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  The Midnight Warriors

  Nirmani Walpola

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  Two teens try to balance their lives as regular middle schoolers with their sworn obligation to save the world . . .Clara, the most popular girl in school, and Damien, an antisocial prankster, have nothing in common except that they’re been best friends forever. But each of them withholds a secret from the other: that they are teenage assassins in a secret organization. In fact, it’s the same secret organization, and their alter egos are bitter enemies.Hiding under a mask your whole life can flip the world upside down, and that’s what happens to Clara when she finds out Damien’s missing. Clara realizes that he is in the hands of General Skylock, her assassin organization’s fiercest enemy. Now Clara must either surrender or face her friend’s death . . .

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  Cinch Knot

  Ron Walden

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  Pipeline Security Guard, Dan Webster, and a pump station technician, Gwen Stevens, discover a hidden nuclear device inside an ultrasonic pipeline inspection "pig," and are convinced it is part of a sinister conspiracy. During their investigation they uncover a multinational plot among influential oil and shipping leaders planning on disrupting the flow of Alaskan oil in the pipeline to drive the price of oil skyward. The fate of the Alaska pipeline, pristine Prince William Sound, the town of Valdez, thousands of innocent people, and global economic stability are threatened, unless the device can be disarmed and the schemers exposed.

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  Villa Adele Murder - Sue Lee...

  D.M.Sorlie

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  In the past, a murder at Villa Adele in 1901 deceives the Monte Carlo commissioner of police causing the death of an innocent man. In 1951, new evidence is disclosed along with lost treasure fortune seekers are willing to kill for. 

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  The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire, written by British author Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 Sherlock Holmes stories collected between 1921 and 1927 as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in the January 1924 issues of The Strand Magazine in London and Hearst's International Magazine in New York.Holmes receives an odd letter that makes reference to vampires. Mr. Robert Ferguson, who comes to 221B Baker Street the next morning, has become convinced that his Peruvian second wife has been sucking their baby son's blood. By his first wife, he has a 15-year-old son named Jack, who suffered an unfortunate accident as a child and now, although he can still walk, he does not have the full use of his legs. After the bloodsucking began, Jack has unaccountably been struck twice by his stepmother, although Mr. Ferguson cannot imagine why. Ever since being found out by her husband, she has locked herself in her room and refused to come out. Only her Peruvian maid, Dolores, is allowed in. She takes Mrs. Ferguson her meals.Even before Holmes and Watson set off for Mr. Ferguson's house in Sussex, Holmes has deduced what is going on, and it has nothing to do with vampires. Holmes's trip is made simply to observe and confirm what he has already deduced...Famous works of the author Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Valley of Fear, His Last Bow, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, Stories of Sherlock Holmes, The Lost World.

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  The Khan

  Saima Mir

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  A once-in-a-generation crime thriller.' A.A.Dhand, author of Streets of Darkness 
   
  'Compelling and gritty.' Cosmopolitan 
   
  'Authentic, immersive and powerful.' Will Dean, author of the Tuva Moodyson mysteries 
   
  Be twice as good as men and four times as good as white men. 
   
  Jia Khan has always lived like this. 
   
  Successful London lawyer Jia Khan is a long way from the grubby Northern streets she knew as a child, where her father, Akbar Khan, led the Pakistani community and ran the local organised crime syndicate. Often his Jirga rule – the old way – was violent and bloody, but it was always justice of a kind. 
   
  Now, with her father murdered, Jia must return to take his place. The police have always relied on the Khan to maintain the fragile order of the streets. But a bloody power struggle has broken out among warring communities and nobody is safe. 
   
  Justice needs to be restored, and Jia is about to discover that justice always comes at a cost.

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  How to Get Away with Murder -...

  Tam Barnett

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  A delightfully twisty and darkly comic crime thriller, for fans of My Sister, the Serial Killer and How to Kill Your Family 
  I'm obsessed with true crime. All the podcasts, the documentaries... I can't get enough. 
  And now there's a murderer on the loose where I live. What a rush! 
  Of course, some people might wonder if it's me. Am I an innocent soul with an unhealthy fascination, or a deadly psychopath? 
  It's the killer question. After all, I would love to know how to get away with murder… 
  Tam Barnett's debut novel is perfect for readers of Katy Brent, CJ Skuse or Bella Mackie.

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