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  Dead as Gold - A beautifully...

  Bonnie Burke-Patel

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  A Love Reading Star Book and Best Book of the Year Pick
  'Melding modern mystery with fairy tale truths, this engrossing gothic crime novel is a thrilling, lyrical triumph' Love Reading.
  From Bonnie Burke-Patel, author of I Died at Fallow Hall, shortlisted for the 2025 Betty Trask Award, CWA Gold Dagger, and the Theakstons Old Peculier McDermid Debut Award.
  Adam Conlan has made a new life for himself in Morrow-on-Sea. After a wild youth, the goldsmith had settled down, determined to be around for his young son. But now Ophelia Richards appears at his studio door, asking if he will buy her gold. The writer entices and unsettles him; he sees she is adrift in the same cold pain and loneliness as he is.
  At the same time, faces begin appearing at the studio window, an unwelcome gift arrives in the post, gold goes missing.
  Then comes death, then comes Detective Inspector William Kent.
  Woven through with Morrow's fairy tales, Dead as Gold is a modern gothic crime novel veined with love, violence, family, and desire. Humans still use fairy tales to explore their deepest truths. So who is a wolf, and who is a sparrow?

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  The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon

  Washington Irving

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  A charming collection of essays, stories, and observations written by the fictional narrator Geoffrey Crayon, blending nostalgia, humor, and vivid descriptions, the work explores both American and European culture. Iconic tales like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" highlight rural life and folklore, while other pieces reflect on travel, history, and human nature. Through Crayon’s eyes, readers encounter quaint villages, historic sites, and timeless traditions. This eclectic mix celebrates imagination, storytelling, and the shared experiences that connect people across time and place.

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  A Case for the Candle Maker

  Candace Havens

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  Play with candles and you might get burned . . . 
   
   
   
  Ainsley McGregor has her hands full preparing for Sweet River's Valentine's Day celebration and her bestie's wedding. So when a mysterious woman pitches selling her candles in Ainsley's shop, Bless Your Art, Ainsley nearly blows her off. But the candle's fragrance is evocative, and she can't resist placing an order. 
   
   
   
  The candles are a hit, quickly selling out, but when Ainsley calls the woman to buy more, she's unreachable. Hoping to connect, Ainsley and her Great Dane, George Clooney, stop by the local bed and breakfast. When George whines outside her room, Ainsley is afraid to look. She soon discovers that the candle maker is dead—in a room that was locked from the inside. 
   
   
   
  Although her brother, the town sheriff, is on the case, Ainsley believes the prime suspect is innocent. Intent to prove it, Ainsley once again drops into sleuth mode, discovering some surprising truths about the mystery woman. But has she just put herself in the killer's crosshairs? 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  With Vengeance (A Maeve Sharp...

  Rylie Dark

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  This recording has been digitally produced by Rylie Dark, using a synthesized version of an audiobook narrator’s voice under license. FBI Special Agent Maeve Sharp, a rising star in the BAU, decides to leave behind a shining career when she transfers to Las Vegas to come back home to her dying mother and incarcerated brother. But the Vegas field office needs her when victims of a new killer are found, some thrown from the tallest buildings. What is the missing link? And who will this killer target next?
  
  “A brilliant book. I couldn’t put it down and I never guessed who the murderer was!”
  —Reader review for Only Murder
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  WITH VENGEANCE is book #3 in a new series by #1 bestselling and critically acclaimed mystery and suspense author Rylie Dark, whose books have received over 2,000 five-star reviews and ratings. 
  
  FBI Special Agent Maeve Sharp never got over her sister’s disappearance when they were teenagers, the case gone cold, the feeling that just maybe she is still out there, somewhere. It ruined her family and destroyed her father who, once a decorated cop on the LVPD, now sits alone in a dilapidated trailer in the middle of nowhere, refusing to reconcile with her. It wrecked her brother, too, leading to lockup after lockup, as he pleads with Maeve to help get her out. And it wrecked her mom most of all, who in her dying days can think of nothing else.
  
  Maeve though she got away from it all when she transferred to Quantico and made a career for herself.
  
  But the past has a way of calling, of bringing back dark and unresolved memories. And Maeve has stepped right back into, ready, this time, to wrestle her darkest demons while she hunts down new serial killers….
  
  A cat-and-mouse thriller with harrowing twists and turns and filled with heart-pounding suspense, the MAEVE SHARP mystery series offers a fresh twist on the genre as it introduces two brilliant protagonists who will make you fall in love and keep you turning pages late into the night.
  
  Future books in the series are also available.
  
  “I loved this thriller, read it in one sitting. Lots of twists and turns and I didn’t guess the
  culprit at all… Already pre-ordered the second!”
  —Reader review for Only Murder
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  “This book takes off with a bang… An excellent read, and I'm looking forward to the next book!”
  —Reader review for SEE HER RUN
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  “Fantastic book! It was hard to put down. I can’t wait to see what happens next!”
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  “The twists and turns kept coming. Can't wait to read the next book!”
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  “A must-read if you enjoy action-packed stories with good plots!”
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  “I really like this author and this series starts with a bang. It will keep you turning the pages till the end of the book and wanting more.”
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  “I can't say enough about this author! How about ‘out of this world’! This author is going to go far!”
  —Reader review for ONLY MURDER
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  “I really enjoyed this book… The characters were alive, and the twists and turns were great. It will keep you reading till the end and leave you wanting more.”
  —Reader review for NO WAY OUT
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  “This is an author that I highly recommend. Her books will have you begging for more.”
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  The Adventure of the Sussex...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire", written by British author Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 Sherlock Holmes stories collected between 1921 and 1927 as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in the January 1924 issues of The Strand Magazine in London and Hearst's International Magazine in New York.
  Holmes receives an odd letter that makes reference to vampires. Mr. Robert Ferguson, who comes to 221B Baker Street the next morning, has become convinced that his Peruvian second wife has been sucking their baby son's blood. By his first wife, he has a 15-year-old son named Jack, who suffered an unfortunate accident as a child and now, although he can still walk, he does not have the full use of his legs. After the bloodsucking began, Jack has unaccountably been struck twice by his stepmother, although Mr. Ferguson cannot imagine why. Ever since being found out by her husband, she has locked herself in her room and refused to come out. Only her Peruvian maid, Dolores, is allowed in. She takes Mrs. Ferguson her meals.

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  Thistlewood Manor: A Dollop of...

  Fiona Grace

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  "Very entertaining. I highly recommend this book to the permanent library of any reader that appreciates a very well written mystery, with some twists and an intelligent plot. You will not be disappointed. Excellent way to spend a cold weekend!"--Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (regarding Murder in the Manor)THISTLEWOOD MANOR: A DOLLOP OF DEATH (AN ELIZA MONTAGU COZY MYSTERY—BOOK 2) is Book #2 in a charming 1920s cozy mystery series by Fiona Grace, #1 bestselling author of Murder in the Manor, which has over 300 five star reviews!For centuries, Thistlewood Manor has stood as home to the Montagu family, a beacon to British aristocracy in rural England. But it’s 1928, and in this new age of women’s rights, Eliza Montagu, 27, a free spirit, has turned her back on her family to live an artist’s life in London.Yet after Eliza is summoned home, she decides to stay (for now) to help her father run the ailing family business. The presence of her childhood best friend, Oliver, also gives her a reason to stay, as she wonders if their unfulfilled romance might ever come to fruition.Fall has arrived, bringing to town major Fall festivals and celebrations in the gorgeous countryside—and yet also bringing to town a female suitor who wastes no time trying to woo Oliver away. Seeing Eliza as her rival, the suitor does everything she can to malign her and make her life miserable.And when a servant turns up dead, poisoned by a slice of pie meant for Eliza, all eyes fall on the suitor. Did she mean to murder Eliza? Was the pie meant for someone else in the family? Or for the suitor herself?Eliza, realizing she is implicated, is forced to solve the perplexing murder—and ends up utterly stunned at what she discovers.A charming historical cozy mystery series that transports readers back in time, THISTLEWOOD MANOR is mystery at its finest: spellbinding, atmospheric and impossible to put down. A page-turner packed with shocking twists, turns and a mystery that’s hard to solve, it will leave you reading late into the night, all while you fall in love with its unforgettable heroine.Book #3 in the series (CALAMITY AT THE BALL) is now also available.

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