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  Fadeaway Joe

  Hugh Lessig

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  Sixty-four-year-old Joe has known violence his entire life. For forty years, he’s worked as an enforcer for loan shark and close friend Maxie Smith, breaking more than a few bones along the way. When Maxie abruptly fires him, Joe isn’t sure where to lay the blame—on Maxie, the man he once considered his brother, or on the early-onset Alzheimer’s that made Maxie lose faith in him in the first place. To keep his head above water, he begins to operate a food truck that’s barely getting by. Desperate to regain some purpose in his life, Joe makes a life-altering decision: he’s going to take down Maxie Smith by any means necessary, once and for all. However, his plan of revenge is sidelined when he meets twenty-two-year-old Paula Jessup, a wise-cracking amateur detective with a few scheming cards up her sleeve, who’s on the run from a trafficking ring she’s been investigating. The two form an unlikely bond: Paula needs some protection and Joe needs a purpose. With the stakes running high and the clock ticking down—will this gamble pay off?

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  Mask or Raid

  Joanna Campbell Slan

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  When Time in a Bottle, St. Louis's premiere craft store, is slated for demolition, Kiki is forced to confront her deep-rooted aversion to change. But before she can move, the new building must be made ADA compliant. 
   
   
   
  When a long-sealed wall is breached during renovations, a grim secret is revealed—a baby's body hidden within its confines. Determined to uncover the truth and provide closure for the innocent life lost, Kiki becomes entangled in a whirlwind investigation that spans decades. With her unyielding spirit and tenacious curiosity, she unravels a web of secrets, deceit, and heartbreak that has haunted this house for years. 
   
   
   
  As Kiki investigates, she finds herself immersed in a poignant tale of love, loss, and the long shadow of war crimes. With the relentless approach of the pandemic, Kiki must navigate not only the mysteries of the past but also the challenges of an uncertain present, where lives are at stake and time is running out. 
   
   
   
  In the midst of her pursuit for justice, Kiki finds her own personal life entangled in unexpected twists and turns. She learns that embracing change may be the key to unlocking the answers she seeks and finding the courage to forge a new path forward.

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  Diamonds are a Boy's Best Friend

  Christopher Allen

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  Diamonds are a boys best friend                                                             The summary of the story is as follows:       After serving a lengthy prison sentence, aging criminal mastermind Harry Botts is released and reunites with his wife, Theresa, who has spent his incarceration expanding their criminal empire. She presents him with an audacious plan: stealing a collection of rare pink diamonds worth £437 million, set to be exhibited at Asprey, a high-end London jeweler. Recognizing this as the ultimate heist—one that could secure their retirement—Harry assembles his old crew: Tommy Morrison (electronics expert), Marcus Williams (muscle and logistics), Lily Chen (forger), Sandra Fletcher (social infiltrator), Eddie Kowalski (getaway driver), and Reggie Thompson (fence). 
  The crew meticulously plans the heist, opting to intercept the diamonds during transport rather than breaking into Asprey. They create flawless synthetic replicas to swap with the real diamonds, ensuring the theft goes unnoticed long enough for them to disappear. Sandy gathers intelligence through her high-society connections, while Tommy devises a way to bypass the shipment’s advanced tracking systems. The team identifies a construction zone on the A4 as the perfect spot to stage the heist, using a traffic delay as cover. 
  On the day of the heist, they successfully intercept the Brink’s armored truck, disable its security, and replace the diamonds with fakes in under twelve minutes. The real diamonds are hidden, and the crew disperses, waiting to see if their deception holds. Weeks pass without detection, but tensions rise as the immense wealth strains their loyalty. Suspicions grow, and the crew fractures—some flee abroad, while others scheme to take larger shares. 
  Ultimately, Harry outmanoeuvres them all. While his crew members meet varying fates—some arrested, others dead or in hiding—Harry stays in London, using his cut to establish a legitimate jewelry business as cover.

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  The Fall

  Rachael Blok

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  The sins of the past echo in the present in the new literary thriller from rising star of crime fiction, Rachael Blok. 
   
  The wind is cold this high up. The man shouts out, but nobody hears. The cathedral roof has caught his fall, but it will not hold him for long. The night is dark. And it is such a long way down... 
   
  On Good Friday, the verger of St Albans cathedral was supposed to be preparing the Easter service. Instead he discovers a man lying dead, fallen from the famous fifty-foot-high spire. Did he jump, or was he pushed? 
   
  For DCI Maarten Jansen, it's a simple case of suspected suicide. Until a stranger, Willow, who witnessed the jump, prompts a deeper investigation into a long-buried past, involving a mental hospital, a pregnant woman, and fifty years of silence. As Willow's own family history entwines with the case, Jansen starts to wonder how everything is connected. 
   
  The Fall is a haunting literary thriller about loss, trauma, silence, and how our past shapes who we are.

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  Traitor’s Gold The: The gripping...

  David Leadbeater

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  The gripping new action thriller novel from the million-copy bestselling author of the Matt Drake series 
  Ex-MI5 operative Joe Mason is on a mission to rescue a friend who has been kidnapped. Meanwhile, ancient coins – remnants of a Chinese casino buried for six hundred years – are starting to surface in Japan's clandestine underworld. 
  Mason knows the coins and kidnapping are linked. Someone has finally unearthed the long-buried ancient casino, and its riches – both financial and archaeological – are now up for grabs. But hidden forces are desperate to conceal the discovery and take it for themselves, kidnapping and killing to silence anyone in their path. 
  In a high-stakes battle to reveal the casino to the world, Joe and his team race across the region, from high-rise Hong Kong to Tokyo's bustling markets to the covert gambling rings of Osaka. But they are being hunted by elite forces – and it’s only a matter of time before the target on their back catches up with them. 
  In this perilous quest for the world’s oldest casino, Mason must find the site before his enemies find him. But can he unearth the secrets of the gold in time? 
  In this sequel, Mason's military expertise and espionage skills are put to the test as he navigates the political and technological challenges of the underworld. The suspense of the story keeps readers on the edge of their seats, as Mason's perilous quest for the world’s oldest casino becomes a thrilling race against time. 
  For fans of Ernest Dempsey (The Secret of the Stones), Matt James (The Blood King), Don Bentley (Tom Clancy Weapons Grade), Jd Kirk (A Killer of Influence), and J. Robert Kennedy (The Arsenal). 
  HarperCollins 2024

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  Toba Tek Singh - Political...

  Saadat Hasan Manto

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  Saadat Hasan Manto was born in 1912.  As a playwright and author, he wrote in what was then British India until the 1947 partition placed him on the Pakistan side of the new border.  He wrote mainly in Urdu and was a prolific short story writer.  His writing attracted controversy, and he was arrested and charged with obscenity 6 times but was never convicted.

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