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  Darkling Light and Other Short...

  J Richards, Miles Arden

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  DARKLING LIGHT AND OTHER SHORT STORIES – 3rd Edition 
  You won’t learn anything by being comfortable. 
  A misguided attempt at redemption by a former hitman. 
  A vengeful anti-hero. 
  A dead man’s second chance at love — in the future. 
  A regretful prisoner. 
  A sleepwalker convinced he’s a killer. 
  From Amazon bestselling authors JJ Richards (crime fiction) and Miles Arden (sci-fi), this dark and gripping collection of ten short stories blends horror, mystery, and speculative fiction in bite-sized, high-impact reads. 
  "I loved this collection of short stories" — ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rowena Hoseason, Amazon Top 1000 Reviewer (1st Edition) 
  “Tales of the unexpected, with a dash of Stephen King, and a sprinkle of the Twilight Zone.” — ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon Reviewer (1st Edition) 
  “A creative mash of slight insanity, dark humour and thrash ideas – it shouldn’t make any sense at all... but I’m glad it does.” — ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon Reviewer (1st Edition) 
  With elements of horror, thriller, dystopian sci-fi, and dark humour, these stories are perfect for readers who enjoy Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Black Mirror, or Inside No. 9. Whether you’ve got fifteen minutes or half an hour, there’s a story here to pull you into the dark — and leave something behind. 
  Genres: Horror / Thriller / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Dystopian / Apocalyptic / Humour 
  Fans of Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Philip K. Dick, or Charlie Brooker are sure to find something to love. 
  Buy the collection today and dive into ten twisted tales of dark possibility!

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  Candy Canes Canines & Crime

  Kathy Manos Penn

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  The halls are decked with holly. But can anyone be jolly when a precious pet vanishes without a trace? 
   
   
   
  The Cotswolds. Leta Parker is happy the holidays are here again. Looking forward to a little relaxation after a harrowing murder case, the fifty-something widow can't wait to unwrap gifts with her beau. But the Yuletide cheer turns sour when her delightful doggo Dickens dashes out the door with a canine companion and doesn't return. 
   
   
   
  Distraught when none of her posted notices produces leads on the furry fugitives, Leta and the Little Old Ladies' Detective Agency turn their sleuthing skills toward sniffing out pooches. But with the trail going as cold as the late-December air and dastardly dognappers at large, she fears the only thing in her stocking this year will be coal. 
   
   
   
  Can Leta unravel the Christmas caper in time to make the season merry and bright? 
   
   
   
  Candy Canes, Canines & Crime is the entertaining eighth book in the Dickens & Christie cozy mystery series. If you like dedicated heroines, whip-smart seniors, and fabulously fun puzzles, then you'll love Kathy Manos Penn's splendid sleigh ride.

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  Beacon Brodie - A Losers Club...

  Yvonne Vincent

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  Fit a sotter! The Major Investigations Team is on the island and Sergeant Wilson is a woman on a mission.  She must solve the murder of the lighthouse keeper before the MIT eat all the good police biscuits.  The DCI might have ordered her to do door-to-door enquiries, but she was la-la-la-not-listening at the time.  Convinced that the answer lies in Beacon Brodie’s mysterious past, she has instead conscripted the best of the Losers Club minions to discover the truth.   
   
  In the meantime, Gordon and Jim (the Z team) are relegated to discovering the identity of the Vik Vigilante, a shadowy figure exacting revenge on the citizens of Vik.  Why did a celebrity appear naked behind an ornamental magnolia in the garden centre?  Who forced a journalist to eat his own words?  And…gasp…could the vigilante be the killer? 
   
  As the Losers Club friends uncover a midden of lies and deceit, they realise that something far more sinister is at play, and sometimes the truth is best left buried.

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  The Makeweight

  Philip Davison

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  Jack Hinkley, the underachieving MI6 Station Head in Barcelona, is tired of watching the cable-car ply between the harbour and Montjuïc from his office window. But when a hijacked plane is forced to refuel at Barcelona, where it is successfully stormed, among the surviving passengers seen disembarking live on shaky long-focus television lenses are two KGB agents of interest. The natural order of things in the shadow world is suddenly out of kilter.
  So begins a run of close surveillance, kidnapping and coercion that ultimately leads to a hunt for a mole in London. Once again, our man, Jack, finds himself marginalised. Instead of sinking in the toxic inertia, he uses the time to help his brother get back on track, and to rebuild his relationship with his estranged wife. Then, in a street of cramped houses in Chelsea, somebody fires a shot at him. In the shadow world, lessons are learnt late – sometimes, too late.
  The Makeweight is a remarkable spy thriller from the 1980s, which will resonate with a new generation of readers, by a writer described by the Independent as "part le Carré, part Graham Greene".

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  The Body at Rookery Barn - A...

  Kate Hardy

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  Outside, Rookery Barn glows in the mid-morning sunshine while fat bees flit lazily between the forget-me-nots. Inside, a body lies dead…
  
   
  Widowed Georgina Drake has no regrets about moving to beautiful, sleepy Little Wenborough in rural Norfolk. Until she opens the door to her rental property and finds the dead body of her latest guest, irritable university professor Roland Garnett. And on top of that she’s suddenly hearing a woman’s voice through her hearing aids.
  
   
  Completely shaken by the discovery, Georgina can hardly believe it when the police conclude that Professor Garnett was poisoned, with a dinner delivered by Georgina herself. Is she about to be accused of murder? Georgina needs to pull herself together, try to ignore the distracting voice, and clear her name!
  
   
  Asking around, it seems Roland Garnett offended half the village during his three-week stay and made unwelcome advances to the rest. But who was provoked enough to poison him? Georgina’s best lead is the deadly oleander found in Roland’s system. Her gardener, Young Tom, had access to the plant, but before she can talk to him Tom becomes the killer’s next victim.
  
   
  As the crimes mount up, so do the clues, but does Georgina have what it takes to follow them to their conclusion? Even when her amateur sleuthing puts her next in the killer’s sights…?
  
   
  An addictive and completely gripping cosy crime novel. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Faith Martin and Midsomer Murders.

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  Wicked Spirits: Mysteries Spine...

  Tony Medawar

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  It is said that books are written to bring sunshine into our dull, grey lives – to show us places we want to escape to, lives we want to live, people we want to love. But there are also stories that can only be found in the deepest, darkest corners of the library. Stories about the unexplained, of lost souls, of things that go bump before the silence. Before the screaming. 
  And some stories just disappear. Stories printed in old newspapers, broadcast live on the wireless, sometimes not even published at all – these are the stories you cannot find on even the dustiest of library shelves. 
  This follow-up volume to the bestselling Ghosts from the Library resurrects forgotten tales of the supernatural by some of the most accomplished mystery authors of all time. Close the windows. Draw the curtains. Just don’t let the lights go out… 
  The Wicked Spirits series, edited by Tony Medawar, is a sequel that takes traditional horror to new heights. This anthology of thrillers is a masterclass in suspenseful fiction, with each story more chilling than the last. 
  For fans of Otto Penzler (The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries), and Leslie S. Klinger (H.P. Lovecraft). 
  HarperCollins 2024

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