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  Giants' Bread Book II - Nell -...

  Agatha Christie

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  Book II: Nell carries Giants' Bread from childhood memory into the restless intensity of young adulthood. Vernon Deyre has moved beyond the protected world of Abbots Puissants and into a wider society of artists, friends, expectations, and romantic possibility. His genius is still unformed, but the pressure of it is already alive within him, pulling him away from ordinary happiness and toward a future he does not yet understand. 
  At the center of this volume is Nell, bright, alluring, and emotionally vital. Through her, Vernon discovers the force of romantic love and the ache of wanting to be both wholly known and wholly free. Their relationship is tender, uncertain, and marked by the invisible rival that stands between Vernon and everyone who loves him: music. He longs for domestic joy, yet he is haunted by a calling that no person can fully satisfy. 
  Sebastian Levinne remains a sharp and loyal presence, moving through London society with ambition, irony, and a growing instinct for power. Around Vernon gathers a world of talk, performance, artistic experiment, and social judgment. Every conversation seems to test what he is becoming. Every attachment asks whether love can survive the hunger of genius. 
  Nell is a volume of romance and suspense in the emotional sense: the suspense of a heart divided, of talent still concealed, of a life approaching its decisive break. Agatha Christie, writing with the psychological insight of Mary Westmacott, gives listeners a portrait of youth in which tenderness and ambition are never simple. For anyone drawn to literary romance, artistic obsession, and the cost of becoming extraordinary, Book II is a deeply compelling continuation.

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  Lethal Standoff

  DiAnn Mills

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  Justice can be elusive. Family secrets can be deadly. The stakes are high, and the clock is ticking in a volatile criminal case filled with unanswered questions. And Carrington Reed is running short on time to piece together clues that will solve the puzzle. Hostage negotiator Carrington Reed is called to the scene when reports come in that fifteen hostages are being held by the Kendrix brothers in an abandoned house in south Texas. When she arrives on site, Carrington quickly learns that the brothers are armed and refuse to release their victims, a group of undocumented immigrants, until the local police identify their father’s murderer.  Working closely with Levi Ehrlich, a handsome investigative reporter who has covered some of Carrington’s negotiations in the past, she finds herself being undeniably drawn to him. Carrington digs deeper into the death of the Kendrixes’ father and begins to notice that some details surrounding his death aren’t adding up.  As Carrington investigates the brothers’ claims and tries to piece together their motive for taking innocent people captive, it soon becomes clear that they are trying to hide something and that revenge for their father’s death may not be what they’re really bargaining for after all. To protect the hostages and ensure the brothers don’t carry out the rest of their sinister plot, Carrington must get to the bottom of one family’s secret and the truth they’re trying so hard to hide before time runs out.  Award winning author DiAnn Mills delivers pulse-pounding romantic suspense about secrets, betrayal, and finding a path to forgiveness.  Includes discussion guide for book groups.  A clean contemporary thriller from Christy Award–winning author DiAnn Mills  For fans of action-packed romantic suspense in the vein of Lynette Eason, Irene Hannon, and Dani Pettrey  From the popular author of Facing the Enemy  

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  Murder at Archly Manor - A 1920s...

  Sara Rosett

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  A high society murder. A spirited lady detective. Can she out-class the killer before an innocent person takes the fall?  London, 1923. Olive Belgrave needs a job. Despite her aristocratic upbringing, she’s penniless. Determined to support herself, she jumps at an unconventional job—looking into the background of her cousin’s fiancé, Alfred. Alfred burst into the upper crust world of London’s high society, but his answers to questions about his past are decidedly vague. Before Olive can gather more than the basics, a murder occurs at a posh party. Suddenly, every Bright Young Person in attendance is a suspect, and Olive must race to find the culprit because a sly murderer is determined to make sure Olive’s first case is her last. Murder at Archly Manor is the first in the High Society Lady Detective series of charming historical cozy mysteries. If you like witty banter, glamorous settings, and delightful plot twists, you’ll love USA Today bestselling author Sara Rosett’s series for Anglophiles and mystery lovers alike.Travel back to the Golden Age of detective fiction with Murder at Archly Manor.

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  Driven To It

  Andrea Frazer

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  The fifth instalment in an occasional series of short stories covering the elapsed time between the books in The Falconer Files series. 
  Abigail Wentworth is looking forward to her reunion lunch with Alison Fairweather. They are old schoolfriends who met twice a year, usually for Alison to dish the dirt on the others they had known when they were younger - and for Abigail to gloat over their 'inferior' circumstances, in comparison to her own respectable existence. 
  During one such lunch, though, Abigail recognizes a face from the past - and from that moment onward, her life skids completely out of control...

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  Perfect Death

  Adam Carpenter

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  A new year always teases new beginnings. Except for Jimmy McSwain, who, as the calendar turns, is about to come face to face with a person from his past. Bringing with him a case that will challenge the delicate line between guilt and innocence.
  Jake Sauter and Jimmy were best friends growing up and shared an intimacy few knew about. When Jake appears after years of silence, he's come not to rekindle their relationship but to hire the private investigator to save him from the jaws of the law. He claims he's about to be arrested—for the murder of his wife.
  Meanwhile, the NYPD is facing a case that is spreading fear throughout New York City. A body had been found floating in the Hudson River, and Captain Francis X. Frisano has been called to solve the crime. A sudden development throws both of their cases into one.
  What is truth? What is manipulation? What is fabrication? Is there such a thing as a perfect death?

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  A Poodle Perplexity

  M Alfano

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  After solving two small-town murders, I’d thought I’d seen everything. Cue the last thing I ever expected to happen—a dog wedding. 
  Of course, my best friend is bothered when the owner-of-the-bride selects her rival baker to make the posh cake for her poodle pair. So when said rival turns up dead, everyone is quick to point their fingers straight at my bestie. 
  I, for one, know everyone’s barking up the wrong tree, but the evidence against her is already stacking up like layers of one magnificent murder cake. 
  Doggone it, I can’t keep my nose out of this one, no matter what my kind-of, sort-of detective boyfriend demands. It’s time to put all my hard-earned skills as an amateur sleuth to the test. My best friend’s career—and her freedom—is riding on it.

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