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  Human Resources

  Geoffrey Neil

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  Some things are worse than getting fired. 
  A business consultant swoops in to rescue a struggling company. She cancels layoffs and dazzles everyone with her killer looks and corporate savvy. When her over-the-top attention and affection for a particular employee triggers suspicion, a coworker investigates, uncovering her true identity and a secret plan more terrifying than anyone at the company could have imagined. Strap in for a knuckle-biting ride in this twisty, dark thriller. 
  Human Resources has been optioned for film or TV adaptation by Mace Neufeld Productions, producers of The Omen, The Sum of All Fears, The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Invictus, and many other successful titles.

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  Leo Tolstoy - Six of the Best -...

  Leo Tolstoy

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  Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 in the Russian province of Tula to a wealthy noble family. As a child, he had private tutors but he showed little interest in any formal education. When he went to the University of Kazan in 1843 to study oriental languages and law, he left without completing his courses.  Life now was relaxed and idle but with some writing also taking place.  Gambling debts forced an abrupt change of path and he joined the army to fight in the Crimean War.  He was commended for his bravery and promoted but was appalled at the brutality and loss of life.  He recorded these and other earlier experiences in his diaries which formed the basis of several of his works. 
  In 1852 ‘Childhood’ was published to immediate success and was followed by ‘Boyhood’ and ‘Youth’. 
  His experience in the army and the horrors he witnessed resulted in ‘The Cossacks’ in 1862 and the trilogy ‘Sevastopol Tales’. After the war he travelled around Europe, visiting London and Paris and meeting such luminaries as Victor Hugo and Charles Darwin.  
  It was now that Tolstoy began his masterpiece, ‘War and Peace’. Published in 1869 it was an epic work that changed literature. He quickly followed this with ‘Anna Karenina’.  
  These successes made Tolstoy rich and helped him accomplish many of his dreams but also brought problems as he grappled with his faith and the lot of the oppressed poor. These revolutionary views became so popular that the authorities now kept him under surveillance.  
  He led a life of asceticism and vegetarianism and put his socialist ideals into practice by establishing numerous schools for the poor and food programmes. He also believed in giving away his wealth, which caused much discord with his wife.  
  His writing continued to bring forth classics such as ‘The Death of Ivan Ilyich’ and many brilliant and incisive short stories such as ‘How Much Land Does A Man Need’.  
  In 1901 Tolstoy was excommunicated from the Church and controversially deselected for the Nobel Prize for Literature. 
  Whilst undertaking a pilgrimage by train in October 1910 with his daughter Aleksandra he caught pneumonia in the nearby town of Astapovo.  Leo Tolstoy died on November 9th, 1910, he was 82.

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  The Small Museum - A chilling...

  Jody Cooksley

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  Winner of the Caledonia Novel Award
  Longlisted for the HWA Gold Crown Award 2025
  A shiver thrilled my spine at the thought of what might be contained in collections to be kept away from ordinary eyes ...
  London, 1873. Madeleine Brewster's marriage to Dr Lucius Everley should have been the answer to her family's prayers. Lucius is a well-respected collector of natural curiosities - his 'Small Museum' is his life's work, although firmly kept under lock and key. His sister Grace's philanthropic work with fallen women also adds to the Everleys' polished reputation.
  However, Maddie begins to suspect that unimaginable horrors lie behind their respectable fa ade. Then she is framed for a shocking crime that would take her to the gallows. Her only hope is her friend Caroline who must prove Maddie's innocence before the trial reaches its fatal conclusion.
  'I was blown away by Jody Cooksley's The Small Museum' Stacey Thomas

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  Geese A Laying: Twelve Days of...

  Stuart MacBride

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  Sixth story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season 
  The maternity ward: the last place you’d associate with criminal activity. Which makes it as good a place as any to carry it out… 
  Stuart MacBride, the Sunday Times bestselling author, masterfully weaves a tale of mystery and thrillers, with a dash of black humour. The bestseller Geese A Laying is a testament to his storytelling prowess, making him a top author in the hard-boiled fiction genre. 
  For fans of Jd Kirk (A Killer of Influence), Ed James (Where the Bodies Lie), David J. Gatward (Grimm Up North), Tg Reid (The Killing Parade), and J M Dalgliesh (When Death Calls).

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  B-More Careful - 20 Year...

  Shannon Holmes

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  B-More Careful takes sex, lies, and betrayal to the next level in this action-packed, fast-paced, suspense-filled novel. Growing up on the cold, mean, inner-city streets of Baltimore is Netta, leader of an all-girl clique called the Pussy Pound. With no father and a dope fiend for a mother, Netta learns at an early age how to use her beauty and her body to get the things she wants: money, cars, and jewelry. 
  Chasing the almighty dollar, she meets Black, a local drug dealer with a deep-seated hatred for New Yorkers who falls head over heels in love with her. With a broken heart, Black discovers that Netta is only after his money and seeks the ultimate revenge against her life.

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  Chicago Tylenol Murders: The...

  David Williams

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  Poisoned Pills, Panic, and a Nation’s Wake-Up Call

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