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  Black Mask 3: The Maltese Falcon...

  Otto Penzler

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  From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Mask published pulp crime fiction. The first hard-boiled detective stories appeared on its pages. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and John D. MacDonald got their start in Black Mask. The urban crime stories that appeared in Black Mask helped to shape American culture. Modern computer games, films, and television are rooted in the fiction popularized by “the seminal and venerated mystery pulp magazine” (Booklist).Otto Penzler selected and wrote introductions to the best of the best, the darkest of these dark, vintage stories for the collection The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories. Now that collection is available for the first time on audio. Includes: “The Maltese Falcon” by Dashiell Hammett; read by Jeff Gurner“Cry Silence” by Frederic Brown; read by Oliver Wyman“Waiting for Rusty” by William Cole; read by Pete Larkin

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  Death a Sketch

  Cheryl Hollon

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  In eastern Kentucky, Miranda Trent runs a unique tour company called Paint & Shine, but sometimes the peaceful mountains play host to murder . . . 
   
   
   
  Miranda's business—combining Appalachian adventure tours with art and a bit of moonshine—is the perfect place for an outdoor sporting goods company to hold an employee retreat. It'll be a challenge, but the money they're paying will definitely help with building her new distillery. 
   
   
    
  Miranda has lots of teamwork-fostering activities planned, from sketching classes to Southern cooking, but the executive running things prefers a more competitive spirit. In fact, after the workers are split into teams, they're told that only the winners will keep their jobs, and tensions begin to spike. Even after a participant is found dead, the contest continues—while Miranda starts drawing her own conclusions about the ambitious attendees. Now she just has to find the proof . . .

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  Pawsitively Purrfect

  Corrine Winters

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  Another murder in town is just . . . APAWLING! 
   
   
   
  Just when Ruby finally gets her boyfriend Chief Jon Miller back, and utters the dreaded "L" word, a bank robbery steals away his chance to reply. Ruby handles the situation in her usual, inimitable style, only to find yet another distraction: Murder. 
   
   
   
  It's "Fame Over" when a reality TV starlet turns up dead in a dumpster. 
   
   
   
  Ruby has her hands full trying to juggle the many suspects and twisty clues, let alone getting Jon to 'fess up about his feelings. Of course, Ruby doesn't have to charge into the mystery alone. Her trusted feline familiar, the perpetually snarky and habitually mouthy Rumpus is on the case as well. 
   
   
   
  Ruby tangles with mobsters, celebrities, hardened criminals, hitmen, and—perhaps the most dreaded of all—the modern publishing industry as she juggles the investigation, her relationship with Jon, and the stress of being a fledgling mystery writer. 
   
   
   
  Return to Fiddler's Cove with Ruby Diamond and her cast of characters, where a cat-tastrophe is waiting around every corner and magic and mystery make for a wonderful cozy mystery series. 
   
   
   
  Because navigating middle age has never been so much fun . . . or so dangerous.

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  Not In This Small Town

  Andrea Smith

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  They say evil can take many forms . . . 
  I learned that first hand at the age of seventeen. My mother's third husband was the preacher . . . a man of the cloth who had a secret agenda within our small Southern community. 
  My name is Sunny Gardner. And Layton, Alabama is my home, or least it had been until the preacher came into our lives. A minister who preached the Word, but lived a lie. But the folks in this town had closed their eyes and ears to the truth once they fell under the preacher's spell. As it turned out, I'm the one they believed was evil. I'm the one who was shamed into leaving town. 
  This is my story. A story of struggle and triumph and, ultimately, a story of how I saved myself and my community from the devil himself. 
  Adult Content 18+

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  The Coldest Motive

  A.J. Cross

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  MEET DR KATE HANSON. SHE’S A FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST WHO GETS INTO THE MINDS OF THE WORST KILLERS IMAGINABLE. 
   
  Two teenage boys make a gruesome discovery. A body locked inside a church crypt. The victim’s throat viciously ripped out. 
   
  The dead man is quickly identified as twenty-year-old Matthew Flynn, son of a wealthy businessman. He was reported missing a year ago. 
   
  Nothing about the crime scene makes sense to forensic psychologist Kate Hanson. The evidence reveals careful planning — but also a frenzied loss of control. Kate and her team disagree about the killer’s motive — is it drugs? Money? Sex? 
   
  Then another young man’s remains are found. Someone who knew Matthew. And the case takes an even darker turn . . .

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  The Hound of the Baskervilles

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  Plunge into the eerie Devonshire moors in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles. When Sir Charles Baskerville's sudden death rekindles whispers of a ghostly, supernatural hound, the fate of the Baskerville legacy teeters on the brink of doom. Detective Sherlock Holmes and his trusted companion, Dr. Watson, are drawn into a chilling tale of ancestral curses, shadowy figures, and dangerous obsessions. 
  As Watson ventures to Baskerville Hall to investigate, he uncovers sinister secrets, haunting howls in the night, and a web of deceit with deadly stakes. Will Holmes and Watson outwit the forces threatening Sir Henry Baskerville and unmask the true villain? 
  This gripping tale, brought to life by the sophisticated tones of an AI narrator, will transport you into a world of suspense, logic, and Victorian intrigue. Perfect for mystery lovers and fans of classic detective fiction, this audiobook promises an unforgettable adventure!

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