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  A Yellow Dog - A powerful 19th...

  Bret Harte

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  Francis Bret Harte was born on 25th August 1836 in Albany New York. 
   
  As a young boy Harte developed an early love of books and reading.  He first published at the tender age of 11, his satirical poem ‘Autumn Musings’. Expecting praise he received anything but and later wrote "Such a shock was their ridicule to me that I wonder that I ever wrote another line of verse." 
   
  By age 13 his formal education was at an end and four years later the family moved to California. Here the young man worked in a variety of capacities; miner, teacher, messenger, and journalist.  
   
  But it was also here that he found the stories and inspiration for the works that would seal his fame across the literary world.  He was instrumental in propelling the short story genre forward and brought tales of the Old West and the Gold Rush to a greater audience. At the height of his fame he would entertain staggering monetary offers to write for monthly magazines. 
   
  His talents extended to poetry, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches.  As he moved location, initially east to New York and then through Consular appointments to Europe and finally England his audience diminished but he continued to experiment, to write and to publish. 
   
  Bret Harte died of throat cancer on May 5th 1902 and is buried in St Peter’s Church in Frimley, Surrey, England.

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  A Problem Princess

  Anna Harrington

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  General Clayton Elliott, Home Office Undersecretary and new viscount, gets suspicious when London is too quiet. Everyone says that the anarchist group he's been fighting died along with its leader, but his instincts say just the opposite. Then he meets Her Serene Highness Princess Cordelia of Monrovia. Resigned to doing her duty for her country, she is in London to make a match with a royal duke—and as a royal princess, she has no say in which duke she'll marry. But when she is shockingly attacked at a party, Clayton becomes her bodyguard. Is there a connection between the evil group Scepter and whoever apparently wants the princess dead? The longer Clayton and Cordelia spend evading her enemies and pursuing their individual missions, the more they realize they can depend only on each other... This gorgeous, danger-filled Regency romance is one fans of Sarah MacLean, Elizabeth Hoyt, and Bridgerton won't want to miss!

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  Family Squabbles

  Theophilus Monroe, Michael Anderle

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  My brother is taking over the family business . . . 
   
   
   
  It was something I'd trained for my entire life. I was more suited for it than he was in almost every way. 
   
   
   
  Except for the most important one . . . the ability he'd inherited from our father. Why wasn't I born with the same powers? 
   
   
   
  I'm leaving the underworld. I don't belong there anymore. Of course, I only have one marketable skill: 
   
   
   
  Kicking ass and taking names. 
   
   
   
  How can I use that to start a new life for myself on Earth? 
   
   
   
  Unfortunately, vigilantism doesn't pay the bills.

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  Tyler - A Christmas Novel

  Lucy McConnell

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  Christmas is about family, but Tyler Olsen has forgotten that. 
  As a successful lawyer on the verge of making a partner, Tyler is laser-focused on his career. But his single-minded pursuit of success comes at a cost—his little girl. 
  Enter Rose, a guardian angel in training, tasked with helping Tyler rediscover the spirit of family, but guiding a stubborn lawyer proves more challenging than she expected. 
  When Leena's music teacher, Gabby, enters their lives, Tyler starts to remember what's truly important. Gabby's warmth and kindness begin to melt the walls around Tyler's heart. Will Tyler open his heart to love again and embrace the family that's right in front of him? Or will he let fear hold him back from the greatest gift of all? 
   A heartwarming tale of love, family, and divine intervention, Tyler reminds us that Christmas is a time to cherish the ones we love.

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  A Matter Of Evidence - A DCI...

  Rhys Dylan

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  In the desolate landscapes of SENTA, the Bannau Brycheiniog army training grounds, DCI Warlow and his seasoned investigators find themselves ensnared in a deadly game of shadows. A man, recently released from prison after a 20-year wrongful conviction, is discovered dead, igniting a storm of doubt and suspicion. As long-buried secrets claw their way to the surface, the line between truth and deception blurs. With everyone involved in the original case now a potential suspect, they must tread carefully and confront the crimes of old as well as the present. As the stakes escalate, can Warlow decipher the puzzle of the past before the present claims another victim

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  Cornish Christmas Pantomime...

  Fiona Leitch

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  Pantomime season has arrived in the brand new hilarious cozy murder mystery from Fiona Leitch.  
  'Murder and mayhem are rarely this enjoyable. Another fantastic entry in this brilliant series that solidifies Leitch as one of the very best and funniest writers around’ Jonathan Whitelaw 
  ‘A wonderful seasonal romp’ Ian Moore 
  It’s Christmas in Penstowan, and local amateur dramatics group the Penstowan Players are putting on their annual pantomime.  
  This year it’s ‘Aladdin’, and half the town have been drafted in to help, including Shirley Parker, who only has a small part in the chorus but will no doubt upstage everybody, and Tony Penhaligon, who’s treading the boards as the baddie, Abanazar. Ex-Metropolitan police officer turned caterer Jodie Parker has managed to get away with not appearing, but only if she agrees to cater the opening night party. 
  But it’s not just terrible jokes, quick costume changes and backstage chaos that wait in the wings… When the Widow Twankey (otherwise known as Tim, the mayor’s husband) trips over a corpse lying next to Aladdin’s bloodstained magic lamp, it’s time for Jodie and her partner, DCI Nathan Withers, to find the killer. 
  Was it the genie of the lamp or an overly harsh theatre critic? Or does someone in the Penstowan Players have a dark secret they will do anything to protect? 
  ‘Funnier than panto, more warming than a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie and completely gripping. Fun, festive and full of red herrings and clever clues, it's the perfect Christmas treat’ Andreina Cordani, author of The Twelve Days of Murder 
  ‘A fun read to curl up with by the fireside this Christmas’ Debbie Young, author of Death at the Village Christmas FairPraise for Fiona Leitch 
  ‘A cosy, clever mystery wrapped in tinsel and topped with a generous helping of humour’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘Highly entertaining cosy murder mystery to add to a fantastic series’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘The perfect combination of festiveness and crime’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  'The cozy small-town setting, quirky characters, and theatrical chaos made it the perfect read for Christmas’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘A fun and cozy read for the Christmas season’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘An absolute joy to read… I read it in a day and highly recommend’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘I really love this cozy mystery series’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘Love the humour in this… this whole series is a pleasure to read’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  'Another brilliant adventure in this always excellent series’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  'Leitch crafts a Cornwall that I want to live in – vibrant, funny and dripping with mystery and mayhem. Brilliant’ Jonathan Whitelaw, author of The Bingo Hall Detectives 
  ‘A terrific summer read… a thumping good whodunnit; this is a murder mystery that wears a flower in its hair and invites us to kick off our shoes’ J.M. Hall 
  ‘The book equivalent of catching up with your favourite old friends over a glass of wine or three… the observational humour is spot on’ Jo Middleton 
  ‘[A] fun, feel-good factor and an intriguing mystery to be solved. And pies. I loved it’ Stephanie Austin, author of the Devon Mysteries series 
  The Cornish Christmas Pantomime Murder is the latest in Fiona Leitch's series of humorous thrillers. Set during the holidays, this novel is a must-have for fans of culinary mysteries and festive stories. 
  For fans of Peter Boland (DEATH OF A WILD SWIMMER a BRAND NEW absolutely gripping British mystery full of...), Dee Macdonald (A Body at Lavender Cottage), Katie Gayle (Murder in the Library), Sarah Yarwood-Lovett (A Swarm of Butterflies), and Hannah Hendy (A Terrible Village Poisoning).

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