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  Night Beat: Harlan Matthews...

  Larry Marcus

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  Harlan Matthews, a stamp dealer with memories of a murder he committed long ago, attempts murder, suicide and more! An alienist and Randy Stone try to help. The system cue has been deleted. Randy Stone covers the night beat for the Chicago Star. Stories begin in many different ways. This one began and ended with a confession … a confession to the crime of murder.

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  Voodoo Season - A Marie Laveau...

  Jewell Parker Rhodes

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  Jewell Parker Rhodes follows up her acclaimed Voodoo Dreams with a present-day mystery surrounding the gifts of an ancestor of the Voodoo Queen. Doctor Marie Levant can't explain why she's drawn to New Orleans, why it's comforting and unsettling at the same time. And she can't shake her haunting dreams. But when she delivers a dead woman's baby, Marie knows malevolent forces are at work-and it's up to her to stop them.

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  Headless Horseman The - A...

  Thomas Mayne Reid

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  The horse is perfect in all its parts—a splendid steed, saddled, bridled, and otherwise completely caparisoned. In it there appears nothing amiss—nothing to produce either wonder or alarm. But the man—the rider? Ah! About him there is something to cause both—something weird—something wanting!By heavens! it is the head! (Excerpt from the Prologue)The Headless Horseman is a novel by Mayne Reid written in 1865 or 1866 and is based on the author's adventures in the United States. The Headless Horseman or a Strange Tale of Texas was set in Texas and based on a South Texas folk tale.Vladimir Nabokov recalled The Headless Horseman as a favourite adventure novel of his childhood years - "which had given him a vision of the prairies and the great open spaces and the overarching sky." At 11, Nabokov even translated The Headless Horseman into French alexandrines.(Summary from Wikipedia)

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  A Dastardly Death in Hillbilly...

  Blythe Baker

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  In the sleepy town of Hillbilly Hollow, the dead are waking . . . 
  When her cozy hometown is visited by death, Emma's investigative skills are enlisted by a secretive ghost. But with the uncooperative spirit holding so much back, and with the handsome local doctor pressing Emma for answers, will she ever get to the bottom of the case? Or will the Hollow be forever haunted by the secrets of the past?

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  Fearless Fourteen - A Stephanie...

  Janet Evanovich

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  Personal vendettas, hidden treasure, and a monkey named Carl will send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most explosive adventure yet. 
  The Crime:  Armed robbery to the tune of nine million dollars 
  Dom Rizzi robbed a bank, stashed the money, and did the time. His family couldn't be more proud. He always was the smart one.   
  The Cousin:  Joe Morelli 
  Joe Morelli, Dom Rizzi, and Dom's sister, Loretta, are cousins. Morelli is a cop, Rizzi robs banks, and Loretta is a single mother waiting tables at the firehouse. The all-American family. 
  The Complications:  Murder, kidnapping, destruction of personal property, and acid reflux 
  Less than a week after Dom's release from prison, Joe Morelli has shadowy figures breaking into his house and dying in his basement. He's getting threatening messages, Loretta is kidnapped, and Dom is missing. 
  The Catastrophe:  Moonman 
  Morelli hires Walter "Mooner" Dunphy, stoner and "inventor" turned crime fighter, to protect his house. Morelli can't afford a lot on a cop's salary, and Mooner will work for potatoes. 
  The Cupcake:  Stephanie Plum 
  Stephanie and Morelli have a long-standing relationship that involves sex, affection, and driving each other nuts. She's a bond enforcement agent with more luck than talent, and she's involved in this bank-robbery-gone-bad disaster from day one.  
  The Crisis:  A favor for Ranger 
  Security expert Carlos Manoso, street name Ranger, has a job for Stephanie that will involve night work. Morelli has his own ideas regarding Stephanie's evening activities. 
  The Conclusion:  Only the fearless should listen to Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich. 
  Thrills, chills, and incontinence may result.A Macmillan Audio production.

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  Purses Curses and Hearses

  Colleen Gleason

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  Jacqueline Finch is a lifelong book lover, which is why it was a literal gift from the Universe when she inherited Three Tomes Bookshop.But she's had a few adjustments to make along the way, including the fact that her bookshop seems to be a haven for literary characters to come alive and to stick their noses into things that aren't any of their business.And then there are the three old ladies down the street, whose resemblance to Macbeth's Witches Three cannot be ignored.Nevertheless, Jacqueline is happy and everything seems to be going well, even when she discovers that Dickens's the Artful Dodger has come to life.She manages to keep Dodger under wraps until a young woman bursts into the shop claiming her husband is trying to kill her. Jacqueline springs into action, but it turns out the young woman wants a specific kind of assistance that Jacqueline has no idea how to provide.Things get even worse when Cinderella shows up at the shop and the Artful Dodger falls for her . . . and neither of them have any intention of returning to their books.Jacqueline's got her hands full, but with the help of the three crones and her two best friends, she's determined to muddle through.

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