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  The Body in the Kitchen Garden

  Paula Sutton

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  The creator of Hill House Vintage and “Queen of Cottagecore” (Vogue), Paula Sutton, returns to the seemingly sleepy English village of Pudding Corner in this fresh, witty, fun, and delightfully modern cozy crime novel for vintage enthusiasts and fans of Richard Osman, Parini Shroff, Janice Hallett, and Anthony Horowitz. 
   
  “Miss Marple for the 21st Century.” ―S.J. Bennett, author of The Windsor Knot 
   
  It’s a glorious spring in the idyllic English village of Pudding Corner. Tea is poured, secrets simmer, gardens hide more than just weeds—and for newcomer and vintage aficionado Daphne Brewster, murder is blooming once again . . . 
   
  Pudding Corner is abuzz: the enigmatic Lord Hugh Darlington has returned to his crumbling ancestral home after years away. With his fiancée, he plans to revive the grand Darlington Hall—and who better to help than antiques-hunting Daphne Brewster? 
   
  Daphne is enchanted by the estate’s stained-glass windows, regal turrets, and sprawling kitchen garden. But amidst the overgrown greenery, she stumbles upon something far less picturesque: a body. A body that no one can identify. 
   
  As the shocking murder rocks the village, Daphne dusts off her sleuthing skills—despite the local PC's warnings to stay out of trouble. When Lord Darlington is attacked and a string of burglaries shakes Pudding Corner, it's clear that no one is safe. 
   
  With secrets buried deep and loyalties more tangled than ivy, Daphne must unearth the truth . . . before the killer strikes again. 
   
  Wickedly witty and brimming with twists as sharp as a pair of antique shears, The Body in the Kitchen Garden is a cozy crime page-turner that will keep you guessing until the very last clue is uncovered.

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  Carter of "La Providence" The...

  Georges Simenon

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  A glamorous woman suddenly turns up dead in the middle of nowhere in a tragic, mysterious puzzle that only Georges Simenon’s legendary detective can solve.It’s just another slow, rainy day on a French canal, until the discovery of a woman’s body disrupts the placid scene. Inspector Maigret is baffled by the facts of the case: an expensively dressed woman, Mary Lampson, has been strangled in a nearby stable, with no road nearby wide enough for automobile traffic. Only by chance was her body found, without a noise, witness, or trace of mud to aid in explaining the scene. How did this glamorous, pearl-laden woman meet her end? It seems that those on board the barge La Providence—Mary’s proud husband, Sir Walter; a friend named Willy Marco; and a Chilean parliament member’s widow—might hold the key to the puzzle. In The Carter of La Providence, once again, Georges Simenon orchestrates a harrowing plot of secrets and dramas that disturb, and reveal the underbelly of, the everyday.A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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  Providence - A Novel

  Craig Willse

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  An introverted English professor's quiet life gets turned upside down when he falls for a dangerous, enigmatic sophomore. Mark Lausson has everything he thought he wanted: a coveted job at elite Sawyer College in Ohio. But at the start of his second year, stuck in a small town with deadlines piling up and paychecks falling short, Mark can already feel the fantasy crumbling. And then, a few weeks in, sophomore Tyler Cunningham shows up in class. In Tyler—confident, mysterious, and popular—Mark glimpses another way of being in the world. He finds Tyler’s self-possession both compelling and unsettling. Caught in the rush of sex and secrets, Mark ignores the increasing evidence that Tyler can’t be trusted. But by the time Mark comes to his senses, the irreparable damage is done. Complicating easy ideas of innocence, Providence explores the ways loneliness and desire distort our senses of self and other, right and wrong. Intense, propulsive, and impossible to put down, Providence is perfect for readers of P. J. Vernon’s Bath Haus and Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, as well as Patricia Highsmith’s Talented Mr. Ripley and Garth Greenwell’s What Belongs to You.

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  The FBI Suicide Squad's Last Mile

  Emile C. Tepperman

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  Once again, the F.B.I.'s elite manhunt trio confronts the underworld. Battling through treacherous paths, they're resolute to dismantle the empire of a malevolent crime-czar, who has mercilessly declared death upon all G-men, offering lucrative rewards for their lifeless bodies. It's a perilous journey of valor, vengeance, and vendetta, where every step could be their last, but justice is an unyielding pursuit. 
  "Boss! This is Pim," he said. "I was watching outside of Powers' place like you told me. Kerrigan and Murdoch and Klaw came, with the Roche dame, like you figured. Klaw went in alone. They got Roche out, and they got the evidence, too. Kerrigan and Murdoch is taking the eleven o'clock train to Washington, and Klaw is gonna take Roche and his wife up to their house."  
  At the other end of that telephone line, a tall thin man listened carefully to every word. At the end of the report he said softly, "All right, Pim. I didn't expect that Powers would be able to take those three hellions. Now I'll use my own plan. Did Powers get away?"  
  "Yes, Boss. I guess he's gone to the other hideout."  
  "Very well," said the other man. "Go there at once. Tell him to take every available man he has up to Riverdale where Roche lives. I'll meet him there, and bring more men of my own. We must have everything set before Klaw gets up there!"  
  "But what about Kerrigan and Murdoch, Boss? They'll be on the way to Washington with the evidence—"  
  "No they won't, Pim—not when I've got this thing arranged. Pim, this is going to be the Suicide Squad's last mile!"  
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  Tepperman was one of the high-output pulp author of the 1930s, able to deliver readable, action-packed fiction stories like clockwork, securing his place in the hall of fame of pulp writers. 
  More information on https://fbi-suicide-squad.com

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  Killer Warrior

  Marc Olden

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  Sand must stop an arms dealer from expanding his business from murder to genocide 
   
   
   
  Even the finest samurai occasionally needs to hone his skill. Robert Sand is in Japan, pushing his body to the limit under an aged sensei's guidance, when he gets the message that practice is over. A French arms dealer named Valbonne has gotten ambitious, and is about to start selling something rather more deadly than a bootlegged Kalashnikov. He is building an atomic bomb. 
   
   
   
  Valbonne's prospective buyer is a Japanese man who has never forgiven the United States for killing his family at Nagasaki. To take revenge, he plans to detonate the black market warhead somewhere in New York City. His contract with Valbonne earns him the support of the Frenchman's mercenary army, and the cunning of a bloodthirsty Native American who's handy with a hatchet. Unfortunately for them, this is just the kind of fight that Sand's been training for.

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  My Little Brother - The...

  Diane Saxon

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  'A complex, dark and disturbing thriller, full of intrigue, toxic relationships and jaw-dropping twists.' Alex Stone 
  Two siblings, both missing for twenty years, turn up within one day of each other. One dead. One alive. 
  It was an ordinary school day, the day I lost my little brother. 
  One moment he was on the roundabout and then he was gone. 
  Missing. 
  They all blamed me. I was in charge. Even though I was only ten years old. 
  They sent me away. The hurt, the shame, the questions. The not knowing. 
  I tried to move on. 
  It's been nineteen years in exile and now somebody wants me back. 
  Someone with a dark secret. They hold the keys, they know the truth. 
  So, I need to return to the Welsh village of my childhood to find out who, because I have a secret, too… 
  I did something bad. 
  Bestselling author Diane Saxon’s thriller is sure to plunge you into the dark world of secrets and lies. Perfect for fans of Freida McFadden. 
  Praise for Diane Saxon: 
  'Packed full of secrets and lies, and in a town filled with an unsettling atmosphere, Saxon succeeds in putting the 'creep' in creepy.' Valerie Keogh 
  'I was hooked from the very beginning of My Little Brother and the ending was pure genius' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review 
  'An intensely dark thriller.' Ross Greenwood 
  'Gripping... I couldn't put it down.' Gemma Rogers 
  'An unputdownable, tense, fast-paced, terrifying plot that deftly twists and turns.' Danielle Ramsay 
  'A brilliant read filled with twists, turns and mystery.' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review

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