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  Hide Away

  Dermot Bolger

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  Hidden behind the walls of Grangegorman Mental Hospital in 1941, four lives collide, all afflicted by the human cost of wars, betrayals and trauma.
  Gus, a shrewd attendant, is the keeper of everyone's secrets, especially his own. Two War of Independence veterans are reunited. One, Jimmy Nolan, has spent twenty years as a psychiatric patient, unable to recover from his involvement in youthful killings. In contrast, Francis Dillon has prospered as a businessman, until rumours of Civil War atrocities cause his collapse, suffering delusions of enemies seeking to kill him.
  Doctor Fairfax has fled London after his gay lover's death. Desperate to rekindle a sense of purpose, Fairfax tries to help Dillon recover by getting him to talk about his past. But a code of silence surrounds the traumatic violence Ireland has endured. Is Dillon willing to break his silence to find a way back to his family?
  In this superb evocation of hidden worlds, master storyteller Dermot Bolger explores the aftershock within people who participate in violence and the fault-lines in all post-conflict societies only held together by collective amnesia.

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  Entangled Destinies - Search for...

  Sujata Taterh

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  A murder mystery infused with spirituality: 
  Why do these women dance among funeral pyres? Will the ancient wisdom of Varanasi lead Riya to the truth she so desperately seeks? 
  This poignant and gripping novel is about Riya, a young woman from Rajasthan whose father disappears mysteriously and her brother has been murdered. To unravel these mysteries, she goes to Mumbai. Here she finds solace in her work as a graphic designer and meets the charismatic Ravi. Their growing romance brings moments of happiness, but an unscrupulous colleague manipulates Riya, which challenges her confidence. 
  A twist of fate throws her life into chaos as dark shadows are cast upon the legitimacy of her birth. The fury of nature delivers the most tragic blow of all at Kedarnath. 
  Shattered, Riya embarks on a journey to Varanasi, the spiritual city where life and death intertwine. Here she observes mystic rituals. Amidst the burning funeral pyres, she sees sex-workers dancing passionately. 
  Could these women hold the key to her problems? Will the ancient wisdom and culture of Varanasi offer her the peace she so desperately seeks? Will she find her father and will she be able to avenge her brother’s murder? Can she overcome the shadows of her past and find ultimate peace within herself? 
  As she navigates through life’s challenges, we find ourselves reflecting on our own destinies, for aren’t we all searching for love, truth, and joy? 
  Riya’s journey of self-discovery is one of resilience and spiritual and emotional growth. 
  A tale strung with heartwarming and heartbreaking moments, this story is ultimately about the power and strength of love, the inevitability of loss and the truly empowering journey of acceptance and release from attachment. 
  The plot flows forward smoothly, as the readers become one with Riya in this emotionally charged novel. 
  Open the pages and let Riya's journey illuminate your own path.

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  Colin and the Fortress of...

  Colin Kiene

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  The world is a dangerous place—especially if you are Colin. 
  While other kids worry about math tests, 4th-grader Colin is scanning the room for invisible enemies. His nemesis? The peanut. His shield? A blue Tupperware box. His headquarters? The "Fortress of Solitude" (his bedroom).  
  Colin’s life is a strictly organized military operation of avoidance. But when he is forced to attend Timmy Müller’s birthday party—the epicenter of the dreaded "Snickers Bomb Cake"—Colin has to retreat to the only safe place he knows: the utility room.  
  He expects silence. What he gets is a washing machine explosion, a wet rice cake, and a one-eyed, angry sock named Captain Sockstump who claims they are both at war.  
  Discover how the legendary team was formed in this hilarious and heartwarming prequel to The Chronicles of Colin & Captain Sockstump.

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  Parted by Death

  Caroline Fardig

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  The case seemed open and shut. But there are secrets below the surface that somebody will kill to protect . . .  
   
   
   
  When an unidentifiable body turns up at an abandoned water park, expert criminalist Ellie Matthews is recruited to once again step into a puzzling investigation that has "cold case" written all over it. Still nursing old wounds as she navigates a tense relationship with her former partner, and frustrated over a dead-end investigation, Ellie finds solace in her close friend, Vic Manetti. 
   
   
   
  Ellie barely has time to regroup before a beloved local reporter is found dead in an apparent murder-suicide. Paired up with a lively out-of-town detective and tasked with unraveling a complex network of leads, Ellie begins to retrace the explosive stories that the late journalist had been working on—only to uncover heinous secrets that somebody is willing to kill to protect. 
   
   
   
  The closer she looks, the more tangled the case becomes. With the media ready to condemn the reporter's husband as a monster, Ellie and her new partner must put their lives on the line to expose the sinister truth behind the murders—and to avoid becoming victims themselves. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final set of twelve (out of a total of fifty-six) Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the Strand Magazine between October 1921 and April 1927.
  The first British edition and the first American edition of the collection were both published in June 1927. However, they had slightly different titles. The title of the British collection was The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (hyphenated "Case-Book"), whereas the title of the American edition was The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes ("Case Book" as two words). Further confusing the issue of the title, some later publishers released the collection under the title The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes ("Casebook" as a single word).

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  Pedaling West

  E. A. Coe

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  It will be the adventure of a lifetime for Carrie Brinkley... if she makes it to the end alive.GOLD MEDAL: Readers’ Favorite Book Awards - 2023 - Fiction - AdventureOVERALL WINNER: Firebird Book Awards – FictionWINNER: Literary Titan Book Awards – Gold MedalWINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Winter 2023 – Best Adventure Fiction 
  When Carrie loses her job and boyfriend during the opening weeks of the pandemic, she’s determined to reset her life in a positive direction. The answer? A solo, two-month, cross-country bicycle trip from Virginia Beach to Mendocino, California. 
  Yet dangers lurk that she’d never anticipated. During Carrie’s idyllic journey across the continent, her greatest danger comes not from her encounters with angry animals, road hazards, or the elements. Something much worse stalks her—something much too human. 
  EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS a novel that’s part literary suspense, part women’s fiction, part crime thriller, part travel fiction, and one hundred percent fun. A young woman’s journey of adventure becomes one of profound self-discovery. 
  “Thriller readers will appreciate the intrigue and suspense that follows Carrie into these milieus; travel or bicyclist enthusiasts who anticipate an encounter with ordinary Americans will appreciate the extraordinary circumstances that force Carrie to adopt surprising positions of strength; and fans of novels that pair disparate elements of intrigue and growth will find her story compelling, riveting, and hard to put down.” ~ Midwest Book Review, D. Donovan, Sr. Reviewer

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