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  Murder in an Irish Garden

  Carlene O'Connor

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  Everything’s coming up roses for garda Siobhán and the rest of O’Sullivan family in quaint Kilbane, County Cork, Ireland—until a murder investigation blooms out of a deadly gardening competition. 
    
  While Siobhán studies for her Detective Sargeant exams, her brother, Eoin, prepares for the grand opening of his new restaurant, The O’Sullivan Six, and concocts a plan to enter Kilbane’s Top Garden Contest to boost business. But trouble brews when Eoin hires a mercurial landscape designer known for her killer designs. His new partner’s unflattering reputation and questionable practices nearly eclipse her talents—and plunge the prestigious competition into chaos. 
    
  A lush and intricate winning garden emerges from the controversy, with a spectacular golden statue in the center of the display. But in a devastating twist, the work of art leads to the shocking discovery of a bold and brutal work of murder. 
    
  Everyone in town has an opinion about who committed the crime and planted the evidence, from easily bribed sponsors to green-with-envy gardeners. And with another golden statue found in Eoin’s garden display, rumors about his involvement intensify. As local gossip buzzes and a list of suspects grows, it’s up to quick-witted Siobhán and her husband, Macdara, to suss out the guilty culprit’s identity … before the competition buries another victim. 

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  King of Hearts

  Ashley Munoz

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  Failing out of college wasn't on my dream board. Neither was getting knocked up. Just the same, here I am, ready to start another year at Rake Forge University, pregnant and currently homeless. 
   
   
   
  And it looks like I'm not the only one who's returned. Juan Hernandez, my sister's best friend, saunters through campus with that granite jaw and those raven strands of hair kissing his brow, his whiskey eyes searing everyone to ash. I've avoided him for months, but the second he sees me, the jig is up. 
   
   
   
  The first thing he does is steal my lips in a ravishing kiss. A punishment. 
   
   
   
  The second thing he does is rescue me from sleeping in my car. A lesson. 
   
   
   
  Living with him will never work, not with how brash his words are, how hot his constant stare, or how he touches me. His fingers brand my skin as if he owns me, and on some level, I know he wants to. 
   
   
   
  What he doesn't know is that I belong to another man . . . and come my twenty-first birthday, I'll return to him whether I want to or not. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone is one of 12 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in the Strand Magazine in October 1921.Watson arrives in 221B Baker Street where the page boy Billy shows him a wax effigy of Holmes placed near a curtained window in the sitting room. The effigy produces a shadow on the curtain that, when viewed from outside, is the unmistakable profile of Sherlock Holmes. Using this visual trick, Holmes aims to give a perfect target to a would-be murderer with a rifle. Holmes names his murderer as Count Negretto Sylvius, the diamond thief he has been following in disguise. He gives the criminal's address to Watson, then sends the doctor out the back for the police. As the Count arrives, Holmes has Billy invite him inside, then takes him by surprise when he attempts an assault on the effigy. Holmes then offers the Count and his helper, boxer Sam Merton, freedom if they give up the jewel, or jail if not.He invites them to discuss the deal while he plays violin in the next room. When the Count decides to double-cross Holmes and takes the stone from his secret pocket to show Sam in window light, the detective springs from the chair in place of his replica and grabs the £100K jewel. His bedroom has a gramophone and secret passage to behind the curtain.After the police take away the villains, Lord Cantlemere sweeps in. Unlike the Prime Minister and Home Secretary, he did not want Holmes. When tricked into insisting on arrest for whoever is found possessing the diamond, he finds the jewel in his pocket – where Holmes has placed it – and apologizes. Finally, Holmes can eat.Famous works of the author Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Valley of Fear, His Last Bow, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, Stories of Sherlock Holmes, The Lost World.

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  What It Takes to Kill a Bull...

  Michael Fedor

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  Former U.S. Senator Jackson Piper thought his political ambitions were shattered after a shocking defeat on the national stage drove him out of public service. But when a sinister plan to hijack the presidential election shatters his quiet retreat in the Rockies, Piper mounts a historic bid for the presidency under the banner of the newly revived Bull Moose Party. He must navigate a treacherous landscape filled with deceit, betrayal, and political violence. With his family at his side, Piper battles not just for his political future but for the soul of a nation teetering on the edge.President Warner’s national agenda threatens to plunge the nation further into chaos, and the stakes have never been higher. Yet, Jackson Piper is not alone in his fight. In the background lurks an unlikely ally—the Curse of Tippecanoe, an ancient prophecy that could spell doom for Piper’s opponents.In this riveting thriller that delves into the heart of American politics, follow Piper and his loyal team of patriots in a race against power, corruption, and time in pursuit of redemption. What It Takes to Kill a Bull Moose is a heart-pounding journey through the dark corridors of power in the near future that will keep you on your toes until the final page in a fight for the future of America.Dive into this electrifying tale of courage, resilience, and the relentless pursuit of justice. What It Takes to Kill a Bull Moose is a winner of a 2024 International Firebird Book Award and is a must-read for fans of political thrillers like The Diplomat and The West Wing, or contemporary authors such as James Patterson, Steve Berry, and David Baldacci, or anyone yearning for a reinvention of American politics.

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  Past Resort

  Cordelia Rook

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  Flapper dresses, sidecar cocktails, and jazz: what more could a girl and her dog want? 
   
   
   
  Minerva is thrilled at the chance to spend a week at the resort, managing a Gatsby-themed role-play event—and chilled when one of the players turns up dead. With a killer on the loose, everyone from the police chief to her overprotective boyfriend wants her to back off and go home. 
   
   
   
  But Minerva can never resist the call of the past. When she hears the haunting echoes of not one but two long-forgotten crimes, she's more determined than ever not to abandon her guests. Unfortunately for her, someone else has joined the effort to discourage interference. 
   
   
   
  And unlike the others, the murderer is not asking nicely.

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  Little Doves

  Anônimo

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  THIS CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE, OR AS PART OF THE KOMOREBI SERIAL KILLER SERIES. 
  Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil – or pay the consequences. 
  Twenty years ago, Stasia King’s 14-year-old sister was abducted, raped and viciously murdered. Now, on the anniversary of her disappearance, another young girl has gone missing, from the same exclusive country club. The cases can’t possibly be connected since the murderer has been dead nearly twenty years – or can they? Is it coincidence or something more sinister? 
  Nick Winston is in town to investigate the girl’s disappearance, but he’s drawn to a second case that’s grabbing global attention: Someone calling themselves The Surgeon is attacking pillars of the community men in very specific ways. The Surgeon isn’t hiding in the shadows; they record the attacks and post them on social media, with an invitation to watch as the assaults become more violent, and more final. They’re sending a message, and demanding justice with a cryptic tagline: #stopsabine. 
  Is The Surgeon a vigilante, or a brutal killer?

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