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  IN THE SHADOW OF DIABLO - Death...

  Dan Hanel

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  Book two in the series. When foreign language teacher Celeste Scott is asked by police to help translate a strange note found on a mummified corpse, she and science teacher Harrison Barrett are drawn into the intriguing history of the Byron Hot Springs Resort. Their present-day mystery alternates with the desperate journey of Baron Leopold von Haas, who flees post-World War I Austria and winds up at the famous resort, a half-a-world away. Harrison and Celeste uncover a web of clues spanning the gruesome death of Charles the Bold in 1477 France to a covert World War II interrogation center in California. Meanwhile, in order to return to his family, Baron von Haas must reveal his secret to one of the resort’s many fabled guests including Fatty Arbuckle, Lefty O’Doul, and the renowned sugar baron, Adolph Spreckels. What untold story links it all? The answer can only be found where past meets present, fact meets fiction, and mystery meets romance ... in the shadow of Diablo.

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  The Kind Redemption

  Alan Maas

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  Eli Kind stood at the edge of Centennial Valley, gazing toward the hills that had shaped his family’s fate. His hands were roughened by work, his mind burdened by questions left unanswered. The mystery of his missing uncle, Ezra, had gnawed at him for years, but now the search was more than just a personal journey—it was a path that would lead him deep into the heart of his family’s legacy. A legacy intertwined with the legend of the Thoen Stone and a secret too powerful to remain buried. 
  Though the Kind and Anderson ranches flourished, the encroaching Gold Rush and the promise of riches had brought more than just miners into the area. The land was filling with men—some seeking fortune, others seeking justice—and more than a few seeking revenge. Eli knew that the answers to his questions were as buried as the treasures of the hills themselves, but he was determined to find them, no matter the cost. 
  In the town of Deadwood, where the echoes of Wild Bill Hickok’s gunshot still lingered in the air, new alliances would be forged, and old ghosts would rise from the shadows. Eli’s search would lead him into the paths of historical figures—Teddy Roosevelt, Seth Bullock, and even the legendary Crazy Horse. Each step brought him closer to the truth, and yet, each turn in the road left him questioning what he believed was real. 
  Was the Kind family bound by fate—or by a curse? 
  The winds of the past were stirring, and the land called to Eli, urging him forward. But with every discovery, the line between friend and foe blurred, and he would soon learn that some truths come with a cost. 
  And sometimes, redemption isn’t just about finding the past—it’s about confronting it.

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  Mellonta Tauta - An interesting...

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Edgar Poe was born in Boston Massachusetts on 19th January 1809. His father abandoned his family the following year and within a year his mother had died leaving him an orphan.   
  He was taken in by the Allan family but never formally adopted although he now referred to himself as Edgar Allan Poe.  His father alternatively spoiled or chastised him and tension was frequent over gambling debts and monies for his education.  His university years to study ancient and modern languages was cut short by lack of money and he enlisted as a private in the army claiming he was 22, it is more probable he was 18. After 2 years he obtained a discharge in order to take up an appointment at the military academy, West Point, where he failed to become an officer. 
  Poe had released his 1st poetry volume in 1827 and after his 3rd turned to prose and placing short stories in several magazines and journals.  At age 26 he obtained a licence to marry his cousin.  She was a mere 13 but they stayed together until her death from tuberculosis 11 years after. 
  In January 1845 ‘The Raven’ was published and became an instant classic.  Thereafter followed the prose works for which he is now so rightly famed as a master of the mysterious and the macabre. 
  Edgar Allan Poe died at the tragically early age of 40 on 7th October 1849 in Baltimore, Maryland. Newspapers at the time reported Poe's death as ‘congestion of the brain’ or ‘cerebral inflammation’, common euphemisms for death from disreputable causes such as alcoholism but the actual cause of death remains a mystery.

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  3 Sad Stories - About Being...

  Leonid Andreyev, O Henry,...

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  There is something about the number 3.    
   
  The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.   
   
  Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois.  It seems good things usually come in threes. 
   
  Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating. 
   
  From their pens to your your ears.

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  A Christmas Escape

  Anne Perry

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  For countless readers, Christmastime means a delicious new holiday mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. A Christmas Escape, her thirteenth noel to the season, transports us to the Mediterranean island of Stromboli for an unconventional Yuletide adventure—and an unforgettable volcanic encounter. 
    
  Lonely Charles Latterly arrives at his small hotel hoping that the island’s blue skies and gentle breezes will brighten his spirits. Unfortunately, there’s no holiday cheer to be found among his fellow guests, who include a pompous novelist, a stuffy colonel, a dangerously ill-matched married couple, and an ailing old man. The one charming exception is orphaned teenager Candace Finbar, who takes Charles under her wing and introduces him to the island’s beauty. But the tranquility of the holiday is swiftly disrupted by a violent quarrel, an unpleasant gentleman’s shocking claims of being stalked, and the ominous stirrings of the local volcano. Then events take an even darker turn: A body is found, and Charles quickly realizes that the killer must be among the group of guests. 
    
  Captivating in its depiction of untamed nature in all its awesome power, and of the human heart in the throes of transformation, A Christmas Escape gifts readers with Anne Perry’s talent for making the season brighter—and more thrilling.

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  The Scandalous Marriage

  M. C. Beaton

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  The charms of a rumored rake prove irresistible in this captivating Regency from the New York Times–bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin mysteries. 
   
  As far as matrimonial prospects were concerned, Lucy Bliss was told she’d make an excellent clergyman’s wife. Her mother, however, had loftier aspirations for her lovely younger sister Belinda. Belinda would marry a duke. More specifically, the Duke of Wardshire.  
   
  Lucy was truly horrified. “Lucifer” Wardshire! Why, he was rumored to be as wicked as the devil, with orgies and mistresses—and worse! As the London Season unfolded, Lucy couldn’t decide who was more abominable, her vulgar mama or the arrogant yet disconcertingly handsome duke. No matter, Lucy vowed to go to any lengths to protect her sister, even if her mission should take her into the very arms of the devilish duke himself . . .  
   
  Praise for M.C. Beaton  
   
  “A romance writer who deftly blends humor and adventure . . . [sustaining] her devoted audience to the last gasp.” —Booklist 
   
  “Veteran author Marion Chesney (aka M.C. Beaton) delivers top-notch Regency fare.” —RT Book Reviews

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