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  The Cat Who Blew the Whistle

  Lilian Jackson Braun

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  When an affluent railcar owner disappears with millions of dollars belonging to Moose County investors, the international police launch an intense investigation to find the fugitive. But journalist detective Jim Qwilleran and his feline crime-busters find a mystery to unravel that is closer to home: Who blew the whistle on the embezzler—and why? Qwill goes full steam ahead to solve the puzzle before tragedy occurs, but the case is complicated by a train wreck on the main line and a murder in a railroad tavern. With the help of Koko and Yum Yum, Qwill is about to prove that the police are on the wrong track.

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  Boom Boom Boom

  Ian Kirkpatrick

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  Hello, Boomers! 
  ​Meet Ukraine's most popular explosives channel, JananananaXD!​ 
  ​Jan Bagan is a Ukrainian YouTuber living in the small, rural town of Nide, which leans against the Russian border. Though he stocks shelves at the only local grocery store at night, his true love is all things combustible. Explosive experiments fuel his modest YouTube channel where his only goal is to make art in the sky. Without any sort of classical training, he uses his senses to recognize and mix the chemicals to reach a satisfying ending. 
  Though few in his hometown understand his passion, Jan's life changes when a couple of mysterious sponsors appear at his door. With a box of military-grade explosives and the confidence of these foreigners, Jan's channel is about to blow up like never before.

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  Florence Flannery - Gruesome...

  Marjorie Bowen

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  Margaret Gabrielle Vere Campbell was born on the 1st November 1885 on Hayling Island in Hampshire.  
   
  Her childhood was fraught with problems, her alcoholic father left early in her life and was later found dead on a London Street.  Life thereafter was poverty with an uncaring mother. 
   
  However, her talents took her to the Slade School of Fine Art and later to study in Paris.  
   
  Her first fiction, written at a mere 16, was a violent medieval historical novel, ‘The Viper of Milan’.  Initially rejected by several publishers it went on to become a best-seller  
   
  After this her prolific writings were the main financial support for the family.  Her literary output numbered over 150 volumes, mainly under the pseudonym of Marjorie Bowen but she also used the names Joseph Shearing, George R Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell.  Within this output she assigned the pseudonyms to the various genres she worked across, from Historical fiction to supernatural short stories.  
   
  Perhaps her best known work is the 1909 book ‘Black Magic’, a Gothic horror novel about a medieval witch. 
   
  Several of her works were also adapted into films.   
   
  She was married twice.  The first to Zefferino Emilio Constanza (they had two children), who died of tuberculosis, and then to Arthur L Long (and another two children). 
   
  Marjorie Bowen died on the 23rd December 1952 at St Charles Hospital in North Kensington, London after suffering a serious concussion from a fall in her bedroom.  She was 67.

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  Yuletide Yarn The: A Cozy...

  Hoang Nguyen

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  🎄 Knit shop owner Holly Berry is busy preparing for Snowflake Valley's annual Christmas market when her holiday cheer turns to chill. The town's grumpy Christmas tree farm owner is found dead, strangled with a custom-made red and green knitting yarn—a color combination only sold in Holly's shop. With the police convinced they have a clear case, Holly knows she must untangle the truth herself. Teaming up with her knitting circle and a disgraced former detective turned coffee shop owner, Holly follows a trail of clues woven through the town's festive preparations. From poisoned gingerbread cookies to sabotaged Christmas lights, every holiday tradition hides a deadly secret. As the Christmas Eve deadline approaches and a blizzard traps everyone in town, Holly must stitch together the evidence before the killer adds another name to their naughty list.

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  A Slay Ride Together With You

  Vicki Delany

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  Rudolph, New York, shop owner Merry Wilkinson's best friend Vicky Casey is newly engaged to Chef Mark Grosse and is moving into the historic Cole House—a home surrounded by drama, intrigue, and a possible haunting that is in desperate need of renovation. The wedding is just three weeks away, but all is not bliss for the newly engaged couple as estranged relatives of the late owner fight over her will. Then, late one night, Vicky and Merry come across a dead body in the garden of Cole House—and Mark is the one standing over the corpse. 
   
   
   
  As Detective Diane Simmonds focuses on Mark as the prime suspect, Vicky asks for Merry's help to clear her fiancé's name in time for the wedding. As they dig deeper into the connection between the house, Cole relatives, and town residents, past and present, it becomes clear that plenty of people wanted the victim dead. 
   
   
   
  With a bakery to run, the busy Easter weekend fast approaching, a house to renovate, and a fiancé to clear of a murder accusation, Vicky's wedding may end up on the chopping block. It's up to Merry to put aside the chocolate bunnies and stuffed rabbits and help her best friend save her wedding—and her life.

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  The Gold Chip

  Douglas Hirt

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  It all started one blizzardy Kansas night when a half frozen Indian staggers into Somerville and dies right there on the floor of Wilson’s Barbershop…but not before telling a crazy story and showing a lump of gold that looks strangely like a golden buffalo patty. Immediately, the story spreads about a Midas buffalo that…ahem…poops golden chips. The normally rational townsfolk become crazed with gold fever and set off en masse to capture this magical beast, but a few folks aren’t so sure. Libby Barrett, ace reporter for the Somerville Independent, suspects someone is playing a prank on the town, but what to make of the golden buffalo chip and the very dead Indian? It’s a puzzle that Libby sets her sights to solve; a quest for truth that very quickly turns deadly.

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