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Motte & Bailey Mysteries

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Detective Constables Gordon Motte and Zara Bailey investigate their first case together when human remains are discovered at an archaeological dig in Kent. Equal partners, equal rank — but very different approaches to police work.

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  • ✓ Prologue: "Early Days & Old Bones"
  • ✓ Chapter 1: New partnership dynamics
  • ✓ Chapter 2: The archaeological dig site
  • ✓ Chapter 3: High-speed country lane chase

Blackstone Mysteries

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When Professor Maggie Blackstone finds a murder victim during her morning walk, she and her horror-writer husband David are drawn into an investigation that tests their relationship and threatens their new life in Bloomington, Indiana.

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  • ✓ Chapter 1: The shocking discovery
  • ✓ Chapter 2: David's frantic response
  • ✓ Chapter 3: Meeting Detective Jackson Hurd

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