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  Short Science Fiction Collection...

  Various

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  Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology.  This is a reader-selected collection of short stories that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed.Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input.

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  Murder By Mistletoe - DI Declan...

  Jack Gatland

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  You'd better not laugh... you'd better not die. 
   
  Father Christmas, otherwise known as good ol' Santa Claus is dead, murdered in the street, poisoned with a fatal cocktail laced with mistletoe for that 'Christmas touch'. 
   
  But he wasn't the first, and he won't be the last - because across London, people in Father Christmas hats are being poisoned. Homeless Santas, shopping store grotto Santas, it doesn't matter, as the killer seems to be hunting anyone wearing the hat. 
   
  With one of his own team now a witness in a diplomatic murder and taken off the Last Chance Saloon, DI Declan Walsh is an officer down and on the back foot, as he travels a world of red-nosed reindeers and snowy scenes, hunting a grinch that doesn't just have a hatred of anyone who plays the jolly, red-clothed figure, but instead has a mysterious, unknown higher purpose, one that leads back to Charles Dickens and A Christmas Carol... 
   
  Can Declan and his team find and stop the killer before Christmas, or will he be stuck on the naughty list forever? 
  The thirteenth audiobook in a series of procedural crime thrillers by #1 New York Times bestselling writer Tony Lee writing as Jack Gatland, Murder By Mistletoe is perfect for fans of J.D Kirk, L.J Ross, Ian Rankin, Alex Smith, David Gatward, Rachel McLean and Ann Cleeves, among others.

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  The Last Hands

  Garvey T. Avon

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  Destiny Rivers, a brilliant poker prodigy who views the world through the lens of game theory and probability, receives a mysterious invitation to an exclusive tournament aboard the Royal Meridian, a super yacht in international waters. The buy-in is ten million dollars, and the prize is a life-changing fortune. 
    
  However, Destiny quickly realizes that the host, a ruthless tycoon named Harrison, is playing a game far darker than Texas Hold'em. As the yacht travels into a communications dead zone, Destiny discovers that elimination from the tables carries lethal consequences. Trapped with no way out, she is forced into a tenuous alliance with a fellow player, Rubben Kane, who is hiding dangerous secrets of his own. 
    
  To survive the night, Destiny must unravel a conspiracy that links the tournament to the tragic, unsolved death of her father, betting her life on a bluff against a house that never loses.

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  The Beast of Death Cavern

  Michael Cole

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  They were expecting boredom. They got a bloodbath.Outpost Four was supposed to be a quiet rotation—babysit a radar dish in the frozen mountains and count the days. But when Bravo Team arrives, they find the base in ruins. No signs of life. 
  No signs of Alpha Team. Only wreckage . . . and something watching. 
  A monstrous predator has awakened beneath the ice—an ancient terror shaken loose by a recent earthquake. Towering at eighteen feet, possessed by murderous instinct, it has emerged from the cavern to kill.Now Bravo Team is being hunted—stalked, ambushed, and torn apart one by one.The snow runs red. The beast has come. And it wants more than territory. 
  It wants blood.

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  Angels' Share The: A Murder...

  Yvonne Vincent

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  Tensions are rising in the run up to the island event of the year - the Vik Show. Not only has the secret recipe for Mrs Hay’s peppermint slices been stolen, but someone has had the bad manners to leave a dead body in the distillery. And what does any of this have to do with the disappearance of Elsie the librarian? 
   
  A perfect storm of past secrets and political conspiracy is brewing, and it’s up to the local weight-loss group, Losers Club, to save the day.

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  Backlash - Anna Travis Book 8

  Lynda La Plante

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  When a new lead in a cold case comes to light, Detective Anna Travis faces the biggest challenge of her career. Five years ago, a teenage girl disappeared in broad daylight on a busy street and the mystery has haunted Anna's boss Langton, who led the original investigation, for years. With a confession to this murder and one more besides, Langton believes he finally has his man - but Anna isn't so sure. With a lack of evidence, the confession is critical to the arrest. And when the suspect changes his story, it looks like the case could fall apart. Can Anna and Langton find the evidence they need before the trail once again goes cold?

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