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Mystery
Hideaway Hospital Murders by Robert Robinson
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Virginia “Ginger” Lightley is the owner of Coreyville Coffee Cakes, a popular bakery in East Texas. Customers drive from miles away to visit the little shop for a taste of her original creations.
It’s a shock to the whole community when a young man drops dead across town after eating one of her famous cakes.
The newly appointed police chief promises to solve the case quickly. And Ginger wants to help him—until he accuses one of her employees of murder.
She rejects the crime scenario laid out by the young police chief and secretly determines to solve the crime herself.
Rating: 7/10
Death Pact by William Manchee
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A young attorney, Rich Coleman, and his 17 year old client, Erica Fox, enter into an illicit affair. When they are discovered by a meddlesome aunt she threatens to blow the whistle on them and have Rich thrown in jail. When she is later found dead the two lovers are prime suspects. Eventually Erica is charged with the murder but Rich knows she didn't do it and sets out to prove it. What he doesn't realize is how perilous the search for the truth will be.
Rating: 6/10
Spireclaw by Huw Langridge
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All the time we are surrounded by coincidences. Some we pay a second thought to and then forget about them. Some fill us with wonder. Some we never even notice. But there are some which can scare us.
When Kieran Whyteleafe starts to see little coincidences happening around him he decides to investigate their meaning. The coincidences seem to centre around the word Spireclaw. Why does the word keep appearing in places only meant for Kieran's eyes? Is it connected to the suicide of his old school friend? And what is the significance of the archive boxes that turn up mysteriously at his work.
Kieran's desire to solve some of the puzzles that surround him has pitched him on a trajectory of discovery, and his investigations will culminate in a revelation that is too shocking for him to comprehend.
Rating: 8/10
Ten Thousand Suspects by Rayanda Delaini
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A hiker plunges to his death, a child is kidnapped and a man has his throat slashed to keep him from telling secrets that lure stolen art sleuth, Rane Lavita, and her pal, Chanlee, into the labyrinthine underbelly of the murderously lucrative world of forgeries and porn. A world where fakes are terrifyingly real, love is threatening and mundane realities like baseball caps and innocent smiles become sinister weapons in a to-the-death struggle to outwit 10,000 suspects.
Rating: Pending
Cold Hillside by Martin Cooper
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Simon Coltraine is a professional songwriter and musician. His brother Giles - trader, rogue and amiable bully - is a crook. When Giles is killed in a car accident Simon returns to their childhood home to confront his memories and his own tacit complicity in his brother’s schemes.
Rating: Pending
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