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Coming home dredges up deeply buried secrets...

Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on the day a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences.

The guilt that still haunts him resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal community he once called home.

Kieran's parents are struggling in a town where fortunes are forged by the sea. Between them all is his absent brother, Finn.

When a body is discovered on the beach, long-held secrets threaten to emerge. A sunken wreck, a missing girl, and questions that have never washed away...

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nominator: Judith

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2 Aug		1 - 5		18%		Lexi (Belem)
3 Aug		6 - 12		31%		Teddie (ESB
4 Aug		13 - 20		50%		Catherine (Burj)
5 Aug		21 - 25		60%		Judy (OooA)
6 Aug		26 - 33		82%		Preeti (Sky)
7 Aug		34 - 42		100%		Melissa (Icono)

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In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree spontaneously erupted from his body. Even in this canton at the borders of the Empire, where contagions abound and the blood of the Leviathans works strange magical changes, it’s a death at once terrifying and impossible.

Called in to investigate this mystery is Ana Dolabra, an investigator whose reputation for brilliance is matched only by her eccentricities.

At her side is her new assistant, Dinios Kol. Din is an engraver, magically altered to possess a perfect memory. His job is to observe and report, and act as his superior’s eyes and ears--quite literally, in this case, as among Ana’s quirks are her insistence on wearing a blindfold at all times, and her refusal to step outside the walls of her home.

Din is most perplexed by Ana’s ravenous appetite for information and her mind’s frenzied leaps—not to mention her cheerful disregard for propriety and the apparent joy she takes in scandalizing her young counterpart. Yet as the case unfolds and Ana makes one startling deduction after the next, he finds it hard to deny that she is, indeed, the Empire’s greatest detective.

As the two close in on a mastermind and uncover a scheme that threatens the safety of the Empire itself, Din realizes he’s barely begun to assemble the puzzle that is Ana Dolabra—and wonders how long he’ll be able to keep his own secrets safe from her piercing intellect.

Featuring an unforgettable Holmes-and-Watson style pairing, a gloriously labyrinthine plot, and a haunting and wholly original fantasy world, The Tainted Cup brilliantly reinvents the classic mystery tale.

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nominator: Lexi
official page count: 410 pages

Days are up!

You know the rules: if you can't do your day it can be passed to a listed backup. If you don't have a backup then, or you are late, we'll move to the next unique team....

Enjoy!

Until month 3 begins:
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17 July 2025, 9am UTC.

The Chipmunks have finally found the source of that stink in Chaos Towers, and have immediately jettisoned it into the nearest handy tower... How quickly can you clear it out?

Stinking Bishop

Launched in 1994, Stinking Bishop is an award-winning British Cheese, handmade by artisan cheesemakers Charles Martell & Son Ltd. Stinking Bishop was appropriately named due to its striking smell and unrivalled taste, developing a strong following amongst cheese lovers for its unique qualities.