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4881) The First Time I Fell
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Praise for The First Time I Fell "A twisted roller-coaster ride of mystery that has funny moments, heartwarming moments and some creepily eerie moments all packed into a fabulous read that flies by, page after page!" – Tome Tender Book Blog "Like the Stephanie Plum series (by Janet Evanovich) for the next generation. The humor, sass and supernatural component – I love it!" - Kat Nelson, Book Nerd Anonymous blog "I definitely recommend this series!...
4882) Five Belles Too Many
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When Sarah Blair's mother participates in a reality show competition for brides in Wheaton, Alabama, things get a little too real as a murderer crashes the wedding party . . .
Sometimes Sarah's mother, Maybelle, can be higher maintenance than her Siamese cat RahRah. Maybelle and her friend, Mr. George Rogers, have been chosen to be one of five couples competing for a small-town "perfect" wedding and dream honeymoon on a Southern Belles reality...
4883) Agent Red: Fatal Crime
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Teagan is in a fight for her life. She uncovers a murder plot before it happens, but if she reports it, she could be labeled a suspect. With no allies beyond her tight inner circle, she's in a bind. She has no time to waste and every reason to believe thing won't go in her favor. But when the victim comes forward, that changes everything… except not for the better. The victim's appearance exposes a conflict of interest that could cost Teagan everything,...
4884) In Retrospect
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The year is 3324. In the region once known as Turkey, the Rasakans have attacked the technologically superior Oku. The war is a stalemate until the Oku commander, General Zane, abruptly surrenders. Merit, a staunch member of the Oku resistance, fights on, but she and her comrades are soon captured. An uneasy peace ensues, but the Rasakans work secretly to gain control of the prized Oku time-travel technology. When Zane is murdered, the Rasakans exert...
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Retired governess and teacher Maud Silver has a new profession: private detective. And though she may seem a kindly and demure pensioner, she can solve crimes right alongside the best Scotland Yard has to offer in this charming series.
Out of the Past: Alan Field is a charming, handsome young man with a predilection for causing trouble and breaking hearts. But when he learns that an author is writing a biography of his late father, it's up to Alan...
4886) Last Chants
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Willa Jansson mysteries volume 5
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Que serait Montréal sans la souveraineté de ses arbres ?
L'arbre est politique. Bertrand Laverdure sait parler aux arbres. Sans eux, les femmes et les hommes perdraient leur chemin et leur cœur. Une musique infinie, un vertige, un piano, ou une danse projette sa lumière sur la ville. Que serait Montréal sans ce peuple vertical qui enseigne la douceur, l'espoir et l'humilité.
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« Écrire aux arbres, c'est écrire...
4887) The Masque of a Murderer
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Lucy Campion mysteries volume 3
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In Susanna Calkins's next richly drawn mystery set in 17th century England, Lucy Campion, formerly a ladies' maid in the local magistrate's household, has now found gainful employment as a printer's apprentice. On a freezing winter afternoon in 1667, she accompanies the magistrate's daughter, Sarah, to the home of a severely injured Quaker man to record his dying words, a common practice of the time. The man, having been trampled by a horse and cart...
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Sometimes lightning strikes once. Sometimes it strikes twice. Doctor Rowena Halley was really hoping that a summer in California would help her heal from the previous semester's injuries, mental and physical. Instead, it might throw her into the greatest danger she's faced yet. Spending the summer working in Monterey and living with her boyfriend Alex was supposed to prove to both of them that they were ready to take their relationship to the next...
4889) The Perilous Road to Him
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A riveting tale of a woman's last stand against her past. In The Perilous Road to Him, the conclusion of The Road Series, N.L. Blandford takes us on Olivia Beaumont's final harrowing battle to regain herself and her son. Olivia changed her last name, moved to the small English town of Woodhaven and hoped her tortuous past only lived in her memories. However, it also resides within the walls of her house. Her son Calvin's ice-cold stare, secrecy and...
4890) In Cold Chamomile
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Just in time for the holidays, In Cold Chamomile is sure to be a cupid's arrow aimed straight for your bookshelf.
Tea party organizer Callie Aspen learns that Cupid's arrows can be deadly when a Valentine's Day soiree ends in murder.
Callie Aspen can't think of a more appropriate place to spend Valentine's Day than her adopted hometown of Heart's Harbor, Maine. When she's not helping out at Book Tea, her great-aunt Iphy's vintage tearoom, Callie's...
4891) Parlour Game
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When Edgar Asheford-Browne is found dead in his palatial home, with a hole in his head and a bloody fire poker next to his body, the cause of death seems obvious. Edgar Asheford-Browne was beaten to death.
But as Detective Inspector Helen Shepherd and her team begin to unravel the case, it suddenly seems much less clear. For Helen has to deal not only with contradictory evidence, but also with an entire library full of suspects who are all accusing...
4892) Quick Study
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College English professor Alison Bergeron thought that dating a cute NYPD detective like Bobby Crawford would be exciting and involve a lot of riding around in cruisers and putting away sleazy crooks, but he has yet to invite her on any stakeouts. . . .
Then when a friend asks her to help him find his nephew, she goes to Bobby for advice only to find out that he already knows about the case. He pulled the boy out of the Hudson River a few days earlier....
4893) Brushed Up on Murder
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The life of a cat groomer isn't just pampering purring felines, it's murder.
Mobile Cat Groomer Molly Stewart loves her job. Until she finds the dead body of one of her pet parents stabbed with a garden implement in his back yard. When Molly's uncle Russ becomes the prime suspect in the murder and the sheriff won't consider anyone else, Molly claws through obstacles as she prowls for clues.
With help from handsome veterinarian Hank Chenowith...
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Clara Morgan had it all, or so she thought. Her own home, a car, and her own business were all Clara had ever dreamed of. Then one day she finds a baby on her shop step and her entire world changes. Who is the child's mother and why did she choose Clara? As Clara takes the baby in and works with the police she starts to uncover clues to the baby's origins but with every new clue the threat of danger increases. Clara finally discovers who baby Selena's...
4895) One Dead, Two to Go
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This mystery featuring a crime-fighting mother-daughter duo is "smart, page-turning fun, with the most feisty and likable P.I. since Kinsey Millhone" (Deb Caletti, National Book Award finalist).
When private investigator Edwina "Eddie Shoes" isn't fending off surprise visits from her troublemaking mother, she's spying on cheating husbands, hoping to land hefty divorce settlements for their heartbroken wives. But when the latest mistress Eddie captures...
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Who'd have thought mulch could cause such a stink?
Low Country dog walker Andi Grace Scott is happy to score some free mulch from one of her brother's landscaping jobs--until she discovers the dead body buried beneath the bark.
Worse, her brother's landscaping tools were used to commit the murder. Once the police arrest her brother and seem happy to have "caught their man," Andi Grace has no choice but to track down the real killer. She'll risk...
4897) Yellow as Legal Pads
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Meet Marmalade and Biscuit. This saucy cat and her human find a body in the library, and the fun begins. No one in Martinsville, a small town in northeastern Georgia, admits to knowing why Harlan Schneider was in the library. Clues seem to point to someone local, but nobody asks Marmalade. Then, when Biscuit's accident-prone sister visits, pursued by a creepy former boyfriend, Marmalade sees what's happening, but her humans just won't listen to her....
4898) Corpse in the Chard
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Lose yourself in a world of beautiful gardens and delicious food with just the odd dead body thrown in.There are few things Dee enjoys more than a salad, fresh from her veg patch, preferably served without a clown corpse.Finding herself top of the suspect list, what is a self- respecting Taekwondo-loving granny to do but investigate?It is at times like these that having a criminal psychology student for a granddaughter comes in handy. Clad in her...
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Aventurine Morrow is alone in Lincoln, England, attempting to overcome writer's block while researching Katherine Swynford. She befriends a cathedral tour guide, Henry Hallsey, whose daughter Nicola has gone missing. When a woman is found dead on the grounds of the Old Bishop's Palace, and the Swynford Jewel is stolen, Aventurine falls under suspicion. With police dogging her every step, Avi must seek the help of wily former spy, Genevieve Smithson....
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Jeaneane Lewis is a disturbed graduate student in a crime-writing program who makes a grisly discovery: in the heart of the college/prison town of New Royal, Ohio, a military widow and her two small children lay dead in a frigid garden pond, watched over by a shivering, ex-cadaver dog named Daddy. The murders go unsolved, but Lewis manages to publish a vivid account of her experience before she falls prey to years of writer's block and drug addiction...
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