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  A Terribly Strange Bed - A man...

  Wilkie Collins

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  Wilkie Collins was born on 8th January 1824 in Marylebone, London.  
   
  The family moved several times in his early years before, at 12, they travelled to France and Italy for 2 years where the sights and atmosphere made a deep and lasting impression on him. 
   
  He resumed his education at Mr Cole’s private boarding school in Highbury, Islington.  Here, he began his literary career under unusual circumstances: the school bully would give him no peace until he had been told a bedtime story.  This ‘little brute’ helped create one of England’s greatest writers.  
   
  On leaving school, in 1841, he became a clerk at a tea merchant before, 2 years later, publishing his first short story.  However, his first novel was rejected and remained so during his lifetime.  
   
  A brief stint at Lincoln’s Inn to please his father and to acquire a steady income was halted by his father’s death.  Collins then wrote and published his fathers’ memoirs.  He then completed his legal education though he would never practice.  
   
  In March 1851, he was introduced to Charles Dickens and there now started a period of sustained literary output and a remarkable lifelong friendship.  His stories were published in Dicken’s magazines, and he toured with Dicken’s theatrical before the two of them travelled to the Continent. 
   
  By the early 1860’s worrying signs of ill-health appeared with rheumatic gout.  As it worsened, he sought respite and cures in German spa towns and gave up writing to help his recuperation. 
   
  His personal life had become very complicated.  He was living with the widowed Caroline Graves and conducting an affair with a much younger Martha Rudd.  With the serialised release of ‘The Moonstone’ and vicious attacks of gout Caroline left him and married another.  Collins was now prescribed opium and was soon its lifelong dependent.  Martha bore him two children and with the return of a now divorced Caroline Graves he now divided his time between the two women. 
   
  In 1874 he set aside writing to tour North America on a reading tour. 
   
  Throughout his later years he continued to write and publish.  In all 30 novels, 14 plays, 60 short stories and over a 100 non-fiction essays as well as many more collaborations with Dickens. 
   
  In 1884 the Society of Authors elected him as it’s Vice-President. 
   
  Wilkie Collins died from a paralytic stroke on September 23rd, 1889, in London. He was 65.

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  The Peruvian Exchange

  Nick Thacker

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  Jack Barr is back. But so are his problems.  
  After barely escaping with his life in Jamaica, Jackson Barr, Jr. is suddenly thrown into the fray once again. 
  Victor is still alive, and he's surfaced again. The Vínculo cartel is moving truckloads of weapons and drugs across Columbia into Peru, and the CIA thinks they have a chance to bring them down. 
  Jack is given a chance to take Victor down once again. 
  But as he quickly discovers: not everything is as it seems. 
  Don't miss this next installation in the all-new Jack Barr Thrillers series! 
  For fans of Ludlum, Patterson, Cussler, and Clancy, as well as lovers of any fast-paced action thrillers.

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  Singular Tragedy of the Atkinson...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Craig...

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  You need more Sherlock? You love the stories of The Canon but you want more ... more stories that are similar to the original sixty. You have come to the right place.
  The Singular Tragedy of the Atkinson Brothers at Trincomalee:
  The words of the missionary hymn I had sung as a schoolboy in chapel came to my mind as I stood on the deck of the steamer Redolent, anchored just off the Port of Colombo. They were to prove singularly prescient. Under more usual circumstances, the experience of looking up into the star-studded sky whilst feeling the warm, moist tropical breezes caress one's face is a sensuous joy. Yet on that night, more than twenty years ago now, I had a profound sense of foreboding.

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  The Bible Seller

  R. Allen Chappell

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  "Beware false prophets in sheep clothes—they can be hungry wolves." (Lay Pastor Eddie Red Horse reading from Matt 7:15) 
   
   
   
  An old silversmith's body is dumped along the highway and Legal Services Investigator Charlie Yazzie isn't content to stand by while the FBI and Tribal look for clues—not when he sees his friends Thomas Begay and Harley Ponyboy sucked into a tightening web of evil. 
   
   
   
  When a beautiful stranger knocks on Harley's door the game changes . . . and so do Harley's loyalties. One thing is clear in this chilling new addition to Chappell's Navajo Nation mystery series—a spate of murders and an outlier with a deadly agenda—should be warning enough for anyone.

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  Tainted Taffy The (A Magnolia...

  Fiona Grace

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  This recording has been digitally produced by Fiona Grace, using a synthesized version of an audiobook narrator’s voice under license. On the charming, historic isle of Magnolia Bay, Autumn Ray runs her bed-and-breakfast and enjoys a different pace of life. But whether she likes it or not, Autumn will have to step into the role of sleuth to defend not only her name, but her home.
  
  Summer brings more than just tourists to Magnolia Bay; it ushers in a chilling mystery when poison taints the sugar-sand shores. Autumn Ray must trade her tranquil routine for detective work when she's thrust into unraveling the murder of a beloved local confectioner. Will her sleuthing skills prove sweet enough to catch a killer? Or will she face the bitter aftermath of a community torn apart by suspicion?
  
  MAGNOLIA BAY MYSTERY: THE TAINTED TAFFY is the first book in an exciting new cozy mystery series by Fiona Grace, #1 bestselling author of Murder in the Manor, which has over 10,000 five star reviews!
  
  The Magnolia Bay Mystery series offers an engaging and delightful cozy mystery experience, whisking you away to an idyllic scenery brimming with wit, romantic moments, and unexpected plot developments. Prepare to become enamored with a captivating new heroine who's sure to become a favorite.
  
  Future books in the series will soon be available!
  
  "Very entertaining. I highly recommend this book to the permanent library of any reader that appreciates a very well written mystery, with some twists and an intelligent plot. You will not be disappointed. Excellent way to spend a cold weekend!"
  --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (regarding Murder in the Manor)
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  “The story line wasn't just a who done it, but had a story about her life and romance, including village life. Very entertaining.”
  --Amazon reviewer (regarding Murder in the Manor)
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   “It has endearing and sometimes quirky characters, a plot that keeps you reading and the right amount of romance. I can’t wait to start book two!”
  --Amazon reviewer (regarding Murder in the Manor)
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  “What a great story of murder, romance, new beginnings, love, friend ships and a wonderful cascade of mystery.”
  --Amazon reviewer (regarding Murder in the Manor)
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  “This is a clean contemporary romance that you will find hard to put down!”
  --Amazon reviewer (regarding Always, Forever)
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  “A bit of romance and a very determined woman! I have read many of Fiona Grace's novels and loved every one of them—this was no exception. I am looking forward to reading the rest of this new series!”
  --Amazon reviewer (regarding Always, With You)
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  Sherlock Holmes and the Japanese...

  William K. Stewart, F. E....

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  A treacherous murder rattles the Japanese embassy in London. The in-house secret service agent turns to Sherlock Holmes for help in quickly solving the case before it provokes a diplomatic crisis.

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