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  Anaphylaxis - A Medical Thriller

  Alan Anson Wanderer

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  A well-known scientist, who has recently discovered an effective vaccine for cocaine addiction, dies from anaphylaxis after a routine injection in the office of his allergist, Dr. Leonard Haberman. A malpractice lawsuit ensues, fanned by a politically ambitious senator. Questions arise when it is discovered that the cocaine vaccine specifications are missing along with the head technician who worked closely with the deceased scientist. CBI Agent Ben Locke connects these events with a cold case involving the mysterious death of another scientist and a nefarious plot implicating an organized mob is exposed, placing Haberman and his family at great risk.

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  Madame Bovary

  Gustave Flaubert

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  Written over a century and a half ago, Madame Bovary is still an extraordinarily fresh, exciting and shockingly frank novel, at once an acute psychological study of a woman drawn into adultery through circumstances we can partly understand, and a sharply-observed comedy that offers a fascinating glimpse of the social and cultural divisions running through French provincial society in the mid nineteenth century. This translation is by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, a prominent social activist and literary translator. She was the youngest daughter of Karl Marx.Gustave Flaubert was a highly influential, he has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flaubert, realism strives for formal perfection, so the presentation of reality tends to be neutral, emphasizing the values and importance of style as an objective method of presenting reality".He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert. On the occasion of Flaubert's 198th birthday (12 December 2019), a group of researchers at CNRS published a neural language model under his name.

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  Hunter Island Adventure

  Wayne Reinagel

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  The Hunter Island Adventure is a fun-filled fantastic non-stop adventure that occurs (chronologically) roughly one year before the events of the best-selling novel, Pulp Heroes - More Than Mortal. This wild tale tells the story of what happens when four kidnapped women (friends and relatives of the main pulp hero characters in the Pulp Heroes trilogy) prove to be much more trouble than their captors expected. 
  (The Pulp Heroes sagas are epic adventures spanning two centuries in time and linking the incredible lives of history's most popular Victorian Age adventurers of the 1800's with the greatest action heroes of the Pulp Era and an assortment of well-known, real-life figures.)

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  Angels Falling

  Mike Krentz

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  "How many angels must fall to spare one human life?" 
   
   
   
  Criminal profiler Pete Sullivan knows evil. When the disgraced ex-seminarian responds to a murder scene at a cathedral, he's certain nothing can shock him. But the moment he steps into the carnage, the nature of the archbishop's murder leaves him reeling. 
   
   
   
  Pete steels himself to do his job, but he must partner with a person from his past. Her mercurial behavior complicates the investigation. Pete follows clues to another sensationalized crime that could lead to more tragedy. 
   
   
   
  As he strives to overcome his emotional torment, solve the case, and redeem himself, has the lurking evil set Pete up for his own death?

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  Heiress Worth Rescuing An - A...

  Violet Sinclair

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  Two hearts. One dangerous deception. A love worth fighting for. 
  Charlotte Edgewood is no ordinary heiress. With a mind for business and a spirit too independent for London society, she's resigned herself to spinsterhood—until her younger sister is targeted by the manipulative Lord Hargrove. Desperate to protect Amelia from a loveless marriage to a dangerous man, Charlotte will risk anything, even her reputation. 
  William Sears came to London to establish his American shipping company, not to fall in love. When he catches Charlotte breaking into his warehouse, he's intrigued by her intelligence and courage. With evidence suggesting Lord Hargrove is using their businesses for smuggling operations, William proposes an audacious solution: a false courtship that will give them both access to the information they need. 
  As they navigate elaborate balls and clandestine investigations, their pretend romance awakens feelings neither expected. But when their scheme unravels at the docks, William must make an impossible choice between protecting Charlotte's reputation and preserving his own. With Charlotte kidnapped and bound for Gretna Green against her will, William races against time to rescue the woman who has captured his heart. 
  Set in the glittering ballrooms and dangerous docks of Regency London, An Heiress Worth Rescuing combines the intrigue of smuggling operations with the passion of unexpected love. This thrilling fifth installment in the American Heiress Series can be enjoyed as a standalone romance.

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  The Adventure of the Sussex...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire", written by British author Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 Sherlock Holmes stories collected between 1921 and 1927 as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in the January 1924 issues of The Strand Magazine in London and Hearst's International Magazine in New York.
  Holmes receives an odd letter that makes reference to vampires. Mr. Robert Ferguson, who comes to 221B Baker Street the next morning, has become convinced that his Peruvian second wife has been sucking their baby son's blood. By his first wife, he has a 15-year-old son named Jack, who suffered an unfortunate accident as a child and now, although he can still walk, he does not have the full use of his legs. After the bloodsucking began, Jack has unaccountably been struck twice by his stepmother, although Mr. Ferguson cannot imagine why. Ever since being found out by her husband, she has locked herself in her room and refused to come out. Only her Peruvian maid, Dolores, is allowed in. She takes Mrs. Ferguson her meals.

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