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  Four Faultless Felons

  G. K. Chesterton

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  Enter the paradoxical world of "Four Faultless Felons" by G.K. Chesterton, a collection that artfully weaves morality with mystery. Through the eyes of a skeptical narrator, we meet four intriguingly virtuous criminals, each guilty deed paradoxically concealed beneath noble intentions. As their tales unravel—ranging from self-sacrifice to justice—the lines blur between right and wrong. Chesterton, with his characteristic wit and insight, challenges perceptions of virtue and vice.

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  How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the...

  Dojyomaru

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  THE ENLIGHTENMENT BEGINS! Souma visits Lagoon City, where he finds Castor waiting for him. But Souma is prepared for the encounter, and has an ace up his sleeve! Castor is left dumbstruck when the king unveils a top secret project he's had the National Defense Force working on. Just what is Souma planning, and what role does he intend his disgraced former General to play in it?

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  The Five Orange Pips - Sherlock...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  John Openshaw tells Holmes that in 1883 his uncle died two months after receiving a letter inscribed "K.K.K." with five orange pips enclosed, and that in 1885 his father died soon after receiving a similar letter; now Openshaw himself has received such a letter. Holmes tells him to do as the letter asks and leave a diary page, which Holmes deduces is connected to the Ku Klux Klan, on the garden sundial. Openshaw is killed before he can do so, but Holmes discovers the killers have been travelling on a sailing ship, and sends the captain a letter with five orange pips. The ship is lost at sea.

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  Conned

  Sharon K Angelici

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  For Ella Eastman, firefighting is life. She’s devoted her body to being the best, but everyone needs a break from reality once in a while. 
  For Morgan Hail, art is life, but she has to make a living. 
  Their lives collide when television fandoms intersect at The Blacktree Comic Palooza. Morgan’s captivating fanart leads to a heated misunderstanding, and a cosplay contest brings these two women together–though only one of them knows the truth. This unlikely pairing heats up when their real-world lives collide, but what will happen to their budding romance when Ella reveals her secret identity? And can they find a way to make things work when Ella’s job hits a little too close to home? 
  Conned is a story of love, loss, new beginnings, and fandom. 
  Trigger warning: child death, fire trauma and suicide

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  Carol of Shadows

  A. M. Keen

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  On a cold and bitter Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge is dragged into a nightmare forged from the darkest corners of his soul. When the ghost of his long-dead partner, Jacob Marley, appears with a dire warning of damnation, Scrooge is thrust into a harrowing journey through time. His beloved sister, Fan, pulls him into the scars of the past. Dr Jekyll exposes the brutality of his present, while Jack the Ripper and Victor Frankenstein guide him into a future dripping with blood. 
  Together, they rip the veil from Victorian London, revealing its corruption, starving children, and the suffering Scrooge’s greed has helped to create. On this night of shadows, he will witness not only the world he has built, but the monstrous truth of what he has become. 
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  This is a retelling of "A Christmas Carol", not a narration of the original work.

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  What the Dead Can Do

  Peter Rosch

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  A young child’s fate is at stake in a deadly battle between his deceased parents in this gripping and profoundly original psychological thriller, perfect for fans of What Have You Done and Middle of the Night.
   
  When a commercial flight crashes, all 184 people on board perish—with the singular exception of a two-year-old boy named Ethan, who’s entrusted to family friends Matthew and Nicole per his late parents’ wishes.
   
  From the afterlife, Ethan’s parents, Tag and Amanda, watch helplessly as Nicole’s secret addictions, the family’s financial struggles, and the public’s fascination with their story ignite events that threaten their son’s welfare.  Soon, Amanda’s grief turns into an insidious obsession: Ethan belongs with her and no one else, and she sets out to reunite with her son by any means possible—including killing Ethan herself.After Amanda learns how to possess the living, only Tag stands in her way. He must protect his child, even if the consequences of his actions mean he may never see his wife or son again.What The Dead Can Do is a dark, psychological, speculative thriller tinged with horror, destined to keep readers’ minds spinning long after the final page.

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