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The Surprise Party

by Julia Crouch (Goodreads Author)

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Murder on a Mystery Tour by Marian Babson

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The knives were well and truly out at Chortlesby Manor.

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“Who you are is speaking so loudly that I can't hear what you're saying”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“And perhaps it is different for men than women. We don’t lose interest in sex the way women do. At least, I thought that’s how it was. Given what you’ve just told me, maybe it’s not that you don’t like sex, you just don’t like it with me.”
― Lucy Dawson, White Lies

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“A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere, as long as it stays inside the maze.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

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“Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.”
― Anonymous

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“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!

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