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  A Comedy of Terrors

  Tyler Rhodes

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  Disaster struck the morning of the Chucklefest Comedy Festival. Not with a bomb, but with a canine whimper. Vanlife convert Max Effort's best buddy, Anxious the Jack Russell Terrier, managed to disassemble his favorite toy, leaving him bereft. 
   
   
   
  But help was on hand, and Min, Max's ex-wife, hightails it across the country, determined to deliver a replacement bestie. 
   
   
   
  Feeling chilled and in good spirits, Max's mood soon soured when he reached into the festival freezer and discovered a smiling face staring back at him. Shame it wasn't attached to the rest of the comedian's body. 
   
   
   
  Once again the gang are embroiled in a gruesome murder mystery, and it's no laughing matter. Who killed the comedian? 
   
   
   
  As clues are uncovered, everyone becomes a suspect. Trying to fit in a one-pot wonder amidst the chaos was a real challenge for our struggling ex-chef, but he was determined to not only cook a feast but uncover the truth too. 
   
   
   
  Then everything changed, and life would never be the same again, as none of the gang were prepared for what became the most surreal experience of their lives. 
   
   
   
  When another body is discovered, events spiral and it seems like dinner might have to be put on the back burner.

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  Double Takedown (Mike Stoneman...

  Kevin G. Chapman

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  What happens when a cold case cracks wide open? 
  NYPD homicide detectives Mike Stoneman and Jason Dickson are preparing to testify at a high-profile murder trial. They busted the Broadway director, who poisoned his leading actor to collect the insurance money for his doomed show. Or did he? The director claims it was planted to frame him and that Mike and Jason developed tunnel vision. If they did, can they live with themselves, knowing that an innocent man might be convicted . . . and someone else got away with the perfect crime? 
  The prosecutor and their captain order them not to re-opening the closed case. But Mike and Jason are plagued by doubts. When new evidence leads to even more questions, the detectives race to put the pieces together and uncover the whole truth. But their unauthorized investigation could lead to catastrophic collateral damage, could cost them their badges, and the director may still be guilty 
  Read Double Takedown, a fully stand-alone novel and book #6 in the award-winning Mike Stoneman Thriller series.

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  Hidden Motive The: Book Summary...

  Ava Cross

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  This audiobook is an independent and unofficial overview, created solely for educational and informational purposes. It is not associated with, authorized by, or endorsed by the original author or publisher.
  
   
  When a suspicious accident shakes a quiet community, a dedicated doctor and a determined investigator must join forces to uncover the truth. As hidden secrets and old rivalries come to light, they find themselves drawn into a dangerous web of deception where nothing is as it seems. Trust becomes a precious commodity, and survival means facing not only the threats around them but also the motives buried deep within. The Hidden Motive is a gripping story of mystery, courage, and the pursuit of justice against overwhelming odds.

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  Carnival of Lies - From The CWA...

  D. V. Bishop

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  The Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Winning Author'Brilliant' – Ian Rankin'Full of dash and atmosphere' – The TimesVenice. Winter, 1539.When Cesare Aldo learns of a conspiracy to assassinate Duke Cosimo de’ Medici, he is hired to protect the ruler of Florence – with his life, if necessary. The deadly attack that follows leads to bodies, bloodshed . . . and something far more dangerous.Those behind the plot obtain a journal of the duke’s containing explosive secrets that – in the wrong hands – could destroy all of Florence. Aldo must hunt down those responsible and reclaim the journal, or face banishment from the city and everyone he loves.The trail leads him towards the one place Aldo has sworn to never return, a city of masks and lies where he has no allies and far too many enemies: Venice.The fate of a dynasty rests on his shoulders – if he can make it out alive . . .Carnival of Lies is the fifth Cesare Aldo mystery by D. V. Bishop, preceded by A Divine Fury, City of Vengeance, The Darkest Sin and Ritual of Fire.'A brilliantly entertaining historical thriller that twists and turns like the very calli and canali of Venice itself' – Philip Gwynne Jones, author of the Nathan Sutherland Venice mysteries

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  Final Crossing The: A Peregrine...

  Marc Everitt

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  The year is 1881 and the SS Atlantica heads for New York City with first-class passengers expecting the very best of everything, but never expecting murder.  Amongst them, quite by chance, is the finest amateur detective in the British Empire.  When Lord Fothington is stabbed to death, and none with motive could also have been present at the time, Peregrine Sebastopol is intrigued.  When the same victim is inexplicably murdered a second time, Sebastopol faces the most baffling crime he has ever investigated.  He had better beware though, a ruthless killer is still at large, and is not finished yet.

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  HAVAN – The Sacred Fire of Destiny

  Vahinji

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  The Fire Remembers 
  The air was thick with the scent of burning sandalwood and camphor. The dimly lit chamber, hidden deep within the ancient Himalayan monastery, resonated with the rhythmic chants of unseen voices. A single flame flickered in the center, casting elongated shadows on the stone walls covered in cryptic inscriptions. 
  A hunched figure, draped in saffron robes, knelt before the fire. His hands trembled as he traced the sacred symbols carved into the floor—a forgotten script, lost to time. He knew what he was about to do was forbidden. Yet, the prophecy had spoken. The fire had to be awakened once more. 
  He took a deep breath and whispered, "Agni smarati 
  The fire remembers. 
  As he placed the sacred herbs into the flames, the fire roared to life, turning blue, then violet, then an eerie white. The room trembled. Visions danced within the flames—cities rising and falling, kings and sages, battles of past lives. And then… her face appeared. 
  A woman. Eyes filled with longing and sorrow. A seeker, yet unaware of her quest. A soul burdened by karma she did not yet understand. 
  The sage gasped. She was coming. 
  He reached for an ancient scroll, untouched for centuries, and placed it before the fire. The wind howled through the cracks in the walls as the flames consumed the parchment, revealing a prophecy written in embers: 
  "When the lost one finds the fire, the past shall awaken, and destiny shall be rewritten." 
  Far away, in a bustling city of glass towers and ceaseless noise, Vaidehi stirred from her sleep, her heart pounding, her palms burning as if she had touched fire. 
  She did not yet know the path that awaited her. 
  She did not yet know the power hidden in the flames. 
  But the fire had remembered her. 
  And now, it was calling her home.

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