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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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  She's Out

  Lynda La Plante

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  The final act in the bestselling Widows series After serving a lengthy sentence for the murder of her husband, Dolly Rawlins is free from prison. And she's only got one thing on her mind: the diamonds she stashed before the police caught her.But there are people waiting for Dolly on the outside ­- tough ex-prisoners who know about the diamonds, and they all want a cut. Also waiting for Dolly is DS Mike Withey. He holds her personally responsible for the death of his sister in the diamond raid ten years earlier. And he wants her back inside.Dolly Rawlins has other plans. But can she realise the dream that kept her going all those years in prison and avoid those who are after her?

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  Death on Allhallowe'en - A...

  Leo Bruce

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  Carolus Deene is summoned to a small Kentish village where the presence of a possible coven of witches lends an eerie aura to the presumed "accidental" death of a young local boy a year ago on Hallowe'en. Before his work is completed, Carolus Deene has the answers to this and two other deaths.

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  Scarlet

  Andrew Stopyra

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  "Fantastic. I’ve been reading cozy mysteries for several years now. This is not your typical cozy mystery..... it’s much more!!!"  ~Monica, Amazon review  
  Europe, 1925. 
  Paris: The Louvre Museum has fallen on hard times. The years since The Great War have been lean indeed. So when the cool and calculating Miss Rosalind Davenport appears with an unprecedented proposition - one that could single-handedly revitalise the struggling institution - it’s hard to ignore her. 
  London: The Comtesse Aurélie d’Auvergne is mingling with England’s wealthiest art collectors. The young French noblewoman is the definition of elegance and charm. But her trip across the Channel isn’t all pleasure. She’s come to present them with the opportunity of a lifetime – an art connoisseur’s dream – and the bidding is about to commence. 
  Two angles. One audacious plan. 
  Scarlet Haslewood is about to orchestrate the greatest confidence scheme of her career. It could make her infamous overnight – not to mention filthy rich. Assuming, of course, that she doesn’t miss a step. 
  After all, who would have thought that a bag of dried fruit, a faulty hinge, and a chivalrous stranger who quotes Jane Austen would ultimately be her undoing... 
  ...let alone her salvation! 
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  This first installment sets the stage for The Haslewood Mysteries, a fun and clever twist on traditional 1920’s mystery.  From London to Istanbul, Paris to the Riviera, follow con artist-turned-sleuth Scarlet Haslewood as she uses her nose for mischief to uncover all sorts of dodgy and dastardly chicanery - and learns how to use her unique set of ‘talents’ to turn the tables and bring the criminals to justice! 
  "She is witty, fearless and so original...I can't wait for more Scarlet."  ~Christmas Angel, Amazon review

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  Kindness Goes Unpunished

  Craig Johnson

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  Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire mysteries are critically acclaimed. Longmire's third outing takes him from Wyoming to Philadelphia to investigate a brutal assault on his daughter, Cady. Walt believes her ex-boyfriend is behind the crime and searches him out. But when he turns up dead, Walt is back to square one.

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  Instincts - Detective Eliza...

  Rachel Renee

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  When a business woman is discovered hanging from the rafters of an abandoned building in Savannah, police initially suspect suicide. 
  The trained eye of Homicide Detective Eliza Sheppard questions the death. Having spent years walking in her police chief father’s footsteps, she immediately realizes this was murder. 
  Despite struggling in her personal life, Eliza has a successful career. Married to her work, she takes on the role of Captain when her superior goes on medical leave, leading the team of young, but quick witted detectives tasked with the job of finding the woman’s killer. 
  With little evidence and doubts from others, Eliza is driven to follow a lead that many suspect could be a wild goose chase. In the end, her instincts are all she has and where they’ve led her, there is no turning back.

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