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1) The Thief
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On the run from a failed attempt to steal back his family's historic treasure, the thief known only as Delgatto stumbles into the ruins of the Chesterfield Hotel and finds an old wooden chest. When he touches the gold chain inside, he's hurtled back well over a hundred years to the Chesterfield, during its days as a bustling resort filled with wealthy patrons. He meets the enigmatic Miss Sparrow who arranges for him to "borrow" the identity of a rich...
2) The Thief
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Dannika Dark presents Book 4 in the Black Arrowhead series.
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For anyone who's ever needed a second chance, to find love, to find the right path in life…Des Moines, 1892. After losing their promised inheritance, the Arthur family's luck finally changes. An extraordinary woman, Violet Pendergrass, provides refuge for them to rebuild their broken lives. Or has she?Handsome fifteen-year-old Tommy Arthur has one foot in manhood and the other dragging up the rear of his boyhood years. He strives to protect and...
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"The Thief and Me" takes place during the end of the American Revolution when England had total occupation of New York City. Two people, Jake and Jenny, find themselves thrown together after being shipwrecked on a voyage to America. They must hide their identities and create a fake marriage to survive in the New World. This book is a sequel to "The Indian and Me" and follows the struggle Native Americans faced after the Revolution to find where they...
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When summer homes on a large New Hampshire lake are being robbed during the off-season, one homeowner decides to take matters into his own hands. But the would-be burglar, armed with a sharp knife, has his own plans. So, whose plan will emerge victorious? The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases the best in modern mystery and crime stories, personally selected by one of the most acclaimed short stories authors and editors in the mystery field.
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What can we learn from the thief crucified on the cross alongside Jesus? Why was this event recorded at all, and can we learn anything important from this event?First, let us consider who this person was. Nowhere has his history been recorded for us, but we can presume he was not an amiable person. He was obviously a thief, and who knows what other crimes he may have committed to earn the death sentence? In Luke 23:39 to 42, we see the confession...
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A runaway thrall. A clever thief. Together, two orphans will defy destiny or fall trying.
In the aftermath of a rebellion against William the Conqueror, northern England lies in ruins, its people scattered and starved.
Aelfric, a 14-year-old thrall, flees from his master and stumbles upon a cache of stolen laundry. The thief? Aliwyn, a girl around his age ostracized for being "cursed." In her care is a lost toddler she has rescued from the...
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The land is at war!
Amidst a landscape of bloodshed and turmoil, Ettalara, a young noblewoman, seeks to return crucial documents to her King. Despite a path fraught with danger, dragons, and dances, she forges ahead. But when she meets Quip and Trill, a pair of orphans with a decidedly different view of the war, her plans may come crashing to a halt.
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Imagine a city that transformed into one big racecourse. Where the streets are used for the biggest racing event of the year. Imagine a world of technology beyond today's time. Well- "Welcome to Race Island! Where racing through cities at the speeds of death is completely legal! So let the games begin!" Born of a white father of wealth and a black mother of poverty. Judge Knott is abandoned at the age of three. All Judge knows is a miserable life...
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It was supposed to be a simple job.Get in, steal the gem, get out. But when everything goes to hell, Mel is out her payment and in the sights of an angry alpha lion.No gem? Big problem.Luke's sister is in trouble, the Scarlet Emerald is gone, and Mel is back, ready to face off with him again.But to heal his sister, Luke will do the unthinkable. As the attraction bubbles between the alpha and the thief, their lives are more entangled than they ever...
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"A strikingly original and absorbing mystery about a white-passing bookbinder in Victorian England and the secrets lurking on the estate where we she works, for fans of Fingersmith and The Confessions of Frannie Langton The library is under lock and key. But its secrets can't be contained. 1896. After he brought her home from Jamaica as a baby, Florence's father had her hair hot-combed to make her look like the other girls. But as a young woman, Florence...
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Two kingdoms, two powers, one throne… the Dragon will do anything to get it.
Agent of the Dragon, Drake Gantinough, has hid his daughter from his enemy, Duke Valian, for fourteen years, but Gantinough has a secret. Isabella is Valian's daughter and Gantinough wants her demise. Isabella remains ignorant of her heritage and her father, who guards the King's throne. As the Guardian's heir, she is a valuable pawn, and she cannot see her...
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When the DeSoto Building is stolen on a rainy night in January, the first thing Commissioner Pennyworth does is blame Vic. From then on Doc and the team are caught in a race to save the skyscrapers of New York from cryptid invaders while home-grown Nazis try to throw a monkey wrench in the works!This one has everything: Thousand-foot skyscrapers punching it out, daring aerial rescues, and even a French-speaking dinosaur!Ooops I forgot. It doesn't...
15) The Body Thief
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Sydney Harbour Hospital volume 2
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A race against time…Samantha Wolfe is no stranger to death. As a senior forensic pathologist at the Department of Forensic Medicine in Sydney, she's lost count of the number of post mortems she's performed in the quest to find answers. But something strange is happening in the Glebe Morgue. The number of bodies coming through with donated organs has surged upwards and there doesn't appear to be any valid reason. Has the government's initiatives...
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Murder, mystery, and a little intrigue.
Detective Sergeant Stella Bruno investigates the murder of 'nice guy' Bob Cunningham, and discovers he wasn't who he claimed to be.
To solve this one, Stella not only has to work out who the victim was, she also needs to find out why he was pretending to be someone else.
And, there's the distraction of Shaun Porter, the new man from Public Prosecutions, who walks into her life.
If you enjoy a good murder mystery...
17) The Heart Thief
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In the space of three days, Campbell O'Connor's world is thrown upside down.Cam never pictured himself as a father, but when he opens the door to find a baby on his doorstep, and no mother in sight, he doesn't have a choice. His apartment is already packed, ready for his move back to his hometown of Allenby so he can care for his grandmother who is fighting a battle with dementia. The transfer to his new station is already in place, and now he has...
18) The Rune Thief
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A Realm Uncovered...When enemies and unlikely allies crawl out of the darkest crevices of Denzethea, Varin and Cateline discover that history as they know is about to be turned on its side. Life, death, and war will forever have new meanings.Blood for Blood...As Cateline discovers how far her power can take her, the consequences of her own morality and sanity become a bigger issue than she could have ever hoped. Lies continue to blur the line between...
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Robert Fortune detests the Celestial Kingdom and its people the minute he lands in China after the devastating Opium Wars in 1843. Under the guise of a plant hunter for the British Horticultural Society, his secret mission is to steal China's secrets of tea production, a brazen act of industrial espionage that will devastate China's 5,000-year-old civilization. He audaciously ventures into prohibited lands to collect flowers, plants, seeds, and birds....
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My tale is a tale of death and ultimately love, as most tales of the West really are. It is a tale that takes several twists and turns through the fabric of fate, ending ultimately where it must. However, it begins with a tale of theft.My name is Hurit. I was given this name because of my ability to steal horses. I do not know how I acquired this trait. I can surmise that the creation spirits were kind enough to give me skill, cunning and understanding...
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