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"In the quiet seaside town of Blaine, Washington, the most serious police work involves dealing with stray coyotes or ticketing speeders along the I-5. But on Ethan Brand’s first day as the town’s chief of police, he finds a threat on his porch, along with a gruesome souvenir, a bloody animal heart.
There are plenty of people who are upset about Ethan replacing the last Chief, but when a body shows up on the railroad tracks, Ethan has to turn...
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In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton (Charles Miller), the famous archaeologist, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses and dies. His last words "Eternal Fire" are the only clue Chinese detective Jimmy Wong (Keye Luke) and Captain Street (Grant Withers) of the police department have to work on.
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Brothers Grimm's 'Snow White and Other Tales' presents timeless fairy tales with enchanting narratives. From the iconic Snow White to enchanting stories like 'Doctor Knowall,' 'The Spirit in the Bottle,' 'The Young Giant,' and more, the collection captivates with enduring themes of morality, magic, and resilience. These classic tales traverse realms of fantasy, offering readers of all ages enduring lessons wrapped in whimsical narratives, making it...
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Four classic stories by the New York Times bestselling grandmaster of mystery, each paired with an incisive new introduction.
A thriller writer is embroiled in a real-life whodunit when a friend drops dead with her hatpin impaled in his back. The violation of a sealed West Bank tomb, its rock walls intact, provides a Thebes investigator with a mystifying conundrum. Two sisters take shelter in a shuttered old house at the end of a country road ....
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For Evie St. Claire, life in Honeysuckle Springs isn't anything like she'd imagined. Sure, the old house is charming, and the smalltown lakeside community is picture perfect. But her kitty roommate Birdie is unpredictable, snarky, and demanding.
When a ransom note shows up at Evie's backdoor, she must come clean about her aunt's stolen ashes. She'll also need to decide if she's willing to meet the ransom demands and give up her aunt's spell book,...
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A Chicago news reporter chasing her big break in jazz-age Paris, an exclusive with a renowned couture designer, and a stepmother lying dead among the silk and sequins...
Paris 1925: When news reporter Abigail Dixon trades the Chicago newsroom for the Paris fashion scene, she finds herself dazzled by the latest looks from Coco Chanel, sipping champagne at the Ritz, and interviewing a famous designer. Stepping into his luxurious atelier on Rue du...
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Montalbano sieht sich mit einem rätselhaften Mordfall konfrontiert, als er Angelo Pardo in obszöner Position tot in dessen Wohnung auffindet. Alles deutet auf ein Verbrechen aus Leidenschaft hin, gab es doch mehrere Frauen, die um Pardos Gunst buhlten. Aber auch wenn die weiblichen Zeugen alles daransetzen, dem Commissario die Sinne zu verwirren, verliert er doch nie den Blick für das Wesentliche ...
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Explore timeless enchantment in Brothers Grimm's 'Little Red Riding Hood and Other Tales.' From the iconic Red Riding Hood to captivating stories like 'The Golden Bird,' 'The Twelve Huntsmen,' and 'The Wolf and the Fox,' this collection weaves a tapestry of magical narratives. Each tale unfolds with whimsy and moral resonance, offering readers a captivating journey into a world where folklore comes alive with lessons and wonder. Read in English, unabridged....
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Just prior to his execution, a condemned murderer decides to tell the authorities who hired him to commit the murder. However, he's killed by a poison dart in front of a roomful of officials and reporters before he can divulge the name. An assistant district attorney and a pretty newspaper reporter team up to discover the "mystery man" behind the murders.
11) Shanghai Cobra
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Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Death by cobra venom connects a number of murders. Charlie (Sidney Toler) investigates.
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The Scottish Highlands conceal a cunning murderer in this first book in the Whisky Business mystery series…Abigail Logan is the first to admit that what she knows about running a whisky distillery would fit into a shot glass with room to spare. But when she inherits a boutique distillery in rural Scotland, she quickly discovers that she is now part of a high-stakes business – more art than science – that elicits deep passions and prejudices....
13) Eleven Huskies
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Peter Bannerman, veterinarian and amateur detective, deserves a summer vacation. Peter and his family head to a remote fishing lodge in northern Manitoba for a canoeing trip with his champion sniffer dog, Pippin. But a series of incidents color their plans. The lodge's sled team of huskies has been poisoned and, at the same time, a floatplane crashes into the lake, killing the pilot and both passengers. While Peter works to save the huskies, it is...
15) The Long Shadow
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A young Sheriff's Deputy in rural Louisiana takes on her town's wealthiest family when the woman she's in a secret relationship with is murdered.
16) Stray
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In a cold and remote landscape, two strangers struggle to repair their broken pasts. Hailed by critics as one of the best New Zealand films ever made.
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In Balewood Forest, einem einsamen und unberührten Wald nahe Earlsraven, wird Irene Stevens tot aufgefunden-ermordet mit einem altertümlich wirkenden Speer. Hatte es jemand auf die junge Frau abgesehen oder war sie einfach zur falschen Zeit am falschen Ort? Und warum dieser ungewöhnliche Speer als Mordwerkzeug? Nathalie und Louise fahren an den Tatort, um dort nach Hinweisen auf den Mörder zu suchen. Doch ungeheuerliche Dinge spielen sich in diesem...
19) A Model Murder
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Web model Kara Woods begins to get disturbing messages from one of her fans, causing her to seek help from a security influencer, Cody Valentine. Things are fine until the messages begin spilling over into "IRL" when Kara's stalker begins to show up in person.
20) Pulk
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The violent relationships between a self-destructive driver, a family of three, and a warehouse worker.
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