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“The place looked like an earthly paradise. With its sunshine, its sea, its coral reef, its music, its dancing, it seemed a Garden of Eden. But even in the Garden of Eden, there has been a shadow—the shadow of the Serpent” Miss Marple is vacationing on the Caribbean island of St. Honoré, courtesy of her…
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A steampunk, alternate history series, Burton & Swinburne takes inspiration from real-life events and figures, placing them in an alternate history where Victorian technology is far more advanced than it ever was in real life. Automatons, time travel, genetic engineering, monstrous animals and machines and biological warfare are but a few of the things Burton…
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Ad/PR. Many thanks to Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op and Highland Quill Publishing for this ARC via Netgalley. ‘Let’s photograph crumbling castles at foggy dawn,’ you said. ‘It’ll be atmospheric,’ you said. You left out the part where it might get us killed. Travel writer Joana and her friend and photographer Brian are working on a Scotland…
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Connor Lawton made an abysmal first impression on his initial visit to the Athena Public Library. Charlie Harris is thrilled to hear that his adult daughter Laura will be staying with him in Athena for the fall semester. But when the thoroughly unpleasant playwright Connor Lawton is murdered, Laura becomes both a suspect and a…
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“Thank God!” said Hugo on a loud sighing exhalation of breath. “Thank me, if you please,” replied Lady Amanda, already pulling a suitcase from the top of the wardrobe. Strangeways to Oldham is the name of a cocktail, and the title of this cozy mystery featuring the strong-willed Lady Amanda, who is not what one…
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“Will… Messages from beyond the grave?” Kitty tried to keep her voice light, but a prickle of fear ran up her spine. What would you do if you thought your new home was haunted? Kitty and William Grantchester have inherited their Aunt Grace’s house, her Historical Weaponry and Maritime Museum, her Pomeranian dog Maximus and…
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“Wine blogger turned best-selling author! And a staunch, proud feminist no less.” Ad/PR. Many thanks to Steve Exeter for this ebook. Book 3 in the A Francine Witt Mystery series. Fran is back, and this time she is in New York with Rosalind, rubbing elbows with the rich and famous. But the glamour of high…
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“As children, Alma entered Jasper’s life as an ill-mannered vagrant with an accordion and a parrot” Ad/PR. Many thanks to Steve Zappa for this audiobook. An absurd, dark comedy, following a small group of young people who spend the summer working in Sitka, Alaska. Alma is beautiful, talented and charismatic, and her cousin Jasper is…
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Mary turned so Colette could complete the buttons. Once this was done, Mary said what Colette already knew. “This changes everything.” Perhaps the most famous ship in history, the story of the Titanic is fascinating on its own. Add a heist, a love story, several historical figures and a treasure trove of facts and details…
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“If she’s correct, and her daughter didn’t write this note, then we have a murder case on our hands, don’t we?” Book 1 in the Advice Column Mystery series. Rebecca Butterman is a clinical psychologist and advice column writer. When her neighbour Madeline Stanton is found dead, the official explanation is suicide, but Madeline’s mother…
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