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  • Clue Krewe by Jana Deleon

    Clue Krewe by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Beckett Rousseau is the firstborn son of one of New Orleans’ most prominent families. He’s the quintessential golden boy—great looks, money, and a political career in his future—until his wife murders him. Or at least that’s what everyone thinks.Athena Durand is still reeling from her murder conviction but now that it’s overturned, she’s at a loss on how to proceed with her life...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  grief
  • One Day Gone: A Mylas Grey Mystery by Luana Ehrlich

    One Day Gone: A Mylas Grey Mystery by Luana Ehrlich

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mylas Grey is a private investigator but don’t call him a private detective. That title belongs to his father—not to him. Mylas is the Chief Investigator for Senator Davis Allen, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. His job is to do background investigations for the President’s judicial nominees, and that’s the only kind of investigation he’s interested in doing...
  • Firefly Diaries by C.C. Warrens

    Firefly Diaries by C.C. Warrens

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "The world whipped around her in a dizzying funnel of lights and shouts, people in uniforms pressing in from all directions. Noelle sat motionless in the street, barely able to breathe. His little body was too still. Too broken."Noelle's world shattered that night, like the pieces of headlights scattered across the dark street. There was no rebuilding her life around the grave of her child...
  • Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley

    Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Perry Firekeeper-Birch was ready for her Summer of Slack but instead, after a fender bender that was entirely not her fault, she’s stuck working to pay back her Auntie Daunis for repairs to the Jeep.Thankfully she has the other outcasts of the summer program, Team Misfit Toys, and even her twin sister Pauline...
  • Shot Off the Presses by Amanda M. Lee

    Shot Off the Presses by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Life should be good for Avery Shaw. She's got a hunky new boyfriend in local pawnshop owner (and sometime private detective) Elliot Kane, her cousin Lexie swears she'll be moving out of her house one day "real soon" and her family has been relatively quiet for a whole week. That's practically perfection in Avery's world...
  • Buried Leads by Amanda M. Lee

    Buried Leads by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Journalists are supposed to report the news, not be it. For Avery Shaw, though, that's easier said than done.Avery has spent the last month on her boss' list -- you know the one -- and she can't figure out a way to get off it...
  • A Serpent's Tooth by Craig Johnson

    A Serpent's Tooth by Craig Johnson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The inspiration for A&E's Longmire finds himself in the crosshairs in the ninth book of the New York Times bestselling series The success of Craig Johnson’s Walt Longmire series that began with The Cold Dish continues to grow after A&E’s hit show Longmire introduced new fans to the Wyoming sheriff. As the Crow Flies marked the series’ highest debut on the New York Times bestseller list...
  • The Newpointe 911 Collection: Private Justice, Shadow of Doubt, Word of Honor, Trial by Fire, Line of Duty by Terri Blackstock

    The Newpointe 911 Collection: Private Justice, Shadow of Doubt, Word of Honor, Trial by Fire, Line of Duty by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    New York Times Best-selling Author Terri Blackstock's NewPointe 911 Collection---now available in one volume...
  • Who the Bishop Knows by Vannetta Chapman

    Who the Bishop Knows by Vannetta Chapman

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What You Don't See Might Hurt You Every year, residents of the small Amish community in Monte Vista, Colorado, look forward to the Ski Hi Stampede, the state's oldest professional rodeo. The rodeo is always good, clean entertainment for the hardworking farmers of the San Luis Valley. But this year, the Stampede turns deadly for one Amish man...
  • Murder Al Dente by Nancy Skopin

    Murder Al Dente by Nancy Skopin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “An intuitive detective, a kidnapped child, and an assassin with a heart of gold …”In Murder Al Dente, PI Nicoli “Nikki” Hunter once again gets herself in hot water when she’s hired by a multimillionaire boat owner, (and sex toy manufacturer,) to find out who’s trying to kill him. Nikki has barely begun her investigation when he’s found dead aboard his mega yacht...
  • Just Different Devils by Jinx Schwartz

    Just Different Devils by Jinx Schwartz

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she's not afraid to use it—most of the time. She's an intrepid cruiser, but wild rumors of marauding gangs of flesh-shredding giant Humboldt squid on a rampage in the Sea of Cortez could keep even Hetta tied to an expensive dock...
  • Dagger in the Dahlias by Dale Mayer

    Dagger in the Dahlias by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Riches to rags. … Chaos quiets. … Crime is circling. … And cold cases never cease …After almost a month in picturesque Kelowna, Doreen Montgomery still can’t keep her notoriety to a minimum or her nose out of other people’s business. Now those suffering from the loss of a loved one seek her out, wanting her help...
  • Revenge in Paradise by Deborah Brown

    Revenge in Paradise by Deborah Brown

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When a man of questionable character’s corpse is found at The Cottages, beaten to death with Madison’s own gardening tools, she and her partner, Fab, set out to prove that the man’s abused girlfriend did not kill him. Along the way, Madison finds herself behind bars twice, held hostage in a mansion, and running from flying bullets...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  friendship
  • A Fine and Bitter Snow by Dana Stabenow

    A Fine and Bitter Snow by Dana Stabenow

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Change never comes easy so when the news breaks that the new administration oil might be drilling for oil soon in a wildlife preserve in southeastern Alaska, home to P.I. Kate Shugak, battle lines are quickly drawn across the community...
  • Twisted Innocence by Terri Blackstock

    Twisted Innocence by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Holly Cramer’s past choices have finally caught up to her, but she never expected them to endanger her baby.Though Holly’s stumbled through most of her adult life as a party girl, she longs to live a more stable life for her daughter. Then police show up to question her about the whereabouts of Creed Kershaw, Lily’s father...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  spirituality  adult  audiobook  book  christian
  • No Fixed Line by Dana Stabenow

    No Fixed Line by Dana Stabenow

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It is New Year’s Eve, nearly six weeks into an off-and-on blizzard that has locked Alaska down, effectively cutting it off from the outside world. But now there are reports of a plane down in the Quilak mountains...
  • Tone Death by Christy Barritt

    Tone Death by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Camryn Paine is all ears when it comes to solving crimes. . .Annie King, a popular social media personality, is being threatened and requests Camryn’s help. Before Camryn can uncover the truth about what’s going on, Annie nearly dies while filming her show. With Annie in the hospital, Camryn is compelled to do whatever she can to help...
  • The Sweet Tea Quilting Bee by Glenda C. Manus

    The Sweet Tea Quilting Bee by Glenda C. Manus

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A stranger’s murder in the dark alley behind May’s Flower Shop is causing the residents of Park Place, South Carolina to keep their children inside and their doors locked at night. Banty Hen Antique Shop owners, Sam and Valerie Owens, are caught right smack dab in the middle since they were the last ones to see the victim alive...
  • The House of Lies by Debra Burroughs

    The House of Lies by Debra Burroughs

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Debra Burroughs... P.I. Emily Parker and sexy police detective Colin Andrews are back, along with their close circle of friends. The House of Lies is Book 7 and you are in for another exciting and dangerous murder mystery with a thrilling dose of romance. Emily is fighting to clear the prime murder suspect while Colin is working to put him in jail...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • In Trouble with the Claw by Eryn Scott

    In Trouble with the Claw by Eryn Scott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Could Lou be falling right into the killer’s trap?Louisa’s first fall in Button is everything she hoped it would be: corn mazes, pumpkin patches, quirky town traditions, and beautiful foliage. The only unexpected thing: a dead body found in a pile of fall leaves.When Lou starts getting clues about the murder, she’s wary, to say the least...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  mystery  contemporary  animals  fiction  book
  • Hallowed Ground by Lori G. Armstrong

    Hallowed Ground by Lori G. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Grisly murders are rocking the small county of Bear Butte where Julie Collinshas spent the last few months learning the PI biz. She takes a case involvinga missing Native American girl who could be the innocent pawn in her parents'child custody dispute, or a hostage in a fight to keep a casino from opening.Original...
  • Snow Blind by Lori G. Armstrong

    Snow Blind by Lori G. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The frigid winter months are mighty slow in the PI biz for Julie Collins and her partner, Kevin Wells—until the duo is hired by a young woman to investigate problems at her grandfather’s assisted living facility, where they encounter lax security, unqualified healthcare personnel, and a shady senior volunteer organization...
  • Paradise Valley Mysteries Boxed Set 2 by Debra Burroughs

    Paradise Valley Mysteries Boxed Set 2 by Debra Burroughs

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This boxed set contains The Pursuit of Lies: Book 4, The Betrayal of Lies: Book 5, The Harbor of Lies: Book 6 - plus a BONUS Short Story, The Color of Lies (best read after reading Book 4). Emily Parker is a sassy young private investigator in the affluent small town of Paradise Valley, who has been uncovering clues that her late husband was not who he said he was...
  • Perfectly Good Crime  (A Kate Bradley Mystery) by Dete Meserve

    Perfectly Good Crime (A Kate Bradley Mystery) by Dete Meserve

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Good Sam comes a taut and thought-provoking follow-up, Perfectly Good Crime. When the estates of the 100 wealthiest Americans are targeted in a series of sophisticated, high tech heists, Los Angeles TV news reporter Kate Bradley must venture inside the world of the super rich to investigate the biggest story of the year...
  • The Handyman Homicide by Libby Howard

    The Handyman Homicide by Libby Howard

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The new campground comes with a body. Sassy Letouroux is not normally an impulsive woman, but when the campground that held so many childhood memories comes up for sale, she throws caution to the wind and buys it—sight unseen.Arriving with her 85 year old mother and her bloodhound, Elvis, Sassy realizes there’s a lot to do before the campground will be ready for the spring rush of guests...
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    cozy  female-mc  crime  mystery  fiction  dogs  animals  contemporary
  • Countdown by Fern Michaels

    Countdown by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the second episode of a spectacular new series from New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels, the men in the Sisterhood's lives join forces to protect the underdog and see justice served. . . It takes a special kind of man to love and be loved by one of the Sisterhood. The women's escapades have brought them worldwide fame and created a bond among their menfolk too...
  • Boy Made of Dawn by R. Allen Chappell

    Boy Made of Dawn by R. Allen Chappell

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Follow Charlie Yazzi and Thomas Begay as stolen children and a sniper assassin bring danger and intrigue to the nation's largest reservation. Old and new characters emerge to unravel ongoing corruption. An irascible Ute family and their shrewd ranch-woman neighbor become caught up in the plot to place certain tribal leaders above the law...
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    cozy  crime  indigenous-mc  poc-mc  western  adult  audiobook  book
  • True Confections: An Amish Cupcake Cozy Mystery by Ruth Hartzler

    True Confections: An Amish Cupcake Cozy Mystery by Ruth Hartzler

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Delightful new cozy mystery series! True Confections is Book 1 in the Amish Cupcake Cozy Mystery series When her husband of thirty years runs off with a college student named Cherri, Jane Delight returns to Pennsylvania to work in her Amish sister's cupcake store. Having lost everything in the divorce, Jane now finds herself sharing an apartment with two elderly ladies and their quirky cat...
  • Humpty Bumpkin by Sam Cheever

    Humpty Bumpkin by Sam Cheever

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She's just a country girl who loves her dog. But her life is about to get less countrified and more...erm...homicide. Deer Hollow is a small community built in a verdant, rolling countryside. The nearest big city is over an hour away and big city ways are rejected at the Hollow. Unfortunately, the big city isn’t the only place where bad things can happen...
  • Hunter's Moon by Dana Stabenow

    Hunter's Moon by Dana Stabenow

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Kate Shugak guides a hunting party in the Alaskan wilderness, it's open season...on murder...
  • The Braque Connection by Estelle Ryan

    The Braque Connection by Estelle Ryan

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Forged masterpieces. Hidden messages. A desperate swan song.When world-renowned nonverbal communication expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard wakes up in an unknown location, drugged and kidnapped, it pushes the limits of her autism coping skills.For the last year, Russian philanthropist and psychopath Tomasz Kubanov has been studying Genevieve just as she and her team have been studying him...
  • Hidden Currents by Christy Barritt

    Hidden Currents by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    You can take the detective out of the investigation, but you can't take the investigator out of the detective. A notorious gang puts a bounty on Detective Cady Matthews’s head after she takes down their leader, leaving her no choice but to hide until she can testify at trial. But her temporary home across the country on a remote North Carolina island isn’t as peaceful as she initially thinks...
  • Renegade by Jodi Burnett

    Renegade by Jodi Burnett

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Caitlyn Reed and her dog, Renegade, are thrown into the midst of murder and intrigue when they discover a dead body while on a trail ride in the black hills of Wyoming.The local sheriff is hell bent on a conviction, and Caitlyn’s brother, Dylan, is in his crosshairs...
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    crime  western  female-mc  cozy  mystery  dogs  animals  fiction
  • The Fox and O'Hare Series 3-Book Bundle: The Heist, The Chase, The Job by Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg

    The Fox and O'Hare Series 3-Book Bundle: The Heist, The Chase, The Job by Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From Janet Evanovich, the acclaimed creator of Stephanie Plum, and Lee Goldberg, author and television writer for Monk, comes a series of New York Times bestselling novels that “mix the humor from Evanovich and Goldberg’s books with the intricate cons seen in the best episodes of Mission: Impossible” (Library Journal)...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Te-Kill-Ya Sunrise by Patti Larsen

    Te-Kill-Ya Sunrise by Patti Larsen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tequila is a terrible way to go…The young woman who’d ordered the double shot margarita took it with wide eyes and a thumbs up as she sampled it through the straw, walking back toward her table in the sand on wobbling platform sandals unsuited to the footing...
  • Murder Flambé by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

    Murder Flambé by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A charming Parisian brasserie, a buried secret and a winding labyrinth of clues come together to form a terrifying triumvirate of mystery and shocking desire in the seventh An American in Paris Mystery . The American owner of a popular Left Bank eatery is arrested for his wife’s murder...
  • The Harbor of Lies, a Romantic Suspense Novel by Debra Burroughs

    The Harbor of Lies, a Romantic Suspense Novel by Debra Burroughs

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From NY Times bestselling author Debra Burroughs comes Book 6 in the wildly popular Paradise Valley Mystery series. The captivating romance between sassy private-eye Emily Parker and sexy police detective Colin Andrews has been filled with mystery, danger, and intrigue. He’s finally convinced her to marry him—if only they can make it to the altar unscathed...
  • Death in Darkness by Nell Goddin

    Death in Darkness by Nell Goddin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A disturbed wife. A nanny. And a pack of cowardly, lying friends.Simon Valette, a cultured and successful Parisian, moves his family to Castillac looking for peace and quiet. Before they've had a chance to settle in, someone is found murdered in their library. Molly and Ben work double-time to disentangle all the lies--including those told by their own friends...
  • Murder à la Mode by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

    Murder à la Mode by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With the wine harvest behind them, things had just started to calm down for Maggie and Laurent in their French village of Saint-Buvard when a team of food industry entrepreneurs and celebrity judges arrives to put on a contest to decide in a blind taste test which country makes the best chocolate éclairs—the Brits, the Americans, the Germans or the French...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  mystery  fiction  contemporary  book  adult
  • Glitch and Famous by Christy Barritt

    Glitch and Famous by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Someone is determined to cancel Joey’s friend . . . permanently.TV detective Joey Darling is back at her beach home after wrapping up filming on her latest show, and she’s ready to plan her wedding with real-life leading man, Jackson Sullivan. With a clear schedule, nothing will stop her.Until . . . an old acquaintance battling public backlash comes to visit and puts a glitch in her plans...
  • Blanche Passes Go by Barbara Neely

    Blanche Passes Go by Barbara Neely

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Praise the Ancestors! After three years of housekeeping for Boston's haughty elite, Blanche White is finally coming home to North Carolina for an entire summer. And like a sign from above that she's headed in the right direction, Blanche has already lined up a date with the handsome train conductor she met somewhere between Boston and Baltimore...
  • White Lines II: Sunny by Tracy Brown

    White Lines II: Sunny by Tracy Brown

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In her most stunning, riveting, unstoppable novel yet, bestselling and critically acclaimed author, Tracy Brown delivers the not-to-be-missed sequel to WHITE LINESOn the surface, it appears that Sunny has got it all-looks, money, a beautiful home, a healthy daughter, and friends who love her. But Sunny has a secret--something she hasn't even told her best friend. The truth is Sunny is unhappy...
  • Blood Money by Thomas Perry

    Blood Money by Thomas Perry

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "Thomas Perry just keeps getting better," said Tony Hillerman, about Sleeping Dogs--and in this superb new novel by one of America's best thriller writers, Jane Whitefield takes on the mafia, and its money.Jane Whitefield, the fearless "guide" who helps people in trouble disappear, make victims vanish,has just begun her quiet new life as Mrs...
  • The Eleventh Hour by Anina Collins

    The Eleventh Hour by Anina Collins

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The first book in the Poppy McGuire Mystery Series! Poppy McGuire has always been a curious soul, but it's her life that's usually the topic of conversation in the small town of Sunset Ridge. But now one of the town's most important citizens has been found murdered, and everyone's life is suspect...
  • Ice Cream Murder by Leighann Dobbs

    Ice Cream Murder by Leighann Dobbs

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When millionaire Regis Banks drops dead at his own party, everyone assumes it was from natural causes - after all, the man was celebrating his one-hundredth birthday.... Everyone except Lexy Baker’s amateur sleuth grandmother, Nans, and her three friends, that is...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  culinary  fiction
  • From Garden To Grave by Rickie Blair

    From Garden To Grave by Rickie Blair

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Murder. It’s a perennial problem. Verity Hawkes is a shut-in. After two years bunkered in her apartment, the only thing that gets her out is the disappearance of her beloved but eccentric aunt. As she takes over her aunt’s landscaping shop, she’ll need to go from hoarder to horticulturist in a hurry…Her new home of Leafy Hollow is quaint, except for her most obnoxious client...
  • Half Truth by Christy Barritt

    Half Truth by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    *This book officially falls between It Came Upon a Midnight Crime and Organized Grime. It can also be read as a standalone.*Big trouble can come in small packages . . .Gabby St. Claire grabs the chance to check an item off her bucket attending an auction of unclaimed storage units and hitting a jackpot with her winning bid...
  • Every Good Gift: A Christian Suspense Novel by Urcelia Teixeira

    Every Good Gift: A Christian Suspense Novel by Urcelia Teixeira

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Find the truth, or die trying!A gripping mystery and suspense novel infused with faith that delivers a page-turning Christian suspense with twists and turns you won't be able to put down! "Best Christian Suspense I've ever read! I couldn't put it down!""The plot had a divine purpose and strong characters...
  • Plain Dead by Emma Miller

    Plain Dead by Emma Miller

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a newspaperman is murdered in the Amish community of Stone Mill, Pennsylvania, Rachel Mast digs up the dirt to find out who wanted to bury the lead…   Although she left her Old Order Amish ways in her youth, Rachel discovered corporate life in the English world to be complicated and unfulfilling. Having returned to Stone Mill, she’s happy to be running her own B&B...
  • Get Your Murder Running by Liliana Hart, Scott Silverii

    Get Your Murder Running by Liliana Hart, Scott Silverii

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It's the Wild West. Or it might as well be. Cowboys, longhorns, and outlaw bikers still roam the land of the free. But not all are brave.Hank Davidson is retirement-challenged. Apparently, he's not good at anything but being a cop. But there's still one retirement dream he hasn't realized, and he hopes hitting the open road on his monster V-twin HOG will help alleviate his boredom...
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