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  Knife Skills for Beginners

  Orlando Murrin

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  In this sharp-witted, skillfully rendered culinary mystery set in London’s exclusive Belgravia, an acclaimed chef is thrown into teaching a cookery course to a group of high-maintenance food lovers, one of whom may have an unfortunate taste for murder … 
   
  “Some people are natural dancers, others marvelous in bed, but—not wishing to boast—I’m good with a knife. Most chefs are.” 
   
  The Chester Square Cookery School in the heart of London offers students a refined setting in which to master the fine art of choux pastry and hone their hollandaise. True, the ornate mansion doesn’t quite sparkle the way it used to—afeeling chef Paul Delamare is familiar with these days. Worn out and newly broke, he’d be tempted to turn down the request to fill in as teacher for a week-long residential course, if anyone other than Christian Wagner were asking.  
   
  Christian is one of Paul’s oldest friends, as well as the former recipient of two Michelin stars and host of Pass the Gravy! Thanks to a broken arm, he’s unable to teach the upcoming session himself, and recruits Paul as stand-in. The students are a motley crew, most of whom seem more interested in ogling the surroundings (including handsome Christian) than learning the best ways to temper chocolate. 
   
  Yet despite his misgivings, Paul starts to enjoy imparting his extensive knowledge to the recruits—until someone turns up dead, murdered with a cleaver Paul used earlier that day to prep a pair of squabs. Did one of his students take the lesson on knife techniques too much to heart, or was this the result of a long-simmering grudge? In between clearing his own name and teaching his class how to perfectly poach a chicken, he’ll have to figure out who’s the killer, and avoid being the next one to get butchered … 
   
  “Delicious fun! Knife Skills for Beginners is both intriguing and mouthwatering, starring a charming hero you’ll want as your best friend.”—Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author

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  Sargon the Third - A Riveting...

  Scott Shinberg

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  With surprising reach and deadly accuracy, “Sargon the Third” launches terror attacks that kill hundreds across the United States and Europe. 
  “The action is better than Mission Impossible movies, the thriller element is out of this world, and the character development is incredible.” ~ Readers' Favorite Book Reviews, Rabia Tanveer (5 STARS) 
  “...an exciting journey from go to Woah! ...an enthralling spy thriller that will keep readers turning the pages in anticipation of the next move.” ~ Readers' Favorite Book Reviews, Grant Leishman (5 STARS) 
  Protected by corrupt government officials, this self-proclaimed king rises to power in the Middle East. To find and stop the shadowy terrorist monarch, the Director of the CIA entrusts the kill order to the Agency’s top covert operations team. 
  Michelle Reagan—code name Eden—races against the clock to prevent Sargon’s deadliest attack yet. To find him, she must master all the tools of her trade, from spies and surveillances, to propositions and prostitutes. Interrogating bankers and fighting bodyguards stretches Eden past her emotional and physical limits. Overmatched in the fight for her life, Eden is pushed to do something she’d hoped with all her heart she would never be forced to do—point her deadliest weapon at herself. 
  EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS a non-stop thrill ride with action galore, insights into covert action tradecraft, and descriptions of exotic locales around the globe so detailed you can smell them. Sargon the Third is perfect for fans of Tom Clancy, Robert Ludlum, Dean Koontz, Brad Meltzer, and Len Deighton.

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  Reprisal

  E.H. Reinhard

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  Sunday morning phone calls from work are always bad news, and this one is no different. An agent in El Paso has just been murdered.But for Special Agent Hank Rawlings, the news quickly veers from bad to a whole lot worse when he hears who the agent was, where his body was found, and who the bureau thinks is responsible for the murder. All of it has disturbing connections to Hank and his team.When another pair of agents are murdered, the team hops the next flight to West Texas. And in doing so, they may have just made revenge that much easier for a murderer who has their names on the top of his hit list.

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  Vlad

  Gavin Bowd

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  God Does Not Love The Workers
  The sewers of Bucharest, Romania, Christmas 1989. Vlad and other Securitate secret police comrades fan out across a city about to fall to counter-revolution.
  The show trial and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu are broadcast on television. Vlad, raised as an assassin in a Securitate orphanage in Targoviste, home of Vlad the Impaler, vows to avenge the death of his adoptive 'parents' in that very town. Moving from safe-house to safe-house, with help from remnants of the regime, he begins to pick off those involved in the murders. Vlad wanders around the new Romania, observing the turning of coats, the miners' rampages, meeting other post-communist undead.
  As European integration and a 'fully functioning market economy' beckon, he carves, quite literally, a lucrative and grisly niche. Love and fatherhood remain a possibility. But Vlad, like the stray dogs and street walkers he frequents, knows that life is becoming increasingly dangerous. As one victim exclaims: 'God does not love the workers!'

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  Sticks and Stones - A Cat DeLuca...

  K. J. Larsen, Poisoned Pen Press

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  Sticks and stones may break my bones—or they might actually kill me. 
  What does a woman do when she discovers her husband is an incurable cheater? If she’s Cat DeLuca, she launches the Pants on Fire Detective Agency. Now Cat does what two years of unholy matrimony taught her to do: she catches cheaters. When a client, Cleo Jones, shoots her cheating husband’s bum full of buckshot, he disappears, taking her money, dog, and sister with him. Private Investigator Cat DeLuca promises to retrieve the dog and money if her client stops shooting at Walter. Cleo agrees. The detective finds the dog and a mysterious bag full of cash. And then she finds Walter. His very dead body is still warm. 
  The case is a slam dunk for the cops who arrest Cleo for the killing. She had motive and opportunity, and a dozen witnesses heard her scream bloody murder. One even made a video. 
  Cat DeLuca is determined to prove her client’s innocence, and it’s not an easy job. Walter was an unsavory character. Over the years he had acquired numerous enemies. Now, Cat will have to sift through all the ones who didn’t pull the trigger. Her investigation leads to four players with secrets: a childhood friend, a gambler, a construction tycoon, and a legendary Chicago designer. 
  When forensic evidence suggests the detective knows more about the murder than she’s telling, Cat faces the certain loss of her agency. 
  Cat DeLuca is smart and charming, but she’s an unlikely heroine, and her partner, a beagle named Inga, is quite likely to eat the evidence. Sticks and Stones delivers steamy romance, intrigue, and laugh-out-loud humor for a wickedly delicious read.

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  The Sign of Silence - A gripping...

  Edward Richardson

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  Edward Royle thought he knew everything about his best friend, Sir Digby Kemsley, and the woman he loved, Phrida Shand. But one midnight summons to a South Kensington flat changes everything. 
  When Royle discovers an impostor wearing his friend's face and, the next morning, the body of an unidentified woman pierced through the heart with an antique dagger, his comfortable London life is plunged into a chilling nightmare of deceit. 
  As Scotland Yard hunts the missing "Sir Digby," Royle undertakes a desperate investigation of his own. But the clues are terrifyingly close to home: a waft of an exclusive French perfume, the faint jingle of golden bangles in a darkened stairwell, and a set of fingerprints that point directly to his own fiancée. 
  The Sign of Silence is a masterful vintage thriller that weaves through the fog-drenched streets and glittering ballrooms of London. Can Royle unravel the mystery of the woman in black, the yellow mimosa flower, and the dead stranger before the woman he loves goes to the gallows?

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