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In 1918, James Brandon was sentenced to twenty years in prison for stealing valuable jewels from his employer, the wealthy Thomas Van Orden. Now, James's great-granddaughter comes to Magnolia Investigations to see if Meredith and Julia can help clear James's name and give her mother some closure before Alzheimer's takes what's left of her memories. When the investigation leads them to the history of Van Orden Industries, it soon becomes clear that...

Maisie Dobbs takes on her most personal case yet, a twisting investigation into the brutal killing of a street peddler that will take her from the working-class neighborhoods of her childhood into London's highest circles of power. Set in London between the two world wars.

Earth is dying. Luna is uninhabitable. Mars is our last chance. Once considered humanity's future home, Mars hasn't worked out like anybody hoped. Plagued by crime and a terraforming project that's centuries from completion, Mars is a red hell. Denver Moon, P.I., works the dark underbelly of Mars City. While investigating a series of violent crimes linked to red fever--a Martian disorder that turns its victims into bloodthirsty killers--Denver discovers...

Quiet towns keep big secrets. Private investigator Jessica Shaw is leading a quiet life in a Californian desert community, where she spends her days working low-level cases. But when a former resident asks Jessica to help her sister, Rue Hunter—a convicted murderer whose execution is days away—Jessica can’t resist the offer. Rue doesn't remember what happened the night two high school students were killed thirty years ago, but everybody in town...

At first, Charlotte Delorme Lockwood is excited when aspiring author Jaden Browning wants to write a book about Charlotte's great-grandmother's work with orphans. But, when Jaden's questions focus more on the Delorme family tree than her great-grandmother, a suspicious Charlotte hires Julia and Meredith to investigate the author.

"Between 1887 and 1931, while living with her brother at a ighthouse on Elba Island, Florence Martus waved at every ship coming in and out of the port of Savannah. When author Regina Terrance releases a book claiming Florence was signaling enemy ships, Florence's great-great niece Mary hires Magnolia Investigations to clear her relative's name. Before Meredith and Julia can begin their investigation, the author goes missing and Mary is the chief suspect."...

Increasingly disturbed by her inability to uncover the true identity of an old friend, New Orleans private investigator and poet Talba Wallis takes on a suspicious new client and encounters an ugly secret in the small town of Clayton, Louisiana.

While attending an exhibition at the Crystal Palace, young cook Kat Holloway is approached by a woman in distress. Lady Covington is a wealthy widow convinced that her entire family is trying to kill her. Kat feels compelled to help. So, she escorts the lady home to discover whether she is delusional or in true danger. When it quickly becomes apparent that the threat is all too real, Kat promises aid. Her charming confidant Daniel McAdam is busy infiltrating...