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3321) A Mysterious Mix Up
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Murder hits the stacks when literary agent Allie Cobb investigates a fatality in the local library . . .
Allie Cobb returns home from a book conference armed with hugs for her cat and her boyfriend, and dreams of a long, hot bath. She's also getting ready to take the plunge by hiring an intern for her expanding literary agency. But it's one for the books when Allie finds the town's librarian-and her longtime role model-seconds away from death on...
3322) Derailed
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When a single mom of a deaf daughter inherits her father's PI business and aims to prove that a young woman's death wasn't an accident, she finds herself on a crash course with her complicated family and a killer determined to keep the truth hidden
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Virginia is for lovers-and Storyton Hall is its best vacation spot for lovers of books. The big event this summer at Jane Steward's resort is A Bookish Cook-Off. It's a blend of the literary and the culinary-but someone's headed for the mortuary . . .
Six chefs are preparing to compete in an outdoor tent at Storyton Hall for prizes that will boost their careers-but is there someone who can't stand the heat? It looks that way when one of the contestants...
3324) That Olde White Magick
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It's time to work her crime-solving magic again . . .
Kailyn Wilde enjoys running her shop, Abracadabra, in the quaint New York hamlet of New Camel, where she lives with her six cats. Her family's been here for centuries, and she'd like to keep up the tradition. But the place may never be the same if a big hotel gets built, so she does her civic duty and attends a town meeting along with her aunt Tilly . . . and Merlin. Yes, that Merlin-though he...
3325) A Matter of Murder
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Campbell and Carter are back, in their toughest case yet.
Two years ago, Miff Ferguson chose to opt out of the rat race. Since then he's been living rough and happily so. Until now. For as the first signs of winter approach, everything in his life is uprooted.
While looking for shelter, Miff stumbles across the corpse of a young woman in a dilapidated warehouse. Quickly realising he is not alone, and has been spotted, Miff becomes embroiled in a...
3326) Trouble with Horses
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In this short story, Caterer River Holloway needs the money from a corporate retreat client but the client is her ex, Pete Merrick. Her sidekick for this adventure is world-famous Trouble the cat, a feline who fancies himself as the Benedict Cumberbatch version of Sherlock Holmes. After the delicious meal, dangerous undercurrents lead to confrontations and all is not as it seems. Join River, Pete, and Trouble in this prequel to the Seafood Caper Mystery...
3327) Corpses & Conmen
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When one of Annie Richards' guests turns up dead during the grand opening of the Rosewood Place bed-and-breakfast, she thinks it could be the kiss of death for her business. Lou Ross was a bad man with a lot of dark secrets, but Annie's not sure that he deserved to die. When the police come up short on suspects and long on questions about the dead man's past, Annie takes it into her own hands to sniff out the killer before they can get away.
Is one...
3328) Dead in the Creek
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In his most challenging case yet, Henry struggles when his newest client is killed before he's even had the chance to meet her... The truth is, Sarah Jenner wasn't exactly clear when she first called Henry. She wanted to hire him...but couldn't say why. Not until they met. And then she was dead. When Sarah's sister asks Henry to investigate what the cops are calling an accident, he has a hard time buying her questionable suspicions. Other than an...
3329) The Penguin Pool Murder
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A dead stockbroker in a penguin tank leads Miss Withersto a shocking mystery For the third graders at Jefferson School, a field trip is always a treat. But one day at the New York Aquarium, they get much more excitement than they bargained for. A pickpocket sprints past, stolen purse in hand, and is making his way to the exit when their teacher, the prim Hildegarde Withers, knocks him down with her umbrella. By the time the police and the security...
3330) The Witch is Back
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The frog is out of the bag…
And the witch is back in town.
Evil pumpkins, werebasilisks, enchanted dolls, spellbound plants, majestic eagle-lions… for starters.
Just another day in Bigfoot Bay.
But when Samm is cursed with the most vicious creature of all-a jealous ex-fiancée scorned, will she finally embrace her witchy heritage?
And will her long-lost sister arrive in time to help her face down her demons?
All will be revealed in the bewitching...
3331) The Withdrawing Room
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Death pays a visit to Sarah Kelling's Boston boardinghouse in this cozy mystery from the bestselling author of the Peter Shandy series.
Though the inheritance from her dearly departed Alexander was meant to set Sarah Kelling up for life, it vanishes quickly in the face of hounding from charitable organizations and the IRS. Facing the loss of her stately Back Bay brownstone, Sarah opens her home to lodgers-deciding she prefers a boardinghouse to the...
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On a sunny summer day in Rome, a drone attack in St. Peter's Square nearly kills the Pope and the Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Church. The trail Christopher Worthy and Father Fortis follow to identify and thwart the assassin takes them from the heart of Rome to the holiest sites in Jerusalem.
3333) Running Out of Time
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Restaurant manager Dodie O'Dell's themed food ideas have been called cute, clever, and delicious, but never revolutionary-until now. Dodie's Windjammer Restaurant is stocking the Etonville Little Theatre's concession stand with colonial-era desserts and drinks: Swamp Yankee applesauce cake, pumpkin bread, hot cider punch, and mulled wine to complement the latest production. A local playwright has adapted Thornton Wilder's Our Town into Eton Town,...
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We wish you a ghostly Christmas…It's winter in Haven, and Kat has her hands full. A quiet evening with her best friend turns spooky when they encounter a ghost in her basement. Not just any ghost, though-the town's storied founder herself. Now Kat, Pepper, and her snarky familiar Albus have a job to do. A grieving neighbor needs their help, and it wouldn't be a holiday without a little ghostly intervention, right? And a witchy New Year! Ghosts and...
3335) Death by Espresso
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Bookstore-café owner Krissy Hancock has plenty to keep her occupied outside business hours, like preparing for her best friend's wedding and solving a murder . . .
Krissy is meeting Vicki's parents at the Pine Hills, Ohio, airport-it's the least she can do as maid of honor, even if her relationship with Mr. and Mrs. Patterson is a bit strained. Besides, her own dad is coming in on the same flight. But there are a few additional arrivals, too. Her...
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Bridal Bouquet Becomes Murder Weapon in Wedded Spirits, a Cozy Historical Mystery by Alice Duncan
-1925, Pasadena, California-
Daisy is the Matron of Honor for the wedding of Mr. Robert Browning and Miss Regina Petri, Daisy's favorite librarian, when she discovers the body of a young man on the floor of the dressing room. From the looks of the flower petals falling from his mouth, he'd chomped down Regina's bridal bouquet.
Having recently studied...
3337) Death on the Rive Nord
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Picardie, 1963. A truck drops a group of illegal workers by a deserted stretch of canal in the dead of night near Poissons-les-Marais, desperate travellers in a pipeline, searching for a better life. Days later, one of them surfaces, stabbed to death.
For Inspector Lucas Rocco, finding the victim's fellow travellers presents problems. Most Algerian immigrants are welcome, but trawling for any who aren't is a sensitive issue loaded with threats of...
3338) Deadly Decor
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Quiet Kismet, Pennsylvania, may look like any other small town, but as a home stager, Caprice De Luca can see behind closed doors--and it seems someone has designs on murder. . .
Life is a full house for Caprice these days. She's dating, she's rescuing adorable cocker spaniels, and she's decorating the roomy interiors of Kismet's most well-heeled residents with fun fantasy themes. But she's worried about her pregnant sister. Bella's marriage is coming...
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Samantha Cooper is missing and her boyfriend is desperate to find her. Desperate enough to hire Gertrude, Gumshoe. Thrilled to have her first real client, Gertrude gets right to work. But is she really ready for a real case? Can she catch a kidnapper without getting herself kidnapped?
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A Scotland Yard inspector holds the key when a college professor is shot behind a series of locked gates in this classic British mystery series opener.
The usually quiet campus of St. Anthony's College is abuzz with talk of murder. Someone shot Prof. Josiah Umpleby, the college's president, in his room during the night. Word spreads all the way to London, and Insp. John Appleby of New Scotland Yard is dispatched to consult on the case.
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