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  A Sting in Her Tale

  Mark Ezra

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  When retired former spy Felicity Jardine's mission to drown herself is interrupted by a baby drifting down river, her training kicks in at once. She saves the baby, and conceals herself from the shady-looking man who is searching for it. 
   
  Then an elderly neighbour to whom she bears a resemblance is found dead, and Felicity knows she's been rumbled. She has to dust off the highly trained and resourceful secret service officer she used to be, ensure the safety of the baby, and re-enter the fray. 
   
  She can count on the help of two former MI6 colleagues to identify the murderer and find out exactly what's going on. But Felicity soon realises that her work in 1970s Germany and her present are entangled – and she must face some hard truths before she can confront the demons of her past.

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  Mother of Bourbon - The Greatest...

  Eric Goodman, Kaveh Zamanian

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  Born in 1859 to Irish immigrants, Mary Dowling arrived at the height of anti-Irish and anti-Catholic fervor in America. The hardscrabble life her family led provided the foundation of grit and determination that would serve her well. She married the enterprising John Dowling. He offered her oversight of their burgeoning bourbon company's financial books and sought her insight as they grew from distillery investors to sole proprietors of Waterfill and Frazier. 
   
   
   
  Mary's first trials arrive in a series of tragedies that leave her widowed and with a business no one wants to support. Steering the lives of her eight children, she bucks up against a male-dominated bank and distributor that drop her to align herself with progressive partners. She scales to ever higher heights, becoming an influential member of Lawrenceburg society while achieving immense wealth. When Prohibition arrives with its animosity toward immigrants and Catholics, Mary is forced into semi-retirement—until the federal government comes after her on charges of bootlegging. Only then does she bite back, determining that if she is going to be treated like a criminal, she will behave like one. 
   
   
   
  Mother of Bourbon is the story of a pioneering and visionary woman who achieved success in a system designed to suppress her, and against a government that strived to repress her.

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  Witching Pool The: A Justice...

  John Pilkington

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  England, 1617 
   
   
  Susanna Cobbett, teenage daughter of a powerful Worcester landowner, is found dead in a gloomy woodland pond which has an evil reputation as the Witching Pool. The girl is said to have drowned herself, driven to madness by a local widow named Agnes Mason, who is arrested on a charge of witchcraft. If found guilty, she will hang at the next Assizes. 
   
   
  But Justice Belstrang, shrewd ex-magistrate and sceptic, does not believe a word of it. And when Agnes’s family beg him to help, he finds himself caught up in an ever-darkening mystery. 
   
   
  Another death follows: that of Susanna’s lover, a young shepherd. He too is reported to have drowned himself at the Witching Pool, unable to face life without his beloved. But from local woodsman Ned Berritt, Belstrang learns there’s more to it – and when Berritt too is found dead soon after, he becomes even more determined to uncover the truth. 
   
   
  The mystery grows murkier, however, as Belstrang is pitted against his old rival Justice Standish. 
   
   
  But Belstrang’s stubbornness and passion for justice drives him on. With the help of his friend and fellow-sceptic Doctor Boyd, he unravels the terrible crimes that have lain hidden behind the doors of the great manor of Ebbfield. 
   
   
  Belstrang must confront and apprehend his suspect - and risk his own life in the attempt. 
   
   
  Recommended for fans of Andrew Taylor, CJ Sansom and SJ Parris.

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  Between the Lines

  Sara R. Turnquist

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  A couple's hope for the future is in peril, until they find connection in the past. 
  Scott Baker and Brianne Marshall are ready to step into their happily ever after. They've been through their own trials and are counting down the days 'til they wed. That is until COVID-19 hits the scene, upending everything they have planned and dreamed of. 
  Scott is gifted letters written between his great grandparents as they courted. Soon enough, he is drawn into the 1920s when another pandemic rocked the world. Theodore Hendry is a army doctor when the Spanish flu swept the globe. In the midst of which, his acquaintance with nurse Rose Garrett blossoms into romance despite the overwhelming fear and sadness that surrounds them. 
  What will Scott and Brianne glean from the past? And how will they face down the struggles rampant in a worldwide crisis?

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  The Iron Way

  Tim Leach

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  Cast to the edge of the Empire, the Sarmatian army must fight in defence of Rome in the second of a new trilogy set in the second century AD, from the author of Smile of the Wolf. 
   
  In the hard, unforgiving land at the northernmost point of the Roman Empire lies a great wall. Once, the edge had been but a thing of thoughts and dreams, but one day the great Emperor from across the water had grown tired of such borders. So, a wall was raised from the earth at his command. From afar, it looked invincible. 
   
  Yet every wall has its weaknesses – if one looks close enough. 
   
  In its shadow gather five thousand fearsome soldiers. Men bred to fight and kill. The Sarmatians have suffered capture and defeat, but under a new command they are prepared to fight again. 
   
  For of the other side of the wall there are rumours. Of men closer to giants, of warriors who fight without fear or restraint. And the Sarmatians are called to defend against them. To stand and fight. To die for Rome. 
   
  Praise for Tim Leach's Sarmatian Trilogy: 
   
  'The characters feel rounded and real, and the Sarmatians' attempts to keep their world alive and evade the tyrannous reach of Rome are heartbreaking' The Times on A Winter War

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  The Road to Malheur - A Story of...

  C.J. Adrien

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  From bestselling and award-winning author C. J. Adrien comes a tale of hardship, friendship, and love on the American Frontier. 
   
   
   
  In the bustling frontier town of St. Louis, New Yorker Christian dreams of wealth in the fur trade, only to find himself perilously ill-equipped for its harsh realities. A rowdy tavern brawl thrusts him against the formidable trapper, Fergus MacBride. To his shock, the very next day, he discovers MacBride is also his new company leader. 
   
   
   
  Anticipating riches and adventure as told in New York's newspapers, Christian instead grapples with relentless survival challenges. From evading the persistent pursuit of the Hudson's Bay Company and the fierce Crow tribe to confronting the raw forces of nature, Christian is tested at every juncture. 
   
   
   
  Amidst these dangers, he finds an unexpected ally—Blue Fox, a young native woman under MacBride's employ as a guide. Drawn together by the trials of the wilderness, a deep bond forms between them. But in a land where alliances shift like desert sands and danger lurks behind every shadow, can a budding romance between two souls from different worlds endure?

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