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  The Combative

  Mike Ryan

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  The battle with Wilson Ames continues to rage. Jacobs worries about the safety of Tiffany, and her parents. Concerned about having a repeat of what happened to his family, he hires a bodyguard to protect them. Nathan Thrower, an ex-Navy SEAL, is the man Jacobs chooses. Thrower has his hands full, trying to thwart off repeated attempts at their lives. 
  Jacobs, with a new ally in Thrower, gives Ames all he can handle. But the crime boss has ideas of his own on how to end the conflict, and he has a sinister plan on how to take out what Jacobs now holds dear. 
  Will Ames finally succeed in taking out Tiffany, and bringing Jacobs to his knees? Or will Jacobs finally put an end to this fight?

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  Christmas at Ferndean Manor

  Joanna Campbell Slan

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  Strange happenings at Ferndean Manor threaten to spoil a Happy Christmas--Country squire Edward Rochester is determined to give his new bride, Jane Eyre, a Christmas to remember. Jane is equally committed to making this holiday special for Edward. But mysterious footsteps, disappearing food, and odd happenings cause both the Rochesters to worry. Is Ferndean Manor haunted? Can Jane ever escape her past and find joy in the here and now? Will Jane’s new friendship with a tenant farmer cause scandal? Or is this an opportunity for two women—from different social strata--to lean on each other? As Christmas Day grows nearer, the search for answers becomes more desperate—and the need for a Christmas miracle has never been so dire!

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  Candle Maker's Waxed Whisper...

  Hang Nguyen

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  In the beeswax hollow of Lumencroft, where candle makers mold waxed whispers from flame secrets and wick harvesters trail the hives for golden strands, shaper Elowen lights a flickering clue with harvester Kai, whose trails illuminate a conspiracy of dimmed lights. Their candle, molded in flame vows and wick-kissed drips, lights truth—or gutters in smoky doubts of sabotage. As they harvest through hollow-laced apiaries and clue-bound molds, flickered by wax wardens and flame rivals, Elowen's shaping glow merges with Kai's harvesting light, revealing a beeswax legend of flickered clarity. When a snuffed wick summons smoke wraiths, they must mold the clue to reignite the hollow. In the whisper of candle makers, where every secret flames the plot and every trail wicks the revelation, their gentle mystery becomes the light that banishes the hollow's darkness.

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  The Dark Flood

  Deon Meyer

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  Disappearances ensnare two South African detectives in a web of corruption in this stunning thriller by the Barry Award–winning author of The Last Hunt.   Assigned to investigate the disappearance of a young university student and brilliant computer programmer detectives Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido hit dead ends. But the trail—including the death of a fellow police officer—leads to a series of gun heists and the alarming absence of certain weapons from the police registry, the ramifications of which could be devastating.   As Griessel and Cupido intensify their search, real estate agent Sandra Steenberg confronts her own crisis: state corruption has caused the real estate market to crash, exacerbating the dire financial straits facing her family. She puts aside her misgivings to work for a notorious billionaire and playboy, only to have him disappear on her. Now Griessel is forced to juggle between the man’s bitter wife, protective lawyer, and Steenberg, the last person to see him alive.   With propulsive and intricate plotting, sharp prose, and an ending that takes one’s breath away just when the dust seems to have settled, The Dark Flood spotlights the state capture and corruption that has overtaken the country, lending political weight to a powerful story.  Praise for the Benny Griessel series   “[An] outstanding series.” —The Wall Street Journal   “Deon Meyer is one of the unsung masters.” —Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times–bestselling author   “The undisputed champion of South African crime. Meyer grabs you by the throat and never lets you go.” —Wilbur Smith, New York Times–bestselling author

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  Birthday at Boars Head - A...

  Chris Williams, Dean Gallagher

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  Birthday at Boars Head is a wonderful whodunit from the creative folks at Live Audio Theater. Set in a sprawling manor house overlooking the Rogue River in Southern Oregon, this engaging script includes all the classic elements of a manor house mystery. There’s a creepy old mansion, a greedy family, a visiting British detective, and there’s even a butler named Grimsby! So, curl up with your headphones or speakers and a hot café mocha and match wits with Detective Vincente in this delightful homage to old-time radio mysteries. The first in the four-part Detective Vincente series. “It’s pronounced Vincente with an e! ”

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  The Child Riddler

  Angela Greenman

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  Despite the angry scars she carries from her childhood training, Zoe Lorel has reached a good place in her life. She has her dream job as an elite operative in an international spy agency and found her true love. Her world is mostly perfect—until she is sent to abduct a nine-year-old girl. The girl is the only one who knows the riddle that holds the code to unleash the most lethal weapon on earth—the first ever "invisibility" nanoweapon, a cloaking spider bot. 
   
   
   
  Zoe's agency is not the only one after the child. China developed the cloaking bot and will stop at nothing to keep its code secret. While China rapidly hones in on Zoe, her threats grow. Enemies in Austria and Bulgaria reveal the invisibility weapon's existence to underground arms dealers—now every government and terrorist organization in the world want the nanobot. 
   
   
   
  From Malta to the Italian Alps to England, Zoe races to save not only the child she has grown to care about, but also herself. Her drug addiction is threatening her engagement to the one person who brings her happiness, yet she needs the agency prescribed pills. They transform her into the icy killer she must be to survive. Can she still be ruthless without the chemicals that suppress her emotions?

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