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  The Crevice

  William J. Burns

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  The sudden death of wealthy and prominent financier, Pennington Lawton from an apparent heart attack, followed by the shocking revelation of his impending bankruptcy, leaves his sole heir and only daughter, Anita, distraught and nearly penniless.  Nonetheless, she is determined to unravel the mystery surrounding her father’s death and the loss of his great fortune. To this end she engages the famous detective, Henry Blaine who is determined to unravel the tangled web of deception and restore both her father’s reputation and Anita’s inheritance.  Isabel Ostrander, who also wrote under the pseudonyms Christopher B. Booth, Robert Orr Chipperfield, David Fox, and Douglas Grant, was a prolific author of early American crime fiction.  In The Crevice she collaborated with coauthor, William J. Burns, who served for three years as director of the Bureau of Investigation (a predecessor of the FBI)and was also famous for his exploits as a private detective.  His cases served as material for the “true” crime stories he later wrote and published in detective magazines in the early 20th century.  (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

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  Night Watch The: A...

  Neil Lancaster

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  Don't miss Neil Lancaster's brand-new espionage thriller series! No Mercy available to buy now.  
  ‘I love DS Max Craigie and his team… Wildly entertaining and really pacy’ Liz Nugent 
  He’ll watch you. 
  A lawyer is found dead at sunrise on a lonely clifftop at Dunnet Head on the northernmost tip of Scotland. It was supposed to be his honeymoon, but now his wife will never see him again. 
  He’ll hunt you. 
  The case is linked to several mysterious deaths, including the murder of the lawyer’s last client – Scotland’s most notorious criminal… who had just walked free. DS Max Craigie knows this can only mean one thing: they have a vigilante serial killer on their hands. 
  He’ll leave you to die. 
  But this time the killer isn’t on the run; he’s on the investigation team. And the rules are different when the murderer is this close to home. 
  He knows their weaknesses, knows how to stay hidden, and he thinks he’s above the law… 
  Max, Janie and Ross return in the latest gripping novel in this explosive Scottish crime series. Fans of Ian Rankin, Stuart MacBride and Marion Todd will love The Night Watch!Readers LOVE The Night Watch! 
  ‘Wow! Max Craigie and his team are back in this amazing book and they bring with it a little bit of everything! A murder, a suicide, some suspense, intrigue, action, police, dead lawyers, twists, turns, a bit of corruption and serial killers!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘This is the book that you are desperate to finish so you know ‘who did it’, but on the other hand you don’t want it to come to an end.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘Once again Neil Lancaster has written an absolute blinder. It starts off at a furious pace and doesn't let up.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘A brilliant addition to the series and Neil is now an auto-buy author for me. Roll on the next one…’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘The pace doesn’t let up at all and Neil keeps you guessing with his clever dialogue and excellent plot. Loved it. You won’t be disappointed with The Night Watch.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  Neil Lancaster's The Night Watch is a captivating blend of adventure and mystery, a detective procedural that stands out among domestic thrillers. It's a testament to Lancaster's prowess in crafting the best in fiction. 
  For fans of Jd Kirk (A Killer of Influence), Andrew Raymond (The Shortlist), J M Dalgliesh (When Death Calls), Ed James (Where the Bodies Lie), and Marion Todd (Bridges to Burn). 
  HarperCollins 2022

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  A Sacrilegious Murder - The...

  Sukriti Mantri

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  A beloved priest of a village is murdered in his own temple, and something very expensive is stolen from him. The story becomes intertwined when multiple people seem to have gone to the murder scene around the time of the murder. Two friends, Senior Inspector Swara, a young formidable policewoman, and Ayaan, a newspaper reporter, try to figure out the person responsible for the murder of this noble priest.

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  Genius

  Theodore Dreiser

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  The only figure of literary repute who ever rated The Genius" as first among the novels of Theodore Dreiser was Theodore Dreiser," literary historian Larzer Ziff observed. His fifth published novel, The "Genius" was actually the third novel Dreiser began work on and, as his most autobiographical work, remained the novel closest to his heart. He worked on it in stages over a four-year period. The credit he felt he deserved (and did not receive) for his honesty about sexual urges and damaged relationships and his original publisher's decision not to stand by the novel in the face of criticism contributed to his lifelong feeling that the book had never been given its due. After An American Tragedy, it is his longest book; the final draft ran to over 700 pages in a close-set type. While the protagonist of the book is in many ways a portrait of its author, Dreiser also loosely based Eugene Witla on some of the painters, artists working in an Ashcan realist style, whom he knew in New York at the time and whose studios he visited. The most likely candidate for a model is Everett Shinn, who painted urban scenes of the kind attributed to Witla and who was known as a promiscuous man.The novel is divided intro three sections: "Youth," "Struggle," and "Revolt." In Book I, Eugene Witla (like Sister Carrie, in Dreiser's earlier novel) escapes the confines of the small town in Illinois where he has been raised to make his way in Chicago. There he studies painting at the Chicago Art Institute and enjoys the excitement of the city and his first sexual experiences. He becomes engaged to a young woman, Angela Blue, with whom he is intimate before their marriage but, at all times, he finds it difficult to remain faithful. A life based on monogamy seems beyond him. In Book II, Eugene and Angela move to New York City, where he makes a name for himself in the art world as an urban realist but finds his marriage with the increasingly conventional Angela painfully limiting. They travel to Europe, he suffers a breakdown, and they return to New York where Eugene attempts to make a better living in the advertising world. Book III chronicles the deterioration of Eugene and Angela's marriage as he begins an affair with Suzanne Dale. (wikipedia)

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  Cowboy

  William Bahl

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  Before End Game, people live their everyday lives, doing simple things and being human. 
  Cowboy isn't like most people. As an elite hitman, his days are anything but routine. His work takes him all around the globe. His targets are influencers, CEOs, and people in powerful positions of authority. 
  As Cantor Biotech's CEO, Carly Hennington oversees a behemoth corporation's machinations. But that's just her day job. Carly is a member of The Group, a secret organization bent on global domination. 
  The Group has tasked Carly with managing the development of a formula that, once unleashed, will prompt a total meltdown of civilization. There is a schedule. Members of The Group have secured refuge for themselves and those doing their bidding on the outside. 
  A sudden attack on The Group's secret facility in Belgium puts all plans in upheaval, leaving the members scrambling for safety. 
  Chaos is racing toward them, and everyone else as nations fail in a global domino effect of pandemonium. 
  Outlaws, murderers, and strange mutants quickly assert a new hierarchy in the law-and-order vacuum. 
  Cowboy, unknowingly executing targeted individuals at The Group's behest, receives a cryptic warning from his handler. With little time, he rushes to secure his own well-being. 
  Unaware of the full extent of his unique abilities, Cowboy begins to experience strange sensations he cannot explain as mutated berserkers spread across the country. 
  Facing a world overrun with the bizarre and terrible consequences of The Group's misfortune, Cowboy, Carly, and others must navigate a new reality where death or worse lurks around every corner.

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  Murder on the Great Northern...

  Edward Marston

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  'Full steam ahead' Daily Mail
  
  April 1867. Amid the usual bustle at King's Cross, a large wooden box is loaded onto a train bound for Lincoln, its watchful escort insistent it remain in sight. But a daring robbery derails those plans, leaving behind a dead man and a vanished treasure.
  
  Detective Inspector Colbeck is called in after a plea from the Dean of Lincoln Cathedral to find the killers and recover a priceless silver model of the cathedral. With the annual Horse Fair flooding the city with visitors, Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming must navigate a web of confusion to track the culprit, although Colbeck grows certain the thief is still close at hand. But time is short, and the Railway Detective faces one of his most complex cases yet.

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