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3741) Protecting Ashley
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The pampered daughter of a Hollywood movie tycoon is keeping secrets-even from the former Navy SEAL who's trying to save her life. Ashley Hathaway has been a recluse ever since her father was killed in a car crash a year ago. As she prepares to step back into the spotlight to attend an event-her father's good friend works behind the scenes to provide security without her knowledge. Rad's instincts tell him something isn't right, but even he doesn't...
3742) Horror Seller
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The Earth of the future has been divided into two parts-the developed World of Order and the backward World of Decadence. These worlds have abandoned contact with each other and built Walls between them. World of Order is the modern, technologically developed world, where is no crime, wars, and any kind of conflicts. World of Decadence lives in the past denying all the progress, technical development, and modern values of the World of Order.
Jerry...
3743) The Flower Girl
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An enthralling saga set in London's East End at the height of the 1930s…
Cissie Flowers has had her fair share of hardships but she's always found a way to smooth over her worries and crack on with raising her two young children. Until, that is, her husband Davy is killed in a suspicious accident.
Suddenly gangster Big Bill Turner takes an interest in her affairs. When Cissie takes over Davy's old flower stall outside Aldgate station to tackle...
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Zürich im Sommer. Lisa Klee, eine unerfahrene Assistenzärztin der Rechtsmedizin, macht sich bei Kollegen und Ermittlungsbehörden zum Gespött, weil sie hinter einem offenkundigen Selbstmord ein Tötungsdelikt vermutet. Als sie bei weiteren Obduktionen Ungereimtheiten feststellt, kommt sie einem verborgenen Geheimnis auf die Spur. Doch ihre dunklen Vorahnungen werden von niemandem ernst genommen. Lisa bleibt nichts anderes übrig, als auf eigene...
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Dead Spy Running. Suspended MI6 agent Daniel Marchant is running the London Marathon alongside a man strapped with explosives. To keep the bomb from detonating, they must keep running. But is Daniel secretly working for the terrorists? Marchant's father, ex-chief of MI6, was accused by the CIA of treachery. To prove his innocence, Marchant must unearth his father's dark past and challenge the heavy hand of America's war on terror. Games Traitors Play...
3746) Dropping Like Pies
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When twin detectives Rita and Rhonda Knight trade the secrets of Clovedale Falls for a remote Alaskan retreat, they never expected icy shadows to conceal heartwarming mysteries. Trapped by snow and surrounded by intrigue, the sisters' dream wedding hangs in the balance. Can they decode the chilling clues with only their woman-led detective instincts and Billy's quirky wisdom? Danger meets gentle intrigue in a landscape where hope and warmth defy the...
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* SIX SUSPENSEFUL MYSTERIES* CAST OF BELOVED CHARACTERS* DOZENS OF TWISTS & TURNS* 2500+ 5-STAR SERIES REVIEWS "Terrific series! The characters are awesome! I can't stop reading! I don't want these books to end!" A LIFE FOR A LIFE #1"The most satisfying mystery I've read in ages." ~Joan Nienhuis, Top Reviewer on GoodreadsLaurel Falls, N.C., 1985: I was done with being a crime reporter in Washington, D.C., tired of all the violence. So I packed up...
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Short stories of sophistication and psychological suspense, including an O. Henry Award winner.
In the wake of the First World War, a young woman watches the sky for a pilot who didn't come home. A wealthy bachelor becomes increasingly obsessed with a beautiful stranger at a Manhattan restaurant. A nervous wife awaits a fateful phone call on a stormy November night. These stories and five more showcase the literary skill of Frances Noyes Hart, author...
3749) Passion and Poison
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Passion and Poison is Book 10 of the Sapphire Beach Cozy Mystery Series. Sun-drenched Florida beaches. A Fair Trade jewelry shop owner. A mystery that will keep you guessing. When a patron is poisoned at Gallagher's Tropical Shack, Gallagher turns to Connie to find the killer and help save his restaurant. If you enjoy cozy mysteries that keep you on the edge of your seat, loveable characters, and palm trees swaying in the breeze, you'll love the Sapphire...
3750) Les mains dans le polar
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Une maternité, un parking, deux nourrissons disparus. Un protagoniste voleur se retrouve plongé dans l'horreur lors d'une visite inattendue dans une résidence. Une enquête palpitante et un jeu de pistes se dessinent, impliquant un policier alcoolique et obstiné. Les mains dans le polar rend un vibrant hommage à l'esthétique du cinéma en noir et blanc, tout en offrant une intrigue captivante.
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Gildas Feré s'est...
3751) Les odeurs du bonheur
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Dès son enfance, Louis se rend compte qu'il a la capacité de sentir toutes les odeurs et de les mémoriser. Aidé de son ami pharmacien, il tentera d'affiner et de mettre en pratique ses prédispositions. Son expertise lui apportera des satisfactions. Cependant, est-elle sans conséquences ?
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Docteur en pharmacie et diplmé d'HEC, Yves Rossetto explore dans son sixième roman un sujet peu connu : l'odorologie. Une science...
3752) Le corbeau muselé
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À contrecœur, Aliénor accepte d'organiser un séminaire universitaire à Rennes-le-Château pour rendre service à une « vieille » amie. Cependant, lorsque son collègue excentrique est retrouvé mort dans des circonstances obscures, les soupçons se portent sur elle. Alors que les théories fantasques de la victime émergent, Aliénor se trouve plongée au cœur de mystères ésotériques et d'énigmes historiques. Parviendra-t-elle à démêler...
3753) Ladies of Chance
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A jaded journalist plunges into an intoxicating world of beautiful women and glamorous gambling dens in this captivating tale from the creator of the Mike Shayne Mysteries Tabloid reporter Ed Barlow is in Miami on the assignment of a lifetime. A New York criminal syndicate has gone national with a sinister scheme to turn society women into prostitutes by preying on their boredom and naiveté. Barlow has tracked the racket to Philadelphia and Boston,...
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When a murder crashes the Hivensrock theater, the latest sensation isn't just my newfound baking skills, but a puzzling case of cat and mouse. And I'm the mouse! Detective Grey and I witness the death of a notorious theater owner right under the unforgiving spotlight of his own stage. Looks like he won't get to try one of the cupcakes we made for this celebration. Along with my clever feline companion Pearl, we're forced into a relentless dash to...
3755) Marriage and Mischief
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Marriage and Mischief is Book 12 of the Sapphire Beach Cozy Mystery Series. Sun-drenched Florida beaches. A Fair Trade jewelry shop owner. A page-turner mystery. Connie's wedding is just two weeks away! Her closest family has arrived in southwest Florida in anticipation of the big day and all the preparations are on schedule. The only thing left is to enjoy this time with her family and await her big day. At least that's what she thinks before her...
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Maggie Dahl returns in 'Open Secrets.' It's been six months since the media circus surrounding the last murder Maggie solved, and a year since her beloved husband David died. The dust seems to have finally settled. Then one morning a customer walks in and asks Maggie to do her a favor.Soon a body is discovered on a rural New Jersey road. A body Maggie is sure belongs to a local author whose next book was rumored to reveal secrets not everyone wanted...
3757) East Wind, Rain: A Novel
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Gutsy Girl comes this provocative, compelling novel of irrevocable consequences for people thrust unwittingly into a devastating war of nations and American identity-based on a little-known true event.
December 1941. The inhabitants of Niihau lead a simple life. Mostly Hawaiian natives, they work the ranch of Niihau's eccentric haole owner, who keeps his island totally isolated from the outside world,...
3758) Painted Black
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Dust Bin Bob volume 2
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Dust Bin Bob is back after saving the day for the Beatles in Manila, except this time he's hanging in Morocco with Brian Jones, the doomed original guitarist of the Rolling Stones. Brian buys an antique mirror used for the esoteric art of mirror gazing. What Brian sees in the mirror frightens him and sets the scene for his untimely death. Was he murdered? Find out in the sequel to Rubber Soul, Painted Black.
3759) The Savion Sequence
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"Revised and Updated 2024 Edition of the 2011 Classic"
Beneath the endless sands of the Sahara lies a secret, one of epic proportions that, if uncovered, would shatter mankind's current perceptions of all that is past, and all that is possible. The Savion Sequence is the compelling account of one man's unwitting path of discovery, a journey that takes troubled historian Brigham Elijah back through his own childhood experiences and the veiled...
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Bodies from the library volume 6
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Bodies from the Library brings into the daylight the forgotten, the lost and the unknown, and the 2023 volume is another indispensable collection for crime fans.
The sixth volume of “Bodies from the Library” includes the usual eclectic mix of pre-and post-war stories by classic crime and thriller writers. Unearthed from ephemeral publications, newspapers and magazines, some of these 'lost' stories are by authors who have appeared in previous...
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