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A DI with a complicated past. A ragtag team of investigators. A vicious killer. An adorable, food-obsessed corgi. Bury the Truth is a contemporary police procedural/crime thriller set in Chesterfield, England. It follows DI Ryan Hale’s first case in Chesterfield in 12 years, as he returns from London and is thrown headfirst into a ritualistic…
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December can be a busy and expensive month, but these free cozy mystery novellas won’t break your bank or schedule. Perfect for checking out new authors, or when you only have a little time and want a read you know you can finish. The Stolen Sauce When her aunt Violet’s famed sauce is stolen from…
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Two independent stories set in the same universe, a historical fantasy version of ancient Rome brimming with mythological creatures, danger and adventure. Scipio the Sciapod: In the Shade of a Foot by Axel Kamne Scipio is a sciapod, a very long-lived mythological creature with one leg and one big foot. He hates all Romans, including…
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A raw tale of revenge and a dark comedy about oppression, hypocrisy and the freedom to choose your own path in life. Abraham, or AB for short, is the favoured child, the golden boy of the Berg family. Sarah, his younger sister, is the black sheep who was disowned by their mother when she divorced…
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Book 1 in the A Hot Dog Detective Mystery Case series. Mark MacFarland has hit rock bottom and is now working his way up. After his wife was murdered and the suspect’s case was declared a mistrial, MacFarland left the force, drowned his sorrows in alcohol and lived on the streets for years. Now he…
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Kelsey Woods is back in Carlyle Cove to help her aunt Clara with her café and be the maid of honor at her best friend Tanya’s wedding. But when Tanya’s wedding planner is found murdered, Kelsey takes it upon herself to save the wedding by sleuthing out the murderer under the mentorship of Elinor Brooks,…
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A compelling murder mystery set in an intriguing fantasy world where people and plants are magically altered to be stronger, more productive, more alluring or more deadly. The story details the first case of Signum Dinios Kol, known as Din. Din is an Imperial engraver, magically enhanced to remember everything he has seen or heard.…
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A dystopian novel depicting a society in a not so distant future, where people are so desperate for order that they willingly embrace surveillance, government control, and the slow but steady replacement of human interaction, accountability, and sensibility with machines and algorithms. Democracy and freedom are long-lost ideals, sacrificed on the altar of innovation and…
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A fun, introspective novella detailing the thoughts, feelings and fears of an introvert who not only has to go to an office party but, even worse, has to give a speech at said function. As an introvert myself, I feel seen and validated by the thought that there are other people out there who are…
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Four women linked through decades. Three now vanished. When Ethel Dockery reports her three bridge friends missing, only DI Ryan Hale and DS Fiona Winter take her seriously. They are only reluctantly allowed to investigate as Ethel is the superintendent’s mother, but once Ryan and Fiona begin to look into the case, they find that…
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