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Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 05
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As Jan prepares for a group tea one autumn afternoon, she sees a plume of smoke arising from one of Macy Atherton's Green Glade cottages. Macy's desperate plea for Jan's and Elaine's help is followed by the appearance of Deputy Sheffield who seems intent on questioning their sometimes difficult neighbor and customer. Arson? With Macy as the prime suspect? But not everything is as it appears. As Jan and Elaine follow the trail of clues, they uncover...
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When an opportunity arises for the tearoom to host a special event with famed puzzle maker Bill Markham, Jan is elated. The event brings in puzzle lovers from all over Lancaster, Maine. When Katelyn Grande begins her puzzle, she quickly realizes that it was made specifically for her as a declaration of love. As Jane and Elaine set out to discover who the would-be paramour might be, they quickly find the clues more challenging and cryptic than any...
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
©2016
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's Christmas time in Lancaster, Maine, and it's an occasion for carols, ornaments and poison? When a well-known food critic visits Tea for Two and becomes ill, Jan and Elaine set out to learn what put her there. Has someone tampered with their teas? And if so, who and why? With the critic in the hospital and the tearoom closed for a toxicology screening, the cousins have much riding on their investigation. Meanwhile, Elaine tries not to be envious...
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cousins Elaine Cook and Jan Blake are ready for a new season in their lives. Together they purchase a lakeside Queen Anne-style house in Maine and following in their grandmother's footsteps, convert part of the house into a tearoom. Expecting their new life to be quiet and uneventful, they're surprised to find themselves drawn into baffling mysteries.
5) To a tea
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Business is booming at Tea for Two, so cousins Elaine Cook and Jan Blake decide to hire more help. When Elaine interviews a dapper Englishman with a resume full of important jobs around the world, she can't help but wonder, why does he want to work here?
Author
Series
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
241 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"As the glorious Maine summer wraps up and Lancaster residents eagerly anticipate a Labor Day clambake, the Whisper Art Gallery hosts a special exhibit showcasing military memorabilia to honor local American heroes. The night after the exhibit opening, the sound of a tussle and a gunshot wakens the Leon sisters, who enter their gallery to discover that a huge bag of money has been left behind. Who shot the gun? Was it the same person who left the...
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 19
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Vacationers love Chickadee Lake especially when people start sighting a strange creature in the water. Soon the game warden is called in to help track down the monster. Evidence suggests that the monster was built, could it be that it was built to divert attention from the crime that is about to be committed?--Amazon.com
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 18
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"As the first glorious days of summer reach Lancaster, Maine, Jan makes an unsettling discovery while cleaning out the storage unit containing her late mother's effects. A nondescript manila folder reveals decades worth of faded newspaper clippings about a baby who was taken from a Portland hospital--on the very day Jan was born there. What was behind her mother's obsession with this baby, whose name--Jane--was so close to Jan's?"--Page [4] of cover....
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 15
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
250 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As winter lingers in Lancaster, Maine, a newly recovered statue of a beloved regional author vanishes a week before its unveiling at a library fund-raising event. As the person responsible for the statue, Nathan Culver, Elaine Cook's boyfriend, quickly becomes the prime suspect. Worse, his uncharacteristic and evasive behavior surrounding the matter begins to test her trust in him. With a popular antiques TV show in town, along with a slew of suspects,...
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When a Tea for Two patron's wallet goes missing, the owners, Jan and Elaine, are determined to figure out what happened to it. The incident is not an isolated one: tourists all over Lancaster are reporting stolen wallets, purses, and credit cards. Who is behind the thefts? Can the intrepid cousins stop the culprit before the town's reputation as an idyllic summer getaway is ruined and the tearoom's business suffers?"--Page 4 of cover.
11) On thin ice
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Guideposts Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"As Tear for Two gears up for Valentine's Day, Elaine and Jan hear some shouts behind the tearoom. They look out the window to frozen Chickadee Lake to observe what appear to be inebriated men leaving their ice-fishing shanty. But when the cousins learn that one of the members of their community has gone missing, they're almost certain it's one of the fishermen they saw. Were they witnesses to a crime? As the cousins delve into the man's disappearance,...
12) Stealing Santa
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As the Christmas season arrives in Lancaster, Maine, a series of bizarre burglaries targets the town's businesses, apparently carried out by Santa Claus! Elaine Cook and Jan Blake spring into action to solve the mystery, especially after an attempt is made to rob the tearoom. Who is hiding behind Saint Nick's snowy-white beard?
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"To promote Tea for Two, Jan Blake and Elaine Cook take their tea and goodies to the town's annual Fall Fest. But when Jan joins a horseback trail ride, she finds a woman injured on the ground, with her horse standing nearby. Was it an accident? As the clues add up, the cousins soon realize there's more to the story than meets the eye."
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteris volume 8
Publisher
Guideposts Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the cousins open an unexpected package delivered to the tearoom, they discover a beautiful white china teapot with a lovely floral design. But it is what's inside that really captures Elaine's and Jan's imagination: a hand-drawn map and cryptic poem giving clues to a hidden treasure.
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
249 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the height of Lake Chickadee's tourist season, a spate of home invasion burglaries begins making front-page news. Jan and Elaine discover that someone has left a gun behind in the tearoom. The gun appears to be the same one the newspaper reported as used in the break-ins. But why would someone leave that weapon behind, yet not try to rob the place? Or did they? Worried that their neighborhood is being threatened by a dangerous thief, the cousins...
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 17
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
282 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"April showers bring mystery when a stranger leaves Jan and Elaine a package containing a valuable first edition of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Evangeline. The cousins discover that it once belonged to their late grandmother, and a cryptic note in the book uncovers a family mystery with implications in the present. The cousins take the book to Bristol Payson to learn its value, but when the torrential rains cause the Bookworm to flood, the book is...
18) Trouble brewing
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Jan and Blake and Elaine Cook arrive at Lancaster Community Church to prepare for the Mother-Daughter tea, they discover that the historic white clapboard building has been broken into. Have the cousins stumbled on to yet another mystery? At first, it appears that nothing was taken, but it soon becomes clear that something valuable -- dating back to the very founding of maine and part of Pastor Mike's family hictory -- is gone. And then another...
20) A cup of grace
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 24
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Nathan is surprised by news that he has inherited a shuttered roadside attraction, the World's Largest Snow Globe, which he and Elaine remember fondly from their youth. When the will is suddenly challenged, however, things to start to go very wrong, and it becomes clear that someone is trying to keep Nathan from his inheritance. As Elaine and Jan try to uncover the culprit, they begin to unravel the many mysteries of the Newton family, who originally...