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Author
Series
Joe Grey mystery volume 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Joe Grey and his partner, Dulcie, are frantic when their pretty teen kitten goes missing. Aided by their two- and four-legged friends, they hit the streets of Molena Point in search of Courtney. But locked in an apartment above the local antiques shop, Courtney's enjoying her first solo adventure. When she first met the shop's owner, Ulrich Seaver, he pampered her, winning her trust. She doesn't know that Ulrich is hiding a dangerous secret that...
122) Play dead
Author
Series
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Rescuing a golden retriever from euthanasia, wisecracking New Jersey defense attorney Andy Carpenter learns that the dog was involved in a previous owner's murder conviction and is persuaded by the man's sister to reopen the case.
123) 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...
124) 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.
125) 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...
Author
Series
A domestic diva mystery volume 10
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime mass market edition.
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When The Parlour opens up in town, domestic diva Sophie Winston finally has a place to satisfy her cravings for all things tea and crumpet related. And the shop serves as the perfect place for the ladies of the town to gather and gossip, especially since it s conveniently located right across the street from the new antique store run by the handsome and charming Robert Johnson. But speculation around Robert really boils over when he s found dead...
127) Death of a Gigolo
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....
128) 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...
129) Every body on deck
Author
Series
A Savannah Reid mystery volume Book 22
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eagerly accepting a security detail job on a luxurious Alaskan cruise to protect a famed mystery writer, Savannah Reid tackles a particularly dramatic case when her charge inexplicably flees the ship and is killed in a suspicious accident.
130) Easter bunny murder
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...
131) Read on arrival
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Septuagenarian librarian Cleo Watkins believes in gracious manners, sweet tea, and justice-library justice. For over forty years, Cleo has tried every trick in the book to get delinquent patron Dixie Huddleston to return the most overdue volume in Catalpa Springs, Georgia. When Dixie says she'll finally relinquish the book, Cleo is shocked. She's even more startled by the reason: superstitious Dixie says she's seen the signs: she's about to die and...
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
Irish Village Mystery volume Book 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
A celebrity wedding in a small Irish village goes from festive to funerary when the best man is murdered in this cozy mystery novel.
Any wedding is a big deal in the County Cork village of Kilbane, but with a local lad marrying a famous fashion model at Kilbane Castle, there's no talk of anything but the upcoming nuptials. Siobhán O'Sullivan and her five siblings have their plates full catering the three-day affair from...
Any wedding is a big deal in the County Cork village of Kilbane, but with a local lad marrying a famous fashion model at Kilbane Castle, there's no talk of anything but the upcoming nuptials. Siobhán O'Sullivan and her five siblings have their plates full catering the three-day affair from...
Author
Series
A Shakespeare in the Catskills mystery volume Book 3
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the up-and-coming new British director for the Catskills Shakespeare Theater Company's production of "Much Ado About Nothing" is found dead, a presumed suicide, costume designer Charlotte Fairfax investigates.
Author
Series
a Blue Ridge library mystery volume 1
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books, an imprint of The Quick Brown Fox & Company LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Librarian Amy Webber leaves her university job to live with her aunt in a historic Virginia mountain town. She lands a new gig managing the charming public library, which has too little money and too many eccentric patrons. The last thing busy Amy needs is a charming new neighbor. Choreographer Richard Muir inherited the farmhouse next door-and its scandalous story-from his great-uncle. Town folklore claims the original owner was poisoned by his wife,...
136) Fatal roots
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A few months ago, Boston expat Maura Donovan was rekindled with her mother after more than twenty years of absence. Since then, Maura has been getting accustomed to Irish living, complete with an inherited house and a pub named Sullivan's. But now, her mother has returned--and she's brought Maura's half-sister in tow. To make matters more confusing, a handful of Cork University students are knocking on Maura's door asking about a mystical fairy fort...
137) Better off read
Author
Series
A bookmobile mystery volume 1
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Septuagenarian librarian Cleo Watkins won't be shushed when an upstart young mayor threatens to permanently shelve her tiny town's storm-damaged library. She takes to her bookmobile, Words on Wheels, to collect allies and rally library support throughout Catalpa Springs, Georgia. However, Cleo soon rolls into trouble. A major benefactor known for his eccentric DIY projects requests all available books on getting away with murder. He's no Georgia peach,...
139) Crime & punctuation
Author
Series
A deadly edits mystery volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After splurging to buy her childhood home in the Catskills, recently widowed Mikki Lincoln emerges from retirement as a freelance editor. But it's not long before Mikki realizes that the village of Lenape Hollow isn't the thriving tourist destination it was decades ago. Not with a murderer on the loose . . .
When perky novice writer Tiffany Scott knocks at her door holding a towering manuscript, Mikki expects another debut novel plagued by typos...
Author
Series
A Jaine Austen mystery volume 14
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
247 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The future is looking bright for freelance writer Jaine Austen. She's signed up for a new job, she's looking forward to a tropical vacation, and her cat Prozac is slated to star in a major commercial. But when the claws come out behind the scenes, Jaine worries that murder might be the only thing to meow about...
A writer's life is far from glamorous. Still, Jaine's new gig to write an ad campaign for Toiletmasters' new line of self-flushing toilets...