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  Winter's Rescue: Winter Black...

  Mary Stone

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  Nice girls finish last. Bad girls finish dead. 
  When Private Detective Winter Black-Dalton receives a slew of messages from a mother desperate to protect her children after a traumatizing divorce, she takes the case without hesitation. Not only is it a welcome distraction from unpacking boxes, but Winter hopes to assuage the guilt still fusing her to her past. 
  She should have known better. 
  A crayon drawing of guns and "nakid notty girls" by her client’s five-year-old daughter hints at the wealthy and powerful father’s depraved activities. When the man in question warns Winter off the investigation, he reeks of cunning. But she has no hard facts, only impressions. And with no FBI badge to open doors, she needs to get creative. 
  But the more Winter investigates, she fears something far more sinister lurks beneath the surface. And when local call girls mysteriously disappear, Winter must risk it all to save other young women from the same fate. 
  The mystery and suspense continue with Winter’s Rescue, the second book in the Winter Black Season Two series, a thrilling ride that will make you realize things aren’t always as they seem. Sometimes they’re much worse.

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  Steeped in Secrets

  Lauren Elliott

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  Even with her life in ruins in New Mexico, Shay feels uneasy about settling into the small seaside town where she grew up on California's Monterey Peninsula, and taking over an estate bequeathed to her by Bridget Early, a woman she had barely known. Her heightened senses—an empathic gift she's had since childhood—go into overdrive upon touring Crystals & CuriosiTEAS, Bridget's eclectic tea and psychic shop brimming with Irish lore and Celtic symbols. They reach a boiling point when Shay looks up to discover a stranger's body sprawled across the shop's greenhouse roof . . . 
   
   
   
  With her new business a crime scene and questions brewing over Bridget's so-called accidental death, Shay fears she's also inherited the attention of a killer. The terrifying realization sets her on an impractical investigation for answers aided by her sister, an elusive pure-white German Shepherd, a strikingly handsome pub owner who speaks in a gentle brogue, and a misunderstood young woman with perceptive talents of her own. As Shay struggles to figure out her true purpose in Bray Harbor and the powerful connection she has with the tea shop, she must trust her judgment above all else to identify a ruthless murderer and save herself from becoming victim number three.

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  Dead as a Dodo

  Elle Adams

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  Robin Wildwood is settling into her new role as Head Witch… kind of. At least her squirrel familiar, Tansy, is enjoying their return to her childhood home of Wildwood Heath. Between lectures from her grandmother's ghost and the pressure to live up to her family's high expectations, Robin hopes for some light relief when she's invited to attend a retirement party with the local Sky Hopper team - especially when it gives her an excuse to spend time with Harvey, her old crush and the current team captain. But when the party's host chokes to death unexpectedly, the blame lands on none other than Harvey himself. 
  Robin is keen to prove Harvey's innocence, but defending her would-be boyfriend from a murder accusation is tricky when her over-achieving older brother happens to be the head of the local police force and the person with the power to decide Harvey's fate. If they lose their captain, the Sky Hopper team will have to hang up their broomsticks for good, but the world of professional magical sports is as scheming as any of the covens and everyone seems to have secrets. 
  Can Robin navigate this bumpy flight and catch the real killer before Harvey finds himself behind bars?

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  Nowhere Land

  Pamela K. Kinney

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  If Haunting of Hill House had a baby with Stranger Things, Nowhere Land would be the result. 
  Legends are told for centuries of a haunted land not far from Gloucester, Virginia. The local 
  tribes in the past had labelled it a place of demons. Wildlife is hardly seen there, and even insects 
  avoid it. Sound fluctuates; nothing above a whisper one moment, only to come back minutes 
  later. No reason for this weird phenomenon. Those who dare to cross the land never make it out, 
  mysteriously vanishing. 
  Parker Burkett and his sister, Lisa Polivka, inherit the land from their grandfather. They bring in 
  a group of investigators to find if the stories behind the property are true. Parker has plans to turn 
  it into a historical attraction and wants to debunk the ghost tales. He finds the paranormal group 
  gone the next morning, except for a finger still wearing a ring lying in the loft of one of the 
  buildings. It is the only evidence they’d been there. 
  Ben Neilson, who leads the paranormal team, Seekers of Paranormal World, wants to investigate, 
  but first he must convince Parker to let them. He also wants longtime friend and psychic medium 
  Neri Phelan to help his team. Neri left the group a couple of years ago after the death of her 
  younger sister on an investigation. She has a past with the cursed land, and she doesn’t want 
  anything to do with it. Nightmares and an attack from something dark that destroys her spirit 
  guide help her decide that it’s time to break the curse. 
  Will they solve the truth behind the legends? Or will Neri and Parker, along with Ben and his 
  team, join the countless others over the centuries and become sacrifices to Nowhere Land.

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  Why We Lie

  Amy Impellizzeri

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  Why We Lie examines the unexpected consequences of those who tell the truth about abuse and those who lie, and asks the question: is the truth always worth the cost? 
   
   
   
  Authored by former BigLaw litigator, two-year DC federal court clerk, Amy Impellizzeri's Why We Lie exposes the core of the #metoo movement in the legal/political realm—where powerful men have long been given a pass on criminal behavior, and victims have been discounted even within their closest circles. 
   
   
   
  Rising star politician and lawyer, Jude Birch, is clearly keeping secrets about his past from his wife. Jude has been the bystander of a seemingly gang-related shooting, but as the secrets kept since law school unravel—with the help of a zealous news reporter and the Capitol Police—his wife realizes he might not have been an unintended victim after all. Meanwhile, she makes every effort to clamp down a past marked by abuse and lies, and even a false accusation that still haunts her.

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  The World of Pondside

  Mary Helen Stefaniak

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  In a game of life or death, the seniors at Pondside Manor risk it all. 
  With help from Pondside Manor’s quirky, twentysomething kitchen worker Foster Kresowik, resident Robert Kallman creates The World of Pondside, a video game that delights the nursing home’s residents by allowing them to virtually relive blissful moments from days long past—or even create new ones.One-legged Duane Lotspeich is overjoyed when he can dance the tango again. Octogenarian Laverne Slatchek cheers on her favorite baseball team from the stands at Candlestick Park with her beloved husband—who died years ago. Even the overwhelmed Pondside administrator escapes her job by logging into a much more luxurious virtual world.Robert’s game enlivens the halls of Pondside Manor, but chaos ensues when he is found dead, submerged in the pond, still strapped into his wheelchair. If any resident witnessed his death, they’re not telling—either covering up or, quite possibly, forgetting. And it’s far from clear to anyone—including the police—if the death of this brilliant man, who suffered from ALS, was suicide or murder.When Robert’s video game goes dark, its players grow desperate. The task of getting it back online falls to young Foster, who enlists help from a raucous group of residents and staff. Their pursuit—virtual and real—has unintended consequences, uncovering both criminal activities and the secret plans of Foster’s friend Robert. From Pondside Manor, this unlikely bunch of gamers embarks upon an astonishing journey—blissful, treacherous, and unforgettable.Packed with sharp wit and compassion, The World of Pondside is a rousing, perceptive, and utterly unique novel.

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