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  Black December

  Scott Hunter

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  A secret buried beneath the chapel. A killer who’s waited decades to strike. 
   
  DCI Brendan Moran shouldn’t be back on duty. The Irish detective is barely holding it together after a crash that nearly killed him—when a body is discovered in the chapel at Charnford Abbey. 
   
  The monks won’t talk. A centuries-old relic has vanished. And when another man turns up dead, it’s clear someone will kill to keep the past hidden. 
   
  But Moran has problems of his own. A new sergeant who might be a spy. A brother spiraling into alcoholism under his roof. Narcoleptic blackouts that could end his career—or his life. And a troubled past that won’t stay buried, forged in the shadows of 1970s Ireland. 
   
  As winter closes in and the abbey’s past comes violently to light, Moran must reckon with the cost of truth—and how much he’s willing to lose to uncover it. 
   
  Because this case might do what the crash couldn’t—finish him.

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  Sign of the Four The - A...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  "The Sign of the Four" is the thrilling follow-up to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's premiere novel, "A Study in Scarlet" in which he introduced the world's first consulting detective, the legendary and brilliant Sherlock Holmes.    In this tale, young Mary Marston seeks out Holmes' assistance in unraveling a strange mystery: ten years earlier, her father - a Captain in the army - went missing after arriving back in London after a long overseas posting. Four years after her father's disappearance, Mary received a gift via post: a large and valuable pearl, a bequest that would be repeated annually for six years. The last pearl, however, arrived with an invitation for Mary to meet with her mysterious benefactor, claiming that Mary had somehow been "wronged," prompting Mary to seek Holmes' advice.  Holmes takes the case and embarks on an adventure involving hidden treasure, betrayal, revenge...and a miniature, poison-dart shooting assassin! (This is also the story wherein Dr. Watson, Holmes' faithful companion, falls in love with Ms. Morstan and they agree to marry, much to Holmes' chagrin.)  "The Sign of the Four" is one of the most revered and exciting tales in the Holmes canon and is presented here in its original and unabridged format.

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  Murder by the Hook

  Betty Hechtman

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  What starts with a kleptomaniac ends with a crafty killer in the new Crochet Mystery from national bestselling author Betty Hechtman . . . 
   
   
   
  When the bookstore where she works closes for renovations, Molly Pink and the Tarzana Hookers hit the road for a relaxing crochet weekend in the quaint town of Pixie. The getaway comes at the perfect time for Molly, who's been asked by her former beau to help finger a thief in Pixie who's been pilfering personal items from a friend. Molly's plan is to attend a pre-wedding party at the friend's home and catch the culprit in the act, but her simple sleuthing turns deadly serious when the groom-to-be is found murdered. 
   
   
   
  To complicate matters, the victim was found on the property abutting the place where the Hookers are staying, and they and Molly soon get roped into the investigation as potential witnesses. But Molly knows her list of possible petty thieves holds the name of the killer, and she'll have to rule them out one by one to nab the guilty party. Certain she's on the right track when she receives a threatening note telling her to back off, Molly will have to sort through a tangle of clues before the wedding that became a funeral becomes a funeral for her . . .

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  The Scarecrow - A deranged man...

  Ethel Lina White

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  Ethel Lina White was born on the 2nd April 1876 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, in Wales. 
  Her family were wealthy due to her father’s invention of a waterproofing material used, initially, for the London Underground. 
  Ethel started writing when she was only a child and published essays and poems in children’s papers.  She was also a talented artist. 
  As an adult she began to write short stories and, some years later, she started writing novels.  At the time she was working for the Ministry of Pensions in London but resigned in order to accept an advance of ten pounds and begin a career as a novelist.  It was this determination that helped her become one of the best-known crime writers in the English-speaking world during the 1930’s and 40’s. 
  Perhaps her best-known books are the ‘The Lady Vanishes’ and ‘The Spiral Staircase’ both of which were originally entitled differently but were republished with new names after being filmed.  Whilst today she lacks attention, in her day she was as popular and as highly regarded as Agatha Christie. 
  Ethel Lina White died in London on the 13th of August 1944 of ovarian cancer.  She was 68. 
  In her will she made a bizarre condition in order for her sister to receive her estate of £5737.  It read: "I give and bequeath unto Annis Dora White all that I possess on condition she pays a qualified surgeon to plunge a knife into my heart after death."   In life she had a fear of being buried alive.

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  Saturation Point

  Adrian Tchaikovsky

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  A group of scientists and soldiers are hunted by mysterious enemies in a terrifying new climate thriller from the "Master of British SF" 
   
   
   
  Doctor Jasmine Marks is going back into hell. 
   
   
   
  The Hygrometric Dehabitation Region, or the "Zone," is a growing band of rainforest on the equator, where the heat and humidity make it impossible for warm-blooded animals to survive. A human being without protection in the Zone is dead in minutes. 
   
   
   
  Twenty years ago, Marks went into the rainforest with a group of researchers led by Doctor Elaine Fell, to study the extraordinary climate and see if it could be used in agriculture. The only thing she learned was that the Zone was no place for people. There were deaths, and the program was cut short. 
   
   
   
  Now, they're sending her back in. A plane crash, a rescue mission, a race against time and the environment to bring out the survivors. But there are things Marks's corporate masters aren't telling her. The Zone keeps its secrets, and so does Doctor Fell . . .

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  The Bounty

  Paul Munro

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  Tab 2 – Tell the truth, and shame the Devil! That is what everyone said. So I did, and the Devil laughed. It seems he has a dark sense of humour. I am a good man, or at least, I try to be. Ok, maybe sometimes, the lines may get just a little blurry. Yes, I've done wrong things, which have felt so right, but always for the right reasons. I have done the right things. That felt so very wrong. Life is a minefield of moral dilemmas. In the modern world, it's hard for a man to always follow his gut instincts. When I was convicted. I was an innocent man. Now, I can make no such claim!
  
  My name is Frank Chambers, and together with my closest friends. Michael Brooks, Stephen Fox, and of course, my younger, transgender sister, Lily, whose only dream was to live in Little Venice because of its strong ties to the LGBT community and live there as the woman she clearly was born to be.
  
  Life, it seems, had a very different path for us all. Taking our lives in an unimaginable direction. You do not always know you are surrounded by the right people. Until the chips are, well and truly, down. Left with nothing, not even my good name. That's when you truly know who your friends are and whom you can really count on.
  
  Together over time, they turn a very simple idea. Into a complicated plan. Now, all they have to do is pull it off. If they do, it will send shock waves. Though at the very heart of London's financial district. Rocking the very foundations of their lives. Proving, once and for all. Two wrongs can make it right!
  
  Let's see what you think. My name is Frank Chambers, and this is my story.

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