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Eighteen years ago, a girl shot down a rapist while her father's lawnmower sputtered in the yard outside. Somewhere in the heat and shadows of that day, Alexandra Rafferty took on the burden of her deed, and forged a bond of silence with her cop father. But now Alexandra's husband has left, her father is clinging to his health, and a Miami serial killer is leaving behind death scenes that go beyond the horrific. For Alexandra, her life and work are...
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A crazed killer. A town in terror. A mystery ten years in the making…
Lady Violet Thorn's awful Aunt Igitha arrives uninvited to stay, wreaking havoc in the household. When Violet plucks up courage to ask her to leave, Igitha's chilling threats are soon realised with deadly effect.
In a devastating series of events, a woman is impaled, another is hanged outside Violet's window, and a wild beast is delivered to her house.
Violet is soon struck...
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
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Home is where the horror is…
Jilted thriller writer Lady Violet Thorn has withdrawn to the Suffolk market town of Montford with two servants and her leading character, the adventuress Ruby Gibson, for company.
Violet's peace is disturbed when a stranger asks her for help, claiming that a friend is being kept prisoner in her own home. Her visitor seems so afraid that Violet, despite her scepticism, is persuaded to investigate.
A woman is killed...
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Among the ton of Regency London, one breath of scandal can be disastrous. Enter Rosalind Thorne, a young woman adept at helping ladies of quality navigate the most delicate problems-in this charming mystery series inspired by the novels of Jane Austen...
It is every mama's dearest wish that her daughter marries well. But how to ensure that a seemingly earnest suitor is not merely a fortune hunter? Rosalind is involved in just such a case, discreetly...
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Fans of Jane Austen have fallen in love with Darcie Wilde's mystery series featuring Rosalind Thorne, a young woman adept at helping ladies of the ton navigate the darker corners of Regency England-while revealing Society's most shocking secrets. Rosalind is pleased when she's invited to Cassel House to help her friend, Louisa, prepare for her upcoming wedding. But that's not the only event on her agenda. The trip will also afford Rosalind the chance...
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After hairdresser Daisy Thorne finds her missing scissors in a customer's back, she becomes the prime suspect in a murder...
When Ooh La La regular Mel Haverstock left the hair salon that morning, no one expected it would be her final parting. But when Daisy closes shop Saturday night, she finds her client dead as the mullet cut. Homicide is back in style in the quiet village of Edgemead in Surrey, England. But who would want to harm a hair on poor...
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When the ladies of the ton of Regency London need discreet assistance, they turn to Rosalind Thorne-in these mysteries inspired by the novels of Jane Austen . . .
Trust is a delicate thing, and no one knows that better than Rosalind Thorne. Lady Melbourne has entrusted her with recovering a packet of highly sensitive private letters stolen from her desk. The contents of these letters hold great interest for the famous poet Lord Byron, who had carried...
8) Slow Squeeze
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"A superior piece of storytelling…" –Charles Champlin, Los Angeles Times Book ReviewSlow Squeeze is the second in the critically acclaimed Iris Thorne mystery series by Los Angeles Times bestseller Dianne Emley, now available for the first time as an e-book. Includes bonus material: Chapter One of Fast Friends, the third Iris Thorne Mystery.Iris Thorne survived the purge following McKinney Alitzer's chain of scandals. The murders, money-laundering,...
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Linda Moore's long-awaited sequel to Foul Deeds is another highly engaging mix of art and environmental justice. Finally working a real job as a researcher for the Public Prosecution Service, Roz is on her first paid vacation. She has rented a cottage on Nova Scotia's beautiful Minas Basin with plans to explore ideas for her next theatre production. Accompanied by her cat and a stack of Beckett plays, she has no sooner settled in than she spots what...
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A Shakespeare-loving criminologist investigates a tragic case of murder in a "fast-paced tale that gets both the intellect and the heart racing" (Louise Penny, author of Still Life and Dead Cold).
A Halifax criminologist, Rosalind has an unquenchable love of drama. Perhaps that's why she continues to work for the cranky private investigator McBride. Over the years, their association has led her from one sordid foray to another in the world of crime....
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Welcome to Daisy Thorne's Ooh La La hair salon in the charming village of Edgemead in Surrey, England, where you'll find the latest styles, the juiciest gossip - and the most tantalizing murder clues ...
No one would ever accuse famous opera star Dame Serena Levanté of lacking a flare for the dramatic. Unfortunately, it's curtains down on the dysfunctional diva when she's found dead at the bottom of a staircase in her elegant home. Solving an opera...
12) Pushover
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"With her bold moral compass, her appealing in-your-face attitude and unsettled romantic life, Iris is a compelling heroine," Publishers Weekly raved about the Iris Thorne Mysteries.Iris returns in Pushover, the fifth in the critically acclaimed series by Los Angeles Times bestseller Dianne Emley.Sexy and savvy Iris Thorne has made it to the big corner office of the glittering yet cutthroat Los Angeles investment firm, McKinney Alitzer. She's looking...
13) Fast Friends
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"Sharp and stylish… Clever and cool." –Val McDermid, Manchester Evening News (UK)Fast Friends is the third in the critically acclaimed Iris Thorne mystery series by Los Angeles Times bestseller Dianne Emley, now available for the first time as an e-book and trade paperback. Includes bonus: the first chapter of Foolproof, the fourth Iris Thorne mystery.A sexy and surefooted investment counselor, who made her ride to the top in her red Triumph,...
14) Foolproof
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Emley's "...uncanny knack for using the perfect word gives the novel a special quality....There's action to spare...[and] an almost erotic lushness to her writing...." raved The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) of Dianne Emley's third smashing Iris Thorne mystery, Fast Friends. Now she plunges her savvy heroine into a maelstrom of marriage and murder in the Los Angeles high-tech world, proving that in a city where ruthless ambition, community property laws,...
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The Rosalind Thorne mystery series-inspired by the novels of Jane Austen-continues as the audacious Rosalind strives to aid those in need while navigating the halls of high society. Rosalind Thorne has slowly but assuredly gained a reputation as 'a useful woman'-by helping respectable women out of some less-than-respectable predicaments. Her latest endeavor is a tragedy waiting to happen. Desperate Margaretta Seymore is with child-and her husband...
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Welcome to Daisy Thorne's Ooh La La hair salon in the charming village of Edgemead in Surrey, England, where you'll find the latest styles, the juiciest gossip-and the most tantalizing murder clues.
No one would ever accuse famous opera star Dame Serena Levante of lacking a flare for the dramatic. Unfortunately, it's curtains down on the dysfunctional diva when she's found dead at the bottom of a staircase in her elegant home. Solving an opera singer's...
17) A Useful Woman
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Inspired by the novels of Jane Austen, this new mystery series set in nineteenth-century London introduces the charming and resourceful Rosalind Thorne, a woman privy to the secrets of high society-including who among them is capable of murder. The daughter of a baronet and minor heiress, Rosalind Thorne was nearly ruined after her father abandoned the family. To survive in the only world she knew, she began to manage the affairs of some of London...
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