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  In the Séance Room - 19th...

  Lettice Galbraith

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  Lettice Galbraith is yet another of those mysterious women of British literature of whom little was recorded. 
  Lizzie Susan Gibson was born on the 27th January 1859 in Kingston-Upon-Hull in Yorkshire into a comfortable middle-class family. 
  Her education was primarily private but at fifteen her father died, and life became rather different. 
  After several years in London, she moved with her mother to Reigate in Surrey.   
  In 1885 she published her first story anonymously and her pseudonym ‘Lettice Galbraith’ only appeared from late 1892. 
  Although her canon of works is small, she mainly achieved her reputation on a single volume of ghost and supernatural stories entitled ‘New Ghost Stories’. 
  After her mother’s death in 1901 she moved to London and continued to write, this time moving on from the short story to the novel, as well as reverting to her given name. 
  For the last two decades of her life, she did not continue her literary career. 
  Lettice Galbraith died on 8th July 1932 at Downe, then in Kent.  She was 73.

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  Needle Case Nuisance The: A Cozy...

  Hoang Nguyen

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  🪡 Antique needle case collector and restoration expert Casey Sharp is curating a historical sewing tools exhibit when the exhibit's wealthy benefactor—a notorious collector with questionable acquisition methods—is found dead in her workshop, a rare Victorian needle case mysteriously emptied of its contents around him. The police suspect a heart attack, but Casey notices the needle arrangement forms a deliberate pattern and the victim's collection inventory shows gaps that match recently reported thefts. With her exhibit postponed and the collecting community pointing fingers, Casey must pin down the facts before her reputation gets punctured. Assisted by her antique tools society and the handsome museum metallurgist analyzing metal compositions, Casey uncovers a scheme involving needle case forgeries, stolen historical pieces, and a sophisticated operation altering provenance records. From suspicious patina patterns that reveal artificial aging to metal alloys that don't match the period, every needle slot tells a story. But when Casey discovers the victim was systematically "authenticating" forged needle cases for insurance fraud, she realizes the killer is protecting museum integrity more valuable than any collection. With the grand opening approaching and the real forger still needling the community, Casey must thread together the evidence before she becomes the next target in this pointed game.

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  Metaphysics - Aristotle’s...

  Aristotle

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  What if you could journey into the deepest realms of reality and unravel life’s most profound mysteries? 
  In his monumental work, Aristotle lays the cornerstone of Western philosophy by investigating the nature of being, causality, and ultimate truth. Adapted for today’s readers, this definitive edition illuminates questions of existence, substance, and knowledge—offering a roadmap to understanding the fundamental essence of the world around us. 
  What You’ll Discover in This Modern Translation:The origins of key philosophical concepts in Western thoughtHow Aristotle defines reality, substance, and potentialityInsight into the interplay of science, logic, and metaphysicsIntellectual tools for navigating the complexities of existence 
  Imagine possessing a guiding framework for your most important life inquiries—one that unites ancient wisdom with modern philosophical debate. Metaphysics stands as a transformative reading experience that continues to shape our understanding of reality. 
  Embark on an intellectual adventure that spans centuries. Get your copy now and delve into the timeless pursuit of truth that transcends the ordinary world.

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  Redemption in the Majella Mountains

  Ken Cancellara

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  Ken’s grandfather always inspired him, as a child, to respect and love the outdoors and to find in nature the introspection and refuge to allow every person to solve any of life’s vicissitudes. Recalling his grandfather’s philosophy, the author carries the reader through the mesmerizing beauty of the Majella mountains in the Abruzzi region of Central Italy. There Ken has the protagonist first find refuge, and ultimately, find redemption from the helter-skelter corporate life he left behind. These two existences, ambition and introspection, clash and confront each other so that the reader sees the unforgiving life of ambition lived by a grizzled corporate veteran pit itself against the newly-found introspective existence of a young man whose soul is forced to reawaken and leave behind the societal ladder to success in favor of the more simple, but much more satisfying, life of ethics and morality.

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  The Unpicking

  Donna Moore

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  Stirling, 1877. Lillias Gilfillan, a recently orphaned girl of sixteen, falls in love and elopes with a man who sees her as wealthy and naïve: 'a little boat without its oars'. In a sea of rising debt and deception, Lillias must learn quickly, or drown.
  Glasgow, 1894. Clementina knows little mercy living in a home for 'wayward girls'. With the 'Jingling Devil' always lurking in the shadows and a child growing inside her, can she outrun him and save her best friend in the process?
  Glasgow, 1919. Mabel is one of the first policewomen in Glasgow, on a mission to find a murderer. In doing so, she finds a web of corruption and now the 'Jingling Devil' wants her dead.
  'The Unpicking' spans three generations of 'hysterical women' who take on systemic corruption and injustice, despite all odds.

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  The Marquesas Drift

  Michael Lindley

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  Hanna and Alex thought a getaway on Key West and the Marquesas Keys would be a healing experience after devastating chaos and trauma back in South Carolina . . . until a friend's abduction ignites an unimaginable series of calamities. 
   
   
   
  Hanna Walsh continues to suffer post-traumatic stress following her deadly encounter with a crazed killer during a drug bust led by her husband, Charleston County Deputy Alex Frank. A week away in the Florida Keys on a friend's sailboat seemed the best therapy to aid in her recovery. 
   
   
   
  When the wife of Alex's friend is abducted in Key West, Alex and Hanna join local law enforcement and the FBI to secure her release. When everyone involved in the kidnapping starts ending up in the local morgue, the reasons for Maya Hillard's abduction begin to reveal themselves, implicating a range of suspects and conspirators, including local Key West lowlifes, a wealthy Saudi art buyer, a grizzled treasure salvager sea captain, and his sons. 
   
   
   
  The deadly mystery plays out across the glorious waters and Islands of the Florida and Marquesas Keys, and the always quirky town of Key West.

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