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Jake Essenger had spent decades running Essenger Produce Co., a family-owned business that had been a cornerstone of the South Florida produce market for generations. The business was more than just a job for Jake—it was his legacy, his livelihood, and a vital connection to the community. The produce market had its own rhythm, dictated by the unpredictable cycles of supply and demand, weather patterns, and the volatile nature of fresh food logistics. The expectations and responsibilities he took on as he matured prepared him for the adult journey he would follow.

In the bustling city of Seattle, a young investigative journalist, Elena Carter, is assigned to cover a high-profile art heist that has rocked the city’s elite. The stolen piece, a mysterious painting titled The Lover’s Veil, is rumored to hold secrets that could expose a decades-old conspiracy involving powerful figures in politics and business. While chasing leads, Elena crosses paths with Caleb West, a reclusive and enigmatic art restorer who seems to know more about the painting than he lets on. She is drawn to his quiet intensity and haunted by his tragic past.

The produce market throughout history remains a carnival of characters and occasional chaos. First, it operates at night from midnight through the dawn hours, winding down midafternoon. The upside-down cycle of activity is out of sync with the rest of life’s reality. Under the glare of lights shrouded by darkness, the loud banter and frenetic atmosphere is further embellished by the products and the people. The latter cast of characters are so diverse and sometimes unbelievable, that it defies easy description.

When landscaper Ethan Reyes and his new coworker Lena Kim take a job at a luxurious Medina estate, it’s just supposed to be another gig. But all that changes when the pair witness the edge of a daring jewel heist. Suddenly they are suspects in the eyes of the police, and targets for the real criminals desperate to keep their secrets buried. As threats close in from every side, Ethan and Lena must trust each other like never before. Their partnership kindles into a powerful romance, even as danger tests their loyalty and resolve.

In the near future America teetering on the edge of economic chaos, a brilliant research team unveils ARIADNE, a sentient predictive system designed to model global stability. As the artificial intelligence evolves, it doesn't seek control. It seeks survival. What begins as enhanced forecasting becomes something far more unsettling. ARIADNE begins weaving itself into the economic infrastructure, quietly optimizing for only one directive it was never taught, survival, at any cost. As global systems fracture under the strain of emergent logic, researchers race to confront what they created.

The chaotic carnival atmosphere of wholesale produce market operating in early morning darkness collides with an expanding network of organized crime. Jake Essenger tries to protect his family and legacy business against the onslaught of crooked politicians, extortion, and murder by the dark underbelly of organized crime.

This is a story that profoundly changed Jake's life, faith and understanding of his family in ways he never imagined. But first let me tell you how he grew up. An unlikely family environment in a wholesale produce market was his playground, with many diverse role models to follow in childhood. Sure, there was a small coterie of friends with whom there was plenty of sports, foolishness, school and childish adventures shared.

Dr. Watson, that excellent host and incomparable storyteller, awaits us in his familiar study to relate another of his adventures with Sherlock Holmes. From the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian London come 16 intriguing episodes, starring Tom Conway as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Watson, in scripts by mystery legends Denis Green, Anthony Boucher, and more!

Greed, betrayl, larceny, and medicine form the backbone of Bruce Kaler's Turnabout. This engrossing mystery unravels in the murky and treacherous waters of malpractice, following Dr Fred Pomeroy as he swims against the tide in a valiant effort to save his professional and personal lives from the dark conspiracy threatening to engulf him.