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  Passing Through Veils

  John Harrison

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  A fusion of Shirley Jackson and Gillian Flynn, Passing Through Veils is a gripping psychological thriller about Kathryn Fields who moves into a run-down Georgetown, D.C. townhouse in hopes that restoring it will be a metaphor for her own rehabilitation from the recent nervous breakdown that derailed her promising career.    But when she discovers a forgotten vanity behind a false wall in her bedroom and the secrets hidden there, the veil between the real and the surreal is abruptly pierced, and the ghost of a beautiful woman who was murdered in this very townhouse escapes to seek revenge.    Is this simply a fantasy of Katherine’s damaged psyche?   Or have her own demons finally escaped to torment her?

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  The Only One Left - Key Insights

  Ava Cross

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  This work provides a concise synthesis of the key insights and analysis of the book. It is an independent summary, not the original book, and has no affiliation with or endorsement from the original publication. Created for readers who want a clear, thought-provoking overview, it distills the central themes and ideas while preserving the depth and relevance of the work. 
  Perched on a cliff battered by wind and memory, Hope’s End is a house built on secrets. In The Only One Left, a caregiver named Kit McDeere arrives to tend to Lenora Hope — a woman long accused of murdering her family decades earlier. Lenora, now mute and paralyzed, can only communicate by tapping letters on a typewriter. As she begins to dictate her version of events, Kit is drawn into a web of deceit, where truth and illusion twist together like the corridors of the decaying mansion. 
  Each keystroke echoes with accusation and confession, and the more Kit uncovers, the more she questions her own sanity. Storms rage outside as the cliffs crumble beneath the house, mirroring the collapse of every certainty she holds. What begins as a story of care becomes one of obsession, guilt, and the terrifying realization that some ghosts are very much alive. 
  A gothic mystery of memory and manipulation, The Only One Left captures the haunting tension between past and present — a chilling exploration of how the truth can destroy even the strongest foundations.

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  Cruel Irony

  Elliot York

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  Judge Emmet’s climb up the professional ladder was fast, but his fall was even faster. The brutal murder of the local judge sends shockwaves throughout the community. Detectives Logan Cooper and Reggie Hawkins are on the case. Evidence leads them on a chase full of pulse pounding twists and turns. As the body count climbs, the detectives are under increased scrutiny from the higher-ups. They’re desperate to find the killer. The truth they uncover is deeper and more shocking than anyone could have imagined.

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  The Disappearance of Lady...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of the eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow, and one of the few stories in which for much of the plot Watson must act alone and try his best with Holmes left in the background.
  Holmes sends Dr. Watson to Lausanne to investigate Lady Frances Carfax's disappearance since he himself is too busy in London. Lady Frances is a lone, unwed woman denied a rich inheritance on account of her sex. She does, however, carry valuable jewels with her. It is also her habit to write to her old governess, Miss Dobney, every other week, but for the past five weeks, there has not been a word from her. She has left the Hôtel National for parts unknown. Her last two bank transactions were cheques, one to pay her hotel bill, and another for £50 to her maid, Miss Marie Devine.

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  Slain at the Sea

  Cindy Beall

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  A heartwarming cozy mystery with two lovable Westies, a strong female sleuth and endearing friendships.  
  Maddie Mills never planned on starting over. After her no-good husband ends up behind bars the middle-aged divorcée along with her two adorable pups, reluctantly moves back to her late parents' oceanfront house. But her appreciation for her new view is blown out of the water when she spies a dead body in the bay. 
  Though the victim was the unpopular town busybody, Maddie can’t bring herself to live in a community with a murderer on the loose. So, with her loyal pooches by her side she does a little sleuthing. Sorting through the clues involves spending time with the hunky police chief, rediscovering her love for solving mysteries, and unearthing secrets that could send her from walking along the beach to being silenced once and for all. 
  Can Maddie dig up the truth or will she be stopped in her tracks?

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  Vintage Trailers and Blackmailers

  Heather Weidner

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  There is nothing like finding a dead body, clad only in a red satin thong, on your property to jolt you from a quiet routine. Jules Keene, owner of the posh Fern Valley Camping Resort in the Blue Ridge Mountains, is thrust into the world of the Dark Web when one of her guests, Ira Perkins, is found murdered in the woods near her vintage trailers. Jules quickly discovers that the man who claimed to be on a writing retreat was not what he seemed, and someone will go to any length to find what he left at her resort. Jules, along with her Jack Russell Terrier sidekick Bijou, has to put the rest of the missing pieces of a blackmailing scheme together before her business is ruined. 
   
   
   
  Jules's resort, set in the heart of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains near Charlottesville, in the quaint town of Fern Valley, offers guests a unique vacation in refurbished and upcycled vintage trailers. Hoping to expand her offerings, she partners with her maintenance/security guy to create a village of tiny houses, the latest home DIY craze, but a second murder of a reporter interrupts Jules's expansion plans. Curiosity gets the best of her, and she steps up her sleuthing to find out what Ira Perkins was really up to and what he was really hiding at her resort.

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