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\nSeptember:
For years\, rumors of the &ldquo\;Marsh Girl&rdquo\; haunted Barkley Cove\, a quiet fishing village. Kya Clark is barefoot and wild\; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969\, when the popular Chase Andrews is found dead\, locals immediately suspect her. \;But Kya is not what they say. A born naturalist with just one day of school\, she takes life's lessons from th e land\, learning the real ways of the world from the dishonest signals of fireflies.
\nBut while she has the skills to live in solitude forev er\, the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. Drawn to two young men from town\, who are each intrigued by her wild beauty\, Kya open s herself to a new and startling world&mdash\;until the unthinkable happen s.
\nOctober: The Language of Bees\, by Laurie King
\nIn a case that will push their relationship to the break ing point\, Mary Russell must help reverse the greatest failure of her leg endary husband's storied past--a painful and personal defeat that still ha s the power to sting...this time fatally.
\nNovember: Ra cing the Devil\, by Charles Todd
\nOn the eve of the b loody Battle of the Somme\, a group of English officers having a last drin k before returning to the Front make a promise to each other: if they surv ive the battle ahead&mdash\;and make it through the war&mdash\;they will m eet in Paris a year after the fighting ends. They will celebrate their goo d fortune by racing motorcars they beg\, borrow\, or own from Paris to Nic e. \;In November 1919\, the officers all meet as planned\, but a serio us mishap mars the reunion. In the mountains just north of their destinati on\, two vehicles are nearly run off the road\, and one man is badly injur ed. No one knows&mdash\;or will admit to knowing&mdash\;which driver was a t the wheel of the rogue motorcar.
\nBack in England one year later\ , during a heavy rainstorm\, a driver loses control on a twisting road and is killed in the crash. Was it an accident due to the hazardous condition s? Or premeditated murder? Is the crash connected in some way to the unfor tunate events in the mountains above Nice the year before? \;Investiga ting this perplexing case\, Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge discovers that the truth is elusive&mdash\;and that the villages on the South Downs \, where the accident happened\, are adept at keeping secrets. Determined to remain in the shadows\, this faceless killer is willing to strike again to stop Rutledge from finding him. This time\, the victim he chooses is a child\, and it will take all of Rutledge&rsquo\;s skill to stop him befor e an innocent young life is sacrificed. \;
\nNeed more mystery i n your life? Check out these titles!
\nThe Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamond s\, by \;T.E. Kinsey
\nA Pairing to Die for: a Colorado Wine Mystery\, \;by \;Kate Lansing
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