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Mountain Ice (David Dean Mysteries)Escaping her abusive husband, Edith and her mute son register at the Dean’s B&B. An ex-boyfriend shows up, followed by her husband. Her husband’s climbing rope is cut and he plunges to his death. Did she sever the line or was it her ex-boyfriend or someone else? The police have made up their minds…
Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense
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Crime TimeTwo couples realize their friend has dreams which are visions of past happenings. They use his mystifying ability to locate missing children. A retired FBI agent helps obtain more info and improves their success. Public suspicion grows. It takes all their wile and skill to outsmart the kidnapper.
Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense
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Skip Case (David Dean Mysteries)When Jeffrey Byrne disappears there is no evidence of a skip, suicide or foul play. Byrne left his lovely wife Cynthia, a sports star son, and a comfortable if boring life. The case is officially closed, but the detective's feelings for the missing man's wife grow, along with his suspicions.
Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense
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The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesA series of mysteries are solved by detective Sherlock Holmes. A Colonel dies after receiving seeds in the mail, a young bride disappears, a jewel is stolen and a son is accused of this father's murder.
Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Romantic Suspense
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Dead on the Fourth of July (David Dean Mysteries)David Dean's election bid for Sheriff becomes complicated after ten-year-old Martha discovers a skeleton in an abandoned mine. He and his wife promise the girl they'll identify the remains; but, the bones disappear. Someone wants the skeleton to remain anonymous! Tragedy strikes...
Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense
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Shannon O'Reillyby Charlotte E. Gerber
Shannon O'ReillyShannon O'Reilly is being haunted in her own home. The ghosts haunting her are murder victims from a century-old crime. The small town of Beeman has many secrets and there are people that would prefer to keep the murder mystery buried along with the Edmondson family. Will Shannon discover the truth before her family pays the ultimate price?
Categories: Mystery & Suspense, SciFi & Horror, Teen
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A Study in ScarletSherlock Holmes makes his debut in the mystery of a corpse found in a run-down, abandoned house. He encounters a strange clue, the word RACHE written in blood on the wall near the body. Only the astute mind of Mr. Holmes can make sense of such a cryptic clue.
Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Romantic Suspense
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RetributionRyan Larkin is tied to a seat in the middle of a locked room, beaten and broken. He can't remember how he got there but a stranger points a gun at him and gives Ryan a minute to tell what he was doing earlier in the day. Maybe a bullet would be better than The Chamber.
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The Mysterious Affair at StylesThis baffling mystery story seeks to find who poisoned the stepmother. Was it one of her sons, her new husband or someone else. The book captivates the reader with characters, clues and intrigue. Belgian detective Hercule Poirot closely observes all suspects to find a pattern to lead him to the murderer.
Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Other Fiction, Romantic Suspense
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The Apartment Next DoorA young woman is paid to secretly watch the people in the next apartment during World War I. She could be a traitor or she might get caught up in the mystery and intrigue. Adventure turns to romance as she falls in love, maybe with the wrong person.
Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Romance, Romantic Suspense
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The Mockingbird's Ballad
History and romantic stories weave through this fascinating tale of life in the 1800s for a girl farrier (blacksmith) and her twin after being forced from their family by the Blood Law. She joins Wheelers Army of Tennessee horse mounted soldiers as one of the few women in the Civil War. Travel the Cherokee homeland in Georgia in the 1840s to the fever-ridden jungles of Cuba in 1898.
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