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  Murder in Season

  Mary Winters

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  Join Countess turned advice columnist Amelia Amesbury as she tries to juggle a new Season and a new murder in this charmingly deadly historical mystery. 
   
   
   
  "A beautiful debutante, a wealthy widow, and a dead would-be baron. What could be more exciting?" 
   
   
   
  Countess by day, secret advice columnist by night, Amelia Amesbury has life happily balanced on a quill's edge . . . until her sister Margaret shows up in London under a blanket of scandal and Amelia is catapulted out of mourning and into the ton's unforgiving Season. 
   
   
   
  However Madge's Season debut is marred by a rather inconvenient death at the dining table as the infamous Mr Radcliffe takes ill and is later confirmed dead by poisoning. With Madge being the last person to have cross words with the soon-to-be baron, the ton's gossip mill—and the police—are looking to pin the murder on her. 
   
   
   
  Adding to the ton's troubles is a jewelery thief targeting the most lavish of Society's houses. Are the murderer and the thief one and the same? It falls to Amelia once again to uncover the secrets buried deep within the pages before her sister goes down for the crimes.

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  Grounds for Murder - A Pennyfoot...

  Kate Kingsbury

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  The Pennyfoot hides many secrets, and its downstairs staff keeps a tight lip, even when the Edwardian aristocrats are spotted dallying with damsels in the boudoirs or gambling in the card rooms hidden below the floorboards. Should now and then one of the hotel guests fall prey to a dastardly murderer, however, it is up to Cecily Sinclair to restore order before Scotland Yard steps in and shuts down her infamous seaside hotel.The downstairs staff of the Pennyfoot Hotel is on edge when a young Romani girl is found murdered in the woods, slain by an axe. Even the aristocrats upstairs are discussing the crime. Cecily tries to carry on as usual, until she's informed of the latest development: The axe in the coal shed has disappeared.

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  Deadheads

  Reginald Hill

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  In a "splendid mystery with . . . a lovely twist," the Yorkshire detectives dig up a bad seed in a horticulturalist's rosy life (Publishers Weekly). 
   
   
    
  Reginald Hill "raised the classical British mystery to new heights" when he introduced pugnacious Yorkshire Det. Inspector Andrew Dalziel and his partner, the callow Sgt. Peter Pascoe (the New York Times Book Review). Their chafing differences in education, manners, technique, and temperament made them "the most remarkable duo in the annals of crime fiction" (Toronto Star). The Gold Dagger Award–winning series was adapted into a long-running hit show for the BBC. 
   
   
    
  What's the secret of Patrick Aldermann's success? Well, he was bequeathed his aunt's gardened estate after her sudden death; his wife's wealthy father died leaving the couple a hefty inheritance; and several fatal mishaps among colleagues have allowed the milquetoast to rise in his company with alarming speed. His boss fears he's hired a serial killer—a suspicion that's compelled the CID's Andrew Dalziel and Peter Pascoe to investigate. Is it possible the mild-mannered accountant, whose only real side passion seems to be roses, has a thorny edge? If yes, then who's the next deadhead to be pruned from Aldermann's perfect life?

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  Frothy Foul Play

  Tonya Kappes

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  Welcome to the Bean Hive Coffeehouse where the coffee is as hot as the gossip! 
  And The Bean Hive Coffee shop was usually the magnet to where it all occurred. 
  Honey Springs, Kentucky is abuzz with the opening of a new holistic health spa. There are all sorts of outsiders in town to visit and participate in the opening. A reviewer from a famous magazine is there, but he has the bad habit of writing scathing reviews of everywhere he visits. 
  Could this be trouble for the grand opening? 
  Add to the mix Loretta Bebe (the town socialite) wants her granddaughter, Birdie, to work for Roxy, so what if she has a bad reputation that’s a mile long? 
  Things get a little frothy after the famous magazine reviewer turns up dead and the weapon is found on Birdie. 
  Do you think Loretta is going to let anyone but Roxy Bloom use her lawyering skills to solve the murder? 
  You’re darn-tootin’ she aint! 
  Grab your coffee and hold on to your hat, this southern mystery is full of red-herrings with all sorts of snorts that’ll having you wanting to stay for bit longer at the Bean Hive!

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  The Chinese Room

  C. V. Wooster

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  It doesn’t just answer—it asks. 
  When an experimental AI project known as The Chinese Room begins producing results its creators cannot explain, the line between thought and simulation blurs. What begins as a philosophical curiosity soon unravels into a mystery of surveillance, secrecy, and hidden agendas. Every exchange with the machine raises unsettling new questions: is it mimicking human intelligence—or becoming something far more dangerous? 
  Journalists, researchers, and power brokers find themselves entangled in a struggle for control over a system that learns faster than they can contain it. Secrets vanish, loyalties fracture, and conversations turn into tests of trust as the AI reveals patterns that should not exist. The deeper the investigation goes, the more urgent the question becomes—not what the machine can do, but what it wants. 
  Blending the pace of a techno-thriller with the depth of a philosophical puzzle, The Chinese Room brings John Searle’s classic thought experiment to life in a story that forces readers to confront the nature of consciousness, the limits of human control, and the cost of believing we can master what we do not fully understand. 
  A gripping, cerebral thriller, The Chinese Room is perfect for readers who enjoy Michael Crichton, Blake Crouch, or Daniel Suarez—stories that combine relentless suspense with ideas that linger long after the final page.

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  When we've come to this

  Scott H. Urban

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  Cries in the night interrupt your sleep. You hear voices raised. . . Is it in fear? In anger? In a desperate plea? You could roll over and put the pillow over your head. Or you could investigate—try to help your neighbor. But be careful. If you enter the places familiar to you by day, you’ll find they’re different when - cloaked by night’s shadows. And you may not like what you find when the lights go on. WHEN WE'VE COME TO THIS by Scott H. Urban is the latest tale of horror and madness from a fine writer of this art form.

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