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  Swanfolk - A Novel

  Kristin Omarsdottir

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  Like a modern Midsummer Night’s Dream, an ethereal and haunting novel about a young spy who enchanted by a species of half-swan, half-human creatures—an obsession that ultimately leads her to question her own existence—and sanity. 
  In the not-too-distant future, a young spy named Elísabet Eva finds herself mentally unraveling following an assignment in Paris. Everything in Elísabet’s life in the city—her friends, social engagements, and late nights—revolved around her work as a spy with the Special Unit. To regain her mental balance, Elísabet finds herself taking long solitary walks near the lake. 
  One day, she sees two strange beasts emerging from the water—a pair of seemingly mythical creatures, human woman above the waist, swan below. Curious, she follows them through tangles of thickets to a clearing . . . and into a strange new reality.  
  Elísabet’s walks become regular visits to these swan women. As she earns their trust, the creatures reveal the enigma of their secret existence and their desire to reproduce. Pulled further and further into the swanfolk’s monomaniacal (and often violent) quest, Elísabet finds her own mind growing increasingly untrustworthy. Ultimately, she is forced to reckon with both the consequences of her involvement with these unusual beings and her own past—and face a truth she’s carefully tried to evade.

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  A Stranger Here Below - A Gideon...

  Charles Fergus

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  Set in 1835 in the Pennsylvania town of Adamant, Fergus’s first novel in a new mystery series introduces Sheriff Gideon Stoltz, who, as a young deputy, is thrust into his position by the death of the previous sheriff. Gideon faces his first real challenge as death rocks the small town again when the respected judge Hiram Biddle commits suicide. No one is more distraught than Gideon, whom the old judge had befriended as a mentor and hunting partner. Gideon is regarded with suspicion as an outsider: he’s new to town, and Pennsylvania Dutch in the back-country Scotch-Irish settlement. And he found the judge’s body. 
   
  Making things even tougher is the way the judge’s death stirs up vivid memories of Gideon’s mother’s murder, the trauma that drove him west from his home in the settled Dutch country of eastern Pennsylvania. He had also discovered her body. 
   
  At first Gideon simply wants to learn why Judge Biddle killed himself. But as he finds out more about the judge’s past, he realizes that his friend's suicide was spurred by much more than the man’s despair. Gideon’s quest soon becomes more complex as it takes him down a dangerous path into the past. 
   
  A Stranger Here Below is so atmospheric, so compelling and convincing, that readers will taste the grit of the dirt roads, cringe at the unsanitary conditions and medical superstitions that inflame a flu epidemic, and marvel at the immensely arduous task of carrying out an investigation using the primitive tools of the early 1800s. Fergus leaves us breathlessly waiting for the next Gideon Stoltz mystery.

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  Ruby Tuesday

  Baron Birtcher

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  Former LAPD detective Mike Travis returns in a novel of sex, drugs, rock and roll—and murder—from the award-winning author of Roadhouse Blues. 
   
   
    
  The mystery has fascinated the music industry since 1977—the year when some tapes went missing from the Stone Blossoms' final recording session for one of the most anticipated rock albums of all time. The band's charismatic leader committed suicide on the same day. 
   
   
    
  Retired cop Mike Travis learns about the puzzling history in the worst way possible. After sailing from Catalina to his family's old beach house in Kona, Hawaii, he discovers there's been a bloodbath. Five victims have been murdered, including his childhood friend's wife and a former Stone Blossoms guitarist, Danny Webb. And when his friend is suspected of going on a jealous rampage, it's up to Travis to prove his innocence. 
   
    
    
  Turns out Webb was involved in a multi-million-dollar deal—providing he could produce the lost tapes. Travis knows just how toxic greed can be, but even he's not prepared for the violence to come . . . and just how close to home it will hit.

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  That Woman in the Croft - A...

  E.B. Harding

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  “That Woman in the Croft” is a mystery-thriller set in the atmospheric Highlands of Scotland. It centers around the decaying MacCallum Lodge, a once-prestigious hunting lodge struggling financially. Tensions run high among the staff and guests, particularly between the lodge owner, Hugh MacCallum, his younger wife, Isla, and the rugged gamekeeper, Robbie McTaggart. As whispers of infidelity and unspoken desires simmer beneath the surface, the arrival of the mysterious and alluring Siofra Ravensway turns the lodge's dynamics on its head. 
  Siofra, with her striking beauty and mysterious presence, captivates the men of the lodge, including Robbie, much to the dismay of Isla and the quiet jealousy of Morag, the housekeeper. Meanwhile, local gossip, led by the superstitious Agnes Maclean, fuels suspicions about Siofra, linking her to old Highland legends of the Baobhan Sith, a vampiric figure known to lure men to their doom. 
  One fateful evening, after a tense night at the lodge bar filled with flirtations, jealousy, and unresolved emotions, Robbie disappears into the mist with Siofra not far behind. The following day, his body is found at the edge of the forest, sparking a murder investigation that uncovers the dark secrets lurking within the lodge's walls and the village's superstitions. As the mystery unfolds, the truth becomes entangled with myth, and the line between reality and legend blurs.

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  Illusive: Book Summary & Analysis

  Ava Cross

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  This audiobook is an independent and unofficial overview, created solely for educational and informational purposes. It is not associated with, authorized by, or endorsed by the original author or publisher.
  
   
  After a deadly virus ravages the population, a rare vaccine grants unexpected superhuman abilities to a select few. These individuals, known as the "Immunes," are quickly hunted and controlled by the government. Among them is Ciere, a teenage con artist with the power to create illusions. Living on the run and working with a band of criminals, she’s pulled into a high-stakes heist that could either expose the truth about her past or destroy what little freedom she has left. Fast-paced and filled with secrets, betrayals, and dangerous powers, this is a gripping tale of survival in a world where nothing is quite what it seems.

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  Never Nap in a Casket

  J.W. Hodge

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  Cary Grant Harrigan is a wanted man. Wanted for questioning by the Portneuf  
  Gap Police Department about the bizarre murder of his fiancé. Wanted by the FBI  
  regarding a couple of paintings in his possession which are either stolen originals  
  or fabulous fakes. But Harrigan is MIA and sister/sleuth Sadie Harrigan wants to  
  find him first before the get-rich-quick-scheme he’s involved in has him  
  exchanging his surfer wetsuit for a prison jump suit. 
  Cary and fiancé Frobi Fisher arrive in Portneuf Gap, Idaho hoping to sell his  
  mortician grandmother on ordering caskets from their internet company. But  
  before they can seal the deal Frobi’s body is discovered behind the wheel of their  
  rental car, marked and enshrouded in gold paint. Sadie’s frantic search for her  
  brother is repeatedly impeded by her best friend’s reluctance to help, by a  
  determined ghost buster duo, and one stalker fan who insists his favorite  
  primetime cooking diva is holed up in one of Sadie’s apartments. Eccentric  
  mother, Willie, jets from L.A., adding more hindrance than assistance. 
  Throw in dire threats from someone anonymous demanding Frobi’s missing  
  laptop be returned and Sadie’s not sure she can save Cary, or herself, from this  
  grave situation.

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