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The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (No. ...

Alexander McCall Smith

The eighth installment in the universally beloved, internationally bestselling series.In the life of Mma Ramotswe – a woman duly proud of her fine traditional build – there is rarely a dull moment, and in her newest round ...

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Published: Mar 2008

Dead Certain

Mariah Stewart

Three devious prisoners vow murderous revenge.Now the second is free.With her stalker captured, antiques dealer Amanda Crosby can finally sleep at night. Having worked hard to put the nightmare behind her, Amanda has vowed to never be...

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Published: Jun 2004

Looking for Peyton Place

Barbara Delinsky

One woman’s environmental crusade makes her unpopular with the locals in this novel by the bestselling author of THE SUMMER I DARED. Novelist Annie Barnes returns to the hometown she loathes, Middle River, whose goings-on were f...

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Published: Jun 2006

The Diva Runs Out of Thyme: A Domesti...

Krista Davis

Gracious living can be murder. First in an all-new mystery series— includes delicious recipes and great tips on entertaining!Few can compete with Natasha Smith when it comes to entertaining, but her childhood rival, Sophie Winston, ...

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Published: Oct 2008

Crime School

Carol O'Connell

New York City policewoman Kathy Mallory investigates the murder of a prostitute named Sparrow, a woman who had taken her in many years ago only to betray her, as part of a crime that seems to mimic one that happened two decades earlie...

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Published: Aug 2003

Glazed Murder: A Donut Shop Mystery (...

Jessica Beck

Meet Suzanne Hart, owner and operator of Donut Hearts coffee shop in April Springs, North Carolina. After her divorce from Max, an out-of-work actor she's dubbed "The Great Impersonator," Suzanne decided to pursue her one tr...

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Published: Mar 2010

Sympathy for the Devil (Madeline Bean...

Jerrilyn Farmer

Madeline Bean, caterer to the stars, is in the middle of the biggest job of her new career: a Halloween party for notorious producer Bruno Huntley, complete with an eerie fortuneteller who is astonishingly accurate, and exotic food th...

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Published: May 1998

Witch Hunt: An Ophelia and Abby Myste...

Shirley Damsgaard

Small-town librarian Ophelia Jensen is finally starting to embrace her lot as one of the 'chosen'—a psychic and folk magick practitioner, a.k.a. a witch. Expert loving guidance from her magickally adept grandmother Abby helps&#...

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Published: Jun 2007

Crewel World (Needlecraft Mystery)

Monica Ferris

When Betsy's sister is murdered in her own needlecraft store, Betsy takes over the shop and the investigation. But to find the murderer, she'll have to put together a list of motives and suspects to figure out this killer's pattern of...

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Published: Mar 1999

A Wedding to Die For: A Yellow Rose M...

Leann Sweeney

When Texas heiress-turned-private detective Abby Rose accepts the case of a bride-to-be looking for her birth mother before her wedding, the inexperienced investigator is suddenly in over her head when murder interrupts the reception ...

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Published: Jan 2005

The Diva Takes the Cake (A Domestic D...

Krista Davis

The Domestic Diva has some wedding advice: Keep the food...lose the groom. Sophie's sister Hannah is getting married. But when the groom's ex-wife is found hanging from a tree, the Domestic Diva fears her sister is about to wed a kill...

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Published: Jun 2009

Hanging By A Thread

Monica Ferris

The whole town of Excelsior, Minnesota, hates and avoids Foster Johns, who is believed to be a murderer, the perpetrator of a five-year-old unsolved crime. Then Betsy Devonshire comes to town to open a needlework shop and hires Foster...

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Published: Jan 2003

Evil Eclairs: A Donut Shop Mystery (D...

Jessica Beck

Donut shop owner Suzanne Hart admits her sweet treats don't exactly qualify as health food. But does she really deserve to be labeled a "killer" by local radio jockey Lester Moorefield? The annoying host is urging citizens t...

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Published: Apr 2011

Mumbo Gumbo: A Madeline Bean Novel (M...

Jerrilyn Farmer

Hired to replace a missing L.A. TV show writer, Madeline Bean takes on a quirky staff and every one of its humourous responsibilities while concentrating her efforts on finding the missing writer and uncovering the mystery behind his ...

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Published: Jan 2004

Yankee Doodle Dead (Death on Demand M...

Carolyn G. Hart

The most delectable sleuthing couple since Nick met Nora, Annie and Max Darling manage to find quite a bit of murder in their allegedly safe and serene South Carolina island resort town. After all, murder is Annie's business--well so...

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Published: Aug 1999

The Right Attitude to Rain

Alexander McCall Smith

The delectable new installment in the bestselling and already beloved adventures of Isabel Dalhousie and her no-nonsense housekeeper, Grace.When friends from Dallas arrive in Edinburgh and introduce Isabel to Tom Bruce – a bigwi...

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Published: Jul 2007

Spackled and Spooked (A Do-It-Yoursel...

Jennie Bentley

A mystery surfaces behind the walls in the new Do-It-Yourself series. Avery Baker and her boyfriend, Derek Ellis, are flipping a seriously stigmatized house rumored to have ghosts. Soon they'll have even bigger problems—and this ren...

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Published: Aug 2009

Read It and Weep

Jenn McKinlay

William Shakespeare is credited with inventing how many words?* Answering Shakespeare trivia comes with the job description for library director Lindsey Norris. But when the Briar Creek Community Theater mounts their newest productio...

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Published: Nov 2013

Royal Flush (A Royal Spyness Mystery)...

Rhys Bowen

1930's London: Poor Lady Georgiana-thirty-fourth in line to the throne- has been sent home due to a little scandal. Now she must keep the entirely unsuitable Mrs. Simpson from seducing the Prince of Wales-and help Scotland Yard by pre...

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Published: Sep 2010

A Vision in Velvet: A Witchcraft Myst...

Juliet Blackwell

Lily Ivory hopes to score some great vintage fashions when she buys an antique trunk full of old clothes. But she may have gotten more than she bargained for.…  As soon as Lily opens the trunk, she feels strange vibrations emanating...

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Published: Jul 2014

The Silver Needle Murder: A Tea Shop ...

Laura Childs

When the Charleston Film Festival opens with a bang—the real-life murder of a famous director—Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is pulled into an investigation as perilous as any big-screen thriller.

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Published: Mar 2009

Tiles and Tribulations (Den of Antiqu...

Tamar Myers

Abigail Timberlake Washburn would rather be anywhere else on a muggy Charleston summer evening -- even putting in extra hours at her antiques shop -- than at a seance. But her best friend, 'Calamity Jane,' thinks a spirit -- or 'Appar...

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Published: Apr 2003

Miss Julia Paints the Town

Ann B. Ross

The inimitable Miss Julia is back and ready for a fight in her latest rollicking adventure The sleepy town of Abbotsville is abuzz over the mayor's plans to replace the old courthouse with luxury retirement condos. On top of that, sev...

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Published: Apr 2009

Midnight Come Again (A Kate Shugak No...

Dana Stabenow

Reeling from the shocking murder that shattered her world, private investigator Kate Shugak has vanished into the vast Alaskan wilderness just when Jim Chopin needs her most. The dauntless Alaska State Trooper is ensnared in an intric...

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Published: May 2001

Frill Kill: A Scrapbooking Mystery

Laura Childs

SCRAPBOOKING TIPS AND RECIPES INCLUDED. For Carmela Bertrand, a New Orleans shop owner who can turn any scraook into a treasure, this Halloween will feature more than the usual scares. On her way home from a ghoulish gathering, Carmel...

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Published: Oct 2008

Bone Appétit (Sarah Booth Delaney)...

Carolyn Haines

In the midst of a cook-off at a posh spa, southern PI Sarah Booth Delaney gets embroiled in a juicy murder in the latest mystery from Carolyn Haines For many years Jitty, Dahlia House's resident ghost, has dreamed that Sarah Booth De...

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Published: May 2011

Murder on Bank Street (Gaslight Myste...

Victoria Thompson

In the four years since her husband's death, midwife Sarah Brandt has become an angel of mercy in the tenements of turn-of-the-century New York. Now, Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy has taken up the task of solving the murder of Dr. T...

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Published: Jun 2009

Styx And Stones (Daisy Dalrymple Myst...

Carola Dunn

Called in by her brother-in-law to investigate a series of nasty poison-pen letters that have been tormenting his small English village, the Honorable Daisy Dalrymple uncovers a web of hateful resentment and intrigue that soon leads t...

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Published: Nov 2002

A Monstrous Regiment of Women of Susp...

Laurie R. King

In The Beekeeper's Apprentice, Laurie R. King came up with a completely original story that had Sherlock Holmes as one of its principal characters but was in no way part of the Holmes canon. The focus of that book was a young woman, ...

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Published: Dec 1996

Heaven Preserve Us: A Home Crafting M...

Cricket McRae

A reputation as a small town busybody sleuth. A gum-cracking boss who keeps calling her 'babe.' Now a suicidal phone stalker? Great. After solving the messy mystery of her neighborhood handyman's lye-induced death, thirty-something S...

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Published: Aug 2008
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