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List created by Connie K. (retiredteacher) - , on Jan 31, 2015
List Votes: 6 Books: 513 Contributors: 1 Watchers: 14 List Type: Open
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Foreign Eclairs (White House Chef, Bk 9) by Julie Hyzy
White House executive chef Ollie Paras has served plenty of meals to foreign dignitaries from around the world. But someone is ready to serve her an ice-cold dish of revenge...   Things are about to really heat up for Ollie. News of a bombing and attempted breakout at a federal prison reveals...  more

Book Votes: 4
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It's a Wonderful Knife (Comfort Food, Bk 5) by Christine Wenger
Comfort food and murder are on the holiday menu in the latest mystery from the national bestselling author of Macaroni and Freeze . . .   All Trixie Matkowski wants for Christmas is a break—just not the broken leg she got after slipping on some ice. With Sandy Harbor alive in the...  more

Book Votes: 4
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A Fatal Chapter (Booktown, Bk 9) by Lorna Barrett
While out walking Sarge, her sister’s bichon frise, bookshop owner Tricia Miles is led by the agitated dog to a man lying in a gazebo. She’s startled when she recognizes Pete Renquist, the president of the Stoneham Historical Society, who appears to be suffering from cardiac arrest....  more

Book Votes: 4
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Crime and Poetry (Magical Bookshop, Bk 1) by Amanda Flower
Rushing home to sit by her ailing grandmother’s bedside, Violet Waverly is shocked to find Grandma Daisy the picture of perfect health. Violet doesn’t need to read between the lines: her grandma wants Violet back home and working in her magical store, Charming Books. It’s where...  more

Book Votes: 3
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An Unhappy Medium (Family Fortune, Bk 4) by Dawn Eastman
Former cop and novice psychic Clyde Fortune finds herself in a race for justice when a Zombie Fun Run turns deadly...   All of Crystal Haven, Michigan, is psyching up to participate in a Zombie Fun Run organized by Clyde’s nephew Seth, but Clyde is fretful about the undead...  more

Book Votes: 3
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Engaged in Death (Wedding Planner, Bk 1) by Stephanie Blackmoore
All appears peaceful in sleepy Port Quincy, Pennsylvania -- but in this small town, old grudges die hard. . . After dumping her cheating fiancé and cancelling the wedding, Mallory Shepard can't bear another disaster. So when the former bride-to-be unexpectedly inherits Thistle...  more

Book Votes: 3
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Copy Cap Murder (Hat Shop, Bk 4) by Jenn McKinlay
For Scarlett Parker, part of the fun of living in London is celebrating the British holidays, and she’s excited to share her first Bonfire Night with her cousin Vivian Tremont. Invited to a posh party by their friend Harrison Wentworth, Scarlett and Viv decide to promote their hat shop,...  more

Book Votes: 2
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To Helvetica and Back (Dangerous Type, Bk 1) by Paige Shelton
Star City is known for its slopes and its powder. But nestled in the valley of this ski resort town is a side street full of shops that specialize in the simple charms of earlier eras. One of those shops is the Rescued Word, where Chester Henry and his adult granddaughter Clare lovingly repair...  more

Book Votes: 2
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A Wee Dose of Death (ScotShop Mystery, Bk 2) by Fran Stewart
While business is booming at the ScotShop in Hamelin, Vermont, proprietor Peggy Winn doesn’t have time to toast her good fortune thanks to her hot-tempered, fourteenth-century Scottish companion. Being thrust into the modern world hasn’t been easy for Dirk, but Peggy is at her...  more

Book Votes: 2
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Darned if You Do (Needlecraft, Bk 18) by Monica Ferris
After a tree falls on Tom Riordan’s house, landing him in the hospital, the police discover a mountain of junk piled high in his home. Locals in Excelsior, Minnesota -- including Betsy Devonshire and her Crewel World Monday Bunch -- offer to help with the cleanup while Tom...  more

Book Votes: 2
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A Disguise to Die For (Costume Shop, Bk 1) by Diane Vallere
Someone is dressed to kill in the debut Costume Shop Mystery from the national bestselling author of the Material Witness mysteries.   No sooner does former magician’s assistant Margo Tamblyn return home to Proper City, Nevada, to run Disguise DeLimit, the family-owned costume shop,...  more

Book Votes: 2
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Double Fudge Brownie Murder (Hannah Swensen, Bk 18) by Joanne Fluke
Life in tiny Lake Eden, Minnesota, is usually pleasantly uneventful. But with the upcoming trial for her involvement in a tragic accident, Hannah Swensen hardly has time to think about her bakery--let alone the town's most recent murder. . . Hannah is eager to clear her name once and for...  more

Book Votes: 2
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Arsenic and Old Books (Cat in the Stacks, Bk 6) by Miranda James
DEAR DIARIES   Lucinda Beckwith Long, the mayor of Athena, Mississippi, has donated a set of Civil War-era diaries to the archives of Athena College. She would like librarian Charlie Harris to preserve and substantiate them as a part of the Long family legacy -- something that could...  more

Book Votes: 2
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Murder with Macaroni and Cheese (Mahalia Watkins, Bk 2) by A. L. Herbert
When the organizing committee for her upcoming high school reunion desperately needs a caterer, Halia agrees to help out. Soon she's serving up her signature macaroni and cheese and famous chicken wings to a host of appreciative ex-classmates. Some folks have blossomed since graduation....  more

Book Votes: 2
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Between a Book and a Hard Place (Devereaux's Dime Store, Bk 5) by Denise Swanson
The New York Times bestselling author of Dying for a Cupcake returns with a new mystery filled with lost family, hidden treasure, and long-buried secrets...   Five-and-dime store owner Devereaux 'Dev' Sinclair moved to Shadow Bend for her family.  But when her long-lost mother...  more

Book Votes: 2
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Ming Tea Murder (Tea Shop, Bk 16) by Laura Childs
It's scones and scandal for Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning in this Tea Shop Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs.   Normally Theodosia wouldn't attend a black-tie affair for all the tea in China. But she can hardly say no to her handsome boyfriend,...  more

Book Votes: 2
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The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum (Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum, Bk 1) by ...
When Maddie Kosloski's career flatlines, she retreats to her wine-country hometown for solace and cheap rent. Railroaded into managing the local paranormal museum, she's certain the rumors of its haunting are greatly exaggerated. But a new ghost may be on the loose. A fresh corpse in the...  more

Book Votes: 2
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Breach of Crust (Charmed Pie Shoppe, Bk 5) by Ellery Adams
PIE SHELLS AND DEATH BELLES   Ella Mae LeFaye’s delicious pies are still drawing long lines -- as well as the attention of Beatrice Burbank, president of the Camellia Club, a philanthropic organization comprised of high-society Southern ladies from the charming and affluent...  more

Book Votes: 2
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Malice at the Palace (Her Royal Spyness, Bk 9) by Rhys Bowen
Thirty-fifth in line for the British throne, Lady Georgiana Rannoch becomes embroiled in some royal wrongdoing... Caught between my high birth and empty purse, I am relieved to receive a new assignment from the Queen. The King’s youngest son, George, is to wed Princess Marina of Greece,...  more

Book Votes: 2
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A Ghoul's Guide to Love and Murder (Ghost Hunter, Bk 10) by Victoria Laurie
M.J., her boyfriend Heath, best friend Gilley, and the rest of the Ghoul Getters crew are back home in Boston. Their new film's a monster hit, and a museum is getting in on the action with a special exhibit of supernatural artifacts. Unfortunately, Gilley - whose mind is engaged with...  more

Book Votes: 1
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Daisies For Innocence (Enchanted Garden, Bk 1) by Bailey Cattrell
The Enchanted Garden behind Elliana Allbright’s perfume shop draws people of all ages with its fragrant flowers and lush greenery. But when the magical serenity is interrupted, it’s up to Ellie to sniff out a killer.   Ellie’s life has blossomed in Poppyville,...  more

Book Votes: 1
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One Foot in the Grove (Olive Grove, Bk 1) by Kelly Lane
In the sweet Southern town of Abundance, Georgia, home of the Knox family’s olive farm, gossip isn’t the only thing that can kill you...   After leaving a man at the altar for the second time in her life, Eva Knox decides to head home to her family’s plantation to...  more

Book Votes: 1
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Sweet Pepper Hero (Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade, Bk 4) by J. J. Cook
Fire chief Stella Griffin has been put in charge of judging the annual recipe contest, but Eric -- her resident ghost and true culinary genius -- has vanished. Before she can track down his latest haunt, she’s called in to investigate a local moonshine distillery that was set...  more

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Beauty, Beast, and Belladonna (Fairy Tale Fatal, Bk 3) by Maia Chance
Variety hall actress Ophelia Flax knows how to win over an audience. That’s why she’s accepted the marriage proposal of the brutish Comte de Griffe to nettle her occasional investigative partner -- and romantic sparring partner -- the pompous if dashing Professor...  more

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A Familiar Tail (Witch's Cat, Bk 1) by Delia James
Magic and meows meet in the first enchanting Witch’s Cat mystery!   Unlucky-in-love artist Annabelle Britton decides that a visit to the seaside town of  Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is the perfect way to get over her problems. But when she stumbles upon a smoky gray cat named...  more

Book Votes: 1
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The Grim Steeper (Teapot Collector, Bk 3) by Amanda Cooper
Mid-October in the charming Finger Lakes town of Gracious Grove means it’s time for the annual Fall Fling Townwide Tea Party. The highlight of the festivities is a roaming tea-tasting, which includes a stop at Auntie Rose’s Victorian Tea House. Sophie Taylor would like to share her...  more

Book Votes: 1
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No Cats Allowed (Cat in the Stacks, Bk 7) by Miranda James
In the latest mystery in the New York Times bestselling Cat in the Stacks series, librarian Charlie Harris and his Maine Coon cat Diesel must clear a friend when the evidence is stacked against her...   Springtime in Mississippi is abloom with beauty, but the library’s...  more

Book Votes: 1
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Stiff Competition (Mattie Winston, Bk 7) by Annelise Ryan
Every fall, hunting season in Sorenson, Wisconsin, leads to some accidental injuries. Deputy coroner Mattie Winston just hopes the hunters don’t bring any more business to her office. But somebody seems to have declared open season on land developers. One real estate developer who’s...  more

Book Votes: 1
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A Whisker of Trouble (Second Chance Cat, Bk 3) by Sofie Ryan
Spring has come to charming North Harbor, Maine, and with the new season comes a new haul for Second Chance, the shop where Sarah Grayson sells lovingly refurbished and repurposed items. Sarah is turning her keen eye to the estate of collector Edison Hall, hoping for fabulous finds for Second...  more

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Death of a Nurse (Hamish Macbeth, Bk 31) by M. C. Beaton
James Harrison has recently moved to a restored hunting lodge in Sutherland with his gorgeous private nurse Gloria Dainty. When Hamish visits Mr. Harrison to welcome him to the neighborhood, the old man treats him very rudely. Gloria apologizes for her employer's behavior, and Hamish takes...  more

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The Cracked Spine (Scottish Bookshop, Bk 1) by Paige Shelton
Never an adventurer, no one was more surprised than Delaney Nichols when she packed her bags and moved halfway across the world to Edinburgh, Scotland to start a job at The Cracked Spine, a bookshop located in the heart of the city. Her new boss, Edwin MacAlister, has given her the opportunity...  more

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Shards of Murder (Webb's Glass Shop, Bk 2) by Cheryl Hollon
When a glass-making competition turns deadly, glass shop owner Savannah Webb must search for a window into a criminal's mind… As the new proprietor of Webb's Glass Shop, Savannah has been appointed to fill her late father's shoes as a judge for the Spinnaker Arts Festival,...  more

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Wedding Cake Murder (Hannah Swensen, Bk 19) by Joanne Fluke
Everyone in Lake Eden, Minnesota, may have had their doubts, but at long last, Hannah Swensen is getting married! Hannah is thrilled to be marrying Ross Barton, her college crush. And her excitement only grows when she learns he’ll be able to join her on her trip to New York City for...  more

Book Votes: 1
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Give the Devil His Due (Tarot, Bk 3) by Steve Hockensmith & Lisa Falco
Reformed con artist-turned-tarot reader Alanis McLachlan gets paid for predicting the future. Too bad she couldn't see all the trouble in hers. First a figure from her troubled past returns to drag her back into the dark world of scams and thievery she thought she'd left behind. Then her...  more

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And Then There Were Nuns (League of Literary Ladies, Bk 4) by Kylie Logan
B and B owner Bea Cartwright has taken on the responsibility of taking meals to ten visiting nuns, who are on retreat at the Water’s Edge Center for Spirit and Renewal on picturesque South Bass Island on Lake Erie. But the peace of the retreat is shattered when one of the nuns is found at...  more

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Take the Monkey and Run (Call of the Wilde, Bk 4) by Laura Morrigan
Grace Wilde must use her psychic abilities to track down a pesky primate in the latest Call of the Wilde Mystery.   Grace Wilde is excited to head to New Orleans for her first “real” case as an animal telepath. She intends to help a woman find her missing sister, but when she...  more

Book Votes: 1
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Kernel of Truth (Popcorn Shop, Bk 1) by Kristi Abbott
An all-new Popcorn Shop Mystery bursts on the scene, featuring gourmet popcorn entrepreneur Rebecca Anderson and her poodle Sprocket. Opening a gourmet popcorn shop was never on Rebecca Anderson's bucket list. But after a failed marriage to a celebrity chef, she's ready for her life to...  more

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Devonshire Scream (Tea Shop, Bk 17) by Laura Childs
The New York Times bestselling author of Ming Tea Murder serves up heists, homicides, and herbal blends in the latest in the Tea Shop mysteries.   Catering a high-class trunk show at Heart's Desire Jewelry is a shining achievement for Theodosia and the Indigo Tea Shop. After all, a slew...  more

Book Votes: 1
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Journey to Munich (Maisie Dobbs, Bk 12) by Jacqueline Winspear
It’s early 1938, and Maisie Dobbs is back in England. On a fine yet chilly morning, as she walks towards Fitzroy Square—a place of many memories—she is intercepted by Brian Huntley and Robert MacFarlane of the Secret Service. The German government has agreed to release a...  more

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Killer in the Kitchen (Murder, She Wrote, Bk 43) by Donald Bain & Jessica Fletche...
A BEEF WITH LEBOEUF   Jessica loves the Fin & Claw restaurant, owned by young Cabot Cove couple Brad and Marcie. The eatery is the couple’s dream come true, but it’s quickly turning into a nightmare.   Famed chef Gérard Leboeuf has decided to open his brand...  more

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Cat Shout for Joy (Joe Grey, Bk 19) by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Joe Grey and Dulcie are thrilled to be awaiting their first litter, but their joy is bittersweet. They are also sad for Pan’s father, the old yellow cat Misto, whose time on earth is drawing to a close. While the proud parents await the birth of their babies, the criminals are busy,...  more

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Death of a Liar (Hamish Macbeth, Bk 30) by M. C. Beaton
Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is alarmed to receive a report from a woman in the small village of Cronish in the Scottish Highlands. She has been brutally attacked and the criminal is on the loose. But upon further investigation, Hamish discovers that she was lying about the crime. So when the same...  more

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Braking for Bodies (Cycle Path, Bk 2) by Duffy Brown
Moving from Los Angeles to small, picturesque Mackinac Island to work in a bike shop might seem crazy, but Evie knows it’s the best decision she’s ever made. That’s not to say she’s gotten rid of all her stress; after all, the upcoming Lilac Festival has everyone in town...  more

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Killer Takeout (Key West Food Critic, Bk 7) by Lucy Burdette
It's Fantasy Fest at Key West, and food critic Hayley Snow is ready to celebrate. But a killer seems intent on crashing the party... Every year, Key West's weeklong Mardi Gras-style festival has tourists and locals alike lining up for costumed revelry and delicious eats. Key Zest...  more

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Reading Up a Storm (Lighthouse Library, Bk 3) by Eva Gates
The national bestselling author of Booked for Trouble returns with another charming mystery set in the most literary lighthouse in North Carolina's Outer Banks.   Misfortune blows into North Carolina's Outer Banks when a dead body in a boat on the shore leaves local librarian...  more

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Vanilla Beaned (Cupcake Bakery, Bk 8) by Jenn McKinlay
Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura are taking a gamble by opening their first franchise of the Fairy Tale Cupcakes Bakery, so where better to hit the jackpot than in Vegas?  Business manager Tate Harper has lined up a meeting with Holly Hartzmark, a former showgirl who's looking to bring...  more

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Miss Julia Lays Down the Law (Miss Julia, Bk 17) by Ann B. Ross
It's November and Miss Julia is looking forward to some quiet time before the holidays. That is until snobby Connie Clayborn and her rich husband move to town. At first, Miss Julia and the other ladies are pleased to be invited over for coffee, but the afternoon turns into a slap in the face...  more

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Miss Julia Inherits a Mess (Miss Julia, Bk 18) by Ann B. Ross
In the latest in Ann B. Ross's New York Times bestselling series, Miss Julia finds herself an executrix on a desperate hunt for a valuable collectible amid a jumble of the estate's antiques, and if she finds a prize she can honor Miss Mattie's last wishes  When Miss...  more

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Dishing the Dirt (Agatha Raisin, Bk 26) by M. C. Beaton
When therapist Jill Davent moved to the village of Carsely, Agatha Raisin was not a fan. Not only was this therapist romancing Agatha's ex-husband, she dug up details of Agatha's not-too-glamorous origins. Jill also counsels a woman, Gwen Simple, that Agatha firmly believes assisted her...  more

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Silence of the Lamps (Caprice De Luca, Bk 5) by Karen Rose Smith
Caprice's house staging is disrupted by Drew Pierson, a caterer who opened Portable Edibles, a business in direct competition with her sister Nikki's Catered Capers.  Nikki turned down Drew as a possible partner and he seems determined to undermine and bury her.  However his...  more

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Aunt Dimity and the Buried Treasure (Aunt Dimity, Bk 21) by Nancy Atherton
Nancy Atherton's twenty-first cozy mystery in the beloved, Nationally Bestselling Aunt Dimity series. While exploring the attic in her cottage near the small English village of Finch, Lori Shepherd makes an extraordinary discovery: a gold and silver bracelet inlaid with gleaming garnets,...  more

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Hearse and Gardens (Hamptons Home & Garden, Bk 2) by Kathleen Bridge
A Hamptons interior designer deals with skeletons in the closet in the new mystery from the author of Better Homes and Corpses. To keep her mind off the legal battle over the oceanfront cottage she's trying to buy, Meg agrees to help her friend inventory and clear out furniture from the...  more

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Ripped From the Pages (Bibliophile, Bk 9) by Kate Carlisle
While Brooklyn has temporarily relocated to her parents’ place in Sonoma, she attends an excavation of the caves hidden deep under their commune. A room is unearthed, revealing artwork, rare books, cases of wine, a chest of jewelry . . . and a perfectly mummified body. A closer examination...  more

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Lord of the Wings (Meg Langslow, Bk 19) by Donna Andrews
It's another holiday and Mayor Randall Shiffley has turned Caerphilly, Virginia into Spooky City, USA. The residents are covering every window with cobwebs and roaming the streets in costume to entertain the tourists, and Meg's grandfather is opening a new “Creatures of the...  more

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Death at the Day Lily Cafe (Rosalie Hart, Bk 2) by Wendy Sand Eckel
Rosalie Hart has finally opened the café of her dreams. Decked out with ochre-tinted walls and stuffed with delicious organic fare, the Day Lily Café is everything Rosalie could have hoped for. But not five minutes into the grand opening, Doris Bird, a dear and trusted friend,...  more

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The Cat Sitter and the Canary (Dixie Hemingway, Bk 11) by John Clement & Blaize C...
This time out, Dixie’s got a furry partner-in-crime, an irascible Lhasa Apso named Charlie. They’ve just arrived at the home of one of Dixie’s regular clients to check in on Franklin, a mackerel tabby with avocado-green eyes and a luxuriant coat the color of dried beach...  more

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Murder on Amsterdam Avenue (Gaslight, Bk 17) by Victoria Thompson
In the midst of Sarah and Frank’s wedding preparations, Sarah accompanies her mother on a condolence call to the Upper West Side, where Charles Fairfax, the son of family friends, has died unexpectedly after suffering from a mysterious disease. It is a tragic and all too common story --...  more

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Grilled for Murder (Country Store, Bk 2) by Maddie Day
Someone's cooking up trouble... Robbie Jordan may have had reservations about the murder victim, but she still needs to turn up the heat on a killer if she wants to keep her new restaurant open for business... In the charming small town of South Lick, Indiana, Robbie has transformed a...  more

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Moving Is Murder (Ellie Avery, Bk 1) by Sara Rosett
Meet military spouse, soccer mom, professional organizer, and savvy sleuth, Ellie Avery! Moving four times in five years has honed Air Force wife Ellie Avery's packing and unpacking skills. But moving with a newborn daughter and husband Mitch in tow, during a heat wave, is enough to make...  more

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Books of a Feather (Bibliophile, Bk 10) by Kate Carlisle
Brooklyn's friend Ian runs the Covington Library, which is hosting an exhibit featuring John James Audubon's massive masterpiece, Birds of America, currently on loan from an Arab sheik. During the gala celebrating the book, she is approached by Jared Mulrooney, the president of the...  more

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Die Like an Eagle (Meg Langslow, Bk 20) by Donna Andrews
Meg is Team Mom and Michael is coach of their twin sons' youth baseball team, the Caerphilly Eagles. Meg tangles with Biff Brown, the petty, vindictive league head. On opening day, Biff's lookalike brother is found dead in the porta-potty at the ball field. So many people think...  more

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Wedding Bel Blues (Bel McGrath, Bk 1) by Maggie McConnon
Are they tying the knot? Belfast McGrath has spent the last fifteen years avoiding her big, bustling, brash Irish family. But when her five-star culinary career goes up in flames, she retreats to Foster’s Landing -- where she’s immediately tapped as her cousin Caleigh’s...  more

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The Masquerading Magician (Accidental Alchemist, Bk 2) by Gigi Pandian
Deciphering an ancient alchemy book is more difficult than Zoe Faust bargained for. She'd much rather be gardening and exploring her new home of Portland, Oregon, but time is running out for living gargoyle Dorian Robert-Houdin. If Zoe isn't able to unlock the alchemy book's secrets...  more

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Spells and Scones (Magical Bakery, Bk 6) by Bailey Cates
There's a body in the bookshop in this latest novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Magical Bakery mysteries...   When the bookshop next to the Honeybee Bakery hosts a signing for a Savannah radio celebrity's new self-help book, magical baker Katie Lightfoot is...  more

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Title Wave (Booktown, Bk 10) by Lorna Barrett
While her bookstore, Haven't Got a Clue, is rebuilt following a devastating fire, Tricia Miles and her sister, Angelica, decide to book a cruise for some much needed R & R. Naturally they choose a Mystery Lovers cruise, where they can ponder whodunnit in Adirondack chairs while sipping...  more

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Eclair and Present Danger (Emergency Dessert Squad, Bk 1) by Laura Bradford
With her rent rising faster than her pie crust, bakery owner Winnie Johnson had hoped to be rescued by an inheritance from her wealthy friend and neighbor Gertrude Redenbacher. Instead all she inherits is the widow's hostile hissing tabby, Lovey, and a vintage ambulance, restored by...  more

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Ghosts of Misty Hollow (Ghost of Granny Apples, Bk 6) by Sue Ann Jaffarian
The author of Ghost in the Guacamole returns, as a spiritual medium and her spectral sidekick encounter murder and mystery in a Massachusetts farmhouse.   Mysterious plots abound when spiritual medium Emma Whitecastle offers aid to a famous novelist, but her spectral sidekick Granny...  more

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Murder in the Secret Garden (Book Retreat, Bk 3) by Ellery Adams
There is a hidden garden bordering the grounds of Jane Steward’s book-themed resort -- a garden filled with beautiful but deadly plants such as mandrake and nightshade. Tucked away behind ivy-covered walls and accessible only through a single locked door, as described in the pages of...  more

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The Readaholics and the Gothic Gala (Book Club, Bk 3) by Laura DiSilverio
One sleuthing book club finds themselves in the midst of a gothic-esque mystery as they read Du Maurier's Rebecca in the latest from the author of The Readaholics and the Poirot Puzzle.   Reading the gothic classic Rebecca already has the Readaholics spooked, and the chills only get...  more

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Crowned and Dangerous (Royal Spyness, Bk 10) by Rhys Bowen
Nothing is simple when you’re thirty-fifth in line for the British crown, least of all marriage. But with love on their side, and plans to elope, Lady Georgiana Rannoch and her beau Darcy O’Mara hope to bypass a few royal rules... With Darcy driving me out of London in a borrowed...  more

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Shots in the Dark (Mack's Bar, Bk 4) by Allyson K. Abbott
For Mack and her barfly allies, solving homicides calls for equal parts instinct and wit. To strain out a crafty criminal, the mixture has got to be absolutely perfect . . . It's a week before Christmas, but Milwaukee bar owner Mackenzie "Mack" Dalton is hardly in good spirits....  more

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Dishing the Dirt (Agatha Raisin, Bk 26) by M. C. Beaton
When therapist Jill Davent moved to the village of Carsely, Agatha Raisin was not a fan. Not only was this therapist romancing Agatha's ex-husband but she dug up details of Agatha's not-too-glamorous origins. Jill also counsels a woman, Gwen Simple, that Agatha firmly believes assisted...  more

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Murder of a Cranky Catnapper (Scumble River, Bk 19) by Denise Swanson
With her morning sickness finally abated, Skye Denison Boyd is ready to pounce on the pertinent problems she faces as Scumble River School’s psychologist. After trying almost every trick in the book to aid a handful of socially awkward fourth grade boys, Skye opts for the innovative...  more

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Christmas Caramel Murder (Hannah Swensen, Bk 20) by Joanne Fluke
Christmas normally descends on Lake Eden, Minnesota, as gently as reindeer alighting on a rooftop—but this yuletide season the only thing coming down Hannah Swensen’s chimney is a case of murder . . .   The holidays have arrived, and Hannah and her good pal Lisa have agreed to...  more

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Plantation Shudders (Cajun Country, Bk 1) by Ellen Byron
It's the end of the summer and Prodigal Daughter Maggie Crozat has returned home to her family's plantation-turned-bed-and-breakfast in Louisiana. The Crozats have an inn full of guests for the local food festival -- elderly honeymooners, the Cajun Cuties, a mysterious stranger from...  more

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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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Untimely Death (Shakespeare in the Catskills, Bk 1) by Elizabeth J. Duncan
A Catskills resort's production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet takes a wickedly ironic turn when the leading lady, Lauren Richmond, is first poisoned and then stabbed. Who would extinguish the life of such a beautiful young thespian? Who wouldn't? Seems like just about everyone...  more

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Crepe Factor (Scrapbooking Mystery, Bk 14) by Laura Childs & Terrie Farley Moran
The holidays are a busy time for scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand -- but not so hectic that she doesn’t have time to enjoy browsing the booths at the Winter Market with her best friend Ava. The last thing the ladies expect to see is a thrashing man stabbed by a serving fork, dying in...  more

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The Question of the Felonious Friend (Asperger's, Bk 3) by E. J. Copperman & Jeff...
It's been one year, two weeks, and three days since Samuel Hoenig opened the doors of Questions Answered. The personality traits of his Asperger's Syndrome help Samuel maintain objectivity in his work -- a critical component for his business's continuing success. But when Tyler...  more

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Better Late Than Never (Library Lover, Bk 7) by Jenn McKinlay
In the latest Library Lover’s Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of A Likely Story, a decades overdue book puts library director Lindsey Norris hot on the trail of a cold case...   When the Briar Creek Public Library holds its first overdue book...  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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Death at First Sight (Bay Island Psychic, Bk 1) by Lena Gregory
FIRST IN A VISIONARY NEW MYSTERY SERIES.   It doesn't take a crystal ball to see that something's not right on Bay Island...   Since she left her psychiatric practice in New York City to open up a psychic shop in her hometown on Long Island, Cass Donovan has given...  more

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Putting on the Witch (Retired Witches, Bk 3) by Joyce Lavene & Jim Lavene
In the latest mystery from the bestselling authors of Looking for Mr. Good Witch, the retired witches of Wilmington, North Carolina, are ready to kick up their heels...   With their coven's spell book still missing, Molly and Elsie-along with their ghostly friend Olivia, her daughter...  more

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Dying for a Taste (Sally Solari, Bk 1) by Leslie Karst
After losing her mother to cancer, Sally Solari quits her job as an attorney to help her dad run his old-style Italian eatery in Santa Cruz, California. But managing the front of the house is far from her dream job. Then in a sudden twist, her Aunt Letta is found murdered in her own...  more

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Pushing Up Daisies (Agatha Raisin, Bk 27) by M. C. Beaton
When Agatha Raisin left behind her PR business in London, she fulfilled her dream of settling in the cozy British Cotswolds where she began a successful private detective agency. Unfortunately, the village she lives in is about to get a little less cozy. Lord Bellington, a wealthy land...  more

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Deck the Hallways (Fixer-Upper, Bk 4) by Kate Carlisle
Someone's been slayed! If contractor Shannon Hammer can't nail the real culprit in the St. Nick of time, her dad will wind up in the clink...   Even at Christmastime, Shannon is more spackle than sparkle, which is why she leaps at the chance to transform a grand old Victorian...  more

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Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue (Gaslight, Bk 18) by Victoria Thompson
Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy and Sarah Brandt are not the only ones who have recently tied the knot. Family friend Mrs. O’Neill was delighted when her daughter Una wed the seemingly wealthy and charming Randolph Pollock. She didn’t wonder why such an affluent man would want to...  more

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Spouse on Haunted Hill (Haunted Guesthouse, Bk 8) by E. J. Copperman
Alison's shady ex needs to use her haunted guesthouse as a hideout in the latest from the national bestselling author of Ghost in the Wind. Where Alison Kerby's ex-husband goes, trouble follows. This time, unfortunately, he's brought that trouble right to her doorstep. On the run...  more

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Miss Frost Solves A Cold Case (Nocturne Falls: Jayne Frost, Bk 1) by Kristen Painter
Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year.  Jayne Frost is a lot of things. Winter elf, Jack Frost’s daughter, Santa Claus’s niece, heir to the Winter Throne and now…private investigator. Sort of. Needing someone he can trust, her...  more

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Prose and Cons (Magical Bookshop, Bk 2) by Amanda Flower
Magic, books, and cats collide in a village near Niagara Falls in the latest mystery from the author of Crime and Poetry...   In Cascade Springs, New York, Violet Waverly and her grandma, Daisy, are the proprietors of Charming Books, where the power of the written word is positively...  more

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Egg Drop Dead (Cackleberry Club, Bk 7) by Laura Childs
Maintaining good personal relationships with their suppliers is one of the secrets of the Cackleberry Club Café's success, so Suzanne doesn't mind going out to Mike Mullen's dairy farm to pick up some wheels of cheese. She's looking forward to a nice visit with the...  more

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Spies and Spells (Spies and Spells, Bk 1) by Tonya Kappes
While Maggie waits for her Witchy Hour, she works at the family diner with her mom, aunt Meme and Lilith, her sister -- all witches. Soon Maggie gets entangled with a mysterious handsome stranger, Mick Jasper, and his secret U.S. organization, SKUL. Has she found her calling?  

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Seniors Sleuth (Winston Wong, Bk 1) by J. J. Chow
Winston Wong used to test video games but has left his downward spiraling career to follow in the footsteps of Encyclopedia Brown, his favorite childhood detective. When the Pennysaver misprints his new job title, adding an extra "s" to his listing, Winston becomes a "Seniors...  more

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Paws and Effect (Magical Cats, Bk 8) by Sofie Kelly
Magical cats Owen and Hercules and resourceful librarian Kathleen Paulson are back in the latest from the New York Times bestselling author of Faux Paw...   Kathleen is excited to meet three old pals of her beau, Detective Marcus Gordon, while they visit charming Mayville Heights on...  more

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Bell, Book and Candlemas (Wiccan Wheel, Bk 2) by Jennifer David Hesse
A new year has barely begun and Edindale, Illinois, family law attorney Keli Milanni already has her hands full at work. But her private practice -- as a Wiccan -- may cause her worlds to collide... The Wiccan holiday of Candlemas is right around the corner, but when vandals target New Age...  more

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A Likely Story (Library Lover, Bk 6) by Jenn McKinlay
One of the most adventurous aspects of Briar Creek Public Library director Lindsey Norris’s job involves a boat ride out to Star Island to deliver books to elderly hermits Stewart and Peter Rosen. The trip is even more exciting because the captain of the boat is Lindsey’s...  more

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Final Fondue (Five-Ingredient, Bk 3) by Maya Corrigan
Val Deniston certainly has her plate full running a café, dabbling with recipes, and helping her grandfather prepare for the town's upcoming tri-centennial celebration, but she's grown fond of her new life in the Chesapeake Bay town of Bayport... So when Val is asked to reclaim...  more

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Silenced in the Surf (Pacific Northwest, Bk 3) by Kate Dyer-Seeley
Covering a windsurfing competition should have been a breeze for reporter Meg Reed, but with a killer in the curl, she's headed for rough waters… Hood River in the Columbia River Gorge is the windsurfing capital of the world, and Meg is stoked to cover the King of the Hook event...  more

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Murder Most Wholesome (Blossom Valley, Bk 5) by Staci McLaughlin
Business has never been better at the O'Connell Organic Farm and Spa in Blossom Valley, California. But a murder has two of its top employees ploughing for clues at a commune where tree-huggers are wary of the modern world--and a killer may be disturbing their peace… When Dana...  more

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The Girls She Left Behind (Lizzie Snow, Bk 2) by Sarah Graves
The Girls She Left Behind marks the return of ex–Boston homicide detective Lizzie Snow, the new sheriff’s deputy in Maine’s Great North Woods. For Lizzie Snow, the ice and snow of her first punishing North Woods winter are dreadful enough. But near the small town of...  more

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Death of a Bad Apple (Food Festival, Bk 3) by Penny Pike
Anxious to take a break from bustling San Francisco, Darcy and her Aunt Abby pack up the food truck and head for the apple festival at Apple Valley, California. Aunt Abby is sure her almond apple tarts will be a hit and Darcy wants to collect more recipes for her food truck...  more

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A Deadly Tail (Whiskey, Tango & Foxtrot, Bk 4) by Dixie Lyle
Foxtrot has seen a lot of strange things as assistant to billionaire Zelda Zoransky at her wacky mansion. And that includes her telepathic cat Tango and ectoplasmic pooch Whiskey. So it's no surprise to find a horde of zombies lurching across the lawn -- even if they are just actors in...  more

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Wedding Bell Blues (Dixie Dew, Bk 2) by Ruth Moose
Beth McKenzie, owner of the Dixie Dew Bed and Breakfast, is enjoying an exciting affair with her new love, Scott. Meanwhile, the town of Littleboro, North Carolina is abuzz with gossip about Crazy Reba's upcoming nuptials. Most brides go crazy at some point, but Littleboro's resident...  more

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Here Comes the Bribe (Bed-and-Breakfast, Bk 30) by Mary Daheim
Rodney Schmuck and his wife, Millie, Hillside Manor’s latest guests, seem normal, well, except for that last name. Innkeeper Judith McMonigle Flynn is touched to hear that the fortysomething couple is in town to visit family. Rodney is especially eager to see his long-lost mother...  more

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A Second Chance at Murder (Love or Money, Bk 2) by Diana Orgain
After Love or Money made them reality TV stars, former cop Georgia Thornton and her new boyfriend Scott were supposed to live happily ever after. Unfortunately as their fifteen minutes of fame came to an end, actual reality kicked in and their prize money quickly...  more

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An Old-Fashioned Murder (Moonshine, Bk 3) by Carol Miller
Secrets, lies, and a splash of moonshine: a classic country house whodunit with a modern twist. After losing her husband and her home, small-town waitress Daisy McGovern moves in with her invalid mother at an old inn in sleepy southwestern Virginia. When the inn's eccentric proprietor,...  more

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Scene of the Brine (Pickled and Preserved, Bk 3) by Mary Ellen Hughes
Piper Lamb has to take a break from jarring her delicious pickles and preserves to blow the lid off a poisoner....   Business is booming at Piper’s Picklings in Cloverdale, New York. But not all is sweet in the life of Piper’s number one customer and friend, local caterer...  more

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Knit Your Own Murder (Needlecraft, Bk 19) by Monica Ferris
In the USA Today bestselling Needlecraft Mysteries, Betsy Devonshire has her hands tied between running her needlework shop and turning her sharp eye for deduction to solving crimes...   The Monday Bunch and other local knitters are participating in a fundraising auction to save a community...  more

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For Cheddar or Worse (Cheese Shop, Bk 7) by Avery Aames
It’s time for the annual Cheese Festival in Providence, Ohio, and Charlotte Bessette’s cheese shop is packed with homemade specialties. Meanwhile, her friend Erin is prepping her dairy farm and inn for cheese makers, marketers, journalists, and one surprise guest -- Lara Berry,...  more

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Off the Books (Novel Idea, Bk 5) by Lucy Arlington
Lila is showcasing some of her biggest authors at a bridal expo. But when the joyous event turns deadly, she’ll have to figure out who penned the perfect crime...   The Novel Idea Literary Agency has planned a wedding-themed week for Inspiration Valley, celebrating not only North...  more

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Superfluous Women: A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery by Carola Dunn
The Honorable Daisy Dalrymple-Fletcher is on a convalescent trip in the countryside, visiting old school friends. The three of them, all unmarried, have recently bought a house together. They are a part of the generation of 'superfluous women', brought up expecting marriage and a family, but...  more

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Town in a Cinnamon Toast (Candy Holliday, Bk 7) by B.B. Haywood
The much-anticipated wedding of local resident Maggie Tremont and popular baker Herr Georg has stirred up the usually quiet coastal town of Cape Willington. To make sure the wedding of the year goes off without a hitch, the participants gather at a pre-wedding dinner -- everyone, that is,...  more

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A Turn for the Bad (County Cork, Bk 4) by Sheila Connolly
After calling Ireland home for six months, Boston expat Maura Donovan still has a lot to learn about Irish ways -- and Sullivan’s Pub is her classroom. Maura didn’t only inherit a business, she inherited a tight-knit community. And when a tragedy strikes, it’s the talk of...  more

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The Body in the Birches (Faith Fairchild, Bk 22) by Katherine Hall Page
At home on Sanpere Island, Maine, caterer and amateur sleuth Faith Fairchild discovers that real estate can be murder, especially when it's all in the family, in this twenty-second book in the popular mystery series. The Fourth of July is one of the hottest on record and even the breeze...  more

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Killer Gourmet (Savannah Reid, Bk 20) by G. A. McKevett
Plus-sized P.I. Savannah Reid and her pals at the Moonlight Magnolia Detective Agency know a thing or two about fine dining. But when murder shows up on the menu, it's time to go back to the kitchen. . . When the Moonlight Magnolia gang learns their friends Ryan Stone and John Gibson are...  more

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Time of Fog and Fire (Molly Murphy, Bk 16) by Rhys Bowen
Molly Murphy Sullivan's husband, Daniel, a police captain in turn-of-the-century New York City, is in a precarious position. The new police commissioner wants him off the force altogether, so when Daniel's offered an assignment from John Wilkie, head of the Sercret Service, he's...  more

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Murder on the Hour (Penny Brannigan, Bk 7) by Elizabeth J. Duncan
When the body of well-liked and respectable Glenda Roberts is discovered at the bottom of a former slate mine, now a busy tourist attraction, pandemonium erupts in the North Wales town of Llanelen. Penny Brannigan finds herself drawn into the investigation when jars of her house-brand hand cream...  more

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Skinny Dipping with Murder (Otter Lake, Bk 1) by Auralee Wallace
Welcome to Otter Lake, where the relaxing, restorative atmosphere is to die for. Erica Bloom is in no rush to return to Otter Lake, the site of her mother's spiritual retreat for women. Erica met her inner goddess years ago and she's happy to have forged a new identity on her own,...  more

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Terror in Taffeta by Marla Cooper
Wedding planner Kelsey McKenna is just a few hours away from wrapping up her latest job: a destination wedding in the charming, colonial Mexican town of San Miguel de Allende. The reception is all set up, the tequila donkey is waiting outside, and the bride and groom are standing on the altar,...  more

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Pride v. Prejudice (Claire Malloy, Bk 20) by Joan Hess
Claire Malloy has always been known in Farberville, Arkansas, as the owner of the Book Depot whose teenage daughter, Caron, speaks in ALL CAPS. But Claire's life has changed dramatically of late. She's married her longtime beau, Deputy Police Chief Peter Rosen; let one of her employees...  more

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Murder on a Summer's Day (Kate Shackleton, Bk 5) by Frances Brody
When amateur sleuth detective Kate Shackleton receives a dawn telephone call from her cousin James, his news snaps Kate into wakefulness. The India Office seeks her on-the-spot help in finding a Maharajah, last seen on the Bolton Abbey estate. He has with him a hugely valuable diamond....  more

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Presumed Puzzled (Puzzle Lady, Bk 17) by Parnell Hall
A shocking crime of passion has Bakerhaven buzzing! The Puzzle Lady gets more than she bargained for when she’s hired to track down Paula Martindale’s straying husband. She finds him, all right—hacked to pieces on his living room rug, while his blood-drenched wife haunts the...  more

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Dearly Departed (Amy's Travel, Bk 2) by Hy Conrad
Fanny and Amy Abel, the dynamic mother-and-daughter owners of a NYC travel agency, have just booked their biggest trip yet. But with danger in the air, the itinerary may include murder... Paisley MacGregor, a maid to the rich, made a dying request to send all of her wealthy employers on a...  more

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Fogged Inn (Maine Clambake, Bk 4) by Barbara Ross
An autumn chill has settled over Busman's Harbor, Maine, but Julia Snowden is warming up the town by offering lobster stew at the local diner. When her landlord discovers a dead body in the walk-in refrigerator, Julia must figure out who ordered up a side of murder. Nothing's colder...  more

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Amelia Peabody's Egypt by Elizabeth Peters & Kristen Whitbread
The Egypt that so enticed and enchanted intrepid archaeologist-sleuth Amelia Peabody in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries was a place of wonder, mystery, danger, and the lure of antiquity. Now, with this monumental volume of Egyptian culture, history, and arcania, readers will be able...  more

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Murder in an Irish Village (Irish Village, Bk 1) by Carlene O'Connor
A little slice of Heaven on the Emerald Isle... In the small village of Kilbane, County Cork, Ireland, Naomi's Bistro has always been a warm and welcoming spot to visit with neighbors, enjoy some brown bread and tea, and get the local gossip. Nowadays twenty-two-year-old Siobhán...  more

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Death & the Brewmaster's Widow (Auction Block, Bk 2) by Loretta Ross
They call it "the Brewmaster's Widow"; the abandoned brewery where Death Bogart's brother died in an arson fire. With his girlfriend, Wren Morgan, Death goes home to St. Louis to take on a deeply personal mystery. When Randy Bogart went into the Einstadt Brewery, he left his...  more

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A Churn for the Worse (Amish Mystery, Bk 5) by Laura Bradford
When an Amish farmer is found dead in his barn, his family accepts his death as God’s will. But Detective Jakob Fisher knows the farmer didn’t hit himself in the head with the shovel lying beside his body. And when it comes to light that a stranger appeared at the farmer’s home...  more

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Ripe for Murder (Cypress Cove, Bk 2) by Carlene O'Neil
Penny Lively loves running her family’s winery, but to keep business growing, she needs to find a way to attract more guests. When she’s approached to invest in a new train line through wine country, Penny and her intoxicating winery manager, Connor, hightail it to a lavish resort to...  more

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Behind Chocolate Bars (Chocolate Covered, Bk 3) by Kathy Aarons
DOUBLE, DOUBLE-BOIL, AND TROUBLE…   Best friends and business partners Michelle and Erica have a monstrous to-do list as they prepare for the annual West Riverdale Halloween Fair. Their shop, Chocolates and Chapters, will have a booth at the event, where Michelle will serve spooky...  more

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Mrs. Jeffries Wins the Prize (Mrs. Jeffries, Bk 34) by Emily Brightwell
The ladies of the Mayfair Orchid and Exotic Plant Society are known for a bit of friendly rivalry, but the backstabbing has never been literal --- until now. When Hiram Filmore, an orchid hunter and supplier, is found dead in Mrs. Helena Rayburn's conservatory, Inspector Witherspoon is...  more

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Out of the Dying Pan (Deep Fried, Bk 2) by Linda Reilly
For Talia Marby, the sweet smell of success is a lot like the pungent aroma of fried fish and vinegar. Her new business, Fry Me a Sliver, is rapidly expanding beyond fish and chips to become one of the best eateries in the Berkshires. But the nasty owner of a neighboring boutique is making a...  more

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No Gun Intended: An Annabelle Starkey Mystery by Unknown Author
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Dressed for Death (Drew Farthering, Bk 4) by Julianna Deering
Drew and Madeline Farthering celebrate their six-month anniversary by attending a fancy Regency era costume party. Drew is glad to see Talbot Cummins, an Oxford classmate, and his fiancée, Alice Henley, though many present seem worried about the couple. Everyone's concerns are...  more

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Antiques Swap (Trash 'n' Treasures, Bk 9) by Barbara Allan
It happened at Serenity's swap meet, right after Brandy Borne and her ever-more-eccentric mother Vivian finished shooting the pilot for their very own TV show, Antiques Sleuths. Brandy just, well, lost her balance and fell . . . into the helpful arms of an old flame, local tycoon Wesley...  more

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The Cakes of Monte Cristo (Piece of Cake, Bk 6) by Jacklyn Brady
Rita Lucero, co-owner of New Orleans’s Zydeco Cakes, is thrilled to be catering an annual ball held at the Monte Cristo Hotel. Designing the high-end desserts is her priority -- until she stumbles upon a mystery long-buried at her shop. It’s an ornate ruby necklace, hidden underneath...  more

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Death of a Bacon Heiress (Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails, Bk 7) by Lee Hollis
For food and cocktails columnist Hayley Powell, becoming a local culinary celebrity opens lots of doors. Unfortunately, one leads straight to cold-blooded murder… When Hayley is invited to do a cooking demo on one of daytime's most popular talk shows, it's a welcome distraction...  more

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Blood Orange (China Bayles, Bk 24) by Susan Wittig Albert
It’s mid-April in Pecan Springs, and China is renting her guest cottage to Kelly Kaufman, who needs a temporary place to live as she contends with a very acrimonious divorce from her husband Rich. One nasty point of dispute is her part ownership of the Comanche Creek Brewing Company, which...  more

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Buried in the Country (Cornish Mysteries) by Carola Dunn
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Cinco De Mayhem (Santa Fe Cafe, Bk 2) by Ann Myers
Margaritas, spicy guacamole -- and murder -- are among this year’s preparations for Cinco de Mayo in the second Santa Fe Café mystery novel. Tres Amigas Café chef Rita Lafitte is busy baking her green chile soufflés and chocolate flans for Cinco de Mayo....  more

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A Clue in the Stew (Soup Lover's, Bk 5) by Connie Archer
Soup shop owner Lucky Jamieson stirs up more trouble in the latest mystery from the national bestselling author of Ladle to the Grave... When Lucky Jamieson opens up By the Spoonful to host an event with a famous author, she’s not expecting a bunch of nuts to descend on her small-town...  more

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Fat Cat Takes the Cake (Fat Cat, Bk 3) by Janet Cantrell
When former classmate Rich “Dickie” Byrd throws a high school reunion to gather support for his mayoral campaign, it drums up some not so sweet memories for dessert shop proprietor Chase Oliver and her friend Julie Larson. Julie would rather not reconnect with Ron North, the creepy...  more

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Moss Hysteria (Flower Shop, Bk 18) by Kate Collins
Abby and Marco's new neighborhood isn't as rosy as it seems in the latest Flower Shop Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Florist Grump and A Root Awakening.   Flower shop owner Abby Knight and her husband, Marco, are ecstatic to finally be moving into their new...  more

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Needle and Dread (Southern Sewing Circle, Bk 11) by Elizabeth Lynn Casey
The Sweet Briar Ladies Society Sewing Circle is needled by the death of a highly strung woman in the new mystery by the author of Wedding Duress.   Downtown Sweet Briar is now home to a new sewing shop run by one of the circle’s own. With the help and support of her fellow...  more

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Rest in Peach (Georgia Peach, Bk 2) by Susan Furlong
The annual Peach Cotillion, Cays Mill, Georgia’s biggest event, is fast approaching and Nola Mae Harper is just as excited as the rest of the town -- even though she’s busy juggling both the cotillion dinner and the grand opening of her new shop, Peachy Keen. But she never...  more

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Reining in Murder (Carson Stables, Bk 1) by Leigh Hearon
When horse trainer Annie Carson rescues a beautiful thoroughbred from a roadside rollover, she knows the horse is lucky to be alive -- unlike the driver. After rehabilitating the injured animal at her Carson Stables ranch, Annie delivers the horse to Hilda Colbert -- the...  more

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A Catered Mother's Day (A Mystery With Recipes) by Isis Crawford
It?s Mother?s Day in sleepy Longely, New York, and this year, catering sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons help a friend?who happens to be an overworked and underappreciated mom?go to extreme lengths to teach her family a lesson. But when a prank turns deadly, the Simmons sisters will have to cook...  more

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Killer Reunion (Savannah Reid, Bk 21) by G. A. McKevett
If you think going home again is hard, try being a plus-sized PI with a troubled family legacy. But Savannah Reid is no shrinking violet. She's ready for her high school reunion, complete with mean girls, ex-beaus -- and murder charges.... When Savannah Reid fled McGill, Georgia, all...  more

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Design For Murder (Murder She Wrote, Bk 45) by Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain &am...
Jessica Fletcher visits New York City during fashion week, only to discover someone has rather fatal designs... Jessica is in Manhattan to attend the debut of a new designer. Formerly Sandy Black of Cabot Cove, the young man has reinvented himself as Xandr Ebon, and is introducing his evening...  more

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The Ninth Life (Blackie and Care, Bk 1) by Clea Simon
Introducing Blackie, an unusual feline hero, and his companion Care in the first of this dark new mystery series. Three figures, shadowy against the light. That s all I remember from my past life, as I am dragged, dripping and half-drowned, from the flood. My saviour, a strange, pink-haired...  more

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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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Farmed and Dangerous (Local Foods, Bk 3) by Edith Maxwell
Snow is piling up in Westbury, Massachusetts, and Cam Flaherty's organic farm has managed to survive the harsh New England winter. Unfortunately murder seems to be the crop in season… Cam is finding the New Year just as hectic as the old one. And supplying fresh ingredients for a...  more

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Karma's a Killer (Downward Dog, Bk 3) by Tracy Weber
When Seattle yoga teacher Kate Davidson agrees to teach doga (yoga for dogs) at a fundraiser for a local animal rescue, she believes the only damage will be to her reputation. But a few downward-facing dogs are the least of Kate’s problems when an animal rights protest at the event leads...  more

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Gone With the Witch (Wishcraft, Bk 6) by Heather Blake
The national bestselling author of Some Like It Witchy returns as wish-granting witch Darcy Merriweather is put to the test after murder takes first prize at a pet show. . . .   Darcy and her dog Missy are determined to put their best foot forward at the Enchanted Village’s annual...  more

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The Art of Murder (Dead-End Job, Bk 15) by Elaine Viets
From the national bestselling author of Checked Out, Helen Hawthorne must pose as a painter at Fort Lauderdale's famous Bonnet House Musuem to catch an artful killer . . . The art world is a happening place?but a brush with death shouldn't be in the picture. Unfortunately that's...  more

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Berry the Hatchet (Cranberry Cove, Bk 2) by Peg Cochran
The entire town of Cranberry Cove is popping with excitement. Monica Albertson is baking cranberry goodies by the dozen and shopkeepers are decking out their storefronts for the first annual Winter Walk—an event dreamed up by the mayor to bring visitors to the town during a normally dead...  more

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Bossa Novas, Bikinis, and Bad Ends (Happy Hoofers, Bk 4) by Mary McHugh
Murder's a showstopper… The fancy-footed Happy Hoofers--Tina, Janice, Pat, Mary Louise, and Gini-- are kicking off Carnival by entertaining posh guests at the most elegant hotel in Rio de Janeiro. Stunning beaches and spectacular views abound. But the party is cut short for the fab...  more

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Catch as Cat Can (Sunny & Shadow, Bk 5) by Claire Donally
When a new seafood shop opens in Kittery Harbor, Maine, Sunny’s tomcat Shadow is on the hunt for tasty treats—until Sunny discovers a cold-blooded killer’s catch of the day. Neil Garret is new to town, but his seafood shop is already going belly up. Working next door, former...  more

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Irish Stewed (Ethnic Eats, Bk 1) by Kylie Logan
After flopping as a personal chef to a Hollywood movie star, jobless Laurel Inwood finds herself humbled in Hubbard, Ohio, helping her aunt Sophie run her restaurant. Much to Laurel’s dismay, Sophie’s Terminal at the Tracks is not the cozy bistro her aunt would have had her believe...  more

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Murder at Lambswool Farm (Seaside Knitters, Bk 11) by Sally Goldenbaum
Late summer blooms in beautiful Sea Harbor, Massachusetts, and while a harvest thrives, Izzy Chambers Perry and the other Seaside Knitters will need to cast on their sleuthing skills to save a local farm.  Unfortunately, finding a killer can be like looking for a needle in a haystack. . ....  more

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A Finely Knit Murder (Seaside Knitters, Bk 9) by Sally Goldenbaum
Birdie Favazza’s granddaughter, Gabby, loves attending the local Sea Harbor Community Day School. She’s also excited that Birdie and her fellow Seaside Knitters are teaching their craft to the students by knitting hats for charity.  Unfortunately, not everyone shares her...  more

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Murder in Morningside Heights (Gaslight, Bk 19) by Victoria Thompson
In the latest from the bestselling author of Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue, former police sergeant Frank Malloy and his wife adjust to life in New York high society as they investigate a death in the field of higher learning...   After spending his first few weeks as a private detective...  more

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Bittersweet (China Bayles, Bk 23) by Susan Wittig Albert
For Thanksgiving, China is planning to visit her mother, Leatha, and her mother’s husband, Sam. She’s also looking forward to catching up with a friend, game warden Mackenzie “Mack” Chambers. But Leatha calls with bad news: Sam has had a heart attack.   While Sam...  more

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Newlywed Dead (Perfect Proposals, Bk 3) by Nancy J. Parra
The wedding for Pepper Pomeroy's sister Felicity starts with dearly beloved but it ends with dearly departed when Ashley, the bartender Pepper befriended earlier in the evening, drops dead from a lethal nightcap. Authorities think it's just a tragic accident. After all, who'd want to...  more

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Bone to Be Wild (Sarah Booth Delaney, Bk 15) by Carolyn Haines
Sarah Booth Delaney is heartbroken: her fiancé Graf Milieu has decided to move to Hollywood for good, leaving their relationship dead on the vine. Sarah Booth has a perfect distraction, however, in the form of a party her best friends are throwing: the Black and Orange Halloween ball in...  more

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Rock-a-Bye Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney, Bk 16) by Carolyn Haines
Sarah Booth Delaney knows the perfect way to begin recovering from both the recent attack on Scott Hampton’s blues club and her broken heart. She’s going to host a Thanksgiving feast for all of her friends at her ancestral home in Zinnia, Mississippi. But one bitterly cold night with...  more

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Bloodroot: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (Martha's Vineyard Mysteries) by Cynthia Riggs
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Caught Bread Handed (Bakeshop, Bk 4) by Ellie Alexander
Welcome to Torte -- a friendly, small-town family bake shop where the oven is heating up as high as the body count...  Jules Capshaw is still chewing over her husband Carlos's return to Ashland, Oregon. Could there be too many cooks in the kitchen? Whatever is stirring between those...  more

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Seams Like Murder (Crochet Mystery, Bk 10) by Betty Hechtman
Knitting and crocheting books are selling like crazy at the bookstore where Molly works, so to keep the customers coming, she sets up a series of classes where the Tarzana Hookers can pass on their skills to others: a Yarn University. The only problem is the teacher of the most popular seminar...  more

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Mrs. Malory and Death Is a Word (Mrs. Malory, Bk 21) by Hazel Holt
In the wake of a reporter’s death, biographer Sheila Malory must dig through the remnants of his life to discover the devil in the details . . .   Sheila’s friend, larger-than-life Eva Jackson, has returned to the village of Taviscombe after losing her husband, Alan. A foreign...  more

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Checked Out (Dead-End Job, Bk 14) by Elaine Viets
PI Helen Hawthorne goes undercover at a local library to find a painting and solve a murder in the national bestselling mystery series. Wealthy socialite Elizabeth Cateman Kingsley has hired Helen to find a missing John Singer Sargent painting, owned by her late father. After his death, many...  more

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Don't Go Home (Death on Demand, Bk 25) by Carolyn Hart
Annie Darling, owner of the Death on Demand mystery bookstore, is hosting a party to celebrate successful Southern literary icon -- and former Broward’s Rock resident -- Alex Griffith and his bestselling new novel, Don’t Go Home. But after the local paper announces that Griffith...  more

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Death, Taxes, and a Satin Garter (Tara Holloway, Bk 10) by Diane Kelly
FOR RICHER OR POORER, IN BUSINESS AND IN STEALTH. Can IRS Special Agent Tara Holloway break up a clever ring of tax cheats who love money, dishonor the IRS, and disobey the laws of justice?  When Tara agreed to be her best friend’s maid of honor, she knew it would be a ton of...  more

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Purrfectly Dead (A Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Mystery) by Dixie Lyle
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Miss Dimple and the Slightly Bewildered Angel (Miss Dimple, Bk 5) by Mignon F. Ballar...
October, 1944. It has been a challenging season for Elderberry's favorite first grade teacher, Miss Dimple Kilpatrick. A beloved former student was recently killed in the war, her brother has become distant, and her friend Odessa, the cook at Pheobe's rooming house, has taken a leave of...  more

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A Killer Ball at Honeychurch Hall (Honeychurch Hall, Bk 3) by Hannah Dennison
When antique dealer Kat Stanford stumbles upon the partially mummified body of a young woman in an abandoned wing at Honeychurch Hall, suspicion falls on those who had been living there many years ago. And it appears that the deceased had been murdered. Given her mother Iris’s checkered...  more

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Against the Paw (Paw Enforcement, Bk 4) by Diane Kelly
Police officer Megan Luz and her K-9 partner are on the lookout for a convict who has been unleashed. . . PAW PATROL IS ON THE CASE Megan has her sights set on finding a convicted burglar who’s broken his parole, and she has the perfect partner to help sniff him out. Unfortunately,...  more

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Tall Tail (Mrs. Murphy, Bk 25) by Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown
At any moment a perfect summer day in Crozet, Virginia—nestled within the Blue Ridge Mountains—might turn stormy and tempestuous, as Harry knows too well when a squall suddenly sweeps in. In a blink, Harry’s pickup nearly collides with a careening red car that then swerves into...  more

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Murder Most Fowl (Local Foods Mystery, Bk 4) by Edith Maxwell
Spring may be just around the corner, but a cold-blooded killer has put the big chill on the residents of Westbury, Massachusetts. It looks like organic farmer-turned-sleuth Cam Flaherty will have to set aside her seedlings for the time being as she tills the soil for clues in the mysterious...  more

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The Body in the Wardrobe (Faith Fairchild, Bk 23) by Katherine Hall Page
Attorney Sophie Maxwell has come to Savannah to be with her new husband, Will. But nothing throws cold water on a hot relationship faster than a dead body. Worse for Sophie, no one believes the body she knows she saw is real. Will is spending an awful lot of time in Atlanta on a case he claims...  more

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The Calamity Cafe (Down South Cafe, Bk 1) by Gayle Leeson
Tired of waiting tables at Lou’s Joint, Amy Flowers doesn’t just quit - she offers to buy the place from her bully of a boss, so she can finally open the café of her dreams. Amy can't wait to serve the kind of Southern, down-home treats and dishes that her grandmother...  more

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Murder at Fontainebleau (Elizabethan, Bk 5) by Amanda Carmack
1561. Queen Elizabeth’s throne is threatened as Mary Queen of Scots -- pushed in every direction by opposing and powerful forces -- declares herself the rightful Queen of England. To discover her rival’s next unpredictable move, Elizabeth dispatches a party of trustworthy intimates...  more

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Murder, Handcrafted (Amish Quilt Shop, Bk 5) by Isabella Alan
Amish quilt shop owner Angie Braddock crosses wires with a killer in the latest from the national bestselling author of Murder, Plainly Read... Spring has arrived in Holmes County and Angie couldn't be happier. She's got great friends, a thriving business, and is in the perfect...  more

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Paint the Town Dead (Silver Six, Bk 2) by Nancy Haddock
From the national bestselling author of Basket Case comes the second mystery starring the crafty and cantankerous Silver Six.   Leslee Stanton Nix -- aka "Nixy" -- thought moving to small-town Lilyvale, Arkansas, would be about as thrilling as watching paint dry. But...  more

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A Shattering Crime (Stained-Glass, Bk 3) by Jennifer McAndrews
Life in Wenwood, New York, sparkles for Georgia, but for one of her neighbors, it’s about to lose its luster...   Georgia’s day-to-day routine finally seems to be lining up. Stained-glass projects in the morning, clerical work for a law office in the afternoon, and waitressing...  more

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Sense of Deception (Psychic Eye, Bk 13) by Victoria Laurie
In New York Times bestselling author Victoria Laurie's newest Psychic Eye Mystery, Abby Cooper senses a convicted killer is innocent, but she'll need hard evidence to save the woman before it's too late... A ticked-off judge has tossed Abby in the slammer for contempt of court,...  more

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Antiques Fate (Trash 'n' Treasures, Bk 10) by Barbara Allan
Brandy Borne's exceedingly eccentric mother, Vivian, has been invited to perform her one-woman interpretation of "the Scottish play" (sometimes called Macbeth) -- with different hats for different characters -- at the neighboring town of Old York's annual fête. The...  more

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When Bunnies Go Bad: A Pru Marlowe Pet Noir by Clea Simon
Winter is hard in Beauville, where the melting snow can reveal much more than last season?s dead leaves. So when a wealthy, obnoxious tourist and his ski bunny girlfriend surface in Pru Marlowe?s little Berkshire town, she knows she should stay out of their way. The bad-girl animal psychic has...  more

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The Case of the Dotty Dowager: A cosy mystery set in Wales (A WISE Enquiries Agency M...
Meet the Women of the WISE Enquiries Agency. The first in a new series. Henry Twyst, eighteenth Duke of Chellingworth, is convinced his mother is losing her marbles. She claims to have seen a corpse on the dining-room floor, but all she has to prove it is a bloodied bobble hat. Worried enough...  more

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Written Off (Mysterious Detective, Bk 1) by E. J. Copperman
Rachel Goldman writes mysteries in which Duffy Madison, consultant to the county prosecutor’s office, helps find missing persons. Rachel is busy working on her next book, when a man calls out of the blue asking for help in a missing persons case. The caller's name? Duffy Madison. Is...  more

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Murder Under the Covered Bridge (Bucket List, Bk 2) by Elizabeth Perona
The Skinny-Dipping Grandmas Bare All When their Pinup Calendar Shoot Goes Terribly Wrong Working on a television taping to promote the Parke County Covered Bridge Festival, the ladies decide to use their access to the Roseville Bridge to cross #39 off Charlotte's bucket list: Be a Sexy...  more

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A Most Curious Murder (Little Library Mystery, Bk 1) by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli
Jenny Weston moves home to Bear Falls, Michigan, to nurse her bruised ego back to health after a bitter divorce. But the idyllic vision of her charming hometown crumbles when her mother's Little Library is destroyed. The next-door neighbor, Zoe Zola, a little person and Lewis Carroll...  more

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Cracked to Death (Webb's Glass Shop, Bk 3) by Cheryl Hollon
When a treasure hunt leads to deadly plunder, it's up to glass shop owner Savannah Webb and her trusty investigative posse to map out the true motives of a killer . . . It's the dog days of summer in St. Petersburg, Florida, and Webb's Glass Shop proprietor Savannah Webb has an...  more

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Marriage, Monsters-in-Law, and Murder (Ellie Avery, Bk 9) by Sara Rosett
Ellie Avery is a professional organizer, not a diplomat. But by agreeing to help organize a family wedding, she's basically signed on to prevent two mothers-in-law from killing each other. It comes as a complete surprise, then, when another member of the wedding party is the one who's...  more

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Tea with Jam and Dread (Pennsylvania Dutch, Bk 20) by Tamar Myers
Deciding that the PennDutch Inn needs to go more upmarket, Magdalena Yoder is delighted to welcome the Earl and Countess Grimsley-Snodgrass and their family as honoured guests, looking forward to the challenge of introducing English nobility to traditional American culture. But, as Magdalena...  more

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Something's Knot Kosher (Quilting, Bk 4) by Mary Marks
Funerals can be patchy affairs for Martha Rose and her close-knit circle of friends--especially in the case of a missing body. . . When Birdie Watson's husband Russell is killed during a bank robbery, Martha just wants to support her grieving friend. But en route to the burial plot in...  more

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Murder Has Nine Lives (Jaine Austen, Bk 14) by Laura Levine
A writer's life is far from glamorous. Still, Jaine's new gig to write an ad campaign for Toiletmasters' new line of self-flushing toilets comes with a few perks - including a date with the president's dreamy nephew. And with a much-needed trip to Maui on the horizon, it seems...  more

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A Dark and Stormy Murder (Writer's Apprentice, Bk 1) by Julia Buckley
An aspiring suspense novelist lands in the middle of a real crime, in the first in a captivating new series by the author of the Undercover Dish Mysteries.   Lena London's literary dreams are coming true -- as long as she can avoid any real-life villians...   Camilla...  more

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Dressed to Kilt (Scottish Highlands, Bk 3) by Hannah Reed
Winter is leaving the residents of Glenkillen snowbound, but Eden isn't about to let the weather dampen her spirits. With only a little time left in Scotland, she's determined to make the most of it -- starting with attending a fancy whisky tasting with local looker Leith Cameron. But...  more

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A Toxic Trousseau (Witchcraft, Bk 8) by Juliet Blackwell
The New York Times bestselling author of Spellcasting in Silk continues as witch and vintage boutique owner Lily Ivory cracks open a Pandora’s box when she investigates some alarming apparel... Even the most skilled sorceress can’t ward off a lawsuit, and Lily...  more

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The Diva Serves High Tea (Domestic Diva, Bk 10) by Krista Davis
When The Parlour opens up in town, domestic diva Sophie Winston finally has a place to satisfy her cravings for all things tea and crumpet related. And the shop serves as the perfect place for the ladies of the town to gather and gossip, especially since it’s conveniently located right...  more

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To Catch a Treat (Barkery & Biscuits Mystery, Bk 2) by Linda O. Johnston
When a Dog-Snatching Scheme Leads to Murder, Carrie Must Sniff Out the Truth Carrie Kennersly, veterinary technician and owner of the Barkery and Biscuits bake shop, agrees to a day of hiking with her brother Neal -- mostly because she wants to meet and critique his latest romantic interest,...  more

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The Black Cat Knocks on Wood (Bad Luck Cat, Bk 2) by Kay Finch
The author of Black Cat Crossing is back as mystery novelist Sabrina Tate and her cat Hitchcock find themselves roped into another dangerous murder case...   Sabrina finds it difficult to work on her latest suspense novel when her Aunt Rowe's antics keep tying up her thoughts. This...  more

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Read to Death (Read 'Em and Eat, Bk 3) by Terrie Farley Moran
The national bestselling author of Caught Read-Handed revisits Fort Myers Beach, Florida, where the proprietors of a local bookstore café occasionally take a stab at solving murder...   At their seaside Read 'Em and Eat bookstore café, Sassy Cabot and Bridgy Mayfield...  more

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Toasting Up Trouble (Dinner Club Mystery, Bk 1) by Linda Wiken
Event planner Jennifer “J.J.” Tanner has a full plate, but that’s the way she likes it. First, it’s her turn to choose the recipe for the next meeting of the Culinary Capers Dinner Club, a gathering of foodie friends who experiment with entrées for their creative...  more

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Scents and Sensibility (Chet and Bernie, Bk 8) by Spencer Quinn
In the latest entry in the immensely popular Chet and Bernie mystery series, Private Investigator Bernie Little and his canine companion Chet return home to encounter some alarming developments. First off, Bernie’s wall safe -- normally hidden behind the waterfall picture in the office --...  more

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Dead End Street (Museum, Bk 7) by Sheila Connolly
When the Pennsylvania Antiquarian Society discovers it owns some unique real estate, a deadly plot unfolds . . .   Society president Nell Pratt believes life is finally going her way. Everything’s running smoothly at work, and her love life is thriving. Then some unexpected news...  more

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The Final Tap (Living History Museum, Bk 2) by Amanda Flower
Kelsey Taps for Something Much Deadlier Than Sap March on Barton Farm can only mean one thing: maple sugar season. To combat the winter slump, resilient director Kelsey Cambridge organizes a Maple Sugar Festival, complete with school visits, pancake breakfasts, and a tree-tapping...  more

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Dead in a Flash (Family History, Bk 4) by Brynn Bonner
It's not just politics as usual when genealogists Sophreena McClure and Esme Sabatier are hired to create scrapbook tributes for a former North Carolina senator's intricate family heritage and illustrious career. Sifting through the ashes of his past, they discover his baby brother...  more

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Grace Sees Red (Manor House, Bk 7) by Julie Hyzy
The New York Times bestselling author of the Manor House Mysteries and the White House Chef Mysteries is back with another nail-biting murder mystery for curator Grace Wheaton.  Grace Wheaton, curator and manager of Marshfield Manor, and her benefactor, Bennett Marshfield, are discussing...  more

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All You Need is Fudge (Candy-Coated, Bk 4) by Nancy Coco
Fudge shop owner Allie McMurphy is making fudgie treats for the annual yacht race -- but a killer's stirring up a batch of trouble. . . Sailing Into Murder The annual yacht race off the coast of Mackinac Island, Michigan, is a highlight of the summer season, and Allie is pulling out...  more

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Gone with the Wool (Yarn Retreat, Bk 4) by Betty Hechtman
Every October, thousands of monarch butterflies flock to California's Monterey Peninsula to spend the winter there. To welcome their colorful guests, Cadbury by the Sea holds a weeklong festival complete with a butterfly queen and her court.   Eager to show some town spirit, Casey...  more

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A Grave Prediction (Psychic Eye, Bk 14) by Victoria Laurie
Abby Cooper learns that following the money often leads to murder... Professional psychics learn to deal with skeptics, but Abby has to prepare herself for one steep uphill battle when she's sent to San Diego to help train FBI officers to use their intuition. Her first challenge: a series...  more

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Knit to Be Tied (Knitting Mystery, Bk 14) by Maggie Sefton
The New York Times bestselling author of Purl Up and Die returns as Kelly Flynn and the Lambspun Knitters must come together before their whole town unravels . . . In Fort Connor, Colorado, the friends at the House of Lambspun knitting shop are welcoming a new face into the fold. Shy, sweet,...  more

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A Premonition of Murder (Dream Club, Bk 3) by Mary Kennedy
When Abigail Marchand, Savannah’s famously reclusive heiress, invites the Dream Club ladies to lunch at her Beaux Reeves mansion, Taylor and Ali hope for an invitation to join the distinguished Magnolia Society. But Abigail has a more pressing concern: a recent dream that seems to foretell...  more

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A Beeline to Murder (Henny Penny Farmette, Bk 1) by Meera Lester
From peacekeeper to beekeeper…   After an injury forced her to leave the police department, Abigail Mackenzie started a second career as a farmer. Raising chickens, harvesting honey from her bee colony, and growing heirloom vegetables on her farmette in the beautiful Bay Area town...  more

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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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The Cat, the Collector and the Killer (Cats in Trouble, Bk 8) by Leann Sweeney
Jillian Hart and police chief Tom Stewart are enjoying peaceful, newly wedded bliss in Mercy, South Carolina, until a woman is found wandering the streets one night. She's in her night clothes, disoriented, and carrying a kitten in a tote bag. A search of the woman’s house reveals...  more

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Clock and Dagger (Clock Shop, Bk 2) by Julianne Holmes
Ruth has three days to pull off four events -- including the grand reopening of Cog & Sprocket, the clock shop she inherited from her grandfather -- so she doesn’t have time for Beckett Green’s nonsense. The competitive owner of a new bookstore, Green seems determined...  more

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Grilling the Subject (Cookbook Nook Mystery, Bk 5) by Daryl Wood Gerber
As the Wild West Extravaganza rides into Crystal Cove, California, Cookbook Nook store owner Jenna Hart is ready to indulge her appetite for grilled and barbecued treats and maybe even try the Texas skip. But when the body of one of her father’s neighbors is found the next morning...  more

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Much Ado About Muffin (Merry Muffin, Bk 4) by Victoria Hamilton
In this fresh mystery from the national bestselling author of Death of an English Muffin, baker Merry Wynter comes to the aid of an innocent woman accused of murder.   When muffin baker Merry Wynter sees an innocent woman accused of murder, it's dough or die...   Opera singer Roma...  more

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Silk Stalkings (Material Witness, Bk 3) by Diane Vallere
Fabric shop owner Polyester Monroe can get tangled up in textiles, but it's murder that really throws her for a loop in the latest mystery from the national bestselling author of Crushed Velvet. The time has come for San Ladrón, California's annual Miss Tangorli beauty pageant,...  more

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Kilt at the Highland Games (Liss MacCrimmon, Bk 10) by Kaitlyn Dunnett
It's July in Moosetookalook, Maine, and Scottish Emporium proprietress Liss MacCrimmon Ruskin is prepping her wares for the annual Celtic heritage festival. But as a sinister crime wave washes over the quiet town, this year's celebration might prove a wee bit more eventful -- and deadly...  more

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The Edge of Dreams (Molly Murphy, Bk 14) by Rhys Bowen
Molly Murphy Sullivan's husband Daniel, a captain in the New York City police force, is stumped. He's chasing a murderer whose victims have nothing in common―nothing except for the taunting notes that are delivered to Daniel after each murder. And when Daniel receives a note...  more

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Live and Let Growl (Melanie Travis, Bk 19) by Laurien Berenson
When her Aunt Peg lands a gig as judge at a Kentucky dog show, Melanie Travis welcomes the opportunity for a road trip. Too bad a killer has planned a deadly detour . . .  For a dog lover like Melanie, the opportunity to attend the Kentuckiana Dog Show Cluster is not to be missed....  more

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By Familiar Means (Witch's Cat, Bk 2) by Delia James
After discovering her mystical heritage -- and being adopted by furry feline familiar Alistair -- artist Annabelle Britton has decided to make picturesque Portsmouth, New Hampshire, her new home. Now, she can take the time to figure out her new abilities and welcome her grandmother,...  more

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Cancelled by Murder (Postmistress, Bk 2) by Jean Flowers
Cassie Miller returned to her sleepy hometown in the Berkshires to start over as the new postmistress. But she soon finds that dead letters are nothing compared to murder victims... With a massive storm about to hit North Ashcot, Massachusetts, threatening floods and widespread wind damage,...  more

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Dead to the Last Drop (Coffeehouse, Bk 15) by Cleo Coyle
When the White House asks coffeehouse manager and master roaster Clare Cosi to consult on a Rose Garden Wedding, she uncovers long-simmering secrets that threaten to boil over...   Clare’s Washington visit is off to a graceful start, when she lands a housesitting job in a Georgetown...  more

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Death Among the Doilies (Cora Crafts, Bk 1) by Mollie Cox Bryan
For thirty-something blogger Cora Chevalier, small-town Indigo Gap, North Carolina, seems like the perfect place to reinvent her life. Shedding a stressful past as a counselor for a women’s shelter, Cora is pouring all her talents -- and most of her savings -- into a craft...  more

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Digging Up the Dirt (Southern Ladies, Bk 3) by Miranda James
An’gel and Dickce Ducote, busy with plans for the Athena Garden Club’s spring tour of grand old homes, are having trouble getting the other club members to help. The rest of the group is all a-flutter now that dashing and still-eligible Hadley Partridge is back to restore his family...  more

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Murder at Rough Point (Gilded Newport, Bk 4) by Alyssa Maxwell
In glittering Newport, Rhode Island, at the close of the nineteenth century, status is everything. But despite being a poorer relation to the venerable Vanderbilts, Emma Cross has shaped her own identity -- as a reporter and a sleuth. Fancies and Fashion reporter Emma Cross is sent by the...  more

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No Farm, No Foul (Farmer's Daughter, Bk 1) by Peg Cochran
On her blog, The Farmer’s Daughter, Shelby McDonald is growing her audience as she posts recipes, gardening tips, and her experiences raising two kids and running Love Blossom Farm in the small western Michigan town of Lovett.   Working the farm is demanding but...  more

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Miss Ruffles Inherits Everything (Miss Ruffles, Bk 1) by Nancy Martin
When flamboyant Texas millionaire Honeybelle Hensley dies a suspicious death, everybody in town is shocked to learn that the sole beneficiary of her worldly fortune is none other than Miss Rufflesâۥher dog. Miss Ruffles liked nothing better than terrorizing Honeybelle’s many...  more

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Cheddar Off Dead (Undercover Dish Mystery, Bk 2) by Julia Buckley
Caterer and cook Lilah Drake is up to her elbows in deadly trouble in the latest mystery from the author of The Big Chili...    The Christmas holidays are one of Lilah’s favorite times of the year, filled with friends, family, and, of course, tons of food orders for her...  more

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The Case of the Missing Morris Dancer (WISE Enquiries Agency, Bk 2) by Cathy Ace
The Women of the WISE Enquiries Agency are back in a witty and intriguing new mystery. The Anwen Morris Dancers are to play a pivotal role in the imminent nuptials of Henry, eighteenth Duke of Chellingworth. But it looks as though the wedding plans might go awry unless Mavis, Annie, Carol and...  more

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The Corpse with the Garnet Face (Cait Morgan, Bk 7) by Cathy Ace
Bud Anderson is just as surprised to find out he had an uncle as he is to find out Uncle Jonas is dead. Bud's mother insists that her older brother (who stole away from their family home in Sweden at a young age, never to be heard from again) was an bad child - a disposition caused primarily...  more

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Trigger Yappy: A Mystery by Diana Orgain
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Cinnamon Toasted (Spice Shop, Bk 3) by Gail Oust
Beneath her twinsets and pearls, Melly, Piper Prescott's former mother-in-law, is a techno geek at heart who has just received an offer from a major software company that she can t refuse. News in Brandywine Creek, Georgia, spreads faster than Piper's own cinnamon honey butter, and soon...  more

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Curried Away (Spice Shop, Bk 4) by Gail Oust
Piper Prescott, proprietor of Spice It Up , has persuaded Doug Winters, the mild-mannered vet she's been dating, to demonstrate Indian cuisine at her shop. But before Doug's presentation of classic chicken curry is completed, Ned Feeney, local handyman, bursts in with news of a...  more

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Buried in the Country (Cornish Mysteries) by Carola Dunn
An isolated spot in the Cornish countryside is no safe haven when a determined foe is out for blood...Having worked for an international charity in her days before retiring to Cornwall, Eleanor Trewynn is asked by the Commonwealth Relations Office to assist in secret negotiations about to take...  more

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Above the Paw (Paw Enforcement, Bk 5) by Diane Kelly
The crime-fighting duo of Megan Luz and her K-9 is back -- and on the prowl. . . WILL THEY DIG UP THE TRUTH? When a rash of college students falls seriously ill after ingesting Molly, a “club drug” also known as ecstasy, Officer Megan Luz and her K-9 partner Brigit are tasked...  more

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Here Comes the Bribe (Bed-and-Breakfast, Bk 30) by Mary Daheim
Judith McMonigle Flynn has her hands full with unexpected family ties and a dead body in the backyard in this delightfully zany mystery in Mary Daheim’s popular Bed-and-Breakfast series. Rodney Schmuck and his wife, Millie, Hillside Manor’s latest guests, seem normal, well, except...  more

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Away in a Manger (Molly Murphy, Bk 15) by Rhys Bowen
It's Christmastime in 1905 New York City, and for once, Molly Murphy Sullivan is looking forward to the approaching holidays. She has a family of her own now: she and Daniel have a baby son and twelve-year-old Bridie is living with them as their ward. As Molly and the children listen to...  more

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The Champagne Conspiracy (Wine Country, Bk 7) by Ellen Crosby
Winter has come to the Montgomery Estate Vineyard in Atoka, Virginia. Lucie Montgomery and winemaker Quinn Santori have decided to make champagne, a first for the vineyard. But then Gino Tomassi, Quinn's uncle, turns up on their doorstep one afternoon, demanding help in solving the...  more

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A Terrible Beauty (Lady Emily, Bk 11) by Tasha Alexander
On a quest to distract her lifelong friend Jeremy from his recent heartbreak, Lady Emily organizes a holiday in Greece. As a lover of all things Greek, she quickly finds herself occupied with tours of ancient ruins, lively debates with Margaret, a devoted Latinist, and slightly more scandalous...  more

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Come Hell or Highball (Discreet Retrieval Agency, Bk 1) by Maia Chance
31-year-old society matron Lola Woodby has survived her loveless marriage with an unholy mixture of highballs, detective novels, and chocolate layer cake, until her husband dies suddenly, leaving her his fortune...or so Lola thought. As it turns out, all she inherits from Alfie is a big pile of...  more

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Teetotaled (Discreet Retrieval Agency, Bk 2) by Maia Chance
After her philandering husband died and left her penniless in Prohibition-era New York, Lola Woodby escaped with her Swedish cook to the only place she could -- her deceased husband’s secret love nest in the middle of Manhattan. Her only comforts were chocolate cake, dime store...  more

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Yappy Hour (Roundup Crew, Bk 1) by Diana Orgain
A rollicking start to a new cozy series featuring a loveable heroine and a colorful band of dog lovers who gather regularly with their pets at their local watering hole Every Friday night in the idyllic seaside town of Pacific Cove, CA, the Roundup Crew, a group of dog-loving friends, meet at...  more

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Fever in the Dark (Jane Lawless Mysteries) by Ellen Hart
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A Most Novel Revenge (Amory Ames, Bk 3) by Ashley Weaver
“Well, darling, who do you suppose will turn up dead this time?” With two murder investigations behind them and their marriage at last on steady ground, Amory and Milo Ames intend to winter quietly in Italy. The couple finds their plans derailed, however, when Amory receives an...  more

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Lights, Camera, Murder!: A TV Pet Chef Mystery set in L.A. (Kitty Karlyle Pet Chef My...
Gourmet Pet Chef Kitty Karlyle must draw on more than her TV presenting skills when the producer of a new cooking show is found stabbed to death. Pet chef Kitty serves gourmet meals to pampered canines, cats, birds, snakes (ugh), Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs and most any other pet belonging to...  more

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Murder on Wheels (Tourist Trap, Bk 6) by Lynn Cahoon
The food truck craze has reached the charming coastal town of South Cove, California, but before Jill Gardner -- owner of Coffee, Books, and More -- can sample the eats, she has to shift gears and put the brakes on a killer . . . Now that Kacey Austin has got her new gluten-free dessert truck...  more

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Death of a Pumpkin Carver (Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails, Bk 8) by Lee Hollis
For Hayley Powell, food and cocktails columnist for the Island Times, Halloween is all about costume parties and holiday treats—until a killer crashes the party... This Halloween, Hayley can’t imagine a worse trick than her ex-husband Danny returning to Bar Harbor. Her kids...  more

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Whispers Beyond the Veil (Change of Fortune, Bk 1) by Jessica Estevao
First in a dazzling new historical mystery series featuring Ruby Proulx, a psychic with a questionable past who suddenly finds her future most uncertain... Canada, 1898. The only life Ruby Proulx has ever known is that of a nomad, traveling across the country with her snake-oil salesman...  more

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A Catered Tea Party (A Mystery With Recipes) by Isis Crawford
Quiet Longely, New York, is abuzz with excitement over the opening of a revamped art complex—and catering sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons are helping put on an elaborate tea party for the opening night gala fundraiser. But when the billionaire behind the project drops dead, the Simmons...  more

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British Manor Murder (Lucy Stone, Bk 23) by Leslie Meier
It’s a nippy spring in Tinker’s Cove, Maine, and so Lucy Stone can’t wait to join her friend Sue at the Earl of Wickham’s manor in England for the “Heads Up!” hat exhibition—even if she has to spend her entire holiday curtseying. But at Moreton Manor,...  more

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Raspberry Revenge: Donut Mystery #23 (The Donut Mysteries) (Volume 23) by Jessica Bec...
Donut Mystery #23, Raspberry Revenge, From New York Times Bestselling Author, Jessica Beck When Mayor George Morris?s chief rival, Harley Boggess, is found murdered while sitting behind the mayor?s desk in city hall, it looks as though George may have dispatched his competition permanently. ...  more

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Ghost Times Two (Bailey Ruth, Bk 7) by Carolyn Hart
Bailey Ruth Raeburn’s latest mission is to guide the happy-go-lucky spirit of a deceased young man named Jimmy to the next life. But Jimmy is determined to watch over his still-living girlfriend Megan, whom he wants to be happy even without him -- which is easier said than done. As if...  more

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Ghost to the Rescue: A Bailey Ruth Ghost Novel by Carolyn Hart
New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Hart?s ghostly gumshoe Bailey Ruth Raeburn is frequently amusing?but this is the first time she?s been a muse. Supervisor Wiggins at Heaven?s Department of Good Intentions dispatches Bailey Ruth to her old hometown of Adelaide, Oklahoma, to help a...  more

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Murder Comes by Mail (Hidden Springs, Bk 2) by A. H. Gabhart
Deputy Sheriff Michael Keane doesn't particularly enjoy being touted as the hero of Hidden Springs after pulling a suicidal man back from the edge of the Eagle River bridge in front of dozens of witnesses--a few of whom caught the breathtaking moments with their cameras. But the media hype...  more

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The Queen's Accomplice (Maggie Hope, Bk 6) by Susan Elia MacNeal
England, 1942. The Nazis relentless Blitz may have paused, but London s nightly blackouts continue. Now, under the cover of darkness, a madman is brutally killing and mutilating young women in eerie and exact re-creations of Jack the Ripper s crimes. What s more, he s targeting women who are...  more

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Seeds of Deception (Orchard Mystery, Bk 10) by Sheila Connolly
The New York Times bestselling author of A Gala Event returns with newlyweds Meg and Seth Chapin who should be worried about writing thank you notes, not taking a juicy bite out of crime...   With the bushels of time they spent organizing their wedding, Meg and Seth didn't have a...  more

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The Witch and the Dead (Wishcraft, Bk 7) by Heather Blake
The national bestselling author of Gone with the Witch returns as wish-granting witch Darcy Merriweather uncovers dangerous skeletons in the closet -- and the garage....   When Darcy moved to Salem, Massachusetts, she never expected her life to change as drastically as it did....  more

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The Scottie Barked At Midnight (A Liss MacCrimmon Mystery) by Kaitlyn Dunnett
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Death by Pumpkin Spice (Bookstore Cafe, Bk 3) by Alex Erickson
Bookstore café owner Krissy Hancock would rather spend Halloween serving pumpkin goodies than wearing costumes with Pine Hills' wealthiest at Yarborough mansion, especially when the soiree shapes up to be more trick than treat...   As if a run-in with an old flame and a failed...  more

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High Kicks, Hot Chocolate, and Homicides (Happy Hoofers, Bk 5) by Mary McHugh
Murder takes center stage...   It's a Christmas miracle for the Happy Hoofers -- Tina, Janice, Pat, Mary Louise, and Gini. They've scored a gig at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall with the legendary Rockettes, complete with sexy Santa suits and microphones on their...  more

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Killing Thyme (Spice Shop, Bk 3) by Leslie Budewitz
In Seattle's Pike Place Market, Spice Shop owner Pepper Reece is savoring her business success, but soon finds her plans disrupted by a killer in the latest from the national bestselling author of Guilty as Cinnamon.   Pepper Reece's to-do list is longer than the shopping list...  more

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Masking for Trouble (Costume Shop, Bk 2) by Diane Vallere
Halloween brings more tricks than treats for costume shop owner Margo Tamblyn in the second in a new cozy series from the national bestselling author of the Material Witness Mysteries.   Halloween conjures up big business for Margo Tamblyn’s costume shop, Disguise DeLimit, but this...  more

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Rhythm & Clues (Odelia Grey, Bk 11) by Sue Ann Jaffarian
It's a rockin' flashback for Odelia Grey when her mother asks her to look into the disappearance of a neighbor, the former lead singer for a band Odelia idolized in her youth. But when a body is found in Bo Shank's house by another member of Odelia's family, everything quickly...  more

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The Semi-Sweet Hereafter (Chocolate Whisperer, Bk 3) by Colette London
As an authority on all things chocolate, Hayden Mundy Moore is traveling across the pond to lend her expertise to the owner of a posh London chocolaterie-pâtisserie. From coconut truffles to chocolate flapjacks, Hayden’s mouthwatering creations quickly impress her client. But her...  more

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Unlucky Charms (Superstition, Bk 3) by Linda O. Johnston
Rory Chasen, manager of the Lucky Dog Boutique in Destiny, California, hopes her new line of good-luck doggy toys will be a hit, especially the stuffed rabbits with extra-large feet. The timing of the line's debut proves ill-fated, though, as several local shops -- including Rory's --...  more

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Death of a Toy Soldier (Vintage Toyshop, Bk 1) by Barbara Early
Liz McCall grew up in a playful winter wonderland but it was never her dream to manage her father's vintage toyshop. However, after he sank his entire police pension into the business, someone needed to help him turn his dreams into reality -- and keep him from sneaking off to patrol...  more

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Bumpers and Beignets (A Thandie and Eloise Culinary Cozy Mystery Series) (Volume 1) b...
Two long-time friends. One ancient RV. A penchant for southern cooking. And a missing girl. Thandie Bartlett misses the open road. Since the passing of her husband, she has been planning an epic road trip. The RV that has been sitting in her driveway for twenty years has been tuned up and is...  more

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Deadly Dog Days (A Dog Days Mystery) by Jamie Blair
New to the historic town of Metamora, Indiana, Cameron Cripps-Hayman is looking to make friends with her neighbors. What she isn?t looking for is one of their bodies floating in the canal.  When she and her estranged husband, the town sheriff, are both named suspects for the murder, Cameron...  more

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Deadly Desires at Honeychurch Hall (Honeychurch Hall, Bk 2) by Hannah Dennison
When a body is discovered in the grounds on Honeychurch Hall suspicion falls on the folks in the village. And, as the body count begins to build our heroine Kat Stanford becomes inextricably embroiled in the ensuing scandal. Are the deaths the result of a local vendetta, or could they be...  more

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The Hammett Hex (Book Collector, Bk 5) by Victoria Abbott
The national bestselling author of The Marsh Madness takes rare book collector Jordan Bingham on a trip to San Francisco -home to Dashiell Hammett's hard-boiled heroes- where nothing is as it seems.   On a getaway to the City by the Bay, book collector Jordan Bingham becomes...  more

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Dying for Strawberries (Berry Basket, Bk 1) by Sharon Farrow
With seasonal crowds flocking to its sandy beaches, lively downtown shops, and the Berry Basket, a berry emporium with something for everyone, the lakeshore village of Oriole Point is ripe for summer fun -- and murder.   Much has changed for Marlee Jacob since she returned to Oriole...  more

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Eggnog Murder by Leslie Meier & Lee Hollis & Barbara Ross
With the fireplace crackling, the tree twinkling, and the carols humming, few things in life are as picture perfect as Christmas in Maine—until murder dampens the holiday spirit. It must be something in the eggnog . . .   EGGNOG MURDER by LESLIE MEIER When a gift-wrapped bottle of...  more

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Most Wanted (A Murder, She Wrote Mystery) by Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain
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A Scone To Die For (Oxford Tearoom, Bk 1) by H. Y. Hanna
When an American tourist is murdered with a scone in Gemma Rose's quaint Oxfordshire tearoom, she suddenly finds herself apron-deep in a mystery involving long-buried secrets from Oxford's past. Armed with her insider knowledge of the University and with the help of four nosy old ladies...  more

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The Murder of a Queen Bee (Henny Penny Farmette, Bk 2) by Meera Lester
All abuzz about murder . . .   Former police officer Abigail Mackenzie has made a fresh start as a beekeeper and farmer in picturesque Las Flores, California—but she never suspected her new hometown would prove to be a hive of criminal activity.   When Abby invites her...  more

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Pumpkin Picking with Murder (Otter Lake Mystery, Bk 2) by Auralee Wallace
When murder strikes in the Tunnel of Love, Erica Bloom has to rock the boat to catch a killer… For a small town like Otter Lake, New Hampshire, the annual Fall Festival is a big deal: a Ferris wheel, corn maze, caramel apples, and pumpkin piesâۥeven a Tunnel of Love. Back in...  more

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Tangled Up in Brew (aka Tangled Up in a Brew) (Brewing Trouble, Bk 2) by Joyce Tremel
Another intoxicating mystery featuring brew pub owner Maxine "Max" O'Hara, from the author of To Brew or Not to Brew.   BEER TODAY, GONE TOMORROW...   Brew pub owner Maxine "Max" O'Hara and her chef/boyfriend Jake Lambert are excited to...  more

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Dangling by a Thread (Mainely Needlepoint, Bk 4) by Lea Wait
The Mainely Needlepointers are about to learn that no man is an island -- especially when greedy developers want his land . . .    Hermit Jesse Lockhart lives alone on King’s Island, three miles east of Haven Harbor, Maine, where he’s created a private sanctuary for...  more

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A Story to Kill (Cat Latimer, Bk 1) by Lynn Cahoon
Former English professor Cat Latimer is back in Colorado, hosting writers’ retreats in the big blue Victorian she’s inherited, much to her surprise, from none other than her carousing ex-husband! Now it’s an authors’ getaway—but Cat won’t let anyone get away...  more

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The Glow of Death (Josie Prescott Antiques, Bk 11) by Jane K. Cleland
As a warm ocean breeze ruffles the tall grass along Rocky Point’s sandy dunes, Josie Prescott visits the house of a wealthy local couple, Edwin and Ava Towson. She’s been called in to appraise their Tiffany lamp, which everyone is delighted to find is genuine. Josie’s good...  more

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To The Last Drop: A coffee house cosy mystery (A Maggy Thorsen Mystery) by Sandra Bal...
Maggy Thorsen returns in this brand-new coffeehouse mystery, where the death of her ex-husband?s colleague leads to events that hit Maggy close to home ? in more ways than one . . . Maggy Thorsen?s shock at finding her ex-husband Ted in a fight with William Swopes, an oral surgeon at Ted?s...  more

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The Chocolate Bunny Brouhaha (Chocoholic, Bk 16) by JoAnna Carl
The approach of Easter means a rush of business at TenHuis Chocolade, and Lee and her Aunt Nettie need all the help they can get to make their famous chocolate bunnies. Unfortunately, new hire Bunny Birdsong is a clutzy basketcase dropping everything she picks up. But to Lee's surprise,...  more

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Feliz Navidead (Santa Fe Cafe, Bk 3) by Ann Myers
Holly, jolly, and downright deadly—the third Santa Fe Café mystery unwraps surprises both naughty and nice . . . It’s the most picturesque time of theyear in Santa Fe, and Chef Rita Lafitte of Tres Amigas Café hopes the twinkling lights and tasty holiday treats will...  more

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The Good, the Bad and the Guacamole (Taste of Texas, Bk 2) by Rebecca Adler
Tex-Mex waitress and part-time reporter Josie Callahan is about to serve up some Lone Star justice in this spicy Taste of Texas Mystery from the author of Here Today, Gone Tamale. Tourists are pouring into the town of Broken Boot for the annual Homestead Days celebration. Opening the festivities...  more

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A Killer Kebab (Greek to Me, Bk 3) by Susannah Hardy
The Bonaparte House is closed for the season, and Georgie Nikolopatos looks forward to fixing up the Greek restaurant and historic landmark—until her renovation plans hit a fatal snag.   With her divorce underway, her mother-in-law returning to Greece, and the tourists gone, Georgie...  more

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Pocketbooks and Pistols (A Haley Randolph Mystery) by Dorothy Howell
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Twice Told Tail (Black Cat Bookshop, Bk 6) by Ali Brandon
The New York Times bestselling author of Plot Boiler takes us back to Pettistone's Fine Books, where Hamlet the cat isn't the only shadowy figure lurking around the Brooklyn brownstone... As Thanksgiving approaches, Darla Pettistone is preparing for the busiest shopping season of the...  more

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Cat Got Your Diamonds (Kitty Couture, Bk 1) by Julie Chase
Grandeur and opulence are everything in the famed New Orleans Garden District where pets are family and no bling is too big. Opening Furry Godmother, pet boutique and organic treat bakery, is Lacy Marie Crocker's dream come true--until the glitter gun used to make her Shih Tzu tutus becomes...  more

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Tail Gait (Mrs. Murphy, Bk 24) by Rita Mae Brown
Spring has sprung in Crozet, Virginia—a time for old friends to gather and bid farewell to the doldrums of winter. Harry and her husband, Fair, are enjoying a cozy dinner with some of the town’s leading citizens, including beloved University of Virginia history professor Greg...  more

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Plaid and Plagiarism (Highland Bookshop, Bk 1) by Molly MacRae
Set in the weeks before the annual Inversgail Literature Festival in Scotland, Plaid and Plagiarism begins on a morning shortly after the four women take possession of their bookshop in the Highlands. Unfortunately, the move to Inversgail hasn’t gone as smoothly as they’d...  more

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The Chocolate Falcon Fraud (Chocoholic, Bk 15) by JoAnna Carl
The Warner Pier tourism board is kicking off its Tough Guys and Private Eyes film festival with The Maltese Falcon, and Lee Woodyard and her aunt Nettie are preparing a delicious chocolatnoir tie-in at TenHuis Chocolade. What Lee isn’t prepared for is a face from the past:...  more

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Louisiana Saves the Library by Emily Beck Cogburn
For Louisiana Richardson, desperate times call for crazy-like-a-fox measures. As the new librarian at Alligator Bayou Parish's struggling library, she?s returning to her Southern roots and facing trouble hotter than fresh cornbread out of the oven. Somehow, she's got to draw readers back in and...  more

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Plateful of Murder (A Terrified Detective Mystery) (Volume 1) by Carole Fowkes
Claire DeNardo is scared of a lot of things. Ordinary objects like roller coasters and men's hairpieces make her knees knock loud enough to be a band's rhythm section. Unfortunately, the only job Claire can find is working for her Uncle Gino in his seedy detective agency. Until now, her cases...  more

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Killer Cannoli (A Terrified Detective Mystery) (Volume 2) by Carole Fowkes
Private Investigator Claire DeNardo, visits her Aunt Lena's cafe, Cannoli's, and discovers a romance brewing between her aunt and a new customer. Claire's surmises that her aunt's new boyfriend is lying about his identity prove solid when he's found murdered at the cafe. Claire ignores the...  more

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Bake Me a Murder (Terrified Detective, Bk 3) by Carole Fowkes
Private Investigator Claire DeNardo reluctantly takes on a case presented by her part-time employee, Ed. Ed's cousin, Merle, is searching for his former girlfriend, a topless dancer who ran with a rough crowd. But it's too late. The woman has been killed and Merle, who is now...  more

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The Darling Dahlias and the Eleven O'Clock Lady by Susan Wittig Albert
New York Times bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert transports readers to the summer of 1934, when a sensational murder shakes up the small Southern town of Darling, Alabama?and pulls in the ladies of the Darling Dahlias? garden club, who never let the grass grow under their feet when there?s...  more

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Hook, Line and Murder (Murder, She Wrote, Bk 46) by Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bai...
Jessica enters a fly fishing competition at a nearby lake. Joining her is the sheriff’s wife, Maureen Metzger, who surprises Jess with her enthusiasm for the sport. Their guide, however, is a surprise to both. Brian Kinney is an ex-con. Jailed as an accomplice to Darryl Jepson, a convicted...  more

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A Tale of Two Tabbies (Whales and Tails, Bk 7) by Kathi Daley
Whales and Tails is a cozy mystery series set on Madrona Island, a fictional island within the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington State. As a fourth generation islander Caitlin Hart is struggling to make her way as the economy and culture of the island evolves toward a tourism based...  more

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Double Knot (Davis Way Crime Caper, Bk 5) by Gretchen Archer
Super Spy Davis Way sets sail on a Caribbean cruise aboard the MS Probability with fifty billionaires, a boatload of Louis Vuitton luggage, Anderson Cooper, and her mother. (Her mother?) The weather is perfect, the seas are calm, and Suite 704 is spectacular. Until the door slams shut. For...  more

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Mother Knows Best (A Margie Peterson Mystery) by Karen MacInerney
Things aren?t going well for private investigator and mom Margie Peterson. Her husband, Blake, is claiming his taste for drag queens is ?just a phase.? Her first-grade daughter isn?t fitting in at her new posh elementary school, Holy Oaks Catholic School. And her hippie mother has swept into...  more

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Digging Up Bones (Birdwell, Texas Mysteries) (Volume 1) by Aimee Gilchrist
From acclaimed author Aimee Gilchrist comes a brand new series set in the most unlikely of places... Helen Harding is a genius at picking losers. Her exes run the gamut from merely lazy to legitimately criminal, making all the stops in between. After her fourth, and absolutely final, fiancé is...  more

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Irish Creme Killer (INNcredibly Sweet, Bk 1) by Summer Prescott
MISSY AND CHAS ARE BACK... and better than ever!!!    Summer Prescott Books is thrilled to announce the first book in the INNcredibly Sweet Series -- Irish Crème Killer!!! For those of you who love Missy, Chas and the rest of the gang in the Frosted Love series, this next...  more

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The Madness of Mercury (A Zodiac Mystery) by Connie di Marco
San Francisco astrologer Julia Bonatti's life is turned upside down when she becomes the target of the city's newest cult leader, Reverend Roy of the Prophet's Tabernacle. Driven out of her apartment in the midst of a disastrous Mercury retrograde period, she takes shelter with a client who's...  more

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Fugitive Filling (The Donut Mysteries) (Volume 24) by Jessica Beck
Introducing Donut Mystery #24, FUGITIVE FILLING, From New York Times Bestselling Author Jessica Beck! When the new attorney in April Springs is found dead soon after a public spat with Jake, Suzanne and her husband must team up to solve the woman?s murder before they are both set up to take...  more

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The Alpine Zen (Emma Lord, Bk 26) by Mary Daheim
The picturesque town of Alpine in the foothills of Washington state’s Cascade Mountains -- home to Emma Lord and her weekly newspaper The Alpine Advocate -- has long charmed and enthralled mystery lovers. Now, with The Alpine Zen, Mary Daheim has at last reached...  more

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A Knit before Dying (Tangled Web, Bk 2) by Sadie Hartwell
A new business might add some much-needed charm to downtown Dorset Falls -- and draw tourists to Josie’s yarn shop. But when someone gets murdered, a close-knit community could come undone . . . Shop owner Josie Blair is finally settling into the pace of living in Dorset Falls,...  more

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Haunted Is Always in Fashion (Haunted Vintage, Bk 4) by Rose Pressey
It’s time for this vintage fashion expert to put on her detective hat . . .  As the owner of It’s Vintage, Y’All in Sugar Creek, Georgia, Cookie Chanel has agreed to share her expertise with author Juliana McDaniel. But on her way to town, Juliana is shot dead, and...  more

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Death Comes to the Fair (A Kurland St. Mary Mystery) by Catherine Lloyd
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Should Have Played Poker (A Carrie Martin and the Mah Jongg Players Mystery) by Debra...
Carrie Martin's precarious balancing of her corporate law job and visiting her father at the Sunshine Village retirement home is upset when her mother appears, out of the blue, in Carrie's office twenty-six years after abandoning her family. Her mother leaves her with a sealed envelope and the...  more

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Cast Iron Motive (Cast Iron Cooking, Bk 4) by Jessica Beck
When the twins estranged Aunt Della's life is threatened by an unknown assailant, Annie and Pat must leave their beloved Iron and travel deep into the North Carolina mountains to figure out who's trying to kill her before it's too late.

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First Degree Mudder (Pacific Northwest, Bk 4) by Kate Dyer-Seeley
When a mud marathon champion bites the dust, Meg Reed has to go the distance to make sure a killer comes clean . . .   Back home in Portland, Oregon, Meg is ready to take her career as an outdoor writer for Extreme magazine to the next level. Lesser journalists sling mud--Meg plans to run...  more

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Shadows on a Morning in Maine (Antique Print, Bk 8) by Lea Wait
Maggie Summer is making big changes in her life. The antique print dealer has taken a sabbatical and moved to Maine to run an antiques mall with Will Brewer, her significant other. And she will finally adopt the daughter she s been longing for. However, the troubled girl doesn t want any part of...  more

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Shades of Wrath (Caprice De Luca, Bk 6) by Karen Rose Smith
Between her booming business, her family, and her work rescuing stray animals, home stager Caprice De Luca’s life is packed. But when a murder unsettles peaceful Kismet, Pennsylvania, she adds amateur sleuth to her resume.    Thanks to a wealthy patron, Kismet’s...  more

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Candy Corn Murder (Lucy Stone, Bk 22) by Leslie Meier
Halloween is coming to Tinker’s Cove, Maine, and local reporter Lucy Stone is covering the town’s annual Giant Pumpkin Fest for the Pennysaver. There’s the pumpkin-boat regatta, the children’s Halloween party, the pumpkin weigh-in…even a contest where home-built...  more

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Cold Pressed Murder (Olive Grove Mystery, Bk 2) by Kelly Lane
It’s the pits for the attendees of the annual Farm Family Fare in Abundance, Georgia, when olive oil farmer Eva Knox finds herself in the middle of a murder case...   Eva and the residents of Knox Plantation are oozing with excitement over the activities planned for the Farm Family...  more

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Dead, Bath, and Beyond (Victoria Square, Bk 4) by Lorraine Bartlett & Laurie Cass
Katie Bonner feels like nothing can spoil her perfect day off, sailing Lake Ontario with her good friend, lawyer Seth Lander. Then she runs into her ex-boss Jake on the dock. It was never smooth sailing with Jake, and Katie is only too happy to get away from him as he makes a...  more

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PAWtners in Crime (Klepto Cat, Bk 10) by Patricia Fry
The klepto cat and his pawtner are full of surprises. When Michael and Savannah invite young burn victim and heir Arthur Spence into their home, they don’t expect danger to follow. The sensationalism around his family’s dark secrets have the paparazzi in a frenzy and the young man...  more

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PAWSitively Sinister (Klepto Cat, Bk 11) by Patricia Fry
The Ivey family travel to San Francisco to help Arthur and his long-time friend, Suzette, clean out the mansion. News of the massive estate sale lures a variety of people, including former residents and long-ago visitors, each carrying stories of bizarre activities occurring there in the...  more

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The Purrfect Lie: A Klepto Cat Mystery (Volume 12) by Patricia Fry
Rags discovers a long-kept secret and does his part to right a terrible wrong. When the Iveys and the Sheridans find a deathbed confession letter, Savannah and her Aunt Margaret spring into action. Is Savannah?s imagination playing tricks on her or has she stumbled upon the unaware kidnap...  more

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Dead Cold Brew (Coffeehouse, Bk 16) by Cleo Coyle
The New York Times bestselling Coffeehouse Mysteries return, as the perfect proposal leads to a chilling cold case... Coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi sheds tears of joy when her NYPD detective boyfriend surprises her with an engagement ring. But her bridal bliss is put on hold when a chilling...  more

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Hooking for Trouble (Crochet Mystery, Bk 11) by Betty Hechtman
Molly Pink can’t help seeing a pattern of trouble in the latest mystery from the national bestselling author of Seams Like Murder. The Tarzana Hookers’ Yarn University has been a big success, and the classes have drawn in a slew of new crochet devotees. A less welcome arrival is...  more

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Frosty the Dead Man (Snow Globe Shop, Bk 3) by Christine Husom
A snow globe becomes a murder weapon in the latest cozy mystery from the national bestselling author of Snow Way Out and The Iced Princess. Mayor Lewis Frost has always been known as Frosty to his friends -- not that he has many these days. Controversies swirling around the city council have...  more

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Trimmed with Murder: A Seaside Knitters Mystery by Sally Goldenbaum
All Izzy Chambers Perry wants for Christmas is to keep her brother out of jail?in this holiday yarn from the USA Today bestselling author of Murder at Lambswool Farm.   The Seaside Knitters are in the midst of creating tiny decorations for Sea Harbor?s first annual tree-trimming contest when...  more

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The Haunted Heist (Southern Ghost Hunter, Bk 3) by Angie Fox
Just because she can see the dead doesn’t mean Verity Long wants to spend her days hunting ghosts. Instead, she’s over the moon to land a marketing job at the local bank… until she finds her new boss dead in the vault. Even her ghost friend, Frankie, knows that's no way to...  more

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Cat Shout for Joy (Joe Grey, Bk 19) by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Joe Grey and Dulcie are thrilled to be awaiting their first litter, but their joy is bittersweet. They are also sad for Pan's father, the old yellow cat Misto, whose time on earth is drawing to a close. While the proud parents await the birth of their babies, the criminals are busy, too....  more

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It's Your Party, Die If You Want To (Liv and Di in Dixie Mystery, Bk 2) by Vickie Fee
Between a riverboat gambler-theme engagement party and a murder mystery dinner for charity, Dixie, Tennessee, party planner Liv McKay is far too frenzied to feel festive. Add to the mix her duties at the annual businesswomen’s retreat and the antics of a celebrity ghost-hunting diva, and...  more

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A Muddied Murder (Greenhouse Mystery, Bk 1) by Wendy Tyson
When Megan Sawyer gives up her big-city law career to care for her grandmother and run the family’s organic farm and café, she expects to find peace and tranquility in her scenic hometown of Winsome, Pennsylvania. Instead, her goat goes missing, rain muddies her fields, the town...  more

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Pastrami Murder (Darling Deli, Bk 1) by Patti Benning
The shores of Lake Michigan form the backdrop for smart and sassy Moira Darling's thriving deli shop. Moira's small town world is turned upside down when one of her cross-town rivals is found murdered. See what happens when her young daughter, a handsome and clever detective, and a...  more

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Corned Beef Murder: Book Two in The Darling Deli Series (Volume 2) by Patti Benning
Summer Prescott Books is pleased to announce: Book Two in The Darling Deli Series Moira's deli is doing well when tragedy strikes. The loss of a dear friend drives her to team up with her favorite P.I. again to get to the bottom of a heartbreaking mystery. The clues seem to point way too close...  more

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Cold Cut Murder (Darling Deli, Bk 3) by Patti Benning
The Winter Festival is in full swing as the town of Maple Creek prepares for Valentine's Day. Moira is chilled to the bone after discovering a body in her shop, and a frosty relationship develops between the deli owner and a new competitor in town, whose husband has a roving eye.

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Grilled Cheese Murder (Darling Deli, Bk 4) by Patti Benning
People are not always what they seem...   And some mysteries are worth unraveling.   Deli owner and amateur sleuth, Moira Darling, loves her business, and wholeheartedly supports her employees as they learn and grow.   Some employees are more open than others.   Some...  more

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Murder in Cuba by Dianne Harman
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Trouble at the Kennel by Dianne Harman
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The Blue Butterfly (Liz Lucas Cozy Mystery) (Volume 5) by Dianne Harman
When the Lotis Blue butterfly, an endangered species, is sighted in a forest where logging operations are being conducted, it sets off a chain reaction in the small town of Red Cedar, California. David Sanders, a Forest Service employee and the step-brother of the popular owner of Gertie?s...  more

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Crime and Catnip (Nick and Nora. Bk 3) by T. C. LoTempio
Nick and Nora aren't just pussyfooting around this time as they deal with a missing person's case and murder. While catering a gala for the Cruz Museum, Nora Charles agrees to look into the disappearance of director Violet Crenshaw's niece, a case previously undertaken by her frisky...  more

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Murder at Dolphin Bay (Sand and Sea Hawaiian, Bk 1) by Kathi Daley
Kailani Pope wants nothing more than to be a proud member of the Honolulu Police Department. Both her father and grandfather were cops, her five brothers are cops, and the only thing she has ever wanted from the time she can remember wanting anything, was to be a cop. She has passed all the...  more

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Hawaii Five Uh-Oh (Tiki Goddess, Bk 5) by Jill Marie Landis
Em and the Hula Maidens are on the case . . . Em Johnson is prepping for the biggest catering gig she's ever booked, this time at the world famous Tiki Goddess Bar. Then she hears Kiki Godwin has just been released from the psych ward at Kukuoloko. If the unpredictable leader of the Hula...  more

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Murder at Morningside by Sandra Bretting
Hat designer Missy DuBois opened her shop, Crowning Glory, along Louisiana's Great River Road to cater to the sophisticated Southern bride. But bless her heart, who knew creating stylish wedding veils would lead to murder? Hired to craft a veil for a socialite getting married at Morningside...  more

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A Pie to Die For (Bakery Detectives, Bk 1) by Stacey Alabaster
Rachael will do anything to protect her bakery from the evil Bakermatic Baked Goods Company, but does that include murder? When a food critic dies after sampling a pie from Rachael's Bakery, she is quickly labeled the prime suspect. When the police doubt her story of innocence, she has no...  more

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Strawberry Cream Murder (Donut Hole Mystery, Bk 1) by Susan Gillard
Donuts, deceit and the potential murder of a former assistant find Heather Janke at the center of a mystery in which she is a potential suspect and possibly the only one capable of discerning the truth.  Was her former assistant Christa murdered and if so, why?  Follow Heather as...  more

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Maple Frosted Murder: A Donut Hole Cozy Mystery - Book 2 by Susan Gillard
A professional and very public rivalry with the owner of the corporate cookie cutter donut shop owner, leaves Heather as the prime suspect in his murder, when his body is discovered. Health inspectors, shady business practices and a tangled web of intrigue unfold as Heather dives headfirst...  more

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Better Off Thread (Embroidery, Bk 10) by Amanda Lee
Santa finds himself in a stitch of trouble in the tenth in the series from the national bestselling author of The Stitching Hour...   Marcy is busy helping her customers make hand-crafted ornaments at her embroidery shop, the Seven-Year Stitch. But despite the yuletide bustle, when...  more

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Saddle Up For Murder (Carson Stables, Bk 2) by Leigh Hearon
At first, horse trainer and Carson Stables owner Annie Carson blames the random losses of local livestock on feral animals stalking Olympic Peninsula county’s farms and ranches. But when one of her own flock is found savagely slaughtered, it gets personal. Then it turns dangerous, when...  more

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Killer Cocktail (A Nic & Nigel Mystery) by Tracy Kiely
Walking the red carpet at the Academy Awards with a bow-tied Bullmastiff draws Nic and Nigel Martini plenty of attention from the press. But that's nothing compared to the attention they receive at the A-list after party, when Hollywood royalty learn that Nic and Nigel have discovered behind the...  more

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Raiders of the Lost Bark (Pampered Pets, Bk 8) by Sparkle Abbey
Mel’s enemy may be barking up the wrong tree...But someone is about to become a killer. Melinda Langston, amateur sleuth and Bow Wow Boutique owner, finds herself “Glamping Under the Stars” with a blackmailer, Orange County’s hottest new gourmet pet chef, Addison Rae....  more

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Tomato Basil Murder: Book 7 in The Darling Deli Series (Volume 7) by Patti Benning
Summer Prescott Books proudly presents Book 7 in The Darling Deli Series!!! Moira ends up in hot water when her ex-husband comes to visit Candice. Still reeling from a recent tragedy, the deli owner is overwhelmed, and finds herself wondering what to do next. Life is moving forward faster than...  more

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Fixin' To Die (Kenni Lowry, Bk 1) by Tonya Kappes
 Kenni Lowry likes to think the zero crime rate in Cottonwood, Kentucky is due to her being sheriff, but she quickly discovers the ghost of her grandfather, the town's previous sheriff, has been scaring off any would-be criminals since she was elected. When the town's most beloved...  more

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Matrimony in Miniature (Miniature Mystery, Bk 9) by Margaret Grace
When murder happens in the small town of Lincoln Point CA, there aren't many degrees of separation between the victim and retired teacher Gerry Porter. How can she stay away from the investigation when the crime scene is the venue for her marriage to Henry Baker? But this time, nephew...  more

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The Body in the Wardrobe (Faith Fairchild, Bk 23) by Katherine Hall Page
Attorney Sophie Maxwell has come to Savannah to be with her new husband, Will. But nothing throws cold water on a hot relationship faster than a dead body. Worse for Sophie, no one believes the body she knows she saw is real. Will is spending an awful lot of time in Atlanta on a case he claims...  more

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A Ghostly Reunion (Ghostly Southern, Bk 5) by Tonya Kappes
Emma Lee Raines sees dead people Proprietor of the Eternal Slumber Funeral Home, Emma Lee can see, hear, and talk to ghosts of murdered folks. And when her high school nemesis is found dead, Jade Lee Peel is the same old mean girl -- trying to come between Emma Lee and her hot boyfriend,...  more

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The Cats that Stole a Million (The Cats that . . . Cozy Mystery) (Volume 7) by Karen ...
Millionaire Katherine, aka Katz, husband Jake, and their seven cats return to their pink mansion after workers repair the damage from September?s explosion. Now that the house is restored, will it still be a murder magnet? Erie, Indiana is crime-free for the first time since Katz arrived. ...  more

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Custom Baked Murder (Pawsitively Organic, Bk 5) by Liz Mugavero
Kristan "Stan" Connor gladly turned tail on her high-flying job and moved to a quaint New England town to sell organic pet treats. But with her nose for solving murders, there's no such thing as a quiet life...   Summer is winding down in Frog Ledge, Connecticut, but...  more

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Iced Under (Maine Clambake, Bk 5) by Barbara Ross
The snow is deep in Maine’s Busman’s Harbor and the mighty rivers are covered in ice. Snowden Family Clambake Company proprietor Julia Snowden and her mother, Jacqueline, are hunkered down for the winter when a mysterious package arrives -- heating up February with an unexpected case...  more

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Cadbury Creme Murder (Donut Hole, Bk 3) by Susan Gillard
It's springtime in Hillside, Texas, which means tornado season. A tornado rips through town, damaging property here and there. Fortunately, the damage is reparable, and only one person is found dead - Verna Dixon, an elderly widow who lived on the edge of town. At first, everyone assumes...  more

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Tricky Blueberry Murder: A Donut Hole Cozy Mystery - Book 4 by Susan Gillard
While visiting her grandmother's friend at Hillside Manor, Heather learns that one of the nursing home's employees, aide Betty Shivers, was found dead outside the back door earlier that morning apparently as she was arriving for her shift. Could the killer have been one of the other aides,...  more

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The Bark Before Christmas (Melanie Travis, Bk 18) by Laurien Berenson
There s nothing lovelier than Christmas in Connecticut, but Melanie can scarcely find a moment to enjoy the festivities. With her youngest son approaching toddlerhood, she s decided to return to her old job at Howard Academy, a posh private school attended by the children of Greenwich s...  more

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School Lunch is Murder (A Sadie Sunshine Cozy Mystery Book 1) (Sadie Sunshine Cozy My...
Sadie Sunshine lives in Rogue Valley, a small picturesque city in the Pacific Northwest. Recently retired from teaching, she is called back to work by a friend on maternity leave. Her dogs Willow-Cake and Bosco-Bill are not happy about her decision to return to work, letting her know they prefer...  more

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Belly Up in the Koi Pond (A Sadie Sunshine Cozy Mystery Book 2) (Sadie Sunshine Cozy ...
Sadie Sunshine is off to Portland with her friends Detective Dora Flores and Lilly Pierce. Their plan to enjoy a long weekend at the annual Yard, Garden, and Patio show, along with some gourmet dinners, suddenly goes belly up. On opening day a body is discovered in the Koi pond exhibit which was...  more

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Fortune Hunter (Miss Fortune, Bk 8) by Jana DeLeon
Someone has created a fake social media identity and is online romancing the lonely women of Sinful in order to scam them out of money. Because he always seems to pick the perfect targets, Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie think he must be either a Sinful resident or someone with a close...  more

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Address to Die For (Maggie McDonald, Bk 1) by Mary Feliz
For professional organizer Maggie McDonald, moving her family into a new home should be the perfect organizational challenge. But murder was definitely not on the to-do list . . .  Maggie McDonald has a penchant for order that isn't confined to her clients' closets, kitchens, and...  more

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Fatal Frost (Dewberry Farm, Bk 2) by Karen MacInerney
Lucy Resnick’s nerves are as tight as a tea cozy. Her new goats, Hot Lips and Gidget, keep making a break for the town square, her truck is dying, and her boyfriend’s gorgeous ex-wife is in town for the holidays. Worse, someone’s digging holes on her land…and uprooting...  more

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Kitten Kaboodle (Zoe Donovan Mystery) (Volume 20) by Kathi Daley
Zak's honorary grandmother Nona decides to come to Ashton Falls for the summer. After arriving she meets and befriends an animal activist set on shutting down a kitten mill just outside of town. When the kitten mill owner is found dead on her barn floor, Nona becomes the prime suspect and Zoe...  more

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Devil's Food Defense (The Donut Mysteries) (Volume 25) by Jessica Beck
Devil's Food Defense, Donut 25 from New York Times Bestselling Author Jessica Beck! When kindly old Gray Vincent is stabbed after Movie Night in the Park, everyone is puzzled as to why anyone would want to kill him, but when Gray?s past sins are revealed, it?s just amazing to the folks in April...  more

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Patch of Trouble (Southern Quilting, Bk 6) by Elizabeth Craig
When it comes to solving cold cases, nothing is ever cut and dried...  Quilter Beatrice Coleman is enjoying the sleepy peace of a tranquil afternoon -- until it's interrupted by her friend, Miss Sissy. The elderly lady is making wild claims about narrowly escaping an intruder....  more

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Ill Met by Murder (Shakespeare in the Catskills, Bk 2) by Elizabeth J. Duncan
It's the most important night of the year for costume designer Charlotte Fairfax and the Catskills Shakespeare Theater Company -- the annual fund raising performance at the country estate of the wealthy widow Paula Van Dusen. This year, the company will give a moonlight performance of A...  more

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Murder, by George (Veronica Walsh, Bk 2) by Jeanne Quigley
Retired soap opera actress Veronica Walsh leads a fulfilling second act in her Adirondack hometown of Barton. Her boutique, All Things, is thriving and she enjoys a romance with Professor Mark Burke. She has neither the time nor the desire to be an amateur sleuth. Trouble finds her when...  more

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Proposals and Poison (Wedding Planner Mysteries) (Volume 3) by Rachelle J. Christense...
Love can be a very dangerous thing. At least it seems that way to Adri Pyper, the premier wedding planner in Sun Valley, Idaho. When one of her clients dies mysteriously, Adri takes the advice of the local detective and swears she will stay out of the investigation . . . this time. Luke...  more

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Mobsters and Lobsters (Hooked & Cooked Cozy, Bk 2) by Lyndsey Cole
Hannah Holiday knew it would be hard to get her great aunt's ocean side cottage business booming again, but she didn't know she would also have to deal with the mob. With guests arriving, Hannah thinks she is headed in the right direction to fulfill her dream. Until everything starts to...  more

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CranBuried Coffee Cake (Black Cat Cafe Cozy Mystery Series ) (Volume 7) by Lyndsey Co...
Annie Fisher can?t believe she?s at her father?s funeral. A freak accident has changed the course of her family?s life forever, but little does she know that a secret from his past is about to make things even more complicated when another body is discovered just after Roy?s funeral. Wanting to...  more

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PoisonBuried Punch (Black Cat Cafe Cozy Mystery Series) (Volume 6) by Lyndsey Cole
Halloween - parties, costumes, decorations, pranks and . . . murder? Annie Fisher and her friends at the Black Cat Café are right in on all the town?s Halloween excitement with everyone competing for the best couples costume award. But when a man turns up dead, a real-life Halloween murder comes...  more

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Lowcountry Book Club (Liz Talbot, Bk 5) by Susan M. Boyer
Who could have pushed Shelby Poinsett out her second-floor library window besides her husband? Private Investigator Liz Talbot enters a tight-knit community of Charleston, SC’s genteel women who have gossip to spill, secrets of their own, and a hundred-year-old book club they are dying to...  more

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A Murder of Magpies (aka Writer's Block) (Sam Clair, Bk 1) by Judith Flanders
It's just another day at the office for London book editor Samantha "Sam" Clair. Checking jacket copy for howlers, wondering how to break it to her star novelist that her latest effort is utterly unpublishable, lunch scheduled with gossipy author Kit Lowell, whose new book will...  more

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A Most Curious Murder (Little Library, Bk 1) by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli
Jenny Weston moves home to Bear Falls, Michigan to nurse her bruised ego back to health after a bitter divorce. But the idyllic vision of her charming hometown crumbles when her mother's little library is destroyed. The next door neighbor, Zoe Zola, a little person and Lewis Carroll...  more

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Pet in Peril (Gourmet Pet Chef, Bk 3) by Marie Celine
Gourmet Pet Chef Kitty Karlyle must once again draw on her sleuthing skills when her best friend is suspected of murder. Kitty Karlyle is sceptical when a pet psychologist tells her that her cat and dog are suffering from depression and recommends a pet-centric vacation. Her producer however...  more

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The Wicked Waffle: Book 1 in The Diner of the Dead Series (Volume 1) by Carolyn Q. Hu...
SUMMER PRESCOTT BOOKS is thrilled to present: The Wicked Waffle - Book 1 in The Diner of the Dead Series, by Carolyn Q. Hunter. Aspiring writer Sonja Reed finds herself caught up in a murder investigation when she leaves her "dream job" in New York City to return to her hometown of Haunted...  more

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Hearty Homestyle Murder: Book 9 in The Darling Deli Series (Volume 9) by Patti Bennin...
SUMMER PRESCOTT BOOKS IS THRILLED TO PRESENT: Hearty Homestyle Murder - Book 9 in The Darling Deli Series!!! While Candice embarks upon her new adventure, Moira turns her focus back to the deli as they prepare for the County Fair, where she?ll be entering Darrin's delicious Vegetarian Gumbo in...  more

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Mint Chip Murder: A Donut Hole Cozy Mystery - Book 6 by Susan Gillard
When a local hairstylist is bludgeoned to death inside her own salon, questions abound for Heather who wants to know who murdered Kelly Carlson, and why? Was the murder premeditated, or spur-of-the-moment? Was the killer someone Kelly knew? Why are the police being so quite about it? With...  more

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Second Honeymoons Can Be Murder (Baby Boomer, Bk 6) by Susan Santangelo
Carol Andrews can’t believe her luck when her husband, Jim, surprises her with a second honeymoon trip to Florida. But there’s a catch -- it’s really a business trip, not the romantic getaway Carol expects. Jim’s been called out of retirement to create a marketing plan...  more

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Marshmallow S'More Murder (Merry Wrath Mysteries) (Volume 3) by Leslie Langtry
From USA TODAY bestselling author, Leslie Langtry comes the latest Merry Wrath Mystery that will leave you dying of laughter...What could be better for former CIA agent turned Girl Scout leader Merry Wrath than taking twelve little girls to Washington DC for a bit of summer fun? Almost anything....  more

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Curtains for Miss Plym (Mary McGill and Millie, Bk 2) by Kathleen Delaney
This lively cozy, set in smalltown California, is the second in the Mary McGill dog mystery series Preparations for Santa Louisa's annual spring rummage sale are thrown into chaos when organizer Mary McGill and her devoted cocker spaniel Millie come across a dead body on the premises....  more

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A Golden Cage (Newport Gilded Age, Bk 2) by Shelley Freydont
The author of A Gilded Grave returns to Newport, Rhode Island, at the close of the nineteenth century, where headstrong heiress Deanna Randolph must solve another murder among the social elite. With her mother in Europe, Deanna is staying with the Ballard family, who agree to chaperone her...  more

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Baked to Death (Cookies & Chance, Bk 2) by Catherine Bruns
Baker turned reluctant amateur sleuth, Sally Muccio's, finally found the happiness that's eluded her for years. She's in love with a great guy, her bakery is thriving, and now she and her best friend Josie Sullivan are gearing up to appear on the popular reality baking show, Cookie...  more

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Rip Tide (A Ripple Effect Cozy Mystery, Book 2) by Jeanne Glidewell
Senior citizens and full-time RVers, Rip and Rapella Ripple are spending the holidays with daughter Regina, in their hometown of Rockport, TX. When Regina's new husband, Milo Moore, becomes a suspect in an off-shore harpooning homicide, the Ripples set out to exonerate him. But proving Milo...  more

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Purebred Dead (Mary McGill and Millie, Bk 1) by Kathleen Delaney
This lively cozy, set in smalltown California, is the first in a brand-new dog mystery series Pillar of the community, Mary McGill has a finger in every pie, a place on every committee. She's the one the townsfolk can count on when they need help. Everything Mary organizes runs smoothly -...  more

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Mrs. Odboddy Hometown Patriot: A WWII tale of chicks and chicanery, suspicion and spi...
Since the onset of WWII, Agnes Agatha Odboddy, home town patriot and warrior on the home front, suspects conspiracies around every corner, stolen ration books, German spies running amuck, and a possible Japanese invasion off the California coast. This seventy-year-old, hometown patriot would set...  more

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The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, Bk ...
For centuries, the Koh-i-Noor diamond has set man against man and king against king. Now part of the British Crown Jewels, the priceless gem is a prize that many have killed to possess. So when the Crown Jewels go on display in Mumbai, security is everyone's principal concern. And yet,...  more

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Deadly Scandal (Deadly, Bk 1) by Kate Parker
A carefree young Londoner in the 1930s has her life turned upside down when her husband is killed. She takes a job at a large daily newspaper and finds herself not only investigating her husband's murder, but also getting embroiled in perilous European politics.

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High Strung (Glass Bead, Bk 1) by Janice Peacock
After inheriting a house in Seattle, Jax O'Connell is living the life of her dreams as a glass beadmaker and jewelry designer. When she gets an offer to display her work during a bead shop's opening festivities, it's an opportunity Jax can't resist -- even though the store's...  more

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A Bead in the Hand (Glass Bead Mystery Series) (Volume 2) by Janice Peacock
A bead bazaar turns bizarre when jewelry designer and glass beadmaker Jax O'Connell discovers a dead body beneath her sales table. Suspected of murder, Jax and her friend Tessa scramble to find the killer among the fanatic shoppers and eccentric vendors. They have their hands full dealing with a...  more

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Red, White and Blueberry Murder: A Donut Hole Cozy Mystery - Book 7 by Susan Gillard
When Heather Janke hears that her oldest and most faithful customer, Eva Schneider, has been bonked on the head and is in hospital, she?s shocked to the core. Especially when she discovers one of the main suspects is her newest assistant, Ken. With nothing but her eccentric puppy dog, Dave,...  more

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Murder at the Mansion (Kelly Jackson, Bk 2) by Janet Finsilver
Fortunes, fineries, and foul play... It's whale-watching season in Redwood Cove, and B&B manager Kelly Jackson's battening down the hatches for the tourist rush at Redwood Heights -- a Victorian-style estate owned by her boss. And due to recent jewelry thefts, her duties include...  more

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Donuts, Antiques and Murder (Bakery Detectives, Bk 2) by Stacey Alabaster
Rachael’s business is thriving and she’s looking to expand. When a murder takes place in the antique store she is trying to buy, she again finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation.  After Rachael decides to expand her now thriving bakery into the antique store...  more

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Death by Chocolate Cake (Bakery Detectives, Bk 3) by Stacey Alabaster
Rachael's business is taking off and starring on a reality TV show will only help her business grow ... unless someone winds up dead. When a judge on the reality show Baking Warriors gets poisoned, Rachael and Pippa find themselves involved in another murder investigation. Everyone from her...  more

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A Bitter Sweet Murder (Chocolate Centered, Bk 3) by Cindy Bell
Ally Sweet is excited to be staying the night at a new luxury hotel for free because 'Charlotte's Chocolate Heaven' is negotiating a lucrative deal for the hotel's bed turndown service, where a chocolate will be placed on each guest's pillow every night. But then Ally...  more

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A Treacherous Tasty Trail (A Chocolate Centered Cozy Mystery) (Volume 4) by Cindy Bel...
Ally and Charlotte Sweet are running a booth for ?Charlotte?s Chocolate Heaven? at a local farmer?s market. Their primary concerns are selling cookies and keeping their cat, Peaches, and pot-bellied pig, Arnold, under control at the market. But then the son of a prominent and influential...  more

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Luscious Pastry at a Lethal Party (A Chocolate Centered Cozy Mystery) (Volume 5) by C...
Ally and Charlotte Sweet are catering dessert for a cocktail party hosted by the Mayor and Deputy Mayor. The party is swarming with the rich and powerful of the area. Ally and Charlotte?s primary concern is to bake delicious chocolate tarts so the reputation of ?Charlotte?s Chocolate Heaven? is...  more

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Cherry Pie & Murder: A Sweet Home Savannah Cozy Mystery-Book 1 by Karen Moreau
When Cassandra Potter discovers that her oldest friend, Annie Briggs, has been murdered, she?s unprepared to deal with the grief, especially in the middle of a busy day at her bakery. To make matters worse, Cassie is the prime suspect. Armed with her resolve and a desperate need to avenge an...  more

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Firecrackered: An Essie Cobb Senior Sleuth Mystery by Patricia Rockwell
Fireworks are supposed to light up the night sky on the Fourth of July. They?re not supposed to come flying into the front lawn of the Happy Haven Retirement Home and strike one of the residents in his keister. But that?s just what happens to gallant Lester Mills, new resident, and charming...  more

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Amaretto Amber (Franki Amato Mysteries) (Volume 3) by Traci Andrighetti
**Now in development for a TV movie!** Private investigator Franki Amato has just turned thirty, and she feels anything but festive. For starters, she can?t have cake because she?s given up sweets, and one of her teeth is torturing her. To add insult to birthday injury, she has to investigate a...  more

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Coconut Creme Killer (INNcredibly Sweet, Bk 2) by Summer Prescott
Not all is as it seems when a mysterious young writer takes up residence at The Beach House B&B to finish writing her novel. Can Missy, Echo and Kel figure out, from reading her previous books, who the stalker is, before it's too late? 

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Caramel Creme Killer: Book 3 in The INNcredibly Sweet Series (Volume 3) by Summer Pre...
If you loved the Frosted Love series, you?ll love its next chapter? The INNcredibly Sweet series. The sleepy seaside town of Calgon, Florida is rocked when a pillar of the community is murdered. Much to the astonishment of Chas, Missy and the gang, the suspects are many and the clues are far...  more

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Chai Cupcake Killer: Book 4 in The INNcredibly Sweet Series (Volume 4) by Summer Pres...
If you loved the Frosted Love series?you?ll love this 4th installment in the series that continues the adventures of Missy, Chas, and the rest of the gang. They?ve moved from Louisiana to Calgon, Florida, and have picked up an interesting cast of characters along the way! Missy and Echo travel...  more

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Streusel Creme Killer: Book 5 in The INNcredibly Sweet Series (Volume 5) by Summer Pr...
If you loved the Frosted Love Series, you?ll love the INNcredibly Sweet Series, which continues the ongoing adventures of Missy, Chas and the gang, after their move from LaChance, Louisiana, to the sleepy seaside town of Calgon, Florida. Missy and Echo return to Calgon, after an eventful visit...  more

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Peaches and Creme Killer: Book 6 in The INNcredibly Sweet Series (Volume 6) by Summer...
SUMMER PRESCOTT BOOKS is thrilled to present Peaches and Creme Killer - Book 6 in The INNcredibly Sweet Series!!! If you loved the Frosted Love series?you?ll love this 6th installment in the series that continues the adventures of Missy, Chas, and the rest of the gang. They?ve moved from...  more

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Homicide by Hamlet (Chubby Chicks Club Mysteries) (Volume 3) by Lois Lavrisa
Annie Mae has one last job to do before she retires from a thirty-year career in academia, one week of summer theater camp. Easy peasy. Until a team leader is murdered, and all hell breaks loose. Everyone is a suspect and everyone has a secret. Will she find out the truth before she becomes the...  more

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WineBuried Wedding (Black Cat Cafe Cozy Mystery Series) (Volume 8) by Lyndsey Cole
Annie Fisher checks her list of last minute wedding preparations. Food, flowers, dress alterations, and, of course, a wine-filled evening with her mom, aunt, and close friends are all on track for the perfect day. At least, it appears to be heading toward the perfect day. When a not-so-welcome...  more

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Die, Die Birdie (Bird Lover's, Bk 1) by J. R. Ripley
For Amy Simms, hatching a birding shop in her hometown of Ruby Lake, North Carolina, hasn’t exactly been a breeze. But could a deadly discovery clip her wings for good? It’s just days before Amy plans to open Birds & Bees on the first floor of her creaky Victorian house, but...  more

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Probable Paws (Mystic Notch, Bk 5) by Leighann Dobbs
Middle-aged bookstore owner Willa Chance is often haunted by ghosts who want her to do their bidding. Usually it involves the nasty business of bringing their killer to justice, so when the ghost of Adelaide Hamilton asks her to find an old recipe book and give it to Elspeth Whipple, it seems...  more

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Design for Dying (Lillian Frost & Edith Head, Bk 1) by Renee Patrick
Los Angeles, 1937. Lillian Frost has traded dreams of stardom for security as a department store salesgirl . . . until she discovers she's a suspect in the murder of her former roommate, Ruby Carroll. Party girl Ruby died wearing a gown she stole from the wardrobe department at Paramount...  more

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Swag Bags and Swindlers (A Haley Randolph Mystery) by Dorothy Howell
Haley Randolph s 25th birthday is just around the corner, and the full-time fashionista knows it might be time to edge into being an adult. All she has to do is ace the upcoming performance review for her hot L.A. event-planning gig, and she can finally quit her credit card-paying job at Holt s...  more

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Dearly Departed (An Amy's Travel Mystery) by Hy Conrad
Fanny and Amy Abel, the dynamic mother-and-daughter owners of a NYC travel agency, have just booked their biggest trip yet. But the itinerary may include murder . . .   Paisley MacGregor, a maid to the rich, made a dying request to send all of her wealthy employers on a first-class wake to...  more

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Death on the Patagonian Express by Hy Conrad
?A delightful new series.? ?Booklist, starred review Fanny and Amy?s new blog is attracting first-class opportunities for the mother-and-daughter team and their NYC travel agency. It?s too bad this ride leads to murder . . .   Upon the breakout success of the TrippyGirl blog, Amy Abel and...  more

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To Kill A Labrador: A Marcia Banks and Buddy Mystery (The Marcia Banks and Buddy Myst...
Marcia (pronounced Mar-see-a, not Marsha) likes to think of herself as a normal person, even though she has a rather abnormal vocation. She trains service dogs for combat veterans with PTSD. Then the ex-Marine owner of her first trainee is accused of murdering his wife, and Marcia gets sucked...  more

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The Blood Spangled Banner: A First Ladies Mystery by Barbara Schlichting
Welcome to the First Ladies White House Dollhouse Shop! Who would have thought that running a dollhouse shop could be so dangerous? Liv Anderson?s shop specializes in historically accurate recreations of the White House as it was in the era of famous First Ladies. Liv is thrilled when a famous...  more

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Sleuthing for a Living (Mackenzie & Mackenzie PI Mysteries) (Volume 1) by Jennifer L....
From the #1 cozy mystery bestselling author of The Southern Pasta Shop Mysteries comes a new series that proves blood can be thicker than water... As a young single parent, Mackenzie Elizabeth Taylor has struggled to provide for her teenage daughter. She finally catches a break when she...  more

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Priced to Kill (Cindy York Mysteries) (Volume 2) by Catherine Bruns
Some secrets aren?t meant to stay buried forever. Real estate agent and super sleuth, Cindy York, has always been haunted by thoughts of her childhood friend, Paul Steadman, who committed suicide 25 years ago. A high school reunion and the prospective sale of his former home?where Cindy was the...  more

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Up the Creek Without a Poodle (A Pet Recovery Mystery) (Volume 1) by Madison Johns
With her new business venture - a service to recover missing pets called Pet Recovery Center up and running, Penny Clark is ready to investigate when she learns Winston, a prized poodle, has been dognapped. Nevermind that the body of Kevin Throop was also discovered at the family apple orchard....  more

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The Great Catsby (A Whales and Tails Island Mystery) (Volume 8) by Kathi Daley
Come for the Murder Stay for the Romance Whales and Tails is a cozy mystery series set on Madrona Island, a fictional island within the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington State. In this eighth book in the series, Cait's friend Alex returns to Madrona Island a vastly changed man from...  more

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Midsummer Night's Mischief (Wiccan Wheel, Bk 1) by Jennifer D. Hesse
As the Summer Solstice approaches in idyllic Edindale, Illinois, attorney Keli Milanni isn't feeling the magic. She's about to land in a cauldron of hot water at work. Good thing she has her private practice to fall back on--as a Wiccan. She'll just have to summon her inner Goddess...  more

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When the Cat's Away (Proverbial Crime Mysteries) (Volume 2) by Dane McCaslin
Mystery writer Caro Layton-Browning has a bad case of writer's block and boredom?a very dangerous combination. Looking for something to distract her, she pays a visit to her newest neighbor, Meredith Holmes, the proprietor of a kitschy bookstore called Murder by the Book. When Meredith confides...  more

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Jewelry Can Be Deadly (Sage Gardens Cozy Mystery) (Volume 6) by Cindy Bell
Samantha and Jo are shocked when they come across the dead body of Valda, a newlywed and new resident at Sage Gardens. They had just delivered a basket of Samantha?s welcome muffins to her and her husband earlier in the day when Jo noticed that the woman was wearing a very familiar piece of...  more

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Numbers Can Be Deadly (Sage Gardens Cozy Mystery) (Volume 7) by Cindy Bell
When Walt gets a call that his old boss has been murdered and he is the prime suspect he goes into panic mode. He needs to clear his name before his worst nightmare comes true and he lands up behind bars. Walt, along with Eddy, Samantha and Jo, go on a search to uncover the truth and work out...  more

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With a Vengeance (Zoe Chambers, Bk 4) by Annette Dashofy
Paramedic Zoe Chambers and the rest of rural Monongahela County’s EMS and fire personnel are used to wading into the middle of trouble to rescue the sick and the injured. But when someone with an ax to grind seeks retribution by staging accident scenes and gunning down the first...  more

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A Flair for Chardonnay (Sadie Kramer Flair, Bk 1) by Deborah Garner
When flamboyant senior sleuth Sadie Kramer learns the owner of Cioccolato, her favorite chocolate shop, is in trouble, she heads for the California wine country with a tote-bagged Yorkie and a slew of questions.The fourth generation Tremiato Winery promises answers, but not before a dead body...  more

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Tea Cups and Carnage (Tourist Trap, Bk 7) by Lynn Cahoon
The quaint coastal town of South Cove, California, is all abuzz about the opening of a new specialty shop, Tea Hee. But as Coffee, Books, and More owner Jill Gardner is about to find out, there's nothing cozy about murder . . . Shop owner Kathi Corbin says she came to South Cove to get...  more

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Grand Theft Retro (Style & Error, Bk 5) by Diane Vallere
Samantha Kidd is about to go retro. When Samantha Kidd's job at Retrofit Magazine leads her into the fashionable archives of seventies style, she's prepared to report on patchwork velvet and platform shoes, but she never expected to uncover the theft of a major collection of samples...  more

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The Penderghast Puzzle Protectors: A Brilliant, Minnesota Mystery by Julie Seedorf
Jezabelle Jingle and her neighbors in the Penderghast section of Brilliant, Minnesota, have a mystery on their hands. Someone is stealing sections of hardwood floors in their homes and the thefts may be connected to a long-hidden treasure left by the founders of Brilliant. Not only that, there's...  more

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Ukulele Murder (Aloha Lagoon, Bk 1) by Leslie Langtry
Nani Johnson thought she had it made when she moved from Kansas to the resort town of Aloha Lagoon, Kauai. In spite of her certifiably crazy mom, Nani is determined that nothing will stop her from becoming a ukulele virtuoso! Unfortunately her Julliard training doesn't help her break into...  more

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No Scone Unturned (Lexy Baker Bakery, Bk 12) by Leighann Dobbs
Why would someone kill Olive Pendleton and hide the body? When bakery owner Lexy Baker and her posse of iPad toting grandmas witness a murder remotely through the camera of a drone, they go straight to Lexy's homicide detective husband, Jack, to report the crime. But with no body and no...  more

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A Treacherous Treasure (Mooseamuck Island, Bk 3) by Leighann Dobbs
Rumor has it that Captain Kidd buried treasure on Mooseamuck Island. But when an old pirate chest is unearthed, the contents reveal a deadly surprise that plunges the island into the middle of a sixty year old murder mystery. With fingers pointing at several of our favorite Islanders, Dom and...  more

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Show Time by Suzanne Trauth
The tide has turned for Dodie O'Dell since a hurricane upended her life on the Jersey Shore. Now she's further up the coast in sleepy Etonville, managing a restaurant that dishes dinners themed around the community theater's latest productions. But Dodie just never imagined she'd land the...  more

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Death Comes to Kurland Hall (Kurland St. Mary, Bk 3) by Catherine Lloyd
As wedding bells chime in Kurland St. Mary, a motley group of visitors descends on the village -- and with a murderer on the prowl, some of them may not be returning home... Lucy Harrington has returned to Kurland St. Mary to help with her friend Sophia Giffin’s wedding. But her...  more

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Tea with Milk and Murder (Oxford Tearoom, Bk 2) by H. Y. Hanna
While at an Oxford cocktail party, tearoom owner Gemma Rose overhears a sinister conversation minutes before a University student is fatally poisoned. Could there be a connection? And could her best friend Cassie's new boyfriend have anything to do with the murder? Gemma decides to start her...  more

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Two Down, Bun To Go (Oxford Tearoom Mysteries ~ Book 3) (Volume 3) by H.Y. Hanna
THE NEW BOOK IN THE BESTSELLING SERIES! A sinister phone call in the middle of the night throws tearoom owner, Gemma Rose, straight into the heart of a new murder mystery--this time with her friend, Seth, arrested as the key suspect! The grisly killing in the cloisters of an old Oxford college...  more

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Till Death Do Us Tart (Oxford Tearoom Mysteries ~ Book 4) (Volume 4) by H.Y. Hanna
When Oxfordshire tearoom owner, Gemma Rose, enters her little tabby, Muesli, in the cat show at the local village fair, the last thing she expects is to stumble across a murder. And when her meddling mother and the nosy Old Biddies decide to start their own investigation, Gemma has no choice...  more

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Motion for Madness (Jamie Winters Mysteries) (Volume 3) by Kelly Rey
From hilarious cozy author Kelly Rey comes another laugh-out-loud installment in her Jamie Winters Mysteries ? Just when legal secretary and reluctant sleuth Jamie Winters thinks life has settled down and her prospects are looking up...murder catches up to her again! Kay Culverson, a...  more

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Murder in G Major (Gethsemane Brown, Bk 1) by Alexia Gordon
With few other options, African-American classical musician Gethsemane Brown accepts a less-than-ideal position turning a group of rowdy schoolboys into an award-winning orchestra. Stranded without luggage or money in the Irish countryside, she figures any job is better than none. The perk?...  more

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Bubblegum Blonde (Barb Jackson Mysteries) (Volume 1) by Anna Snow
From author Anne Snow comes a brand new series about a not-so-dumb blonde who has her hands full... "Expect the unexpected" has been Barb Jackson?s motto ever since the day she became a private investigator. But when a blast from the past in the form of her cheating ex-boyfriend shows up in her...  more

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Performance of a Deadly Vintage: A River Bend Vineyard Mystery by Joni Folger
Life imitates art when murder rears its ugly head at the Delphine Opera House When Elise Beckett signed on to help with the renovation of Delphine?s Opera House, she was excited at the prospect of restoring the historic landmark to its former glory. With the Beckett family vineyard providing...  more

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Make the Ghost of It (Witch Woods Funeral Home, Bk 3) by Morgana Best
A fun, humorous cozy mystery -- with ghosts! Laurel Bay has discovered Basil's secret, but there are soon more important things on her mind. Lewis Lowes, an old friend of Basil's, is dying to go skydiving with him. Basil agrees, although he is up in the air about it. It soon turns out to...  more

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Murdered by Country Music by Dianne Harman
Seven time Amazon All Star Author with her latest in the award winning High Desert Cozy Mystery Series What part did mollies and Fireball whiskey play in a murder at a country music festival held outside of Palm Springs, California? Why was the celebrity chef, Jacques Rushon, owner of the...  more

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Murdered By Words (Midwest, Bk 1) by Dianne Harman
A widow living in a small college Midwest college town writing steamy novels? Her editor murdered? Kat Denham writes under the pen name of Sexy Cissy, but it all falls apart when her true identity becomes known. Kat is the one who finds her murdered editor and she and several others are...  more

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Pearls Gone Wild (Style & Error, Bk 6) by Diane Vallere
Nacre Bleu! Amateur sleuth Samantha Kidd’s life is finally on track. It’s her normally cultured friend Cat whose life has lost its luster: eight months pregnant and abandoned by her husband the week before Christmas. She ropes Samantha into helping at her boutique, but a string of...  more

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Death in an Elegant City (Murder on Location, Bk 4) by Sara Rosett
Sightseeing can be murder... Location scout Kate Sharp is thrilled to be part of a scouting trip to the historic city of Bath, England to research the location for a Jane Austen documentary. But before Kate gets a chance to stroll the elegant boulevards where Austen once lived, murder cuts...  more

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The Corpse with the Ruby Lips (Cait Morgan, Bk 8) by Cathy Ace
Quirky criminology professor Cait Morgan is invited to be a guest lecturer at a Budapest university, and although she's hesitant to go without her husband and trusted sidekick, Bud, who must stay home to care for his aging parents, she decides to make the month-long trip on her own. Soon...  more

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Costume Catastrophe (Zoe Donovan, Bk 21) by Kathi Daley
It's Halloween in Ashton Falls and that means Haunted Hamlet and the annual haunted house. Zoe is determined not to have her plans for this annual event ruined this year, especially since it is also the weekend of the big game and a lot of old friends are in town. Things look as if they...  more

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Lethal Lifestyles by LynDee Walker
Wedding bells are ringing at the Richmond Telegraph, and maid of honor Nichelle Clarke is determined to give her friends the perfect fairytale beginning to their happily ever after. So when a corpse crashes rehearsal weekend, Nichelle ditches her wedding coordinator shoes for her crime reporter...  more

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Arsenic with Austen (Crime with the Classics, Bk 1) by Katherine Bolger Hyde
When Emily Cavanaugh inherits a fortune from her great aunt, she expects her life to change. She doesn't expect to embark on a murder investigation, confront the man who broke her heart 35 years before, and nearly lose her own life. Emily travels to the sleepy coastal village of Stony...  more

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Cruising for Murder: A Myrtle Clover Cozy Mystery (Myrtle Clover Cozy Mysteries) (Vol...
Loose lips sink ships?and result in murder. When Myrtle and her friend Miles set out for adventure on the high sea, they assume most of the trip?s excitement will result from shore excursions to charming Alaskan villages. They feel as if their ship has come in.  But when a fellow passenger...  more

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Something Buried, Something Blue (Lily Dale, Bk 2) by Wendy Corsi Staub
After agreeing to stay in Lily Dale through the winter as caretakers of the Valley View Guesthouse and its feline residents, widowed mom Bella Jordan and her son Max are looking forward to the peaceful off-season after a hectic summer. That is until the medium next door, Odelia Lauder, recruits...  more

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Murder at the Witching Hour (Sand and Sea Hawaiian Mystery) (Volume 3) by Kathi Daley
Come for the Murder Stay for the Romance It?s the week before Halloween and Kailani Pope has been asked to attend her friend Morticia?s wedding. The weeklong event, which culminates with a costumed wedding ceremony on Halloween night, is being held on a private island which can only be accessed...  more

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Lights, Camera, Murder!: A TV Pet Chef Mystery set in L.A. by Marie Celine
Gourmet Pet Chef Kitty Karlyle must draw on more than her TV presenting skills when the producer of a new cooking show is found stabbed to death. Pet chef Kitty serves gourmet meals to pampered canines, cats, birds, snakes (ugh), Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs and most any other pet belonging to...  more

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Cat in an Alphabet Endgame (Midnight Louie, Bk 28) by Carole Nelson Douglas
Carole Nelson Douglas’s cast of four human crime solvers must not only stop a massive Las Vegas conspiracy involving international terrorism and the FBI, but feline sleuth Midnight Louie’s roommate, PR powerhouse Temple Barr, is contemplating marriage. Will syndicated radio counselor...  more

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Black and Blueberry Die (Fresh-Baked, Bk 11) by Livia J. Washburn
It's late summer in Weatherford, Texas and Mike Newsom's childhood friend is sweltering in prison for a crime he claims he didn't commit, murdering his wife. So instead of asking his mother to please stop investigating a murder, as he usually does, he asks her and Sam to please help...  more

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Murder at Sunrise (Sand and Sea Hawaiian Mystery) (Volume 2) by Kathi Daley
Hilarity ensues when a group of seniors decide to investigate after one of their own ends up dead. Luke and Lani join the effort only to discover that they may have bitten off more than they can chew when the murder mystery becomes a lot more complicated, and a lot more dangerous, than anyone...  more

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A Fishy Dish (Hooked & Cooked, Bk 3) by Lyndsey Cole
With the sudden disappearance of a local teen in Hooks Harbor, an odd mix of guests arrives at Holiday Hideaway. And to turn a fishy situation even worse, a new gourmet seafood restaurant opens in downtown Hooks Harbor, putting pressure on Hannah’s snack bar, The Fishy Dish.  While...  more

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Rest, Relaxation and Murder (Bakery Detectives, Bk 4) by Stacey Alabaster
A vacation ruined by a suspicious death. A mystery no one seems willing to solve. Rachael and Pippa are the only ones who can save the resort -- in more ways than one. Rachael is a distinguished pastry chef with a knack for solving murders. When she goes on vacation to escape both, things go...  more

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Til a Death Do Us Part (Bakery Detectives, Bk 5) by Stacey Alabaster
Nothing ruins a wedding faster than a dead bod... Rachael is a pastry chef trying to keep her bakery afloat. When she reluctantly agrees to cater the wedding of her former crush, Detective Jackson Whitaker, she finds herself hoping something goes awry. When a guest is murdered and the bride...  more

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The Fine Art of Murder (Katherine Sullivan, Bk 1) by Emily Barnes
Former Police Chief Katherine Sullivan has been called brilliant, brave, compassionate, and quirky, but after decades of crime fighting, this resilient grandmother with an artist's soul is discovering that retirement can be just as deadly as being on the job. When Katherine returned to her...  more

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Movie Night Murder (Merry Wrath Mysteries) (Volume 4) by Leslie Langtry
From USA Today bestselling author, Leslie Langtry comes the latest laugh-out-loud Merry Wrath Mystery... Merry Wrath has seen dangers galore in her former job as a CIA field agent. But nothing has prepared her for this?an overnight Mommy and Me lock-in with her Girl Scout troop, complete with...  more

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Lipstick, Lies & Dead Guys (Gianna Mancini, Bk 1) by Jennifer Fischetto
Gianna Mancini has chatted with ghosts most of her life. It's never affected her much. Until now. The latest ghost in Gianna's family-centric, boy-complicated, job-depleted world is Emma Tinsdale, a woman Gianna despises. Wanting Emma out of her apartment and her orbit, Gianna chooses to...  more

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Miniskirts, Mai Tais & Dead Guys (Gianna Mancini Mysteries) (Volume 2) by Jennifer Fi...
From National Bestselling author Jennifer Fischetto comes the second installment in her hauntingly humorous Gianna Mancini Mysteries series... Gianna Mancini does not have your average problems. Sure, her family is loud, her love life complicated, and her career still struggling to get off the...  more

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Truffles and Troubles: Book 1 in The Chocolate Cafe Series (Volume 1) by Valley Sams
SUMMER PRESCOTT BOOKS is thrilled to present: The Trouble with Truffles - Book 1 in The Chocolate Café Series Cozy Author, Valley Sams, has written a masterpiece of Culinary Cozy perfection!!! After the death of her beloved grandfather, Catharine ?Mac? Mackenzie opens a chocolate shop in her...  more

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Ganache with Panache: Book 2 in The Chocolate Cafe Series (Volume 2) by Valley Sams
SUMMER PRESCOTT BOOKS is thrilled to present: Ganache with Panache - Book 2 in The Chocolate Cafe Series by Valley Sams!!! Mac and Brie find themselves smack dab in the middle of investigating another mystery, when a bridezilla goes on the rampage. What looks like an annoying, but harmless...  more

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Bonbons and Betrayal: Book 3 in The Chocolate Cafe Series (Volume 3) by Valley Sam
SUMMER PRESCOTT BOOKS is thrilled to present: Bonbons and Betrayal - Book 3 in The Chocolate Cafe Series A gifted chocolatier and life-long free spirit, Brie has never met her match when it comes to relationships. But the enigmatic Paul, who is on the verge of becoming the next software...  more

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Count Catula (Whales and Tails, Bk 9) by Kathi Daley
Cait and the gang set out to find a killer when novelist Amanda Lowman is found dead just an hour after speaking to the Mystery Lovers Book Club about her true crime novel: The Vampire Murders. As Cait delves into Amanda's death she finds a spider web of lies and half truths that could very...  more

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Pumpkin Pleas (Donut Shop, Bk 26) by Jessica Beck
When newspaper owner Ray Blake goes missing, it’s just the start of troubles for some of the people closest to donutmaker Suzanne Hart. Soon after, old flame Tom Thorndike is found dead at the bottom of a nearby waterfall. Was it foul play or simply a daredevil stunt gone wrong? Little...  more

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Candy Cane Caper (Zoe Donovan Cozy Mystery) (Volume 22) by Kathi Daley
Things go from crazy to insane in the Zimmerman household when Scooter's dad comes to town, Zoe tries to find the perfect gift for Zak while helping out with Hometown Christmas, and Levi finds the body of bakeshop owner Candy Kane dead in the pantry. It's funny, it's family, it's a Zak and Zoe...  more

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Burned to a Crisp (Cookies & Chance Mysteries) (Volume 3) by Catherine Bruns
From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes the next sinfully delicious Cookies & Chance Mystery... Just when things appear to be going well for baker and sometime sleuth, Sally Muccio, life turns up the heat again. It?s summertime, and the living is easy for the Muccio clan. Sal?s...  more

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Haunted Hair Nights: A Bad Hair Day Cozy Mystery Novella (The Bad Hair Day Mysteries)...
When history teacher Bill Ripari offers his property for a school haunted house project, hairstylist Marla Vail volunteers to put the scare factor into the props' hair. She joins her stepdaughter along with other students, parents, and teachers to transform the wooded estate into a creepy...  more

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One Good Eclair: A Nutrition Mafia Mystery (Volume 1) by Maria Schneider
Ivy is determined to make her living as a nutritionist, but her family has other plans. When that family is the mafia, and one of them has gone missing, all other jobs are summarily pushed aside. Or else. Ivy can?t trust anyone outside of the family, but Slate is not only willing to help, he?s...  more

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If Words Could Kill: A First Ladies Mystery by Barbara Schlichting
Ever hear of the Lost Speech of Abraham Lincoln? Neither had Liv, the owner and manager of the First Ladies White House Dollhouse Shop in Minneapolis. And when clues and bodies begin popping up, well, what's a girl to do, but to investigate!

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Floured Felonies (Donut Mysteries, Bk 27) by Jessica Beck
When an ice storm hits April Springs, it freezes more than the trees and power-lines as one of the town’s residents perishes outside. But soon Suzanne and Grace learn that it wasn’t the cold that killed Santa-suit wearing Greg Whitmore, but a bullet instead. The women must do their...  more

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Later Gator (Miss Fortune, Bk 9) by Jana DeLeon
A poacher is at work in Sinful, Louisiana, and Deputy Carter LeBlanc is hot on the trail of the outlaw, trying to apprehend him before the state gets wind of the crime and sends a game warden to take over his investigation. Unfortunately, he's hindered every step of the way by Sinful's...  more

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Court Trouble by Mike Befeler
When one of Mark Yeager's platform tennis buddies is found bludgeoned to death on the court, he becomes determined to identify his friend's killer.

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Killer Caramel Cookies: Book 1 in The Killer Cookie Series (Volume 1) by Patti Bennin...
Lilah Fallon has been bouncing from job to job ever since she left a cushy position at her father?s company. Recently fired from a voice-over job, she?s still on the hunt for a perfect career, where she can use her talents and abilities and still have room to live and breathe. When she sees an...  more

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Mixed Malice (Donut Mysteries, Bk 28) by Jessica Beck
During the remodeling of Donut Hearts after a big ice storm damaged the place, contractor Snappy Mack is found murdered inside the shop, and Suzanne and Jake must find the killer before he strikes again. As they search through the remnants of the contractor's life, they soon realize that too...  more

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A Spell Of Trouble (Silver Hollow Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series) (Volume 1) by Leigh...
When town trouble maker, Louella Drummond, drops dead in front of Isolde Quinn's pet store just minutes after threatening both Issy and her cousin Graeme, the police in the small lakeside town of Silver Hollow assume it's from natural causes. ... Until it's discovered that Louella was...  more

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A Useful Woman (Rosalind Thorne, Bk 1) by Darcie Wilde
Inspired by the novels of Jane Austen, this new mystery series set in 19th-century London introduces the charming and resourceful Rosalind Thorne, a woman privy to the secrets of high society -- including who among the ton is capable of murder...   The daughter of a baronet...  more

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Ghost Stories (Witch Woods Funeral Home Book 4): (Ghost Cozy Mystery series) by Morga...
A fun, humorous cozy mystery - with ghosts! When Laurel?s mother, Thelma, hosts a group of writers in the belief they are writing about the Holy Ghost, she is horrified to find they are, in fact, writing ghost stories. Thelma decides to go on a road trip. Her GPS cannot get her there, so she...  more

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Spell Disaster (Silver Hollow Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series) (Volume 2) by Leighann ...
When elderly witch Enid Pettywood unwittingly summons a demon to Silver Hollow, it?s up to Issy Quinn and her cousins to send it back before the committee finds out. Summoning a demon is a serious offense, and no one wants to see Enid suffer the punishment the committee is sure to hand down. ...  more

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Fatal Fiction (Book Barn, Bk 1) by Kym Roberts
When kindergarten teacher Charli Rae Warren hightailed it out of Hazel Rock, Texas, as a teen, she vowed to leave her hometown in the dust. A decade later, she’s braving the frontier of big hair and bigger gossip once again . . . but this time, she’s saddled with murder! Charli...  more

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The Vanishing of Dr Winter: A Posie Parker Mystery (The Posie Parker Mystery Series) ...
Can the past really come back to haunt you?From acclaimed British author L.B. Hathaway comes this exciting new murder mystery featuring the redoubtable Private Detective, Posie Parker.Cambridge, Christmas 1922Posie Parker has cleared a space in her hectic schedule to try to unravel a tragedy in...  more

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Murder at Maypole Manor (Posie Parker, Bk 3) by L. B. Hathaway
Lies, Spies, Film Stars and Murder.  New Year’s Eve, 1921 Posie has been asked to accompany Inspector Richard Lovelace of Scotland Yard on an undercover mission. Their destination is a glittering New Year’s Eve party at Maypole Manor, the clifftop home of Lord Robin...  more

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Deadly Wedding (Deadly, Bk 2) by Kate Parker
Why murder a dying man? Olivia Denis is hesitant to help an old family friend get ready for her wedding outside London. The so-called friend is a master at using people. As a young widow trying to find her way through a new romantic relationship, Olivia would rather avoid the large party. She...  more

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The Cat of Christmas Present (Whales and Tails, Bk 10) by Kathi Daley
With less than two weeks until Christmas Cait stumbles across a man who had been washed up onto the beach. The man is very much alive, but after suffering a blow to the head, he cannot seem to remember who he is or how he came to be on the island. Cait and visiting cat Clarence set out to...  more

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Downward Facing Death (Keeley Carpenter, Bk 1) by Michelle Kelly
After ten years away, Keeley Carpenter is excited to be back in Belfrey, the traditional English village hometown she fled as a shy teen, with a plan to reopen her father's neglected butcher shop as a yoga café, where she will sell delicious vegetarian food by day and teach yoga...  more

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Jingle Buried Cookies (Black Cat Cafe Cozy Mystery Series) (Volume 9) by Lyndsey Cole
Leona?s Christmas cookies are leaving a trail of cookie crumbs that lead anywhere but to a happy holiday. As soon as Annie and Jason return from a romantic getaway, a Santa-sized sack of problems lands on their doorstep. Jason might be able to pretend it doesn?t exist and just enjoy the...  more

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Strawberry Tartlets and a Dead Starlet (Poppy Peters Mysteries) (Volume 4) by A. Gard...
From #1 bestselling culinary cozy mystery author A. Gardner comes the latest deadly delicious Poppy Peters installment... Poppy Peters, sometimes-sleuth and recent pastry school graduate, is soaking up the southern sun as the new official pastry chef of Magnolia Harbor Inn and Spa. But the...  more

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Brown Bag Murder (Hungry Hubcap, Bk 1) by Evalynne Shaw
A failing food truck, a frustrated chef and a vicious food critic all collide in Brown Bag Murder, the debut Hungry Hubcap Cozy Mystery novella from the incredibly talented author, Evalynne Shaw. After a local foodie, Chet Hurst, is found dead, with a bag from The Fancy Food Truck on his...  more

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Rice Bowl Murder: A Hungry Hubcap Cozy Mystery, Book 2 (Volume 2) by Evalynne Shaw
The scenic small town of Belshire, Maine has become a different sort of culinary destination. The town?s informal Food Truck Court, in the city's beloved Founder?s Park, is rapidly transforming into a lunch hour gathering place that everyone is talking about, and the most popular truck, by far,...  more

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Lattes, Ladyfingers, and Lies (Cape Bay Cafe, Bk 4) by Harper Lin
From "USA TODAY" Bestselling Author Harper Lin: the 4th cozy mystery in the popular series set in a charming beach town! Fran is anticipating her trip to Italy with Matty... until a precious diamond ring is stolen from the town's jewelry store and an employee is murdered. Fran...  more

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A Masquerade of Muertos (Wisteria Tearoom Mysteries) (Volume 5) by Patrice Greenwood
Goths reenacting Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" on Halloween night...what could possibly go wrong? Despite her desire to make the Wisteria Tearoom a haven of tranquility, Ellen Rosings can't rid her parlors of the shadow of death. Fascinated with the tearoom's resident ghost, her customers...  more

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Murder at Catmmando Mountain: Georgie Shaw Cozy Mystery #1 (Volume 1) by Anna Celeste...
*****Voted one of the 50 self-published books worth reading in 2016***** As Georgie Shaw can tell you, it?s not easy doing public relations for Catmmando Tom, a famous cartoon cat. A body at the foot of Catmmando Mountain in Marvelous Marley World?s theme park is a PR nightmare. Still, Georgie...  more

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Love Notes in the Key of Sea: Georgie Shaw Cozy Mystery #2 (Volume 2) by Anna Celeste...
Love Notes in the Key of Sea, Georgie Shaw Cozy Mystery #2 Georgie Shaw and Detective Jack Wheeler have a second chance at love?despite the fact they met during a murder investigation. Decades earlier, Georgie lost the love of her life in an attack on the beach that left one man dead and two...  more

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All Hallows' Eve Heist Georgie Shaw Cozy Mystery #3 (Georgie Shaw Cozy Mystery Series...
Date night for Georgie Shaw and handsome detective Jack Wheeler goes terribly wrong. A botched heist at Marvelous Marley World has everyone scrambling as trigger-happy bad guys head for the Halloween celebration in Arcadia Park. With Hullabaloo-Boo in full swing, figuring out whodunit could take...  more

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A Merry Christmas Wedding Mystery, Georgie Shaw Cozy Mystery #4 (Volume 4) by Anna Ce...
There?s less than a month to go before Georgie Shaw and Detective Jack Wheeler?s Christmas wedding. With Georgie?s boss ?Mad Max? Marley involved, the whole affair becomes much more complicated. Determined to keep the wedding plans from being derailed, Georgie pays Max a visit on the set of...  more

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Scared Witchless (Bless Your Witch, Bk 1) by Amy Boyles
Dylan Apel is having one heck of a summer. She just learned she's a witch -- and she's hardly the only one in town. She knows her hand-made clothing is special, but magical? Discovering that she's a witch is bad enough, but when Dylan realizes there are folks who'll kill to...  more

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Kiss My Witch by Amy Boyles
Every time Dylan Apel casts a spell, disaster strikes?from conjuring a giant swarm of bloodsucking mosquitoes, to exploding the electrical grid. When witches flood her peaceful hometown for a convention, Dylan's in no shape to protect herself. She's not sure which will happen first?another witch...  more

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Queen Witch (Bless Your Witch) (Volume 3) by Amy Boyles
Dylan Apel just wants to run her dress-design shop, spend time with sexy witch detective Roman Bane, and do her best to keep her crazy family out of trouble. But when the new witch queen is murdered, Dylan is chosen to take her place as interim queen of the South! Shouldn?t be a problem for a...  more

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The Ninth Life: A new cat mystery series (A Blackie and Care Cat Mystery) by Clea Sim...
Introducing Blackie, an unusual feline hero, and his companion Care in the first of this dark new mystery series. Three figures, shadowy against the light. That?s all I remember from my past life, as I am dragged, dripping and half-drowned, from the flood. My saviour, a strange, pink-haired...  more

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The Ghost and Mrs. Fletcher (Murder She Wrote, Bk 44) by Jessica Fletcher & Donal...
Jessica Fletcher cleans house to catch a killer who hasn't got a ghost of a chance. UNREAL ESTATE Jessica's friend, Eve Simpson, has recently taken on the task of selling one of Cabot Cove's oldest properties the Spencer Percy House. Its current occupant, Cliff Cooper, is...  more

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Get Me To The Grave On Time (Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins, Bk 3) by D. E. Ireland
Although Eliza still refuses to marry Freddy Eynsford Hill, everyone around her seems headed for the altar. Not only is her cousin Inspector Jack Shaw about to wed his sweetheart, but Freddy's younger sister Clara is engaged, along with the niece of Henry Higgins. Another blushing bride is...  more

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From Garden To Grave (Leafy Hollow, Bk 1) by Rickie Blair
Murder. It’s a perennial problem. Verity Hawkes is a shut-in. After two years bunkered in her apartment, the only thing that gets her out is the disappearance of her beloved but eccentric aunt. As she takes over her aunt’s landscaping shop, she’ll need to go from hoarder to...  more

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Crook, Line and Sinker (Hooked & Cooked, Bk 4) by Lyndsey Cole
Hannah Holiday can't help herself when a down-and-out guy shows up at The Fishy Dish with his sad-eyed beagle. She offers him a part-time job, even though everyone warns her that he's a cup short of a disaster. When trouble arrives in the form of a mysterious amount of money, everything...  more

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Something Foul at Sweetwater by Sandra Bretting
Louisiana hat maker Miss DuBois is making a name for herself veiling Southern brides-to-be with her sophisticated designs. She's also gaining a reputation for unveiling murderers . . .Missy is shocked when she sees the asking price for the Sweetwater mansion . . . in a good way. With business...  more

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Death of a Wolfman (A Lily Gayle Lambert Mystery) (Volume 1) by Susan Boles & Jul...
"...a charming southern cozy chocked full of engaging characters, laugh out loud humor, and inviting small town charm." Kathi Daley, Author of the Zoe Donovan Cozy Mysteries The first book in the Lily Gayle Lambert Mystery series.Quicker than she can stitch together the threads of a genealogy...  more

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