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  Sherlock Holmes - Great Adventures

  Sir Aarthur Conan Doyl

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  Sherlock Holmes Great Adventures 
   
  The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet 
   
  A banker, Mr. Alexander Holder of Streatham, makes a loan of £50,000 (equivalent to approximately £5.76 million in 2019) to a socially prominent client, who leaves a beryl coronet—one of the most valuable public possessions in existence—as collateral. Holder feels that he must not leave this rare and precious piece of jewellery in his personal safe at the bank, and so he takes it home with him to lock it up there. He is awakened in the night by a noise, enters his dressing room, and is horrified to see his son Arthur with the coronet in his hands, apparently trying to bend it. Holder's niece Mary comes at the sound of all the shouting and, seeing the damaged coronet, faints dead away. Three beryls are missing from it. In a panic, Mr. Holder travels to see Holmes, who agrees to take the case. 
   
  The Adventure of the Copper Beeches          
   
  Violet Hunter visits Holmes, asking whether she should accept a job as governess—a job with extraordinary conditions. She is enticed by the phenomenal salary which, as originally offered, is £100 a year, later increased to £120 when Miss Hunter balks at having to cut her long copper-coloured hair short (her previous position paid £48 a year). This is only one of many peculiar provisos to which she must agree. The employer, Jephro Rucastle, seems pleasant enough, yet Miss Hunter obviously has her suspicions.

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  A Brutal Season

  Judi Daykin

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  Detective Sara Hirst has moved from London to Norfolk Police's Serious Crimes Unit. 
   
   
   
  Carnival week in Cromer. It's been an easy-going summer for the Norfolk Police's Serious Crimes Unit—until this morning. 
   
   
   
  The body of Daisy Shaw, the Carnival Queen, is discovered in a back alley, stretched out on the cobbles. Her long blonde hair lies matted and disheveled around her head, her fingers clutch a sparkly plastic tiara. 
   
   
   
  Suspicion falls on the carnival crew, especially when it turns out that one of them is Daisy's boyfriend. 
   
   
   
  The atmosphere in Cromer soon grows nasty. The town turns against the outsiders. The roads are closed. The town descends into chaos. And the murder detectives are right in the thick of it, trying to piece together what happened to Daisy. 
   
   
   
  The close-knit carnival community is all too used to prejudice and none too keen on helping the police. 
   
   
   
  Meanwhile, both Sara's mother and boyfriend have bombshells to drop. Can Sara solve the case before anyone else gets hurt?

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  Tough Justice: Countdown (Part 5...

  Janie Crouch

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  The hunter becomes the hunted With just seconds to spare, Special Agent Lara Grant and the team manage to rescue a hostage. Victory! Thanks to this eyewitness, they now know the killer’s name, and might even have a lead on his next target. But not even the FBI’s best can protect everyone from the deadliest, and most dedicated, criminal. And when the entire CMU comes under attack, it’ll take a desperate act to keep the team together. Lara puts her own secrets—and her own life—on the line in an attempt to lure the bomber out of hiding and into the open…once and for all.Part 5 of 8: an explosive new installment in the thrilling FBI serial from New York Times bestselling author Carla Cassidy and Tyler Anne Snell, Emmy Curtis and Janie Crouch.Praise for Special Forces Savior by Janie Crouch:"Compelling. Crouch doesn’t disappoint with another spectacular Intrigue read filled with explosive action and well-developed characters and plot." —RT Book Reviews

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  Real Bad Real Soon

  Eric Beetner

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  Carter McCoy is still alive, but not for long.A man with nothing to lose, he can help the helpless. A reluctant killer, his skills are used by the police now to balance the scales of justice. But killing doesn't sit well on Carter and he wants to live out his last days in peace.Detective Brian DeFore is using Carter for his own gain, and almost destroys both of them. When the old man refuses to help any longer, DeFore wonders how hard it can be to kill someone who needs killing.Then a woman asks Carter for his help to hunt a monster—her husband.The search for justice will take him deep into the snowy woods with his faithful dog, Chester, at his side. His end is coming soon, but maybe even sooner than he thought.

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  Murder in the Grotto

  Martha Bond

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  Festivities turn fatal at the Christmas Fayre 
   
   
   
  Christmas at Fortescue Manor is always celebrated in style. The highlight is the annual Christmas Fayre hosted by Lord and Lady Buckley-Phipps. With ice skating, entertainment, and tobogganing, Lottie Sprigg and her dog, Rosie, are looking forward to the festivities! 
   
   
   
  But Lottie's sleuthing skills are called upon when a body is found in the spooky shell grotto in the manor house grounds. Locals have long said the place is cursed. Can Lottie separate fact from fiction and uncover the culprit before the body count rises?

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  Silenced Witness

  Larry A. Winters

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  A savage killer. A silenced witness. A driven prosecutor who refuses to back down. 
   
   
   
  Life is good for Assistant DA Jessie Black. She just brought another murder trial to a successful conclusion. Her reputation is growing as a top prosecutor in Philadelphia. And she's engaged to a strong, handsome man she loves. Now it's time to step back, plan her wedding, and look forward to a bright future. 
   
   
   
  But when a young man is brutally butchered in his own home, the courtroom calls to her. Especially when the police are desperate for help. Hal and Kristina Nolan, a clever husband-and-wife team of defense attorneys, have filed motions to block key evidence and keep a critical witness off the stand. Jessie knows she needs to go to trial and beat them at their own game. Because if she fails, their client, a remorseless human monster, will stroll out of the courthouse a free man.

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