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In the vein of C. S. Harris and Anne Perry, Karen Odden's mystery introduces Inspector Michael Corravan as he investigates a string of vicious murders that has rocked Victorian London's upper crust.
London, 1878. One April morning, a small boat bearing a young woman's corpse floats down the murky waters of the Thames. When the victim is identified as Rose Albert, daughter of a prominent judge, the Scotland Yard director gives the case to Michael...
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"They call him the Wolf. The mercenary's courage and prowess in battle are known throughout the Highlands, and with his handsome face and black-as-sin hair, he is as intelligent and deadly as the wolf he was named for ; But the Wolf is also Claray's betrothed. Thought to have been killed as a child, he's been in hiding all these years. Now he's determined to earn enough coin to rebuild his home, reclaim his birthright, and honor his marriage contract...
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"It's 1923 and at Mordrake Manor, a forbidding house on the Scottish border, the roaring twenties seem not to have arrived. But Simon Christie has -- a young man who can't believe his luck when he gets a job cataloguing the infamous art collection of the Mordrake family. Yet from the moment he gets off the train at the deserted village station he can't shift a headache and a sense that there's more to the Manor and its gruesome selection of pictures....
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Former SAS Sergeant Major John Carr is relaxing on a Spanish beach, when a man with dark eyes attracts his attention. Fixated on a group of young Britons, the man doesn't notice Carr and soon moves on. Within the hour, the Costa del Sol will be plunged into one of the most audacious and horrifying terrorist attacks Europe has ever seen. In a coordinated strike, armed men storm both the beach and a cruise ship anchored further up the coast. But the...
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IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
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Bring home the incredible true story of a friendship so strong that it crosses the globe! You will love the inspiring tale of Gobi, a lost dog who kept pace with an ultramarathon runner, Dion Leonard, across a vast desert. Follow their unlikely friendship through the challenges of an 80-mile race and Dion's struggle to bring Gobi home for good.
Finding Gobi: The True Story of One Little Dog's Big Journey is the incredible true story of Dion Leonard,...
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John Carr has recently left the SAS, after a long and distinguished career, and is now working for a Russian oligarch in the murky world of private security. But an incident from his past - in which three terrorists were brutally killed - suddenly comes back to haunt him. Tracked by a hitman out for revenge, John Carr is forced to step over the line to defend himself and his family. It's a cruel and violent world - and one he thought he'd left behind....
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A reunion of friends in remote Scotland turns into a terrifying ordeal in this twisting crime thriller by the author of Trust No One.
Billy Maguire, on his way to Scotland for a reunion with his university friends, stops for a few drinks en route. Then, on the deserted roads leading to the isolated location, he runs over a pedestrian.
The man is alive, and Billy puts him in the back seat of his car, planning to leave him outside the nearest...
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Vampires think their prophecy is fulfilled, but Easy won't stop until he proves them wrong.During the night, humanity is stalked and hunted. They cower in fear. But Easy and his team keep fighting to stay alive, and hoping to find a way to save their race.When Easy discovers a blood magic spell that could return vampires to Hell, he's forced to decide whether or not it's worth destroying his own soul. He may have to sacrifice his beliefs and risk...
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Easy thought the battle for Judith's future was won, but he's only scratched the surface of the demonic fate that's coming for his town.If you're going to war, you build an army and an arsenal.Easy and Jess call in reinforcements and grow their mystic resources as infected creatures turn on humanity. They discover a pestilence is headed toward Judith, and it's doubtful they can deliver the cure.With the battle for the future of Judith descending upon...
10) The Mezzotint
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Mr. Williams, the curator of a university art museum, purchases a mezzotint from an art dealer. The painting changes each time Mr. Williams his colleagues look at it. In the end, it is suggested that the painting depicts a poacher named Gawdy (who had been hanged) kidnapping the heir of a Mr. Arthur Francis, who hanged Gawdy for poaching on his land.
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Hawk has successfully avenged the murder of his family, but his quest is far from over. Now stalked by an evil sorceress, Lady NicNeev, after thwarting her plans of conquest, he and his partner, Mórag, must set out to slay the lady's dragon to protect the ones they love.
Out of options, the pair journeys through the Highlands and isles of twelfth century Scotland seeking to unlock a power strong enough to defeat Lady NicNeev's beast. But her dangerous...
12) Kill Day
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A legendary MI6 assassin has gone rogue. And only one man can stop him.
On a routine mission in Lyon, France, MI6 operative Duncan Grant and his team are caught in a deadly ambush. The agency's nightmare scenario gets worse when the killer is identified as one of their own – black ops legend gone rogue, Henry Marlow.
But Grant doesn't buy the official line. Tasked with hunting down a man with a past as dark and troubled as his own, Grant quickly...
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In 2020, ISIS followers are being encouraged to use COVID-19 to sicken Westerners. An ISIS supporter attacked a Naval base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Iran and the United States exchanged blows in Iraq. We are still living in the long shadow of the Iraq War. In 2006, David Grantham was fresh out of college and serving as a counterintelligence officer with the elite and secretive Air Force Office of Special Investigations. Iraq was veering toward civil...
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Abducted as a child from his tribe in the New World, Hawk has spent the last fifteen years traveling medieval Europe as a huntsman for hire. All the while, he hopes to find and enact revenge upon the Norsemen raiders who murdered his family. This quest brings him to twelfth century Scotland's Kingdom of Alba where he is propositioned by the king. In exchange for slaying a mysterious beast, the king will share information about Hawk's kidnappers.
Hawk's...
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Three men are kidnapped on the eve of their high school reunion and wake up trapped inside a remote cabin in the Scottish Highlands. What comes next is the discovery that one of them is a killer. But which one? Will anyone confess? As a fierce snowstorm blows outside the cabin, the three men — Jay, Davie and Iain — work to uncover the connection between the kidnapping and their own troubled past. It's a past that goes back twenty-five years. Back...
16) Fracturing Fate
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Don't miss the stunning conclusion to the Breaking Time duology!
"Perfect for fans of Outlander... A lush story of star crossed lovers and time traveling assassins." -Laura Sebastian, New York Times bestselling author of Ash Princess
History tore them apart. Can they survive their future?
While consumed in a devastating battle with the demigod Llaw, Klara is mysteriously catapulted five hundred years into the past, suddenly alone and distraught...
17) Breaking Time
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"Perfect for fans of Outlander... A lush story of star crossed lovers and time traveling assassins." -Laura Sebastian, New York Times bestselling author of Ash Princess
Fate brought them together. Time will tear them apart.
When a mysterious Scotsman suddenly appears in the middle of the road, Klara thinks the biggest problem is whether she hit him with her car. But, as impossible as it sounds, Callum has stepped out of another time, and it's...
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'We'll meet by the statue of Sir John Betjeman, on the upper concourse of St Pancras station, a year from today,' he said. 'If we're meant to be together, we'll both be there. If we're not, it was never meant to happen...'Phoebe and Sam meet by chance at St Pancras station. Heading in opposite directions, both seeking their own adventures, meeting the love of their lives wasn't in the schedule. So they make a promise: to meet by the statue of Sir...
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A well-known and often told tale of murder and grave robbing in Victorian Edinburgh, supposedly in the interests of science. With the desecration of the bodies, a worthy comeuppance follows.
The Body Snatcher is taken from the second volume of the Victorian Anthologies "Horror" series, featuring short stories by classic writers of the spooky, the scary and the supernatural. Guaranteed to give you the shivers, each collection includes familiar and...
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A small-town Montana vampire hunter seeks vengeance for his family's deaths, but when he learns of a string of ritualistic murders, he's forced to take on a different job: stopping an ancient apocalyptic prophecy.
From their off-grid campsite, Easy and Ben follow the trail of a bloodsucking syndicate boss. When the investigation leads to local disappearances, the duo discovers the aftermath of vampire rituals, and learns of an ancient prophecy.
Although...