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A Toast to Murder (A Wine Lover's Mys...

Michele Scott

Pop open a new Wine Lover's mystery. The big day is swiftly approaching for Nikki Sands-Manager of the Malveaux Estates in Napa Valley-and her fiance Derek Malveaux, who owns the winery. But when they start receiving cryptic message...

Paperback
Published: Apr 2010

The Kept Woman: A Novel (Will Trent)

Karin Slaughter

Husbands and wives. Mothers and daughters. The past and the future. Secrets bind them. And secrets can destroy them. The author of Pretty Girls returns with an electrifying, emotionally complex thriller that plunges its fascinating pr...

Paperback
Published: Apr 2017

How to Raise an Elephant: No. 1 Ladie...

Alexander McCall Smith

In this latest installment in the cherished No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, Mma Ramotswe must balance family obligations with the growing needs of one of Charlie’s pet projects.   Precious Ramotswe loves her ...

Paperback
Published: Sep 2021

To Brie or Not to Brie

Avery Aames

Murder, revenge, and secrets: Shakespeare has arrived in Providence, Ohio... Charlotte Bessette—owner of Fromagerie Bessette, known by locals as The Cheese Shop—has a lot on her plate: setting a date with her fiance, feeding the ...

Paperback
Published: Feb 2013

Rapid Fire (Raine Stockton Dog Myster...

Donna Ball

"A simply fabulous mystery starring a likeable, dedicated heroine..." --Midwest Book Review "A delightful protagonist..." --Romantic Times Raine's old boyfriend Andy Fontana is back in town... and at the top of...

Paperback
Published: Jan 2014

Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargr...

Stephanie Barron

In a time of near Jane Austen-mania, what better heroine to solve a mystery than Jane herself? Only two things are required: a satisfying, well-structured whodunit plot and a knack for rendering Austen's style at picking up the most d...

Paperback
Published: Dec 1996

Night of the Living Thread

Janet Bolin

Zombies, killer dresses, and ancient curses prove that Halloween in Threadville can be sew spooky…  It's early October, and hordes of visitors have descended on the tiny, celebrated village of Threadville, Pennsylvania, to attend a ...

Paperback
Published: Jun 2014

Ashes and Bones: An Emma Fielding Mys...

Dana Cameron

Enjoying her job at a respected university and the love of her devoted husband, archaeologist Emma Fielding is stunned when an unknown enemy launches an insidious campaign of personal terror against her as part of a plot to destroy he...

Paperback
Published: Aug 2006

Permed to Death (Bad Hair Day Mystery...

Nancy J. Cohen

Meet Marla Shore, a Florida beauty salon owner with a knack for creating dazzling 'dos-and solving mysteries... Marla was already having a bad day, but when one of her clients dies while getting a perm in her salon, her day just ca...

Paperback
Published: Jun 2009

So Damn Lucky (Lucky O'Toole Las Vega...

Deborah Coonts

Lucky O'Toole—Head of Customer Relations at The Babylon, premier mega-resort on the Vegas Strip—thinks it's just another night in Las Vegas. But then a magician pulls a disappearing act, right under Lucky's nose. Is it a stunt? Or...

Paperback
Published: Feb 2013

Prologue to Murder

Lauren Elliott

After a career working with rare books at the Boston Public Library, Addie Greyborne is back in her seaside New England hometown—where unfortunately, murder is not so rare . . .  Gossip columnists love a bold-faced name—but “Mi...

Paperback
Published: Apr 2019

The Wedding Shawl: A Seaside Knitters...

Sally Goldenbaum

Readers can't help but get entangled in this national bestselling series... Izzy Chambers is about to get married, but much remains to be done. Then the wedding plans get complicated when the wedding party's hair stylist begins missi...

Paperback
Published: May 2012

Forbidden Fruit

Kerry Greenwood

Corinna Chapman, owner of the bakery Earthly delights, detests Christmas. The shoppers are frantic and the heat oppressive in Melbourne, Australia, where Christmas is summer festival. Corinna loathes the festival and the heat. She is ...

Paperback
Published: Jun 2010

Murder at the Christmas Cookie Bake-O...

Darci Hannah

Tucked away inside anold lighthousein Beacon Harbor, Michigan, bakeshopcafé owner LindseyBakewellis ready to make her firstChristmasin town shine bright.Buthermerryplanscrumble fast when murder appears under the mistletoe... ...

Paperback
Published: Sep 2021

Dead with the Wind

Miranda James

The New York Times bestselling author of Bless Her Dead Little Heart and the Cats in the Stacks mysteries brings back the Ducote sisters, two spry Southern sleuths.An'gel and Dickce Ducote tend to stay put in Athena, Mississippi, but ...

Paperback
Published: Sep 2015

Never Say Sty: A Kendra Ballantyne, P...

Linda O. Johnston

Murder muddies up the new Pet-Sitter mystery. Already an L.A. attorney and pet-sitter, Kendra's taken on a third job, masterminding a new reality show called "Animal Auditions." But things get messier than the show's pot-bel...

Paperback
Published: Apr 2009

Blood Line: An Anna Travis Mystery

Lynda La Plante

In the seventh book of the internationally bestselling series by British crime queen Lynda La Plante (Prime Suspect), newly promoted DCI Anna Travis takes charge of an investigation for the first time. But is it purely a missing perso...

Unabridged CD
Published: Jul 2012

A Drunkard's Path: A Someday Quilts M...

Clare O'Donohue

By the author of The LoverÂ's Knot, a brand-new quilting mystery in the tradition of Jennifer Chiaverini and Emilie Richards. In the sleepy town of Archers Rest, Nell Fitzgerald is finishing her first quilt and preparing for her fir...

Paperback
Published: Sep 2009

Those Who Trespass of Television and ...

Bill O'Reilly

In the wake of a series of high-profile murders throughout the TV journalism world, an NYC detective struggles against and then teams up with a beautiful tabloid reporter while investigating two prime suspects. By the Emmy Award-winni...

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Published: Feb 2004

Bells, Spells, and Murders

Carol J. Perry

Someone's spreading deadly holiday cheer through Salem, Mass . . .   Lee Barrett has landed her dream job at Salem's WICH-TV. As the new field reporter, she'll be covering events live as they're unfolding. Next on her holiday checkli...

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Published: Sep 2018

Grave Errors

Carol J. Perry

Whose funeral will be next?  For residents of Salem, Massachusetts, the day after Halloween brings empty candy wrappers, sagging pumpkins, and a community-wide identity crisis. That is, until Lee Barrett's TV production class sugg...

Paperback
Published: Aug 2017

Mama Rides Shotgun: A Mace Bauer Myst...

Deborah Sharp

Mama's fixin' to marry husband number five. But before she does, she convinces daughter Mace to saddle up for some country-gal bonding on the Florida Cracker Trail.  The six-day ride is going fine until wealthy rancher Lawton Bramble...

Paperback
Published: Jul 2009

Of Books and Bagpipes: A Scottish Boo...

Paige Shelton

A small-town bookseller in search of a rare Scottish text finds herself in epic danger in Paige Shelton's Of Books and Bagpipes: A Scottish Bookshop Mystery.Always up for a literary adventure, Delaney Nichols left Kansas to pursue her...

Paperback
Published: Jan 2018

Twisted Threads

Lea Wait

Returning to the quaint coastal town of Harbor Haven, Maine—a place she once called home—Angie Curtis finds her memories aren't all quite pleasant ones. . .After leaving a decade ago, Angie has been called back to Harbor Haven b...

Paperback
Published: Jan 2015

The Whispered Word (Secret, Book & Sc...

Ellery Adams

Nora Pennington and her fiction loving friends in small-town Miracle Springs, North Carolina, encounter a young woman desperately in need of a new beginning . . .  Nora Pennington, owner of Miracle Books, believes that a well-chosen ...

Paperback
Published: Dec 2019

Beer and Loathing: A Sloan Krause Mys...

Ellie Alexander

Amateur sleuth Sloan Krause is back to brewing in this latest installment of Ellie Alexander's popular cozy mystery series, Beer and Loathing. Includes recipes and a travel guide to Leavenworth! It's ski week in everyone's favorite B...

Paperback
Published: Mar 2023

Murder at Primrose Cottage: An utterl...

Merryn Allingham

Join Flora Steele - bookshop owner, bicycle rider, daydreamer and amateur detective - in her quest to solve a brand-new murder mystery! Cornwall, 1956:WhenFlora Steelesets off for a peaceful vacation with crime writerJack Carri...

Paperback
Published: Mar 2022

Two Deadly Doves (Meg Langslow Myster...

Donna Andrews

From ducks to geese to nightingales, Donna Andrews knows her birds! And she's channeled all her skill and winning humor into crafting these two Christmas mysteries with the perfect balance of comedy, suspense, and a dash of holiday ch...

Paperback
Published: Oct 2015

Homemade Sin (Callahan Garrity)

Mary Kay Andrews

Callahan Garrity is the owner of House Mouse, a cleaning service that tidies up after Atlanta's elite. She's also a former cop and a part-time sleuth. She and her coterie of devoted helpers can ransack a house for clues faster than i...

Paperback
Published: Mar 2013

Murder in the East End (A Below Stair...

Jennifer Ashley

A new upstairs, downstairs Victorian murder mystery in the Kat Holloway series from the New York Times bestselling author of Death in Kew Gardens. When young cook Kat Holloway learns that the children of London's Foundling Hospital...

Paperback
Published: Aug 2020
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