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The Sisterhood by Helen Bryan from Lake Union Publishing (£0.99) is the Amazon UK
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Menina Walker was a child of fortune. Rescued after a hurricane in South America, doomed to a life of poverty with a swallow medal as her only legacy, the orphaned toddler was adopted by an American family and taken to a new life.
As a beautiful, intelligent woman of nineteen, she is in love, engaged, and excited about the future—until another traumatic event shatters her dreams. Menina flees to Spain to bury her misery in research for her college thesis about a sixteenth-century artist who signed his works with the image of a swallow—the same image as the one on Menina’s medal.
But a mugging strands Menina in a musty, isolated Spanish convent. Exploring her surroundings, she discovers the epic sagas of five orphan girls who were hidden from the Spanish Inquisition and received help escaping to the New World. Is Menina’s medal a link to them, or to her own past? Did coincidence lead her to the convent, or fate?
Both love story and historical thriller, The Sisterhood is an emotionally charged ride across continents and centuries.
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The Helium Murder by Camille Minichino from Thomas & Mercer (£0.99) is the Amazon UK
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In this second Gloria Lamerino mystery, Camille Minichino introduces us to Congresswoman Margaret Hurley, killed by a hit-and-run driver just before she is to cast a critical vote regarding the government's helium reserves.
There's no shortage of motives for murder among Margaret's friends and relatives, from her gambling brother, Buddy Hurley, to her old flame,Patrick Gallagher. And it turns out that a software company CEO,William Carey, has been reaping big profits from the helium operation.
Gloria's old boyfriend Peter Mastrone, her new almost-boyfriend, homicide detective Matt Genarro, and her funeral director friends, Rose and Frank Gagliani, all worry that the investigation that is unfolding in Gloria's hometown of Revere, Massachusetts is extremely hazardous to her health.
And Gloria's life is indeed in jeopardy as she deciphers the clue Margaret herself gave before she died. Once again Gloria must help the police find a killer before the killer finds her.
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The Cinderella Murders by Diane Sawyer from Thomas & Mercer (£0.99) is the Amazon UK
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When Kelly Madison returns home from an extensive European business trip and discovers that her sister Meg has been missing for three weeks, she immediately rushes to the seaside resort town of Belvista, where Meg was last seen. The police, finding no evidence of foul play, have closed the case, but Kelly is adamant that something terrible has happened.
As Kelly searches frantically for her sister, she hears disturbing rumors about several missing women, a serial killer, and a cover-up perpetrated by local business leaders. At Kelly's urging, brash Detective Luke Campbell, a specialist in crime-solving techniques, re-opens Meg's case. When Kelly helps him run down clues, the crazed killer proclaims Kelly his next victim. Without revealing his identity, he attacks anyone who defends her.
As the violence escalates, town secrets emerge. While trying to save her sister, Kelly places herself squarely in harm's way. It's up to Luke and his trained officers to save Kelly while she endeavors to save herself and Meg before time runs out.
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