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Author
Series
Lucy Stone volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
1997, 1996
Physical Desc
268 p. ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Haunted-house parties and ghostly galas. . .grinning pumpkins, mayhem and murder. It's going to be one heck of a Halloween for Lucy Stone and Tinker's Cove. . .
It's October in Maine, and everyone in Tinker's Cove is preparing for the annual Halloween festival. While Lucy Stone is whipping up orange-frosted cupcakes, recycling tutus for her daughters' Halloween costumes, helping her son with his pre-teen rebellion, and breast-feeding her brand-new...
62) Carioca Fletch
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
[2018].
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 sound discs (6 hours) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this installment of the popular Fletch series, McDonald brings to life the vibrant, provocative culture and indomitable spirit of Brazil.
After escaping to South America on a questionable "arrangement," Fletch has all but settled in to his new life of never-ending vacation, shacking up with the young and beautiful Laura Soares, enjoying the expansive Copacabana Beach, making new friends from all walks of life, and preparing for the most exciting...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[1998], c1997
Physical Desc
268 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Struggling with her job, night classes, and the responsibilities of single parenthood, sometime sleuth Lucy Stone investigates the bombing of the local elementary school, which has resulted in a death and the implication of a teacher
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2000], c1999
Physical Desc
268 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Knee-deep in cupcakes with pastel frosting and candy hearts, Lucy Stone is shocked when new librarian Bitsy Howell is murdered and Detective Horowitz announces that the murderer is among them, so she casts aside her culinary concoctions to investigate and comes face to face with a killer
65) Tippy toe murder
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
1996, c1994
Physical Desc
252 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Lucy Stone's neighbor, Caro Binney, a retired dance teacher, disappears, and Morrill Slack is killed with a video camera, Lucy sets out to track down Caro, who could be linked to Morrill's murder
66) Bitter brew
Author
Series
A Savannah Reid mystery volume 24
Publisher
Kensington Books
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Although P.I. Savannah Reid always has a lot on her plate, she would drop just about anything for a friend in trouble. But when good intentions pull her into a toxic murder case, Savannah's days as San Carmelita's most full-figured detective might be running out . . .
Savannah is shaken to the core when coroner Dr. Jennifer Liu appears on her doorstep late one night with a disturbing confession. In a potentially career-ruining move, a remorseful...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As the Moonlight Magnolia Agency revisits old memories on Christmas Eve, Granny Reid takes the reins back thirty years to the 1980s, when everyone's hair was bigger, and sweaters were colorful disasters. She recalls the story of the scandalous Prissy Carr, who was found dead in an alley behind a tavern in McGill, Georgia just before Christmas. Stella "Granny" Reid decided to investigate and what she found put the lives of those she loved in danger....
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Saffron Everleigh is in a race against time to free her wrongly accused professor before he goes behind bars forever. Perfect for fans of Deanna Raybourn and Anna Lee Huber, Kate Khavari's debut historical mystery is a fast paced, fearless adventure. London, 1923. Newly minted research assistant Saffron Everleigh attends a dinner party for the University College of London. While she expects to engage in conversations about the university's large expedition...
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
282 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's been an enjoyable and murder-free time for Judith, Suzie and Becks - AKA the Marlow Murder Club - since the events of last year. The most exciting thing on the horizon is the upcoming wedding of Marlow grandee, Sir Peter Bailey, to his nurse, Jenny Page. Sir Peter is having a party at his grand mansion on the river Thames the day before the wedding, and Judith and Co. are looking forward to a bit of free champagne. But during the soiree, there's...
71) X marks the Scot
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The old Chadwick mansion on the edge of Moosetookalook, Maine, has been shrouded in mystery for generations. But when Scottish Emporium owner Liss MacCrimmon uncovers a treasure map at the mansion's estate sale, she never expected her curiosity would lead to a dead body. It's clear Liss isn't alone on this treasure hunt. With her life in real peril and the map at risk of being stolen, she launches into full-scale investigation mode. But as she deciphers...
72) Ho-ho-homicide
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
While spending a week at her friend's Christmas tree farm, Liss MacCrimmon Ruskin is drawn into a mystery involving a dead body in a shipment of Scotch pine, a series of "accidents," and a strange maze of trees.
73) Clause & effect
Author
Series
A deadly edits mystery volume 2
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"As a professional editor, Mikki Lincoln is used to crimes against the English language. As an amateur sleuth, she's finding catching criminals a lot more dangerous than catching typos ... Nestled in the picturesque Catskills, the village of Lenape Hollow prepares to celebrate the 225th anniversary of its founding. Freelance book editor Mikki Lincoln has been drafted to update and correct the script, left over from the town's bicentennial, which is...
74) Windhall
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Physical Desc
361 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A stunning literary thriller in which an investigative journalist in modern Los Angeles attempts to solve the Golden Age murder of a Hollywood starlet.
1940s Hollywood was an era of decadence and director Theodore Langley was its king. Paired with Eleanor Hayes as his lead actress, Theo ruled the Golden Age of Hollywood. That ended when Eleanor&;s mangled body was discovered in Theo&;s rose garden and he was charged with her murder. The case was...
75) Bound for murder
Author
Series
A Blue Ridge library mystery volume 4
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Blue Ridge library director Amy Webber learns it wasn't all peace and love among the "flower children" when a corpse is unearthed on the grounds of a 1960s commune.
Taylorsford Public Library director Amy Webber's friend "Sunny" Fields is running for mayor. But nothing puts a damper on a campaign like an actual skeleton in a candidate's closet. Sunny's grandparents ran a commune back in the 1960s on their organic farm. But these former hippies face...
Author
Series
Jaine Austen volume 17
Publisher
Kensington Pub Corp
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
235 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After a dry spell, freelance writer Jaine Austen's life is suddenly full of romance. For one thing, she's reconnected with her ex-though her cat, Prozac, isn't happy about it. And Jaine's also got a new ghostwriting gig, working on a steamy novel called Fifty Shades of Turquoise . . .
Daisy Kincaid is in her sixties and heiress to a fortune. Now she wants to make a name for herself as a romance author . . . with a little help from Jaine, that is....
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Magda Trudell is the present-day caretaker of Whimbrel Estate, the Key West home of the famous poet Isobel Reyes. Isobel's suicide at the residence in 1918 has nearly overshadowed her creative legacy--but Magda, a botanist and avid historian, is determined to protect it. Over the past decade, Magda has lovingly restored the house to the exact condition Isobel would have known. And even though a fierce October hurricane is headed straight for the...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Covering the annual Easter egg hunt for the Pennysaver is always one of Lucy Stone's favorite assignments. But when Lucy arrives with her three-year-old grandson, W's normal welcoming gates are locked, and a man dressed as the Easter Bunny emerges only to drop dead moments later. The victim is Van Vorst Duff, W's grandson. It turns out that all is not as idyllic as it seems at Pine Point. As Lucy gathers a basketful of suspects, she must find a killer...
Author
Series
A death by chocolate mystery volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a pirate festival blows into their small town, bakeshop owners Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree and her best friend Ellie White expect they'll be busy baking up a storm, but instead they find themselves marooned in a new murder investigation after someone kills a well-known food writer and TV personality ...
Everything is shipshape at Jake and Ellie's new waterfront bakery, The Chocolate Moose, especially now that the annual Pirate Festival is dropping...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When she stumbles upon the body of her best friend, a death that could be linked to several others, librarian Greer Hogan employs what she has read in detective novels to investigate until she realizes that she may have helped convict an innocent man in her own husband's murder.