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"Sisters Matilde, Pastora, Camila, and Flor thought they knew each other well, until Flor--inspired by a documentary her daughter Ona made her watch--decides she wants a living wake, a party to bring her family and community together and celebrate the long life she's led, while she's still around to enjoy it. She's not ill, as far as anybody knows, but Flor does have a gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. Has she foreseen her...
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Caro Lamont - pet therapist - and her cousin Melinda Langston - owner of The Bow Wow Boutique - pamper the kitties and pooches of Laguna Beach's elites. Unfortunately, their human clients keep turning up dead. When Caro's friend and neighbor, Kitty Bardot, is found gunned down on the Pacific Coast Highway, the police are stumped. They seem ready to call the well-loved Hollywood publicist a road-rage casualty. But when catty tidbits of information...
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Raven's Nest bookstore mysteries volume 3
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Wheeler Publishing, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
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2014.
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The mayor of Finn's Harbor calls a press conference about the controversial hotel resort being built on the edge of the city so residents can express their concerns. When the debate turns into a fight, Clara Quinn has a troubling premonition. Her cousin Stephanie is enthralled, but Clara wants the vision to go away. But a customer in the Raven's Nest Bookstore tells them of a fatal fall at the hotel's construction site, and Clara knows better than...
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L.A. night market mysteries volume 2
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2023.
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"Food stall owners Yale and Celine Yee have scored an invitation to join an exclusive dinner with the local restaurant owners association. The members gather together for a relaxing hot pot feast . . . until Jeffery Vue, president of the group, receives a literal shock to his system and dies. Everyone at the meal is a suspect, but the authorities are homing in on family friend Ai Ho, owner of the restaurant where Jeffery was killed -- and Yale's dad...
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2022.
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"When Yale Yee discovers her cousin Celine is visiting from Hong Kong, she is obliged to play tour guide to a relative she hasn't seen in twenty years. Not only that, but her father thinks it's a wonderful idea for them to bond by running a food stall together at the Eastwood Village Night Market. Yale hasn't cooked in years, and she hardly considers Celine's career as a social media influencer as adequate experience, but because she's just lost her...
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Stone Barrington launches an investigation in coastal Maine, where he confronts high-connected and well-funded family enemies hiding in plain sight among the region's stately houses and private clubs.
"Stone Barrington is settling in for a stretch in New York when he receives news that demands immediate action. An old family matter has unexpectedly resurfaced, and Stone must decamp to the craggy shores of Maine to address the issue head-on.There,...
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