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  Rum Away - Livvy Mercer...

  Brett Monk, McKenna Langford

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  Your bartender takes one look at you and already knows what you're going to order. She can also tell if you're lying or hiding something. She's Livvy Mercer - The Crime Solving Bartender who never forgets a face. 
  To Livvy, micro-expressions and body language speak louder than words. That makes her a great bartender, but it also gets her into a lot of trouble. 
  When her estranged mom guilts her into taking a part-time job at a retirement home where she works, Livvy thinks it will just be a way to get some badly needed cash.Then, one of her coworkers goes missing and she learns the sweet old gentleman she befriended may be a serial killer. 
  When she and her roommate get stalked and threatened, they draw the attention of Garrett Lucas, a handsome FBI agent. Last time Livvy saw Garrett, he was the cop who didn't believe her suspicions about a bar patron who later killed several women. That's when she lost faith in cops and the justice system. 
  Will Livvy catch the killer or will she be their next victim? 
  Rum Away is the first novel in the Livvy Mercer Mysteries series by Brett Monk and McKenna Langford. If you like twisty mystery/thrillers with relatable characters, you'll love Rum Away, a Livvy Mercer Mystery.

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  Death in High Heels

  Pat Herbert

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  A serial killer is on the loose, going round strangling women with their own tights and removing their right shoes. Various suspects turn up but, with no obvious motive, the police are impotent and the murders continue. The only link they can find concerns a ‘religious’ meeting, regularly held at the local civic centre, which was attended by at least two of the victims.Amateur detective Samantha Powers is dating Jack Parkinson who, it transpires, is seeing another woman behind her back. He comes under suspicion when that young woman becomes another victim of the strangler as it seems he was the last one to see her alive.There are other suspects, including a vicious, depraved copper and a creepy vicar. As the story unravels, the real culprit remains hidden until almost the last page.

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  The Secret Agent

  Joseph Conrad

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  "The Secret Agent" is a novel written by Joseph Conrad, and published in 1907. The story is set in London in the late nineteenth century and revolves around a group of anarchists and their plot to detonate a bomb at Greenwich Observatory. The novel explores themes such as terrorism, politics, morality, and betrayal. The novel's protagonist is Adolf Verloc, a seemingly unremarkable man who owns a small shop selling pornographic materials. However, he is also a secret agent working for an unnamed foreign embassy. Verloc is tasked with infiltrating a group of anarchists and providing intelligence on their activities. 
  The novel introduces several characters, including Verloc's wife Winnie, her mentally disabled brother Stevie, and the anarchists' leader, known as The Professor. As Verloc becomes more deeply involved with the anarchists, he is torn between his duty to his employer and his loyalty to his new friends. 
   
  The novel takes a critical view of both anarchism and the British intelligence service, questioning the morality of using violence to achieve political ends. The character of The Professor embodies the dark side of anarchism, as he is willing to sacrifice innocent lives for the sake of his political agenda.The novel also explores the complex relationships between the characters. Verloc's marriage to Winnie is strained, and his involvement in the anarchist plot only exacerbates their problems. Stevie is a sympathetic character, and his death at the hands of Verloc is a tragic turning point in the novel. Conrad's writing style is dense and complex, with a strong emphasis on psychological realism. He delves deep into the minds of his characters, exploring their motivations and fears. The novel also features Conrad's signature use of symbolism, with the Greenwich Observatory representing the watchful eye of society, and the bomb representing the destructive power of anarchism.

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  The Right Side of Wrong - A...

  E. A. Coe

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  FBI Special Agents Butnari and Hill must preserve critical agency secrets from the past as they find a way to stop vicious criminals willing to stop at nothing to achieve an evil goal. 
  An intruder caught trespassing on a Caribbean banana plantation leads to an emergency call to a high-ranking FBI official. Within hours, Reno-based special agents, Marina Butnari and Doug Hill, are assigned a top-secret mission originating in the Bahamas. 
  Yet this is no simple attempted burglary. The crime ties to a multi-billion-dollar case of corporate espionage, and the intended victim is a mysterious agency resource with an identity known to few. 
  From shark-infested waters to criminal-infested boardrooms, the agents take a roller-coaster ride through the depravities created by greed. They discover that in this imperfect life, sometimes the best you can do is stay on ‘The Right Side of Wrong.’ 
  EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS a crime fiction adventure featuring beloved characters from some of the other multiple award-winning books by E. A. Coe.

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  Library Larceny The: A Cozy...

  Hang Nguyen

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  📚 Head librarian Eleanor Bookman prides herself on maintaining perfect order in the historic Cedar Creek Library. But when a priceless first edition of "The Great Gatsby" vanishes during the annual Library Gala, followed by the mysterious death of the wealthy donor who loaned it, Eleanor's quiet world of cataloging and call numbers becomes a crime scene. With the police focusing on the obvious suspects, Eleanor uses her encyclopedic knowledge of the library's secret passages, rare book collection, and eccentric patrons to conduct her own investigation. From coded messages in checkout records to clues hidden in book spines, every shelf holds a potential breakthrough. But as Eleanor digs deeper into the library's shadowy corners, she uncovers a conspiracy involving rare book theft, forgery, and a secret society of collectors—and realizes the killer is someone who knows the library as well as she does.

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  Snowman's Secret The - Tea?...

  Ellen Barksdale

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  As Christmas approaches, Nathalie embraces the wintry charm of the picturesque village of Earlsraven. However, her plans for her first Christmas as the Black Feather's owner didn't include the huge snowman that appears in the car park. The frosty figure adds to the festive ambiance of the pub's decorations so she decides he can stay. But despite the warmth and welcome at Earlsraven's favourite inn, there's a chilling mystery for Nathalie and her cook Louise to solve, as the snowman's appearance heralds nothing but trouble. 
  
  About the series: There was nothing in the will about this... 
  
  Cottages, English roses and rolling hills: that's Earlsraven. In the middle of it all: the "Black Feather". Not only does young Nathalie Ames unexpectedly inherit this cosy inn from her aunt, she also falls heir to her aunt's secret double life! She solved criminal cases together with her cook Louise, a former agent of the British Crown. And while Nathalie is still trying to warm up to the quirky villagers, she discovers that sleuthing runs in the family.

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