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  The Emerald Tablet

  Andrew Clawson

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  An ancient Persian relic. A message etched in stone. A deadly quest across the globe to reveal the forbidden truth. 
  Recovering ancient relics for the Italian mob can be deadly. When Harry Fox narrowly outwits a thieving artifacts dealer to escape with his life, he quickly discovers he came away with more than he bargained for. The stone tablet with a strange tale etched on it tells of lost knowledge from the cradle of civilization - the ancient Persian Empire. 
  When the lure of lost treasure proves too great, Harry launches himself into an expedition unlike any the world has ever seen. As he races across oceans unraveling the truth behind King Xerxes opaque story of power and greed, Harry quickly discovers he is not the only one chasing a long-buried secret which stretches back thousands of years and ties to the father of medicine - Hippocrates. 
  Harry is forced to sidestep a shadowy pharmaceutical company's private security force while staying one step ahead of American and Egyptian authorities, all while unraveling a mystery which has confounded mankind for millennia. 
  If Harry Fox thought hunting artifacts for the mob was dangerous, he has no idea what's in store as he hurtles toward disaster to uncover the truth behind the Emerald Tablet.

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  The Adventure of the...

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow, and is the second and final appearance of Mycroft Holmes. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" fourteenth in a list of his nineteen favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. The monotony of thick smog-shrouded London is broken by a sudden visit from Holmes' brother Mycroft. He has come about some missing, secret submarine plans. Seven of the ten pages—three are still missing—were found with Arthur Cadogan West's body. He was a young clerk in a government office at Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, whose body was found next to the Underground tracks near the Aldgate tube station, his head crushed. He had little money with him (although there appears to have been no robbery), theatre tickets, and curiously, no Underground ticket. The three missing pages by themselves could enable one of Britain's enemies to build a Bruce-Partington submarine.It seems clear that Cadogan West fell from a train and that he stole the plans, meaning to sell them, but the mystery is truly complex...Famous works of the author Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Valley of Fear, His Last Bow, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, Stories of Sherlock Holmes, The Lost World.

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  Cake Stand Conundrum The: A Cozy...

  Hoang Nguyen

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  🎂 Wedding cake artist Buttercup Bliss is preparing for the social event of the season when the bride's controlling mother is found dead, her body arranged dramatically atop a three-tier cake stand in Buttercup's own kitchen. The police suspect a simple heart attack, but Buttercup notices the cake stand has been tampered with and the victim's final bite of cake contains a mysterious ingredient not found in any of her recipes. With her reputation as the town's premier baker crumbling faster than a dry cake, Buttercup must whip up her own investigation. Assisted by her cake-decorating apprentice and the groom's suspiciously knowledgeable brother, she uncovers a multi-layered conspiracy involving blackmail, stolen inheritance, and decades-old family recipes. From coded messages written in icing to cake layers that reveal different baking techniques, every tier tells part of the story. But when Buttercup discovers the victim was systematically destroying local bakeries to eliminate competition for her own daughter's planned bakery chain, she realizes the killer might be someone she's been frosting alongside for years. With the wedding rapidly approaching and the real killer still mixing in plain sight, Buttercup must slice through the sweet deception before she becomes the next layer in this deadly confection.

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  The Haven

  Amanda Jennings

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  It was meant to be paradise… the stunning new thriller that readers are calling ‘a real page turner’ and ‘gripping and immersive’ 
  ‘Thought-provoking, twisty and devastatingly plausible… captivating. One to get lost in. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐’ Heat, Book of the Week 
  ‘Mesmerising, gripping and evocative’ Lisa Jewell 
  Winterfall Farm, spectacular and remote, stands over Bodmin Moor. Wanting an escape from the constraints of conventional life, Kit and Tara move to the isolated smallholding with their daughter, Skye, and a group of friends. Living off-grid and working the land, they soon begin to enjoy the fruits of their labour amid the breathtaking beauty and freedom of the moor. 
  At first this new way of life seems too good to be true, but when their charismatic leader, Jeremy, returns from a mysterious trip to the city with Dani, a young runaway, fractures begin to appear. As winter approaches, and with it cold weather and dark nights, Jeremy's behaviour becomes increasingly erratic. Rules are imposed, the outside world is shunned, and when he brings a second girl back to the farm, tensions quickly reach breaking point with devastating consequences… 
  The Haven is the compelling new novel from Amanda Jennings, author of The Cliff House. 
  Readers are captivated by The Haven: 
  ‘The tension is so sharp, you read it with your heart in your mouth… masterful’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘I stayed up far too late one night reading the end of this, it was so tense… another brilliant book by one of my favourite authors.’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘Wow… what a book’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘Totally mesmerising… The rural Cornish setting is every bit as important as the characters… gripping, immersive and completely entertaining.’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘This is a fabulous read, it is a thriller that gradually increases the suspicions and doubt… There are some shocks and some twists… excellent right from the start to the finish.’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘I have read all of Amanda's books and each new one is my new favourite book ever, and this is no exception.’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  Amanda Jennings The Haven is a masterclass in psychological fiction. The noir elements intertwined with crime make it one of the best thrillers in town. 
  For fans of Keri Beevis (Nowhere to Hide), Ruth Ware (The Turn of the Key), Miranda Rijks (The Other Mother), J.A. Baker (Hush Little Baby), and Lisa Jewell (None of This is True). 
  HarperCollins 2022

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  Destiny's A Witch - A Wicked...

  Lucy May

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  Welcome to Charm Cove, Maine—where the Good are Wicked, and the Wicked are Good . . . or maybe not. 
   
   
   
  Nothing is ever as it seems, at least not in Charm Cove, Maine. Moira Wicked moves away in the hopes she can escape her fate, or destiny, or something along those lines. She yearns to lead a normal life. 
   
   
   
  A few years away teaches her one glaring lesson. It's incredibly difficult to be normal when your first name means destiny, your last name is Wicked, and you do come from a family legendary for its witchy ways. 
   
   
   
  Trying to keep her powers under wraps in the real world is a tad tricky. A love spell gone sideways sets in motion her return to Charm Cove. As bad luck would have it, or fate if you'd rather, she's home for one day when a body turns up floating in the town fountain. The charming Charm Cove is turned upside down. Meanwhile, tourists are crowding its picturesque streets, and magic is being bottled up and sold as health remedies. 
   
   
   
  Moira finds herself in the thick of the murder investigation, all the while trying to hold her nosy family and destiny at bay. Destiny comes in the form of Liam Good. A Wicked is fated to fall in love with a Good once every century. No pressure or anything.

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  To Live And Spy In Berlin (John...

  Max Allan Collins, Matthew V....

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  The world’s greatest living spy… 
  …May have just found a group of men he can’t kill. 
  The world thinks John Sand’s retired. No longer heading into the MI6 offices, he’s an energy company executive. He’s got a nice corner office, lavish dinners to attend, and no bullets flying at his head…yet. 
  The truth is much deadlier. 
  Sand’s hunting stolen uranium, and he knows if he doesn’t find it soon, he’ll be hunting something very different…a nuclear bomb. 
  Deep in South America, the remnants of Nazi Germany hide. Their only goal is to accomplish what their insane leader failed to do: ensure Germany rises victorious out of the next World War. 
  Now that they’ve got enriched uranium, their psychopathic dreams are merely days away. 
  In a race against time, Sand must find the uranium and destroy these deranged lunatics once and for all. 
  Is Sand past his prime? 
  Or can the world’s greatest spy stop the evilest men to ever live?

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