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  The Bermuda Connection

  Robert Rapoza

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  A father and son. An ancient mystery. A race against time to save humanity.Archeologist Nick Randall's recurring nightmare becomes a terrifying reality, plunging him into a sinister plot. After narrowly escaping an assassination attempt, he goes into hiding.His son John, a bioengineer, uncovers a chilling secret about his own memory-erasing drug, attracting the attention of shadowy figures willing to kill for control.Father and son race to unravel the truth, drawn to the enigmatic Jamie Edmunds in Bermuda, who may hold the key. With powerful forces closing in, they navigate a treacherous path from Bermuda's murky waters to Antarctica's wastes, where a horrifying secret awaits.Can they prevent the forces of darkness from unleashing a devastating weapon upon humanity, or will they become the next victims in a deadly game of power and control?

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  Prize Catch

  Alan Carter

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  A quest for the truth becomes a race for survival in this pacy new crime novel from award-winning author Alan Carter. 
   
  When Roz Chen's wife, Niamh, is killed in a hit-and-run on a lonely Tasmanian road, the grieving widow begins to wonder if Niamh's death was an accident after all. Meanwhile, SAS veteran Sam Willard is hoping for a fresh start with a job at a salmon farm. But as allegations of old war crimes surface and Sam is 'promoted' as a special operative against anti-salmon farm activists, he and Roz form an unlikely alliance. 
   
  Forced to retreat into the unforgiving Tasmanian wilderness, Roz and Sam find themselves scrambling for the truth with murderous thugs on their trail. 
   
  ‘Carter is a master of his craft’ Herald Sun 
  ‘An extremely intelligent thriller’ The AU Review 
  ‘An absolute stand-out’ Australian Crime Fiction 
  ‘Accomplished and entertaining’ Sydney Morning Herald

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  The Little Colonel in Arizona

  Annie Fellows Johnston

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  In The Little Colonel in Arizona the story is centered around the Ware family, who, after their husband and father has died, and due to the mother's illness, have to move from Kentucky to Arizona. Joyce now has to take most of the responsibility for holding the family together. She is having difficulties in coming to terms with the family's new existence, feeling lonely and that her dreams for the future will never come true. But when she learns to know an invalid at Lee's Ranch who tells her the “Legend of Camelback Mountain”, and she learns the “Lesson of the Bees”, she begins to see a new hope growingA letter to Lloyd, “the Little Colonel”, has the effect that she comes to visit the Ware's at their Wigwam for a month. Here she meets the handsome and likeable Phil Tremont who stirs something in her heart, and she wonders if he might be the one written in the stars for her. But Phil, kind and likeable as he is, has his own problems and has to learn to handle them and to learn the “Legend of Alaka and the lost turquoises”.Another important person who we get to know more of in this story is the talkative and entertaining little Mary Ware, who has an important role in other, later stories. (Summary by Lars Rolander)

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  Below The Belt

  A.J. Stewart

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  Sometimes Life Hits Below The Belt 
  Mick, the no-nonsense owner of Longboard Kelly's, is a man of few words. So when one of those words is "help", Miami Jones is there. 
  Mick's oldest friend is in trouble. A seemingly successful boxing career has left him broke, battered, and about to lose his family. The sharks are circling for whatever scraps are left from the glory days, and now in his darkest hour, the people who said they would be there have turned their backs. 
  He wants to fight for his family, but the years have taken their toll and all his family sees is an angry old man with a failing memory. 
  But someone is making money off the old fighters and it isn't the families, the trainers, or the boxers themselves. 
  To save more than one life Miami Jones must find who is pulling the strings and making bank on the athletes' misery, and solve a mystery ten thousand punches in the making.

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  Killer Summer

  Ridley Pearson

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  It begins as a heist in Sun Valley, Idaho—until the local sheriff discovers a more sinister underlying plan. The crime gets more personal. The stakes are raised, and nothing is as it seems.

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  The Little Old Lady Strikes Back

  Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg

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  Martha and the infamous League of Pensioners are back in The Little Old Lady Strikes Back, from the author of the smash-hit The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules.After stealing some priceless Russian jewels from the Stockholm Auction House, Martha and her gang flee to the small village of Hemmavid to lie low. But what they find is a village in crisis, so they decide they want to help revive the place.But the village needs money. So, in steps the League of Pensioners to arrange events to attract paying tourists. Which turns out to be a rather delicate balancing act when you are wanted by the police. Having donned the mantle of guerrilla fighters come to save Sweden’s countryside from depopulation, will the League be able to help the villagers get the attention of the politicians – and save the village – without getting caught?Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg’s socially engaged, riotous comedy is perfect for fans of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Translated by Rod Bradbury.

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