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  Murder on a Cornish Isle: A...

  Jo Silva

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  Seven high profile guests 
  An island cut off by a storm 
  Will there be a murder before the weekend is out? 
  After six long months with no new cases for her Cornish detective agency, Donna ‘Deadly’ Nightshade jumps at the chance to spend a weekend undercover on St Michael’s Mount. 
  With seven high profile attendees – including the Home Secretary – this is a high stakes case. As a storm descends on the tidal island, they’re cut off from the rest of the world. Friends turn to enemies and before the rain has ceased it’s not just one murder Donna has to worry about – it’s two… 
  Book 2 in The Edge of the World Detective Agency series, which follows Donna ‘Deadly’ Nightshade – former florist turned private eye – solve a new mystery amidst the dramatic cliffs and secret coves of Cornwall.Readers love Jo Silva: 
  ‘I was very impressed with the whole book…an excellent read with a lovely Cornish feel, one amazing method of murder, a talking parrot and the continuing promise of romance for Donna and Joe’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘A classic cozy mystery with plenty of twists and turns in the plot’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘Packed full of mystery, interesting characters and set in an incredible location’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘I absolutely loved reading this murder mystery book’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘A good cozy mystery with fascinating characters, sneaky twists, and incredible red herrings. Great cozy read!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘5* Quirky/offbeat/crazy British murder mystery. You know when you've enjoyed a book so much that at the end you want to immediately return to page one and start again’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  Jo Silva's Murder on a Cornish Isle is a riveting blend of crime and literary fiction, featuring the best amateur sleuth in the business, Donna Deadly Nightshade. In her latest case, she's pitted against a backdrop of high stakes and deadly secrets, proving once again why she's at the top of her game. 
  For fans of J M Dalgliesh (A Dead Man on Staffin Beach), Peter Boland (THE VANILLA KILLER an absolutely gripping British mystery full of twists), C. S. Harris (Who Will Remember), Clare Chase (Murder in the Fens), and Helen Cox (A Body in the Borderlands). 
  HarperCollins 2023

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  The Book Of Death

  Jack Treby

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  A long forgotten book conceals a dangerous secret. 
  James Faraday is about to turn eighty and his daughter has organised a gathering of friends and family at Woodford Grange to celebrate the big day. There will be a marquee in the garden, plenty of food and drink, and a huge stack of birthday presents. One particular gift, however, is proving difficult to track down.  
  For Simon Turing, who works in the local bookshop, it is just another order; an out of print book of wartime statistics. It only takes a day or two for him to locate a copy.  
  As soon as the book arrives, however, things start to go awry. The shop is burgled. Simon is knocked off his bike on his way to the Grange. And a worker at the estate suffers a fatal accident. Is it just a run of bad luck or are more sinister forces at work? 
  Simon is about to find out.

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  Otobong's Gift

  A Wilson Steele

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  American Alana Eastwood is researching her family tree. Remarkably, Alana traces her Eastwood lineage to an African child, living at Wortley Hall Manor on England's 1801 census. The boy is known as Otobong. 
   
   
   
  Alana believes Otobong to be her earliest traceable ancestor and plans to visit her distant relatives still living in Nottingham. Discovering he was connected to a homicide in 1835 sets Alana on a mission to prove his innocence. 
   
   
   
  Then the body of a man turns up on a beach in Mississippi, eerily close to where Alana's father was born. When the police identify the corpse as her estranged cousin, Sigmund Griegg suspects foul play and gets involved. 
   
   
   
  From an Arabian stallion shipwrecked off Africa in 1798, to a mysterious death at a posh English estate in 1835, to the Renahta Plantation as President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, the international intrigue surrounding Alana's pedigree does not disappoint. 
   
   
   
  The sleuthing team you've come to love knows murder never gets old . . . motives like revenge, greed, and passion are timeless. As Alana untangles the matters engulfing her family for generations, she comes to appreciate just how much family matters.

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  Remy vs Rome

  Bonnie Callahan

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  In the heart of the Eternal City, ancient secrets aren’t the only thing getting uncovered.Heartbroken, Remy flies to Rome—the site of her first kiss—to get over her ex and rediscover herself. On her first night in the city, she jumps into her new life by agreeing to a date with a smooth-talking Italian stranger who, as fate would have it, turns out to be a jerk…and a most wanted international criminal to boot.Implicated in the theft of an ancient amulet, Remy finds herself under house arrest and in the protection of Lorenzo Rossi, the infuriatingly handsome Sicilian detective in charge of the investigation. The case is a make-or-break situation for both of them, and together, they must solve a series of clues to track down the amulet and the bad guys—all while struggling to keep their finger grazes to a minimum and their partnership appropriate.Their investigation takes them on an intimate, two millennia treasure hunt through Rome, where Remy digs up more than she bargained for.

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  The Trail of the Serpent

  Anonymous

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  The Trail of the Serpent is a Victorian sensation novel of murder, deception, and hidden identity. In the town of Slopperton, the brutal killing of a wealthy man casts suspicion on his disgraced nephew, Richard Marwood. As the seemingly respectable school usher Jabez North reveals darker depths, a relentless investigation unfolds. Through rain-soaked streets and intertwined lives, Braddon exposes moral corruption, mistaken guilt, and the sinister truths lurking beneath respectable society.

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  A Study in Scarlet - A Sherlock...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by Scottish author Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in popular fiction. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, a consulting detective, to his friend and chronicler Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet": "There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.

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