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  The Black Hand - One of the...

  Arthur B Reeves

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  A neglected author who created stories of cunning and exploitation in a few short pages.

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  Finessing the King - A Tommy &...

  Agatha Christie

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  A personal advertisement written in code attracts the attention of Tuppence Beresford. When Tuppence suspects that the code involves the Three Arts Ball, she persuades Tommy to attend dressed in costume. Tuppence's suspicions prove to be correct when a murder takes place, but as all of the guests are dressed in masquerade, identifying the killer may be more difficult than first thought…

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  To the Power of Three

  Anonyme

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  “Powerful….A gripping tale that is a mystery only in the same sense as To Kill a Mockingbird was….Brilliant, insightful, moving.” 
  —Chicago Sun-Times 
  There are excellent reasons why New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman has won the Edgar®, Agatha, Anthony, Nero Wolfe, and every other major award the mystery genre has to offer. To the Power of Three is just one of those reasons. Lippman’s brilliant and disturbing tale of three inseparable high school girlfriends in an affluent Baltimore suburb who share dark secrets literally until death, To the Power of Three is this “writing powerhouse” (USA Today), who has “exploded the boundaries of the mystery genre to become one of the most significant social realists of our time” (Madison Smartt Bell) operating at the very top of her game. Not merely crime fiction, but fiction that gets to the deep psychological, emotional, and human roots of a terrible crime, Lippman’s novel is one that will not be easily forgotten—a must read for fans of Kate Atkinson, Tana French, Jodi Picoult, and Harlan Coben

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  Pie Guy - An Outsider Gets an...

  C. S. Johnson

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  Indulgence and ingnorance ...  
  Dennis "Dezmo" Moreland grew up on the streets of Chicago, and he's had his share of trouble, even if he's learned how to stay out of it. 
  When he's caught up in a bad investment, and his best friend and business partner owes him the money to get out of it, driving in the car for several hours after a shake-down is worth the trouble. But when he arrives in Fairmont, the last thing he expects is to be caught in the middle of the town pie contest, with its battling egos, family drama, and possible murder.  
  He's an outsider, with an up-close and personal look ... and now all he wants to do is look away, and then run away.  
  Life of Pies is a 12-part novella series inspired by A Gathering of Old Men, As I Lay Dying, and pie-style murder mysteries from C. S. Johnson. 

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  The Only One Left - Key Insights

  Ava Cross

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  This work provides a concise synthesis of the key insights and analysis of the book. It is an independent summary, not the original book, and has no affiliation with or endorsement from the original publication. Created for readers who want a clear, thought-provoking overview, it distills the central themes and ideas while preserving the depth and relevance of the work. 
  Perched on a cliff battered by wind and memory, Hope’s End is a house built on secrets. In The Only One Left, a caregiver named Kit McDeere arrives to tend to Lenora Hope — a woman long accused of murdering her family decades earlier. Lenora, now mute and paralyzed, can only communicate by tapping letters on a typewriter. As she begins to dictate her version of events, Kit is drawn into a web of deceit, where truth and illusion twist together like the corridors of the decaying mansion. 
  Each keystroke echoes with accusation and confession, and the more Kit uncovers, the more she questions her own sanity. Storms rage outside as the cliffs crumble beneath the house, mirroring the collapse of every certainty she holds. What begins as a story of care becomes one of obsession, guilt, and the terrifying realization that some ghosts are very much alive. 
  A gothic mystery of memory and manipulation, The Only One Left captures the haunting tension between past and present — a chilling exploration of how the truth can destroy even the strongest foundations.

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  Mum's The Word

  Dorothy Cannell

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  Award-winning author Dorothy Cannell serves up a delectable English cozy murder mystery . . . to die for. 
   
   
   
  Married to the man of her dreams and expecting a darling little bundle of joy, Ellie Haskell is excited to put her feet up and play the part of pampered wife for the next nine months. 
   
   
   
  But handsome hubby Ben has other ideas. He whisks her off to America for an exclusive gourmet cooking competition in Mud Creek, Illinois. And worse, they're staying in crumbling old gothic mansion that's straight out of a horror movie! 
   
   
   
  Then two of their fellow chefs mysteriously disappear one night. Is this a haunted house? Or is someone cooking up more than they bargained for? 
   
   
   
  Ellie decides to get to the bottom of these deliciously deadly goings-on—before her own husband is the next to vanish.

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