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  Honor's Kingdom

  Ralph Peters

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  Major Abel Jones returns in “a rich, lush portrait of a forgotten era . . . Honor’s Kingdom is good history and even better storytelling” (The Denver Post).   In a stunning re-creation of 1860s London and Glasgow that reaches from the worst slums in Europe to the lobbies of Parliament, Owen Parry brings the past to ravishing life. Grotesque murders multiply as Major Abel Jones pursues a monstrous killer who may be a well-connected Confederate agent or a ghost from Jones’s bloody past in India—or both. England’s political leaders—including Benjamin Disraeli—appear to have a great deal to hide. Everyone seems determined to thwart Jones’s search for justice—but are they interested in supporting the Confederacy, or in masking personal scandals? The threat of an ocean-spanning war hangs over each new crime as Jones struggles to find a rumored warship that would serve the Rebels as a wonder-weapon of the age—and stop it from sailing.   From deeds of hellish darkness to acts of transcendent kindness, Honor’s Kingdom speeds irresistibly from the opening sentence to a startling, shockingly logical, and unforgettable conclusion.  “The glee the author takes in the narrative voice of his staunchly Methodist hero is infectious, and he brings the era to vivid life.” —Publishers Weekly  “Perry’s beautifully written narrative encompasses the international scope of the Civil War conflict and never loses sight of the brutality of war and the deceitfulness of politics.” —Booklist

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  The Affair at the Victory Ball

  Agatha Christie

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  "The Affair at the Victory Ball" unfolds as an enthralling short story within Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot series. In this intriguing narrative, the fastidious Belgian detective Hercule Poirot attends the glamorous Victory Ball, only to find himself entangled in a perplexing mystery when a murder takes place during the festivities.
  As Poirot navigates the opulent world of high society and investigates the elaborate masquerade, readers are treated to a captivating blend of Christie's signature wit, meticulous plotting, and clever deductive reasoning. The narrative weaves a tapestry of deception, hidden motives, and unexpected twists that keep readers on the edge of their seats.
  "The Affair at the Victory Ball" stands as a testament to Agatha Christie's ability to craft compelling short mysteries. With Poirot's brilliant insights and the author's knack for suspense, this story provides enthusiasts with another delightful opportunity to unravel a captivating mystery in a condensed and elegant setting.

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  Top 10 Short Stories The -...

  Victor Hugo, Oscar Wilde,...

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  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  In this volume the pens of our European authors examine murder.  This dark and evil deed is carried out for many reasons.  Our authors, including Guy de Maupassant, Victor Hugo, Mikhail Bulgakov, Arthur Conan Doyle and many others are those charged with revealing each and every crime scene.  
   
  1 - The Top 10 Short Stories - European Murder - An Introduction 
  2 - Claude Gueux by Victor Hugo 
  3 - Lord Arthur Saville's Crime - Part 1 by Oscar Wilde 
  4 - Lord Arthur Saville's Crime - Part 2 by Oscar Wilde 
  5 - The Murderer by Mikhail Bulgakov 
  6 - The Force of Blood by Miguel de Cervantes 
  7 - The Vendetta by Guy de Maupassant 
  8 - Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson 
  9 - The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller by Gustave Flaubert 
  10 - The Lie by Leonid Andreyev 
  11 - Mateo Falcone by Prosper Merimee 
  12 - The Story of B 24 by Arthur Conan Doyle

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  Youtopia Infinity - A...

  Joseph Rein

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  Finally, the perfect worlds of Youtopia can be shared with loved ones, allowing Immersers to live out their dreams together... until those dreams become nightmares. 
  Youtopia has reached its culmination in Infinity, a shared mindspace that offers collective perfection. Within the system, however, lurks a mysterious presence—the Harbinger—who warps perfection into the perfect killing grounds. 
  As Youtopia creator Sonya Young chases the Harbinger, the FBI knows it has only one place to turn: former Special Agent Anabel Downer, who will seek to unlock the mystery and finally overcome the company that has come to haunt, and define, her life. 
  EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS the third exciting installment in the "Youtopia" series of techno-thriller/sci-fi/crime adventures, which, though fiction, seems all too possible in the real world... real soon.

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  Stabby Chic

  Dakota Cassidy

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  Unalived recently? Lose your head? Need someone to help you get to the other side—with your head? 
   
   
   
  Then I'm your girl—Evanora Dark at your service! 
   
   
   
  During a design competition for charity Tambi Schubert, local Buttermilk Bay's star stager and designer has a little accident. 
   
   
   
  Okay, it's a not so little (read big—my word, so big). 
   
   
   
  I find her, relieved of her head via a power tool, in the house I'm designing for the competition, bringing a screeching halt to the contest and an investigation that leaves me as a suspect. 
   
   
   
  Yet, as I take a deep dive into Tambi's past, I find almost everyone's a suspect. Her past doesn't only reveal her dismissive treatment of others, and some dark secrets, but a lonely woman who's afraid of what waits for her on the other side. 
   
   
   
  But the only way to find out, and to clear my name, is to find Tambi's killer before I end up losing my head—no pun intended!

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  The Roof of the World

  H.W. "Buzz" Bernard

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  A legendary WWII airlift mission cuts through the snaggletoothed Himalaya Mountains, where both the terrain and weather prove uncommonly savage. And American airmen leave a trail of blood and mangled aircraft across northern Burma. 
   
   
   
  "I would rather fly a fighter against the Japs three times a day than a transport over the Hump once." 
   
   
   
  Aviator Major Rod Shepherd, a C-46 pilot and Army Air Forces weather officer, flings his aircraft into the tumultuous skies to fly critical missions over the Hump. He braves not only the extreme—even impossible—flying conditions, but commanders who believe weather support is useless and a flight nurse who, for reasons unknown to Rod, dislikes him intensely. 
   
   
   
  Rod risks incredible danger with every flight. But when a mission of grave importance is imperiled at high altitude, Rod faces an unthinkable dilemma. 
   
   
   
  Former Air Force officer H. W. "Buzz" Bernard sweeps listeners into some of the most dangerous flying of WWII in The Roof of the World, winner of the Nancy Pearl Book Award and recipient of the 2023 MWSA Gold Medal. Join Major Rod Shepherd in the cockpit to experience history firsthand.

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