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  Glass Memory - Psychological...

  Bright Mills

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  When forensic psychologist Dr. Mara Vexley wakes up in the hospital wing of an abandoned mental facility with no memory of how she got there, she’s told she was found wandering the island shoreline, barefoot and covered in blood. But the blood isn’t hers and the patient she was sent to evaluate, a mute serial arsonist named Jonas Vale, is missing. Mara begins to piece together fragments of her fractured memory as strange clues surface: cryptic journal entries in her handwriting, security footage that skips whenever Jonas appears, and a string of fires starting again across the mainland. The deeper she digs, the more she questions her sanity and whether she’s here to stop Jonas, or help him. But someone doesn’t want her to remember. And the island isn’t just isolated it’s rigged to trap anyone who tries to leave. As Mara’s mind begins to unravel, she must decide: is she the hunter… or the hunted?

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  Return to Blood

  Michael Bennett

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  From the author of Better the Blood, the gripping second novel in a crime series starring Maori detective Hana Westerman, in which the discovery of human bones in the dunes of New Zealand upends a long-ago murder conviction 
   
  After the perils of a case that landed much too close to home, Hana Westerman turned in her badge and abandoned her career as a detective in the Auckland CIB.  
   
  Hoping that civilian life will offer her the opportunity to rest and recalibrate, she returns to her hometown of Tata Bay, where she moves back in with her beloved father, Eru. Yet the memories of the past are everywhere, and as she goes for her daily run on the beach, Hana passes a local monument to Paige, a high school classmate who was murdered more than twenty years ago and hidden in the dunes overlooking the sea. A Maori man with a previous record was convicted of the crime, although Eru never believed he was guilty. 
   
  When her daughter Addison finds another young woman’s skeleton in the sands, Hana soon finds herself awkwardly involved. Investigators suspect that this is Kiri Thomas, a young Maori woman who disappeared four years earlier, after battling years of drug addiction. Hana and Addison are increasingly captivated by the story behind this unsolved crime, but without the official police force behind her, Hana must risk compromising her own peace and relationships if justice is to be served. 
   
  Expanding the range of vivid characters who made Michael Bennett’s first book, Better the Blood, so appealing, and offering a shocking twist at the end, Return to Blood takes readers further into Maori culture and traditions as it engages us more deeply into the story of Hana Westerman.

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  Jane and the Year Without a Summer

  Stephanie Barron

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  May 1816: Jane Austen is feeling unwell, with an uneasy stomach, constant fatigue, rashes, fevers and aches. She attributes her poor condition to the stress of family burdens, which even the drafting of her latest manuscript—about a  
  baronet’s daughter nursing a broken heart for a daring naval captain—cannot alleviate. Her apothecary recommends a trial of the curative waters at Cheltenham Spa, in Gloucestershire. Jane decides to use some of the profits  
  earned from her last novel, Emma, and treat herself to a period of rest and reflection at the spa, in the company of her sister Cassandra.  
   
  Cheltenham Spa hardly turns out to be the relaxing sojourn Jane and Cassandra envisaged, however. It is immediately obvious that other boarders at the guest house where the Misses Austen are staying have come to Cheltenham with  
  stresses of their own—some of them deadly. But perhaps with Jane’s interference a terrible crime might be prevented.  
   
  Set during the Year Without a Summer, when the eruption of Mount Tambora in the South Pacific caused a volcanic winter that shrouded the entire planet for sixteen months, this fourteenth installment in Stephanie Barron’s critically  
  acclaimed series brings a forgotten moment of Regency history to life.

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  The Secret of the Fox Hunter

  William Le Queux

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  When two European spies join a hunting party at an English country house, William Drew of the Foreign Office goes undercover to pursue his own type of prey. Drew suspects a traitor may be working with the spies, and soon learns they are more than willing to kill to get what they want.

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  The Mystery of the Christmas...

  CM Rawlins

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  Darriby Hall is famous for entertaining busybody aristocrats, tales from distant lands, and a dead body . . . now and then. 
   
   
   
  Lady Darriby-Jones, ever the gracious hostess, welcomes an eclectic mix of aristocrats, eccentrics, and an unexpected scandal or two to her stately home each year at the most wonderful time of the year. This year, the festive mood is shattered when one of her guests is found dead amidst the Christmas crackers and mince pies. 
   
   
   
  Enter DCI "Rude" Manners, a police chief whose investigative methods are as clumsy as a three-legged reindeer. His theory? Arrest the first suspect he stumbles upon and call it a day. 
   
   
   
  But Lady Darriby-Jones knows her guests—and her reputation—demand more than that. 
   
   
   
  Armed with sharp wit, a knack for unearthing secrets, and a few well-placed questions over tea, she dives into a tangle of alibis, hidden grudges, and festive deceptions. Can she crack the case before the real murderer strikes again? Or will this holiday season be her last? 
   
   
   
  Packed with intrigue, humor, and all the charm of a 1920s English countryside Christmas, The Mystery of the Christmas Crackers is a cozy historical mystery you won't want to put down.

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  The Scarlet Pimpernel

  Emmuska Orczy

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  "The Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Orczy is set against the backdrop of the French Revolution. The story revolves around a mysterious Englishman, the Scarlet Pimpernel, who boldly rescues aristocrats from the clutches of death at the guillotine. The protagonist's dual identity creates a tense atmosphere as he navigates the tumultuous political landscape, emphasizing bravery, loyalty, and sacrifice themes. 
  At the beginning of the novel, the grim realities of the Reign of Terror in Paris are vividly depicted. The atmosphere is charged with violence as the guillotine claims countless lives, and the bloodthirsty crowd eagerly anticipates the next execution. Sergeant Bibot, stationed at the barricades, takes pride in thwarting the escape attempts of fleeing aristocrats. Meanwhile, rumors circulate about a group of Englishmen whose leader, the enigmatic Scarlet Pimpernel, manages to outsmart the authorities and save victims from certain deaths. 
  The narrative explores the fear and desperation of those on the run, as well as the zealous excitement of the citizens, reveling in their newfound power and vengeance. This sets the stage for a gripping tale of heroism amidst chaos.

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