks up the kitchen knife.Readers are loving The Removal Man: 
  ‘I literally could not stop reading’ 
  Julie, NetGalley 
  ‘I read it over the course of about 8 hours in a single day!’ 
  Shasta, NetGalley 
  ‘Geez my poor heart!! It’s still pounding!! I was yelling at my Kindle!! She wasn’t listening to me! It’s gonna take me a minute to calm myself down!’ 
  Debbie, NetGalley 
  ‘WOW!! What an action packed, edge of your seat thriller … I barely blinked as I read the entire book in one sitting’ 
  Sarah, NetGalley 
  ‘I intended to read a couple of chapters before bed and didn’t look up again until I hit chapter 20’ 
  April, NetGalley 
  ‘I read the whole thing in 24 hours’ 
  Jacqui, NetGalley 
  ‘OMG WHAT A READ!!! Packed to the rafters with tension and suspense, I literally have no nails left’ Peggy, NetGalley 
  ‘I read this in one sitting’ 
  Aria, NetGalley 
  ‘Omg, wow … just wow, this is a fast paced, addictive, rollercoaster ride … with a very bad case of just one more chapter syndrome … I read the whole book in one sitting … would award it far more than five stars if I could’ 
  Nicki, NetGalley 
  ‘A no-holds-barred survival thriller that will appeal to fans of No Exit or Mirrorland’ 
  Leighton, NetGalley 
  ‘Everyone’s greatest nightmare, but worse! This is one of the scariest thrillers I’ve read in a long time’ 
  Joan, NetGalley 
  The Removal Man by R.J. Parker is a chilling foray into the world of domestic crime, showcasing the author's prowess in psychological fiction. The suspense-filled narrative keeps readers on the edge of their seats, questioning the safety of their own homes. 
  For fans of Freida Mcfadden (The Tenant), John Marrs (When You Disappeared), C. J. Tudor (The Chalk Man), Lisa Jewell (None of This is True), and Tm Logan (The Daughter). 
  HarperCollins 2022

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  Bastards of the Bayou

  Donald R. Guillory

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  The town of Laveau sat in St. Gerard’s Parish, just outside of New Orleans. It was home to a proud, hardworking community of black and white residents. It was also home to a lie which held the people of Laveau unknowingly captive for decades. They sat comfortably in the shadow of falsehoods that previous generations had left behind. As sheriff, Jean “Pap” Papillon swore an oath to protect the community of St. Gerard Parish; even when it meant hiding the truth to protect the residents from themselves. Within the first year of his term, a murder gave birth to a lie. A lie that would hold the community captive for decades. Over the thirty years he served as Sheriff, he protected the community from a truth that, if revealed, could disturb the balance of power. Unfortunately, one small, seemingly insignificant incident would bring the truth out of the shadows. In "Bastards of the Bayou" Donald R. Guillory gives his audience a glimpse of the secrecy within a small southern town. Based on a series of true stories, the author demonstrates race, money, and jealousy can topple the peace of a sleepy rural town.

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