Contemporary
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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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A collection of poems sharing the themes of nature and human existence seen through the lens of the poet herself. Gentle, subtle and easily accessible, these poems take deep, personal and powerful emotions and ground them in small, everyday occurrences. Sometimes wistful, sometimes melancholy, sometimes content, each poem paints its own picture of a thought…
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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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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 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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Virginia Farrell is a journalist and long-time jazz enthusiast and mystery fan. Betty Brown, a former jazz singer, reveals the existence of a box full of priceless, thought-to-be-lost stolen jazz tapes from the 1950s, asking Virginia to ensure that they are returned to their rightful owner. But before Virginia can act, Betty Brown is murdered,…
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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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Book 2 in the Francine Witt Mystery series. Bottled Up resumes the action where book 1, Full Bodied ended, with Francine Witt on a mission to tell the story of Penelope Radcliffe, archaeologist and grandmother of Rosalind Downing, who is accompanying Francine as her research assistant. As the two of them begin to look into…
