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  A Pastoral Horror - Writer of...

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 22nd May 1859.  His childhood was blighted by his father’s heavy drinking which for some years broke up the family. Fortunately, wealthy uncles were willing to support them by paying for education and clothing.  
   
  He was accepted at the University of Edinburgh to study medicine and also began to write short stories the first, ‘The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe’, was published in Blackwood’s Magazine.  Despite several other stories and some articles in the British Medical Journal his medical studies took priority. 
   
  When these finished he was appointed as Doctor on the Greenland whaler ‘Hope of Peterhead’ in 1880 and then, after graduation, as ship’s surgeon on the SS Mayumba on its voyage to West Africa. 
   
  1882 saw a move to Plymouth and his own independent practice. With few patients he resumed writing and completed his first novel, ‘The Mystery of Cloomber’, although most of his output was short stories based on his experiences at sea.  
   
  He married Louisa Hawkins in 1885. However, two years later he met and fell in love with Jean Elizabeth Leckie, though they remained platonic out of respect for, and loyalty to, his wife. 
   
  His literary career suddenly burst into life in November 1886 with ‘A Study In Scarlet’, the first of the fabulously successful Sherlock Holmes stories.  
   
  With two children to support he now revisited his haphazard commercial arrangements and curtailed everything save for commissions from the Strand Magazine.  
   
  As a sportsman he was remarkably proficient. He was goalkeeper for Portsmouth Association Football Club and played ten first-class cricket matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club as well as captain of the Crowborough Beacon Golf Club in East Sussex.  
   
  In 1891 tired of writing Holmes stories, he began a series of historical novels and even went so far as to apparently kill off Holmes in a lethal brawl with his arch-nemesis Moriarty. 
   
  Despite heavy and sustained criticism he continued to write in support of the Boer War, a fact he thought contributed to his knighthood in 1902.  The following year to great relief and acclaim he brought Sherlock Holmes back from the dead in his first outing for a decade. 
   
  Sadly, his wife Louisa died from TB in 1906 and, a year later, he at last married Jean.  
   
  During the War and for several years after family deaths had left him depressed. In a search for solace and answers he alighted upon spiritualism and, such was his interest, that he wrote several books on the subject. 
   
  On 7th July 1930 Conan Doyle was discovered in the hall of Windlesham Manor, his house in East Sussex, clutching his chest dying of a heart attack.  He was 71.

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  Ruvimbo Moyo - The Black Circuit...

  Paul T Poolo

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  A high-speed African sci-fi conspiracy thriller set in Harare, Bulawayo, and across Southern Africa. 
  In a near-future Zimbabwe, the city looks normal on the surface. 
  Kombis still run. 
  Vendors still sell tomatoes and airtime. 
  But behind clinic doors and along hidden transport corridors, people vanish. 
  Ruvimbo Moyo is a nurse in Waterfalls who learns the truth the city tries to hide. When a patient reveals a hidden network called The Black Circuit, a syndicate that traffics people under the cover of medical rehabilitation and development programs, Ruvimbo becomes the target of a system designed to erase witnesses. 
  As the hunt stretches from Harare to Bulawayo and across borders into Southern Africa, Ruvimbo's past resurfaces. Betrayed overseas years earlier and rebuilt through brutal discipline in China and Japan, she is forced to use the skills she swore she would never need again. 
  With journalists exposing the truth, politicians collapsing under evidence, and enforcers closing in on her family in rural Guruve, Ruvimbo must dismantle the Black Circuit before it erases everything she loves. 
  Ruvimbo Moyo: The Black Circuit Files – Harare Under Shadow is the first novel in a gritty, fast-moving thriller series exploring surveillance, trafficking, political corruption, and resistance in an African near-future cityscape. 
  Perfect for readers who enjoy:Action-driven conspiracy thrillersStrong female protagonistsAfrican sci-fi and urban futurismFast-paced chases, hidden facilities, and underground networksPolitical intrigue and global crime syndicates

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  Inked Forever - A Psychic...

  Dale Mayer

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  Book 23: Psychic Visions 
   
  Tasmin’s business isn’t for everyone. Yet she recognizes the value she offers for grieving families. Still, the subject isn’t something most people are willing to talk about. However, over time, her business has grown through word of mouth—much to the horror of her family.  
   
  Until a detective walks in, inquiring about a piece that had been stolen overnight. This is the first inkling she has that someone is out to destroy her business. Unfortunately it won’t be the last.  
   
  Detective Hanson MacGyver isn’t sure what to make of Tasmin, yet he understands the need for licensed morticians. However, how she got into the process of preserving tattoos for grieving family and friends is something he has never seen before and isn’t comfortable with. Live and let live works for him as a motto, but, when her works in progress start showing up in public locations and not in a good way, he knows they have someone who hates what she is doing, or hates the owners of the tattoos.  
   
  Something’s off about the whole mess. And that’s just on the surface. When both Tasmin and Hanson dig deeper, a whole lot more is going on underneath. And none of it is normal or nice.

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  Soon Silent (A Gemma Forge FBI...

  Kate Bold

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  This recording has been digitally produced by Kate Bold, using a synthesized version of an audiobook narrator’s voice under license. “An excellent book… When you start reading, be sure you don’t have to wake up early!” (Reader review for The Killing Game)
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  FBI Agent Gemma Forge must navigate a path of macabre crime scenes to enter a diabolical killer's twisted mind, racing to stop him as he recreates Dante's inferno, taking victims with him as he completes his descent into darkness—and aims to take her with him….
  
  When seemingly unrelated victims are found shot with arrows and buried in desert sands, Agent Gemma Forge recognizes a killer's twisted recreation of Dante's seventh circle. As the bodies pile up across the wasteland, Gemma must track a killer who believes violent souls deserve to be forever tortured in this scorching vision of retribution.
  
  SOON SILENT is BOOK #7 in a new series by #1 bestselling mystery and suspense author Kate Bold, whose bestseller NOT ME (a free download) has received over 3,00 five star ratings and reviews. The series begins with SOON GONE (BOOK #1).
  
  The Gemma Forge mystery series delivers pulse-pounding suspense through a deadly game of psychological chess filled with stunning revelations and unforeseen developments. With its compelling protagonist and fresh approach to crime fiction, this series will keep you turning pages long into the night. Fans of Lisa Regan, Karin Slaughter, and Teresa Driscoll are sure to fall in love.
  
  Future books in the series are also available!
  
  “This book moved very fast and every page was exciting. Plenty of dialogue, you absolutely love the characters, and you were rooting for the good guy throughout the whole story… I look forward to reading the next in the series.”
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  “Kate did an amazing job on this book and I was hooked from the first chapter!”
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  “I really enjoyed this book. The characters were authentic, and I see the bad guys as something we hear about daily on the news... Looking forward to book 2.”
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  “This was a really good book. The main characters were real, flawed and human. The story went along quickly and wasn't mired in too many unnecessary details. I really enjoyed it.”
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  “Alexa Chase is headstrong, impatient, but most of all brave with a capital B. She never, repeat never, backs down until the bad guys are put where they belong. Clearly five stars!”
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  “Captivating and riveting serial murder with a twist of the macabre… Very well done.”
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  “WOW what a great read! Talk about a diabolical killer! Really enjoyed this book. Looking forward to reading others by this author as well.”
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  “Page turner for sure. Great characters and relationships. I got into the middle of this story and couldn’t put it down. Looking forward to more from Kate Bold.”
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  “Hard to put down. It has an excellent plot and has the right amount of suspense. I really enjoyed this book.”
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  “Extremely well written, and well worth buying and reading. I can't wait to read book two!”
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  Bend Don't Break - A Novel

  Julie L. Brown

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  IPPY Gold Medal Winner for Historical Fiction • Eric Hoffer Book Award for Historical Fiction Winner • Shortlisted for the Eric Hoffer Book Award Grand Prize • Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist 
  “This story is fascinating…Each character is artfully developed through riveting storytelling. The entire palette becomes breathtaking.”—Eric Hoffer Book Award Judges' Commentary 
  “An absorbing, thought-provoking, emotionally engaging, and deftly scripted multi-generational historical novel.”–Midwest Book Review 
  “Brown has crafted a novel that does not just recount history—it breathes life into it.”—Seattle Book Review 
  Timely and unforgettable, Bend, Don't Break spans two centuries of American history and is a captivating testament to women's ambition and the unbreakable bond between Black mothers and their daughters. Voiced by Earphones Award–winning narrator A'rese Emokpae. 
  Drawing strength from their ancestor, Aisha, a slave born free on the west coast of Africa, four Black women will do whatever is necessary to succeed—and will do even more to protect their daughters. Aisha's granddaughter, Dinah, a plantation slave, fends off the advances of the master's son and vows to prevent the same mistreatment of her daughter, Sarah. During the Harlem Renaissance, Augusta, an aspiring teacher, falls in love for the first time. Her mother, Julia, is determined to prevent her from getting hurt. Attorney Olivia and her news producer daughter, Nicole, both seek success and equality in the white man's world of 1980s corporate life. And in the present day, Sha, a tech company chief information officer, turns amateur detective after her daughter's assault. 
  Throughout the generations, these women encounter similar challenges but face them in different ways and survive and thrive through all of it, because they bend but do not break. They demonstrate that although generational trauma can be passed down like an inheritance, so, too, can healing and resilience.

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  Storm's Burn

  Mary Stone, Amy Wilson

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  Fame has a deadly price. 
  Special Agent Amelia Storm, a seasoned FBI veteran, thought stepping away from the Organized Crime Unit and its mafia entanglements would lead to less complex and dangerous cases. She was wrong. Now in the Violent Crimes Division, Amelia is haunted by a chilling pattern that mirrors mob brutality. 
  Murder as a message. 
  How else can she explain why this serial killer murders everyone in the home but leaves the victim alive...and horrifically disfigured by acid? 
  Four victims in two years. All women with dark-brown hair. All social media influencers with a substantial following and a message of self-improvement aimed at women. 
  Now he’s escalating. And Amelia always seems to be one step behind. 
  With each woman silenced, Amelia’s resolve deepens. She’s determined to stop the killer before he silences another young woman with a promising career. Unless he silences her first. 
  From the wickedly dark minds of Mary Stone and Amy Wilson comes Storm’s Burn, book twelve of the Amelia Storm FBI Series. Influencers beware: your next live stream might just be your last.

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