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  Loom Lunacy The: A Cozy Mystery...

  Hoang Nguyen

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  🧵 Weaver and textile studio owner Wanda Warp is preparing for the prestigious Fiber Arts Gala when the event's major sponsor—a ruthless textile manufacturer—is found dead in her studio, crushed beneath her massive floor loom. The police suspect a tragic accident, but Wanda notices the warp threads have been deliberately cut and the victim's fabric samples contain hidden messages woven into the pattern. With her studio shut down and the weaving community in disarray, Wanda must thread her way through a complex investigation. Assisted by her weaving guild and the handsome textile engineer analyzing fiber stress points, Wanda uncovers a scheme involving industrial espionage, stolen weaving patterns, and sabotage of traditional looms. From suspicious tension inconsistencies that reveal tampering to fiber blends that don't match production records, every thread in the warp and weft tells a story. But when Wanda discovers the victim was systematically putting traditional weavers out of business to steal their patterns for mass production, she realizes the killer is protecting a craft heritage more valuable than any factory output. With the gala approaching and the real saboteur still operating, Wanda must weave together the truth before her own loom falls silent forever.

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  Roses Are Dead

  Loren D Estleman

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  Hit man Peter Macklin battles divorce attorneys, mobsters, and hired assassins in this action-packed, hard-boiled thriller 
   
   
    
  For years, Donna ignored the guns in her husband's safe, his long hours, and all the cash he couldn't possibly have made as an "efficiency expert." But finally she was forced to admit that Peter Macklin is a killer for hire. Donna wants a divorce, and she wants to take her husband for all he's worth. But she won't get a penny if he's dead. 
   
   
    
  Macklin, who recently cut ties with the mob, is leaving his divorce attorney's office when he's attacked. Quick thinking saves his life, but the Detroit mob has turned on him, and they'll keep sending assassins until Macklin is put in the ground. He'll have to kill like never before—or this hit man won't live to make his first alimony payment. 
   
   
    
  This riveting thriller from four-time Shamus Award–winning author Loren D. Estleman features one of the most redoubtable antiheroes in hard-boiled crime fiction. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  The Glass Eel

  J.J. Viertel

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  In this gripping debut thriller, struggling divorcée Jeanette King becomes embroiled in a criminal ring when she discovers her ex-husband's cache of baby eels. 
   
  Caterpillar Island is off the central coast of Maine―beloved vacationland of lobster bakes and quaint fried clam shacks, kayaking and country houses. At night, though, by the light of a headlamp, the island is alive with cash, guns, and poachers. Oxy addicts, struggling retirees, and unemployable deadbeats dip their nets in the creeks to catch elvers―two-inch-long baby eels that fetch $2000 a pound on the international black market.Into this dark and dangerous world falls Jeanette King, who has, up to this moment, been earning her meager living mainly by picking and packaging peekytoe crab meat for shipment to New York and Boston. As Jeanette gets drawn into a fast-moving story of risk and violent consequences, she enlists the aid of a local policeman and an Indigenous activist. Together they try to set things right for the people and the planet. But the deeper they dig, the more dangerous things get. An ensuing procession of colorful locals, corrupt state politicians, and treacherous outsiders weaves a tale that reveals the underbelly of a deadly business.

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  Under Pressure

  Sara Driscoll

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  FBI handler Meg Jennings and her K-9 partner, Hawk, are drawn into a case that involves a fortune in uncut gems, and an enemy whose power and ruthlessness know no bounds … 
   
  Diamonds are no one’s best friend when the jewels in question are smuggled conflict gems. Meg Jennings and her Labrador, Hawk, have undertaken many search-and-rescue missions, but this case has an unusual twist. A Philadelphia  
  syndicate is importing diamonds from war-torn African nations and selling them with fake certificates to Stateside dealers. Agent Finn Pierce of the Organized Crime Program is embedded with the syndicate, but being caught with a wire or  
  tracking device would mean instant execution. If Meg, her partner Brian Foster, and their dogs can track Pierce to a deal location, they can break the smuggling chain while maintaining Pierce’s cover. 
   
  With the syndicate monitoring every move, it’s a risky operation with more players than Meg and Brian first assumed—on both sides of the law. And when one of their own gets caught in the line of fire, the team embarks on a desperate  
  rescue mission, knowing that mere seconds are all that separate life and death …

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  After Midnight

  Diana Palmer

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  A holiday attraction blossoms on a South Carolina island in this captivating romance from the New York Times–bestselling author of Before Sunrise. 
   
  On exclusive Seabrook Island, South Carolina, Nicole Seymour is simply Nikki—not the glamorous political fund-raiser she is in Charleston. It’s her spirited innocence and laughing green eyes that draw Kane Lombard to her from the moment they first meet on the beach. 
   
  Although he seems as casual and unassuming as any vacationer, Nikki knows who Kane really is: a wealthy Houston oilman—and her brother’s biggest political rival. When Kane discovers the truth about Nikki’s identity, his desire turns instantly to distrust. Now Kane and Nikki find themselves pitted against each other in a battle that tests their loyalties and their desires. But even the most passionate enemies sometimes become lovers—after midnight. 
   
  Praise for Diana Palmer 
   
  “Nobody tops Diana Palmer when it comes to delivering pure, undiluted romance.” —Jayne Ann Krentz, New York Times–bestselling author 
   
  “Nobody does it better.” —Linda Howard, New York Times–bestselling author 
   
  “A mesmerizing storyteller who captures the essence of what a romance should be.” —Affaire de Coeur

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  Scandal in Bohemia A (The...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  The King of Bohemia engages Holmes to recover an indiscreet photograph showing him with the renowned beauty, adventuress and opera singer Irene Adler – the revelation of which would derail his marriage to a daughter of the King of Scandinavia. In disguise, Holmes witnesses Adler marry the man she truly loves, then by means of an elaborate stratagem discovers the photograph's hiding place. But when Holmes and the king return to retrieve the photo, they find Adler has fled the country with it, leaving behind a letter for Holmes and a portrait of herself for the King. The king allows Holmes to retain the portrait as a souvenir.

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