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Publisher
Raven Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
x, 301 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When a gang member disappears during a huge heist, a violent criminal with a penchant for boiling policemen's heads escapes prison, and an American researcher is found dead in Gosling's department store, three detectives must put their heads together to solve these cases.
62) Hemlock
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China Bayles mysteries volume 28
Language
English
Description
"From Susan Wittig Albert, the New York Times bestselling author of A Plain Vanilla Murder, comes a tightly crafted novel that juxtaposes the disappearance of a rare, remarkably illustrated 18th-century herbal with the true and all-too-human story of its gifted creator, Elizabeth Blackwell. Herbalist China Bayles' latest adventure takes her to the mountains of North Carolina, where her friend Dorothea Harper serves as the director and curator of the...
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English
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After her best friend Claire and her new husband, the Reverend Bob Knudson, leave for their long-awaited honeymoon, Hannah Swensen stumbles upon the body of Bob's substitute, Matthew Walters, a Lutheran minister with a sweet tooth and a penchant for robbery, in the rectory.
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Caribbean kitchen mystery volume 1
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Moving from New York to Coral Shores, Miami, food anthropologist Miriam gets a short-term job as a Caribbean cooking expert on a Spanish-language morning TV show, which sets the stage for murder—one that could be the recipe for her own death.
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Victorian village mystery volume 3
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Sheila Connolly, The Secret Staircase is the third Victorian Village Mystery, which finds Katherine Hamilton discovering a long-dead body on a hidden staircase. Kate Hamilton is feeling good about her plans to recreate Asheboro, Maryland as the Victorian town it once was. The town is finally on her side, and the finances are coming together. Even two recent murders aren't enough to discourage her: after she...
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Lily Dale mystery volume 5
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
212 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the quirky, picturesque lakeside community of Lily Dale, where the residents can talk to the dead, young widow Bella Jordan is the lone skeptic among believers. She doesn't believe in ghosts . . . but after a year in the village, she would admit that her new friends do sometimes seem to know impossible things. Still, when a Black stranger dressed in old-fashioned clothing arrives unexpectedly at Bella's guesthouse at midnight on Juneteenth, only...
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Not even Lake Eden's nosiest residents suspected Hannah Swensen would go from idealistic newlywed to betrayed wife in a matter of weeks. But as a deadly mystery unfolds in town, the proof is in the pudding. When The Cookie Jar becomes the setting of a star-studded TV special about movies filmed in Minnesota, Hannah hopes to shine the spotlight on her bakery--not the unsavory scandal swirling around her personal life. But that's practically impossible...
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Publisher
Kensington Books
Physical Desc
228 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the town of Tinker's Cove, Maine, the body of barkeep Old Dan Malone is found floating in the town's icy harbor, forcing Lucy Stone, the Pennysaver newspaper's intrepid reporter, to solve this murder before the St. Patrick's Day celebrations begin.
72) All Fudged Up
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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USA Today bestselling author
Welcome to the Historic McMurphy Hotel and Fudge Shop—where life is sweet, revenge is sweeter, and murder is here to to stay. . .
You Can't Fudge An Alibi
Allie McMurphy is up to her neck in renovations at the grand old hotel that's been in her family for generations. With its quaint Victorian charm—and world-famous fudge shop—the place is one of Mackinac Island's...
Welcome to the Historic McMurphy Hotel and Fudge Shop—where life is sweet, revenge is sweeter, and murder is here to to stay. . .
You Can't Fudge An Alibi
Allie McMurphy is up to her neck in renovations at the grand old hotel that's been in her family for generations. With its quaint Victorian charm—and world-famous fudge shop—the place is one of Mackinac Island's...
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Hannah Swensen mystery volume 17
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English
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When one of her famous Red Velvet cupcakes is thought to have caused the death of her rival--a scandalous Lake Eden legend who was trying to steal her boyfriend--Hannah Swensen becomes the unlikely suspect in a murder investigation and must whip up the real killer before someone else gets iced.
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English
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When Hannah Swensen hears that the Cinnamon Roll Six jazz band will be playing at a festival in Lake Eden, Minnesota, she bakes up a supply of their namesake confections to welcome them. But tragedy strikes when their tour bus overturns on its way into town. And keyboard player Buddy Neiman's minor injuries turn deadly serious when someone plunges surgical scissors into his chest...Turns out, Buddy Neiman isn't the victim's real name. In fact, no...
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A Faith Fairchild mystery volume 25
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
220 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a body with a mysterious tattoo appears in Lily Pond, caterer Faith Fairchild investigates, with help from her friend Sophie Maxwell.
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A Hannah Swensen mystery with recipes volume 22
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Hannah has felt as bitter as November in Minnesota since Ross vanished without a trace and left their marriage in limbo. Still, she throws herself into a baking frenzy for the sake of pumpkin pie and Thanksgiving-themed treats while endless holiday orders pour into The Cookie Jar. Hannah even introduces a raspberry Danish pastry to the menu, and P.K., her husband's assistant at KCOW-TV, will be one of the first to sample it. But instead of taking...
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Blue Ridge Library mystery volume 3
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
297 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After a young woman goes missing during a spring bonfire, library director Amy Webber must wade through the web of lies entangling her small Virginia town
Spring has sprung in quaint Taylorsford, Virginia, and the mayor has revived the town’s long-defunct May Day celebration to boost tourism. As part of the festivities, library director Amy Webber is helping to organize a research project and presentation by a local folklore expert. All seems well...
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Verity Kent volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
England, 1919. In Anna Lee Huber's latest mystery, former Secret Service agent Verity Kent is finding that life after wartime offers its own share of danger . . .
The Great War may be over, but for many, there are still obstacles on the home front. Reconciling with her estranged husband makes Verity sympathetic to her friend Ada's marital difficulties. Bourgeois-bred Ada, recently married to the Marquess of Rockham, is overwhelmed trying to navigate...
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Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
After an extravagant honeymoon, Hannah's eager to settle down in Lake Eden and turn domestic daydreams into reality. But when her mother's neighbor is discovered murdered in the condo downstairs, reality becomes a nightmarish investigation. Victoria Bascomb, once a renowned stage actress, was active in the theater community during her brief appearance in town . . . and made throngs of enemies along the way. Did a random intruder murder the woman as...