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The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsOf course the noted Lady Astronaut Elma York would like to go, but there’s a lot riding on whoever the International Aerospace Coalition decides to send on this historic—but potentially very dangerous—mission? Could Elma really leave behind her husband and the chance to start a family to spend several years traveling to Mars? And with the Civil Rights movement taking hold all over Earth, will the...Categorized as:
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![A Silence in Belgrave Square by Jennifer Ashley]()
A Silence in Belgrave Square by Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsValiant cook and amateur sleuth Kat Holloway must uncover the secrets of Victorian London’s most elite noblemen to save the man she loves, from the New York Times bestselling author of Speculations in Sin. Kat Holloway knows that her beau and confidante Daniel McAdam has a talent for dangerous work as a Scotland Yard agent... -
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![Who Speaks for the Damned by C.S. Harris]()
Who Speaks for the Damned by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIt's June 1814, and the royal families of Austria, Russia, and the German states have gathered in London at the Prince Regent's invitation to celebrate the defeat of Napoléon and the restoration of monarchical control throughout Europe. But the festive atmosphere is marred one warm summer evening by the brutal murder of a disgraced British nobleman long thought dead...Categorized as:
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The Secret Wife by Gill Paul
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsA Russian grand duchess and an English journalist. Linked by one of the world’s greatest mysteries . . . Love. Guilt. Heartbreak. 1914. Russia is on the brink of collapse, and the Romanov family faces a terrifyingly uncertain future. Grand Duchess Tatiana has fallen in love with cavalry officer Dmitri, but events take a catastrophic turn, placing their romance – and their lives – in danger . -
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![Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers]()
Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be identified as the beginning of the decline. For Helen it was the weekend that the Hidden Man came to Westbury Park. Croydon, 1964. Helen Hansford is in her thirties and an art therapist in a psychiatric hospital where she has been having a long love affair with a charismatic, married doctor... -
![Who Slays the Wicked by C.S. Harris]()
Who Slays the Wicked by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe death of a fiendish nobleman strikes close to home as Sebastian St. Cyr is tasked with finding the killer to save his young cousin from persecution in this riveting new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Why Kill the Innocent. .. . When the handsome but dissolute young gentleman Lord Ashworth is found brutally murdered, Sebastian St...Categorized as:
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![A Tarnished Canvas by Anna Lee Huber]()
A Tarnished Canvas by Anna Lee Huber
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLady Kiera Darby had planned to spend the winter practicing her painting, but instead, she must find the flaw in a killer’s masterpiece when an art auction results in one participant’s final bid. …. March 1833. Kiera and her husband, Sebastian Gage, have decided to settle in Edinburgh for the winter with their infant daughter...Categorized as:
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Kral by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA stoic Vikir warrior meets his match in a spunky Earth woman determined to show him what he's been missing. After she's kidnapped on her way to Crakair, Mila's not sure she'll ever meet her arranged mail-order alien match. Until Kral falls--literally--on top of her during his heroic rescue mission... -
![The Rushworth Family Plot by Claudia Gray]()
The Rushworth Family Plot by Claudia Gray
The fourth book in New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray's Jane Austen sequel series, which finds amateur sleuths Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney caught up in the whirlwind of the London Season—and in a murderous scheme involving the family of Edmund and Fanny Bertram. Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney understand each other perfectly; it's a pity their families do not...Categorized as:
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![Murder at Keyhaven Castle by Clara McKenna]()
Murder at Keyhaven Castle by Clara McKenna
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWith her wedding to Viscount “Lyndy” Lyndhurst just days away, strong-willed American ex-pat Stella Kendrick is the talk of Edwardian society—and the focus of a deadly mystery—in Clara McKenna’s third historical mystery set in England’s New Forest region at the turn of the 20th century... -
![Abomination by Colleen Coble]()
Abomination by Colleen Coble
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"Crackles with an ominous electricity, pulling you inside the mind of a killer who is terrifyingly twisted. .. terrifyingly real. The pages will race by as you read, but I guarantee your heart will race even faster. ". -T. L. Hines, author of "Waking Lazarus". A beautiful woman stands by the side of the road, barefoot and bleeding, a child in her arms...Categorized as:
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Ôoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 2 by Fumi Yoshinaga
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsCurious about why female lords must take on male names, the shogun Yoshimune seeks out the ancient scribe Murase and his archives of the last eighty years of the Inner Chambers--called the Chronicle of the Dying Day. In its pages Yoshimune discovers the coming of the Redface Pox, the death of the last male shogun, and the birth of the new Japan…. -
![A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii by Stephanie Dray, Kate Quinn]()
A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii by Stephanie Dray, Kate Quinn
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom six bestselling authors, including New York Times bestseller Kate Quinn, comes a vividly imagined anthology of stories following the lives of those in ancient Pompeii on the fateful day Mount Vesuvius erupts. Pompeii was a lively resort flourishing in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius at the height of the Roman Empire... -
![The Heir of Whitestone by Catherine Coulter]()
The Heir of Whitestone by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA brilliant young innovator with a mysterious past and a boldly sharp-witted Lady uncover deadly secrets in this new Victorian-era romantic mystery filled with daring escapes, exciting twists, witty humor, and characters you won’t soon forget. When Alex Ivanov was 12, someone tried to kill him. Now, 11 years later, they still want him dead. England, 1842...Categorized as:
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![By Schism Rent Asunder by David Weber]()
By Schism Rent Asunder by David Weber
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe world has changed. The mercantile kingdom of Charis has prevailed over the alliance designed to exterminate it. Armed with better sailing vessels, better guns and better devices of all sorts, Charis faced the combined navies of the rest of the world at Darcos Sound and Armageddon Reef, and broke them... -
![A Slash of Emerald by Patrice McDonough]()
A Slash of Emerald by Patrice McDonough
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn a riveting new novel in a Victorian-set mystery series brimming with authentic atmosphere, Doctor Julia Lewis, Scotland Yard’s first female medical examiner, and her partner, Detective Inspector Richard Tennant, investigate a string of murders in the art world... -
![Where Shadows Meet: A Romantic Suspense Novel by Colleen Coble]()
Where Shadows Meet: A Romantic Suspense Novel by Colleen Coble
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHannah is distraught when her parents are murdered—but what makes it worse is that she should have been at home with them . . . not meeting her forbidden love, Reece. Unable to face the community and her guilt, she runs away and marries him. But Reece isn’t the man she thought he was... -
![A Daughter's Guide to Mothers and Murder by Dianne Freeman]()
A Daughter's Guide to Mothers and Murder by Dianne Freeman
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn the latest USA Today bestselling, Victorian Era-set Countess of Harleigh Mystery from multi-award winning author Dianne Freeman, Frances Hazelton and her husband, George, uncover the secrets of backstage Paris to find out who’s acting the role of a killer to chilling perfection…... -
![A Trace of Deceit by Karen Odden]()
A Trace of Deceit by Karen Odden
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFrom the author of A Dangerous Duet comes the next book in her Victorian mystery series, this time following a daring female painter and the Scotland Yard detective who is investigating her brother’s suspicious death. A young painter digs beneath the veneer of Victorian London’s art world to learn the truth behind her brother’s murder. .. Edwin is dead... -
![The Matter of the Secret Bride by Darcie Wilde]()
The Matter of the Secret Bride by Darcie Wilde
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSet in Regency London, this charming Jane Austen-inspired mystery series features Rosalind Thorne, a resourceful young woman with a talent for helping ladies of the ton with their most delicate and pressing predicaments. But now she’s faced with a task of royal proportions. Literally. KingGeorge IV is petitioning Parliament for a divorce from his queen on the grounds of her adultery... -
![She's Going to Pay by Alexandra Ivy]()
She's Going to Pay by Alexandra Ivy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this tense, twisty domestic suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Ivy, a woman returns to her sleepy hometown after her father’s disappearance and uncovers a dark web of family secrets that leaves her questioning everything. . . Leaving Canton, Missouri, behind was no hardship for Jesse Hudson... -
![A Pretty Deceit by Anna Lee Huber]()
A Pretty Deceit by Anna Lee Huber
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn the aftermath of the Great War, the line between friend and foe may be hard to discern, even for indomitable former Secret Service agent Verity Kent, in award-winning author Anna Lee Huber’s thrilling mystery series. Peacetime has brought little respite for Verity Kent. Intrigue still abounds, even within her own family. As a favor to her father, Verity agrees to visit his sister in Wiltshire...Categorized as:
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![Shadows of Lancaster County by Mindy Starns Clark]()
Shadows of Lancaster County by Mindy Starns Clark
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAnna Bailey thought she left the tragedies of the past behind when she took on a new identity and moved from Pennsylvania to California. But now that her brother has vanished and his wife is crying out for help, Anna knows she has no choice but to come out of hiding, go home, and find him... -
![When Dreams Cross by Terri Blackstock]()
When Dreams Cross by Terri Blackstock
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsJustin Pierce's brainchild, Khaki Kangaroo, is exactly the cartoon theme Andi Sherman needs for her world-class amusement park, Promised Land. In turn, Andi's park is the opportunity that can rocket Justin from obscurity to success. For both of them, spreading the Gospel through their creation is their passion--a shared dream that could cement a powerful partnership...Categorized as:
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![Murder at Blackwater Bend by Clara McKenna]()
Murder at Blackwater Bend by Clara McKenna
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsStella Kendrick, a wild-hearted Kentuckian "Dollar Princess" shipped off to England for an aristocratic marriage and her soon-to-be groom Viscount "Lyndy" Lyndhurst must navigate culture clashes, scandal, and a high society killer in Clara McKenna's second historical mystery set in England's New Forest region at the turn of the 20th century. LOVE, MURDER, AND HORSERACING IN EDWARDIAN ENGLAND...Categorized as:
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![The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper]()
The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 38 ratings“Lively, thought-provoking . . . the plot is ingenious, packing a wallop of a surprise . . . Tepper knows how to write a well-made, on-moving story with strong characters. . . . She takes the mental risks that are the lifeblood of science fiction and all imaginative narrative. ”—Ursula K...Categorized as:
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![Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Jenoff]()
Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Jenoff
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsA Parisian department store, a mysterious necklace and a woman’s quest to unlock a decade-old mystery are at the center of this riveting novel of love and survival, from New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff. London, 1953. Louise is still adjusting to her postwar role as a housewife when she discovers a necklace in a box at a secondhand shop... -
![Not Quite a Duchess by Ava Rose]()
Not Quite a Duchess by Ava Rose
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOne confident Duchess. One broken hero. With danger looming, will they uncover more than they bargained for? A determined Duchess. .. Lady Anna Trevallyn, Duchess Wrexford, does not possess the typical qualities of the Boston elite...Categorized as:
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Ôoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 4 by Fumi Yoshinaga
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDespite Iemitsu and Arikoto's best efforts, there is no male heir to take over the shogunate. As the Redface Pox continues to ravage the country, it becomes increasingly clear within Edo Castle that Japan's continued existence relies on overturning the centuries of custom that define it! -
![A Scone of Contention by Lucy Burdette]()
A Scone of Contention by Lucy Burdette
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA murderer's out to spoil Hayley's honeymoon in national bestselling author Lucy Burdette's eleventh Key West Food Critic Mystery. Key Zest food critic Hayley Snow and her groom, police detective Nathan Bransford, thought Scotland was the ideal destination for two newlyweds...Categorized as:
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![The Shadow Queen by Anne O'Brien]()
The Shadow Queen by Anne O'Brien
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 17 ratings**Queen of the North, Anne O’Brien’s enthralling new novel, is available to pre-order now**. The Sunday Times Bestseller ‘O’Brien is now approaching Philippa Gregory status’ – Reader’s Digest ‘A dangerous word, perhaps, for a woman. Power. ’. From her first clandestine marriage, Joan of Kent’s reputation is one of beauty, rumour and scandal. Her royal blood makes her a desirable bride...Categorized as:
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![What We Can Know by Ian McEwan]()
What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
2014: A great poem is read aloud and never heard again. For generations, people speculate about its message, but no copy has yet been found. 2119: The lowlands of the UK have been submerged by rising seas. Those who survive are haunted by the richness of the world that has been lost...Categorized as:
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![Rebellious Desire by Julie Garwood]()
Rebellious Desire by Julie Garwood
Of all the dukes in England, Jered Marcus Benton, the Duke of Bradford, was the wealthiest, most handsome--and most arrogant. And of all London's ladies, he wanted the tender obedience of only one--Caroline Richmond. She was a ravishing beauty from Boston, with a mysterious past and a fiery spirit...Categorized as:
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![Singer Distance by Ethan Chatagnier]()
Singer Distance by Ethan Chatagnier
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe odds of the planet next door hosting intelligent life are—that’s not luck. That’s a miracle. It means something. In December 1960, Crystal Singer, her boyfriend Rick, and three other MIT grad students take a cross-country road trip from Boston to Arizona to paint a message in the desert... -
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![Murder at Madame Tussauds: The gripping historical whodunnit by Jim Eldridge]()
Murder at Madame Tussauds: The gripping historical whodunnit by Jim Eldridge
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLondon, 1896. Madame Tussauds opens to find one of its nightwatchmen decapitated and his colleague nowhere to be found. To the police, the case seems one killed the other and fled, but workers at the museum aren't convinced and Scotland Yard enlists 'The Museum Detectives' Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton to aid the investigation... -
![Swords of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs]()
Swords of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Over nineteen hundred miles east of The Twin Cities of Helium, at about Lat. 30 degrees S. , Lon. 172 degrees E. , lies Zodanga. It has ever been a hotbed of sedition since the day that I led the fierce green hordes of Thark against it and, reducing it, added it to the Empire of Helium.Categorized as:
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![Time and Again by Jack Finney]()
Time and Again by Jack Finney
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsOne of the most beloved tales of our time! Science fiction, mystery, a passionate love story, and a detailed history of Old New York blend together in Jack Finney's spellbinding story of a young man enlisted in a secret government experiment...Categorized as:
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![The Last Wild Horses by Maja Lunde]()
The Last Wild Horses by Maja Lunde
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsMikhail lives in Russia in 1881. When a skeleton of a rare wild horse is brought to him, the zoologist plans an expedition to Mongolia to find the fabled Przewalski horse, a journey that tests not only his physicality, but his heart. In 1992, Karin, alongside her troubled son Mathias and several Przewalski horses, travels to Mongolia to re-introduce the magnificent horses to their native land...Categorized as:
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![Murder at the Ashmolean by Jim Eldridge]()
Murder at the Ashmolean by Jim Eldridge
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 12 ratings1895. A senior executive at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford is found in his office with a bullet hole between his eyes, a pistol discarded close by. The death has officially been ruled as suicide by local police, but with an apparent lack of motive for such action, the museum’s administrator, Gladstone Marriott, suspects foul play... -
![A Murderous Persuasion by Katie Oliver]()
A Murderous Persuasion by Katie Oliver
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsPhaedra Brighton is on the case when an innocent murder-mystery weekend turns into the real deal, in the newest Jane Austen Tea Society Mystery. Phaedra Brighton has her life all figured out--she has a profession she enjoys, a wonderful (if exasperating) cat, and a cozy carriage house on the grounds of her aunt's inn... -
![The White Flag: A Tale of Love, Loss, and Forgiveness in the Limberlost Swamp by Gene Stratton-Porter]()
The White Flag: A Tale of Love, Loss, and Forgiveness in the Limberlost Swamp by Gene Stratton-Porter
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"The White Flag" by Gene Stratton-PorterKnown for her modern and feminist beliefs, Stratton-Porter often used her personal experiences as a girl from the country as inspiration for her work. In this book, she explores how, while on the journey to find and increase power, one can become corrupt and vulnerable to malice... -
![Murder at the British Museum by Jim Eldridge]()
Murder at the British Museum by Jim Eldridge
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 17 ratings1894. A well-respected academic is found dead in a gentlemen’s convenience cubicle at the British Museum, the stall locked from the inside. Professor Lance Pickering had been due to give a talk promoting the museum’s new ‘Age of King Arthur’ exhibition when he was stabbed repeatedly in the chest... -
![World's End by Joan D. Vinge]()
World's End by Joan D. Vinge
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsHot on the heels of The Summer Queen, this novel is a must-read for fans of Vinge's Hugo Award-winning series. BZ Gundhalinu, a policeman who became an outcast after saving the future Summer Queen, quits his job to follow his ne'er-do-well brothers into the godforsaken waste, World's End, to prospect. BZ's odyssey will set the stage for The Summer Queen. -
![Troublemaker by Joseph Hansen]()
Troublemaker by Joseph Hansen
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWho killed gay bar owner and all-around nice guy Rick Wendell? Was it Larry Johns, the attractive young man found wiping his prints off the still-smoking gun mere moments after the murder? If so, why was Johns naked? And what happened to the large sum of money Wendell had just withdrawn from the bar's bank account? Hard-boiled, openly gay insurance claims investigator Dave Brandstetter aims to... -
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![Embracing His Empire by Sai Marie Johnson]()
Embracing His Empire by Sai Marie Johnson
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsCaecelia of House Servili was born and bred to be a powerful woman with an education and the life of splendor as a senator's daughter, but when a foreign enemy sieges their estate, killing her family and abducting her, her entire world changes...Categorized as:
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![The Paris Key by Juliet Blackwell]()
The Paris Key by Juliet Blackwell
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAn American in Paris navigates her family's secret past and unlocks her own future, in this emotionally evocative novel by New York Times bestselling author Juliet Blackwell. As a girl, Genevieve Martin spent the happiest summer of her life in Paris, learning the delicate art of locksmithing at her uncle's side. But since then, living back in the States, she has become more private, more subdued... -
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Christie, Agatha - Murder in the Mews by Christie Agatha
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsLibrarian's note: this entry is for the collection of four short stories by the author. Entries for each of the stories, including the title one, can be found elsewhere on Goodreads...Categorized as:
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![The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn, Janie Chang]()
The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn, Janie Chang
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsFrom bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palaces of Versailles. San Francisco, 1906...Categorized as:
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![A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier]()
A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 38 ratings1932. After the Great War took both her beloved brother and her fiancé, Violet Speedwell has become a "surplus woman," one of a generation doomed to a life of spinsterhood after the war killed so many young men. Yet Violet cannot reconcile herself to a life spent caring for her grieving, embittered mother... -
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The Rainbow by David Herbert Lawrence
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsKDP-OVERALL EDITION 1:. -. The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence. The Rainbow is about three generations of the Brangwen family of Nottinghamshire from the 1840s to the early years of the twentieth century...Categorized as:
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