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  Sola

  Dakota Knight

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  The gritty and fast-paced tale of a teenage assassin whose exploits capture the attention of a dangerous drug kingpin, who gives her a job that changes her life forever 
  A teenage girl should not know the power of her body, but Sola Nichols discovers her power and uses it as the foundation that transforms her into a notorious assassin. Known on the street as the Brown Recluse, she garners the attention of Pierre-Henri Monchats, a dangerous and cunning drug kingpin. Monchats takes Sola under his wing, and she develops a reputation for killing with trademark efficiency. 
  Sola is tested when she is forced to kill an unidentified woman after assassinating one of her boss’s rivals. The next morning, Sola, the lethal huntress, becomes the hunted. Seeking out an old associate for answers, she isn’t prepared for the shocking revelations—the true identities of the two people she killed the night before. Her situation is grave, but Sola refuses to go down without a fight. What follows is a harrowing adventure through the streets of Columbus, Ohio, leading to an epic encounter with the surprising assassin hired to kill her.

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  Femmes Fatal

  Dorothy Cannell

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  Before her beautiful bouncing babies came along, Ellie Haskell's life was a fairy tale. Marriage to the gorgeous super-chef Ben was going swimmingly before every day was filled with nappies, bottles and laundry. 
   
   
   
  Determined to revive her love life, Ellie joins a new local ladies' group, Fully Female, which promises to restore some oomph back to her relationship by way of a Peach Melba Love Rub. 
   
   
   
  But before long, things start going fatally wrong in the charming village of Chitterton Fells. 
   
   
   
  First, one of Ellie's new friends from the group is electrocuted in her own bathtub. Then Ellie gets a call from another group member. Her husband has fallen to his death in their boudoir at a rather inopportune moment . . . 
   
   
   
  One death could be an accident, but two is decidedly suspicious. Can Ellie save her marriage without falling foul of the curse of these femmes fatal?

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  House of a Thousand Candles The...

  Meredith Nicholson

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  A reputedly wealthy and eccentric old man dies in Vermont. His home, the House of a Thousand Candles, so called for the owner's preference to candle light, is left empty save a faithful servant -- his fortune mysteriously vanished, though rumored to still have been hidden in the house somewhere. John Glenarm, the late old man's grandson, stands to inherit the estate (and so the secret fortune) under the stipulation that he live in the house for one year. If he fails, the house will be forfeited and awarded to Marian Devereaux, the niece of the nun who operates the nearby Saint Agatha's School for girls. Mister Pickering, the executor of the estate and childhood rival of John's, decides to find the hidden treasure before young Glenarm does.

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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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  Cry Revenge

  Donald Goines

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  When a young Black man sees his brother's dreams shattered, he takes to the streets to start a war. Even if that's exactly what "the system" expects in this bold action-packed urban thriller from Donald Goines, the OG master of urban lit . . . 
   
   
   
  It's not that Curtis Carson is hating on the Latinos in his backyard dice games. He just happens to roll the dice better. But the Latinos don't see it that way, and when one of their brothers is brutally gunned down in a barroom shootout because of Curtis's dealings with the drug dealer Fat George, it's Curtis who ends up with a target on his back and his brother who ends up with a wrecked body far from the hoop dreams he once harbored. If things aren't tragic enough, Curtis is hellbent on setting things straight. He's on a deadly path of vengeance that will leave the streets running red with Black and Latino blood . . .

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  The Spear and the Sentinel - A...

  J.L. Hancock

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  **An Amazon Top 10 Bestseller**  
   "Stay low, check your six, and keep a round in the chamber, because J.L. Hancock is back with another overdose of high-octane action!”— JEFF EDWARDS, Bestselling author of'STEEL WIND' and 'THE DAMOCLES AGENDA'   
  An escaped prisoner. A lab hidden in western China develops an AI weapon. A Russian Special Operator investigates a heinous crime scene. 
  In the stunning sequel to The Hawk Enigma, Voodoo and his team of special operators are thrust back into the heart of a global conflict. The stakes have never been higher as China’s Belt and Road Initiative pushes into Central Asia, exposing dark ambitions and a secret lab advancing AI warfare. 
  Set against the vast steppes of Kazakhstan, this story unfolds in the shadow of the former Soviet Union. Tensions rise as Voodoo’s team embarks on a covert mission. New team members add to the friction as more troubles from Voodoo’s past return to the present. 
  They soon find themselves on the brink of a perilous future the Western world is unwilling to face: a world where AI reigns supreme, and there's no turning back. Fans of Jack Ryan, Tom Clancy, and Clive Cussler will snatch this thriller and refuse to let go. 
   Will Voodoo’s team succeed? Or has his luck finally run out?

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