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  Advance Agent - and The Spy

  Christopher Anvil, Richard...

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  Step into the thrilling world of espionage and intrigue with our exclusive digital audiobook collection featuring "Advance Agent" by Christopher Anvil and "The Spy" by Richard Harding Davis. 
   
  These gripping tales of covert operations, espionage, and international intrigue will transport you to the heart of the action. In "Advance Agent," Anvil weaves a captivating narrative of secret agents, double-crosses, and a race against time to save the world. With expertly crafted characters and pulse-pounding suspense, you'll be on the edge of your seat from the very first chapter. Meanwhile, "The Spy" by Richard Harding Davis offers a classic tale of espionage set against the backdrop of World War I. As you listen to this riveting story, you'll become immersed in a world of danger, espionage, and unexpected alliances that will keep you captivated until the very end.

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  Board Stiff

  Elaine Viets

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  : Husband and wife PI team Helen and Phil are hired to investigate a customer’s death at Sunny Jim’s Stand-Up Paddleboard on South Florida’s Riggs Beach. Life for Sunny Jim has been one catastrophe after another: cutthroat competitors are poaching his territory, a restaurant owner wants to turn his beach spot into a parking lot, the city wants to revoke his license, and now the husband of the dead paddleboarder has filed a wrongful death suit. Helen and Phil discover dark undercurrents of corruption behind the facades of cute beachfront businesses, as well domestic secrets. Helen and Phil have to solve this crime soon, before they’re all up a creek without a paddle.

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  Friendly Fire - Nik Byron...

  Mark Pawlosky

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  In the tradition of the best legal and political thrillers, Friendly Fire is an explosive tale of greed, revenge, treason, and murder.  
   
  When Geoffrey Tate, one of the world’s richest individuals and the CEO of Yukon, the country’s preeminent artificial intelligence company, is shot and killed by his young trophy wife, it’s going to grab headlines. And seasoned Newshound reporter Nik Byron intends to be the one generating them. But Nik’s investigation quickly leads him down a treacherous path he didn’t foresee.  
   
  The sensational trial that follows Tate’s death threatens to derail Bullwhip—the military’s next generation of AI-inspired war machines—and scramble the fortunes of political heavyweights and Pentagon brass alike. His journalistic instincts aroused, Nik embarks on an uncertain hunt for the truth that takes him deep into the murky worlds of Washington lobbyists, the military-industrial complex, and the Saudi intelligence apparatus.  
   
  Undermined by a vindictive boss and a jealous rival reporter, Nik turns to trusted Newshound colleagues, Mia Landry and Patrick “Mo” Morgan—as well as a Pentagon whistleblower—to land his story and unravel the mystery surrounding Tate’s death. But in doing so Nik risks alienating Samantha Whyte, the chief investigator for the Northern Virginia County Sheriff’s Department and his lover. Worse still, the story puts him in the sights of a contract killer.

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  Fabric Bolt Fiasco The: A Cozy...

  Hang Nguyen

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  🧵 Fabric shop owner and textile expert Cotton Wright is preparing for the annual Quilter's Convention when the event's main fabric supplier—a ruthless textile magnate—is found dead in her store, buried under a collapsed display of fabric bolts. The police suspect a tragic accident, but Cotton notices the bolts were deliberately cut to weaken them and the victim's order forms contain coded messages about fabric quality. With her shop temporarily closed and the quilting community in chaos, Cotton must measure up as an investigator. Assisted by her quilting bee and the handsome textile chemist analyzing fabric samples, Cotton uncovers a scheme involving counterfeit luxury fabrics, fraudulent fiber content, and a black market for stolen textile designs. From suspicious selvage markings that reveal unauthorized reproduction to dye lots that don't match factory records, every yard tells a story. But when Cotton discovers the victim was systematically diluting luxury fabrics with synthetic fibers while charging premium prices, she realizes the killer is protecting customers from a textile scam more tangled than a knotted thread. With the convention just days away and the real culprit still cutting corners, Cotton must unravel this fabric fiasco before her own bolt gets permanently measured out.

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  Our Mutual Friend Volume 3

  Charles Dickens

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  In "Our Mutual Friend," Charles Dickens crafts an intricate tapestry of lives intertwined by fate in Victorian London. As the narrative unfolds across two volumes, John Harmon, presumed dead, returns as "John Rokesmith," navigating the murky waters of social class and greed while growing closer to Bella Wilfer. Meanwhile, Silas Wegg's deceptive dealings threaten Lizzie Hexam's engagement to Bradley Headstone. Tragedy befalls Lizzie as Gaffer Hexam's drowning unravels secrets, and Mr. Boffin grapples with his own transformation under the influence of wealth and affection. In Volume 3, John and Bella work to rectify past wrongs and forge new beginnings, while love, forgiveness, sacrifice, and redemption play pivotal roles in their lives. As the novel reaches its climax, "Our Mutual Friend" delves deep into the human condition, exploring themes of moral complexity and the power of love amidst societal corruption.

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  Faded Coat of Blue

  Ralph Peters

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  The first Major Abel Jones Civil War mystery. “Immensely rewarding . . . irresistibly readable . . . finely wrought . . . a genuine novel of ideas.” —The Washington PostWinner of the Herodotus Award In this winning blend of history and mystery, Owen Parry brings to life the story of Abel Jones, a Welsh immigrant and Union army officer. Jones finds himself mysteriously chosen as a confidential agent to General George McClellan. No stranger to the cruel paradoxes of war, he is asked to investigate the death of Anthony Fowler, a young volunteer captain shot through the heart. Set against the backdrop of battles and bordellos, of the intrigues of war-time Washington and the elegant mansions of old Philadelphia, Faded Coat of Blue paints a deeply moving portrait of the United States in the midst of our harshest trial.   Fowler’s murder is blamed on the Confederates, but whispers haunt the death of the fallen martyr, leading Abel Jones from the blood of the battlefield into a web of secrets and sinister relationships where evil and good intertwine . . . and where heroes fall prey to those who cherished them the most. “A marvelous historical fiction work for Civil War buffs and for mystery lovers who simply appreciate a novel rich in language.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch“Impeccably researched and energetically written . . . thoroughly believable . . . exciting, heartbreaking.” —Chicago Tribune “Jones’s narrative voice is a feast of fine language . . . ingeniously authentic.” —Publishers Weekly

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