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  The Shepherdess (Ebook Shorts)...

  Jill Eileen Smith

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  A young woman at the mercy of kings... 
   
  A prince whose claim to the throne is challenged... 
   
  One chance to make this life all they imagined it could be. 
   
  Abishag may not be living the joyful life she once had before her oldest brother took over the household, but she can always escape to the fields for solace. There she can let down her veil, sing to the flowers and the sheep, and bask in the warmth of a sun-drenched sky of purest blue. And there she can meet Yaron, the young man she has loved as long as she can remember. Yet even this will be taken from her when men come searching out a beautiful woman to attend the aged King David. 
   
  Enclosed within the high palace walls as part of the king's harem, Abishag wonders what happened to the life she had planned to live. As the king's health deteriorates, his sons contend with each other, hoping to succeed him and take possession of what was his--including his beautiful young attendant . . .

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  The Adventure of the Red Circle

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  The Adventure of the Red Circle is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is included in the anthology His Last Bow.Mrs. Warren, a landlady, comes to 221B Baker Street with some questions about her lodger. A youngish, heavily bearded man, who spoke good but accented English who came to her and offered double her usual rent on the condition that he get the room on his own terms. He went out the first night that he was there, and came back after midnight when the rest of the household had gone to bed. Since then, neither Mrs. Warren, her husband, nor their servant girl has seen him. The lodger insisted on having the Daily Gazette every morning, and sometimes requested other things. All requests were printed on a slip of paper left on a chair outside the room where meals were also left.Mrs. Warren has brought some spent matches and a cigarette end from her lodger, hoping that Holmes can read something from them. It is clear that the cigarette has been smoked without a holder, which is quite unusual for a man with whiskers. He also eats very little, and never receives visitors or messages...Famous works of the author Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Valley of Fear, His Last Bow, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, Stories of Sherlock Holmes, The Lost World.

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  Gone

  Dan Padavona

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  A missing boy. A frantic mother. 
  And a deadly secret awaits Sheriff Thomas Shepherd. 
  Hannah never takes her eyes of her son around strangers. So when her child vanishes at an amusement park, Hannah fears the worst. 
  Working beside Chelsey Byrd and her team of private investigators, Thomas Shepherd looks into the potential abduction. But when disturbing evidence surfaces, the team suspects Hannah isn't telling the truth. 
  Now the sheriff's department begins a countywide search for the boy. With suspicion growing that Hannah is involved in her son's disappearance, the distraught mother will stop at nothing to prove her innocence and get her child back. 
  But can she face the shocking truth surrounding her son's kidnapping?

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  Her Majesty's Servants - The...

  Rudyard Kipling

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  Her Majesty's Servants – one of the stories of The Jungle Book.  The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by English author Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893–1894.
  On the night before a British military parade for the Amir of Afghanistan, the army's working animals—mule, camel, horse, bullock, elephant—discuss what they do in battle and how they feel about their work. It is explained to the Afghans that men and animals obey the orders carried down from the Queen. "'Anybody can be forgiven for being scared in the night,' said the Troop-Horse"…

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  The Icehouse - A Lancashire...

  JJ Richards

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  A Murderer on the Loose. 
  A Detective Haunted by the Past. 
  A Race Against Time. 
  DCI Jonathan Walker is a senior detective for the Lancashire Constabulary in North West England. He’s haunted by events of the past and hell bent on redemption, if he can stay healthy for long enough that is. 
  "A moody, enveloping crime thriller." (SPR Editorial Review) 
  After a body turns up in the sleepy village of Rufford, Walker returns from his leave of absence early, his experience deemed crucial for the case. But when it transpires the crime may be linked to a decades old cold case involving the murder of his sister, the crime becomes personal: he needs this—for his wife and kids, to make amends for past mistakes, and for the current victim—but he must toe the line if he isn’t to be thrown off the case. 
  When more people start to go missing and bodies turn up with the same bizarre signature, Walker and his team realise they have a serial killer on their hands. But time is running out if they want to save more people from dying, and one in particular, and Walker has to consider breaking the law himself to make things right, once and for all. 
  Fans of Ian Rankin, JD Kirk, Matt Brolly, Patricia Gibney, and Michael Connelly will love this! 
  The Icehouse is the stunning debut police procedural crime thriller from JJ Richards. 
  Buy your copy NOW and get into this page-turning, unputdownable series!

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  The Swing of The Pendulum

  Frances Mary Peard

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  The Swing of the Pendulum (1893) by English author Frances Mary Peard is a thoughtful, slow-burning novel that follows a group of English travellers to Norway, only to reveal that the real journey lies in the emotional and moral landscapes they carry within them. Set against the sweeping backdrop of fjords and quaint villages, as well as the contrasting worlds of London society and bustling country houses back in England, the novel explores the delicate balance between societal expectation and personal desires. 
  At its heart, this is a story of friendship, love, and delicate romantic threads - of young women navigating the constraints of Victorian life while quietly questioning the rules that bind them. Simmering beneath the surface are questions of honour and duty, of what is owed to oneself versus what is owed to others. There is romance here - subtle, restrained, and deeply felt - as well as loss, longing, and the slow unfolding of hope. 
  With its richly drawn settings and its sensitivity to the moral and emotional complexities of the time, The Swing of the Pendulum offers a compelling glimpse into a world on the cusp of change.

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