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  The Minerva Club

  Victor Canning

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  The Minerva Club might look like any other London gentlemen’s club but behind its respectable and discreet façade, some of the most ambitious schemes for heists, money-making and evasion of the law are being worked out. It’s an exclusive club for criminals. Entry qualification: members must have served a prison sentence of two years minimum. Though the club’s criminal ventures don’t always go as planned… 
   
  From trying to break into an old prison cell and stealing a stash of jewels hidden during a previous incarceration, love getting in the way during a hideout from the police, a cleverly planned break-in being interrupted by an unexpected guest, to figuring out where to steal a last-minute wedding cake – the club’s amiable criminals somehow always achieve their goal in the most surprising ways. 
   
  This collection of five short stories follows the Minerva Club’s (mis)adventures and evokes the very best of humorous classic crime fiction.

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  Yowls in the Yarrow

  Dale Mayer

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  Riches to rags. ... Marriage is wonderful. … Divorce can be ugly. … Chaos surrounds both … Doreen has had enough of her estranged husband’s antics, but, when he shows up dead in the garden outside her favorite Chinese food restaurant, she’s horrified and anxious. And, of course, in the eyes of the rest of the world, … guilty.There’s no Doreen for her to call to help out this time, … but she knows Mack has her back, although he’s being questioned too. The police force rallies around her, as their history rips apart her former life and finds out that all her suspicions about Mathew were correct, and he’d been in deep trouble.The trick now is to make sure that said trouble died with him and won’t carry over to Doreen. Good luck with that. Between her animals, the police, and every other well-meaning resident trying to help, Doreen knows she could be in bigger trouble than ever …

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  Make Take Murder

  Joanna Campbell Slan

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  DUMPSTER DIVING FOR HER LOST PAYCHECK IS DEFINITELY THE LOW POINT OF KIKI LOWENSTEIN'S DAY—THAT IS, UNTIL SHE FINDS A SEVERED LEG IN THE TRASH. 
   
   
   
  Who'd toss a body part in the garbage outside of Time in a Bottle, the crafts store where Kiki works? 
   
   
   
  Accompanying the grisly "gift" is a creepy computerized voice message, a warning to the store's "rich and snotty" female shoppers. Kiki soon discovers that the amputated leg belonged to a customer with a tyrannical and violent husband, a powerful man in the community. And that jerk is now harassing Kiki. 
   
   
   
  Kiki decides she's had enough. She can't wait passively on the sidelines. Combing through the customer's scrapbook projects for hidden clues, Kiki takes it on herself to find the killer. 
   
   
   
  Meanwhile, drama inside the crafts store builds to a fevered pitch. Kiki keeps trying to make friends with her new co-worker. Why is the other girl so stand-offish? Kiki's feelings and her ego are wounded. In fact, the pain is deep enough to lead Kiki into temptation. And that brings out the worst in our spunky heroine. Can Kiki make amends in time to save her job? And figure out whether her abused customer is missing in action or dead as a doornail?

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  Book summary & analysis of The...

  Briefly Summaries

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  This is a concise summary and analysis of The Mysterious Affair at Styles, by Agatha Christie. It is not the original book and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Agatha Christie. Ideal for those seeking a quick and insightful overview.
   
  In a quiet English country manor during World War I, a wealthy matriarch is found poisoned under suspicious circumstances. The household, filled with eccentric relatives and secretive guests, becomes the center of a murder investigation. Enter Hercule Poirot, a meticulous Belgian detective with a brilliant mind for detail and deduction. As he unravels a web of motives, lies, and hidden alliances, Poirot must sift through red herrings and personal dramas to expose the culprit in a gripping and cunningly plotted mystery.

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  Sherlock Holmes and the Sultan's...

  William K. Stewart, F. E....

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  Sherlock Holmes is called to the London Zoo to investigate the treacherous murder of an unusual victim. While Scotland Yard ascribes little significance to the case, Holmes believes he has uncovered a politically motivated assassination.

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  I Know You Killed Them

  J.A. Leake, Jack McSporran

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  I know you did it. I know you killed them… 
  Admitted to a remote psychiatric hospital, Sadie, a troubled teen and self-diagnosed psychic, believes she doesn’t need to be institutionalized. Not that it stops the medical staff from keeping her locked up under careful watch. 
  As Sadie navigates the confines of her new surroundings, intense therapy sessions with a doctor she doesn’t trust, new medications, and the erratic personalities of the other residents, her special abilities begin to unveil a disturbing truth. 
  Haunted by horrific premonitions of the murders of her fellow inpatients, she tries to ignore the supposed intrusive thoughts. But when a girl’s body is discovered, and the death is ruled as a suicide, Sadie knows in her gut it’s a lie. If she’s correct and her prophetic dreams are true, then someone plans to pick off the residents one by one. 
  With time running out and no one willing to believe her, Sadie must trust her troubled mind with a determined resolve to discover who the killer is before she ends up their next victim. 
  A perfect read for fans of Karen M. McManus, E. Lockhart, and Holly Jackson, this tense psychological thriller promises to keep you guessing until the very last page.

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