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Book cover for "Daisy Darker".
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"After years of avoiding each other, Daisy Darker's entire family is assembling for Nana's 80th birthday party in Nana's crumbling gothic house on a tiny tidal island. Finally back together one last time, when the tide comes in, they will be cut off from the rest of the world for eight hours. The family arrives, each of them harboring secrets. Then at the stroke of midnight, as a storm rages, Nana is found dead. And an hour later, the next family...
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1010L
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English
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The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of literature’s most beloved stories and the inspiration for numerous film adaptations, is now available in a fine exclusive collector’s edition featuring beautiful cover and interior treatments, making it ideal for fiction lovers and book collectors alike. Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to...
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"Twenty years after a baby is stolen from a stroller, a woman is murdered in a care home. The two crimes are somehow linked, and a good bad girl may be the key to discovering the truth. Edith may have been tricked into a nursing home, but at eighty-years-young, she's planning her escape. Patience works there, cleaning messes and bonding with Edith, a kindred spirit. But Patience is lying to Edith about almost everything. Edith's own daughter, Clio,...
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Holly Barker volume 1
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English
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods delivers a riveting thriller that introduces his first female protagonist, Deputy Chief of Police Holly Barker. Forced into early retirement at thirty-seven, smart, attractive, and fiercely independent Major Holly Barker trades in her bars as a military cop for the badge of deputy chief of police in Orchid Beach, Florida. But below the sunny surface of this sleepy, well-to-do island town lies an evil...
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2014
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English
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4 stars
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Interveaves the story of Maria, a seamstress in the royal household of Buckingham Palace, and Caroline Meadows who discovers a beautiful quilt in her mother's attic.
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Pub. Date:
2024
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English
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Daisy Finnegan is looking forward to the endless golden freedom of summer. No more college, no more pressure, no more worries. But when her cousin goes missing at an exclusive house party, Daisy is all too ready to confront the mysterious host...only to discover the wealthy recluse Jay Gatsby, her childhood sweetheart--now sinfully hot and impossible to deny. She could never resist him, and it isn't long before she's entangled in a web of wealth and...
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Sid Harta Publishers
Pub. Date:
2025
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English
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Daisy is a good-natured and dutiful mute. Her world is turned upside down while collecting firewood in the nearby Black Forrest. She is suddenly forced to share her body with the spirit of Princess Radiant, who is fleeing from Malspite, the wicked and malevolent witch of Black Forrest. Daisy must face a number of malevolent spirits, including Abhartach, the vampire who is also the Lord of the undead, before she can confront Malspite. Daisy comes to...
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Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
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Daisy faces an impossible choice: eternal peace, joy, and love - or the torment of the abyss. Without hesitation, she chooses the latter, determined to reunite with her son, Gunter, in a realm of infernal pain and suffering. Raised on a desolate rubbish dump by his loyal dog, Red, Gunter has never known the truth of his birth - that he is the lost heir of Cruzland, the son of the late King Heyah Cruz II. All his life, he has endured the cruelty of...
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JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
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When poison fish begin to wash ashore along the River Medway, Langdon St. Ives sets out to investigate the Majestic Paper Mill and their corrupt owners. The body of a young girl is found dead in the river, and mystery grows darker and even more deadly, opening a door onto possible human sacrifice, witchcraft, and a growing threat to his family and friends. He finds himself fighting to save his wife Alice's life, and prevent the ruination of his friends,...
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Publisher:
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
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Dark ... A kingpin willing to murder to protect his dark web drug empire. A corrupt government official determined to avoid exposure. Darker ... A death in Minnesota leads detectives into the world of dark web murder-for-hire where hundreds of thousands of dollars in Bitcoin is paid to arrange killings, beatings, and rapes. Darkest ... A video circulates and the pursuit of the monsters responsible for 'Daisy's Destruction' lead detectives into the...

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Fandom Books
Pub. Date:
2024
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English
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In the world of bathrooms, nothing is as simple as it seems. Behind every pristine porcelain throne, every unassuming plunger, and every high-tech bidet lies a story. A story of ambition, rebellion, andmost importantlychaos. Welcome to the Skibidi Toilet Academy, the most dramatic, absurd, and unexpectedly heartfelt institution you'll ever encounter.At this secret school, toilets aren't just toiletsthey're warriors, pranksters, and legends in the...
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2021
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English
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4 stars
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When she, while going through her grandmother's possessions, discovers a beautiful watch concealed in the back of a picture frame, Elizabeth is plunged into a World War II mystery involving a Jewish clockmaker and his young wife.
Book cover for "Catullus' Bedspread".
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2016
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English
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A vivid narrative that recreates the life of Gaius Valerius Catullus, Rome's first modern" poet, and follows a young man's journey through a world filled with all the indulgences and sexual excesses of the time, from doomed love affairs to shrewd political maneuvering and backstabbing-an accessible, appealing look at one of history's greatest poets. Born to one of Verona's leading families, Catullus spent most of his young adulthood in Rome, mingling...
Book cover for "Falling Into the Symphony of Rainlight".
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Swan Charm Publishing
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
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"Falling into the Symphony of Rainlight" is a mesmerizing collection of verses that captures the ethereal dance between nature and emotion. Within these pages, each poem serves as a delicate note in the symphony of life, embodying the soothing cadence of raindrops and the shimmering glow of light that follows. As you journey through this lyrical landscape, you will find reflections on love, loss, and renewal, all woven together with the motifs of...
Book cover for "The shadow of Vesuvius".
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Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date:
2019
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English
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""A wonderfully rich, witty, insightful, and wide-ranging portrait of the two Plinys and their world."-Sarah Bakewell, author of How to Live. When Pliny the Elder perished at Stabiae during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, he left behind an enormous compendium of knowledge, his thirty-seven-volume Natural History, and a teenaged nephew who revered him as a father. Grieving his loss, Pliny the Younger inherited the Elder's notebooks-filled with pearls...