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| Janet L. (janel) |
Maid for Murder (Charlotte La Rue, Bk 1) by Barbara Colley
Charlotte La Rue cleans houses in New Orleans, often in the wealthy Garden District. Having become friendly with Jeanne Dubuisson, who cares for an elderly mother, Charlotte tries to help out after someone kills Jeanne's well-known (but philandering) attorney husband. Unfortunately, his death... more
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Bleeding Hearts (China Bayles, Bk 14) by Susan Wittig Albert
High school football coach Tim Duffy is handsome, charming, and married into a wealthy local family. But now, an anonymous accuser has made shocking allegations of improper behavior-and China Bayles is asked to conduct a discreet investigation.
What she uncovers is a perplexing story of... more
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Questionable Remains: Lindsay Chamberlain Mystery #2 by Beverly Connor
Man's eternal quest for gold proves as enduring as it is fatal when forensic archaeologist Lindsay Chamberlain unearths a four-hundred-year-old mystery ? and a modern-day murder. Vacationing in Tennessee, Lindsay studies the bones of a centuries-old corpse hiding a fascinating secret. She's also... more
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The Chardonnay Charade (Wine Country, Bk 2) by Ellen Crosby
The Chardonnay Charade begins with a daring helicopter flight in the middle of the night. Facing a freak spring frost that threatens to kill the grapes in her vineyard, Lucie Montgomery hires a chopper to fly over the vines in order to blow warm air on them. But her thoughts soon turn from... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Stowed Away (A Maine Clambake Mystery) by Barbara Ross
It's June in Busman's Harbor, Maine, and Julia Snowden and her family are working hard to get their authentic Maine clambake business ready for summer. Preparations must be put on hold, however, when a mysterious yacht drops anchor in the harbor--and delivers an unexpected dose of murder . . .
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Death of a Crabby Cook (Food Festival, Bk 1) by Penny Pike
At the San Francisco Seafood Festival, someone is steamed enough to kill a cook....
When restaurant reviewer Darcy Burnett gets served a pink slip from the San Francisco Chronicle, she needs to come up with an alternative recipe for success quickly. Her feisty aunt Abby owns a tricked-out... more
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Booked for Death (Booklovers B&B, Bk 1) by Victoria Gilbert
A book lover's B&B in an idyllic waterfront village becomes the scene of a grisly murder -- and a ruthless battle between treachery and the truth.
Nestled in the historic waterfront town of Beaufort, North Carolina, Chapters Bed-and-Breakfast is a reader's paradise. Built in 1770,... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Dead in the Dog by Bernard Knight
Arriving in Singapore, newly-qualified pathologist Tom Howden is still questioning his decision to sign on for three years in Her Majesty's Far East Land Forces. As he settles in, he discovers his new home is a hotbed of scandal and intrigue.
When an English planter is attacked one night,... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Booked for Trouble (Lighthouse Library, Bk 2) by Eva Gates
The author of By Book or By Crook returns to the Outer Banks and the Lighthouse Library, where Lucy Richardson must shed light on a shocking murder…
Lucy has finally found her bliss as a librarian and resident of the Bodie Island Lighthouse. She loves walking on the beach, passing her... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Murder Off the Beaten Path (Search and Rescue, Bk 2) by M. L. Rowland
As a member of a mountain search and rescue team, Gracie Kinkaid routinely volunteers to put her life on the line. But it’s at her new day job at a residential camp in the mountains of southern California where she finds her life is really in danger…
As a volunteer for Timber... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Goodbye Cruller World (Deputy Donut, Bk 2) by Ginger Bolton
Named after her beloved tabby, Deputy Donut, Emily Westhill's donut shop in small-town Fallingbrook, Wisconsin, is doing so well, she's expanding into catering weddings. But a killer is about to crash the reception . . .
Normally, Emily's eyes tend to glaze over when... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman
After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day’s journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season and shore leaves are granted every... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Uncorking a Lie (Sommelier, Bk 2) by Nadine Nettmann
It was the kind of invitation sommelier Katie Stillwell had only dreamed about: a dinner party at the Sonoma mansion of famed wine collector Paul Rafferty to celebrate a rare bottle. Everyone enjoys drinking the $19,000 wine, but Katie realizes it's not the vintage listed on the... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Bright Young Dead (Mitford Murders, Bk 2) by Jessica Fellowes
Meet the Bright Young Things, the rabble-rousing hedonists of the 1920s whose treasure hunts were a media obsession. One such game takes place at the 18th birthday party of Pamela Mitford, but ends in tragedy as cruel, charismatic Adrian Curtis is pushed to his death from the church neighbouring... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Veil of Lies (Crispin Guest, Bk 1) by Jeri Westerson
Former knight turned detective, Crispin Guest, is called to the compound of a successful but reclusive cloth merchant who suspects his wife of infidelity and wants Crispin to look into the matter. In dire need of money, Crispin reluctantly agrees and discovers that the wife is indeed up to... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
From the author of the critically acclaimed Wolf Hollow comes a moving story of identity and belonging.
Twelve-year-old Crow has lived her entire life on a tiny, isolated piece of the starkly beautiful Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts. Abandoned and set adrift on a small boat when she was... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War 2, from the acclaimed author of Jefferson?s Sons and for fans of Number the Stars.
Nine-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada?s twisted foot to let her outside. So... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Bound for Murder (Blue Ridge Library, Bk 4) by Victoria Gilbert
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... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Death Reins In (Horse Lover's, Bk 2) by Michele Scott
Michaela Bancroft is headed out for a day at the Quarter Horse Races with her dear friend Audrey Pratt. However, a fun day under the southern California blue skies turns dark and gloomy rather fast, when Audrey reveals that her brother (racetrack veterinarian) Bob Pratt has been missing for a... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Another Man's Ground (Sheriff Hank Worth, Bk 2) by Claire Booth
It starts out as an interesting little theft case. Branson, Missouri’s new Sheriff Hank Worth is called out to look at stands of trees that have been stripped of their bark, which the property owner had planned to harvest for the booming herbal supplement market. At first, Hank easily... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
No Good Tea Goes Unpunished (Seaside Cafe, Bk 2) by Bree Baker
Don't marry into murder...
Catering her childhood friend's beachfront wedding was a dream come true for Everly Swan -- and, with hundreds of guests in attendance, great exposure for her new iced tea shop and café. But when the well-to-do groom is found floating facedown in the... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Bless Her Dead Little Heart (Southern Ladies, Bk 1) by Miranda James
New York Times bestselling author Miranda James returns to Athena, Mississippi, with an all-new mystery featuring Miss An'gel and Miss Dickce Ducote, two snoopy sisters who are always ready to lend a helping hand. But when a stressed socialite brings murder right to their doorstep, even they... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Died in the Wool (Knit & Nibble, Bk 2) by Peggy Ehrhart
When a murder shocks picturesque Arborville, New Jersey, Pamela Paterson and her Knit and Nibble knitting club suddenly find themselves at the center of the investigation -- as suspects . . .
Pamela is ready to kick back and relax after a busy day selling stuffed aardvarks to benefit... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
The Case of the Missing Servant (Vish Puri, Bk 1) by Tarquin Hall
Meet Vish Puri, India's most private investigator. Portly, persistent, and unmistakably Punjabi, he cuts a determined swath through modern India's swindlers, cheats, and murderers.
In hot and dusty Delhi, where call centers and malls are changing the ancient fabric of Indian life,... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
The Crypt Thief (Hugo Marston, Bk 2) by Mark Pryor
It's summer in Paris and two tourists have been murdered in Pere Lachaise cemetery in front of Jim Morrison's grave. The cemetery is locked down and put under surveillance, but the killer returns, flitting in and out like a ghost, and breaks into the crypt of a long-dead Moulin Rouge... more
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Death Al Dente (Food Lovers' Village, Bk 1) by Leslie Ann Budewitz
The town of Jewel Bay, Montana known as a Food Lovers' Village is obsessed with homegrown and homemade Montana fare. So when Erin Murphy takes over her family’s century-old general store, she turns it into a boutique market filled with local delicacies. But Erin’s freshly booming... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
A Crafter Knits a Clue (Handcrafted Mystery, Bk 1) by Holly Quinn
Sammy Kane just moved back to her hometown to run a craft store. But when the owner of a nearby yarn shop is murdered, Sammy will needle little help finding the killer.
When a heartbroken Samantha “Sammy” Kane returns to her hometown of Heartsford, WI, for her best friend... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Batter Off Dead (Southern Cake Baker, Bk 2) by Maymee Bell
Sophia Cummings may be unlucky in love, but she knows that the way to a man's heart is through his sweet tooth. This evening, she plans to use that knowledge -- and her skills as a New York City-trained pastry chef -- to open the hearts and wallets of Rumford, Kentucky’s richest men.... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
In Cold Pursuit (Valena Walker, Bk 1) by Sarah Andrews
Valena Walker is a master's student headed to Antarctica to study glaciology with the venerable Dr. Emmett Vanderzee. Being on the ice is something Valena has dreamed about since she was a little girl. But when she arrives at McMurdo Station, she soon discovers that her beloved professor and... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Seven Deadly Zins: A Wine Country Mystery by Nancy J. Parra
The second in Nancy J. Parra?s Wine Country mysteries is sure to make fans of Ellen Crosby heady with delight.
Which suspect drowned an inspector in the Zinfandel? Sonoma tour guide Taylor O?Brian uncorks another intoxicating Wine Country mystery.
Taylor O?Brian, founder of ?Off the Beaten... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Eggs Benedict Arnold (Cackleberry Club, Bk 2) by Laura Childs
Suzanne, Toni, and Petra lost their husbands but found independence -- and, in each other, a life raft of support, inspiration, fresh baked goods, and their own business. But when the Cackleberry Club café opened its doors in the town of Kindred, who'd have guessed that the three... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
The Hiding Place (Mercy & Elvis, Bk 3) by Paula Munier
When the man who killed her grandfather breaks out of prison and comes after her grandmother, Mercy must unearth the long-buried scandals that threaten to tear her family apart.
And she may have to do it without her beloved canine partner Elvis, if his former handler has his... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
All Murders Final! (Sarah Winston Garage Sale, Bk 3) by Sherry Harris
Her Next Sale
When Sarah Winston started the virtual garage sale, it seemed like a keystroke of genius and the next logical step in her business. No more collapsing card tables and rainy-day washouts. But what began as a fun way to run garage sales during the long New England winter has... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
A Nip of Murder (Moonshine, Bk 2) by Carol Miller
As Daisy McGovern knows all too well, it isn't easy being a young, small-town waitress at a local diner in Virginia. It becomes even harder as she's trying to stitch her life back together and salvage her job by converting the diner into a bakery. She's preoccupied with... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Wonton Terror (Noodle Shop, Bk 4) by Vivien Chien
Lana Lee is all smiles when the first evening of Cleveland’s Asian Night Market kicks off the summer. The weekly festival is always good for business, packed with locals and tourists, and this year, some stiff new food-truck competition. Wonton on Wheels, run by old friends of Lana’s... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Murder at the Christmas Cookie Bake-Off (Beacon Bakeshop, Bk 2) by Darci Hannah
Tucked away inside an old lighthouse in Beacon Harbor, Michigan, bakeshop café owner Lindsey Bakewell is ready to make her first Christmas in town shine bright. But her merry plans crumble fast when murder appears under the... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Winner Cake All (Chef-to-Go, Bk 3) by Denise Swanson
Once again, it looks like Dani Sloan will get a slice of the action...
In the small town of Normalton, IL, there aren't a lot of opportunities for small business owner Dani Sloan to cater big-ticket events. But that's about to change -- a client named Yvette Joubert is marrying... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Wined and Died (Home Crafting, Bk 5) by Cricket McRae
Something is brewing in Cadyville, and it's not only dandelion wine. Sophie Mae is intrigued by a recently discovered cassette recording in which a therapist fearfully contemplates her client's murderous threats. When the same therapist ends up dead, Sophie Mae is lured -- despite her... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Biscuits and Slashed Browns (Country Store, Bk 4) by Maddie Day
For country-store owner Robbie Jordan, the National Maple Syrup Festival is a sweet escape from late-winter in South Lick, Indiana -- until murder saps the life out of the celebration . . .
As Robbie arranges a breakfast-themed cook-off at Pans ‘N Pancakes, visitors pour into... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Cold Wind (Alaska Wild, Bk 2) by Paige Shelton
Beth Rivers is still in Alaska. The unidentified man who kidnapped her in her home of St. Louis hasn’t been found yet, so she’s not ready to go back.
But as October comes to a close, Benedict is feeling more and more like her new home. Beth has been working on herself: She’s... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight, Bk 1) by Katherine Arden
At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn't mind. She spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved siblings, listening to her nurse's fairy tales. Above all, she... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Beach, Breeze, Bloodshed: A Teddy Creque Mystery (Teddy Creque Mysteries) by John Key...
?Sun, Sand, Murder by John Keyse-Walker is a winner. It is written with the coral clarity of a Caribbean atoll, and evokes an edgy rhythm that suits the protagonist, Teddy Creque, and his wholly authentic domain, the Virgin Islands.??Randy Wayne WhiteAfter barely surviving the first criminal... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Murder at the Blueberry Festival (Beacon Bakeshop, Bk 3) by Darci Hannah
Living in a lighthouse with her dog, Lindsey Bakewell is lulled to sleep at night by the sound of Lake Michigan’s waves—and gets up at the crack of dawn to start the day at her bakery café. But someone in Beacon Harbor is about to rock the boat with murder…... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Death and Daisies (Magic Garden, Bk 2) by Amanda Flower
Florist Fiona Knox left behind her gloomy life for a magical garden in Scotland, but a murder on her shop's opening day brings threatening storm clouds.
Fiona Knox thought she was pulling her life back together when she inherited her godfather's cottage in Duncreigan, Scotland --... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Poppy Redfern and the Fatal Flyers (Woman of WWII, Bk 2) by Tessa Arlen
Poppy Redfern is back on the case when two female fighter pilots take a fatal dive.
It is the late autumn of 1942. Our indomitable heroine Poppy Redfern is thoroughly immersed in her new job as a scriptwriter at the London Crown Film Unit, which produces short films featuring British... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Mrs. Roosevelt's Confidante (Maggie Hope, Bk 5) by Susan Elia MacNeal
In this latest riveting mystery from New York Times bestselling author Susan Elia MacNeal, England's most daring spy, Maggie Hope, travels across the pond to America, where a looming scandal poses a grave threat to the White House and the Allied cause.
December 1941. Soon after the attack... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Deadly Appraisal (Josie Prescott Antiques, Bk 2) by Jane K. Cleland
Antiques appraiser Josie Prescott has moved to New Hampshire and opened her own business after she testified against her boss and spelled the end of her last position. With the new business prospering, she partners with the Portsmouth Women's Guild on a fund-raiser. The evening is going well... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
A Dilly of a Death (China Bayles, Bk 12) by Susan Wittig Albert
Lawyer-turned-herbalist China Bayles becomes immersed in mystery, this time during pickle season in Pecan Springs, Texas. When a local pickle heiress turns up dead, it looks like things are not at all kosher. REVIEW; More than just a whodunit...readers will relish this more-sweet-than-sour... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
A Dream of Death (Kate Hamilton, Bk 1) by Connie Berry
On a remote Scottish island, American antique dealer Kate Hamilton sleuths a killing that eerily replicates a murder still unsolved after 200 years.
Autumn has come and gone on Scotland's Isle of Rothsay, and the locals gather for the Tartan Ball, the annual end-of-tourist-season gala.... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Deadly Director's Cut (Catskill Summer Resort, Bk 2) by Vicki Delany
Daring resort manager Elizabeth Grady will need to think fast to bring a killer into the limelight in this charming 1950s set cozy mystery series.
Famous director Elias Theropodous has chosen Haggerman’s Catskills Resort as a shooting location for his next film. It sounds glamorous to... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Murder by the Glass (Wine Lover's Mystery, Bk 2) by Michele Scott
Life is sweet for Nikki Sands. She's toasting her new job at the Malveaux Estate in Napa Valley and balancing a love triangle with a neighboring winemaker and her boss, vineyard owner Derek Malveaux the catch of the country. And tonight, Nikki will be on the arm of Napa's golden boy at a... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Read on Arrival: A Bookmobile Mystery by Nora Page
Senior librarian Cleo Watkins takes the wheel of her trusty bookmobile?only to speed right into the middle of a murder plot.
For more than forty years, septuagenarian librarian Cleo Watkins has tried to get patron Dixie Huddleston to return the most overdue volume in Catalpa Springs, Georgia.... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
The Hollow of Fear (Lady Sherlock, Bk 3) by Sherry Thomas
Under the cover of “Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective,” Charlotte Holmes puts her extraordinary powers of deduction to good use. Aided by the capable Mrs. Watson, Charlotte draws those in need to her and makes it her business to know what other people... more
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We Wish You a Murderous Christmas (Year-Round Christmas, Bk 2) by Vicki Delany
It’s Christmastime three hundred sixty-five days a year in Rudolph, New York, and as Christmas Day approaches, shop owner Merry Wilkinson is enjoying a rare evening off at the Yuletide Inn when she runs into owners Grace and Jack Olsen. With Jack's health failing, Merry is... more
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Fatally Frosted (Donut Shop, Bk 2) by Jessica Beck
Attention all cooks! April Springs, North Carolina is hosting a grand tour of extraordinary kitchens, and everyone's invited! Local donut shop owner Suzanne Hart is dying to cook up something fabulous for the event. Unfortunately dying turns out to be the key word...
A... more
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Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter (Dixie Hemingway, Bk 1) by Blaize Clement
Dixie Hemingway knows first-hand that many things in life are worse than a dirty litter box. Once happy as a Florida sheriff's deputy, she lost everything when senseless tragedy shattered her world. Now Dixie laces up her sneakers, grabs some kitty treats, and copes with one day at a time as a... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
The Persian Always Meows Twice (Cat Groomer, Bk 1) by Eileen Watkins
Cat lovers are thrilled to welcome an expert groomer to the picturesque town of Chadwick. But scratch below the surface, and unmasking a killer becomes a game of cat and mouse . . .
When the fur starts flying, Cassie McGlone, owner of Cassie's Comfy Cats, handles her feistiest four-legged... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Full Dark House (Bryant & May: Peculiar Crimes Unit, Bk 1) by Christopher Fowler
Edgy, suspenseful, and darkly comic, here is the first novel in a riveting new mystery series starring two cranky but brilliant old detectives whose lifelong friendship was forged solving crimes for the London Police Department's Peculiar Crimes Unit. In Full Dark House, Christopher Fowler... more
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Breaking the Dance (A World of Spies Mystery) by Clare O'Donohue
Tango and torment await married college professors on an unwanted junket to Argentina Husband and wife college professors Hollis and Finn Larsson think their days as accidental spies are behind them. But, just weeks into a new school year, a mysterious envelope arrives containing two passports.... more
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Dial M for Mousse (Emergency Dessert Squad, Bk 3) by Laura Bradford
The Emergency Dessert Squad business is booming, with owner and baker Winnie Johnson working overtime to satisfy the emergency cravings of Silver Lake, Ohio. Her latest order, a plate of motivational desserts for an artists' retreat, is just what she needs to keep her mind off her own... more
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Murder at the Taffy Shop (Cozy Capers Book Group, Bk 2) by Maddie Day
Cape Cod bicycle shop owner Mackenzie Mac Almeida and her mystery book club find a certain accusation of murder quite the stretch ...
When your mother is an astrologist and your dad is a minister, you learn to keep an open mind. Which is just what Mac loves to do -- exercise her mind by... more
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Death Over Easy (Country Store, Bk 5) by Maddie Day
Restaurateur Robbie Jordan is ready for the boost in business a local music festival brings to South Lick, Indiana, but the beloved event strikes a sour note when one of the musicians is murdered . . .
June’s annual Brown County Bluegrass Festival at the Bill Monroe Music Park in... more
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City of the Lost (Rockton, Bk 1) by Kelley Armstrong
Casey Duncan is a homicide detective with a secret: when she was in college, she killed a man. She was never caught, but he was the grandson of a mobster and she knows this crime will catch up to her. Casey's best friend, Diana, is on the run from a violent, abusive ex-husband. When... more
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The Secret Portrait (Jean Fairbairn / Alasdair Cameron, Bk 1) by Lillian Stewart Carl
Bonnie Prince Charlie's lost treasure lures Edinburgh-based American magazine editor Jean Fairbairn to the Highlands, where madness, murder and ghosts bring the past to life -- and sudden death. Retired university professor George Lovelace asks Jean to authenticate a gold coin he believes... more
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Live and Let Grind (Coffee Lover´s, Bk 3) by Tara Lush
Laid-off journalist Lana Lewis is thriving as the proprietor of Perkatory, a coffee shop on quirky Devil’s Beach island, Florida. She’s juggling a relationship with police chief Noah Garcia, enjoying the company of her best friend, Erica, and relishing the companionship of her golden... more
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Fortune Favors the Dead (Pentecost & Parker, Bk 1) by Stephen Spotswood
t's 1942 and Willowjean Will Parker is a scrappy circus runaway whose knife-throwing skills have just saved the life of New York's best, and most unorthodox, private investigator, Lillian Pentecost. When the dapper detective summons Will a few days later, she doesn't expect to be... more
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Murder Under Her Skin (Pentecost & Parker, Bk 2) by Stephen Spotswood
Someone’s put a blade in the back of the Amazing Tattooed Woman, and Willowjean “Will” Parker’s former knife-throwing mentor has been stitched up for the crime. To uncover the truth, Will and her boss, world-famous detective Lillian Pentecost, travel south to the... more
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The Gray Ghost Murders (Sean Stranahan, Bk 2) by Keith McCafferty
Award-winning Field & Stream writer Keith McCafferty caused a splash amongst mystery lovers and fly-fishermen alike with his debut novel, The Royal Wulff Murders. Now McCafferty is back—and so is fly-fisherman, painter, and sometime private detective Sean Stranahan. When a search... more
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Snake in the Glass (Glassblowing, Bk 3) by Sarah Atwell
When a nervous stranger appears at Em Dowell's glassblowing studio begging to use her kiln for an experimental gem treatment, she finds it a little odd, though nothing to be alarmed about. After all, the annual Gem Show is in town, and everyone in Tucson seems obsessed by it at the... more
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The Hearse You Came In On (Hitchcock Sewell, Bk. 1) by Tim Cockey
Introducing a clever and gripping first mystery novel featuring an unconventional undertaker-- who also happens to be one of Baltimore's most eligible and charming bachelors
"I was going along just fine, solemnly chaperoning the dead into their graves and pretty much otherwise... more
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The Sentinel (Jack Reacher, Bk 25) by Lee Child & Andrew Child
It is close to midnight on a Saturday night when Jack Reacher gets off a bus at the Greyhound station in a sleepy no-name town outside Nashville. As always, Reacher is in no hurry. He has no particular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there. He has no... more
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Peaches and Scream (Georgia Peach, Bk 1) by Susan Furlong
To help run the family peach farm during her parents’ absence, Nola Harper returns to her childhood home of Cays Mill, Georgia, and soon discovers that things back at the farm aren’t exactly peachy. A poor harvest and rising costs are threatening to ruin the Harpers’... more
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One Taste Too Many (Sarah Blair, Bk 1) by Debra H. Goldstein
For culinary challenged Sarah Blair, there's only one thing scarier than cooking from scratch -- murder!
Married at eighteen, divorced at twenty‑eight, Sarah Blair reluctantly swaps her luxury lifestyle for a cramped studio apartment and a law firm receptionist job in the... more
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Murder on Mustang Beach (Outer Banks Bookshop. Bk 2) by Alicia Bessette
When a killer stirs up trouble in the Outer Banks, amateur sleuth and bookseller Callie Padget is on the case, in a new beachside mystery from author Alicia Bessette.
Cattail Island in the Outer Banks is a popular destination for honeymooners and nature lovers alike. So it is a huge blow when... more
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A Botanist's Guide to Flowers and Fatality (Saffron Everleigh, Bk 2) by Kate Khavari
1920s London isn’t the ideal place for a brilliant woman with lofty ambitions. But research assistant Saffron Everleigh is determined to beat the odds in a male-dominated field at the University College of London. Saffron embarks on her first research study alongside the insufferably... more
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82
| Janet L. (janel) |
Force of Nature (Aaron Falk, Bk 2) by Jane Harper
When five colleagues are forced to go on a corporate retreat in the wilderness, they reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking down the muddy path.
But one of the women doesn’t come out of the woods. And each of her companions tells a slightly different story about what... more
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83
| Janet L. (janel) |
Gone for Gouda (Cheese Shop, Bk 2) by Korina Moss
Yarrow Glen’s newest cheese shop, Curds & Whey, has a lot on its plate, but cheesemonger Willa Bauer relishes a challenge. There’s a float to build for the fall festival, plus the French-inspired cheese shop is playing host to celebrity vegan chef Phoebe Winston. But when photos... more
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84
| Janet L. (janel) |
A Treacherous Tale (Cambridge Bookshop, Bk 2) by Elizabeth Penney
Lately, Molly has been feeling that she might have fallen into a fairy tale: she's reinvigorated the family bookshop Thomas Marlowe -- Manuscripts and Folios, made friends in her new home of Cambridge, England, and is even developing a bit of a romance with the handsome Kieran -- a bike shop... more
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85
| Janet L. (janel) |
Thread on Arrival (Mainely Needlepoint Mystery, 8) by Lea Wait & Lea Wait
In this coastal New England town, folks take care of the needy--but someone is killing without kindness. Ike Hamilton is a part of the Haven Harbor community just like anyone else, though he has fallen on hard times and has to make do on disability checks and deposit bottles. Most of the locals... more
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86
| Janet L. (janel) |
Nothing But Trouble (Kevin Kerney, Bk 10) by Michael McGarrity
After years away on the pro rodeo circuit, Johnny Jordan struts into Santa Fe to ask his boyhood friend, Santa Fe Police Chief Kevin Kerney, to serve as a technical advisor on a contemporary Western movie to be filmed along the Mexican border. Kerney agrees and plans a working vacation on... more
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87
| Janet L. (janel) |
Jane Darrowfield and the Madwoman Next Door (Jane Darrowfield, Bk 2) by Barbara Ross
Jane Darrowfield is using her retirement years to work as a professional busybody, with most of her business coming from her West Cambridge, Massachusetts, community. This time her client is right next door…
Megan, who's purchased the house next to Jane's, needs some help from... more
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88
| Janet L. (janel) |
Have Yourself a Beary Little Murder (A Teddy Bear Mystery) by Meg Macy
This holiday season, teddy bear shop manager Sasha Silverman must solve the slaying of Santa Bear . . .
Sasha and her sister Maddie are thrilled that the Silver Bear Shop and Factory has won the Teddy Bear Keepsake Contest, which means they get to produce a holiday specialty toy, a wizard... more
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89
| Janet L. (janel) |
The Cold Light of Mourning (Penny Brannigan, Bk 1) by Elizabeth J. Duncan
The picturesque North Wales market town of Llanelen is shocked when Meg Wynne Thompson, a self-made beauty who has turned out to be something of an unpopular bride, goes missing on her wedding day--and turns up dead.
The last person believed to have seen Meg alive is local manicurist Penny... more
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90
| Janet L. (janel) |
A Taint in the Blood (Kate Shugak, Bk 14) by Dana Stabenow
Thirty-one years ago in Anchorage, Alaska, Victoria Pilz Bannister Muravieff was convicted of murdering her seventeen-year-old son William. The jury returned a quick verdict of guilty, believing the prosecutor's claims that she had set fire to her own home with both her sons inside; William... more
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91
| Janet L. (janel) |
Striking Range (Timber Creek K-9, Bk 7) by Margaret Mizushima
A deadly secret is buried in the Colorado high country -- and murder is only the beginning...
He was suspect number one -- the man who tried to kill Deputy Mattie Cobb and may have killed her father thirty years earlier. But when Mattie and cold case detective Jim Hauck reach the Colorado... more
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92
| Janet L. (janel) |
Body on the Bayou (Cajun Country, Bk 2) by Ellen Byron
The Crozats feared that past murders at Crozat Plantation B&B might spell the death of their beloved estate, but they've managed to survive the scandal. Now there's a très bigger story in Pelican, Louisiana: the upcoming nuptials between Maggie Crozat's nemesis, Police... more
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93
| Janet L. (janel) |
The Poacher's Son (Mike Bowditch, Bk 1) by Paul Doiron
Game warden Mike Bowditch returns home one evening to find a cryptic message on his answering machine from his father, Jack, who he hasn't heard from in two years. The next morning Mike gets a call from the police: a beloved local cop has been killed and his father is their prime... more
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94
| Janet L. (janel) |
Death Song (Kevin Kerney, Bk 11) by Michael McGarrity
The bushwhack killing of a deputy sheriff in Lincoln County and the brutal murder of the deputy's wife in Santa Fe bring Police Chief Kevin Kerney and his Mescalero Apache son, Sergeant Clayton Istee, back together in a double homicide investigation. An investigation that is soon linked to a... more
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95
| Janet L. (janel) |
Artificial Condition (Murderbot Diaries, Bk 2) by Martha Wells
The follow-up to the hugely popular science fiction action and adventure All Systems Red
It has a dark past -- one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself "Murderbot". But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title,... more
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96
| Janet L. (janel) |
Sweet Tea and Secrets (Tea and Read, Bk 2) by Joy Avon
Sleuth Callie Aspen wants to light up the Fourth of July tea party by solving a celebrity’s decades-old disappearance—but her digging results in more fireworks than she expects
Last Christmas, Callie Aspen left her tour guide job and settled in Heart's Harbor, Maine. Now, she... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
A Tale of Two Cookies (Cookie House, Bk 3) by Eve Calder
In A Tale of Two Cookies, it's nothing but sugar and spice at The Cookie House, but elsewhere on Coral Cay everything isn't so nice.
Pastry chef Kate McGuire is loving life on the laid-back island of Coral Cay, Florida. As junior partner in a bakery renowned for luscious desserts -... more
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99
| Janet L. (janel) |
On Target (Gray Man, Bk 2) by Mark Greaney
Killing is his business. But his business is about to get personal.
Four years ago, Court Gentry was betrayed by his handlers in the CIA. To survive, he had to eliminate his own brothers in arms. Now, as a master assassin known as the Gray Man, he makes his living killing other people.... more
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100
| Janet L. (janel) |
The Masked City (An Invisible Library Novel) by Genevieve Cogman
Librarian-spy Irene and her apprentice Kai are back in the second in this dazzling * book-filled fantasy series from the author of The Invisible Library.
The written word is mightier than the sword most of the time...
Working in an alternate version of Victorian London, Librarian-spy Irene... more
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101
| Janet L. (janel) |
Peaches and Schemes (Georgia B&B, Bk 3) by Anna Gerard
Nina Fleet learns that despite the satin, lace, and buttercream trappings, weddings often prove to be anything but sweet...
Nina Fleet might be new to the innkeeping business, but she's savvy enough to know that Cymbeline's tourists aren't enough to keep her fledgling bed and... more
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102
| Janet L. (janel) |
Tails, You Lose (Witch City, Bk 2) by Carol J. Perry
After losing her job as a TV psychic, Lee Barrett has decided to volunteer her talents as an instructor at the Tabitha Trumbull Academy of the Arts--known as "The Tabby"--in her hometown of Salem, Massachusetts. But when the school's handyman turns up dead under seemingly... more
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103
| Janet L. (janel) |
Grave on Grade Avenue (Ellie Rush, Bk 2) by Naomi Hirahara
LAPD bicycle cop -- and aspiring homicide detective -- Ellie Rush is back on patrol...
Ellie stops for a friendly chat with gardener Eduardo Fuentes while patrolling one of Los Angeles’s premier concert halls. A few minutes later she’s shocked to discover him lying at the bottom... more
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104
| Janet L. (janel) |
A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder (Countess of Harleigh, Bk 3) by Dianne Freeman
London is known for its bustle and intrigues, but the sedate English countryside can host -- or hide -- any number of secrets. Frances, the widowed Countess of Harleigh, needs a venue for her sister Lily's imminent wedding, away from prying eyes.
Risings, George Hazleton's family... more
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105
| Janet L. (janel) |
Christmas Cow Bells (Buttermilk Creek, Bk 1) by Mollie Cox Bryan
Christmas is a time for new beginnings, so after her big breakup, Brynn MacAlister takes the gouda with the bad. With her three Red Devon cows, she settles in bucolic Shenandoah Springs, eager for a new life as an organic micro-dairy farmer and cheese-maker. Then her dear cow Petunia’s... more
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106
| Janet L. (janel) |
Iced in Paradise (Leilani Santiago Hawai'i Mystery, Bk 1) by Naomi Hirahara
Leilani Santiago is back in her birthplace, the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i, to help keep afloat the family business, a shave ice shack. When she goes to work one morning, she stumbles across a dead body, a young pro surfer who was being coached by her estranged father.
As her father soon... more
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107
| Janet L. (janel) |
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley
1883. Thaniel Steepleton returns home to his tiny London apartment to find a gold pocket watch on his pillow. Six months later, the mysterious timepiece saves his life, drawing him away from a blast that destroys Scotland Yard. At last, he goes in search of its maker, Keita Mori, a kind, lonely... more
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109
| Janet L. (janel) |
Death Without Company (Walt Longmire, Bk 2) by Craig Johnson
Sheriff Walt Longmire finds unspeakable viciousness in Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains.
When Mari Baroja is found poisoned at the Durant Home for Assisted Living, Sheriff Longmire is drawn into an investigation that reaches fifty years into the mysterious woman's dramatic Basque past.... more
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110
| Janet L. (janel) |
Body on the Bayou (Cajun Country, Bk 2) by Ellen Byron
TILL DEATH...
Amateru sleuth Maggie Crozat must be the hardest-working maid of honor in Pelican, Louisiana. As soon as she accepts the job, bridezilla Vanessa Fleer hands Maggie a long list of duties -- the most important of which is entertaining Vanessa's cousin, Ginger Fleer-Starke, a... more
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111
| Janet L. (janel) |
In Royal Service to the Queen by Tessa Arlen
In Royal Service to the Queen: A Novel of the Queen's Governess
The revealing story of Queen Elizabeth II's beloved governess, Marion Crawford, who spent more than sixteen years of her life in loyal service to the royal family and was later shunned by those she has loved and... more
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112
| Janet L. (janel) |
Trespasser (Mike Bowditch, Bk 2) by Paul Doiron
Maine game warden Mike Bowditch's quest to find a missing woman leads him through a forest of lies in search of a killer who may have gotten away with murder once before.
While on patrol one foggy March evening, Bowditch receives a call for help. A woman has reportedly struck a deer on a... more
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113
| Janet L. (janel) |
Full Dark House (Bryant & May: Peculiar Crimes Unit, Bk 1) by Christopher Fowler
Edgy, suspenseful, and darkly comic, here is the first novel in a riveting new mystery series starring two cranky but brilliant old detectives whose lifelong friendship was forged solving crimes for the London Police Department's Peculiar Crimes Unit. In Full Dark House, Christopher Fowler... more
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114
| Janet L. (janel) |
The Hypnotist (Joona Linna, Bk 1) by Lars Kepler & Neil Smith (Translator)
The Hypnotist shows the lengths one determined detective is willing to go to solve a horrific crime.
A gruesome triple homicide attracts the interest of Detective Joona Linna of Sweden's National Crime Police. There's only one surviving witness--the boy whose family was killed before... more
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115
| Janet L. (janel) |
The Burning Page (An Invisible Library Novel) by Genevieve Cogman
Librarian spy Irene and her apprentice Kai return for another tremendously fun, rip-roaring adventure, (A Fantastical Librarian) third in the bibliophilic fantasy series from the author of The Masked City.
Never judge a book by its cover...
Due to her involvement in an unfortunate set of... more
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116
| Janet L. (janel) |
Long Island Iced Tina (Catering Hall, Bk 2) by Maria DiRico
Mia's newly pregnant friend Nicole plans to hold a shower at Belle View--but Nicole also has to attend one that her competitive (and mysteriously rich) stepmother, Tina, is throwing at the fanciest place in Queens. It's a good chance for Mia to snoop on a competitor, especially since... more
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117
| Janet L. (janel) |
Murder Under a Red Moon (Bangalore Detectives Club, Bk 2) by Harini Nagendra
When new bride Kaveri Murthy reluctantly agrees to investigate a minor crime to please her domineering mother-in-law—during the blood moon eclipse, no less—she doesn't expect, once again, to stumble upon a murder.
With anti-British sentiment on the rise, a charismatic... more
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118
| Janet L. (janel) |
Catch Me If Yukon (A Passport to Peril Mystery) by Maddy Hunter
Emily and her traveling seniors must solve yeti nother mystery as they trek through the Alaskan wilderness
As tour escort Emily Andrew-Miceli leads her globetrotting band of Iowa seniors into the wilds of Alaska, she discovers that whales aren't the only killers on the prowl. When a tour member... more
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119
| Janet L. (janel) |
Cat With a Clue (Bookmobile Cat, Bk 5) by Laurie Cass
The national bestselling author of Pouncing on Murder returns as librarian Minnie Hamilton and her rescue cat Eddie discover there's a true crime story unraveling in their own nonfiction section. . . .
Early one morning while shelving books in the library, Minnie stumbles upon a... more
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120
| Janet L. (janel) |
Egg Drop Dead (Noodle Shop, Bk 5) by Vivien Chien
In the fifth in Vivien Chien's Noodle Shop delectable mystery series, Egg Drop Dead, the Ho-Lee Noodle House takes its business to the next level - only to end up in hot water.
It was supposed to be a fancy, intimate dinner party by the pool. Instead, Lana Lee's first-ever catering... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Death by Intermission (Abby McCree, Bk 4) by Alexis Morgan
Abby McCree spends a summer showing family films under the stars -- only to end the season with an unexpected slasher flick . . .
Ushered once again onto another committee by the mayor of Snowberry Creek, Washington, Abby is tasked with keeping the box office receipts of the town’s... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Ice Water (Peter Bartholomew, Bk 3) by Sally Gunning
A sniper has gone on a pre-Christmas shooting spree on the Nantucket-like island of Nashtoba, killing the popular bait-shop owner, Newby Dillingham, and wounding another islander. But that's not all that is troubling amateur sleuth Peter Bartholomew: he is also conflicted over the... more
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| Janet L. (janel) |
Desert Noir (Lena Jones, Bk 1) by Betty Webb
Death As a Way of Life
When Clarice Kobe is found savagely beaten to death in her Scottsdale, Arizona, art gallery, her abusive ex-husband, Jay, is the prime suspect. But as much as everybody hated the guy, private investigator Lena Jones thinks there's more to the murder of her friend... more
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