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  Hungry - The Inspiring Tale of...

  B. E. Baker

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  A mesmerizing work, literarily impressive and historically exacting. -Kirkus 
  In 1847, the Donner party resorted to eating human flesh to survive entrapment at the base of the Sierra Nevada mountains. They became infamous, with books, stories, and interviews exploring their misery. None of them tell the extraordinary story from the first-person point of view of the female survivors. 
  Until now. 
  Three women yearned to make better lives in California: 
  Nineteen-year-old Mary Ann Graves set out west with her family in search of a home that would be free of disease like the ague that had afflicted her mother and sisters for years. If she met a handsome guy along the way, well, she wouldn’t complain. As the belle of the Donner party, she certainly had plenty of interest. 
  Peggy Breen had just given birth to her seventh child, but she wasn’t afraid of the two-thousand-mile journey toward prosperity. She’d take care of her children and honor her husband along the trail, because that’s what women of faith did. But when supplies became limited, her giving heart and her mother’s instinct were at odds. 
  Virginia Blackstone Reed, the thirteen-year-old daughter of the group’s leader, set out in search of adventure, riding her sassy palomino pony alongside the largest double-decker wagon anyone had ever seen. As the adopted daughter of the most influential and prosperous man in the wagon train, she had no idea at the start that her polarizing father with his ostentatious wealth would pave the way for their future devastation. 
  By the time these women and the rest of the party reached mountains after taking a “shortcut,” they were already two months late. They'd lost people, oxen, mules, and livestock they needed. Then the snow began to fall. 
  And it didn’t stop.

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  The Good Liars

  Anita Frank

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  The Sunday Times bestselling new historical fiction novel: an atmospheric tale of crime, deceit, and murder, set in the early 1920s…‘Ingenious’ Sunday Times‘The Good Liars is not only a superb book, it’s a clever book… claustrophobic, addictive and utterly compelling; I absolutely loved it. Highly recommended’ MW Craven 
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  In the summer of 1914, a boy’s disappearance is overshadowed by looming war.  
  Six years later, Detective Sergeant Verity arrives at Darkacre Hall armed with new evidence regarding the boy’s case – evidence which throws the spotlight firmly upon the once-esteemed Stilwell family. 
  Darkacre’s grandeur has faded, and the Stilwells no longer command the respect they once took for granted. While brothers Maurice and Leonard carry the physical and mental scars of their war service, Maurice's wife, Ida, longs for the lost days of privilege and parties. 
  As Verity digs deeper into the events of that final halcyon summer, he uncovers dark secrets with far-reaching consequences. And as he does so, Darkacre Hall becomes an unlikely battlefield – one that not all will survive. 
  ****Praise for The Good Liars: 
  ‘Exquisitely written, this haunting tale of guilt and grief treads a perfect line between chilling ghost story and gripping mystery’ Tom Hindle 
  ‘A modern classic… I couldn’t put it down’ Claire Dyer 
  ‘Dripping with claustrophobic tension and absolutely unputdownable. I loved it' Rebecca Netley 
  ‘A range of characters alternately agreeable and repellent, and yet all entirely readable, in a blend of history and mystery. A real page-turner’ Mandy Robotham 
  ‘A fabulous book… full of twists and turns and heartbreaking revelations with a sprinkling of spookiness on top’ Laura Shepherd-Robinson 
  ‘A real page-turner… Layers upon layers of secrets and lies… Bravo!’ Liz Hyder 
  ‘A cleverly structured story, with twist after twist… Excellent’ Ragnar Jonasson 
  ‘An absolute gulp of a read… it grabs hold and doesn’t let go’ Fíona Scarlett 
  ‘This clever claustrophobic page-turner delivers in spades’ Carolyn O’Brien 
  Anita Frank's The Good Liars is a psychological crime thriller that delves into the world of military service. This Sunday Times bestselling book is a testament to Frank's storytelling ability, offering a narrative that is as compelling as it is unsettling. 
  For fans of Julia Kelly (The Last Garden in England), Ann Cleeves (The Dark Wives), Elly Griffiths (The Last Remains), Laura Shepherd-Robinson (Blood & Sugar), and Carly Reagon (The Toll House). 
  HarperCollins 2023

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  A Lethal Engagement

  April J. Skelly

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  An airship bound for London is thrown off course by a murder on the first night of its transatlantic voyage in this locked-room historical mystery debut, perfect for fans of Deanna Raybourn and Katharine Schellman.1890. American heiress, Cora Beaumont is celebrating her engagement to Terrance Tristan, the second son of a duke. Their union will solidify Cora's place in British society and put her in a rare position of power, but as they embark on the Lady Air’s maiden voyage to England, Cora soon finds that not everyone in society is accepting of her recent engagement, and tensions fly as high as the airship. When a body is discovered the first night on the ship, with a calling card for Cora on the victim, she’s determined to find the killer hidden among the passengers before they come for her next.As Cora tries to solve the murder without attracting unsavory attention, her fiancé’s wandering eye may cause even more problems for her position in society. Gossip travels fast aboard the airship and bad news could sink the Lady Air, as well as Cora's own social status, before they reach their final destination. When more bodies are discovered, Cora teams up with her soon-to-be brother-in-law, Nicholas, as they scour the ship for clues. If she fails, it won’t only be her reputation visiting the undertaker.No one is who they seem in this Gilded Age locked room historical mystery, perfect for fans of And Then There Were None and Alyssa Maxwell.

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  The Last Time We Met - A Novel

  Anna E. Wahlgren

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  Old friends. Old grudges. One evening back together again. The last time they all had dinner, someone wound up dead. What could go wrong? 
   
   
   
  Sophie Lind hasn't seen her college friends in a decade when a dinner invitation from one of the friends, Ava, arrives on her doorstep. They used to all be inseparable, meeting for dinner every week, even after graduation. But the last time they all had dinner, ten years ago, someone was dead by the end of the night. 
   
   
   
  It was Sophie's then-fiancé William who died that night in his apartment, just a room away from the friends he called family. Sophie isn't sure if it's curiosity—or guilt—that pushes her to accept Ava's dinner invitation and unbury those old wounds. When the six friends arrive for the dinner, there's a small box waiting for each of them by their plates. Each box uncovers secrets that the friends have kept hidden all these years, and with the door to the apartment locked from the outside, it's clear that Ava didn't plan this dinner just to reminisce about the past. 
   
    
   
  What happened to William is buried beneath someone's lies—and nobody's leaving this dinner table until the truth comes out.

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  Slings and Sparrows

  Patricia Meredith

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  “Bingeable and entertaining!” —Tori Tecken, Author and BookTuber Tori Talks 
  “Patricia Meredith does it again! A perfect cozy mystery…unique and well done…with a great twist!” —Stacy, BookTuber Wandering with Stacy 
  Sisters Goose and Penny think they’ve retired to a small slice of heaven on acreage with every bird from peacocks to guinea fowl. Their days are filled with your typical squawking and yelping coming from all corners, until the murder of a cockatiel leads them to wonder if they’ve let in a fox amongst their kindly chickens. 
  Slings and Sparrows is the first in a new cozy mystery series set in the 1990s! 
  “A delightfully quaint cozy mystery… Take a gander at this quacker of a novel!” —Kirsten Willett, Bookstagrammer Recipe Book Worm 
  “Utterly charming! Slings and Sparrows delivers a cozy, low-stakes mystery packed with 90’s nostalgia, references, and suspense.” —Kayla, BookTuber Kay’s Hidden Shelf

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  Secrets of the Lost Ledgers -...

  C.J. Archer

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  An invisible message from a dead man resurrects a decades-old mystery. 
  With her sharpened magical senses, Sylvia recognizes invisible writing while cataloging an obscure book for the library. She’s shocked to discover the message, written many years earlier, pleaded for help. She’s even more shocked to discover the author of the message was married to a paper magician. Could there be a connection to Sylvia’s father? 
  With a magical mystery on her hands, Sylvia engages the help of Gabe Glass, and together they follow the clues to the location of two hidden ledgers that implicate a very dangerous individual in an illegal bookmaking scheme. Although not named, Gabe is convinced he knows who the bookmaker is, and sets out to prove it.  
  The investigation draws them into the shady underbelly of the horseracing industry and uncovers a link to Gabe’s parents that takes everyone by surprise. As they unravel the mystery’s tangled threads, unexpected twists and turns lead them to the truth.  
  But the greatest twist of all is the danger no one saw coming.

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