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  Dark Tales of Mystery &...

  Ambrose Bierce, Wilkie Collins,...

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  A second collection of those intriguing thrillers that keep us on the edge of our seats. 
  Contents: 
  The Look by Maurice Level 
  A husband and wife commit a terrible, haunting crime together. 
  Guarded by Mearle Prout 
  A mountain murder unleashes deadly, unforeseen consequences. 
  The Gong Ringers by Hasan Vokine 
  Travellers fall into a deadly trap set by unlikely suspects. 
  An Unnatural Feud by Norman Douglas 
  A mother and son share a deeply toxic, destructive bond. 
  The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce 
  A widower’s lonely death hides whispers of something unspeakable. 
  A Terribly Strange Bed by Wilkie Collins 
  A rigged gambling den traps a tourist in a murderous scheme. 
  The Furnished Room by O. Henry 
  A new tenant searches for a vanished woman—and finds despair. 
  The Night They Crashed the Party by Robert Bloch 
  Guests expecting wrestling witness something disturbingly real on live television. 
  August Heat by W. F. Harvey 
  Two strangers meet—linked by fate, fear, and a gravestone. 
  The Hand by Guy de Maupassant 
  A severed hand may be behind its owner's murder. 
  Dread Summons by Paul Ernst 
  A scream reveals a dreadful, otherworldly call has been answered. 
  Grotesquerie by Harold Lawlor 
  A strange newcomer hides in the shadows of a haunted house. 
  A Question of Identity by Robert Bloch 
  Trapped and transformed, a mind reels with unanswerable questions. 
  The Fearsome Touch of Death by Robert E. Howard 
  A man spends the night with a corpse—and something else. 
  Night and Silence by Maurice Level 
  They seemed to personify Age, Night and Silence.

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  Out on the Rim

  Ross Thomas

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  What if you were offered a gig by some shadowy and well-financed interests to funnel five million dollars to rebels holed up in the Philippine mountains? They need to fund a revolt against the Aquino government and a resourceful and gutsy team to engineer it. And what a team it is: Booth Stallings, a terrorism expert, is the only man the rebel leader trusts as a liaison; Georgia Blue is a colorful, statuesque female bodyguard; " Otherguy" Overby— so called for his skill in making sure whenever he's in trouble, that the other guy did it— is their point man; and for the sake of local expertise, is Artie Wu— the illegitimate son of the illegitimate daughter of the Boy Emperor of China— and his slick, often explosive partner Quincy Durant. None of them are very interested in the political power struggle, but five million dollars? That's another story!

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  Dark Design ( Book #2)

  Nancy Mehl

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  As she began to lose consciousness, she realized that she'd just made a very serious mistake. . . .  
  She tried to call out for help, but she couldn't see anyone on the shore.  
  There was no one to save her.  
   
  When Erin Delaney learns that a serial killer has mimicked the murder portrayed in her bestselling novel, she joins her friend Kaely Quinn-Hunter, a former FBI profiler, in Virginia. Their reunion, only a few months after fending off an eerie killer in the woods of Tennessee, is bittersweet, as Kaely has been tasked by the FBI to recruit Erin's help to identify a suspect. The FBI's team is stumped by the murderer who re-creates killings from the books of multiple authors, with only ominous notes left behind. As Erin is drawn further into the web of fear and chaos, Kaely begins to fear for Erin's safety. 
   
  On top of tracking down a murderer, Erin must shoulder the weight of a haunted past and claims that she stole the plot of her novel from one of her sources. As she struggles on multiple fronts, the enemy looms closer than ever--and Erin's life hangs in the balance.  
   
  "Readers will be riveted by this non-stop, twisty thriller."--Elizabeth Goddard on Shattered Sanctuary 
   
  Bestselling author Nancy Mehl threads a plot of police investigations and shadowy evidence with heart-drumming suspense in this clean, high-stakes read that will thrill fans of Lynette Eason and Elizabeth Goddard.

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  Board to Death

  C.J. Connor

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  Back in his hometown of Sugar House, running his family's board game shop and café, Ben Rosencrantz just can't seem to get his life to pass go, much less collect $200. Once he was a happily married English professor in Seattle. Now he's a divorced caregiver, looking after his ill father and a Chihuahua named Beans while still figuring out the rules of retail management. At least the town has become more LGBTQ+ friendly than when Ben was a teenager—and that flower shop owner, Ezra McCaslin, enjoys flirting with him. 
   
   
    
  But despite his usual clientele of gamers, Ben is barely earning enough to keep the store running and stay on top of his father's medical bills. Then a local toy and game collector named Clive offers him a winning strategy—to purchase a turn-of-the-twentieth-century edition of The Landlord's Game, the realty and taxation game that inspired Monopoly, at a tenth of the rare edition's true value. Suspicious of Clive's shady, low-priced deal, Ben turns the offer down. 
   
   
    
  Then Clive turns up dead at the front door of Ben's shop and a backpack full of $100 bills appears on his doorstep. Now Ben is the #1 suspect in Clive's death, and unless he and Ezra can prove his innocence and find the real killer, he'll go to jail for murder—and no amount of double dice rolls will set him free . . .

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  Fire on the Horizon - AN EPIC...

  Wilbur Smith, Imogen Robertson

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  South Africa, 1899 - the smouldering hostility between the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State and the British colonies of the Cape and Natal is about to burst into flame. War is coming and no one can prevent it. Colonel Penrod Ballantyne, hero of Abu Klea and Omdurman, is sent to Mafeking to recruit and train men for the fighting ahead. Amber, his wife, the successful novelist, accompanies him - eager to see more of the country her husband is about to risk his life for. But when war is declared, Amber must flee with their baby son and pray for her husband's survival against impossible odds. Eight hundred miles to the south, in Cape Town, Ryder Courtney is using his wealth and connections to bankroll the British war effort. His artist wife Saffron, frustrated by stuffy Cairo society, has joined him with their three children. There is peace in the Courtney household until their eldest son, Leon, stows away on a train to the front line, determined to join his distinguished uncle, Penrod Ballantyne, in changing the course of history. Saffron and Ryder have no choice but to leave the safety of the Cape Colony and follow. Leon is convinced that his parents are without honour and courage. Little does he realise that he has no chance of escaping the people they used to be.   Two families torn apart, caught up in a battle for the heart of a country at war with itself.

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  The Disappearance of Lady...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of the eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow, and one of the few stories in which for much of the plot Watson must act alone and try his best with Holmes left in the background.
  Holmes sends Dr. Watson to Lausanne to investigate Lady Frances Carfax's disappearance since he himself is too busy in London. Lady Frances is a lone, unwed woman denied a rich inheritance on account of her sex. She does, however, carry valuable jewels with her. It is also her habit to write to her old governess, Miss Dobney, every other week, but for the past five weeks, there has not been a word from her. She has left the Hôtel National for parts unknown. Her last two bank transactions were cheques, one to pay her hotel bill, and another for £50 to her maid, Miss Marie Devine.

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