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  Murder at Ridley Hall

  Leena Clover

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  Murders Rock Country Estate, Unleash a Trail of Terror 
   
   
   
  A thrilling journey into a bygone era, filled with suspense and unexpected twists awaits you in the final installment of this trilogy. Step into the captivating world of Lady Bess and the Nightingales as they embark on a dangerous quest, trying to solve murders past and present in this 1920s mystery. 
   
   
   
  When Sir Dorian's obnoxious guest is found dead in the woods at Ridley Hall, he reluctantly turns to the upstart Buxley girls for help. As Bess and Vicky begin to dig deeper, the secrets and lies take them down a rabbit hole that unravels a deep rooted conspiracy beyond everyone's imagination. 
   
   
   
  The Nightingales are determined to figure out what happened to Philip. Will Lord Buxley finally be absolved of a crime he did not commit?

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  Prayers for the Guilty - Dark...

  Christopher

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  This dark romance thriller is a story where desire and danger are tangled so tightly that love becomes impossible to separate from obsession. At its heart is a connection so intense, seductive, and destructive that every stolen glance, whispered promise, and forbidden touch feels charged with both longing and threat. As emotional wounds deepen and secrets begin to surface, trust turns fragile, passion turns volatile, and the line between devotion and control starts to disappear. The story pulls readers into a world of psychological tension, irresistible chemistry, and choices that carry devastating consequences. Every chapter builds a sense of unease and temptation, blending suspense with raw emotion to create a narrative that is as haunting as it is addictive. It is a tale of love at its darkest, where passion can heal or ruin, and where the most dangerous place to be is in the hands of someone you cannot resist.

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  The Sign of the Four - A...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring the fictional detective.
  The story is set in 1888. The Sign of the Four has a complex plot involving service in India, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a stolen treasure, and a secret pact among four convicts ("the Four" of the title) and two corrupt prison guards. It presents the detective's drug habit and humanizes him in a way that had not been done in the preceding novel, A Study in Scarlet (1887). It also introduces Doctor Watson's future wife, Mary Morstan.

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  A Terribly Strange Bed - A man...

  Wilkie Collins

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  Wilkie Collins was born on 8th January 1824 in Marylebone, London.  
   
  The family moved several times in his early years before, at 12, they travelled to France and Italy for 2 years where the sights and atmosphere made a deep and lasting impression on him. 
   
  He resumed his education at Mr Cole’s private boarding school in Highbury, Islington.  Here, he began his literary career under unusual circumstances: the school bully would give him no peace until he had been told a bedtime story.  This ‘little brute’ helped create one of England’s greatest writers.  
   
  On leaving school, in 1841, he became a clerk at a tea merchant before, 2 years later, publishing his first short story.  However, his first novel was rejected and remained so during his lifetime.  
   
  A brief stint at Lincoln’s Inn to please his father and to acquire a steady income was halted by his father’s death.  Collins then wrote and published his fathers’ memoirs.  He then completed his legal education though he would never practice.  
   
  In March 1851, he was introduced to Charles Dickens and there now started a period of sustained literary output and a remarkable lifelong friendship.  His stories were published in Dicken’s magazines, and he toured with Dicken’s theatrical before the two of them travelled to the Continent. 
   
  By the early 1860’s worrying signs of ill-health appeared with rheumatic gout.  As it worsened, he sought respite and cures in German spa towns and gave up writing to help his recuperation. 
   
  His personal life had become very complicated.  He was living with the widowed Caroline Graves and conducting an affair with a much younger Martha Rudd.  With the serialised release of ‘The Moonstone’ and vicious attacks of gout Caroline left him and married another.  Collins was now prescribed opium and was soon its lifelong dependent.  Martha bore him two children and with the return of a now divorced Caroline Graves he now divided his time between the two women. 
   
  In 1874 he set aside writing to tour North America on a reading tour. 
   
  Throughout his later years he continued to write and publish.  In all 30 novels, 14 plays, 60 short stories and over a 100 non-fiction essays as well as many more collaborations with Dickens. 
   
  In 1884 the Society of Authors elected him as it’s Vice-President. 
   
  Wilkie Collins died from a paralytic stroke on September 23rd, 1889, in London. He was 65.

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  Ascension of the Pack - The...

  Heather G. Harris

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  Power. Revenge. Destiny. The Queen of Werewolves is ready to claim them all. 
  My best friend’s wedding was cancelled and she was arrested. With some smoke and mirrors we got her back, but an emergency called me home before I could get my revenge for her maltreatment. 
  Jimmy Rain, vile alpha werewolf and power-hungry coward, thought he could attack my stronghold while I was distracted. Big mistake: knowing that Jess is safe, now I’m gunning for him. No more games. He’s about to learn why the sentient seat of power crowned me Queen of Werewolves. I’ll stop at nothing to destroy him ... permanently. 
  But there’s more at stake than taking down a rival alpha: I need to secure the future of my pack, and that means pulling off a heist to reclaim an ancient magical artefact. There’s one problem: it’s sitting in a dragon-shifter’s hoard and she won’t give it up without a fight. 
  Prophecies, betrayals and rival alphas stand in my way – but I’ll tear through every one of them. My destiny is calling, and this time I’m answering. 
  No more Miss Nice Queen. 
  Don't miss this werewolf shifter series if you like humour, heart and a strong heroine with a slow burn, loyal-beta fade-to-black romance. 
  Written in British English. 
  Devour all the books in the Other Realm Universe: The Other Realm series, The Other Wolf series, and The Other Witch Series.

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  Captivated by Love

  Brenda Jackson

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  After being locked up for a crime he didn't commit, Sheppard Granger is back to take over the reins as CEO of Granger Aeronautics. On top of that, he intends to totally romance his wife Carson and make up for the time they couldn't share together. When their idyllic marriage is threatened by someone from Carson's past, the Grangers unite and prove that when it comes to protecting those they love, they are more than prepared to meet trouble head on. This is Book 4 in the Granger Series.

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