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Today, Mundy is a down-at-the-heels tour guide in southern Germany, dodging creditors, supporting a new family, and keeping an eye out for trouble while in spare moments vigorously questioning the actions of the country he once bravely served. And trouble finds him, as it has before, in the shape of an old German student friend, radical, and onetime fellow spy, the crippled Sasha, seeker after absolutes, dreamer, and chaos addict. After years of trawling...
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A romantic mystery which begins when a philanthropist commits suicide for no apparent reason. The novel provides the reason through the eyes of three protagonists: the son who hated him, the divorced wife who remained his adviser, and an ambitious daughter who wants all the money.
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"When the philanthropists of Philadelphia start dying of mysterious causes, Nell wonders who could have a grudge against such kind, elderly people. Tracing the connections between the victims, Nell attempts to uncover the motive and murderer before another do-gooder is done in." --
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"Daniel Pitt prosecutes a beloved philanthropist whose good deeds may hide dark-and dangerous-secrets in this gripping mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. Working his way up at London law firm fford Croft and Gibson, Daniel Pitt is named second prosecutor on a fraud case with the potential to make or break his-and the firm's-reputation. The trouble is, Malcolm Vayne, the man on trial, has deep pockets, and even deeper connections....
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"The masterful story of a lifelong friendship between two very different women with shared histories and buried secrets, tested in the twilight of their lives, set across the arc of the 20th century. Celebrated children's book author Agnes Lee is determined to secure her legacy--to complete what she knows will be the final volume of her pseudonymously written Franklin Square novels; and even more consuming, to permanently protect the peninsula of...
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"The gripping tale about two boys, once as close as brothers, who find themselves on opposite sides of the Holocaust. Elliot Rosenzweig, a respected civic leader and wealthy philanthropist, is attending a fundraiser when he is suddenly accosted and accused of being a former Nazi SS officer named Otto Piatek, "the butcher of Zamosc." Although the charges are denounced as preposterous, his accuser, Ben Solomon, is convinced he is right. Solomon persuades...
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2021.
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"A novel about three women at turning points in their lives, and the one night that changes everything. One night, three women go to the theater to see a play. Wildfires are burning in the hills outside, but inside the theater it is time for the performance to take over. Margot is a successful, flinty professor on the cusp of retirement, distracted by her fraught relationship with her adult son and her ailing husband. After a traumatic past, Ivy is...
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"For some people, enough will never be enough. . . .In this town, anyone is replaceable. . . . After a tragic chain of events led to the deaths of their spouses two years ago, DC philanthropist Sloane Chase and Senator Whit Montgomery are finally starting to move on. The horrifying ordeal drew them together, and now they're ready to settle down again--with each other. As Sloane returns to the world of White House dinners and political small talk,...
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Harvest House
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[2003]
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English
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Following A Penny for Your Thoughts, this is the second installment in her Million Dollar Mystery series. Callie returns home to help a young woman, Shayna, prepare for a new job. But they soon discover the dead body of Shayna's boyfriend. Only by turning to God for help can Callie solve this deadly mystery.
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Grand Central Publishing
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2021.
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English
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"Dava Shastri, one of the world's wealthiest women, has always lived with her sterling reputation in mind. A brain cancer diagnosis at the age of seventy, however, changes everything, as she decides to take her death-like all matters of her life-into her own hands. Summoning her four adult children to her private island, she discloses shocking news: in addition to having a terminal illness, she has arranged for the news of her death to break early,...
13) A dime a dozen
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Harvest House Publishers
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[2003]
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English
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ECPA best-selling author Mindy Starns Clark continues her Million Dollar Mystery series with A Dime a Dozen. Private investigator Callie Webber finally meets her boss, and is immediately smitten. But the romance must wait until she solves another mystery, this time involving her late husband's family. Callie can only hope that her prayers will be answered.
14) God's men
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John Day Co
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[1951]
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English
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Novel about the sons of missionaries, which sweeps from China to America and England and from the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 to the critical struggles of 1950.
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Harlequin
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[2020]
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English
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"He'll go to any lengths for his family... even seduction. He'd set the perfect trap... Until he got caught. Blake Boudreaux's sex appeal is legendary--so is his family loyalty. When his father tasks him with retrieving a beloved heirloom to save their finances, the New Orleans playboy agrees, even if it means seducing Madison Armantine. The beautiful philanthropist is helpless against his strong arms and sultry Southern drawl, even as she suspects...
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Thomas Dunne Books
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2003.
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English
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"It is 1833, in the quaint, quiet world of Bellminster, a pretty cathedral town in the English countryside with secrets and shadows around every corner. Venture into a world of petty politics and malicious gossip, a world of surprises and betrayals, a world held together by the suffering soul of a simple man - the good Reverend Tuckworth. Someone is preying on the good people of Bellminster, and only their vicar can save them. But Tuckworth has a...
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Atria Books
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2003.
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English
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Dumped by her boyfriend just in time for the holidays, reporter Rebecca Campbell heads for newby Hamden to investigate the story of a benevoluent stranger who appears every holiday to bestow a gift on a less fortunate soul, never expecting to find her life transformed by the joyful spirit of Hamden.
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Harlequin Enterprises ULC
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2021.
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"To claim her inheritance, philanthropist Riley George needs to tie the knot...now! Desperate times call for desperate measures, so she turns to Travis Holloway--the celebrity chef catering her gala and her ex-lover. Can she make him an offer he can't refuse without giving in to an attraction she can't deny? If Travis can keep things strictly business, he'll save his family's luxury resort. But it's never been about business with Riley, only pleasure....
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