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  Entanglement of choice

  CHRIS BROOKES

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  England, 1916. 
  Since learning that German troops have murdered her estranged parents in Belgium, Alise's life has descended into poverty, crime and prostitution and she refuses to be tamed. But continual hardship eventually breeds disillusionment and resentment and she plots a daring escape, fleeing towards the only man she trusts to help her survive - court missionary Robert Elliott. 
  When introduced to an army intelligence captain, the passionate young woman discovers a new path - toward revenge. And just as despair strikes her dreams, she reaches out to his contact in the Belgium Resistance. 
  Will Alise’s journey toward enemy lines stop her from seeing her 19th birthday?

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  The Adventure of Charles...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes and was published in 1904.
  Holmes is hired by the débutante Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve compromising letters from a blackmailer: Milverton, who causes Holmes more revulsion than any of the 50-odd murderers in his career. Milverton is "the king of blackmailers". He demands £7,000 (over £800,000 in 2015) for the letters, which if given to third parties would cause a scandal that would end Lady Eva's marriage engagement. Holmes offers £2,000, all Lady Eva can pay, but Milverton insists on £7,000. It is worth £7,000 to him, he explains, to make an example of Lady Eva; it is in his long-term interest to ensure that his future blackmail victims would be more "open to reason" and pay him what he wants, knowing he will destroy them if they do not. Holmes resolves to recover the letters by whatever means necessary, as Milverton has placed himself outside the bounds of morality.

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  The Burglar Who Met Frederic Brown

  Lawrence Block

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  Suppose you’re Bernie Rhodenbarr. 
   
  You’ve got a dream job, running your own cozy secondhand bookstore, complete with Raffles, your caudally challenged cat. It’s in Greenwich Village, and your best friend’s dog grooming salon is two doors away, and the two of you lunch together and meet for drinks after work. 
   
  And you’ve got another way to make a buck. Every once in a while you put your conscience on the shelf and let yourself into someone else’s residence, and you leave with more than you came with. You’re a burglar, and you know it’s wrong, but you love it. 
   
  And you’re good at it. You’ve got two ways to make a living, one larcenous, the other literary and legitimate, and you’re good at both of them. 
   
  Nice, huh? 
   
  Until the 21st century pulls the rug out from under you. All of a sudden the streets of your city are so overpopulated with security cameras and closed-circuit TV that you have to lock yourself in the bathroom to have an undocumented moment.  
   
  And locks, which used to provide the recreational pleasure of a moderately challenging crossword puzzle, have become genuinely pickproof. 
   
  Meanwhile, internet booksellers have muscled your legit enterprise into obsolescence. The new breed of customers browse your bookshop, find what they’re looking for, then whip out their phones and order their books online. 
   
  Wonderful. You had two ways to make a living, and neither of them works anymore. 
   
  But suppose you keep on supposing, okay? 
   
  Suppose you wake up one morning in a world just like the one in which you fell asleep—but with a couple of differences. 
   
  The first one you notice doesn’t amount to much. The Metrocard in your wallet has somehow changed color and morphed into what seems to be called a SubwayCard. That’s puzzling, but you swipe it at the turnstile same as always, and it gets you on the subway, so what difference does it make? 
   
  But that’s not the only thing that’s changed. The Internet’s up and running, as robust as ever, but nobody seems to be using it to sell books. Doors are secured not with pickproof electronic gizmos but with good old reliable Rabson locks, the kind you can open with your eyes closed.  
  And what happened to all those security cameras? Where’d they go? 
   
  All of a sudden you’ve got your life back, and your bookshop’s packed with eager customers, and how are you gonna find time to steal something? 
   
  Well, just suppose one of the world’s worst human beings has recently acquired one of the world’s most glamorous gems. When the legendary Kloppmann Diamond is up for grabs, what can you possibly do but grab it? 
   
  And what could possibly go wrong?

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  Without A Doubt

  L. J. Greatrex

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  Following the tragic disappearance of his parents and unborn sibling, Jimmy Giddion is torn from his life in the States to a solitary existence in Africa. During these formative years, he discovers a rare talent for computer hacking and decides to use his skills to find his family, but is soon thrown into a world of corruption embroiled in modern-day diamond mine claim jumping. With the reward for his deception intact and his newly-found ally Paul Max, he embarks on an expedition that fires his imagination as a more sinister element to his family’s last encounter is unearthed.

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  Sea Shells and Christmas Bells

  Donna Walo Clancy

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  Summer had passed, and the holidays were fast approaching. Everyone at the Shipwreck Café was getting ready for The Seashells and Christmas Bells Ball. 
   
   
   
  Jay, true to his word, delivers a letter to the selectman of Anchor Point stating his intentions of taking his privately-owned beach and parking lot back from town use. 
   
   
   
  Sid Swann, a selectman used to getting his own way, confronts Jay in public about his decision and heated words are exchanged. The next morning, Sid is found murdered in his office at the town hall and Jay is the number one suspect. 
   
   
   
  Can he clear his name and find the real murderer when half the town wanted Sid gone? Will Jay be able to restore his reputation in time to sell enough tickets to the ball to help fund his new museum, The Tunnel of Ships? 
   
   
   
  New ghosts and a hundred-year-old mystery add to the hectic holiday season. 
   
   
   
  Come visit Anchor Point where ghosts roam freely, and family is everything.

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  Zoie: I don’t think Jesus did it...

  Jack Webb

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  Immerse yourself in the Cinematic Sound Effects Edition! This author’s personal narration is vividly enhanced with rich ambient sounds and a subtle musical score. 
  When Chris - a troubled young comic - meets a beautiful, wildly unpredictable woman, their story spins into a dark comedy with deep spiritual questions that offer the unexpected hope of redemption. 
  This short-form audiobook delivers a cinematic punch! 
  Chris is a young alcoholic who wants nothing to do with his family’s bizarre mortuary business. He dreams of being a comedian, of making people laugh — but the economy is brutal, his drug habit is getting worse and his life is unraveling fast. 
  Then there’s Zoie. She’s gorgeous, confident, completely unpredictable and she’s got plans of her own. What begins as an offbeat romance turns into a chaotic ride through grief, love, repentance, and faith. 
  Zoie: “I Don’t Think Jesus Did It This Way” is a dark, fast-moving romantic comedy with a very strange spiritual twist. 
  The author, Jack Webb, was born in South Carolina and raised mostly on U.S. Air Force bases in Europe and the southwestern U.S. After college, he worked in the motion picture industry and became a director of photography. While in film production, he honed his addictions to a fine edge. Now many years sober, he writes stories inspired by actual experiences, tales he’s heard, and his own vivid imagination. This is his first novella.

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