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  Leavin' Trunk Blues

  Ace Atkins

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  In the 1950s, Ruby Walker boarded the Illinois Central from Mississippi to the Promised Land—Chicago. She became one of the greatest blues singers the city has ever known, only to lose everything when she was convicted of murdering her lover and producer, Billy Lyons, in 1959. She's been  
  locked in a prison cell ever since. 
   
  Now, a flickering hope emerges for Walker in the form of letters from a Tulane University blues historian named Nick Travers. She agrees to an interview only in exchange for him checking out what she calls the truth behind Lyons's last hours. 
   
  Travers soon learns there are those who still want the details of Lyons's death to remain hidden in the rubble of the blighted neighborhoods.

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  Photo Snap Shot

  Joanna Campbell Slan

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  THE SCHOOL NURSE CALLS TO SAY THAT KIKI'S DAUGHTER HAS STUMBLED OVER THE CORPSE OF A DEAD TEACHER. 
   
   
   
  BUT don't worry. Everything's all right. (Ha!) 
   
   
   
  And Kiki might just believe that a badly shaken daughter is the worst of her worries . . . EXCEPT that pre-teen Anya might have actually seen the killer fleeing the scene of the crime. 
   
   
   
  Now Kiki must track down a murderer before the creep "guarantees" Anya's silence forever. After taking a vow to have nothing to do with her crush, the hunky police detective, Kiki is all on her own. Her natural curiosity, bravery, and crafting skills are all that stand between her and a dead daughter. 
   
   
   
  But Kiki is nothing if not determined. Her digging around uncovers a decades-old secret, one that still haunts St. Louis today. Kiki will put her life on the line to save her child.

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  Shallow Death - A Hettie Shaw Novel

  Valerie Gee

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  Broken-hearted after a tragic accident killed her husband and daughter, Hettie Shaw, in her mid-fifties, finds escape in the arms of younger men. When military-trained, Sir Charles reluctantly hires Hettie to solve a blackmail case, it leads to a growing partnership. Their investigation causes a chain reaction that reveals a sinister web surrounding the Welsh town. As they dig deeper, Hettie bites off more than she can chew, and only Gran’s words of wisdom from beyond the grave stop Hettie from becoming a murder victim herself. 
  Set in present-day Wales, UK., free-spirited, PI Hettie Shaw is a feisty, fun, femme fatale, who strides into every situation with head high and a druid insight at full throttle. When troubled Lady Gwen falls to her death from Castle Cliff, everyone thinks she committed suicide. But, when the police accuse her twin brother, Lord Ambrose of murder, he hires Sir Charles and Hettie Shaw to clear his name. As they investigate the twisting trail through the underbelly of Wales, it leads Hettie to insist they exhume the bodies of Lord Ambrose’s parents, which uncovers a terrible family secret. 
  Meanwhile, Charles is battling his own problems with his new fiancé—an out-of-control spendthrift. Finally, the brutal murder of a young girl leads them to a dungeon where both Hettie and Charles race against time to save themselves from falling victim to the deadly killer.

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  Dancer from the Dance The - A...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Craig...

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  THE DANCER FROM THE DANCE. In 1909 the entire world of dance changed forever when Les Ballets Russes, under the brilliant impresario, Serge Diaghilev, departed St. Petersburg and opened in Paris. They also made annual visits to the West End in London. Tragically, during their 1913 tour, two of their dancers are found murdered. Sherlock Holmes is brought into to find the murderer and prevent any more killings. The story adheres fairly closely to the incredible story of the reappearance of classical ballet in Western Europe and the introduction of modern interpretive dance. It is a tribute to the original story in the Canon, The Adventure of the Dancing Men.

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  Dark Tales of Mystery & Suspense...

  Alan Nelson, Charles Hilan...

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  A collection of those intriguing thrillers that keep us on the edge of our seats. 
  Contents: 
  "Man in a Hurry" by Alan Nelson 
  The pudgy little man was always hurrying. 
  "Bitter Gold" by B. C. Bridges 
  A brief, grim tale of Siberia. 
  "The Gray Rider" by Charles Hilan Craig 
  The strange tale of a famous racing driver. 
  "What Is It?" by Charles M. Morris 
  Retribution, swift and terrible. 
  "The Sixth Tree" by E. L. Stewart 
  The weirdest game that ever was played. 
  "His Brother's Keeper" by George Fielding Eliot 
  A not-so-typical case of jealousy. 
  "Country House" by Ewen Whyte 
  A strange rendezvous with the beauty of the country. 
  "Murder Man" by Ewen Whyte 
  This perfect killing. 
  "They've Got a Killer View" by Ian Gordon 
  A woman adds her name to a strange waiting list. 
  "Croatan" by Malcolm Ferguson 
  Creatures summoned from outer eons. 
  "Stranger at Dusk" by Malcolm Kenneth Murchie 
  The plight of a boy visited by a mysterious stranger. 
  "The Three Marked Pennies" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman 
  A strange destiny awaited the holders of the pennies. 
  "Piecemeal" by Oscar Cook 
  He slipped in a pool of blood... 
  "The Oval Portrait" by Edgar Allan Poe 
  An odd portrait in a chateau. 
  "The Oblong Box" by Edgar Allan Poe 
  A sea voyage and a peculiar, pine box.

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  Grace Among Thieves

  Kari Bovée

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  A priceless heirloom. A killer with a score to settle. 
   
  Hollywood, 1924. Grace Michelle's career is flourishing. As a lead costume designer in the heart of Tinseltown, she finally has the success she's worked so hard for. But when a father she believed dead resurfaces—and his glamorous new wife is kidnapped—Grace is thrown into a high-stakes mystery with deadly consequences. 
   
  Drawn into a tangled plot involving a stolen Russian treasure, a murdered starlet, and a vengeful criminal from her past, Grace must navigate Hollywood's glittering façades and shadowy secrets. As pressure mounts and the past collides with the present, Grace must untangle a web of lies threaded through the very fabric of Hollywood's elite. 
   
  If she can't find the artifact—and the truth—Grace may end up a footnote in someone else's script. 
   
  Grace Among Thieves is part of the Grace Michelle Mysteries, a dazzling historical mystery series where old Hollywood glam meets heart-pounding intrigue.

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