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  The Main In The Brown Suit

  Agatha Christie

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  Anne Beddingfeld is a young woman who is aching for adventure and that is exactly what she gets when she witnesses the death of man on the London Underground. Her notice of a mysterious man who suspiciously leaves the scene embarks Anne on a mystery that will take her all the way to Cape Town in South Africa. With a love interest also in her future, it will take all her faculties to set everything straight.  
  The Man in the Brown Suit is an early publication in Agatha Christie’s long and illustrious career. The story may have been inspired by a trip she took with husband Archie to South Africa, amongst other countries in preparation for the 1924-1925 British Empire Exhibition. Indeed, as seen in the 2025 production Travels with Agatha Christie and David Suchet, she seems to have been very taken with the areas of South Africa she visited. Further, in the frontispiece of the book the dedication begins “In memory of a journey..” and what a fun journey it was to record this book!  
  As with all books written over a century ago, the reader is reminded that previous sensibilities do not match current ones.

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  Jelly Bean Jiggery-Pokery

  Sara Bourgeois

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  Welcome to Hemlock Hollow, where witchcraft bubbles beneath the surface. 
   
   
   
  Blue Bell has spent years hiding her mystical talents while running her candy shop, Sucre Bleu. But when a dead body appears outside new neighbor Ethan Moore's office, she finds herself drawn into a baffling murder. 
   
   
   
  With help from her sarcastic talking cat Tiffany, quirky sister Pepper, and Ethan's slick investigating skills, Blue follows the clues. Her supernatural gifts give her an edge, but she risks exposing her secret witchy abilities. 
   
   
   
  Suspicion brews when the police suspect Blue could be the killer. Then it shifts to the victim's wife, his lover, and a shady ex-partner as illicit affairs and dark secrets emerge. But when the investigation stirs up danger, Blue must tap into her full powers or end up in hot water. 
   
   
   
  Can she catch the killer and clear her name without bringing her magic to a boil? Or will her hidden bewitching talents finally bubble over?

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  So Long at the Fair - (Book 5 in...

  Pat Herbert

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  ‘Oh dear, what can the matter be ....’Why does a woman keep falling from the Big Wheel at a South London fair?Hallucination or something more sinister? It seems that Robbie MacTavish and Mrs Harper’s great-nephew Alfie are the only two people who can see her.Meanwhile, Rev. Bernard Paltoquet is asked to investigate a 60-year-old mystery, when the Vicarage plumber asks for his help in tracing his long-lost grandmother. As Robbie tries to discover who the falling woman is and what she wants, Bernard begins to uncover the tragic events surrounding Albert’s grandmother’s fate.

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  Damaged

  Pat Herbert

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  The year is 1958, the place fashionable Chelsea, London. One famous film star commits suicide, and another famous star is run over. An eminent Harley Street plastic surgeon dies under suspicious circumstances, and Chief Inspector Spry of Scotland Yard is prompted to ask “When is a murder not a murder?” 
  When a fading film star decides to undergo plastic surgery to help revive her flagging career, it turns out to be the worst decision of her life, culminating in her eventual suicide. 
  When people close to her, including her former husband, begin to drop like flies, the plot thickens until all the strands come together in the best Agatha Christie tradition.

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  Murder Unearthed

  Anita Waller

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  The PI team of a deacon, a computer expert, and her grandmother returns in this twisty cosy mystery from the bestselling author of Murder Unexpected.When DI Tessa Marsden is called to a road traffic accident, she is disturbed by the crime scene she must investigate. She now has a double murder to contend with; two dead girls from the same village.Realising the murders aren’t linked, Marsden summons the help of the Connection Investigation Agency, run by Kat, a church Deacon, Beth, (known affectionately as Mouse), a computer expert, and Doris, Beth’s feisty grandmother.When it is discovered that one of the murdered girls was pregnant the case takes an unexpected turn.Can DI Marsden, with the input of Kat and Mouse, solve the case before another body appears?Meanwhile, the agency has been asked to track down the long-lost son of Ewan Barker. Will Kat, Mouse and Doris find him and reunite him with his father?This might just be their toughest investigation yet . . .

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  The Good Life

  Sarah K. Stephens

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  “Brilliant, it had me on the edge of my seat and I didn't want to put it down!” —Goodreads reviewer, five starsA shocking crime during a Costa Rican vacation exposes the secrets of a wealthy, troubled couple in this gripping novel by the author of It Was Always You . . . Kate and Calvin are on the trip of their dreams in Costa Rica, hoping to heal their marriage after years of difficulty and loss. When they meet a young newlywed couple at their resort, an attraction develops between the two couples that threatens to disrupt both marriages. After a life-threatening shark encounter, with emotions and adrenaline running high, the couples act on these simmering feelings—and the morning after, Kate awakens to find herself covered in blood, her husband missing, and the young couple dead. As she goes on the run and furiously tries to unravel the mystery of what happened in that hotel room, Kate uncovers connections leading back to her life in New York and the secrets she’s hidden for years. Traveling deeper into the Costa Rican jungle, will Kate find her husband and the answers she seeks—or will her sanity be tested to its limits?

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