2014 New Release Cozy Mysteries to Wishlist
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List Votes: 6 Books: 533 Contributors: 1 Watchers: 17 List Type: Open
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Home of the Braised (White House Chef, Bk 7) by Julie Hyzy
With the pressure of an upcoming state dinner that could make or break the president's foreign policy, White House executive chef Olivia Paras has precious little time to focus on her wedding plans—or to catch a murderer… Tensions are running high as the White House staff... more
Book Votes: 4
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The Silence of the Library (Cat in the Stacks, Bk 5) by Miranda James
Everyone in Athena, Mississippi, knows Charlie Harris, the librarian with a rescued Maine coon cat named Diesel. He’s returned to his hometown to immerse himself in books, but a celebrated author’s visit draws an unruly swarm of fanatic mystery buffs…and one devious... more
Book Votes: 4
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A Tale of Two Biddies (League of Literary Ladies, Bk 2) by Kylie Logan
When it comes to solving mysteries, these ladies are in a league of their own…
Summer can be the best of times or the worst of times for the resort town of Put-in-Bay on Lake Erie. For Bea Cartwright, business is booming as guests storm her B and B for the Bastille Day celebration. In... more
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Murder Sends a Postcard (Haunted Souvenir, Bk 3) by Christy Fifield
It’s the height of summer tourist season and Glory Martine is busier than ever running her souvenir shop, Southern Treasures. The shop’s parrot, Bluebeard, is becoming quite the celebrity among tourists -- little do they realize he’s the bird-host to a... more
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Pearls and Poison (Consignment Shop, Bk 3) by Duffy Brown
It's election time in Savannah, Georgia, and Judge Guillotine Gloria -- aka Reagan Summerside's mom -- is neck and neck in the polls with Kip “Scummy" Seymour. But the already dirty campaign is about to get downright filthy -- with one candidate getting buried six feet... more
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The Whole Cat and Caboodle (Second Chance Cat, Bk 1) by Sofie Ryan
Sarah Grayson is the happy proprietor of Second Chance, a charming shop in the oceanfront town of North Harbor, Maine. At the shop, she sells used items that she has lovingly refurbished and repurposed. But her favorite pet project so far has been adopting a stray cat she names Elvis.
Elvis... more
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Tailing a Tabby (Bookmobile Cat, Bk 2) by Laurie Cass
In the bookmobile, librarian Minnie Hamilton and her rescue cat, Eddie, roll out great summer reads to folks all over the lake town of Chilson, Michigan. And when real-life drama turns deadly, Minnie makes sure justice is never overdue.
The bookmobile is making its usual rounds when... more
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Books, Cooks, and Crooks (Novel Idea, Bk 3) by Lucy Arlington
The national bestselling Novel Idea Mysteries are back, as Lila Wilkins -- literary agent and sleuth -- is setting up a delicious cookbook fair. But the tension in the kitchen is about to boil over…
Inspiration Valley, North Carolina, is bubbling with excitement for the Taste of the... more
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Forget Me Knot (Quilting, Bk 1) by Mary Marks
Martha and her besties Lucy and Birdie are set to expand their Quilty Tuesdays by inviting newcomer Claire Terry into their group. Though at forty Claire's a tad younger than their average age, her crafty reputation could perk up their patchwork proceedings, especially as they prepare for... more
Book Votes: 2
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Eggs in a Casket (Cackleberry Club, Bk 5) by Laura Childs
The ladies of the Cackleberry Club are always ready to serve -- whether they're cooking up breakfast or sniffing out a bad egg.
While Petra handles the breakfast rush at the Cackleberry Club, the café's other two owners, Suzanne and Toni, head to Memorial Cemetery to... more
Book Votes: 2
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Miss Julia Stirs Up Trouble (Miss Julia, Bk 14) by Ann B. Ross
Autumn's crisp bite is in the air, but Miss Julia soon discovers that, alas, leaves aren't the only things falling. James, Hazel Marie's housekeeper, has taken a nasty tumble down some stairs. How can Hazel Marie feed and take care of him -- not to mention a husband, son, and twin... more
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Days of Wine and Roquefort (Cheese Shop, Bk 5) by Avery Aames
Murder, like Roquefort, stinks...
Cheese Shop owner Charlotte Bessette's life seems quieter than ever with her fiancé out of town and her cousin Matthew and his children out of the house. But before she can put up her feet and enjoy a glass of chardonnay, Matthew asks her to play... more
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Engaged in Murder (Perfect Proposals, Bk 1) by Nancy J. Parra
There's no planning for murder...
Event planner Pepper Pomeroy is making the most of her current unemployment by arranging a surprise for her sister, Felicity. Warren, Felicity's boyfriend, plans to lure his lovely lady into a private jet, propose, and whisk her away on a romantic... more
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Murder With Ganache (Key West Food Critic, Bk 4) by Lucy Burdette
Hayley Snow, the food critic for Key Zest magazine, has her plate heaped high with restaurant reviews, doughnut and sticky bun tastings, and an article on the Hemingway cats. But this week she's also in charge of her best friend's wedding. And then someone adds a side of... more
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Dead Between the Lines (Devereaux Dime Store, Bk 3) by Denise Swanson
Opening an old-fashioned five-and-dime shop in her small Missouri hometown has been a great change for Devereaux “Dev” Sinclair. But when she hosts a reading group there, she learns that bad writing can mean life or death.
To keep her new business in the black, Dev opens up... more
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Inherit the Word (Cookbook Nook, Bk 2) by Daryl Wood Gerber
Jenna Hart moved back to Crystal Cove, California, to recapture her joie de vivre and to help her aunt Vera run the local culinary bookshop and café. But it's hard to follow a simple recipe for relaxation when murder gets thrown in the mix…
The Cookbook Nook is set to... more
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Iced to Death (Gourmet De-Lite, Bk 3) by Peg Cochran
Gigi Fitzgerald, owner of Gigi’s Gourmet De-Lite, knows how to put her clients’ cravings on ice. But catching a slippery killer is more of a challenge…
Gigi’s business may be hot, but her home life is leaving her cold. Her sister, Pia, has dropped in for an... more
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A Killing Notion (Magical Dressmaking, Bk 5) by Melissa Bourbon
Harlow Jane Cassidy is swamped with homecoming couture requests. If only she didn't have to help solve a murder, she might get the gowns off the dress forms.... Harlow is doing everything she can to expand her dressmaking business, Buttons & Bows—without letting... more
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Ill-Gotten Panes (Stained Glass, Bk 1) by Jennifer McAndrews
Stained-glass aficionado Georgia Kelly packed up her city life for the quiet of small town Wenwood, New York. But the sleepy village's peace is about to get shattered -- by murder... After a banking scandal loses Georgia her job and fiancé, she decides that a change of scenery... more
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Murder in the Mystery Suite (Book Retreat, Bk 1) by Ellery Adams
Who would resort to murder?
Tucked away in the rolling hills of rural western Virginia is the storybook resort of Storyton Hall, catering to book lovers who want to get away from it all. To increase her number of bookings, resort manager Jane Steward has decided to host a Murder and Mayhem... more
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Taken In (Southern Sewing Circle, Bk 9) by Elizabeth Lynn Casey
When a trip to the Big Apple ends in murder, the sewing circle searches for a killer who's rotten to the core...
Winning an appearance on a top-rated, New York based morning show means the trip of a lifetime for librarian Tori Sinclair and the Sweet Briar... more
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Well Read, Then Dead (Read Em and Eat, Bk 1) by Terrie Farley Moran
Nestled in the barrier islands of Florida's Gulf Coast, Fort Myers Beach is home to Mary “Sassy" Cabot and Bridget Mayfield -- owners of the bookstore café, Read 'Em and Eat. But when they're not dishing about books or serving up scones, Sassy and Bridgy are keeping... more
Book Votes: 2
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Inaugural Parade: State of the Onion / Hail to the Chef / Eggsecutive Orders (White H...
State of the Onion
White House chef Olivia Paras jumps from the frying pan into the fire to smoke out an assassin.
Hail to the Chef
Following the shocking death of an electrician, Olivia steps out of the White House kitchen to turn up the heat on a killer.
Eggsecutive... more
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Bless Her Dead Little Heart (Southern Ladies, Bk 1) by Miranda James
New York Times bestselling author Miranda James returns to Athena, Mississippi, with an all-new mystery featuring Miss An'gel and Miss Dickce Ducote, two snoopy sisters who are always ready to lend a helping hand. But when a stressed socialite brings murder right to their doorstep, even they... more
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Suede to Rest (Material Witness, Bk 1) by Diane Vallere
With her career as a dress designer in shreds, Polyester Monroe is looking forward to a fresh start. But as it all unfolds, the pattern to a new beginning looks a lot like murder.
When Poly Monroe was little, she loved playing in her family's textile store . But after a fatal family... more
Book Votes: 2
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Geared for the Grave (Cycle Path, Bk 1) by Duffy Brown
Mackinac Island is a peaceful summer resort town where everyone coasts through the streets on bicycles. But after someone sends a prominent local on her final ride, it’s up to one resourceful visitor to get things running again…
Hoping to shift her chances of a promotion in... more
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Eggs in a Casket (Cackleberry Club, Bk 5) by Laura Childs
Petra, Suzanne, and Toni may have lost their husbands, but they’ve found new life operating the Cackleberry Club café. It’s where the locals head for an amazing breakfast, the good company of friends, and a puzzling mystery or two…
THIS KILLER IS... more
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A Dark and Stormy Knit (Black Sheep Knitting, Bk 6) by Anne Canadeo
Curiosity Killed the Cat
Knitting graffiti, in Plum Harbor? Maggie Messina doubts it could ever happen in her quiet village. Until the new parking meters on Main Street are found covered with cat-faced cozies. In the dark of night, the mysterious Knit Kats have struck again! The infamous... more
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Zero-Degree Murder (Search and Rescue, Bk 1) by M. L. Rowland
Search and rescue expert Gracie Kinkaid risks her life on a daily basis to save strangers. But going up against a coldhearted murderer is one kind of danger she’s not prepared for…
As a volunteer for Timber Creek Search and Rescue, missing out on holiday festivities is nothing... more
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Pecan Pies and Homicides (Charmed Pie Shoppe, Bk 3) by Ellery Adams
Her Charmed Pie Shoppe is open for business, but baker Ella Mae LeFaye is about to discover solving a murder is not as easy as pie…
Owning the Charmed Pie Shoppe and serving enchanted treats in the magical town of Havenwood, Georgia, seemed like a little slice of heaven for Ella... more
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Hen of the Baskervilles (Meg Langslow, Bk 15) by Donna Andrews
Fight or flight…
Meg Langslow is helping Mayor Randall Shiffley organize the Virginia Un-Fair, Caerphilly’s entry in the race to replace the old, bankrupted state fair. Before a line can even form outside the ticket booth, however, a pair of Bantam Russian Orloff chickens... more
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Death of a Policeman (Hamish Macbeth, Bk 29) by M. C. Beaton
Local police stations all over the Scottish Highlands are being threatened with closure. This presents the perfect opportunity for Detective Chief Inspector Blair, who would love nothing more than to get rid of Sergeant Hamish Macbeth. Blair suggests that Cyril Sessions, a keen young police... more
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Red Velvet Cupcake Murder (Hannah Swensen, Bk 16) by Joanne Fluke
It's a hot summer evening in Lake Eden, Minnesota - and the Grand Opening of the refurbished Albion Hotel. Hannah Swensen's famous Red Velvet cupcakes are being served in the new Red Velvet lounge. The party starts off with a bang with the arrival of Doctor Bev, who left town in shame... more
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Death of Yesterday (Hamish Macbeth, Bk 28) by M. C. Beaton
When a local woman tells Sergeant Hamish Macbeth that she doesn't remember what happened the previous evening, he doesn't begin to worry. She had been out drinking, after all, and he'd prefer not to be bothered with such an arrogant and annoying woman. But when her body is... more
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Tapestry of Lies (Weaving, Bk 2) by Carol Ann Martin
Shear Murder
Della Wright can't believe her luck when celebrity designer Bunny Boyd walks into her weaving studio in small-town Briar’s Hollow, North Carolina, with a large custom fabric order. Bunny needs materials for her latest design project: Bernard Whitby’s... more
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A Royal Threesome (Royal Spyness, Bks 1 - 3) by Rhys Bowen
Now in one volume -- the first three Royal Spyness Mysteries from Rhys Bowen, featuring the elegant, titled, and stony-broke sleuth Lady Georgiana Rannoch.
Her Royal Spyness -- Georgie is forced to earn her keep as a housekeeper in London when the Queen summons her to spy on the playboy... more
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Steeped in Evil (Tea Shop, Bk 15) by Laura Childs
In the newest mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Sweet Tea Revenge, Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is about to learn the true meaning of terror…
Theodosia Browning has never considered herself a wine connoisseur -- tea has always been her forte. But that... more
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Miss Julia's Marvelous Makeover (Miss Julia, Bk 15) by Ann B. Ross
It’s summer in Abbotsville, and Miss Julia has visions of enjoying a life of leisure. But before she can even sip some iced tea on her front porch, a letter from her long-lost cousin Elsie informs her that Elsie’s granddaughter is on a bus headed to Abbotsville that very day.... more
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A Fatal Slip (Sweet Nothings Lingerie Mystery, Bk 3) by Meg London
From selling camisoles to solving crimes, the ladies of the Sweet Nothings lingerie shop in Paris, Tennessee, will make this Valentine’s a day to remember…
For Valentine’s Day, Emma Taylor and her aunt Arabella have organized a special evening for men only to shop for... more
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Scandal in Skibbereen (County Cork, Bk 2) by Sheila Connolly
As the new owner of Sullivan's Pub in County Cork, Ireland, Maura Donovan gets an earful of all the village gossip. But uncovering the truth about some local rumors may close her down for good...
Bostonian Maura is beginning to feel settled in her new Irish home, just in time for summer... more
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Independence Slay (Celebration Bay, Bk 3) by Shelley Freydont
With Independence Day fast approaching, Liv Montgomery is swamped coordinating one of the town’s biggest festivals. In addition to the traditional July fourth events, the town stages a spooky Revolutionary War reenactment that can’t be missed. Every year, the ghost of local war hero... more
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The Skeleton Takes a Bow (Family Skeleton, Bk 2) by Leigh Perry
And the best performance as a skull goes to…
After years of hiding in the Thackery family house, Sid the skeleton is delighted to finally have his moment in the spotlight. He's starring in a high school production of Hamlet. Well, not so much starring in as being a prop. At least... more
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Tempest in a Teapot (Teapot Collector, Bk 1) by Amanda Cooper
Tucked away in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York is the charming town of Gracious Grove, where time moves slowly, gossip spreads quickly, and the scones are to die for...
When her fashionable Manhattan restaurant goes under, Sophie Taylor retreats to her grandmother’s... more
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Boiled Over (Maine Clambake, Bk 2) by Barbara Ross
For Julia Snowden, the Founder's Day summer celebration in Busman's Harbor, Maine, means helping her family's clambake company to prepare an authentic taste of New England seafood. Any Mainer will tell you that a real clambake needs wood for the fire . . . so why is there a foot... more
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Deadly Decor (Caprice De Luca, Bk 2) by Karen Rose Smith
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... more
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Scene of the Climb (Pacific Northwest, Bk 1) by Kate Dyer-Seeley
Portland, Oregon, is the perfect fit for someone like Meg Reed. It's a city with a small town feel, where she can crash on the couch of her best friend Jill, now that she's graduated from journalism school. . .
But a girl needs a job, so Meg bluffs her way into writing for Northwest... more
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Sweet Tea Revenge (Tea Shop, Bk 14) by Laura Childs
Theodosia Browning’s dear friend Delaine Dish has asked her to be a bridesmaid for her wedding. But when the big day arrives, everything seems to be going wrong. First, a massive storm is brewing over Charleston. A bad omen? Second, Delaine’s sister is late for the ceremony. And... more
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Spinning in Her Grave (Haunted Yarn Shop, Bk 3) by Molly Macrae
Kath Rutledge is settling in as the owner of the Weaver's Cat, a fiber and fabric shop in Blue Plum, Tennessee. But nothing, not even the ghost haunting her shop, prepares her for the mystery that will leave the whole town spinning.... It's time for Blue Plum's annual historical... more
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The Good, the Bad, and the Emus (Meg Langslow, Bk 17 ) by Donna Andrews
Life will never be the same for Meg Langslow after family secrets are revealed, introducing a whole new layer of intrigue in Donna Andrews's beloved series.
Meg’s long-lost paternal grandfather, Dr. Blake, has hired Stanley Denton to find her grandmother Cordelia. ... more
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Sugar and Iced (Cupcake Bakery, Bk 6) by Jenn McKinlay
Sugar and spice and murderous vice.
That’s what pageants are made of…
Normally Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura wouldn’t be caught dead at a beauty pageant, but when Mel’s mom asks them to provide cupcakes for the seventy-fifth annual Sweet Tiara contest as a favor... more
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Bloom and Doom (Bridal Bouquet Shop, Bk 1) by Beverly Allen
As the co-owner of The Rose in Bloom, Audrey Bloom creates magnificent flower arrangements for brides to be. Though helping to plan a wedding can be stressful, it's nothing compared to the groom turning up dead. A designer of eye-catching bridal bouquets—many of them based on the... more
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Death on Eat Street (Biscuit Bowl Food Truck, Bk 1) by J. J. Cook
When she’s once again passed over for a promotion at work, Zoe decides to take the big leap and go for her dream. She quits, gives up her fancy digs, and buys a fixer-upper diner in a shady part of town. To keep above water during the renovation, she buys a used food truck to serve the... more
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Ghost of a Gamble (Ghost of Granny Apples, Bk 4) by Sue Ann Jaffarian
Spiritual medium Emma Whitecastle knows a good ghost when she feels one -- like her own sweet Granny Apples, long gone but still as famous for her apple pies as she is for helping her great-great-great-granddaughter get to the core of the most baffling mysteries...
When Emma gets word of a... more
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The Wedding Soup Murder (Italian Kitchen, Bk 2) by Rosie Genova
Victoria Rienzi came home to the Jersey Shore to write a new book, learn the family restaurant business, and practice the fine art of Italian cooking. But when delicious dishes are paired with murder, Vic has a little too much on her plate…
When Vic asked her nonna for more... more
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A Dollhouse to Die For (Deadly Notions, Bk 2) by Cate Price
Daisy Buchanan thinks of her shop, Sometimes a Great Notion, as more than just a business. For her, it?s a haven of vintage sewing notions and other treasures, excellent coffee, and camaraderie. But when an antique dollhouse provokes some bizarre behavior on the part of a customer, Daisy makes... more
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A Cookbook Conspiracy (Bibliophile, Bk 7) by Kate Carlisle
It’s a recipe for disaster when bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright is asked to restore an antique cookbook....
Brooklyn has always been a little obsessed with food, but it was her sister Savannah who became a chef, graduating from the prestigious Cordon Bleu school in Paris. She and her... more
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Fleur de Lies (Passport to Peril, Bk 9) by Maddy Hunter
When intrepid travel agency owner Emily Andrew-Miceli takes her band of tech-savvy seniors to France, they say “Bonjour” by cruising down the Seine River. Along for the ride are a colorful cast of cruise-goers, including four sales reps who are the crème de la crème of... more
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The Breakfast Club Murder by Camilla T. Crespi
The Breakfast Club Murder is a fun, food-filled mystery with a rich and diverse cast of oddball characters to keep the reader laughing, crying, and guessing who the killer is.
In Hawthorne Park, Connecticut, Lori Corvino doesn't waste time licking her wounds after her ex-husband Rob remarries.... more
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The Book Stops Here (Bibliophile, Bk 8) by Kate Carlisle
You never know what treasures can be found in someone’s attic. Unfortunately for bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright, some of them are worth killing for.…
Brooklyn Wainwright is thrilled to be appearing on the San Francisco edition of the hit TV show This Old Attic as a rare-book... more
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Queen of Hearts (Royal Spyness, Bk 8) by Rhys Bowen
Lady Georgiana Rannoch, thirty-fifth in line for the British throne, knows how to play the part of an almost royal -- but now she's off to Hollywood, where she must reprise her role as sleuth or risk starring in an all-too-convincing death scene...
My mother, the glamorous and... more
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To Fudge or Not to Fudge (Candy-Coated, Bk 2) by Nancy Coco
With summer in bloom and tourists afoot, Allie is out walking her pup, Mal, when the curious canine digs up a bone from under a flowering lilac bush. The bone leads to a toe that's missing a body. For the successful confectionaire it's only the first in a series of sour events in the... more
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Not the Killing Type (Booktown, Bk 7) by Lorna Barrett
It’s November in Stoneham, New Hampshire, and time for the Chamber of Commerce elections. The long-standing Chamber president is being challenged by a former lover—Tricia’s own sister, Angelica. Also throwing his hat in the ring is small business owner Stan Berry.... more
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Silence of the Lamb's Wool (Yarn Retreat, Bk 2) by Betty Hechtman
Dessert chef Casey Feldstein has learned one end of a knitting needle from the other after inheriting her aunt’s yarn retreat business, but a murder threatens to unravel her latest event . . .
Casey’s running a new retreat called “From Sheep to Shawl” at a resort on... more
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Maple Mayhem (Sugar Grove, Bk 2) by Jessie Crockett
In Sugar Grove, New Hampshire, people are serious about their maple syrup -- especially Dani Greene, whose family owns the Greener Pastures sugarhouse. But when murder disrupts the small-town sweetness, Dani pores over clues to draw out a killer... Despite being a fourth-generation... more
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Duck the Halls (Meg Langslow, Bk 16) by Donna Andrews
In Duck the Halls, the brilliantly funny Donna Andrews delivers boughs of holly and barrels of laughs with Meg's latest adventure in her award-winning, New York Times bestselling series. A few nights before Christmas, Meg Langslow is awakened when volunteer fireman Michael is summoned to the... more
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The Nightingale Before Christmas (Meg Langslow, Bk 18) by Donna Andrews
As the holidays draw near in Caerphilly, Mother volunteers to take part in in a big Christmas-themed decorator show house - each room of a temporarily untenanted house is decorated to the hilt by a different decorator for the public to tour. Of course, Mother insists that Meg pitch in with the... more
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Book Fair and Foul (Ashton Corners Book Club, Bk 4) by Erika Chase
For the mystery book lovers of Ashton Corners, burial plots tell the most intriguing stories. The members of the Ashton Corners Mystery Readers and Cheese Straws Society are all chipping in as Molly Mathews, now owner of the bookstore the Book Nook, prepares the first annual Mystery Book Fair.... more
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By Cook or by Crook (Five-Ingredient, Bk 1) by Maya Corrigan
Take one burned-out city girl. Add a crusty codger, a pinch of gossip, and a dash of romance. Stir in a generous helping of murder and you've got the ingredients for one truly delicious mystery. . .
Haunted by the car accident that ended her career as a cookbook publicist, Val Deniston... more
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Knot in My Backyard (Quilting, Bk 2) by Mary Marks
Baseball may be America's official favorite pastime, but for Martha Rose and her friends, quilting is far more fun...and a lot less dangerous.
A diamond brocade pattern is more quilter Martha Rose's style than a baseball diamond -- especially when it comes to the new eyesore of a... more
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Heirs and Graces (Royal Spyness, Bk 7) by Rhys Bowen
As thirty-fifth in line for the throne, Lady Georgiana Rannoch knows her table manners. It's forks on the left, knives on the right—not in His Grace, the duke's back… I have been entrusted by Her Majesty with grooming Jack Altringham—the duke's newly... more
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Fat Cat At Large (Fat Cat, Bk 1) by Janet Cantrell
When she’s not dreaming up irresistible dessert bars for her Minneapolis treatery, Bar None, Charity “Chase” Oliver is running after her cat, Quincy—a tubby tabby with a gift for sniffing out edibles. But what happens when this cat burglar leads Chase to the scene of a... more
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Death Is Like a Box of Chocolates (Chocolate Covered, Bk 1) by Kathy Aarons
Whether it's to satisfy a craving for chocolate or pick up the hottest new bestseller, the locals in charming West Riverdale, Maryland, are heading to Chocolates and Chapters, where everything sold is to die for...
Best friends Michelle Serrano and Erica Russell are celebrating the sweet... more
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Marked Down for Murder (Good Buy Girls, Bk 4) by Josie Belle
Between spending Valentine's Day with her sweetheart, Sam, and shopping upcoming Presidents' Day sales with the Good Buy Girls, everything is coming up roses and bargains for Maggie Gerber. But when the mother of Maggie's nemesis comes to town, things stop looking so rosy.... more
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The Wolfe Widow (Book Collector, Bk 3) by Victoria Abbott
As Thanksgiving approaches, Jordan Bingham is grateful for her job researching rare books for Vera Van Alst, the infamous curmudgeon of Harrison Falls, New York. But when an uninvited guest makes an appearance, much more than dinner is disrupted—and Jordan is thankful just to be... more
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Murder of a Needled Knitter (Scumble River, Bk 17) by Denise Swanson
School psychologist Skye Denison has been waiting forever for her happily-ever-after with police chief Wally Boyd. But her bliss threatens to unravel on the very first day of their luxurious honeymoon cruise, when Skye becomes convinced that she has glimpsed her mother on board! Surely even... more
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Scorched Eggs (Cackleberry Club, Bk 6) by Laura Childs
In Laura Childs's New York Times bestselling mystery series, Suzanne, Petra, and Toni—co-owners of the Cackleberry Club Café—are equally good at serving up breakfast and serving up justice. This time they turn up the heat on a deadly firebug… As Suzanne is getting... more
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Gossamer Ghost (Scrapbooking Mystery, Bk 12) by Laura Childs
Carmela Bertrand knows that Halloween in New Orleans means a week of rabble-rousing, costumed craziness -- and she can't wait to get the party started. But when a local antiques dealer turns up dead, Carmela suddenly finds herself in a real-life danse macabre…
An evening's work... more
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If You've Got It, Haunt It (Haunted Vintage, Bk 1) by Rose Pressey
Cookie Chanel has a passion for fashion -- and a murder mystery to solve!
Cookie Chanel has opened her own vintage clothing boutique, It's Vintage, Y'All, in the charming town of Sugar Creek, Georgia. Always on the lookout for stylish second-hand steals, she attends the estate sale of... more
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Ghost Gone Wild (Bailey Ruth, Bk 4) by Carolyn Hart
Carolyn Hart's good-hearted ghost, Bailey Ruth Raeburn, just can't say no to an earthly rescue, even when maybe she should… As far as emissaries from Heaven's Department of Good Intentions go, Bailey Ruth is far from the top of the go-to list for assignments in the eyes... more
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The Legend of Sleepy Harlow (League of Literary Ladies, Bk 3) by Kylie Logan
It takes more than a lurid legend to scare off the League of Literary Ladies…
For Halloween, the Literary Ladies have chosen to read Washington Irving’s spooky classic, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, with its infamous headless horseman. But South Bass Island has its own... more
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A Midwinter's Tail (Magical Cats, Bk 6) by Sofie Kelly
Kathleen Paulson is snowed under running her library and caring for her extraordinary felines, Owen and Hercules. But when a fund-raiser turns deadly, she’ll have to add sleuthing to her already full schedule....
Winter in Mayville Heights is busy and not just because of the holidays.... more
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Tagged for Death (Sarah Winston Garage Sale, Bk 1) by Sherry Harris
Starting your life over at age thirty-eight isn't easy, but that's what Sarah Winston finds herself facing when her husband CJ runs off with a 19-year-old temptress named Tiffany. Sarah's self-prescribed therapy happily involves hitting all the garage and tag sales in and around her... more
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Weave of Absence (Weaving, Bk 3) by Carol Ann Martin
It's a joyous time at Dream Weaver--Della Wright's studio in small-town Briar Hollow, North Carolina--as part-time employee and full-time friend Marnie Potter is preparing for her upcoming marriage. Della has enlisted a tight-knit group of close friends to handweave a beautiful... more
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A High-End Finish (Fixer-Upper, Bk 1) by Kate Carlisle
In the seaside town of Lighthouse Cove in northern California, everyone knows the best man for the job is actually a woman -- contractor Shannon Hammer. But while Shannon can do wonders with a power drill and a little elbow grease, she’s about to discover that some problems aren’t so... more
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On Borrowed Time (Library Lover, Bk 5) by Jenn McKinlay
Loving a good cup of coffee runs in the family for Briar Creek library director Lindsey Norris. But when her brother, Jack, a consultant for a coffee company, goes missing, her favorite beverage becomes a key clue in a dangerous mystery.
Between preparing the library for the holidays and... more
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Death With All the Trimmings (Key West Food Critic, Bk 5) by Lucy Burdette
The only snow in Key West this Christmas is Hayley Snow, food critic for Key Zest magazine, who is not getting time off for the holiday…or time off from murder.
It may be Christmastime, but thoughts of peace on earth, good will toward men, don’t seem to extend to the restaurant... more
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Murder, Served Simply (Amish Quilt Shop, Bk 3) by Isabella Alan
Angie’s parents are visiting Rolling Brook for Christmas—but unfortunately, her ex is joining them. Luckily, Angie has no time to dwell on her romantic troubles as she prepares her store, Running Stitch, for the town’s traditional progressive dinner, featuring a sleigh ride... more
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The Chocolate Book Bandit (Chocoholic, Bk 13) by JoAnna Carl
When it turns out a member of Warner Pier’s library board has been living on borrowed time, Lee is determined to discover who wrote the victim’s final chapter…
Lee McKinney Woodyard, manager of TenHuis Chocolade, has been offered a position on the local library board.... more
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Gilt Trip (Scrapbooking Mystery, Bk 11) by Laura Childs & Diana Orgain
A New Orleans businessman and white-collar criminal is celebrating his early release from prison. But his freedom will be short lived…
Scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand and her best friend, Ava, are off to a party. Prominent socialite Margo Leland is throwing an extravagant... more
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A Teeny Taste of Scandal by Michael Lee West
In this deliciously hilarious follow-up to A Teeny Bit of Trouble, Michael Lee West proves why she's quickly becoming a must-read, favorite author "I'd just put a praline cheesecake into the oven when my long-lost mama showed up on my doorstep with a bottle of merlot, a sack of whole wheat... more
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Poison at the PTA (Beth Kennedy, Bk 5) by Laura Alden
As the Tarver Elementary School PTA president, Beth Kennedy is always on the go—especially when someone puts murder on the agenda.
Beth has been running nonstop to be the best PTA president, bookstore owner, and single parent ever, which is why her friend Marina is staging an... more
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The Road to Cardinal Valley (Ruby McGavin, Bk 2) by Earlene Fowler
Ruby never thought she’d return to Cardinal, but she’s hoping the place and people who gave her so much can give her brother Nash -- who’s been drowning in drink in Nashville -- the fresh start he so desperately needs.
Saddlemaker Lucas McGavin is thrilled that Ruby has come... more
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Death of a Chocoholic (Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails, Bk 4) by Lee Hollis
Fed up with dating after a disastrous setup, the only thing Hayley wants to snuggle up to is a box of made-to-order chocolates from plus-sized, plus-mouthed chocolatier Bessie Winthrop. But when Bessie is found dead in her kitchen, only Hayley suspects that Bessie's "heart attack"... more
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Murder in Merino (Seaside Knitters, Bk 8) by Sally Goldenbaum
Fall is usually a relaxing time in Sea Harbor, but its turning out to be a busy season for Izzy Chambers Perry. Not only is she helping the Seaside Knitters make a magnificent throw to celebrate the fortieth wedding anniversary of her aunt and uncle, but she and her husband are finally selling... more
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Miss Dimple Picks a Peck of Trouble (Miss Dimple, Bk 4) by Mignon F. Ballard
It's the summer of 1944 and the world seems mired in a war that will never end. On the home front, the people of Elderberry, Georgia, are doing everything they can to support the troops. Even with a war on, the peaches are ripe for picking. As veteran teacher Miss Dimple... more
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Teacup Turbulence (Pet Rescue, Bk 5) by Linda O. Johnston
Los Angeles animal shelter manager Lauren Vancouver has a soft spot for animals in need -- and a keen eye for crime... Thanks to a savvy ad campaign featuring teacup pups sporting HotPets Bling -- a new line of faux jewelry dog collars -- small dog adoptions have skyrocketed across the... more
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Playing with Fire (Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade, Bk 2) by J. J. Cook
"Welcome to Sweet Pepper, Tennessee. Nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains, it's home to the hottest and sweetest peppers in the world -- as well as at least one ghost and a hotbed of secrets..."
GETTING WARMER
Fire Chief Stella Griffin is working to solve the mysterious death... more
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City of Darkness and Light (Molly Murphy, Bk 13) by Rhys Bowen
Molly and Daniel Sullivan are settling happily into the new routines of parenthood, but their domestic bliss is shattered the night a gang retaliates against Daniel for making a big arrest. Daniel wants his family safely out of New York City as soon as possible. In shock and grieving, but... more
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A Chorus Line-Up (Glee Club, Bk 3) by Joelle Charbonneau
Paige Marshall is back in the spotlight in Joelle Charbonneau’s newest Glee Club Mystery. This time the high school show choir coach is fighting to keep her singers in a national competition despite charges of sabotage…
They have the talent. They have the heart. Nothing can... more
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A Murder at Rosamund's Gate by Susanna Calkins
In Susanna Calkins's atmospheric debut novel, a chambermaid must uncover a murderer in seventeenth-century plague-ridden LondonFor Lucy Campion, a seventeenth-century English chambermaid serving in the household of the local magistrate, life is an endless repetition of polishing pewter, emptying... more
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Green Living Can Be Deadly (Blossom Valley, Bk 3) by Staci McLaughlin
Thinking green comes with the territory at the O'Connell Organic Farm and Spa in Blossom Valley, CA. But could a festival be taking things too far, especially when it leads to a fresh case of murder?
When Dana Lewis organizes her Green Living Festival, complete with free range fauna and... more
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Death of an Irish Diva (Cumberland Creek, Bk 3) by Mollie Cox Bryan
Spring is in the air, but the ladies of the Cumberland Creek Scrapbook Crop hardly have time to stop and smell the roses. Not when famed Irish dancer Emily McGlashen is found murdered in her studio just after the St. Patrick's Day parade -- and one of the Crop's own members is the prime... more
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NYPD Puzzle (Puzzle Lady, Bk 15) by Parnell Hall
Young attorney Becky Baldwin hires Cora Felton to accompany her to New York City to meet a new client in his penthouse apartment. But when they arrive, they find the man dead. There's a puzzle on his chest, and a prowler searching the bedroom. Cora pulls her gun and gets off a shot as the... more
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Love Game (Matchmaker, Bk 3) by Elise Sax
Perfect for fans of Janet Evanovich, Jennifer Crusie, and Katie MacAlister, Elise Sax’s wickedly funny Matchmaker series proves that the road to love comes with a few dead ends.
Five months have passed since Gladie Burger came to Cannes, California, to join her eccentric Grandma Zelda... more
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From the Charred Remains (Lucy Campion, Bk 2) by Susanna Calkins
It’s 1666 and the Great Fire has just decimated an already plague-ridden London. Lady’s maid Lucy Campion, along with pretty much everyone else left standing, is doing her part to help the city clean up and recover. But their efforts come to a standstill when a couple of local boys... more
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Death in Reel Time (Family History, Bk 2) by Brynn Bonner
If there’s one thing genealogists Sophreena McClure and Esme Sabatier have learned, it's that every family has a black sheep - sometimes a whole flock of them. Their new client, Olivia Clement, is hoping to uncover the truth about her ne'er-do-well father, who disappeared before... more
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The Alpine Xanadu (Emma Lord, Bk 24) by Mary Daheim
Winter in the small mountain aerie of Alpine should be as quiet as new-fallen snow on the Cascades, but from the Grocery Basket to the Venison Inn, the town is humming. At the Alpine Advocate, editor Emma Lord and her staff are on deadline with a feature about the opening of RestHaven, a new... more
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Blackberry Pie Murder (Hannah Swensen, Bk 17) by Joanne Fluke
It's been a sleepy summer for the folks of Lake Eden, Minnesota. In fact, it's been a whole four months since anyone in the Swensen family has come across a dead body. And that means Hannah Swensen can finally focus on her bakery... or can she?
Life is never really quiet for Hannah.... more
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Board Stiff (Mattie Winston, Bk 5) by Annelise Ryan
Sorenson, Wisconsin's deputy coroner Mattie Winston is back on the job... in a nursing home examining the body of Bernie Chase -- the now former president of the Twilight Home's board of directors -- who is covered in a powder used to turn liquids to solids. The home's residents are... more
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The Body in the Piazza (Faith Fairchild, Bk 21) by Katherine Hall Page
Faith Fairchild and her husand are celebrating a big anniversary with a trip to Italy, filled with exquisite indulgences—the art, the Chianti, the food, the Ferragamos! After a weekend in Rome, they'll travel to Tuscany, where Faith's former assistant Francesca has opened a cooking... more
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Easter Bunny Murder (Lucy Stone, Bk 19) by Leslie Meier
Spring has sprung in Tinker’s Cove, and Lucy Stone has a mile-long to-do list. From painting eggs with her grandson, to preparing the perfect Easter feast, to reviving her garden after a long, cold winter, she hardly has time to search for a killer with a deadly case of spring... more
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Killer Honeymoon (Savannah Reid, Bk 18) by G. A. McKevett
Now that plus-sized P.I. Savannah Reid has finally walked down the aisle, she’s ready for a romantic island getaway with new husband Dirk Coulter. The trip is supposed to be a blissful week of rum drinks and sunshine -- but finding a dead body on the beach can be a real killjoy. Welcome to... more
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Basil Instinct (Italian Restaurant, Bk 2) by Shelley Costa
In this second cozy mystery series that started with You Cannoli Die Once, a chef and her cousins launch their own investigation when a new sous chef turns up dead in their Italian restaurant.
When Chef Eve Angelotta’s grandmother, Maria Pia, is invited to join Belfiere, a secret... more
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Death Rides Again (Jocelyn Shore, Bk 3) by Janice Hamrick
Texas high school teacher and amateur sleuth Jocelyn Shore is full of true grit in the latest novel in this "winning [and] humorous" (Publishers Weekly) series from award-winning author Janice Hamrick.
Texas high school teacher Jocelyn Shore had been looking forward to spending... more
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The Ghoul Next Door (Ghost Hunter, Bk 8) by Victoria Laurie
On a well-deserved hiatus from the ghoulish grind of their TV show, Ghoul Getters, psychic medium M. J. Holliday, her boyfriend, Heath, and her best friend, Gilley, are back home in Boston. But there’s no rest for the weary ghost busters. M. J.’s ex comes to her for help -- his... more
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Gone with the Win (Bed-and-Breakfast, Bk 28) by Mary Daheim
In Gone with the Win, another charming entry in Mary Daheim’s beloved Bed-and-Breakfast series, someone from Judith McMonigle Flynn’s past comes knocking, and the reluctant amateur sleuth finds herself working a case so cold it's practically frozen.
Ruby Tooms drops her bags... more
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Murder Strikes a Pose (Downward Dog, Bk 1) by Tracy Weber
TO SOLVE A MURDER, YOGI KATE STRIKES A SLEUTHING POSE
When George and Bella -- a homeless alcoholic and his intimidating German shepherd -- disturb the peace outside her studio, yoga instructor Kate Davidson's Zen-like calm is stretched to the breaking point. Kate tries to get... more
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Deal Killer (Darby Farr, Bk 5) by Vicki Doudera
Realtor-turned-sleuth Darby Farr arrives in the Big Apple and finds big trouble: her boyfriend Miles Porter is a suspect in the brutal stabbing of a Russian businessman. Setting out to prove his innocence, Darby discovers that Central Park Place—the luxury residence where Miles... more
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Wildwood Creek (Moses Lake, Bk 4) by Lisa Wingate
With love and loss tangled together, how was she to know where her life would lead?
Allie Kirkland has always heard the call of her father's unfinished destiny. When she's offered a production assistant's job on a docudrama filming in the hills near Moses Lake, Texas, the dream of... more
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January Thaw (Murder-By-Month, Bk 9) by Jess Lourey
When Mira James moved to a small town in Minnesota, she thought she left muggings behind her . . . until she's jumped by two men in an alley. A third man saves her, but for all his trouble he's found frozen under an ice-covered lake.
Meanwhile, Mira's job as a private eye in... more
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Death Come Quickly (China Bayles, Bk 22) by Susan Wittig Albert
When China's and Ruby's friend Karen Prior is mugged in a mall parking lot and dies a few days later, China begins to suspect that her friend's death was not a random assault. Karen was a filmmaker supervising a student documentary about the fifteen-year-old murder of a woman named... more
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Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well (Aunt Dimity, Bk 19) by Nancy Atherton
When a strapping young Australian named Jack MacBride arrives in Finch to wrap up his late uncle’s affairs, heads turn in the sleepy English village. But when Lori volunteers to help Jack clear out his uncle’s overgrown garden, they discover something even more shocking than a... more
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Paws For Murder (Pet Boutique, Bk 1) by Annie Knox
Izzy McHale wants her new Trendy Tails Pet Boutique in Merryville, Minnesota, to be the height of canine couture and feline fashions. But at the store’s opening, it turns out it’s a human who’s dressed to kill …
Izzy’s own beloved pets are dressed to the nines... more
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The Drowning Spool (Needlecraft, Bk 17) by Monica Ferris
Even though running Crewel World keeps Betsy plenty busy, a little extra cash on the side doesn’t hurt. So when the local senior complex, Watered Silk, asks her to teach a class on the tricky punch needle technique, Betsy jumps at the opportunity to win over some new... more
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The Alpine Yeoman (Emma Lord, Bk 25) by Mary Daheim
An ill wind blows through Alpine, but Advocate publisher Emma Lord and Sheriff Milo Dodge seem immune to the prevailing angst. The newlyweds’ domestic idyll is most definitely over when a dead man is discovered near the fish hatchery and nobody has a clue as to his identity. Vida Runkel... more
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A Bat in the Belfry (Home Repair is Homicide, Bk 16) by Sarah Graves
It is nearly midnight when the enormous bell in the belfry of All Faith Chapel -- silent for decades -- booms forth, startling awake the entire town of Eastport. Upon inspection of the steeple, the police uncover the body of local teenager Karen Hansen, who had climbed the belfry’s dark,... more
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A Biscuit, a Casket (Pawsitively Organic, Bk 2) by Liz Mugavero
The small town of Frog Ledge, Connecticut, has wholeheartedly embraced Kristan "Stan" Connor's new business - preparing quality organic treats for dogs and cats. On a healthy diet, the animals may live longer...but one local farmer won't be so lucky. As Halloween approaches,... more
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Killer Physique (Savannah Reid, Bk 19) by G. A. McKevett
Plus-sized P.I. Savannah Reid gets a taste of the high life when she attends a Hollywood premiere on the arm of husband Dirk Coulter. Savannah may be a newlywed, but even she gets weak in the knees when she meets celebrity athlete-turned-movie-star Jason Tyrone. So imagine how she feels when the... more
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Antiques Chop (Trash 'n' Treasures, Bk 7) by Barbara Allan
The quaint Midwestern town of Serenity is about to hit the small screen. Brandy Borne and her dramatically ditzy mother, Vivian, will be starring in Antique Sleuths, a reality TV show based on the duo's antiquarian adventures -- and their troubling talent for solving deadly crimes. What... more
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Aloha Betrayed (Murder, She Wrote, Bk 41) by Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain
Jessica is on the Hawaiian island of Maui, giving a lecture at Maui College on community involvement in police investigations -- a subject she knows well. Her co-lecturer is legendary retired detective Mike Kane, a behemoth of a man who shares his love of Hawaiian lore, legends and culture with... more
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Mrs. Jeffries Pleads the Fifth (Mrs. Jeffries, Bks 13-15) by Emily Brightwell
NOW IN ONE VOLUME -- THREE VICTORIAN MYSTERIES FEATURING MRS. JEFFRIES
Everyone's awed by Inspector Witherspoon's Scotland Yard successes, but they don't know about his secret weapon. Her name is Mrs. Jeffries, and she keeps house for the Inspector -- and keeps him on his toes. No... more
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Aunt Dimity and the Lost Prince (Aunt Dimity, Bk 18) by Nancy Atherton
It’s a cold, dreary February in the sleepy village of Finch and Lori Shepherd has two stir-crazy kids on her hands. So she leaps at the chance to visit Skeaping Manor, a bizarre Jacobean-house-turned-museum. There she meets Daisy Pickering, a sweet, but strange little girl from a poor... more
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Murder in the Afternoon (Kate Shackleton, Bk 3) by Frances Brody
An intricate plot in the post-WWI English countryside and Frances Brody's "refreshingly complex heroine" (Kirkus) combine in Murder in the Afternoon, an absorbing mystery.
Dead one minute…
Young Harriet and her brother Austin have always been scared of the quarry... more
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A Medal for Murder (Kate Shackleton, Bk 2) by Frances Brody
A pawn-shop robbery
It's no rest for the wicked as Kate Shackleton picks up her second professional sleuthing case. But exposing the culprit of a pawn-shop robbery turns sinister when her investigation takes her to Harrogate in Yorkshire, England - and murder is only one step behind... more
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Smarty Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney, Bk 13) by Carolyn Haines
Professor Olive Twist has come to Zinnia, Mississippi to study a mysterious grave wherein lies the Lady in Red, a perfectly preserved and stunningly beautiful but unnamed and unclaimed body. Olive claims she can not only identify the corpse, she can also prove the woman’s... more
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A Second Helping of Murder (Comfort Food, Bk 2) by Christine Wenger
Trixie Matkowski is warming up to running her family’s diner in the small town of Sandy Harbor in upstate New York. But the only thing more demanding than serving up piping-hot comfort food twenty-four hours a day is getting to the bottom of a double homicide....
Trixie fondly remembers... more
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Throw in the Trowel (Flower Shop, Bk 15) by Kate Collins
"I'm used to buried bulbs, not buried bodies... "
The couple that sleuths together...
Flower Shop owner Abby Knight has just returned from a romantic honeymoon with the man of her dreams. There's no... more
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A Tough Nut to Kill (Nut House, Bk 1) by Elizabeth Lee
Lindy Blanchard has devoted five years of her life to saving the pecan trees on her family’s farm—but someone is going to deadly lengths to see that she fails…
Riverville, Texas, is pecan country, and the Blanchard family farm is famous for its acres of tall pecan trees and... more
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Town in a Strawberry Swirl (Candy Holliday, Bk 5) by B. B. Haywood
In the quaint seaside village of Cape Willington, Maine, Candy Holliday has a mostly idyllic life, tending to the Blueberry Acres farm she runs with her father and occasionally stepping in to solve a murder or two…
Summer has arrived! But as the community gears up for another festive... more
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Night of the Living Thread (Threadville, Bk 4) by Janet Bolin
Zombies, killer dresses, and ancient curses prove that Halloween in Threadville can be sew spooky...
It’s early October, and hordes of visitors have descended on the tiny, celebrated village of Threadville, Pennsylvania, to attend a Halloween crafts fair, a zombie retreat, and the... more
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The Diva Wraps It Up (Domestic Diva, Bk 8) by Krista Davis
In the latest novel in the national bestselling Domestic Diva Mystery series, it’s beginning to look a lot like murder…
The holidays are domestic diva Sophie Winston’s favorite time of year. But this season, there seem to be more mishaps than mistletoe. First, Horace... more
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Razing the Dead (Museum Mystery, Bk 5) by Sheila Connolly
Between the challenges of her position as president of the Pennsylvania Antiquarian Society in Philadelphia and of taking her relationship with FBI agent James Morrison to the next level, Nell Pratt has got her hands full. Nevertheless, when a powerful developer approaches the Society to make... more
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Close Knit Killer (Knitting Mystery, Bk 11) by Maggie Sefton
Springtime in Fort Connor, Colorado, is a breeze until a veteran con man shows up in town. Everyone -- including the House of Lambspun knitters -- is up in arms, and once again it’s up to Kelly Flynn to untangle the threads of a complicated crime…
Years ago Jared Rizzoli... more
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Mrs. Jeffries and the One Who Got Away (Mrs Jeffries, Bk 33) by Emily Brightwell
Normally dead bodies in a graveyard are buried -- but not this one. When a woman is found strangled in a North London cemetery with an old newspaper clipping clutched in her hand, Inspector Witherspoon is surprised to find that he and the victim crossed paths before.
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Leaving Everything Most Loved (Maisie Dobbs, Bk 10) (P. S.) by Jacqueline Winspear
In Leaving Everything Most Loved by New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs investigates the murder of Indian immigrants in London.
The year is 1933. Maisie Dobbs is contacted by an Indian gentleman who has come to England in the hopes of finding out who killed his... more
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Panthers Play for Keeps (Pru Marlowe Pet Noir, Bk 4) by Clea Simon
When Pru Marlowe takes a dog for a walk, she doesn't expect to find a body. But Spot, a service dog in training, has too good a nose not to lead her to the remains of the beautiful young woman, and despite her own best instincts, Pru can't avoid getting involved. The young woman... more
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Trusting Viktor (Cleo Cooper, Bk 2) by Lee Mims
Betting her life savings on a risky offshore natural gas enterprise, brilliant geologist Cleo Cooper has high hopes for a big payday. But a violent attack onboard the drillship darkens Cleo’s optimism.
Days later, a man washes up on the coast near the drill sight, but is it the man who... more
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Lucky Bastard (Lucky O'Toole, Bk 4) by Deborah Coonts
Lucky O’Toole, the newly promoted vice president of Customer Relations for the Babylon, Las Vegas's primo Strip property, has never met a problem she couldn't handle. But when a young woman is found dead, sprawled across the hood of a new, bright red Ferrari California in the... more
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Beewitched (Queen Bee, Bk 5) by Hannah Reed
Beekeeper Story Fischer has stocked the shelves of her market, The Wild Clover, in preparation for the influx of produce-crazy tourists about to invade Moraine, Wisconsin. In fact, with the apple cider and caramel apple stand on Main Street and the corn maze out at Country Delight Farm, the... more
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Antiques Con (Trash 'n' Treasures, Bk 8) by Barbara Allan
As the dynamic dames descend upon a comic-book convention -- to sell a rare 1940s Superman drawing -- Vivian makes a show of keeping the valuable sketch locked to her wrist in a briefcase. When an intruder breaks into their hotel suite, they naturally suspect a felonious fan, over-eager to... more
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A Tine to Live, A Tine to Die (Local Foods, Bk 1) by Edith Maxwell
Farmer Cameron Flaherty's first growing season has gotten off to a slow start, but her CSA is flourishing thanks to a group of subscribers led by enthusiastic Brazilian volunteer Lucinda DaSilva. Then Cam fires her only employee because he won't follow organic growing practices. It seems... more
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Mr. Monk Gets on Board (Mr. Monk, Bk 17) by Hy Conrad
Obsessive. Compulsive. Detective.
An all-new original mystery starring Adrian Monk, the brilliant investigator who always knows when something’s out of place...
Of all the things that make Adrian Monk uneasy, change ranks high on the list. So when Natalie completes her... more
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The Cat, The Devil, and Lee Fontana by Shirley Rousseau Murphy & Pat J. J. Murphy
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Hanging by a Hair (Bad Hair Day, Bk 11) by Nancy J. Cohen
Hairstylist Marla Vail and her detective husband Dalton are delighted by every aspect of their new home, until their next-door neighbor illegally erects a fence on their mutual property line. Marla's hopes for making friends are ruined by a resultant argument between Dalton and the man,... more
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Madness in Miniature (Miniature, Bk 7) by Margaret Grace
The grand opening of a giant chain crafts store is both good and bad news for miniaturist Gerry Porter. But when the big event is accompanied by an earthquake and a murder in the store, there's plenty of opportunity for Gerry and her computer-gifted granddaughter Maddie to help the police... more
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Fortune Cookie (Culinary Mystery, Bk 11) by Josi S. Kilpack
Sadie Hoffmiller has always liked things to be just so. A place for everything and everything in its place. Order over chaos. And of all things Sadie should be able to control, her own wedding is at the top of the list. With the big day just three weeks away, Sadie is busily adding the perfect... more
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Booty Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney, Bk 14) by Carolyn Haines
Sarah Booth Delaney’s fiancé, Graf Milieu, has become depressed while recovering from a severe leg injury, but Sarah Booth knows just how to help him heal. She’s arranged a romantic getaway for the two of them at a lovely beach cottage on Dauphin Island off the Gulf Coast. On... more
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Paw Enforcement (K9, Bk 1) by Diane Kelly
Introducing police officer Megan Luz and her loyal K-9 partner Brigit -- two Fort Worth cops who are worth their weight in kibble.
She's on a short leash. Officer Luz is lucky she still has a job after tasering a male colleague where it counts the most. Sure, he had it coming -- which is... more
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Nursing Homes Are Murder (Paul Jacobson, Bk 6) by Mike Befeler
Paul Jacobson, who suffers from short-term memory loss, becomes an undercover resident at a nursing home to help the Honolulu police track down a sexual assault perpetrator.
The police give Paul the names of three persons-of-interest and Paul begins investigating. None of the three appear... more
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How to Paint a Cat (Cats and Curios, Bk 5) by Rebecca M. Hale
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? San Francisco isn't the biggest city in the country, but it feels pretty vast when you're canvassing its neighborhoods looking for clues to your missing uncle's hidden location. Aided by my two cats, Rupert and Isabella, I try to follow Uncle... more
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Shunned and Dangerous (Amish Mystery, Bk 3) by Laura Bradford
Living in the small town of Heavenly, Pennsylvania, Claire Weatherly has come to admire the Amish for their wholesome, honest way of life. But she also knows that nothing is as simple as it seems -- especially when murder disturbs the peace.
Claire has always been game for a good puzzle, so... more
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Keeping Mum (Garden Society, Bk 3) by Alyse Carlson
Roanoke, Virginia, is home to some of the country’s most exquisite gardens, and it’s Camellia Harris’s job to promote them. But when a political fundraiser turns deadly, everyone’s a candidate for murder...
Cam and her best friend, Annie, are planning a gala for a... more
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Dyed and Gone (Azalea March, Bk 1) by Beth Yarnall
Hairstylist Azalea March is looking forward to a wild weekend in Las Vegas with her friends. Oh, sure, they're supposed to be there on business, attending the biggest hair show on the west coast, but that doesn't mean they can't have a little fun. But fun quickly turns to drama. On... more
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Murder at the Breakers (Gilded Newport, Bk 1) by Alyssa Maxwell
Newport, Rhode Island, August 1895: She may be a less well-heeled relation, but as second cousin to millionaire patriarch Cornelius Vanderbilt, twenty-one-year-old Emma Cross is on the guest list for a grand ball at the Breakers, the Vanderbilts’ summer home. She also has a job to do --... more
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Sixth Grave on the Edge (Charley Davidson, Bk 6) by Darynda Jones
Most girls might think twice before getting engaged to someone like Reyes Farrow -- but Charley Davidson is not most girls. She’s a paranormal private eye and grim reaper-in-training who’s known to be a bit of a hell-raiser, especially after a few shots of caffeine. Her beloved Reyes... more
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Death, Taxes, and Silver Spurs (Tara Holloway, Bk 7) by Diane Kelly
So maybe it goes without saying that IRS Special Agent Tara Holloway is star-struck? In Diane Kelly's Death, Taxes, and Silver Spurs, she’s head over heels…in trouble.
Easy’s getting harder every day for Tara. A tax-evading pet groomer managed to buzz off a big chunk of... more
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Something Borrowed, Someone Dead (Agatha Raisin, Bk 24) by M. C. Beaton
Gloria French was a jolly widow with dyed blonde hair, a raucous laugh, and rosy cheeks. When she first moved from London to the charming Cotswold hills, she was heartily welcomed. She seemed a do-gooder par excellence, raising funds for the church and caring for the elderly. But she had a nasty... more
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The Cat Sitter's Nine Lives (Dixie Hemingway, Bk 9) by Blaize Clement & John Clem...
While driving along the beachside road that runs through the center of her hometown Dixie witnesses a terrible head-on collision. Ever the hero, she springs into action and pulls one of the drivers from his car just before it explodes in flames. A little shaken but none the worse for wear, Dixie... more
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Murder at Honeychurch Hall (Honeychurch Hall, Bk 1) by Hannah Dennison
In Hannah Dennison's Murder at Honeychurch Hall, Kat Stanford is just days away from starting her dream antique business with her newly widowed mother Iris when she gets a huge shock. Iris has recklessly purchased a dilapidated carriage house at Honeychurch Hall, an isolated country estate... more
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Doing It at the Dixie Dew (Dixie Dew Bed & Breakfast, Bk 1) by Ruth Moose
Who says you can’t go home again?
When Beth McKenzie returns to her hometown and attempts to turn an old Southern mansion into a bed and breakfast called The Dixie Dew, her first guest is murdered. Three days later a young priest who looks better in tennis whites than cleric black is... more
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Murder on the Hoof: A Mystery by Kathryn O'Sullivan
It's mid-August in the Outer Banks village of Corolla, and Fire Chief Colleen McCabe is conducting rookie training and spending increasingly more time with her best friend, Sheriff Bill Dorman. The wild horses have been relocated to the sanctuary, and the town is occupied with the upcoming... more
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Death of a Chef (Capucine Culinary Mystery, Bk 4) by Alexander Campion
Commissaire Capucine Le Tellier and her husband, a renowned restaurant critic, are frequent and privileged guests of Paris's cultured society. Unfortunately, a more refined milieu doesn't keep unsavory behavior like murder off the menu. . .
When the body of acclaimed Chef Jean-Louis... more
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The Prime Minister's Secret Agent (Maggie Hope, Bk 4) by Susan Elia MacNeal
World War II rages on across Europe, but Maggie Hope has finally found a moment of rest on the pastoral coast of western Scotland. Home from an undercover mission in Berlin, she settles down to teach at her old spy training camp, and to heal from scars on both her body and heart. Yet instead of... more
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Murder at Westminster Abbey (Elizabethan Mystery, Bk 2) by Amanda Carmack
1559. Elizabeth is about to be crowned queen of England and wants her personal musician Kate Haywood to prepare music for the festivities. New to London, Kate must learn the ways of city life…and once again school herself as a sleuth. Life at the center of the new royal court is... more
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A Roux of Revenge (Soup Lover's, Bk 3) by Connie Archer
STIRRING UP TROUBLE
"Snowflake, Vermont, is known for its skiing in winter -- and its soup all year round, thanks to Lucky Jamieson's By the Spoonful. Autumn brings golden leaves, pumpkin rice soup, the annual Harvest Festival...and murder."
Lucky's soup shop is busier than... more
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Evening Bags and Executions (Haley Randolph, Bk 6) by Dorothy Howell
Hayley Randolph, newly single fashionista and occasional sleuth, has landed a job planning events for big-deal Hollywood clients. But her new boss sets her up for disaster by putting her in charge of a complicated Beatles-themed charity bash. Before Hayley can say, 'oh! Darling'... more
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Death Runs Adrift (Gray Whale Inn, Bk 6) by Karen MacInerney
With her wedding plans in place and her future mother-in-law settling in at the Gray Whale Inn, it's a rare patch of smooth sailing for innkeeper Natalie Barnes. Even Natalie's guests -- a mystery writer and a woman researching her grandfather's decades-old disappearance from... more
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Widow's Tears (China Bayles, Bk 21) by Susan Wittig Albert
In Widow's Tears, a haunted house may hold the key to solving the murder of one of China's friends… After losing her family and home in the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, Rachel Blackwood rebuilt her house a hundred miles inland and later died there, still wrapped in her... more
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The Blackwoods Farm Enquiry (Ivy Beasley, Bk 5) by Ann Purser
Retiree Ivy Beasley, a college student? Interested in penning her memoirs, Ivy decides to take a creative writing course. But it’s hard to find time to put pen to paper when this current chapter is so full of lies, jealousy and murder…
Rumors are flying around the village... more
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Delicious Mischief (A Rylie Keyes Mystery) by Marianne Harden
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To Kill a Matzo Ball (Deadly Deli, Bk 5) by Delia Rosen
Hitting below the Borscht Belt. . .
For ex-Manhattanite Gwen Katz, running Murray's Pastrami Swami, the Jewish deli she inherited from her late uncle in Nashville, Tennessee, makes her feel like a whitefish out of water. To add to the craziness, martial arts teacher Ken Chan has come to... more
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Death Takes a Ride (Cate Kinkaid Files, Bk 3) by Lorena McCourtney
Cate Kinkaid arrives at H&B Classic Auto Restorations to give a friend a ride. But, as usual, trouble finds Cate even there -- this time in the form of one dead man, one wounded man, and what appears to be a pretty obvious case of self-defense. Owner Matt Halliday wants to hire her, but not... more
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Nine Lives to Die (Mrs. Murphy, Bk 23) by Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown
Winter has come to Crozet, Virginia, bringing with it a fresh blanket of snow. Harry and her husband, Fair, are hip deep in their usual end-of-the-year activities: distributing food to needy residents, and shopping for outfits for the Silver Linings youth organization’s annual fundraising... more
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The Cat Sitter's Cradle (Dixie Hemingway, Bk 8) by John Clement & Blaize Clement
Blaize Clement won fans all over the world with the charm and wit of her pet-sitting mysteries. Now, with the help of her son, author John Clement, Blaize’s beloved heroine Dixie Hemingway is back for yet another thrilling adventure in this critically-acclaimed series.
Dixie has built a... more
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Angora Alibi (Seaside Knitters, Bk 7) by Sally Goldenbaum
The Seaside Knitters of sunny Sea Harbor are busy crafting a baby blanket for a member of their circle. But as the due date draws near, so does a puzzling plot....
Yarn shop owner Izzy Chambers Perry is having a heady summer. She and her new husband, Sam, are expecting a baby.... more
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Catnapped! (Dead-End Job, Bk 13) by Elaine Viets
No more pussyfooting around! Husband and wife PI team Helen Hawthorne and Phil Sagemont have barely scratched the surface of the world of show cats when a cornered kitty kidnapper?s claws come out.... This show cat is a no-show.... The one thing celebrity Trish Barrymore and her no-account... more
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Death at the Door (Death on Demand, Bk 24) by Carolyn Hart
Annie Darling—owner of the mystery bookstore, Death on Demand—prefers fictional crimes as opposed to the real things. But in one tragic week, two acts of violence shake the island community of Broward’s Rock. First, a beloved doctor is found shot dead, seemingly by his own... more
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Death of a Mad Hatter (Hat Shop, Bk 2) by Jenn McKinlay
ONE IN A MILLINER Scarlett Parker and her British cousin, Vivian Tremont, are hard at work at Mim's Whims -- their ladies' hat shop on London's chic Portobello Road -- to create hats for an Alice in Wonderland themed afternoon tea, a fund-raiser for a local children's hospital.... more
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The Goodbye Witch (Wishcraft, Bk 4) by Heather Blake
As Enchanted Village's resident Wishcrafter, Darcy Merriweather has the power to make other people's wishes come true, but what she really wishes is that she had the power to uncloak the invisible man who's stalking her best friend...."
Darcy's closest friend and... more
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Last Licks (Sunny & Shadow, Bk 3) by Claire Donally
Sniffing out a murderer…
When Sunny Coolidge’s curmudgeonly boss, Oliver Barnstable, lands in rehab after breaking his leg, Sunny is stuck shuttling between their offices in Kittery Harbor, Maine, and the facility where Ollie is recuperating. And if putting up with temper... more
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Murder Gone A-Rye (Baker's Treat, Bk 2) by Nancy J. Parra
Toni Holmes is the best gluten-free baker in Oiltop, Kansas -- okay, she’s the only one -- but when her grandmother becomes a murder suspect, she’s more concerned with keeping Grandma free…
When Toni’s beloved -- and eccentric -- grandma Ruth is arrested for the... more
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The Pickled Piper (Pickled and Preserved, Bk 1) by Mary Ellen Hughes
After her dreams of romance are crushed, Piper Lamb decides to pursue her dream of opening her own shop of pickles and preserves, called Piper’s Picklings, in the idyllic small town of Cloverdale. But she isn’t in town long before she encounters a barrelful of... more
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A Tiger's Tale (Call of the Wilde, Bk 2) by Laura Morrigan
When a normally mellow tiger at a rescue facility trees a terrified vet, animal behaviorist Grace Wilde needs to use her psychic ability to get to the root of the problem...
A tiger can't change his stripes -- but if his behavior changes suddenly, there's a reason. So when... more
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Murder in Murray Hill (Gaslight, Bk 16) by Victoria Thompson
When facing injustice, the residents of nineteenth-century New York City's tenements turn to midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy to protect their rights. Now, as the Edgar and Agatha Award-nominated series continues, the two must track down a cruel criminal preying on... more
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Board Stiff (Dead-End Job, Bk 12) by Elaine Viets
There's a dark cloud over Sunny Jim's Stand-Up Paddleboard Rental business on Florida's Riggs Beach -- especially after one of his clients is killed in a tragic paddleboarding mishap. Sunny Jim is sure it was no accident, and he hires Helen and Phil to find the murderer. Between... more
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Murder in Chelsea (Gaslight, Bk 15) by Victoria Thompson
Sarah Brandt is shattered when she learns that a woman has inquired at the Daughters of Hope Mission for Catherine, the abandoned child she has taken as her daughter. The woman claims she was Catherine’s nursemaid, and is now acting on behalf of the girl’s mother to reunite... more
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Double Dip by Gretchen Archer
"A smart, snappy writer who hits your funny bone!" - Janet Evanovich It's Davis Way's first slot-tournament season. And it may be her last. Things are dicey at work. A personal assistant goes missing, a little old lady goes on a suspicious winning streak, and a Bellissimo executive goes gaga for... more
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Book Clubbed (Booktown, Bk 8) by Lorna Barrett
New York Times bestselling author Lorna Barrett is back in town -- Booktown, that is -- with another page-turning mystery. This time bookstore owner Tricia Miles and her sister, Angelica, put their own problems on the shelf to catch a killer who turns a bookcase into a murder weapon... Cranky... more
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The Counterfeit Lady (Victorian Bookshop, Bk 2) by Kate Parker
Who would suspect antiquarian bookseller Georgia Fenchurch of leading a double life -- as a private investigator for the clandestine Archivist Society in Victorian London?
When England's national security is compromised, Georgia must pose as a titled lady to root out a spy... A cousin of... more
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Felony Filled (Donut Shop, Bk 11) by Jessica Beck
When Emily Hargraves tells Suzanne that she’s marrying Max, her ex-husband, Suzanne is happy enough for her, but when Jude Williams, one of Emily’s old flames, decides to light the ceremony up, someone decides to extinguish his flame before he can act. Was it Max, the groom-to-be;... more
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Yarn Over Murder (Knitting Mystery, Bk 12) by Maggie Sefton
It's early summer in Fort Connor, Colorado, and a herd of alpacas requires rescuing from a raging wildfire. Kelly Flynn and the House of Lambspun knitters may be able to save the helpless animals, but not the unexpected victim of a cold-blooded murder…
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Cat in an Alien X-Ray (Midnight Louie Mysteries #25) by Carole Nelson Douglas
Cat in an Alien X-Ray takes the Las Vegas gang on a science-fictional roller-coaster ride, as Midnight Louie, feline PI, and company encounter UFO enthusiasts, conspiracy nuts who are too bizarre even for tin foil hat therapy. An Area 51 attraction on the Strip threatens to bring more than... more
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A Little Night Murder (Blackbird Sisters, Bk 10) by Nancy Martin
Murder under the stars...
Nora Blackbird—pregnant at last!—is spending summer afternoons wallowing in the Bucks County pool of her best friend, Lexie Paine, who has just been released from prison. At night, Nora is covering Philadelphia’s high-society events for the local... more
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Fatal Fortune (Psychic Eye, Bk 12) by Victoria Laurie
In New York Times bestselling author Victoria Laurie's newest Psychic Eye mystery, Abby Cooper is trusting her intuition and heading to Sin City to bet on a friend's innocence... When police show Abby surveillance video of her best friend and business partner, Candice Fusco, shooting a... more
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Peril for Your Thoughts (Mind Reader, Bk 1) by Kari Lee Townsend
Kalli always imagined life would be easier if she could just read people’s minds. But when a freak accident gives her such a gift, her life becomes anything but easy, especially after her best friend is accused of murder…
Kalli’s a shy, slightly OCD, mind-reading fashion... more
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Clam Wake (Bed-and-Breakfast, Bk 29) by Mary Daheim
Innkeeper and irrepressible sleuth Judith McMonigle Flynn and cousin Renie face off against a cold-blooded killer in a beach community in this delightfully charming Bed-and-Breakfast mystery from USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Mary Daheim.
With the holidays gone and Hillside... more
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The Dead and the Beautiful (Nikki Harper Mystery) by Cheryl Crane
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All Things Murder (Veronica Walsh, Bk 1) by Jeanne Quigley
In this debut cozy mystery, soap actress Veronica Walsh returns to her Adirondack hometown after her show is canceled. She soon finds herself playing the role of amateur sleuth after finding the body of her controversial neighbor.
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Beach Bags and Burglaries (Haley Randolph, Bk 7) by Dorothy Howell
Part-time sleuth and full-time fashionista Haley Randolph just won an all-expenses-paid vacay at the Rowan Resort, a ridiculously exclusive island getaway that caters to the whims of millionaires, royalty, and Hollywood A-listers. With her three BFF's -- Marcie, Bella, and Sandy -- along for... more
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Murder with a Twist (Mack's Bar, Bk 2) by Allyson K. Abbott
The regulars at Mack's Bar love putting their heads together to solve a good mystery. But Mack is learning there's a big difference between barroom brain teasers and real-life murder... Milwaukee bar owner Mackenzie "Mack" Dalton has a unique neurological condition that gives... more
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Paw and Order (Chet and Bernie, Bk 7) by Spencer Quinn
In the seventh book in the brilliant New York Times bestselling mystery series, canine narrator Chet and P.I. Bernie journey to Washington, DC, and the dog-eat-dog world of our nation’s capital.
Stephen King has called Chet “a canine Sam Spade full of joie de... more
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Murder by Mudpack by Jean G Goodhind
After Lady Marcrottie is found submerged in what should have been a therapeutic mud bath, the finger of suspicion points to the Beauty Spot Health and Beauty Clinic. Honey Driver, bath hotelier and part-time crime liaison officer, is booked in for botox, and a little snooping. However, she does... more
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Deadly Lampshades (Honey Driver Mysteries) by Jean G Goodhind
When Honey Driver decides to give the Green River Hotel a makeover, she didn't envisage her interior designer Philippe Fabiere getting choked to death with an antique lavatory flush handle. It also turns out that his store room has been completely cleared of French antique artefacts - including... more
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Gone With the Woof (Melanie Travis, Bk 16) by Laurien Berenson
Despite a toddler and a house full of Standard Poodles, Melanie Travis can't pass up an opportunity to help legendary dog breeder Edward March pen his life story. But her enthusiasm flags when the breeder's angry son Andrew demands she stop working on the book. Why becomes imperative... more
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Dead, White, and Blue (Death on Demand, Bk 23) by Carolyn Hart
Bookstore owner Annie Darling's life is all about murder mysteries: reading them, selling them -- and solving them...
Summer is a hectic time for Annie and her husband, Max. Sun and scorching temperatures never fail to bring swarms of tourists to their mystery bookstore, Death on... more
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A Taste Fur Murder (Whiskey, Tango & Foxtrot, Bk 1) by Dixie Lyle
Introducing an animal-loving Gal Friday with a telepathic cat, a shapeshifting dog, and a ghost of a chance of solving supernatural crime…
Meet Deirdre “Foxtrot” Lancaster. Trusted employee of eccentric zillionairess Zelda Zoransky, Foxtrot manages a mansion, a private zoo,... more
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Sixth Grave on the Edge (Charley Davidson, Bk 6) by Darynda Jones
Sometimes I wrestle my demons. Sometimes we just snuggle. —Bumper Sticker
Most girls might think twice before getting engaged to someone like Reyes Farrow—but Charley Davidson is not most girls. She’s a paranormal private eye and grim reaper-in-training who’s known to... more
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Hot Fudge Frame-Up (Fudge Shop, Bk 2) by Christine DeSmet
Candy shop owner Ava Oosterling mixes it up with a fudge judge with a grudge -- who loses his life before he can pick a winner.... Ava is gearing up for the First Annual Arts Festival -- a huge celebration that could draw national attention to her old-fashioned fudge shop in Door County,... more
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Murder, Simply Stitched (Amish Quilt Shop, Bk 2) by Isabella Alan
When Angela Braddock enters her quilts in an Amish auction, she never expects one of her neighbors to end up going, going, gone....
Angie... more
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Thread End (Embroidery Mystery, Bk 7) by Amanda Lee
Embroidery shop owner Marcy Singer is about to have the rug pulled out from under her....
Marcy can’t wait to see the new exhibit at the Tallulah Falls museum on antique tapestries and textiles, including beautiful kilim rugs. But her enthusiasm quickly turns to terror when, the day... more
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Deadly Forecast (Psychic Eye, Bk 11) by Victoria Laurie
The New York Times bestselling author of Lethal Outlook is back with her newest Psychic Eye Mystery. Wedding bells are ringing for psychic Abigail Cooper, but her senses are tingling that fiancé Dutch is in danger...
It’s said to be good luck if it rains on your wedding day, but... more
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The Death of Pie: The new Pennsylvania Dutch mystery (A Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery) b...
When bestselling novelist Ramat Sreym falls face-down dead into Magdalena Yoder's prize-winning apple pie during the village of Hernia's 110th Annual Festival of Pies, there is no shortage of suspects in the subsequent murder investigation. But who was enraged enough by the acid-penned writer to... more
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Jailhouse Glock (Dead Sister Talking, Bk 2) by Lizbeth Lipperman
When the going gets tough, this ghost gets going.
As a war widow and a single mother, rookie cop Maddy Castillo isn't exactly flush with cash. But her money problems are nothing compared to the trouble that starts when she's framed for murder.
Lucky for Maddy, her three... more
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A Vision in Velvet (Witchcraft, Bk 6) by Juliet Blackwell
Lily Ivory hopes to score some great vintage fashions when she buys an antique trunk full of old clothes. But she may have gotten more than she bargained for.…
As soon as Lily opens the trunk, she feels strange vibrations emanating from a mysterious velvet cloak. When she tries... more
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Muffin But Murder (Merry Muffin, Bk 2) by Victoria Hamilton
Muffin maker Merry Wynter hopes to find a buyer for the castle she's recently inherited. But when she throws a party to draw interest, she finds someone who's bought the farm instead… Merry's career as a New York City stylist has crumbled, but her passion for muffins... more
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Some Enchanted Eclair (Magical Bakery, Bk 4) by Bailey Cates
FLOUR POWER
When Hollywood invades Savannah's historic district to film a Revolutionary War movie, magical baker Katie Lightfoot, and her witches' coven, the Spellbook Club, take a break from casting spells for casting calls. One of the witches snags a part as an extra, while... more
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From Fear to Eternity (Immortality Bites, Bk 3) by Michelle Rowen
Newlywed vampires Sarah and Thierry de Bennicoeur have their whole undead lives ahead of them. And with Thierry's job as a consultant for the Ring sending them across the globe to solve one vampire crisis after another, eternity may never have a dull moment.
Sarah was hoping the... more
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Grace Against the Clock (Manor House, Bk 5) by Julie Hyzy
When Marshfield Manor hosts a charity event, Grace Wheaton, the mansion's curator and manager, is happy to lend a helping hand -- until a killer makes an unwanted donation… With the town clock in desperate need of repair, local lawyer Joyce Swedburg and her ex-husband, Dr. Leland... more
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A Distance to Death (Tink Elledge, Bk 2) by Holly Menino
Tink Elledge is back in the saddle -- and in more danger than ever. The race is a hundred miles through the Sierra Nevada against a backdrop of Darwin, evolution, and intelligent design.
Tink Elledge is a woman who doesn't take well to sitting still -- not when it comes to husbands, not... more
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Cookies and Scream (Cookie Cutter Shop, Bk 5) by Virginia Lowell
Olivia Greyson is the proud owner of The Gingerbread House?a quaint shop that specializes in all things cookie -- and her best friend, Maddie, is her sidekick, baking up scrumptious treats for their cookie-themed parties. But when a stunning antique cookie cutter collection leads to murder,... more
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Crime Rib (Food Lovers' Village, Bk 2) by Leslie Budewitz
Gourmet food market owner Erin Murphy is determined to get Jewel Bay, Montana's, scrumptious local fare some national attention. But her scheme for culinary celebrity goes up in flames when the town's big break is interrupted by murder . . . Food Preneurs, one of the hottest cooking... more
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Murder as a Second Language (Claire Malloy, Bk 19) by Joan Hess
Her foray into French cooking was one type of disaster. But when Claire attempts to give back to her community by volunteering as an ESL tutor with the Farberville Literacy Council, she finds herself railroaded onto the Board of Directors…and confronted with an epic to-do list including... more
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Rosemary and Crime (Spice Shop, Bk 1) by Gail Oust
Murder comes well-seasoned in this charming mystery featuring a smart and spunky new amateur sleuth, small-town Georgia spice shop owner Piper Prescott
Piper Prescott, a transplanted Yankee living in the South, has got her sass back. She might be down, but don't count her out.... more
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Seventh Grave and No Body (Charley Davidson, Bk 7) by Darynda Jones
Lead me not into temptation.
Follow me instead! I know a shortcut!
--T-shirt
Twelve. Twelve of the deadliest beasts ever forged in the fires of hell have escaped onto our plane, and they want nothing more than to rip out Charley Davidson’s jugular and serve her body to Satan for... more
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Vampires, Bones and Treacle Scones (Liss MacCrimmon Mystery) by Kaitlyn Dunnett
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Death of a Dog Whisperer (Melanie Travis, Bk 17) by Laurien Berenson
It's summer in Connecticut, and Melanie's life has become an endless string of dog shows, soccer camp and the antics of her energetic toddler. She hardly has time to pay much attention to her Aunt Peg's new protege, Nick Walden, a self-proclaimed 'dog whisperer' with an... more
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The Litter of the Law (Mrs. Murphy, Bk 22) by Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown
Autumn has descended and crops are being harvested all over Crozet, Virginia, ideal conditions for a scenic drive for Harry and husband Fair. Bucolic views are all well and good, but Harry's nose for trouble leads her straight to a cornfield's macabre scarecrow--an all too real murder... more
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Behind the Shattered Glass (Lady Emily, Bk 8) by Tasha Alexander
Anglemore Park is the ancestral home of Lady Emily Hargreave's husband Colin. But the stately calm of country life is destroyed when their neighbor, the Marquess of Montagu, bursts through the French doors from the garden and falls down dead in front of the shocked gathering. But... more
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The Counterfeit Heiress (Lady Emily, Bk 9) by Tasha Alexander
In Tasha Alexander's novel The Counterfeit Heiress, after an odd encounter at a grand masquerade ball, Lady Emily becomes embroiled in the murder investigation of one of the guests, a sometime actress trying to pass herself off as the mysterious heiress and world traveler Estella Lamar.... more
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Mr. Monk Is Open For Business by Hy Conrad
After failing to win back his girlfriend, Ellen, in Summit, New Jersey, Monk returns to San Francisco, where he is surprised to find that another relationship has taken a new turn. Natalie decided to make things official by setting up an office for Monk and Teeger, Consulting Detectives. With... more
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A Crafty Christmas (Cumberland Creek, Bk 4) by Mollie Cox Bryan
Christmas is just around the corner, and the ladies of the Cumberland Creek Scrapbook Crop are thrilled when Sheila wins the first place prize in a scrapbooking design contest: a ten-day scrapbook-themed cruise in the Caribbean. Vera and Paige decide to tag along, which should pose the perfect... more
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French Pastry Murder (Lucy Stone, Bk 21) by Leslie Meier
Lucy Stone is saying "Au revoir!" to Tinker's Cove, Maine, and "Bonjour!" to Paris to take in the sights, learn how to bake authentic French pastries, and experience some joie de vivre. But her dreams of la vie en rose are put on hold when the City of Lights turns deadly.... more
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To Die Fur (Whiskey, Tango & Foxtrot, Bk 2) by Dixie Lyle
Deirdre "Foxtrot" Lancaster is back. With trusted companions Whiskey and Tango, she’s on the prowl for a brand-new predator…
Deirdre has her hands full, as usual. Working as a Jill-of-all-trades for a zany billionaire like Zelda Zoransky means the daily grind is... more
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The Cat, The Devil and Lee Fontana (Larger Print) by Shirley Rousseau Murphy & Pa...
To the devil, the span of a human life is as brief as spit on the wind. But the challenge of playing with flawed humans, like a cat toying with a mouse, is endlessly amusing. If the devil loses a wager, though, he will harass a person's descendants until he eventually gets his due. Which is... more
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Christmas Carol Murder (Lucy Stone, Bk 20) by Leslie Meier
Lucy Stone normally loves the holidays, but this year, Tinker's Cove has fallen on hard times. The story's not so bleak at Downeast Mortgage, whose tightfisted owners, Jake Marlowe and Ben Scribner, are raking in profits from everyone's misfortune. Half the town is in their debt, so... more
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Death of a Christmas Caterer (Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails, Bk 5) by Lee Hollis
Who better than food and cocktails columnist Hayley Powell to book a caterer for the Island Times holiday party? But Hayley's quest for a cook turns into the pursuit of a killer who caters to no one...Office Christmas parties can sometimes mean career suicide - but they rarely lead to... more
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The Blood of an Englishman (Agatha Raisin, Bk 25) by M. C. Beaton
"Fee, fie, fo, fum. I smell the blood of an Englishman..."
Even though Agatha Raisin loathes amateur dramatics, her friend Mrs. Bloxby, the vicar’s wife, has persuaded her to support the local pantomime. Stifling a yawn at the production of 'Babes in the... more
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A Catered Christmas Cookie Exchange (Mystery with Recipes, Bk 9) by Isis Crawford
Bernie and Libby Simmons, caterers extraordinaire, are hosting a televised cookie contest just in time for Christmas, but unfriendly rivalries cook up a cutthroat competition. . .
The feisty members of the Christmas Cookie Club Exchange are busy perfecting their recipes once again. And with... more
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Mr. Monk Gets on Board (Mr. Monk, Bk 17) by Hy Conrad
Welcome to the series of original mysteries starring Adrian Monk, the brilliant investigator who always knows when something’s out of place....
Of all the things that make Adrian Monk uneasy, change ranks high on the list. So when Natalie completes her P.I. license—and... more
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Death of a Crabby Cook (Food Festival, Bk 1) by Penny Pike
At the San Francisco Seafood Festival, someone is steamed enough to kill a cook....
When restaurant reviewer Darcy Burnett gets served a pink slip from the San Francisco Chronicle, she needs to come up with an alternative recipe for success quickly. Her feisty aunt Abby owns a tricked-out... more
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Bloody Politics (Molly Malone, Bk 3) by Maggie Sefton
The jogger’s throat was cut, leaving a pool of blood on the pedestrian path. Molly Malone could tell by the neon yellow running shoe dangling off the end of the stretcher that the body belonged to her friend Natasha Jorgenson.
A junior congressional staffer, Natasha was on her way to... more
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Limoncello Yellow (Franki Amato, Bk 1) by Traci Andrighetti
Francesca "Franki" Amato is a tough-talking rookie cop in Austin, Texas -- until an unfortunate 911 call involving her boyfriend, Vince, and a German female wrestler convinces her once and for all that she just isn't cut out for a life on the police force. So Franki makes the snap... more
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Of Merlot and Murder (Tangled Vines, Bk 2) by Joni Folger
Foul play at the festival
When her family's winery becomes one of the sponsors at the Lost Pines Food and Wine Festival, Elise Beckett's spirits soar at the chance to help with their booth. But as the festival gets underway, her cheerful mood turns sour when rival vintner Divia Larson... more
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Tradition of Deceit (Chloe Ellefson, Bk 5) by Kathleen Ernst
Curator and occasional sleuth Chloe Ellefson is off to Minneapolis to help her friend Ariel with a monumental task. Ariel must write a proposal for a controversial and expensive restoration project: convert an abandoned flour mill, currently used as shelter by homeless people, into a museum.... more
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Little Black Book of Murder (Blackbird Sisters, Bk 9) by Nancy Martin
Society columnist Nora Blackbird is thrust into the world of celebrity tabloid gossip when a billionaire buys the farm….
Nora’s assigned to write a profile on billionaire fashion designer Swain Starr, who recently retired to build a high-tech organic farm with his new wife,... more
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Lost Under a Ladder (Superstition, Bk 1) by Linda O. Johnston
Is it Luck? Or is it Destiny?
Rory Chasen never thought superstitions were real—until her beloved fiancé is killed after walking under a ladder. To find closure and the truth about superstitions, Rory takes her dog Pluckie to a town called Destiny, where superstitious beliefs are... more
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Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas (Jane Austen Mysteries, Bk 12) by Stephanie Bar...
Christmas Eve, 1814: Jane Austen has been invited to spend the holiday with family and friends at The Vyne, the gorgeous ancestral home of the wealthy and politically prominent Chute family.
As the year fades and friends begin to gather beneath the mistletoe for the twelve days of... more
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Swift Justice (Bob White Birder Murder, Bk 6) by Jan Dunlap
When Bob White finds a birding colleague dead in a pool of coffee at the annual December meeting of the Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union, he finds himself targeted by bad luck and an unknown killer.
Adding to his winter blues, Bob’s star among student lands in jail for trespassing... more
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Inn Keeping With Murder (Old Maids of Mercer Island, Bk 1) by Lynn Bohart
When seventy-three year old, Martha Denton drops dead into her peach cobbler at the St. Claire Inn, no one is surprised. After all, Martha had a heart condition. But when her death is ruled a murder, the inn's owner, Julia Applegate, becomes the prime suspect. Julia... more
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Snowmen in Paradise (Tj Jensen, Bk 2) by Kathi Daley
Winter Carnival comes to Serenity, and with it Tj finds her schedule busier than ever. Not only is her ski and snowboard team heavily involved in demonstrations and local competitions, but her ragtag choir is about to debut in their first live performance.
To make matters even more... more
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Murderous Matrimony (Renaissance Faire, Bk 6) by Joyce Lavene & James Lavene
Two stories in one book. In the novella Perilous Pranks, Jessie Morton's practical joke makes her a suspect in the murder of Wanda Le Fey. Now Wanda's blue ghost is haunting Jessie to find her killer. In Murderous Matrimony, it's two weeks to Jessie's wedding to Chase Manhattan,... more
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Extra Sensory Deception (Raven's Nest Bookstore, Bk 4) by Allison Kingsley
As the owners of the Raven’s Nest bookstore, cousins Stephanie and Clara Quinn are the premier booksellers in the quaint town of Finn’s Harbor, Maine. But with Clara’s inherited ability to read minds and see the future, she’s also the premier crime... more
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Billionaire Blend (Coffeehouse, Bk 13) by Cleo Coyle
Landmark coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi has served her share of New York’s rich and famous, but even she is surprised by her explosive introduction to a mysterious Internet billionaire…
When a car bomb nearly kills tech whiz Eric Thorner, Clare comes to his aid and... more
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Death by Devil's Breath (Chili Cook-Off, Bk 2) by Kylie Logan
Cold-blooded murder can be hot as hell... In Las Vegas, the stakes are high -- and so is the Scoville scale. Maxie Pierce and the Chili Showdown are in town for a very heated contest devoted to judging the legendary and notorious-for-being-self-combustible Devil's Breath chili. The guest... more
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If Catfish Had Nine Lives (Country Cooking School, Bk 4) by Paige Shelton
Betts Winston has inherited more than her cooking skills from her grandmother -- she can also see and talk to ghosts of people that once roamed the streets of Broken Rope, Missouri, in the days of the Old West... With Gram?s Country Cooking School on spring break, Betts and Gram are... more
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A Second Helping of Murder and Recipes (Hot Dish Heaven, Bk 2) by Jeanne Cooney
Reporter Emerald Malloy returns to Minnesota’s Red River Valley to gather more recipes for an encore feature the Minneapolis newspaper plans to run on rural cooking. This time around, Margie Johnson, the owner of Hot Dish Heaven, the local cafe, surprises her with unusual recipes,... more
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Murder at Marble House (Gilded Newport, Bk 2) by Alyssa Maxwell
With the dawn of the twentieth century on the horizon, the fortunes of the venerable Vanderbilt family still shine brightly in the glittering high society of Newport, Rhode Island. But when a potential scandal strikes, the Vanderbilts turn to cousin and society page reporter Emma Cross to solve... more
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Ho Ho Homicide (Liss MacCrimmon, Bk 8) by Kaitlyn Dunnett
Business is booming at the Scottish Emporium in Moosetookalook, Maine, and Liss MacCrimmon Ruskin couldn't be happier--or busier. A romantic getaway at a rustic Christmas tree farm is just what she needs. But the property's mysterious past has her feeling less than merry. . .
Liss is... more
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Chorus Lines, Caviar, and Corpses (Happy Hoofers, Bk 1) by Mary McHugh
There's no pussy-footing around murder. It's never too late to kick up your heels. Just ask Tina, Janice, Pat, Mary Louise, and Gini -- aka the Happy Hoofers. After posting a video of their tap-dancing routine on the Internet, the leggy ladies find themselves booked to perform on a... more
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Blood Rubies (Josie Prescott Antiques, Bk 9) by Jane K. Cleland
Ana Yartsin is on the verge of becoming a celebrity chef. Her custom Fabergé egg-shaped cakes have brought her national attention, as has the story behind the cakes: Her family owns the spectacular Fabergé Spring Egg snow globe, a magnificent example of the master... more
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Catnapped (Klepto Cat, Bk 1) by Patricia Fry
Beloved neighborhood cats are missing -- the community can only guess at their fate -- and Aunt Margaret’s life is being threatened. Is it because she has a clue to the missing cats or is it something more sinister? Of course, as in all of the Klepto Cat Mysteries, Rags, an ordinary cat... more
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Kill 'Em with Cayenne (Spice Shop, Bk 2) by Gail Oust
Spices are flying off the shelves of Spice It Up!, and Piper Prescott couldn't be happier. It's that time of year again -- time for the annual Brandywine Creek Barbecue Festival. Soon contestants and BBQ aficionados from all over the Southeast will converge on the town. Many of... more
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A Nip of Murder (Moonshine, Bk 2) by Carol Miller
As Daisy McGovern knows all too well, it isn't easy being a young, small-town waitress at a local diner in Virginia. It becomes even harder as she's trying to stitch her life back together and salvage her job by converting the diner into a bakery. She's preoccupied with... more
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Hell on Wheels (The Odelia Grey Mysteries) by Sue Ann Jaffarian
It's GAME ON for popular plus-sized sleuth Odelia Grey When Odelia Grey and her husband, Greg, attend a rugby match to cheer for their quadriplegic friends, the last thing they expect is to witness a murder on the playing court. Complicating matters is their friendship with the killer?and with... more
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Catwalk (Animals in Focus, Bk 3) by Sheila Webster Boneham
When animal photographer Janet MacPhail gets a frantic call from champion dog owner Alberta Shofelter about a "cat-napping," she and her Australian Shepherd Jay jump in to assist. Fur flies when the search turns into a nasty run-in with local big shot Charles Rasmussen, a bully who... more
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Black Thursday (Mrs Frugalicious, Bk 2) by Linda Joffe Hull
A death by falling toasters crushes the fun of Black Friday When Maddie Michaels is invited by a local news channel to shop on camera for Black Friday, she leaps at the opportunity to share shopping deals with fans of her website, MrsFrugalicious.com. Even though a negative comment pops up from... more
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Murder at the Brightwell (Amory Ames, Bk 1) by Ashley Weaver
Amory Ames is a wealthy young woman who regrets her marriage to her notoriously charming playboy husband, Milo. Looking for a change, she accepts a request for help from her former fiancé, Gil Trent, not knowing that she’ll soon become embroiled in a murder investigation that will... more
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The Old Deep and Dark (Jane Lawless Mysteries) by Ellen Hart
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Caught Dead Handed (Witch City, Bk 1) by Carol J. Perry
Most folks associate the city of Salem, Massachusetts with witches, but for Lee Barrett, it's home. This October she's returned to her hometown--where her beloved Aunt Ibby still lives -- to interview for a job as a reporter at WICH-TV. But the only opening is for a call-in psychic to... more
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Martini Regrets (Sherri Travis, Bk 6) by Phyllis Smallman
Martini Regrets opens at night in the Florida Everglades, goes to the orchid ball in Sarasota, and culminates on a remote barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico. It's almost midnight and Sherri Travis is about to take Alligator Alley across the Everglades when she realizes she's low on... more
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Shear Trouble (Southern Quilting, Bk 4) by Elizabeth Craig
As the leaves begin to fall in idyllic Dappled Hills, someone puts too fine a point on a local ladies' man. Fortunately, the detective skills of quilter Beatrice Coleman are a cut above the rest....
The Village Quilters of Dappled Hills, North Carolina, are desperate to finish... more
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The Handsome Man's Deluxe Cafe (No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Bk 15) by Alexander Mc...
Even the arrival of her baby can't hold Mma Makutsi back from success in the workplace, and so no sooner than she becomes a full partner in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (in spite of Mma Ramotswe's belated claims that she is only 'an assistant full partner'), she also... more
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The Question of the Missing Head (Asperger's, Bk 1) by E. J. Copperman
Samuel Hoenig answers questions for a living. And as a man with Asperger’s Syndrome, his unique personality helps him ferret out almost any answer there is. But his latest question is a rather odd one -- who stole a preserved head from the Garden State Cryonics Institute?
Arriving... more
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A Deadly Measure of Brimstone (Dandy Gilver, Bk 8) by Catriona McPherson
The men of the Gilver family have come down, between them, with influenza, bronchitis, pneumonia and pleurisy. The family repairs to the town of Moffat, there to submit to the galvanic wraps and cold salt rubs of the splendid Laidlaw Hydropathic Hotel.
But all is not well at the Hydro,... more
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A Burned Out Baker (Classic Diner, Bk 7) by Jessica Beck
From New York Times Bestselling Author Jessica Beck!
Barry Jackson's bakery is burned to the ground, with the baker still inside, soon after a fiery confrontation with Moose and Victoria, and the pair must solve the murder before their reputations, and their freedom, go up in smoke!
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Nightmares Can Be Murder (Dream Club, Bk 1) by Mary Kennedy
Dream Team Business consultant Taylor Blake has returned to Savannah, Georgia, to help her sister Allison turn her dream of running an old-fashioned candy store into a reality. Allison is also interested in dream interpretation and invites Taylor to her Friday night Dream Club, where members... more
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Groomed for Murder (Pet Boutique, Bk 2) by Annie Knox
Izzy McHale wants her new Trendy Tails Pet Boutique in Merryville, Minnesota, to be the height of canine couture and feline fashions. But in a week of wedding bells, someone is about to hold their peace…
forever. Love is in the air, and Izzy is hard at work coordinating two special... more
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And Then She Was Gone by Rosalind Noonan
Eleven-year-old Lauren O'Neil vanished one sunny afternoon as she walked home from school. Six years later, her parents Rachel and Dan still tirelessly scour their Oregon hometown and beyond, always believing Lauren will be found. Then one day, the call comes. Lauren has been rescued from a... more
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The Spirit is Willing (Ophelia Wylde, Bk 2) by Max McCoy
In the Old West, murder is a way of life. But psychic detective Ophelia Wylde is dealing out her own brand of justice by talking to the victims... after they're dead.
Ghost in the Machine
It's one of the strangest trials in Colorado history . A "spirit photographer"... more
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The Cat, the Devil, and Lee Fontana (Lee Fontana, Bk 1) by Shirley Rousseau Murphy &a...
To the devil, the span of a human life is as brief as spit on the wind. But the challenge of playing with flawed humans, like a cat toying with a mouse, is endlessly amusing. If the Devil loses a wager though, he will harass a person's descendants until he eventually gets his due. Which is... more
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Ghost Wanted (Bailey Ruth, Bk 5) by Carolyn Hart
Ghostly gumshoe Bailey Ruth Raeburn of Heaven's Department of Good Intentions is checking out a troubling disturbance in Adelaide, Oklahoma. But what seems at first like simple vandalism won't be an open-and-shut case… Bailey Ruth's supervisor, Wiggins, is worried about... more
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Trick or Deadly Treat (Fresh-Baked, Bk 9) by Livia J. Washburn
It’s Halloween in Weatherford, Texas -- which means Phyllis Newsom is baking up a storm of yummy seasonal treats...but she’s about to get even busier unmasking a killer.
While Phyllis and her friend Carolyn are preparing for a baking contest, her housemate Sam adopts Buck,... more
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The Chocolate Clown Corpse (Chocoholic, Bk 14) by JoAnna Carl
Revenge is sweet for a killer on the loose -- and it all started with the murder of Warner Pier’s most hated clown....
Everyone who knew the bozo wanted him dead. Odd, then, that a complete stranger was accused of bursting Moe Davidson’s balloons. But it’s been a month since... more
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Knot Guilty (Crochet Mystery, Bk 9) by Betty Hechtman
Molly Pink and her pals, the Tarzana Hookers, are ready to bring the craft of crochet to the masses. But when one of their members finds herself the prime suspect in a murder, the Hookers are going to have to switch their focus to fighting her bad rap…
Molly and her friends can’t... more
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Once Upon a Grind (Coffeehouse, Bk 14) by Cleo Coyle
When coffeehouse manager turned amateur sleuth Clare Cosi roasts 'magic' beans for Fairy Tale Week, she brews up a vision that leads to a sleeping beauty in Central Park; a big, bad wolf of Wall Street; and an East Side enclave with storybook secrets... Fairy tale fever has descended on... more
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The Darling Dahlias and the Silver Dollar Bush (Darling Dahlias, Bk 5) by Susan Witti...
National bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert takes readers back in time to small-town Darling, Alabama, in the 1930s—where the Darling Savings and Trust has just closed and the women of the Darling Dahlias' garden club are betting their bottom dollar there's going to be... more
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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (Jane Arnold, Bk 9) by Rita Mae Brown
Sister Jane and the Jefferson Hunt Club have traveled from Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains to the Bluegrass State of Kentucky to ride with the members of the Woodford Hounds—in the teeth of foul weather. Sister knows better than anyone that an ill wind blows no good.
After the... more
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Etta Mae's Worst Bad-Luck Day (Miss Julia, Bk 16) by Ann B. Ross
Bestselling author Ann B. Ross is back with another lively adventure set in the town of Abbotsville. For the first time, though, she writes from the perspective of another resident: the hardscrabble, heart-of-gold Etta Mae Wiggins. Etta Mae is frustrated with her trailer-park life and her... more
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One Potion in the Grave (Magic Potion, Bk 2) by Heather Blake
Carly Bell Hartwell’s love potions are always in demand in Hitching Post, Alabama, the wedding capital of the South.…
When Katie Sue Perrywinkle walks into the Little Shop of Potions, Carly is surprised and delighted to see her old childhood friend. Katie Sue fled her... more
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The Chihuahua Always Sniffs Twice (Barking Detective Bk 4) by Waverly Curtis
Aspiring P.I. Geri Sullivan's new case has got her talking Chihuahua, Pepe, hot under the collar. Wealthy widow Lucille Carpenter left her entire fortune to her beloved dogs, and someone is trying to poison them. Anyone who would hurt a perro is lower than a cucaracha in... more
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Death Comes to London (Kurland St. Mary, Bk 2) by Catherine Lloyd
A season in London promises a welcome change of pace for two friends from the village of Kurland St. Mary until murder makes a debut. With the reluctant blessings of their father, the rector of Kurland St. Mary, Lucy Harrington and her sister Anna leave home for a social season in London. At the... more
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Literally Murder (Black Cat Bookshop, Bk 4) by Ali Brandon
From her Brooklyn bookstore, Darla Pettistone not only sells mysteries, but solves them, aided by her big-boned black cat, Hamlet -- who has suddenly pounced into the spotlight after unleashing his fists of furry…
After a video of Darla and Hamlet performing at a martial... more
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Off Kilter (Scottish Highlands, Bk 1) by Hannah Reed
After the recent death of her mother and the dissolution of her marriage, thirty-something Eden Elliott is seriously in need of a fresh start. At the urging of her best friend, bestselling author Ami Pederson, Eden decides to embark on an open-ended trip to the picturesque village of Glenkillen... more
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Stirring the Plot (Cookbook Nook, Bk 3) by Daryl Wood Gerber
Halloween in Crystal Cove, California, is a big deal, involving a spooky soiree where the Winsome Witches, a fund-raising group, gather to open up their purse strings and trade superstitions. But party magicians, fortune-tellers, and herbalists are only the beginning of this recipe for... more
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The Darling Dahlias and the Texas Star (Darling Dahlias, Bk 4) by Susan Wittig Albert
The Texas Star herself—Miss Lily Dare, the “fastest woman in the world”—is bringing her Dare Devils Flying Circus to Darling. Unfortunately, she’s also bringing a whole lot of trouble. As the Dahlias prepare for the annual Watermelon Festival—where they will... more
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Stages of Grey (Dulcie Schwartz, Bk 8) by Clea Simon
Dulcie never considered herself a player. But when her friends drag her to a new local theatre company that is updating Ovid with a disco version of The Metamorphosis the grad student finds herself in the front row of a murder. This could be the end of the struggling company, which is also... more
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Diamond Rings are Deadly Things (Wedding Planner, Bk 1) by Rachelle J. Christensen
She’s sworn to solve an unthinkable theft, but her promise could get her killed. Can a master of design unpick a nuptial nightmare?
Wedding planner Adrielle Pyper believes wholeheartedly in happily ever after. Desperate for a fresh start since the horror of her best friend’s... more
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Picked to Die (Orchard, Bk 8) by Sheila Connolly
A TREE IS KNOWN BY ITS FRUIT
It's harvest time in Granford, Massachusetts, and orchard owner Meg Corey and her fiance, Seth, are both racing to beat the New England winter. Meg is bringing in her apple crop with a team of workers, while Seth is working to restore an old building in the... more
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Murder at the Arabian Nights: A Belly Dance Mystery (The Belly Dance Mysteries) (Volu...
At the Arabian Nights Bellydance Festival, Murder takes Center Stage... When lifelong friends Ginger and Susan took their first bellydance class on a dare, they never dreamed they?d end up performing in public--let alone getting mixed up in murder! Now a famous dancer has been stabbed to death... more
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Be Careful What You Witch For (Family Fortune, Bk 2) by Dawn Eastman
Leaving a traumatic police career behind, Clyde Fortune has returned to her seemingly quiet hometown of Crystal Haven, Michigan. In spite of the psychic powers of its residents, there's no telling what trouble is brewing in this burg...
The highlight of this year's fall festival in... more
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Death of a Blue Blood (Murder She Wrote, Bk 42) by Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain
Jessica Fletcher is invited to ring in the New Year with British aristocracy. Too bad someone's about to end the life of the party.... Jessica Fletcher and her friend Scotland Yard detective inspector George Sutherland are invited to attend a New Year's Eve Ball at Castorbrook... more
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Murder at the Book Group (Book Group, Bk 1) by Maggie King
For fans of Anne Canadeo comes a fun and sassy cozy mystery in which one woman must solve the murder of a book group member and untangle a web of secrets hidden by her bookish cohorts.
Hazel Rose never dreamed that the murder mystery book group she and her friend Carlene started would stage a... more
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Treacherous Tart (Pie in the Sky, Bk 2) by Ellie Grant
In this second charming novel in the Pie Shop cozy mystery series, a modern-day Lothario is shot dead, and it’s up to Maggie to clear her aunt and partner-in-pie from the suspect list.
It’s Christmastime at Pie in the Sky, Aunt Clara’s pie shop, and she has a new beau,... more
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Deep Fried Homicide (Donut Shop, Bk 13) by Jessica Beck
When Suzanne?s boyfriend, Jake, is shot in the line of duty, he comes to April Springs to recuperate. The only problem is the that the man Jake was trying to capture has a partner, a very bad man now intent on seeking revenge. Add another villain returning from Suzanne's own past into the... more
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Chip Off the Ice Block Murder (A Shay O'Hanlon Caper) by Jessie Chandler
It?s the dead of winter in Minnesota, and Shay O'Hanlon can?t wait to close up shop at the Rabbit Hole and head north to Duluth with her girlfriend, Minneapolis cop JT Bordeaux. But Shay?s plans for a romantic getaway are put on ice when she receives a call informing her that her dad is nowhere... more
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Pirate Vishnu (Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt, Bk 2) by Gigi Pandian
A WHIRLWIND OF ADVENTURE
A century-old treasure map of San Francisco's Barbary Coast. Sacred riches from India. Two murders, one hundred years apart. And a love triangle... Historian Jaya Jones has her work cut out for her.
1906. Shortly before the Great San Francisco Earthquake,... more
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Suspicion at Seven: A Lois Meade Mystery by Ann Purser
Lois Meade has done enough buffing and polishing over the years with her cleaning business, New Brooms, to know that all that glitters is not gold. So when a bag of costume jewellery is the main clue in a murder, she has a strong suspicion that appearances may be deceiving…
After a woman is... more
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The Twelfth Night Murder (Restoration, Bk 3) by Anne Rutherford
As The New Globe Players bring laughter to audiences with their production of Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night, Suzanne Thornton must bring justice to the tragic victim of a brutal murder…
When the body of a young boy -- murdered, mutilated, and clothed in... more
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The Cats that Chased the Storm (Cats that ..., Bk 2) by Karen Anne Golden
It's early spring in Erie, Indiana, and the weather has turned most foul. We find Katherine 'Katz' Kendall, heiress to the Colfax fortune, living in a pink mansion, caring for her three Siamese and Abby the Abyssinian. Severe thunderstorms frighten the cats, but Scout is better than... more
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Dead Ball (Lainie Lovett Still Kicking, Bk 1) by Judith Arnold
She's got to solve this murder. The soccer team's schedule depends on it. So, who pulled the trigger of the nail gun that killed construction tycoon Arthur Cavanagh? His widow, who'd sworn to kill him if he ever cheated on her? His hostile teenage son, who... more
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Blush, a Bride and a Body (Bekki the Beautician, Bk 8) by Cindy Bell
It is the week before Bekki’s wedding to the love of her life, handsome Detective Nick Malonie. She is flat out planning the wedding and packing up her stuff, but she could not be happier. She has left everything until the very last minute but with the help of her mom, Marie, and her best... more
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A Dog Gone Murder (Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper, Bk 10) by Elaine Viets
Mystery shopper Josie Marcus is getting the dirt on doggy day-care centers, and discovers that one dog-loving local celebrity is really bad to the bone.
Josie has been asked to investigate Uncle Bob’s Doggy Day Camp, known for its commercials featuring Uncle Bob liking dogs so much that... more
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Lethal Letters (Books by the Bay, Bk 6) by Ellery Adams
Restaurant owner and aspiring novelist Olivia Limoges is busy planning a delicious menu for Oyster Bay’s biggest soiree of the spring. But she’ll need to serve some justice as well after one resident gets eighty-sixed…
Everyone’s got their hands full in Oyster... more
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No Mallets Intended (Vintage Kitchen, Bk 4) by Victoria Hamilton
TO THE MANOR DEAD
The Queensville Heritage Society is restoring the once-grand Dumpe Manor. While Dumpe relatives and society members use the occasion to dust off old grudges, Jaymie Leighton prefers to adorn the kitchen with authentic Depression Era furnishings. A collection of vintage... more
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Plagued By Quilt (Haunted Yarn Shop, Bk 4) by Molly MacRae
Yarn shop owner Kath Rutledge is at a historic farm in Blue Plum, Tennessee, volunteering for the high school program Hands on History. But when a long-buried murder is uncovered on the property, Kath needs help from Geneva the ghost to solve a crime that time forgot....
Kath and her... more
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For Better or Worsted (Crochet Mystery, Bk 8) by Betty Hechtman
Molly Pink and her crochet group, the Tarzana Hookers, love an adventure. But when their newest member is accused of turning her wedding into happily-never-after for the groom, Molly’s chance to find the truth hangs by a thread...
When Molly is invited to a major society wedding, she... more
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Mrs. Jeffries and the Merry Gentlemen (Mrs. Jeffries, Bk 32) by Emily Brightwell
THE BUSINESS OF DEATH
Orlando Edison is a stockbroker using London’s infatuation with foreign mining ventures to make a fortune. He has curried favor with the nation’s most respected aristocrats, even inviting three influential investors—known as the Merry Gentlemen—to... more
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Ghostly Paws (Mystic Notch, Bk 1) by Leighann Dobbs
Middle age can be murder ... At least that's how it seems to former crime journalist, Wilhelmina Chance, whose near-fatal accident has given her a strange side effect ... she sees ghosts. After a messy divorce sends her fleeing back to her hometown of Mystic Notch, nestled in the White... more
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'Til Dirt Do Us Part (Local Foods, Bk 2) by Edith Maxwell
The produce is local -- and so is the crime -- when long-simmering tensions lead to murder following a festive dinner on Cam Flaherty's farm. It'll take a sleuth who knows the lay of the land to catch this killer. But no one ever said Cam wasn't willing to get her hands... more
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Meet Your Baker (Bakeshop, Bk 1) by Ellie Alexander
Welcome to Torte -- a friendly, small-town family bake shop where the treats are so good that, sometimes, it’s criminal...
After graduating from culinary school, Juliet Capshaw returns to her quaint hometown of Ashland, Oregon, to heal a broken heart and help her mom at the family... more
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Paw and Order (Paw Enforcement, Bk 2) by Diane Kelly
Police officer Megan Luz and her loyal K-9 partner Brigit are back on the beat -- and under the gun -- when the local rodeo show goes to the dogs…
OUT OF THE DOGHOUSE
After capturing the notorious Fort Worth "Tunabomber," Megan and Brigit are practically celebrities. Which... more
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The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer (Paws & Claws, Bk 2) by Krista Davis
Wagtail, Virginia, the top pet-friendly getaway in the United States, is gearing up for a howling good Halloween -- until a spooky murder shakes the town to its core...
Holly Miller doesn't believe in spirits, but the Sugar Maple Inn is filled with guests who do. The TV series in... more
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Inspector Specter (Haunted Guesthouse Bk. 6) by E. J. Copperman
Just when she thought she'd seen everything… Detective Lieutenant Anita McElone is one of Harbor Haven's finest. She's also a hard-boiled ghost skeptic. So when she shows up on the doorstep of Alison Kerby's Haunted Guesthouse to ask for supernatural help in solving the... more
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Keeper of the Castle (Haunted Home Renovation, Bk 5) by Juliet Blackwell
Lately, Mel has been worried about finding enough historic renovation work to pay the bills. But while Turner Construction is in need of a project, Mel’s boyfriend, Graham, has his hands full managing the reconstruction of an ancient building shipped over from Scotland.
With the... more
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Spell Booked (Retired Witches, Bk 1) by Joyce and Jim Lavene
Once upon a time in Wilmington, North Carolina, three witches ran a curio shop named Smuggler’s Arcane. But as the years passed, their magical powers started to fade—leaving them no choice but to conjure up a retirement package…
Before they could blink... more
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Scandal at Six (Lois Meade, Bk 13) by Ann Purser
Lois Meade has scrubbed her way through the homes in Long Farnden, and she’s not afraid of dusting cobwebs and killing a few bugs. But in her role as amateur sleuth, she’s learning to beware of snakes in the grass . . .
Spring has arrived in Long Farnden and... more
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Guidebook to Murder (Tourist Trap, Bk 1) by Lynn Cahoon
In the gentle coastal town of South Cove, California, all Jill Gardner wants is to keep her store -- Coffee, Books, and More -- open and running. So why is she caught up in the business of murder?
When Jill's elderly friend, Miss Emily, calls in a fit of pique, she already knows the city... more
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The Death of Perry Many Paws by Deborah Benjamin
Tamsen Mack, a successful children?s author, discovers her husband?s reclusive uncle in his study with a letter opener in his neck. Scattered around the room are a set of clues he left behind: a seventy year old photo, one page from his autobiography and over seventy yellowed newspapers from... more
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Death by Ice Cream (Pismawallops PTA, Bk 1) by Rebecca M. Douglass
Pismawallops Island is a quiet place where nothing much happens, even at the High School. That's why JJ MacGregor likes it. So when a high-handed new member of the PTA threatens to disrupt the even tenor of life in the middle of Puget Sound, JJ insists someone needs to take a firm stand... more
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Organized for Murder (Organized, Bk 1) by Ritter Ames
Organization expert Kate McKenzie is on track to make her new business, STACKED IN YOUR FAVOR, a hit in small-town Vermont. But when her first client, the wealthy Amelia Nethercutt, is found dead, the job takes a decidedly sinister turn. Kate thought she and her family were making a fresh start... more
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Meow If It's Murder (Nick and Nora, Bk 1) by T. C. LoTempio
Nora Charles doesn’t believe in fate, even if she is a crime reporter who shares a name with a character from The Thin Man. In fact, she’s moving back to Cruz, California, to have a quieter life. But after finding an online magazine eager for material, and a stray cat named Nick with... more
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A Thyme to Die (Peggy Lee, Bk 6) by Joyce Lavene & Jim Lavene
Peggy Lee and her gardening friends have managed to persuade the International Flower Show to move to Charlotte from Atlanta this year. Excited and enthusiastic, Peggy agrees to step into the role as director of the event, but on opening day, a good friend of hers is found dead in the middle of... more
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Cat-Eye Witness: A Klepto Cat Mystery (Volume 2) by Patricia Fry
Savannah and Aunt Margaret open the old Forster home to the Hammond Cat Alliance for a fundraiser to help rehabilitate the abused horses rescued months earlier from the catnappers. Before the afternoon is over, the funds collected go missing and someone is murdered in an upstairs bedroom.... more
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Whispers in Winter (Bess Bullock Retirement Home, Bk 4) by Allen B. Boyer
Everywhere she looks in her retirement home, Bess Bullock finds that winter is a season for secrets. First, there is the secret of The Cross Stitch Six, a group of talented sewers who conspire to keep a secret about one of their deceased members. Then there is Donna Gilmore, who breaks her... more
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Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well (Aunt Dimity, Bk 19) by Nancy Atherton
When a strapping young Australian named Jack MacBride arrives in Finch to wrap up his late uncle's affairs, heads turn in the sleepy English village. But when Lori volunteers to help Jack clear out his uncle's overgrown garden, they discover something even more shocking than a stranger... more
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Lethal Lily (A Peggy Lee Garden Mystery) (Volume 7) by joyce Lavene
Part-time garden shop owner/part-time forensic botanist, Peggy Lee is trying to discover if the death of Ann Fletcher 20 years ago was an accident - or foul play. In return, she hopes to receive more information about her late husband's death. She knows John Lee was murdered, but questions have... more
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Crimped To Death (A Divorced Diva Mystery) (Volume 2) by Tonya Kappes
The Divorced Divas are a motley crew of women, all of whom are not afraid to stand up to the men who scorned them. During their beaded jewelry classes, the Divas plot ways to kill their exes. . .pretend play of course. Someone in Swanee, Kentucky is trying to stop the group of women from... more
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Custard Crime (Donut Shop, Bk 14) by Jessica Beck
Brand New From New York Times Bestselling Author Jessica Beck!
When the chief of police's ex-wife is found dead, some folks think it was an accident, but Suzanne Hart?s boyfriend, State Police Inspector Jake Bishop, knows better. When he's asked to investigate the crime, Suzanne is... more
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Beach Blanket Barbie (Zoe Donovan Mystery Book 6) by Kathi Daley
Zoe suspects that something is up when Levi?s ex-girlfriend Barbie comes to town unexpectedly. When she ends up floating face down in the lake Zoe and the gang shift into full sleuth mode to find a killer. As they delve into Barbie?s life they find a complex puzzle that is going to take a group... more
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Cupid's Curse (Zoe Donovan, Bk 4) by Kathi Daley
When Cupid comes to town it seems everyone’s relationship is in for a challenge. Not only does Zoe suspect that her dad’s new girlfriend is really a killer, but Zoe is the only one who believes that her soon-to- be evil stepmom is guilty of such a dastardly deed.
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Maui Madness (Zoe Donovan Mysteries Book 7) (Volume 7) by Kathi Daley
Zoe and the gang go to Maui and become involved not only in a treasure hunt for a sunken ship, but in a murder mystery with more twists than a mountain road. Join the gang as they dine in popular restaurants, go shopping, try surfing, and make new friends only to have to decide who they can... more
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Ice Cream Murder (Lexy Baker Cozy Mystery Series) (Volume 9) by Leighann Dobbs
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. When it turns out that... more
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Granny Skewers a Scoundrel: A Fuschia Minnesota Mystery by Julie Seedorf
Granny has a new addition to her arsenal of crime fighting weapons as Fuchsia, Minnesota?s most colorful detective. Now, along with her famous crook-hooking umbrella, she?s acquired a scoundrel-skewering knitting needle. And just in time! Residents of Fuchsia seem to be dropping dead like... more
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Aground on St. Thomas (Mystery in the Islands, Bk 3) by Rebecca M. Hale
The tropical paradise of St. Thomas is shut down as the FBI seizes control of the island to apprehend government officials on bribery charges. Tourists and locals are stranded until FBI agent Gabe "Friday" Stein can find the missing governor and two senators who have eluded... more
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Fifty Shades of Greyhound (Pampered Pets, Bk 5) by Sparkle Abbey
It was a killer party.
Caro Lamont, Laguna Beach's favorite pet therapist, is thrilled to support the elite fundraising gala for Greys Matter, a SoCal greyhound rescue group. All the guests in the couture-attired crowd are clad in varying shades of grey, the champagne and donations are... more
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$10,000 in Small Unmarked Puzzles (Puzzle Lady, Bk 13) by Parnell Hall
Cora Felton loves helping her small town's police solve crimes involving crosswords -- even tho she's really better at sudoku! Still, the Puzzle Lady can't wait for some time out to care for her new baby grand-niece. Unfortunately, Cora's lawyer Becky, has a little favor to ask... more
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Prescription for Murder (Murder, She Wrote, Bk 39) by Jessica Fletcher & Donald B...
In this novel, Jessica Fletcher must diagnose a killer with a taste for bad medicine. Jessica's latest book tour brings her to Tampa, Florida, where she meets up with an old friend, Cabot Cove's Dr. Seth Hazlitt. Seth is in town visiting Alvaro Vasquez, a renowned physician who is... more
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Wedding Cake (Culinary Mystery, Bk 12) by Josi S. Kilpack
When Sadie Hoffmiller receives a threatening, anonymous text message just days before her wedding, she is determined not to let it interfere with the celebration she has carefully planned for months. But when the threat changes from a distant fear to a frightening reality, Sadie realizes just... more
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Debits and Credits by Lyn Fraser
A Grace Edna Edge Mystery. Amateur sleuth Grace Edna Edge uses well-honed business savvy to save clients from financial disaster, delve into an intriguing murder, and uncover a murky black market for seniors' prescription meds. What she can't seem to solve is the great mystery in her personal... more
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Death is a Word (Mrs. Malory, Bk 21) by Hazel Holt
Eva Jackson is Rosemary's cousin ( 'umpteen times removed' ) and she has moved back to her childhood home in Taviscombe after the untimely death of her beloved husband Alan. As is the way of the village, Eva has been pounced upon by the local charities, and it is during a coffee... more
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Sleight of Paw: A Klepto Cat Mystery (Volume 3) by Patricia Fry
Michael Ivey, the local veterinarian (Savannah?s new husband) is attacked by an enraged client and then later accused of this man?s murder. The evidence quickly stacks up against Michael, until Rags, Savannah?s kleptomaniac cat, starts digging up clues implicating the unlikely suspect. ... more
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Mulled Murder (Pennyfoot Hotel, Bk 21) by Kate Kingsbury
This holiday season at the Pennyfoot, the head count is down—but the body count is up…
With one of her housemaids leaving to get married, Cecily Sinclair Baxter wants nothing more for Christmas than some good help. Instead of visions of sugar plums, she’s calling the... more
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Undeniably Yours (Lucy Valentine, Bk 5) by Heather Webber
NO GOOD DEED
While still recuperating from injuries sustained in her previous case, the last thing psychic investigator Lucy Valentine wants is to dive into another job. But when Detective Lieutenant Aiden Holliday comes calling for help in finding a missing woman, saying no is not an option.... more
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A Body at Book Club (Myrtle Clover, Bk 6) by Elizabeth Spann Craig
When octogenarian sleuth Myrtle Clover discovers Naomi Pelter's dead body during a book club meeting, the other members seem shocked. But Myrtle can read between the lines. Naomi had riled everyone up by flirting with other people's husbands, arguing with neighbors, and generally making... more
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Frozen Identity: A Parson's Cove Cozy Mystery by Sharon Rose
When a frozen corpse is discovered in a fishing shack on a nearby lake, most residents of Parson?s Cove assume the man succumbed to the blistery cold. However, after the body thaws, the coroner discovers that the man??one Victor Fleming??was actually beaten to death. Eye witnesses suggest that... more
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Dolled Up for Murder (Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery) Bk 7 by Jane K. Cleland
KILLER COLLECTION -
When wealthy client Alice Michaels is shot dead after purchasing a one-of-a-kind doll collection, antiques dealer Josie Prescott is sure that the scandal-plagued financial advisor fell victim to ex-investors out for blood. Until Josie's employee Eric is abducted while... more
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Mr. Monk is Open for Business (Mr. Monk, Bk 18) by Hy Conrad
Failing to win back his girlfriend in New Jersey, Monk returns to San Francisco where Natalie has set up an office for Monk and Teeger, Consulting Detectives. It’s time to stop bickering and get to work when Lieutenant Amy Devlin comes to them for help.
A disgruntled employee came... more
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Derby Divas (Zoe Donovan Mystery) (Volume 8) by Kathi Daley
Zoe is busy juggling the demands of friends and family as the town of Ashton Falls gears up for the annual classic car show and demolition derby. When one of the members of the Derby Divas demolition team dies in a fiery crash the day before the event is set to begin, Zoe must set aside the... more
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Chaos in Mudbug (Ghost-in-Law, Bk 6) by Jana DeLeon
Jadyn St. James hopes that the two-week quiet period in Mudbug means things in the small bayou town are back to normal...whatever that is. But when a fisherman finds a sunken shrimp boat, and the boat captain is missing, Jadyn wonders if the damage to the boat was caused by a storm, or if... more
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Trouble in Tawas: An Agnes Barton Senior Sleuths Mystery (Volume 4) by Madison Johns
The last thing Agnes Barton expected was to be slapped in cuffs alongside her best friend, and fellow-sleuthing buddy, Eleanor Mason. All they had wanted to do was to verify if a painting at the Butler Mansion had indeed been stolen, but when the Mildred Winnefree?s body was also discovered in... more
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Bigfoot In Tawas: An Agnes Barton Senior Sleuths Mystery (Volume 6) by Madison Johns
Agnes and Eleanor embark on their most challenging case to date, finding Bigfoot! Agnes isn?t sure what to say when Billy Matlin, hires her to find Bigfoot, and it doesn?t help that Eleanor is hiding in the car. Who is she to say that Bigfoot isn?t real, and lord knows she sure could use a... more
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Pretty, Hip & Dead: An Agnes Barton/Kimberly Steele Cozy Mystery (Agnes Barton and Ki...
Kimberly Steele had barely recovered from her wedding reception the day before, and now, she?s just discovered the body of her husband?s former girlfriend, Clare Barnett, someone whom she had argued with hours earlier at the photo shoot for the Pretty & Hip perfume line. It?s no wonder she?s the... more
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A Nose for Hanky Panky (Granite Cove, Bk 1) by Sharon Love Cook
It's midnight in Granite Cove, and only the sea clams are open. Murder has changed the sleepy fishing village, and it's no ordinary killing. Beautiful, brainy Vivian Klinger, Ph.D., a woman too perfect for mere mortals, had everything but a sense of humor. Now she's dead, and local... more
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A Deadly Christmas Carol (Granite Cove, Bk 2) by Sharon Love Cook
When sultry Dionne Dunbar is run down in the street one winter's night, Granite Cove Gazette reporter Rose McNichols is the only witness. Amid Christmas preparations in the New England fishing village, Rose alone is determined to discover Dionne's secrets. Who wanted the woman dead? Was... more
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The Super Bar Incident by Susan Sundwall
No. 2 in the Minnie Markwood Mysteries. Minnie encounters some interesting characters in her new fitness class, not the least of whom is the instructor. But Minnie's determination to get in shape is interrupted by smashing glass and a brutal murder, right in her own apartment complex. Is it a... more
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Lemon Larceny (Donut Shop, Bk 15) by Jessica Beck
When her Aunt Jean dies suddenly, Suzanne and her mother investigate what at first looks like an accident, but quickly proves to be murder. They never expected to get help from the recently deceased beyond the grave, though. The ladies soon learn that Jean suspected she was a target in someone?s... more
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Murder at Ashgrove House (Rose Simpson, Bk 1) by Margaret Addison
When Sir William and Lady Withers invite friends and family to a weekend house party at their country home, Ashgrove House, they are faced with the arrival of both invited and uninvited guests, the consequence of which is murder.
Set in 1930, "Murder at Ashgrove House" is full of... more
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Small Town Spin (Headlines in High Heels, Bk 3) by LynDee Walker
Crime reporter Nichelle Clarke ventures out to a tiny Chesapeake Bay island community, helping a friend search for answers in the wake of unthinkable tragedy. But in small towns like this, some rocks are never meant to be overturned...
T.J. had the world in the palm of his hand. He was... more
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To Helen Back (River Road, Bk 1) by Susan McBride
When Milton Grone turns up dead in tiny River Bend, Illinois, nearly all the would-be suspects have the perfect alibi: attending Thursday night's town meeting. And as Milton was hardly beloved, plenty of folks had a reason to do him in ...
Grone's next-door neighbor was furious about... more
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Mad as Helen (River Road, Bk 2) by Susan McBride
When tiny River Bend, Illinois, is hit by a string of burglaries even Sheriff Frank Biddle can't solve, the clients of LaVyrle's Cut 'n' Curl can hardly talk of anything but. There are no signs of forced entry and no fingerprints, and valuables are missing from secret hiding... more
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Mission to Murder (Tourist Trap Mystery, Bk 2) by Lynn Cahoon
In the California coastal town of South Cove, history is one of its many tourist attractions, until it becomes deadly.Jill Gardner, proprietor of Coffee, Books, and More, has discovered that the old stone wall on her property might be a centuries-old mission worthy of being declared a... more
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Bewitching Boots (Renaissance Faire, Bk 8) by Joyce Lavene & Jim Lavene
Jessie Morton is thrilled when she finds Bill Warren, an old fashioned shoemaker, and he agrees to come back to Renaissance Faire Village with her. She's not so thrilled when claims to have elf magic, and he falls for Princess Isabelle. The dancing slippers Bill makes for Isabelle make him a... more
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Haunted Hamlet (Zoe Donovan Mystery) (Volume 9) by Kathi Daley
When a ghost hunter is found dead in a haunted house just days before Halloween it looks like the killer may be living impaired. Zoe must juggle the annual Zoe Donovan Spooktacular with zombies on the run, the annual pumpkin carving contest, a haunted hayride, a relationship in crisis, and a... more
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Two Dogs Lie Sleeping (Mae December Mystery) by Lia Farrell
It?s early August in Rosedale, Tennessee, and July December Powell is alone at the historic Booth Mansion, putting the finishing touches on the Showhouse room she designed for tomorrow?s grand opening. A loud noise draws her to the nursery, where a man lies dying. Not just any man, but Tom... more
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The Cats that Told a Fortune (The Cats that . . . Cozy Mystery) (Volume 3) by Karen A...
Autumn in Erie, Indiana means crisp, cool days of intrigue and subterfuge. Katherine ?Katz? Kendall settles into her late great aunt?s Victorian mansion with her high-spirited feline companions. What better time to host a Halloween party? Katz sets the stage with scary decorations, a fortune... more
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Lucky Catch (Lucky O'Toole, Bk 5) by Deborah Coonts
Trouble always comes in threes. At least that's what Lucky O'Toole, the VP of Customer Relations for Las Vegas' primo Strip casino/hotel, the Babylon, has heard for years from her mother. So, tonight, when Teddie, her former lover shows up at her office unannounced and very... more
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Lucky Bang (Lucky O'Toole Vegas Adventure) by Deborah Coonts
Having a blast on the 4th of July in Vegas takes on a whole new meaning for Lucky O?Toole, head of customer relations for the Babylon, a major Strip property, when she discovers a bomb in a friend?s restaurant and narrowly escapes becoming part of the ?explosive entertainment.? And this wasn?t... more
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Lucky Now and Then (Lucky O'Toole Vegas Adventure) by Deborah Coonts
A Lucky O'Toole Vegas Adventure by National Bestselling Author DEBORAH COONTS Las Vegas, the City of Reinvention. No one knows this better than Lucky O?Toole, V.P of Customer Relations at the Babylon, Vegas?s newest, most over-the-top Strip property. As the daughter of one of the men responsible... more
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Haunted Hijinks (Agnes Barton, Bk 1) by Madison Johns
Ever since Agnes' car accident, things have changed drastically for her. When she wakes up in the hospital, not only is her son Stuart there, who she hasn't seen in years, but a ghostly apparition! Instead of getting ready for the loony bin, Agnes and Eleanor help ready the Butler... more
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Anything For A Mystery (Nosey Neighbor, Bk 1) by Cynthia Hickey
Stormi Nelson, best-selling romance author, moved into her huge Victorian house in the private community of Oak Meadows Estates. When her agent tells her that her characters are becoming too cardboard and that she needs to get out and mingle with people, she comes up with the idea of a... more
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Remote Consequences: Working Stiff Mysteries #1 (Volume 1) by Kerri Nelson
Med school drop-out Mandy Murrin has returned home to care for her mentally handicapped, teenage sister. But despite having multiple college degrees under her belt, Mandy finds jobs aren't easy to come by in small town Alabama. Now instead of a stethoscope, she's forced to sport a tool belt as a... more
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Cat in a Yellow Spotlight: A Midnight Louie Mystery (The Midnight Louie Mysteries) (V...
USA TODAY Bestselling series ?Midnight Louie is the funniest, hairiest, hard-boiled PI on the planet.??JANET EVANOVICH ?FUN, FROTHY AND CHARMING??Publishers Weekly Readers are biting their nails as the popular alphabetic Midnight Louie feline PI mystery series nears its end with this 26th entry.... more
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Murder Al Dente (Southern Pasta Shop, Bk 1) by Jennifer L. Hart
Pretty please with spaghetti on top? Andy Buckland has always dreamed of being a chef. But after a live studio audience is stricken with food poisoning during her debut cooking show, she finds herself blacklisted in the culinary community. The only job open to her is working in her family's... more
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Christmas in Paradise (Tj Jensen, Bk 4) by Kathi Daley
Christmas in Paradise is a magical time of year that Tj has always looked forward to with happy anticipation. This year her holiday spirit is marred by the anticipated arrival of two new men in her life. When one of the men ends up dead, Tj must juggle community plays, Christmas tree cutting,... more
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Cozy Camping (A Lexie Starr Mystery, Book 6) by Jeanne Glidewell
On their first wedding anniversary, Lexie Starr is surprised by her husband, Stone, with a family RV'ing vacation to Cheyenne, Wyoming, during the annual Frontier Days celebration.
While there, Lexie and her daughter, Wendy, overhear a heated conversation between the park's owner and the... more
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Home of the Brave (Raine Stockton Dog Mystery, Bk 9) by Donna Ball
The Fourth of July in the Smoky Mountain community of Hanover County, North Carolina means parades, picnics and fireworks. For dog trainer Raine Stockton and her high-spirited golden retriever Cisco it also means a chance to show off their repertoire of tracking, agility and obedience skills at... more
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Whiskey, Large (Whiskey Mattimoe Mystery series) (Volume 7) by Nina Wright
Nine months pregnant, real estate broker Whiskey Mattimoe is literally living large. She needs a driver now and a nanny very soon. What she doesn?t need is another murder to solve? Magnet Springs is re-branding itself as a pet-friendly vacation destination, but the transition is bumpy. Someone... more
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Sex, Lies, and Snickerdoodles (A Working Stiffs Mystery) (Volume 2) by Wendy Delaney
Everybody?s got a secret. A secret crush. A secret liaison. A secret recipe. And for a deadly few, a secret murder. Port Merritt?s favorite bad boy, Russell Falco, was a seasoned veteran of secret liaisons. But after his body washes up on the shore of Merritt Bay, Deputy Coroner and human lie... more
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Bad Bites (Donut Shop, Bk 16) by Jessica Beck
When Chief Martin’s brother, Chester, is murdered on the day he is supposed to retire, Suzanne’s boyfriend, state police inspector Jake Bishop, steps in to take over the case. That doesn’t keep Suzanne and Grace from digging into the murder as well, though, and when the three... more
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A Spirited Tail (Mystic Notch, Bk 2) by Leighann Dobbs
Middle-aged bookstore owner Willa Chance is looking forward to the opportunity of appraising a valuable private library that hasn't seen the light of day for fifty years ... until she finds a dead body in the backyard and the ghost of the home's previous owner anxiously waiting for her... more
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Ms America and the Whoopsie in Winona by Diana Dempsey
(Beauty Queen Mysteries #4) Beauty queen Happy Pennington loves Christmas, but this year murder gets in the way of the tinsel and the candy canes ? In snowy small-town Minnesota?where Happy and her beauty-queen BFFs are cutting the ribbon at a new big-box store?Happy discovers that nothing,... more
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Too Hot Four Hula (Tiki Goddess, Bk 4) by Jill Marie Landis
A marauding monkey, a mysterious murder, middle-aged hula maidens, and mugs full of Mai Tai's. Just another day in Tiki Goddess Paradise . . .
Crime-solving sleuth Em Johnson and her Uncle Louie, owner of the famous Tiki Goddess Bar on Kauai, head for the Cocktail Shake Off... more
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Murder Offstage (Posie Parker, Bk 1) by L. B. Hathaway
When Posie Parker’s childhood friend is robbed of a priceless jewel and becomes a suspect in a cold-blooded murder case, budding detective Posie vows she will clear his name.
Aided by her seriously gorgeous assistant Len, Posie soon realizes things are not quite as they seem, and the... more
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The Tomb of the Honey Bee (Posie Parker, Bk 2) by L. B. Hathaway
Private Detective Posie Parker is dreaming of a lazy London summer... But following the success of the Maharajah diamond case, she finds herself more in demand than ever. Asked to locate a world-famous explorer who has gone missing after a string of catastrophic events, Posie finds herself in... more
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Turkeys, Tuxes, and Tabbies (Zoe Donovan, Bk 10) by Kathi Daley
When the cat lady of Ashton Falls is found dead in her home just days before Thanksgiving, Zoe must track down a killer while dealing with dozens of cats and kittens and a house full of socialites who have come to Ashton Falls to bid on Zak in a high class bachelor auction.
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Seaside Secrets (Dune House Cozy Mystery Series) (Volume 1) by Cindy Bell
Suzie Allen gets a call to inform her that her estranged Uncle Harry has passed away and has unexpectedly left her Dune House, a beautiful house on the beach that was once a Bed and Breakfast. With her best friend, Mary, going through a messy divorce, the two decide to get away and go to the... more
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Death Pays a Visit (A Myrtle Clover Mystery) (Volume 7) by Elizabeth Spann Craig
When psychic (and hubcap retailer) Wanda Alewine pays a late-night visit to Myrtle Clover, she urges the octogenarian sleuth to head straight to Greener Pastures Retirement Home. But Wanda doesn't want Myrtle to consider the Home's dubious amenities--she wants Myrtle to prevent a murder seen in... more
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Circle of Influence (Zoe Chambers, Bk 1) by Annette Dashofy
Zoe Chambers, paramedic and deputy coroner in rural Pennsylvania's tight-knit Vance Township, has been privy to a number of local secrets over the years, some of them her own. But secrets become explosive when a dead body is found in the Township Board president's abandoned car.
As a... more
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Lost Legacy (Zoe Chambers, Bk 2) by Annette Dashofy
On a sultry summer afternoon, Paramedic Zoe Chambers responds to a call and finds a farmer’s body hanging from the rafters of his hay barn. What first appears to be a suicide quickly becomes something sinister when Zoe links the victim to a pair of deaths forty-five years earlier. Her... more
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Diva Las Vegas (Raven McShane) (Volume 1) by Stephanie Caffrey
When Las Vegas exotic dancer Raven McShane launches a private detective business, no one takes her seriously. But when a former dancer and good friend needs help solving the town's most notorious murder, Raven joins forces with a built bouncer and a smokin' hot Mormon to uncover the killer's... more
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Wouldn't It Be Deadly (Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins, Bk 1) by D. E. Ireland
Following her successful appearance at an Embassy Ball -- where Eliza Doolittle won Professor Henry Higgins’ bet that he could pass off a Cockney flower girl as a duchess -- Eliza becomes an assistant to his chief rival Emil Nepommuck. After Nepommuck publicly takes credit for transforming... more
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Mummified Meringues (Lexy Baker Cozy Mystery Series) (Volume 10) by Leighann Dobbs
Murder hits a little too close to home for bakery owner Lexy Baker when a grim discovery is made in her homicide detective husband, Jack's, basement. With Jack as the main suspect, Lexy has to turn up the heat and find the real killer while still trying to whip up the perfect meringue cookie... more
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The Impersonator (Roaring Twenties, Bk 1) by Mary Miley
In 1917, Jessie Carr, fourteen years old and sole heiress to her family’s vast fortune, disappeared without a trace. Now, years later, her uncle Oliver Beckett thinks he’s found her: a young actress in a vaudeville playhouse is a dead ringer for his missing niece. But when Oliver... more
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Silent Murders (Roaring Twenties, Bk 2) by Mary Miley
Vaudeville actress Leah Randall took on her most daring role ever when she impersonated missing heiress Jessie Carr in order to claim Jessie’s inheritance in The Impersonator. Now that the dust has settled around that tumultuous time in her life, Leah has adopted Jessie’s name as her... more
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Alaskan Alliance (Zoe Donovan, Bk 12) by Kathi Daley
Zak and Zoe fly to Alaska after Zoe is asked by her dog trainer friend Peter to fly to Moosehead Alaska to deliver a search and rescue dog to a team who is desperate for some canine help after their own dog is injured during a rescue. Within twelve hours of arriving in the isolated little town,... more
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Christmas Cozy (Zoe Donovan, Bk 11) by Kathi Daley
Christmas in Ashton Falls is always a magical time of year. The first big snow has arrived, the tree in the town square has been decorated, the window displays completed, and Hometown Christmas is just around the corner. Zoe finds herself knee deep in holiday shopping and Children?s wishes as... more
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Bad Weather, Bad Man (The Curious Librarian Cozy Mystery #2) by Zana Hart
Lauren Long, library director in the charming town of Silvermine, Colorado, welcomes homeless people to use the library. One is Billy, who sends email from the library's computers and warns Lauren about a bad man. When Billy is found dead in the forest, murder is suspected. Billy's cousin Barb... more
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Snow White Red-Handed (Fairy Tale Fatal, Bk 1) by Maia Chance
Miss Ophelia Flax is a Victorian actress who knows all about making quick changes and even quicker exits. But to solve a fairy-tale crime in the haunted Black Forest, she'll need more than a bit of charm...
1867: After being fired from her latest variety hall engagement, Ophelia acts her... more
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Merit Badge Murder (Merry Wrath, Bk 1) by Leslie Langtry
From national bestselling author, Leslie Langtry comes a mystery series of laugh-out-loud proportions... When CIA agent Merry Wrath is "accidently" outted, she's forced her into early retirement, changes her appearance, and moves where no one will ever find her - Iowa. Instead of... more
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If the Shoe Kills (Tourist Trap, Bk 3) by Lynn Cahoon
The tourist town of South Cove, California, is a lovely place to spend the holidays. But this year, shop owner Jill Gardner discovers there's no place like home for homicide. . .
As owner of Coffee, Books, and More, Jill Gardner looks forward to the hustle and bustle of holiday shoppers.... more
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Kicked to the Curb (Cara Mia Delgatto, Bk 2) by Joanna Campbell Slan
Cara Mia Delgatto's cup runneth over with worries. Her ex-husband is refusing to pay their son's college tuition, her evil sister is pulling mean pranks, and her old boyfriend has broken her heart. And that's just the personal stuff. She's also concerned about keeping the cash... more
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Tear Down and Die (Cara Mia Delgatto, Bk 1) by Joanna Campbell Slan
After her parents die within six months of each other and her son goes off to college, savvy entrepreneur Cara Mia Delgatto decides she REALLY needs to get a life. A road trip leads to her grandfather Poppy's home on the picturesque Treasure Coast of Florida, where she impulsively snaps up... more
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Body Bags & Blarney (Vivienne Finch, Bk 3) by J. D. Shaw
After a long winter season, Vivienne Finch and the residents of Cayuga Cove are just itching to put away the snow blowers and shovels for good and welcome the return of spring. With preparations underway for the annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade and Luck of the Irish Carnival, members of the... more
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One Garish Ghost & Blueberry Peach Jam (Dead by the Numbers Mysteries) (Volume 1) by ...
From National Bestselling author Jennifer Fischetto comes a hauntingly humorous new series... Gianna Mancini has chatted with ghosts most of her life. It's never affected her much. Until now. The latest ghost in Gianna's family-centric, boy-complicated, job-depleted world is Emma Tinsdale, a... more
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Ashton Falls Cozy Cookbook by Kathi Daley
Come for the Murder Stay for the Romance Christmas in Ashton Falls is a special time of year. Snow is falling, trees are trimmed, and holiday shoppers migrate to Main Street to view the holiday windows and buy those last minute gifts. Join Zoe Donovan as she spends Christmas Eve reminiscing... more
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Murder, She Floats: A Damon Lassard Dabbling Detective Mystery by Stephen Kaminski
A suicide note found in a locked room. A shard of glass buried in a scoop of whipped potatoes. A pickle jar filled with poisonous spiders. Precious jewels yanked off of a woman?s neck but left at her feet. It?s just a week in the life of Damon Lassard when he boards The Vitamin of the Seas with... more
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Death by Pink Flamingo (Pink Flamingo Hotel, Bk 1) by Elisabeth Crabtree
Anna Hart, one of the new owners of the Pink Flamingo Hotel, is in trouble. Everyone in Hatter's Cove is talking about her. They're convinced she knocked off her sweet and kindly old uncle for her inheritance and if that weren't bad enough, one person seems determined to make her pay... more
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Murder on the Mediterranean (Capucine Culinary Mystery) by Alexander Campion
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Body Wave: A Text-A-Nurse Cozy Mystery (Volume 1) by R.V. Doon
Body Wave is Book I in the Text-A-Nurse Cozy Mystery Series introducing amateur nurse-sleuth Reece Carson. Body Wave is a cozy murder mystery wrapped in a romance. Death by Natural Causes...or was it Murder? Only one person knows the answer to that question, but Reece Carson, nurse entrepreneur... more
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Body Aches: A Text-A-Nurse Cozy Mystery (Book 2) (Volume 2) by R.V. Doon
This cozy mystery series features a quirky amateur female sleuth with a penchant for solving murder by using her nursing instincts. Reece Carson, nurse entrepreneur, isn?t looking for trouble on New Year?s Eve in this cozy mystery series. No, she?s standing on a rooftop in her hot boyfriend?s... more
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Dead Man's Carve (Tickled to Death, Bk 1) by Kym Roberts
Rilee Dust isn’t your typical wood carver, she’s young and making a go of it in the small village of Tickle Creek, Oregon. She’s also the only one in town who isn’t determined to get rid her strip club neighbor. Everyone else, however, is ready to evict the Girls, Girls,... more
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Dead On Arrival (Malia Fern, Bk 1) by Kym Roberts
Catch the Wave with a wild new paranormal mystery series that will leave you locked in the middle of the impact zone!
Bikinis and board shorts are all in a day's work for surf instructor Malia Fern. Life is good on the island of Kaua'i, even if her social calendar is lacking and a... more
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437
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Old Fashioned Crooks (Donut Shop, Bk 17) by Jessica Beck
When donut shop assistant Emma’s bad boyfriend is found dead in the middle of a freshly lit bonfire during the Spirit Night celebration, Suzanne and Grace must dig into the case, with Jake adding his own special skills to the investigation. The team soon gets into trouble when the search... more
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Definitely Dead (Empty Nest, Bk 1) by Lois Winston
When her career is outsourced to Asia, fledgling romance author and empty-nester Gracie Elliott wants a job that will allow her time to write. So she opens Relatively Speaking, becoming a wing woman to the senior set. Since her clients need several hours each morning to find their teeth, lube... more
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Dae's Christmas Past (Missing Pieces, Bk 6) by Joyce Lavene & Jim Lavene
Dae O'Donnell has a psychic gift for finding lost things and people that has been passed down to her from her grandmother. She runs the Missing Pieces Thrift Store to have a place to keep some of the things she finds, and to give back things that are missing to their rightful owners.
When... more
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Dog-Nabbed (Doodlebugged, Bk 3) by Susan J. Kroupa
What’s not to love about a trip the Blue Ridge Mountains? Doodle has a blast -- biggest yard ever, plus wild turkeys to chase -- while Molly enjoys visiting her grandparents. But then Molly’s good friend, Lizzie, begs for help. Lizzie’s father, under the... more
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The Girl with the Dachshund Tattoo (Pampered Pets, Bk 6) by Sparkle Abbey
She has to stay low. Ears to the ground. Danger's nipping at her heels.
Mel's tracking a killer in the world of racing dachshunds.
Wiener takes all at the Laguna Beach Dachshund Dash. Melinda Langston, owner of Bow Wow Boutique, and her quirky assistant, Betty Foxx, are on hand to... more
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The White Magic Five & Dime (Tarot, Bk 1) by Steve Hockensmith & Lisa Falco
Much to Alanis McLachlan's surprise, her estranged con-woman mother has left her an inheritance: The White Magic Five & Dime, a shop in tiny Berdache, Arizona. Reluctantly traveling to Berdache to claim her new property, Alanis decides to stay and pick up her mother's tarot business... more
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Past Due (Savannah Martin Mystery) (Volume 8) by Jenna Bennett
Sins of the past are coming due, and someone has to pay...! Savannah Martin?s high school reunion is supposed to be a fun weekend of catching up with old friends and parading her boyfriend?Sweetwater bad boy Rafael Collier?in front of everyone who used to sneer at him back in the day. Not even... more
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Dirty Deeds by Jenna Bennett
Savannah Martin's frugality blows up in her face when she rents out her apartment for the weekend to a woman ostensibly in town for a job interview. When the stranger turns up strangled, and turns out to have been entertaining clients in Savannah's bed, MNPD Detective Tamara Grimaldi swoops in... more
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Bikinis in Paradise (Tj Jensen Paradise Lake Mystery) (Volume 3) by Kathi Daley
When the Tropical Tan Corporation descends on Maggie's Hideaway, the lakeside resort where Tj Jensen lives, she must juggle a bikini contest, BBQ cookoff, missing model, and dead chaperone while her father is out of town. Lead deputy Dylan Caine is on vacation while his sister is in town leaving... more
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Organized for Homicide (Organized Mysteries) (Volume 2) by Ritter Ames
Organization expert Kate McKenzie is looking forward to her newest consignment: organize the cross-country move for a divorced father and his two children. But when a dead body turns up, Kate's carefully organized plans are thrown into chaos. Was it an accident? Or murder? Kate aims to find out... more
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Kelly's Koffee Shop (Cedar Bay, Bk 1) by Dianne Harman
Kelly pulled into the harbor parking lot next to the pier and noticed that Amber's car wasn't in its usual place and there was no sign of her. She was usually standing at the door of Kelly's Koffee Shop, waiting for Kelly to open up. Wonder what that's all about, she thought. The... more
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A Zen for Murder (Mooseamuck Island, Bk 1) by Leighann Dobbs
Tourist season is about to start, and murder is the last thing on the minds of the locals in Mooseamuck Island, Maine ... but that's about to change. When local psychic Zoila Rivers is found dead at the zen garden, retired police consultants Dominic Benedetti and Claire Watkins are forced to... more
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Deadlines: A Written to Death Mystery (Volume 1) by E. Hepner
Ainsley Moss never thought she?d become a representative for the dead. But as a newbie obituary writer for the Aurora Fall?s Guardian, she gets a sneak peek at her new profession. Her ex-best friend and rival newspaper worker turns up blue and stiff as a board in the women?s bathroom?after... more
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A Motive for Murder (Misty Sales, Bk 1) by Morgana Best
Misty Sales is a slightly overweight journalist for a paranormal magazine in Australia. While her social life is almost non existent, she does have one skill: while wearing shapewear and with her reading glasses perched on her nose, she can out-research the best of them, especially when her... more
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Fatal Brushstroke (An Aurora Anderson Mystery) (Volume 1) by Sybil Johnson
A CHARMING MYSTERY FILLED WITH COLORFUL CHARACTERS??Johnson paints characters with a folksy charm that makes them feel like family. But beware! This richly-textured mystery has it all: family secrets, professional competition, and judgments cast for past mistakes. Color me a fan!? ? Diane... more
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Fatal Chocolate Obsession (Death by Chocolate) (Volume 5) by Sally Berneathy
A bouquet of roses, a bottle of wine, a crystal butterfly?and a dead man in the alley behind Death by Chocolate. Gifts for Lindsay, left in the middle of the night. Is her ex-husband Rick between girlfriends and pursuing her again? Did he leave the roses and wine? He has done the out-of-season... more
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An Aria of Omens (Wisteria Tearoom, Bk 3) by Patrice Greenwood
A cop at the opera...
Wisteria Tearoom owner Ellen Rosings coaxes Detective Tony Aragón to go with her to the Santa Fe Opera, but the magnificent performance of Tosca ends in disaster. In bizarre counterpoint to the opera's plot, the leading man is murdered in his dressing room,... more
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Finding Sky (Nicki Valentine, Bk 1) by Susan O'Brien
She's a parent. She's (almost) a P.I. No one gets on your case like mom. Suburban widow and P.I. in training Nicki Valentine can barely keep track of her two kids, never mind anyone else. But when her best friend's adoption plan is jeopardized by the young birth... more
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Chasing the Dollar (Miranda Vaughn Mysteries) (Volume 1) by Ellie Ashe
"High stakes, high energy, and a highly humorous good time! From Belize to Macau, this is one globe trotting adventure you don't want to miss!" ?Gemma Halliday, New York Times Bestselling author Miranda Vaughn has spent the last year and a half fighting for her freedom. Arrested for a fraud... more
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The Chef at the Water's Edge (Hannah Starvling, Bk 1) by Kee Patterbee
Hannah Starvling is a former FBI agent turned Chef Culinary Consultant along with her friends Buster and Cate Jordon attend a cooking festival honoring the town’s famous Chef, Julia Karas, who died a year prior in a terrible accident.
Hannah resigned her position with the FBI after a... more
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Pies & Peril: A Culinary Competition Mystery (Culinary Competition Mysteries) (Volume...
When Amy Ridley decided to compete in the Kellerton Summer Festival Pie Contest, the last thing she expected was to find the reigning pie queen, Mandy Jo, dead?a raspberry pie smashed on her face! Mandy Jo made fantastic pies, but she accumulated more enemies than baking trophies. But when Amy... more
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Murder at Dareswick Hall (Rose Simpson, Bk 2) by Margaret Addison
Rose Simpson is delighted to be invited by the Earl of Belvedere to visit Baron Atherton and his family at their remote country home, Dareswick Hall. However, what promises to be an enjoyable weekend is ruined by the arrival of an unwelcome guest, the result of which is murder. Set in the autumn... more
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Death in Perspective (Cherry Tucker, Bk 4) by Larissa Reinhart
The curtain rises on Cherry Tucker's debut as a high school set designer at the posh Peerless Day Academy. Cherry's been hired for an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, but the drama director is hoping Cherry can also turn the spotlight on a malicious social media bully who's sending... more
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Motion for Murder (Jamie Winters Mysteries) (Volume 1) by Kelly Rey
Jamie Winters loathes her job as a secretary in the sleaziest law firm in New Jersey. Trouble is, someone else loathes the whole firm?enough to kill one of the partners, the two-timing, eleven-fingered king of lowbrow television commercial spots, Dougie Digits. Now, Jamie is being strong-armed... more
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Dirty Tricks by Judith K Ivie
Seventh Kate Lawrence Mystery. The amateur sleuth and her realtor partners investigate the sometimes adversarial relationship between authors and publishers and the frightening consequences of thwarted creative egos. When well-known mystery writer Maybelle Farnsworth moves to Wethersfield a few... more
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Up in the Air: A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 21 (The Chloe Boston Mystery Series) (Volu...
Hope Falls is hosting its first Kite Festival to raise funds for the animal shelter. The festival will bring in funds, tourists and a pair of feuding kite makers, one of whom ends up dead. A little investigation proves that the late Gerhardt Brandt was not a good man and had an impressive list... more
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The Davenport Caper: A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 20 (The Chloe Boston Mystery Series)...
Chloe is invited to a swank party where a jewel hiest occurs. It appears to be an open and shut case until Chloe begins nosing around. Along the way Chloe succeeds in stirring up some ghosts from her past. The Davenport Caper is a classic whodunit with lots of laughs and love to spare.
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Cook the Books (Scrappy Librarian, Bk 3) by Marion Moore Hill
Cook the Books is a mystery novel featuring protagonist Juanita Wills, intrepid (aka nosy) public librarian in the small town of Wyndham, Oklahoma. The story takes Juanita into the world of adult literacy instruction, as she strives to prove the innocence of her student, Tracy Marie Riek, who is... more
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The Corpse with the Platinum Hair (Cait Morgan, Bk 4) by Cathy Ace
Welsh Canadian foodie and criminologist Cait Morgan takes off on a short break to the fabulous Tsar! Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas with her significant other, retired cop Bud Anderson. But before they can start celebrating Bud's birthday in style at the casino owners' exclusive private... more
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Gator Bait (Miss Fortune, Bk 5) by Jana DeLeon
Things are starting to look up for Fortune Redding. Even though her life was at stake, the CIA assassin had balked at taking on a new identity in Sinful, Louisiana. But instead of hating it like she'd thought she would, Fortune now has friends she cares about and just finished up... more
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The Butterfly Caper: a sparrow falls mystery #4 by Donna McLean
Summer is drawing to a comfortable close in cozy Sparrow Falls, North Carolina, even while unnerving and mysterious thefts are taking place in small towns throughout the southeast. When a bold thief hits Addie's wee carriage house - and dares to do so even in the middle of the day - senior... more
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The Tell-Tail Heart: A Cattarina Mystery (Cattarina Mysteries) (Volume 1) by Monica S...
The untold story behind Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart." Philadelphia, 1842: Poe?s cat, Cattarina, becomes embroiled in a killer?s affairs when she finds a clue to the crime - a glass eye. But it?s only when her beloved ?Eddie? takes an interest that she decides to hunt down the... more
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Farmcall Fatality (Mandy Bell DVM Series) (Volume 1) by Abby Deuel
In this first book of the Mandy Bell DVM series, Mandy is summoned to a small Midwestern town called Crestview. A colleague and classmate from vet school has passed away and left her veterinary clinic and house to Mandy. While Mandy has always been a traveling vet in her motor home, she finds... more
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The Cats that Played the Market (The Cats that . . . Cozy Mystery) (Volume 4) by Kare...
A blizzard blows into Indiana, bringing gifts, gala events, and a ghastly murder to heiress Katherine ?Katz? Kendall. It?s Katherine?s birthday, and she gets more than she bargains for when Colleen and her mum visit the Victorian mansion to celebrate. Handsome boyfriend Jake adds to the joys of... more
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Loose & Lethal: Dusty Deals Mystery Series Box Set: Books 1 - 3 (Dusty Deals Mysterie...
The first three Dusty Deals Mystery series novels in one box set. Read along in this fun cozy mystery series as amateur sleuth and antique store owner, Lucy Mathews, her Alaskan malamute, Kiska and a cast of quirky characters discover romance and murder in the mountains of Montana. Loose Screw ... more
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The Curious Case of the Missing Figurehead (Professor and Mrs. Littlefield, Bk 1) by ...
She’s Passionate about Solving the Case ... with the Town’s Life-Long Bachelor El Littllefield runs The Butler Did It catering. It’s the perfect cover for her to solve “who-done-its” (nothing too dangerous, please!) in this small university town nestled in... more
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Killer Christmas (An Emma Wild Mystery) (Volume 1) by Harper Lin
Includes Holiday Drink Recipes! 20k novella. After breaking up with hunky movie star Nick Doyle, Grammy Award-winning singer Emma Wild returns to her hometown for Christmas to get away from it all. In Hartfield, a small town in Ontario, Canada, she gets caught up in a murder case after a fan's... more
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A Hiss-tory of Magic (Wonder Cats, Bk 1) by Harper Lin
Cath Greenstone, her cousin Bea and her hippie aunt Astrid live in Wonder Falls, a small town near the mystical Niagara Falls. They run the Brew-Ha-Ha café, and they're witches hiding in plain sight, along with their three magical cats Treacle, Peanut Butter and Marshmallow. When the... more
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Death is Long Overdue (Phee Jefferson, Bk 1) by Amy E. Lilly
When your time's up in Miller's Cove, there's no chance to renew...
Antique-loving librarian Ophelia "Phee" Jefferson is perfectly content managing the small library in Miller's Cove. It's a peaceful village where her greatest annoyances are unreturned library... more
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The Sleuth Sisters (Sleuth Sisters, Bk 1) by Maggie Pill
Recently unemployed, Faye Burner talks her retired sister Barbara into opening a detective agency. Their first few months are disappointing, since no one in their small Michigan town believes two fifty-something women can (or should) be private investigators. Faye wants to ask their... more
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3 Sleuths, 2 Dogs, 1 Murder (Sleuth Sisters, Bk 2) by Maggie Pill
When Retta’s “gentleman friend” is accused of murder, the Sleuth Sisters take on the case. Winston Darrow is a charmer, but his secrets create trouble that spills onto Retta, Barb, Faye, and even police chief Rory Neuencamp. Someone is out to get Win, someone he claims is the... more
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Heroes & Hooligans in Goose Pimple Junction (Goose Pimple Junction, Bk 2) by Amy Metz
Goose Pimple Junction is just recovering from a kidnapping and a murder, its first major crimes in years, when trouble begins anew.
Life is turned upside down in the quirky little Southern town with the arrival of several shifty hooligans: A philandering husband intent on getting his wife... more
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Spooky Hijinks: An Agnes Barton Paranormal Mystery (Volume 3) by Madison Johns
It?s December in the neighboring cities of Tawas City and East Tawas, and they have one thing in common?Christmas is drawing nearer. The only problem is that homes are being broken into in alarming numbers, with guns stolen. Even local militia members Curt and Curtis Hill are victims. That is,... more
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Lethal Black Dress (Crime of Fashion, Bk 10) by Ellen Byerrum
When does a little black dress become a lethal black dress? When it becomes unexpectedly weaponized at the most security-conscious event in Washington, D.C. -- the fabled White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Fashion reporter Lacey Smithsonian is delighted to finally take her place at... more
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Thin Crust Killers (Pizza Lovers, Bk 7) by Chris Cavender
When the local bank is held up, one of its security guards is murdered during the robbery. Things get even more complicated when the note from the robber is discovered to have been written on a brand new menu from A Slice of Delight. Eleanor and Maddy must dig up the truth before it comes back... more
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Shadow of Doubt (Carol Childs, Bk 1) by Nancy Cole Silverman
When a top Hollywood Agent is found poisoned in the bathtub of her home, suspicion quickly turns to one of her two nieces. But Carol Childs, a reporter for a local talk radio station, doesn’t believe it. The suspect is her neighbor and friend, and also her primary source for insider... more
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Destined for Trouble (A Jules Cannon Mystery) by Claudia Lefeve
Recently dumped by her boyfriend of two years, FBI crime analyst Jules Cannon decides to take a much needed vacation and heads to her hometown of Trouble Island, Texas. All Jules wants to do is relax, forget about her failed relationship, and work on her tan. Her anticipated beach vacation... more
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Death in the English Countryside (Murder on Location, Bk 1) by Sara Rosett
Location scout and Jane Austen fan, Kate Sharp, is thrilled when her company lands the job of finding locations for a new film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, but after her boss fails to return from a scouting trip, Kate travels to England to salvage the company's reputation before word... more
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The Gourmet Who Kept Diamonds in the Kitchen (Hannah Starvling, Bk 2) by Kee Patterbe...
Gourmet and chef Elias Babel, an expert in truffles, the highly sought after mushroom delicacies referred to as nature's diamonds, took a nasty fall from his hotel balcony. Friend Hannah Starvling, a former FBI agent turned culinary consultant and amateur sleuth, suspects it was not an... more
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Deadly Arrangements: Book Two in The Flower Shop Mystery Series (Volume 2) by Annie A...
All florist Quincy McKay wants is success in business, a happy family and the perfect romance with Alex Cooper, the hottest cop in the state. Not necessarily in that order, of course. Is that so much to ask? The trouble is, between Alex?s job and planning weddings, it?s getting harder and... more
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Dying for a Dude (Laurel McKay Mysteries) (Volume 4) by Cindy Sample
By national bestselling author Cindy Sample, a 2012 and 2014 LEFTY Finalist for Best Humorous Mystery
"Cindy Sample's DYING FOR A DUDE is the perfect blend of intrigue, mystery and romance." -Brenda Novak, USA Today Bestselling Author
THE WEST JUST GOT WILDER!
When Laurel McKay agrees to... more
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Funerals Can Be Murder: Every Wife Has a Story (A Carol and Jim Andrews Baby Boomer M...
Baby Boomer Carol Andrews is shocked to hear that her hunky landscaper, Will Finnegan, has died, and feels obligated to pay her respects to his family. But this Finnegan?s wake is shut down before it even starts, when Carol discovers someone has added a pair of scissors to the guest of honor?s... more
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Under an English Heaven (Ellie Kent, Bk 1) by Alice K. Boatwright
When Ellie Kent moves to an English village with her new husband Graham, she fears the villagers will always see her as that young American who snared their attractive vicar during his sabbatical in California. But this challenge is nothing compared to what happens when she stumbles across a... more
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Muzzled (Kate Turner, DVM, Bk 1) by Eileen Brady
Making rounds to homes one wet spring morning, veterinarian Dr. Kate Turner rescues a family’s hamster from a vacuum cleaner, then visits an estate whose owners breed champion Cavalier King Charles spaniels. Instead of sharing traditional tea with the couple, she confronts a bloody... more
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Madness in Brewster Square by Narielle Living
Ava Maria Sophia Cecilia loves her family but hates it when her brother Giuseppe starts talking about the paranormal, especially since she probably doesn't believe in ghosts. Once again, Giuseppe has conned her into helping out with one of his boring paranormal investigations where nothing ever... more
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The Cunning Cruise Ship Caper: A Sandy Fairfax Teen Idol Mystery: Book Three by Sall...
It?s been years since Sandy Fairfax was a teen idol and starred in his hit ?70s television series Buddy Brave, Boy Sleuth, but he still has his fans. Now it?s 1993 and many of his grown-up fans see a leisurely cruise as the ideal vacation. So, when Sandy?s agent finds him a pleasant gig aboard... more
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Rise and Die (The Early Bird Cafe Cozy Mystery Series) (Volume 1) by Ginny Gold
Kori Cooke loves living in her hometown of Hermit Cove and running her dream business?The Early Bid Café. For two years, she?s been the sole breakfast spot in town so when culinary rival, Tessa Doyle, moves to the small town, Kori can?t help but think she?s just there to compete. Suddenly,... more
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Never Thwart a Thespian (Leigh Koslow Mystery Series) (Volume 8) by Edie Claire
This curtain is going up?
No matter what else goes down. Leigh?s intrepid Aunt Bess has decided that an abandoned building in the small Pittsburgh borough of West View would make the perfect theater for her troupe of local thespians, and when Bess sets her mind to something, it generally... more
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Sunny Side Up by Maureen Kovach & Brigette R Howard
humorous cozy mystery set on the Lake Erie Islands. Best friends, Francie and June find themselves in the middle of a murder investigation. They need to find out who burnt down their friend's store, discover the identity of the charred corpse found in the wreckage, and clear Francie's husband,... more
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Murder at Jade Cove (A Cedar Bay Cozy Mystery) (Volume 2) by Dianne Harman
Was it the environmental activist enamored with spotted owls, someone from the local Native American tribe, Jeff?s son, Jeff?s wife, or his wife?s lover? Join Kelly, the owner of Kelly?s Koffee Shop, her boxer dog, Rebel, and her fiancé, Mike, the county sheriff, as they try and catch the person... more
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Pillow Stalk (Mad for Mod, Bk 1) by Diane Vallere
Interior Decorator Madison Night has modeled her life after a character in a Doris Day movie, but when a killer targets women dressed like the bubbly actress, Madison's signature sixties style places her in the middle of a homicide investigation.
The local detective connects the new... more
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That Touch of Ink (Mad for Mod, Bk 2) by Diane Vallere
When interior decorator Madison Night receives a five thousand dollar bill in the mail, she knows it's a message from her past. But when she discovers a corpse while trying to learn of the bill's value, Madison suspects her former lover wants more than a reconciliation.
His actions... more
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Death Nell (Noshes Up North, Bk 1) by Mary Grace Murphy
Nell Bailey has always suspected food would be the death of her, but never did she consider her relationship with tempting treats would cause her to be a target for murder. After writing an extremely negative review of "Sam's Slam" and posting it on her blog "Noshes Up... more
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Death Knock: A Noshes Up North Culinary Mystery (A Noshes Up North Culinary Mystery S...
From the author of Death Nell, Mary Grace Murphy, a new Noshes Up North Culinary Mystery!
When Nell Bailey discovers a dead body, she finds herself in hot water. How can she solve the crime before the police suspect her?
Noshes Up North Wisconsin food blogger and restaurant reviewer, Nell... more
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Killer WASPs: A Killer Wasps Mystery (Killer Wasps Mysteries) by Amy Korman
Crime really stings in Killer WASPsBryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, is a haven for East Coast WASPs, where tennis tournaments and cocktails at the club are revered traditions. Little happens in the sleepy suburb, and that is the way the Lilly Pulitzer?clad residents prefer it. So when antiques store... more
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The Lanvin Murders by Angela M. Sanders
All Portland, Oregon, vintage clothing store owner Joanna Hayworth wants to do is turn her back on the modern world and retreat into a carefully curated life of satin cocktail gowns, icy martinis, and old movies. But when Joanna finds a key in a 1930s Lanvin coat cast off by an ex-showgirl,... more
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Ghostly Hijinks (An Agnes Barton Paranormal Mystery) (Volume 2) by Madison Johns
Driving up Highway 50 through Nevada, said to be the loneliest road in America, sure would make a body nervous. Unless, of course, you?re Agnes Barton, who welcomes the challenge and the chance to check out a real ghost town. But before she even arrives in Silver, Nevada, a mystery has unfolded... more
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Imogene in New Orleans by Hunter Murphy
Imogene Deal McGregor has lived nearly three-quarters of a century in Alabama. She has a penchant for following her own instincts, as well as more grit and spunk than her hypochondriac son, Billy McGregor, and Billy's impulsive partner Jackson Miller can handle. The boys take Imogene to New... more
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Death of a Dapper Snowman (Stormy Day, Bk 1) by Angela Pepper
Gift shop owner Stormy Day is settling into her new life until she comes across a frozen body, hidden inside a well-dressed snowman. When her own father is implicated in the murder, Stormy must chase down clues and uncover the town's secrets herself. As she draws closer to identifying the... more
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Murder in the Past Tense (Miss Prentice Cozy Mysteries) by E. E. Kennedy
It?s summer, and Amelia is a lady in waiting. When she happens on a familiar face in a tabloid newspaper, she and Gil reminisce about another summer, long, long ago when they were teens, working with a summer stock company. There was drama that summer, along with romance. And danger. Though much... more
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New Math Is Murder by Jo-Ann Lamon Reccoppa
Reporter Colleen Caruso was never good at math. A stingy ex-husband, a teenage daughter, and a rusted-out Ford Escort have multiplied her troubles. Tripping over a dead body while on her morning jog seems like another incident for the minus column. But then her new editor at the newspaper gives... more
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A Bird's Eye View of Murder (Frankie Chandler Pet Psychic Mysteries) (Volume 2) by Ja...
Frankie Chandler is feeling frazzled. Ever since the night she lost her ability to communicate with animals (and wound up reading the minds of two potential dates), things have gone downhill. Clients aren't flocking to her new animal behavior business, and her love life is as dry as the... more
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Swamp Team 3 (Miss Fortune, Bk 4) by Jana DeLeon
What's a little arson between friends? Undercover CIA agent Fortune Redding spent her first three weeks in Sinful, Louisiana dodging insults, makeup advice, guard dogs, bullets, and Deputy Carter LeBlanc, both professionally and personally. But just when she thinks things are... more
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Barking Mad at Murder (Frankie Chandler Pet Psychic, Bk 1) by Jacqueline Vick
Frankie Chandler is a pet psychic -- at least that’s how she bills her services. Her “telepathic abilities” actually come to her via animal behavior books and her ability to cold read people, a skill that she learned from her tarot card-reading Aunt Gertrude, a.k.a. Madame... more
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Memories and Matchsticks (A Sam McNamee Mystery) by N. Gemini Sasson
There's an arsonist on the loose in rural Wilton, Indiana -- and he'll do whatever it takes to keep from being found out. Even murder.
Out of work, accident prone, and dateless, Sam McNamee packs up her belongings and her daughter to move to the Florida Keys, where she can pen love... more
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Main Street Murder (A Jake and Emma Mystery) (Volume 2) by Linda Crowder
Accidental detectives Jake and Emma Rand are back in a new adventure. A spring blizzard traps the citizens of Casper, Wyoming in their homes, closing roads and shutting down highways out of town. When murder strikes in spite of the snow, suspicion immediately turns to the victim's neighbors -... more
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Granny Snows a Sneak: A Fuchsia, Minnesota Mystery by Julie Seedorf
Granny may be retired as Fuchsia, Minnesota?s one-woman undercover sleuth for the Fuchsia Police Department, but that doesn?t mean she still doesn?t need a trusty weapon. Her weapon of choice? A pink snow shovel. When Granny runs over a dead body with her snowmobile, she unwittingly sets off a... more
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Death Comes to Town (Darcy Sweet Mystery) (Volume 1) by K. J. Emrick
Darcy Sweet would like to think that she is just an ordinary woman, happy in her life running the Sweet Read bookstore. But she isn't ordinary. She has a connection to the other side that seems to draw her into mysterious situations more often than not. Add to the mix the antics of a rather... more
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Pasture Postmortem (Mandy Bell DVM Series) (Volume 2) by Abby Deuel
In the second book of the Mandy Bell DVM Mystery Series, Mandy's life is action-packed from page one. First, her RV floods, waking her up. Then she finds herself in a sea of ailing cattle after a cattle truck has been struck by a train. Recovering from the drama of that disaster, Mandy then... more
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The Cemetery Club (A Darcy & Flora Cozy Mystery) (Volume 1) by Blanche Day Manos &...
Goshen Cemetery lay quiet and peaceful under a benevolent spring sky. Darcy Campbell and her mother, Flora Tucker, had no inkling that in a few moments, the scene would change and they would face a horror on the ground and a threat from above, beyond their imaginations. Becoming entangled in a... more
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Grave Shift (A Darcy & Flora Cozy Mystery) (Volume 2) by Blanche Day Manos & Barb...
Before the long nightmare ended, Darcy would often wish her mother had not opened that letter from an unknown woman. But, she did open it and shared it with her daughter, plunging both Darcy Campbell and Flora Tucker into a tale of an unsolved mystery, a web of secrets, and the discovery of an... more
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Best Left Buried (A Darcy & Flora Cozy Mystery) (Volume 3) by Blanche Day Manos
Darcy Campbell might have expected life in a small Oklahoma town nestled in the beautiful Ozark foothills to be as idyllic as the scenery. That, however, is not what she finds when she returns to her hometown of Levi after the death of her husband. One autumn morning, Darcy and her mother,... more
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Murder Under the Italian Moon (Lella York Mysteries) (Volume 1) by Maria Grazia Swan
When Lella York went vacationing in Italy, she never imagined the mess she'd come home to. Upon her return her best friend, Ruby, is missing, Ruby's husband is dead, and suddenly the police have more questions for Lella than answers...especially one sexy veteran detective whose attentions have... more
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A Dose of Death: A Helen Binney Mystery (Helen Binney Mysteries) (Volume 1) by Gin Jo...
As the former governor's wife, Helen Binney is used to being in charge. So when illness and two pushy nieces force her to take on a visiting nurse, Helen uses every trick in the book to slip away from the annoying woman. Only someone must have disliked the nurse even more than Helen, because the... more
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A Denial of Death (Helen Binney) (Volume 2) by Gin Jones
Helen Binney projected a powerful image as the former governor's wife, and she's not about to let a little thing like illness force her into doing anything less now. While her pushy nieces think she's at death's door, her handsome lawyer friend thinks she's a hot magnet for trouble...and her new... more
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Undercover Cat (Klepto Cat, Bk 4) by Patricia Fry
Rags, the klepto cat, risks his life in this action-packed story. Colbi Stanton, a popular journalist, goes missing just before turning in her story exposing unscrupulous cat hoarders. Damon (freshly out of prison and employed by the local newspaper) has a strong personal interest in her and he... more
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CATastrophic Connections (Psycho Cat and the Landlady Mystery) (Volume 1) by Joyce An...
"Want a good cozy mystery, where a cat plays an important part in a realistic fashion? Then, CATastrophic Connections is what you?re looking for. This is first and foremost a good mystery. The characters ring true--not super-heroes, but ordinary people trying to solve two crimes before more... more
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Dead Crazy (Lil & Boris #5) (Lil & Boris Mysteries) by Shannon Hill
25% of all royalties goes to support animal charities! Sheriff Lil Eller is juggling a relationship, a new deputy, and the usual pressures of enforcing the law in Crazy, Virginia. Then a land use controversy literally blows up, revealing one of Crazy?s darkest secrets. There?s a killer in town... more
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Three Dog Day (Mae December Mystery) by Lia Farrell
It?s bitter cold in Rosedale, Tennessee, the most frigid January in decades. The kind of chill they used to describe as requiring sleeping with three dogs just to make it through the night. Mae December has found yet another body, this one on the banks of the Little Harpeth River. It?s another... more
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A Killer Plot: A Nosy Neighbor Mystery, Book 2 (Volume 2) by Cynthia Hickey
ANOTHER FAN WANTS THEIR MOMENT OF FAME AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET IT. After Stormi Nelson?s first mystery hits the NYT Best-Selling List, Stormi begins receiving threatening emails and is stalked by a clichéd person in a trench coat and hat. Her stalkers requests are straightforward; Finish... more
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Mother's Day Out (Margie Peterson, Bk 1) by Karen MacInerney
Life is pretty typical for stay-at-home mom Margie Peterson. She's got a peanut-butter-covered wardrobe, an attorney husband who's always at the office, and a mother-in-law who keeps slipping her books like "Sex Secrets of Happy Wives." Then she lands a part-time job at a seedy... more
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Checkered Crime (Laurel London, Bk 1) by Tonya Kappes
Laurel London is one tough cookie. Orphaned and with one heckuva checkered past, she’s grown street smart and no one is going to tell her different, even if it means getting tangled up with the wrong side of the law. After terrorizing Walnut Grove, Kentucky all her adolescent life,... more
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Checkered Past (A Laurel London Mystery) (Volume 2) by Tonya Kappes
Laurel London is one tough cookie. . . Convict Willie Ray Bowman escapes from prison just days away from his date with "Old Sparky," the Kentucky state federal prison electric chair. Laurel hasn't seen Willie Ray since the day he left her picking up the pieces of her broken heart in Walnut... more
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Prosecco Pink (Franki Amato) (Volume 2) by Traci Andrighetti
**Now in development for a TV movie!** For Franki Amato, life in New Orleans is anything but "The Big Easy." When she met handsome bank executive Bradley Hartmann, she knew she'd finally found a man she could trust. But she can't say the same for his sexy new secretary, who is about as... more
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Murderous Muffins (Chubby Chicks Club Mysteries) (Volume 2) by Lois Lavrisa
From Lois Lavrisa, Kindle Bestselling, Award Wining Author of LIQUID LIES and DYING FOR DINNER ROLLS "Murderous Muffins is a hit! Lois Lavrisa writes smart, fun page turning fiction." Andrea Domanski, Author of The Omega Group Series Bezu is a beautiful southern belle with genteel manners. But... more
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The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency (Hettie Bagshot Mysteries) by Mandy Morton
Hettie Bagshot has bitten off more than any cat could chew. As soon as she launches her No. 2 Feline Detective Agency, she's bucketed into a case: Furcross, home for slightly older cats, has a nasty spate of bodysnatching, and three of the residents have been stolen from their graves. Hettie... more
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Death in an English Cottage (Murder on Location, Bk 2) by Sara Rosett
It's spring in England, and location scout Kate Sharp has returned to the quaint village of Nether Woodsmoor with its lush gardens, budding hedgerows, and mellow stone cottages to work on a Jane Austen television documentary. The unique opportunity also gives her the chance to explore a... more
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