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  Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band

  Conan Doyle

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  The Speckled Band is a classic locked-room mystery that deals with the themes of parental greed, inheritance and freedom. Tinged with Gothic elements, it is considered by many to be one of Doyle's finest works, with the author himself calling it his best story

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  Rage

  Wilbur Smith

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  The Courtneys of Africa series continues with Rage, a dark and passionate account of the forming of a nation from Wilbur Smith, read aloud by actor Tim Pigott-Smith. 
  'There are heroes and there are monsters. But most of us are ordinary mortals caught up in events too turbulent for any of us. Perhaps when the battle is over, all we will inherit are the ashes of a once beautiful land.'  
   It is 1952. Guided by the ruthless hands of Shasa Courtney and Centaine Malcolmess, the Courtney family empire has come to dominate the lives of white and black South Africans alike. 
   But the winds of change are fanning fires of revolution. In the deadly quest of power, Shasa will be tested far beyond the battle of the boardroom, forced to betray his ideals for a misguided dream of national unity.

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  The Forger's Requiem

  Bradford Morrow

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  Literary forger Henry Slader, assaulted and presumed dead by his longtime nemesis, Will, awakens in a shallow grave, suffocating in dirt. Concussed and disoriented, Slader exhumes himself and sets out to exact revenge on his rival, orchestrate Will's downfall, and make a fortune along the way—armed with a devastating secret about Will's past. 
   
   
   
  Slader quickly draws in Will's daughter, Nicole, wielding his threats against her father to blackmail her into forging inscriptions by such authors as Poe, Hemingway, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein. As Nicole's skill grows, so does her devotion to—and doubts about—her father's integrity, until she commits the ultimate betrayal for the sake of his freedom. With breathtakingly precise background knowledge and virtuoso execution, Nicole forges a suite of brilliantly convincing and surpassingly valuable letters by Frankenstein author Mary Shelley—planting within them the seeds of Slader's doom. 
   
   
   
  Moving between upstate New York, a village in Ireland, London, and ending in a shocking standoff at the site of Mary Shelley's grave in a coastal town in Southern England, The Forger's Requiem is both a compelling standalone novel and the crescendo ending to the trilogy Joyce Carol Oates has called "lethally enthralling to read."

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  Dial M for Mud Cake

  Kaz Delaney

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  As summer settles over Airlie Falls, Texas, baker Rosie Hart is gearing up for the upcoming Fourth of July celebrations. Orders are coming in fast, but when someone calls in an order for a mud cake, Rosie feels uneasy. After a series of confusing phone calls, she comes to the chilling conclusion that the term mud cake is in fact code for a hit—someone is ordering a murder! As the dough for her Apple Custard Brioche Bread rises, so does Rosie’s anxiety. This isn’t like any of the cases she’s solved before. This time she has to save someone, but first she has to discover exactly who she’s supposed to be saving—and, more importantly, who wants that person dead. With her commitment to the town’s week-long festivities, trying to control her nonagenarian friends who’ve just discovered the home-shopping network, determining if a long-lost child has indeed resurfaced, and not to mention an Elvis impersonator on every corner, Rosie’s wondering if she can really unmask the person with murderous intent before they take matters into their own hands.

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  The Human Trial

  Audrey Gale

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  Dr. Randall Archer is a misfit… 
    
  …in the brutal blue-collar home where he grew up. 
    
  …as a sixteen-year-old escaping to college, then medical school, on a full scholarship to Harvard. 
    
  …in the highest echelons of Boston society, where the woman he marries and the blueblood research partner with whom he shares his laboratory belong. 
    
  Even Archer’s brilliance as a pathologist catapults him into direct and dangerous conflict with the medical establishment he fought so hard to join. 
    
  As the Great Depression presses down around him, Archer teeters at the edge of a precipice. He must choose between his hard-won career and the sacred oaths he took as a doctor and scientist—before all his choices are lost forever.

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  Killer Collusion - A Hunter...

  SM Kahan

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  Dreamland Creations rockets to Fortune 500 under CEO Olivia Montgomery. But beneath success lies an enigmatic toy, a radical defense plan, and a string of murders. LAPD's Hunter Harden must untangle the web, but murder is just the start. Step into a world where corporate ascent meets enigma, shadows harbor secrets, and a nation's fate teeters. As the web tightens, alliances blur. Will the truth illuminate or plunge all into darkness?

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