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  A Slash of Emerald - A Dr Julia...

  Patrice McDonough

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  London, 1867: Among the genteel young ladies of London society, painting is a perfectly acceptable pastime—but a woman who dares to pursue art as a profession is another prospect, indeed. Dr. Julia Lewis, familiar with the disrespect afforded women in untraditional careers, is hardly surprised when Scotland Yard shows little interest in complaints made by her friend, Mary Allingham, about a break-in at her art studio. Mary is just one of many "lady painters" being targeted by vandals. 
   
   
   
  Painters' sitters are vanishing, too—women viewed by some as dispensable outcasts. Inspector Richard Tennant, however, takes the attacks seriously, suspecting they're linked to the poison-pen letters received by other members of the Allingham family. For Julia, the issue is complicated by Tennant's previous relationship with Mary's sister-in-law, Louisa, and by her own surprising reaction to that entanglement. 
   
   
   
  But when someone close to them commits suicide and a woman turns up dead, the case can no longer be so easily ignored by "respectable" society. Layer after layer, Julia and Tennant scrape away the facts of the case like paint from a canvas. What emerges is a somber picture of vice, depravity, and deception stretching from London's East End to the Far East—with a killer at its center, determined to get away with one last, grisly murder . . .

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  Gingerbread Gumshoe The: A Cozy...

  Hoang Nguyen

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  🍪 Ginger "Gigi" Breadman, owner of The Sweet Solution bakery, is known for her intricate gingerbread houses and sharp eye for detail. When the town's wealthy benefactor collapses during the annual Winter Wonderland Festival after eating one of Gigi's signature gingerbread cookies, she finds herself in a sticky situation. The police suspect food poisoning, but Gigi knows her recipes are flawless. Determined to protect her reputation and uncover the truth, she uses her culinary expertise to investigate. With help from her retired detective grandfather and a handsome food scientist, Gigi analyzes edible evidence, from toxically decorated cookies to sabotaged baking supplies. She discovers a trail of clues baked into pastry designs and hidden in recipe codes. But as she follows the crumbs through the town's sweetest traditions and sourest rivalries, Gigi realizes someone is cooking up another deadly recipe—and she might be the main ingredient.

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  The Complete Addlestone Chronicles

  Douglas Kuehn

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  Step into the shadowed corridors of history with "The Complete Addlestone Chronicles," an immersive box set that gathers the enthralling three-part saga of espionage, deep-seated love, and unwavering courage set against the tumultuous backdrop of 1930s Europe. As fascism rises and the world edges closer to war, two British spies, James Harcourt-Heath and Louise de la Béré, are swept into the heart of darkness, where every shadow harbors threats, and every alliance is tested. 
  Book 1: Addlestone sets the stage in an England under the tightening grip of Adolf Hitler. James and Louise, two Cambridge undergraduates, unwittingly step into the intricate dance of espionage. Their journey through Paris, Munich, Vienna, and Berlin pits them against a sinister Nazi cell on English soil, as they struggle to balance the scales of trust and love against their perilous mission. 
  Book 2: Lebensborn delves deeper into the horrors of Nazi eugenics through the chilling Lebensborn programme, intent on birthing a "Master Race." Now seasoned agents of MI5, James and Louise navigate the deceptive glitter of the 1936 Olympic Games and the shadows of Germany, Italy, and France. Their fight against tyranny intensifies, challenging them to safeguard humanity from a dark future. 
  Book 3: Magdalene reveals the dual horrors of Nazi ambitions and the Irish Magdalene Laundries. In their most personal mission yet, the couple confronts not only external enemies but the insidious abuse within these institutions. From the depths of espionage to the heights of philanthropy, they champion the cause of justice and morality, linking the past's shadows with the present's looming threats.

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  Murder Is No Laughing Matter

  Larry Names

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  Three guests at the plushest hotel in Los Angeles die in their beds under mysterious circumstances. The hotel manager breathes a sigh of relief because he believes in the old superstition that bad things happen in a cycle of three. LAPD Detective Ed Browning and his partner arenʼt buying the managerʼs tale. They start investigating and soon hear the story that the sister of the dead girl is seeing her sisterʼs ghost, talking to her, and learning her death was not by natural causes. More suspicious than ever, Browning and his partner then are suddenly told to back off by their captain. This makes them even more doubtful that two old people and one young girl died of natural causes in the same hotel. Since they canʼt officially investigate, they turn to their friend Maisy Malone for help. Maisy rounds up a cadre of fellow amateur sleuths and sends them out to do the leg work Browning and his partner canʼt do. Maisy and company hit the streets and highways to dig up evidence, and in four days they meet at the same hotel with their witnesses and suspects.

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  In the Garden (Unabridged)

  Rosalie Parker

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  Rosalie Parker runs the independent UK publishing house Tartarus Press with R. B. Russell. Her previous collections include The Old Knowledge (Swan River Press 2010) and Damage (PS Publishing 2016). "In the Garden" was selected for Best New Horror 21 (2010), and "Random Flight" for Best British Horror 2015. Rosalie lives in Coverdale, North Yorkshire, the magnificent landscape of which inspires and sometimes provides the settings for her writing.
  IN THE GARDEN: It really is a lovely day. I'm not used to sitting in the garden, basking in the pleasant weather and enjoying the fruits of my labour. I spend most of my time here weeding and pruning, so I'm grateful for the opportu-nity to laze around for a change, watching the flower heads bob gently in the soft breeze, listening to the drowsy hum of the bees as they gorge on the comfrey blossoms.

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  Every Deadly Suspicion

  Janice Cantore

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  Thirty years after a federal agent and two suspects disappeared in the wilderness, the case is cold, and they’ve never been found. Now their suspected killer is about to go free. But is the truth really what it seems? In Dry Oaks, California, Chief of Police Hanna Keyes has long believed her father, Joe, is a murderer, justly imprisoned. When she’s told he’s dying and is being given compassionate release from prison, she wants nothing to do with him. But taking him in might be Hanna’s one shot at cracking the cold case, so she reluctantly agrees to oversee his care.  Joe’s arrival in Dry Oaks seems to set off a chain reaction of crimes. Then an infamous true-crime podcaster comes sniffing for information, and Hanna’s first love, Jared, shows up just when she least needs the distraction. As Hanna tries to convince Joe to reveal what he knows about the missing persons, evidence in the cold case surfaces at a suspiciously rapid pace . . . suggesting there’s more to the murders than people thought.  With Joe’s strength failing, Hanna and her colleagues look for answers, not only about the past but also about recent criminal dealings in Dry Oaks. As the puzzle pieces start to fit together, it becomes clear that there’s a sinister plot at work, far more wide-reaching than anyone suspected, and that someone is desperate to silence the truth at any cost.

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