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  Sherlock Holmes and The...

  Paisley MacDonald

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  What happens when the dead refuse to stay buried? 
  London, 1890. A man is pulled from the Thames, identified by three witnesses, and buried in a pauper’s grave in Southwark. The paperwork is signed. The mourning has begun. The case is closed. 
  Two days later, he is seen alive at a window in Kensington—bruised, emaciated, and terrified. 
  When the police prove more embarrassed than effective, schoolmistress Ruth Kellett brings her impossible story to 221B Baker Street. What Sherlock Holmes uncovers is not a ghost story, but something far more disturbing: a criminal enterprise built upon the institutions society trusts most—the parish surgeons, the burial registers, the funeral parlours that move through the city with blinds no one dares to lift. 
  At the heart of it all sits Oswald Peever, an undertaker of impeccable reputation, who has spent three years selling the most audacious service imaginable: death on demand. For the right price, a living man can vanish from the world’s records, replaced by a stranger’s corpse dressed in his clothes. But when an honest clerk stumbles upon the scheme and becomes its first unwilling victim, Peever’s empire of forged mortality begins to crack. 
  In this meticulously crafted Sherlock Holmes pastiche, Holmes and Watson must navigate a web of falsified deaths, corrupted officials, and grief weaponised as camouflage—before a man who has already been buried once disappears for good. 
  For fans of Arthur Conan Doyle, Caleb Carr, and Anthony Horowitz’s Moriarty.

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  Family Business

  S. J. Rozan

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  The death of a powerful Chinatown crime boss thrusts (beloved) private eye Lydia Chin and her partner Bill Smith into a storm of double-dealing, subterfuge, murder, and New York City real estate scandal in this new mystery by multiple award–winning novelist S. J. Rozan. 
  Choi has left the Tong headquarters building to his niece, who hires Lydia and her partner, Bill Smith, to accompany her to inspect it. The building is at the center of a tug-of-war between Chinatown preservation interests—including Lydia’s brother Tim—and a real estate developer who’s desperate to get his hands on it. 
  When Lydia, Bill, and Choi’s niece go to the building, they discover the Tong members are equally divided on the question of whether the niece should hold onto the building, or sell it—and make them rich. Entering Choi’s private living quarters, they find the murdered body of Choi’s chief lieutenant.  
  The battle for the building has begun. Can Lydia and Bill escape being caught in the crossfire?

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  Story Of A Modern Woman

  Ella Hepworth Dixon

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  This touching short novel tells the story of Mary Earl, a woman who has to fend for herself in London at the end of the 19th century. She becomes a writer. But she cannot write whatever she wants. There is a format in which her novels should be written- a format she does not like or understand. To make matters worse, she falls in love with a married man. This novel is considered one of the best, and most touching, new woman novels, as it highlights many of the difficulties a single woman faced at the end of the 19th century. The writing is vivid. You can just sit back and let it get into your heart. - Summary by Stav Nisser

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  Winesburg Ohio

  Sherwood Anderson

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  Published in 1919, and listed on the Modern Library roster of the 20th century's 100 greatest novels in English, Winesburg, Ohio presents a series of loosely related character studies of the inhabitants of a fictional Midwestern town that together form a novel of unusual unity and vision. The inarticulate and lonely citizens of Winesburg, each with his or her own secret tale to tell, frequently relate those tales to, or through their interactions with, the character of George Willard, a young Winesburg citizen on the cusp of manhood with dreams of becoming a writer. Thus Winesburg tells the story of the townspeople's loneliness and alienation in parallel with the tale of George's own coming of age. The citizens of Winesburg are described obliquely as "grotesques," but as the introductory chapter makes clear, "The grotesques were not all horrible. Some were amusing, some almost beautiful . . ." (Description by Stewart Wills)

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  The Street

  H.P. Lovecraft

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  There be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those who say they have not; I dare not say, myself, but I will tell of The Street.” 
  So starts The Street, a short story about the dangers of leaving foreigners running amok in your own backyard. One could say that, just like things and places, stories also have souls: it’s in their themes, the character arcs, the prevailing perspectives, in the emotions they try to evoke. If that is true, the soul of The Street is a cruel and rotten one, based on fear, entitlement, and hatred. The Street becomes the symbol of the nation. 
  Narrated by award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti this short story by H.P. Lovecraft is both thought-provoking and prophetic.

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  Double Asset (A Tyler Wolf...

  Jack Mars

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  This recording has been digitally produced by Jack Mars, using a synthesized version of an audiobook narrator’s voice under license. “Thriller writing at its best.” 
  --Midwest Book Review (Any Means Necessary)
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  From the #1 bestselling and USA Today bestselling author Jack Mars (with over 10,000 five-star reviews) comes a groundbreaking new espionage series: in the ruins of post-war Berlin, as the Cold War grips the globe and the CIA is just formed, a fledgling CIA agent is paired with a beautiful, mysterious KGB defector, and together they must race to avert nuclear war.
  
  As a peace summit looms in Moscow, an assassination plot against the American President reaches the CIA—and fledgling agent Tyler Wolf and his ex-KGB partner Anya Fedorov must race through the icy city, navigating a perilous labyrinth of secrets and spies to prevent a third war.
  
  DOUBLE ASSET is the third book in a new series by #1 bestselling and critically acclaimed author Jack Mars, whose books have received over 10,000 five-star reviews and ratings. The series begins with DOUBLE AGENT (book #1).
  
  The Tyler Wolf series is an exciting and unpredictable espionage thriller that will keep you hooked from start to finish. With a rich history and two captivating heroes, this action-packed series will have you turning pages late into the night. Fans of Vince Flynn, Lee Child, and Tom Clancy are sure to fall in love.
  
  Future books in the series are also available!
  
  “Thriller enthusiasts who relish the precise execution of an international thriller, but who seek the psychological depth and believability of a protagonist who simultaneously fields professional and personal life challenges, will find this a gripping story that's hard to put down.”
  --Midwest Book Review, Diane Donovan (regarding Any Means Necessary)
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  “One of the best thrillers I have read this year. The plot is intelligent and will keep you hooked from the beginning. The author did a superb job creating a set of characters who are fully developed and very much enjoyable. I can hardly wait for the sequel.”
  --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Any Means Necessary)
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