Mystery
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Stone of Fire: An ARKANE Thriller (Book 1) by JoannaPenn
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A power kept secret for 2000 years. A woman who stands to lose everything. India. When a nun is burned alive on the sacred ghats of Varanasi, and the stone she carried is stolen, an international hunt is triggered for the relics of the early church. Forged in the fire and blood of martyrs, the Pentecost stones have been handed down through generations of Keepers who kept their power and locations secret. Until now. The Keepers are being murdered, the stones stolen by those who would use them for evil in a world transformed by religious fundamentalism. Oxford University psychologist Morgan Sierra is forced into the search when her sister and niece are held hostage. She is helped by Jake Timber from the mysterious ARKANE, a British government agency specializing in paranormal and religious experience. Morgan must risk her own life to save her family, but will she ultimately be betrayed? From ancient Christian sites in Spain, Italy and Israel to the far reaches of Iran and Tunisia, Morgan and Jake must track down the stones through the myths of the early church in a race against time before a new Pentecost is summoned, this time powered by the fires of evil. The first in the ARKANE series, PENTECOST is a fast-paced thriller that explores the edges of faith against a backdrop of early Christian history, archaeology and psychology.
Look Again by TheActress
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•So I'm pretty badass. Just sayin. Ok maybe not all that badass. Or even bad. Ok I run the school newspaper. Hey but that's badass! •Simpson High School. Population of 2,000 kids and one hell of a school newspaper, according to August Reinhart. •August Reinhart runs the school newspaper and is an aspiring journalist. Her sources give her information on the latest dirt and she takes one of her 16 cameras and captures the moment. Some good, majority bad. A thief is amongst the students at S.H.S. and August is determined to solve the mystery. Even if it will kill her.
Caught by schma10
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With the Great Gatsby prom getting closer, the students of Newton High are getting ready for the event. Thinking that Cole and Luke need to do some normal teenager activities, their principal forced them to attend the prom. But when a classmate is murdered in the boiler room, Cole and Luke decided to solve the mystery one step at a time....
Dead Politician Society by RobinSpano
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The mayor of Toronto collapses and dies while making a speech. The newspaper receives an email -- a fake obituary that claims credit for his murder. The note is signed by a secret society at a prestigious downtown university. Clare Vengel is given her first undercover assignment: to pose as a student, penetrate the secret society, and find out who killed the mayor.
Confessions About Colton by colourlessness
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WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION Seven letters, seven confessions, seven clues. Elliot Parker has what he needs to find out who killed his best friend... But is he hunting down the killer? Or is the killer hunting him? ***** When Colton Crest returns, unharmed, to his small town after mysteriously disappearing for two months, his best friend Elliot Parker breathes a sigh of relief. But days later, on the night before graduation, Elliot finds Colton in the lake. Dead. And on the day of his funeral, Elliot finds a letter in his jacket pocket with four words that send him spiralling: I killed Colton Crest. There are six more letters to find, six more confessions about Colton, six more clues to uncover why he was murdered. Elliot has no choice but to play this sick scavenger hunt, and with each new revelation, he begins to question whether he really knew Colton - or anyone else in that little town of dark secrets. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]