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  DNA Never Lies

  Sue George

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  You paid the price for wanting what you couldn't have. Now DNA tests threaten to expose what you spent a lifetime hiding . . .  
   
   
   
  As an ambitious young woman in the years following the Second World War, Barbara made some hard choices, decisions changing everything that came after. She had to fight for what she wanted; then the stakes got so much higher. 
   
   
   
  A continent away, and decades later, Barbara's daughter hires genealogist Karen Copperfield to make sense of the family's DNA tests. Nothing about the results ties in with what Barbara's children believed, and the shock is tearing the family apart. Barbara seems to prefer death to revealing the truth, and Karen soon discovers there is more than one secret she intends to take to her grave. 
   
   
   
  But when threats start to come from both sides of the Atlantic, it soon becomes clear that Barbara is not the only person who wants the past to stay that way. 
   
   
   
  DNA Never Lies is the first in a series of novels featuring Karen Copperfield, investigative genealogist. Karen helps people make sense of sometimes dark family secrets revealed by DNA tests as they ask: 'what happens when nothing you believed is true?'

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  The "Gloria Scott" - Sherlock...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  "The Gloria Scott", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. It is chronologically the earliest case in Sherlock Holmes canon. This story is related mainly by Holmes rather than Watson, and is the first case to which Holmes applied his powers of deduction, having treated it as a mere hobby until this time. This is one of the two Sherlock Holmes stories in which a protagonist is haunted by an old acquaintance for an old crime. The other is "The Boscombe Valley Mystery". It is also one of his many stories that deal with the fate of characters who return to England after having spent time abroad in the colonies of the British Empire.
  In his university days, Holmes spent a month with his friend, Victor Trevor, at Victor's father's estate in Norfolk. While there, Holmes amazed his host, Victor's father, who was a Justice of the Peace and a landowner. He had made his fortune in the goldfields in Australia. One of Holmes's deductions was that the elder Mr. Trevor was once connected with someone with the initials "J. A." whom he wanted to forget. His host then passed out on the table. Holmes had touched a sore spot, and possibly did not believe the old man's explanation once he had come back to himself that J. A. had been an old lover.

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  Ghostly Hostage

  E.M. Leya

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  Back from vacation, Lance is ready to dive back into work—that is, until the morgue employees are taken hostage on his first day back. Held at gunpoint was not how he thought he'd spend his day. With their lives on the line, Lance and the others have no choice but to follow orders and perform the autopsy that's been demanded. 
   
   
   
  Angus never dreamed he'd be the one worrying about Lance being killed. He was the one with the dangerous job, not Lance. With the only information he can get coming from the ghosts, Angus and his mother try to sort through the evidence and do everything they can to keep Lance and the others alive. 
   
   
   
  As the case unfolds, Angus faces twists and turns he never saw coming, and as the truth is exposed, he prays the vacation he just enjoyed with Lance won't be the last one they ever share.

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  And Then There Were None

  Agatha Christie

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  Read by Dan Stevens 
  A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick 
  One of the most famous and beloved mysteries from The Queen of Suspense—Agatha Christie—now a Lifetime TV movie. 
  "Ten . . ." 
  Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast by a mysterious "U. N. Owen." 
  "Nine . . ." 
  At dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of having a guilty secret, and by the end of the night one of the guests is dead. 
  "Eight . . ." 
  Stranded by a violent storm, and haunted by a nursery rhyme counting down one by one . . . as one by one . . . they begin to die. 
  "Seven . . ." 
  Which among them is the killer and will any of them survive?

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  The Mysterious Affair at Styles...

  Agatha Christie

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  A shattered teacup. A tragic poisoning in the dead of night. And a country estate full of suspects with everything to gain. 
  In the quiet, picturesque bounds of Styles Court, the wealthy Mrs. Emily Inglethorp has been murdered in her bed. With doors locked from the inside and a grieving family pointing fingers, the local authorities are completely baffled. Enter Captain Hastings, a wounded war veteran seeking a peaceful retreat, who quickly finds himself thrust into the heart of a deadly conspiracy. Fortunately, Hastings knows a man with a genius for unraveling the impossible: an eccentric Belgian refugee named Hercule Poirot. 
  As Poirot begins to exercise his 'little grey cells,' the idyllic manor reveals a dark underbelly of forged wills, secret romances, and bitter rivalries. Everyone has a motive, from the enigmatic new husband to the desperate stepsons. Time is ticking as Poirot pieces together a trail of scattered clues—including a crushed coffee cup, a splash of candle grease, and a burned fragment of paper—to corner a meticulous killer before they vanish forever. 
  Why you will love this: This foundational Mystery/Detective masterpiece is the ultimate locked-room puzzle. Filled with brilliant red herrings, cozy British manor house tropes, and classic amateur sleuth suspense, it offers a deeply satisfying whodunit experience for fans of golden age crime fiction and traditional police procedurals. 
  About the Author: Agatha Christie is the undisputed Queen of Crime and the best-selling fiction writer of all time. With over two billion copies of her books in print, her intricate plots and unforgettable characters have defined the mystery genre for over a century.

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  After Party The: You won’t want...

  Tess Mackey

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  A killer on the dance floor. A party that must go on… 
  Working as a podium dancer at the city’s most glamorous nightclub used to make Cara feel alive. Now, she’s tired of rude punters and petty staff grievances, and is ready to leave this life behind. 
  But when she finds her friend and fellow dancer, Lottie, drenched in blood, everything changes. Because when Cara runs to get help, she discovers that the doors are jammed and communication has been cut off. 
  With a killer on the loose, it’s down to Cara to untangle a deadly web of lies – including who left the note next to Lottie’s body that reads: The party must go on, or more of you will die. 
  This heart-pounding locked-room thriller is ideal for fans of Lisa Jewell and Lucy Foley.Available to pre-order now! 
  PRAISE FOR TESS MACKEY 
  'The plot twist slapped me across the face so hard I couldn’t control my breathing' ★★★★★ Netgalley reviewer 
  'I did not want to put it down once I started reading' ★★★★★ Netgalley reviewer 
  'This was hard to put down. So many twists and turns' ★★★★★ Netgalley reviewer 
  'If you think you’ve read every possible twist in a psychological thriller… think again.' ★★★★★ Netgalley reviewer 
  'Fast paced, captivating and filled with twists' ★★★★★ Netgalley reviewer 
  'I cannot recommend The Perfect Wedding highly enough. It is a thrilling, character-driven mystery that I encourage everyone to add to their reading list' ★★★★★ Netgalley reviewer 
  'A fast paced read that has you easily turning pages and wanting to know more with each new bit you read' ★★★★★ Netgalley reviewer 
  For fans of Freida Mcfadden (The Surrogate Mother), Shalini Boland (The Family Holiday), Mikayla Davids (The Couple on Holiday), and Samantha Hayes (The Engagement).

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