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  The Doll's Ghost - A Victorian...

  F. Marion Crawford

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  The charming but nonetheless creepy tale of Nina, a little girl’s doll, who repays the kindness shown her after she is damaged in a fall.The Doll’s Ghost is taken from the Victorian Anthologies series featuring short stories by classic writers of the spooky, the scary and the supernatural. Guaranteed to give you the shivers, each collection includes familiar and loved creepy tales as well as those less well-known.With music by Benedict Edwards.

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  Backwater Diva

  Steven Becker

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  A pop icon is found dead aboard a lavish yacht that happens to be anchored in Biscayne National Park. 
  Murder knows no boundaries, and with the yacht in his jurisdiction, Special Agent Kurt Hunter becomes entangled in a world he knows nothing about. While Kurt is no stranger to high-profile cases, he’s not looking for the spotlight or notoriety-he’s had both with disastrous results. Hounded by the media, promoters, and an Internal Affairs investigator, Kurt is forced to face his own inner demons to solve the case. 
  From the glamorous Intracoastal Waterway of Miami to the natural beauty of Biscayne National Park, this new mystery from bestselling author Steven Becker reveals the good, the bad, and the ugly of South Florida.

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  The Blooding of the Guns

  Alexander Fullerton

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    “This excellent oil-powered sea story” set during the largest naval battle of WWI launches a series of military adventures featuring a family of sailors (Kirkus Reviews).   Jutland, 1916: In the icy waters of the North Sea, the Royal Navy awaits the challenge of the Kaiser's High Sea Fleet Sub-lieutenant Nick Everard could never have imagined the terror he would face as his destroyer races to launch its torpedoes into the blazing guns of a horizon obscured by dreadnoughts. But when the steering-gear on HMS Warspite jams, it is up to Nick, along with his brother, Hugh, to save thousands of lives.  Praise for the Nick Everard naval thrillers:  “A particularly rousing brand of naval fiction . . . Brimming with action, suspense, and authentic historical detail.” —Booklist   “Impeccable in detail and gripping in impact.” —Irish Independent “The research is unimpeachable and the scent of battle quite overwhelming.” —Sunday Times   “Has the ring of truth and the integrity proper to a work of art.” —The Daily Telegraph    “The prose has a real sense of urgency, and so has the theme. The tension rarely slackens.” —Times Literary Supplement   “Fullerton again proves his talent for combining historical fact with rousing fiction. . . . [His] presentation of naval action, customs, traditions and life at sea shines with authenticity, and his portrayal of men under fire is breathtaking.” —Publishers Weekly   “A thoroughly likeable hero.” —Kirkus Reviews

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  JM Barrie: The Short Stories

  J.M. Barrie

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  Peter Pan is a classic story.  The Admirable Crichton is a classic play.  And here, in this volume are two classic short stories.  They are certainly of their day and perfect pieces of their craft.  And really that’s not surprising for JM Barrie was a writer of great note.  Short stories are often overlooked as being the poor, under-developed relative of a greater work.   But from writers of the calibre of Barrie this is just not so.  He picks stories and creates characters that drive, meld and create pages that in their numerically shorter length are in fact the perfect length.  Our stories are read for you by Richard Mitchley.

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  The Rival Beauties

  W. Jacobs

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  William Wymark Jacobs (1863-1943) was an English author of short stories and novels. His most popular works in the early part of the last century were his humorous tales set around the docks of Wapping and in the taproom of the infamous Cauliflower tavern. Many of his stories were written in a Cockney vernacular and were keenly observant of character. "The Rival Beauties" is one of the night watchman's most unlikely tales. He narrates the time when his ship came across a giant sea-serpent and they attempted to lure it with them to New York.

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  Thank Your Lucky Stars

  Sherrie Flick, Kara Holsopple

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  Full of wit and humor, readers will find themselves immersed in big worlds contained in short narratives. From a woman who gets more than what she bargained for to a cowboy down on his luck, these complex stories serve up love and loss, longing and heartbreak, and cruelty and tenderness in poetic images and the most satisfying of moments.

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