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  Needle Case Nuisance The: A Cozy...

  Hoang Nguyen

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  🪡 Antique needle case collector and restoration expert Casey Sharp is curating a historical sewing tools exhibit when the exhibit's wealthy benefactor—a notorious collector with questionable acquisition methods—is found dead in her workshop, a rare Victorian needle case mysteriously emptied of its contents around him. The police suspect a heart attack, but Casey notices the needle arrangement forms a deliberate pattern and the victim's collection inventory shows gaps that match recently reported thefts. With her exhibit postponed and the collecting community pointing fingers, Casey must pin down the facts before her reputation gets punctured. Assisted by her antique tools society and the handsome museum metallurgist analyzing metal compositions, Casey uncovers a scheme involving needle case forgeries, stolen historical pieces, and a sophisticated operation altering provenance records. From suspicious patina patterns that reveal artificial aging to metal alloys that don't match the period, every needle slot tells a story. But when Casey discovers the victim was systematically "authenticating" forged needle cases for insurance fraud, she realizes the killer is protecting museum integrity more valuable than any collection. With the grand opening approaching and the real forger still needling the community, Casey must thread together the evidence before she becomes the next target in this pointed game.

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  The Missing Island

  Sisan Fregene

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  Amanda Emike-Jones is pretty sure her husband’s been kidnapped. 
  Everyone thinks she’s being dramatic. He’s only gone on a two-week cruise. But Amanda knows something’s wrong. 
  And she just so happens to be right. 
  John Emike has been snatched and taken to a lawless tropical island, shoved into a dorm at gunpoint, and stripped of everything except his wits and a half-charged iPhone. 
  His only ally? A sharp-tongued cruise guest named Lucy, who seems far too comfortable committing crimes. And flirting with him too, even with his ring still on. 
  Meanwhile, against all sound judgment, Amanda drops everything and drags her family into an international search mission to find John and bring him home. 
  But the harder she looks for him, the further away he seems. And the worse she gets. 
  She’s an overprotective travel nurse. He’s a below-average telecom engineer. They aren’t qualified at all. The Emike family are in over their heads. 
  So, can Amanda really pull off the international heist of a lifetime? 
  Can John survive long enough to be found? 
  The Missing Island is a fast-paced, heartfelt, genre-bending rescue story. For fans of character-driven thrillers, absurd plots, and chaotic main characters. 
  This isn’t going to go well.

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  The Inheritance - A Novel

  Simon Tolkien

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  “Simon Tolkien’s grandfather is J. R. R., but his new novel” –a historical locked room mystery—“owes more to Agatha Christie—and Dan Brown.” (New York Times).   When a famed Oxford historian is found dead in his study one night, all evidence points to his son, Stephen. About to be disinherited from the family fortune, Stephen returns to home after a long estrangement—and it happens to be the night his father is shot to death. When his fingerprints are found on the murder weapon, Stephen's guilt seems undeniable. But there were five other people in the manor house at the time, and as their stories slowly emerge—along with the revelation that the deceased man was involved in a deadly hunt for a priceless relic in Northern France at the end of World War II—the race is on to save Stephen from a death sentence.   Everyone has a motive, and no one is telling the truth.   Unwilling to sit by and watch the biased judge condemn Stephen to death, an aging police inspector decides to travel from England to France to find out what really happened in that small French village in 1945—and what artifact could be so valuable it would be worth killing for.   “Absolutely compelling.” —Booklist, starred review   “A thinking person’s Da Vinci Code.” —Chicago Tribune   “A deft combination of Agatha Christie manor-house whodunit, Erle Stanley Gardner courtroom drama and Dan Brown thriller. Tolkien . . . proves himself worthy—and then some—of his literary pedigree.”  —Richmond Times Dispatch

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  His Other Prey (A Jessie Reach...

  Rylie Dark

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  This recording has been digitally produced by Rylie Dark, using a synthesized version of an audiobook narrator’s voice under license. “A brilliant book. I couldn’t put it down and I never guessed who the murderer was!”
  —Reader review for Only Murder
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  When the FBI assembles an elite team to solve high-stakes murders, Special Agent Jessie Reach must navigate through treacherous political waters and powerful secrets. But when a killer targets descendants of an infamous legacy, Jessie is plunged into the center of a political nightmare. As the body count rises, her sharp instincts lead her to a horrifying truth—one that could rewrite history.
  
  HIS OTHER PREY is book #7 in a new series by #1 bestselling and critically acclaimed mystery and suspense author Rylie Dark, whose books have received over 2,000 five-star reviews and ratings.
  
  A cat-and-mouse thriller with harrowing twists and turns and filled with heart-pounding suspense, the JESSIE REACH mystery series offers a fresh twist on the genre as it introduces a brilliant protagonist who will make you fall in love and keep you turning pages late into the night.
  
  Future books in the series are also available.
  
  “I loved this thriller, read it in one sitting. Lots of twists and turns and I didn’t guess the
  culprit at all… Already pre-ordered the second!”
  —Reader review for Only Murder
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  “This book takes off with a bang… An excellent read, and I'm looking forward to the next book!”
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  “Fantastic book! It was hard to put down. I can’t wait to see what happens next!”
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  “The twists and turns kept coming. Can't wait to read the next book!”
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  “A must-read if you enjoy action-packed stories with good plots!”
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  “I really like this author and this series starts with a bang. It will keep you turning the pages till the end of the book and wanting more.”
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  “I can't say enough about this author! How about ‘out of this world’! This author is going to go far!”
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  “I really enjoyed this book… The characters were alive, and the twists and turns were great. It will keep you reading till the end and leave you wanting more.”
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  “This is an author that I highly recommend. Her books will have you begging for more.”
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  Eleanor and the South Beach Murder

  Ellen Yardley

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  Miami, 1951. With a flurry of UN engagements bringing Mrs. Roosevelt to vibrant South Beach, Kay Thompson is thrilled to escape the post-Christmas blues in Washington DC—and distance herself from the sting of her recent breakup with private investigator Tim O’Malley. The dizzying sights and sounds of Miami reach their peak at the Copa City Club, where a late-night meeting with singer Josephine Baker reveals a troubling truth: Baker's bold stand against segregation has made her a target. 
   
  Josephine dismisses the threats. But Rosaleen—her cautious young assistant with big dreams—is deeply afraid. That's why it's a stunning shock when a dead man turns up in Josephine's dressing room and Rosaleen is the one arrested for his murder. Determined to exonerate her new friend, Kay realizes it will mean facing conspiracies and prejudices that reach into the darkest corners of American society still haunted by the horrors of World War II. 
   
  Now, tangled in a high-stakes murder case with lives and legacies on the line, Kay joins forces with Mrs. Roosevelt and her former flame to confront the sinister forces lurking just beneath Miami's glittering Art Deco surface. But when a killer's scheme comes into sharp focus, Kay must act swiftly in a quest for justice that proves far more dangerous than she ever bargained for . . .

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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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