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  The Flynn Guarneri

  Katherine Bucknell

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  The Guarneri, a violin rarer than a Stradivarius, belonged to the charismatic Irish virtuoso Robert Flynn. Famed for his performances of the classical repertoire, including the early works of Ernest Grayson, Flynn wandered the countryside anonymously, playing in villages and collecting folk tunes before he died young during World War I. 
  Ernest Grayson, arguably the greatest British composer of the twentieth century, suffered a crisis of imagination in 1908 and spent time in a sanatorium in Zurich, where he was treated with the latest European therapies and returned to composing, creating his master works during the 1930s before committing suicide amid the chaos of World War II. 
  In the early 1990s, the teenaged American prodigy Allegra Balsen is about to perform Ernest Grayson’s first violin concerto on the Flynn Guarneri at Lincoln Center, when her best friend, a young cellist, is murdered backstage. Allegra goes on defiantly, to commemorate her friend and to honor the retiring concert mistress, violinist Moira Flynn. 
  Two Princeton musicologists attend the performance. They are studying Grayson’s work. As they delve into his musical scores, letters, photographs and other papers, they begin to untangle complicated love and family relations among Flynn, Grayson and descendants, coming closer and closer to the murderer, who is still at large and seeking another victim. 
  A brainy and haunting romance of the twentieth century—musical genius, madness, and love seen through the acute, empathetic eyes of academic detective Dr. Lucy Wunder as she, too, is pulled into the web.

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  Dangerous Passage

  Lisa Harris

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  When two Jane Does are killed on the outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia, detective and behavioral specialist Avery North discovers they share something in common—a tattoo of a magnolia on their shoulders. Suspecting a serial killer, Avery joins forces with medical examiner Jackson Bryant to solve the crimes and prevent another murder. But it doesn't take long for them to realize that there is much more to the case than meets the eye. As they venture deep into a sinister world of human trafficking, Avery and Jackson are taken to the very edge of their abilities—and their hearts.Dangerous Passage exposes a fully-realized and frightening world where every layer peeled back reveals more challenges ahead. Romantic suspense fans will be hooked from the start by Lisa Harris's first installment of the new Southern Crimes series.

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  Easier Dead Than Done

  Russell Cooper

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  A murder in Venice, Italy, and within a few days, a second murder in Abinger Hammer, England. The victims are not connected, and yet both had to die. 
   
   
   
  Five years later, the Friday Street Murder Mystery Team receive a letter seeking their help. Can Cedric and Ambrose, Charlie and Verity crack the codes, solve the clues, and unravel the complex cold case to prevent the murderer from killing a third time? 
   
   
   
  Easier Dead Than Done is the fast-paced second book in the Friday Street Murder Mystery series. If you love witty, feisty women, delicious food, and spy adventures, then you'll love Russell Cooper's latest murder mystery. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  The Creek

  LJ Ross

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  YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE . . . 
   
   
   
  Kate Irving arrives at her grandfather's cottage at Frenchman's Creek in the dead of night with her young son, a small suitcase, and little else. Its scattered community of fishermen, farmers, artists, and jetsetters barely bat an eyelid, because theirs is a rarefied world, tucked beneath the lush forest that lines the banks of the Helford estuary, deep in the heart of Cornwall, where life is slow and people generally mind their own business. Unless, of course, your grandfather happens to be a pillar of the local community . . . 
   
   
   
  Kate's left the past behind and guards her privacy and her son fiercely. She's wary of accepting the friendship her new neighbors offer, but their kindness is too great to refuse and she begins to feel she has found her place in the world. That is, until tragedy strikes, and her new friends look to her for the answers . . . 
   
   
   
  Kate soon learns that the past always catches up with you, in the end—the question is, will she be able to face it, when it does? 
   
   
   
  Suspense is peppered with romance and humor in this fast-paced mystery, set amidst the spectacular Cornish landscape.

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  Divided They Fall - Part II in...

  Dan Fletcher

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  David Nbeke returns as a Captain in the General Service Unit (GSU), the paramilitary wing of the Kenyan Police. Terrorist activity is on the rise and the newly formed Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) hide in the deserts of neighboring Somalia. 
  Enter Agent Clarissa May, whose international investigation has uncovered evidence of a plot to blow up the American Embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salam. Using a handful of trusted officers, and with Commander Tanui’s help, David and Clarissa team up to search for the terrorists in a frantic race to prevent the bombings. 
  Since Caitlyn’s death, at the hands of Maliki, David hasn’t allowed anyone to get close to him, but against his better judgement he becomes emotionally involved. A professional lapse that may cost him dearly!

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  Last Stand at Saber River

  Anonimo

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  A quiet haunted man, Paul Cable walked away from a lost cause hoping to pick up where he left off. But things have changed in Arizona since he first rode out to go fight for the Confederacy. Two brothers—Union men—have claimed his spread and they're not about to give it back, leaving Cable and his family no place to settle in peace. It seems this war is not yet over for Paul Cable. But no one's going to take away his land and his future—not with their laws, their lies, or their guns.

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