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Sam Clair novels volume 2
Language
English
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"Summer in London-the sun is finally shining, the flowers are in bloom, and life is humming merrily along for book editor Samantha Clair, off to lunch with her old friend, art-dealer Aidan Merriam. Humming merrily until she learns that his partner has just been found dead in their gallery, slumped over his desk with a gun in his hand. Could anything be worse? Oh yes, the police investigation is being led by Inspector Jake Field, who just happens to...
62) Fear on Friday
Author
Series
Lois Meade mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Lois Meade decides to open up a new branch of her cleaning business in the neighboring town of Tresham. But when bloody murder starts staining the quaint town, Lois has to put her own life on the line to straighten things out.
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English
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"In the midst of Sarah and Frank's wedding preparations, Sarah accompanies her mother on a condolence call to the Upper West Side, where Charles Fairfax, the son of family friends, has died unexpectedly after suffering from a mysterious disease. It is a tragic and all-too-common story or so it seems. Charles's father asks to speak with Sarah privately. He believes his son was poisoned and would like Sarah and Frank to look into the matter with the...
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China Bayles mysteries volume 5
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English
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In search of respite, China takes off to St. Theresa's Monastery with her friend Maggie, a former nun. The goal is a brief, tranquil retreat - but there's a conflict at the convent. The mother superior has recently died, and a battle over the future of St. Theresa's suggests that her sudden demise might not have been accidental. Now, China's quest for a replenished spirit takes second place to a more earthbound pursuit: catching a killer ... -- Back...
66) Scorched eggs
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English
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"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 her hair colored at Root 66, she's stunned to witness the County Services office next door suddenly go up in flames. Concerned neighbors throng the streets, and the fire department...
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Series
Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
V.I. gets tangled in a web of lies, extortion, blackmail, sabotage, and murder as the search for her cousin Boom Boom's killer leads her into the heart of Chicago's powerful shipping industry. "(V.I.) is wonderful company and a rich discovery awaiting those who have yet to meet her".--Los Angeles Times Book Review.
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Series
Blackbird Sisters mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
69) A fatal chapter
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Series
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English
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Haunted by Pete Renquist's puzzling last words to her, Tricia Miles begins to consider who had a motive to kill her friend and president of the Stoneham Historical Society. Did Pete take his flirting too far, only to have a jealous husband teach him a lesson? Or did he discover something in the town's historical records that his killer wanted kept secret? Tricia is determined to get to the bottom of things before someone else becomes history.
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Cat Who mysteries volume 19
Publisher
Jove Books
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Jim Qwilleran, and two cats, Koko, and Yum Yum work as a team to investigate the murder case that happened in Pickax.
71) Bless the bride
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Series
Molly Murphy mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Before the wedding bells can ring for PI Molly Murphy, a wealthy Chinese immigrant wants her to find his missing bride, and Molly---sure she isn't getting the whole story---suspects that his bride ran off. Set in early-twentieth-century New York.
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Mrs. Murphy mysteries volume 11
Language
English
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It's dead cold in Crozet, Virginia, but the college basketball season is heating up. In their 11th outing, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and her sleuthing pets investigate the suspicious death of a well-liked local builder.
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English
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"There's nothing like a tail well told. Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown return with an all-new mystery featuring Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen, crime-solving cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and ever-faithful Tee Tucker the corgi. TAIL GAIT Spring has sprung in Crozet, Virginia--a time for old friends to gather and bid farewell to the doldrums of winter. Harry and her husband, Fair, are enjoying a cozy dinner with some of the town's...
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Buchanan novels (Julie Garwood) volume 7
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The daughter of notorious, high-profile thief Bobby Rose, journalist Sophie Rose leaves her job at a major Chicago newspaper for a small local paper, but when she stumbles into the middle of a bizarre story, she follows the trail of the mystery north to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, accompanied by a bodyguard, Jack Prescott, a sexy FBI agent.
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Thursday Next novels volume 7
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The Bookworld's leading enforcement officer, Thursday Next, has been forced into a semiretirement following an assassination attempt, returning home to Swindon and her family to recuperate. But Thursday's children have problems that demand she become a mother of invention: Friday's career struggles in the Chronoguard, where he is relegated to a might-have-been; Tuesday's trouble perfecting the Anti-Smote shield, needed in time to thwart an angry Deity's...
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Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Perry's acclaimed novels have made London's exclusive world of wealth and power an addictive literary destination. This new masterpiece of love and treason displays not only Britain's secret places, but also the innermost sanctums of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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Series
Alex Delaware novels volume 31
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman has been universally hailed as the master of psychological suspense, and the blockbuster new thriller featuring Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis confirms his status as today's preeminent practitioner of saber-sharp storytelling. Psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware meets beautiful and emotionally fragile TV actress Zelda Chase when called upon to evaluate her five-year-old son, Ovid. Years later, Alex is unexpectedly...
78) A royal pain
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Series
Royal Spyness mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Pub. Group
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The Queen of England has concocted a plan in which Lady Georgie is to entertain a Bavarian princess and conveniently place her in the playboy Prince's path, in the hopes that he might finally marry. But queens never take money into account. Georgie has very little, which is why she moonlights as a maid-in-disguise. She must draw up plans: clean house to make it look like a palace; have Granddad and her neighbor pretend to be the domestic staff; un-teach...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Upset when the Poet's Tea event at Charleston's Spoleto festival is forced indoors by rain, tea shop proprietor Theodosia Browning finds her life further complicated when a local auction house owner plummets to his death from a balcony.
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