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A Glimmer of Death
By Valerie Wilson Wesley. 2021
In the first of a thrilling new series, one woman&’s extraordinary psychic gift plunges her already-troubled present into chaos—and puts…
her future in someone&’s deadly sights . . . Until now, Odessa Jones&’ inherited ability to read emotions and foretell danger has protected her. But second sight didn&’t warn her she would soon be a widow—and about to lose her home and the catering business she&’s worked so hard to build. The only things keeping Dessa going are her love for baking and her sometimes-mellow cat, Juniper. Unfortunately, putting her life back together means taking a gig at an all-kinds-of-shady real estate firm run by volatile owner Charlie Risko . . . Until Charlie is brutally killed—and Dessa&’s bullied co-worker is arrested for murder. Dessa can&’t be sure who&’s guilty. But it doesn&’t take a psychic to discover that everyone from Charlie&’s much-abused staff to his long-suffering younger wife had multiple reasons to want him dead. And as Dessa follows a trail of lies through blackmail, dead-end clues, and corruption, she needs to see the truth fast—or a killer will bury her deep down with it.Irish Parade Murder (A Lucy Stone Mystery)
By Leslie Meier. 2021
Lucy Stone&’s late-winter blues usually vanish by the time Tinker&’s Cove goes green for its annual St. Patrick&’s Day celebration.…
There&’s just one wee problem that not even the luck of the Irish can fix—murder! After returning from her father-in-law&’s funeral in Florida, Lucy can almost hear the death knell of her part-time reporter job the instant she meets new hire Rob Callahan. He&’s young, ambitious, and positioning himself to become the Pennysaver&’s next star reporter. Adding insult to injury, Lucy only gets assigned the local St. Patrick&’s Day parade once Rob passes on the story. But before beer flows and bagpipes sound, Rob becomes suspected of destroying more than other people&’s careers . . . It&’s a shock when Rob is suddenly charged with sending a corrections officer from town to a fiery death. Contrary to the evidence, Lucy seriously doubts her office rival committed murder, and she&’s willing to follow that nagging hunch into the darkest corners of the community if it means shedding light on the truth . . . As an unnerving mystery unfolds, a strange woman reveals news that could change everything for Lucy and her family. Troubles in her personal and professional life are colliding, and Lucy comes to realize that she&’ll sooner discover a four-leaf clover than confront a killer with the gift of the gab and live to tell about it . . .Claw & Disorder (A Cat Groomer Mystery #5)
By Eileen Watkins. 2021
Expert groomer Cassie McGlone knows how to handle even the feistiest of felines, but their owners are a different tale…
. . . Around the quaint town of Chadwick, New Jersey, are two families in need of Cassie&’s help. Wealthy perfectionist Gillian Foster is orchestrating the restoration of her family&’s nineteenth-century home and wants her purebred Himalayan, Leya, boarded at Cassie&’s Comfy Cats. Meanwhile, the elderly Tillmans are in dire straits, hoarding possessions and a clowder of cats in their run-down house. Perhaps Cassie can persuade the couple to surrender a few of their furry friends. Unfortunately, neither task is cut and dried . . . Mrs. Tillman is mysteriously asphyxiated in the night, and suspicion falls on her husband—and their cats. Meanwhile, the Fosters host a banquet for the local historical society, and when one of their guests falls gravely ill Gillian is convinced someone is out to get her. After a second death occurs, it&’s clear a killer isn&’t pussyfooting around. Now it&’s up to Cassie to get these houses in order before disaster pounces again . . . Praise for Gone, Kitty, Gone &“Enticing. . . . Distinctive characters, all of whom contribute to the crime-solving in one way or another, drive the well-paced plot. Cat cozy lovers will be enchanted.&” —Publishers Weekly &“Feline-focused, perhaps to the detriment of human characters—and what&’s more cat than that?&”—Kirkus ReviewsCrime of the Ancient Marinara (A Tuscan Cooking School Mystery #2)
By Stephanie Cole. 2021
American chef Nell Valenti's high hopes for a successful Tuscan farm-to-table cooking school are in danger of withering on the…
vine in this delectable cozy mystery.Nell Valenti is settling into her role of transforming the Villa Orlandini into a superb farm-to-table cooking school, and the time has finally come for a full taste test run. But when Chef Orlandini prepares to reveal his top secret marinara recipe for the first time to a group of American gastro-tourists, Nell realizes she might have bitten off more than she can chew.Nell begins to suspect that one of the tourists is actually a private detective sent to spy on her by her overprotective father, and the fussy foodies are noisy and disrespectful from the very start of the Marinara Mysteriosa workshop. Even worse, when one visitor appears to be poisoned by the famous marinara recipe, Nell will have to work fast to uncover a killer and keep a lid on bad press before her fresh start is spoiled for good.Undercover Kitty (Second Chance Cat Mystery #8)
By Sofie Ryan. 2021
Sarah Grayson and her capable cat, Elvis, go undercover in the newest installment of the New York Times bestselling Second…
Chance Cat Mysteries.Sarah and Elvis can always be found at a charming secondhand shop in the village of North Harbor, Maine. Despite the small-town setting, the daring duo often find themselves wrapped up in murder, but luckily they have help--a quirky group of senior citizens runs an amateur detective agency called Charlotte's Angels out of the store.The Angels are hired to look into who is sabotaging cat shows in the state, and they decide the best way to do that is to send Elvis the cat undercover as a contestant. But then one of the cat show volunteers is murdered just before the latest competition, and Sarah and the Angels have to catch a killer in two shakes of a cat's tail!Egg Shooters (A Cackleberry Club Mystery #9)
By Laura Childs. 2021
A murder in the local hospital is raising everyone's temperature in the latest book in the New York Times bestselling…
Cackleberry Club series.Suzanne Dietz co-owner of the Cackleberry Club Café is visiting her fiancée, Dr. Sam Hazelet when a masked gunman bursts into the emergency room. He shoots two people and would probably have done more damage had Suzanne not brained him with a thermos full of chili. Still, the gunman manages to escape. Now the ladies of the Cackleberry Club are determined to find the killer before he finds them.Mrs. Jeffries Demands Justice (A Victorian Mystery #39)
By Emily Brightwell. 2021
Mrs. Jeffries always keeps her friends close and now must keep an enemy even closer if she is going to…
catch a killer. . . .Inspector Nigel Nivens is not a nice man or a good investigator. In fact, he&’s terrible at his job and has always done everything he can to make life difficult for Inspector Witherspoon. But even his powerful family can&’t help him after he maliciously tried to hobble Witherspoon&’s last homicide investigation. He&’s been sent to a particularly difficult precinct in the East End of London as penance.When a paid informant is found shot in an alley, Nivens thinks that if he can crack the case, he&’ll redeem himself and have a much-needed chance at impressing his superiors. But there&’s one big problem with his plan—Niven&’s distinct antique pistol is found at the scene of the crime and even more evidence is uncovered that links the Inspector to the murder.Despite their mutual dislike for Nivens, Mrs. Jeffries and Inspector Witherspoon know the man isn&’t a cold-blooded killer. Now they&’ll just have to prove it. . . .The Little Sleep: A Novel (Mark Genevich series #1)
By Paul Tremblay. 2009
The Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Survivor Song and The Cabin at the End of the World “slices, dices, and…
spins the neo-noir in his own strange way” in his “fast, smart, and completely satisfying”* debut novel featuring a narcoleptic detective from Southie.*Stewart O’NanThe Little Sleep is Paul Tremblay’s nod to Raymond Chandler starring a PI who nods off. Mark Genevich is a South Boston private detective who happens to have a severe form of narcolepsy, which includes hypnagogic hallucinations, like waking dreams. Unsurprisingly, his practice is not exactly booming.Then one day the daughter of an ambitious district attorney and a contestant on the reality talent show American Star named Jennifer Times comes to him for help—or does she? A man has stolen her fingers, she claims, and she’d like Genevich to get them back. When the PI wakes up from what must surely be a hallucination, the only evidence that his client may have been real is a manila envelope on his desk. Inside are revealing photos of Jennifer. Is Genevich dealing with a blackmailer or an exhibitionist? And where is the mysterious young lady, who hopefully still has her fingers attached?The detective has no choice but to plunge into what proves to be a bad dream of a case, with twists and turns even his subconscious could not anticipate. Chloroforming the hardboiled crime genre then shaking it awake and spinning it around, Paul Tremblay delivers a wholly original, wildly imaginative, gleefully entertaining noir mystery—guaranteed to keep you up all night, even if Mark Genevich won’t be joining you.One Poison Pie (Kitchen Witch Mysteries #1)
By Lynn Cahoon. 2021
In the first in New York Times bestselling author Lynn Cahoon&’s Kitchen Witch series, Mia Malone is starting over in…
Magic Springs, Idaho—where murder is on the menu . . . What&’s a kitchen witch to do when her almost-fiancé leaves her suddenly single and unemployed? For Mia Malone, the answer&’s simple: move to her grandmother&’s quirky Idaho hometown, where magic is an open secret and witches and warlocks are (mostly) welcome. With a new gourmet dinner delivery business—and a touch of magic in her recipes—Mia&’s hopes are high. Even when her ex&’s little sister, Christina, arrives looking for a place to stay, Mia takes it in stride. But her first catering job takes a distasteful turn when her client&’s body is found, stabbed and stuffed under the head table. Mia&’s shocked to learn that she&’s a suspect—and even more so when she realizes she&’s next on a killer&’s list. With Christina, along with Mia&’s meddling grandma, in the mix, she&’ll have to find out which of the town&’s eccentric residents has an appetite for murder…before this fresh start comes to a sticky end. . . . Includes Recipes! Praise for Lynn Cahoon &“I love the author&’s style, which was warm and friendly. . . . A wonderfully appealing series.&”—Dru&’s Book Musings on the Tourist Trap MysteriesThe Ancient Dead: An Amanda Doucette Mystery (An Amanda Doucette Mystery #4)
By Barbara Fradkin. 2021
Amanda Doucette searches desperately for the connection between bones discovered in a remote Alberta coulee and an uncle who went…
missing thirty years ago.Photographer Todd Ellison is engrossed in a photo shoot deep in Alberta’s dinosaur country when he stumbles upon human bones buried in the sand of a remote coulee. Not far away, while driving through the Alberta prairie, Amanda Doucette glimpses an abandoned farmhouse that reminds her of an old photograph hanging on her aunt’s wall.Who is the cocky young cowboy in the photo? Could it be connected to Amanda’s uncle, who went missing in Alberta thirty years ago? As Amanda starts to make connections between his disappearance and the body in the coulee, she discovers more questions than answers. To make matters worse, a mysterious person will stop at nothing to get her to abandon the investigation.Tropic of Stupid: A Novel (Serge Storms #24)
By Tim Dorsey. 2021
Serge A. Storms embarks on a tour to meet his long-lost relatives in this latest madcap entry in the bestselling…
series from Florida’s “compulsively irreverent and shockingly funny” (Boston Globe) Tim Dorsey.Devoted Floridaphile Serge Storms is a lover of history, so he’s decided to investigate his own using one of those DNA services from late-night TV. Excited to construct a family tree, he and Coleman hit the road to meet his kin. Along the way, he plans to introduce Coleman to the Sunshine State’s beautiful parks where he can brush up on his flora, fauna, and wildlife, and more importantly, collect the missing stamps for his park passport book.But as the old saying goes, the apple doesn’t fall far . . . Serge is thrilled to discover he may be related to a notorious serial killer who’s terrorized the state for twenty years and never been caught. Which one of his newfound relatives will be the one to help him hunt down this deranged maniac? Serge doesn’t know that a dogged investigator from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is also hot on the trail.Then Serge meets a park ranger who’s also longing to make a family re-connection. But all is not as it appears on the surface, and Serge’s newfound friendship in the mysterious swamps of Florida may lead to deadly results.Finding his own relatives has made Serge understand the importance of family. Of course he’ll do anything to help . . .The Vanishing at Loxby Manor
By Abigail Wilson. 2021
A story of second chances and secrets, this mysterious Regency romance will transport you to 19th-century England as one young…
lady reunites with her childhood love to find his missing sister. Her friend is missing.After five years abroad, Charity Halliwell finally returns to Loxby Manor, the home of dear friends—and her lost love. No longer a young girl, she is now haunted by a painful secret and the demise of her dreams. Instead of the healing and happiness she hopes to find, she encounters a darkness lurking in the shadows of the once-familiar house. When her friend, Seline, disappears the very night of her arrival, Charity is determined to uncover the truth. Her only hope is the man who broke her heart.Branded a coward, Piers Cavanaugh has lived the last five years as an outcast far from his family home. When his sister presumably elopes with a stable hand, Piers joins forces with an unlikely partner—the one woman he thought he&’d never see again. Together they launch an investigation that leads to strange nightly meetings in the ruins of an old abbey and disturbing whispers of a secret organization. The more they learn, the more desperate the situation becomes. The house seems determined to keep its secrets.As they struggle to piece together the clues, Charity and Piers also endeavor to rebuild their friendship. One cryptic letter changed everything between them. To find happiness they will have to overcome the grief and shame keeping them apart. But first they must discover why Seline vanished and confront the growing fear that she may never return. Settle in, because once you start The Vanishing at Loxby Manor, you won&’t be able to put it down. Praise for The Vanishing at Loxby Manor &“Vanishing at Loxby Manor cleverly combines Regency romance with Gothic intrigue, and the result is a suspenseful, thoroughly entertaining read. Charming and lovely.&”—Tasha Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of In the Shadow of Vesuvius &“Abigail Wilson&’s latest Gothic romance hits the notes readers have come to expect from her talented pen: romance, shadows and intrigue and a brilliantly executed atmosphere. She is a master at her craft and a rare stand-out in a popular genre.&”—Rachel McMillan, author of The London Restoration &“Weaving a shadow of mystery among the gilded countryside of Regency England, Wilson's tale of love lost, buried shame, and secret societies is a delicious blend of romance and intrigue. Splash in gorgeous historical Regency details, and murder brewing around every stone, and readers will be burning through the pages until the riveting end.&”—J'nell Ciesielski, author of The Socialite Sweet but mysterious Regency Romance with Gothic tonesA stand-alone novelBook length: approximately 90,000 wordsIncludes discussion questions for book clubsDeath Comes to the Rectory: A Kurland St. Mary Mystery (A Kurland St. Mary Mystery #8)
By Catherine Lloyd. 2021
Murder casts a dark shadow over the christening of Lady Lucy and Major Sir Robert Kurland's daughter Elizabeth—even more so…
when Lucy's own father, the rector, falls under suspicion for the crime . . . Lucy and Robert&’s joy in christening their new daughter, surrounded by extended family and loved ones who have gathered in the village of Kurland St. Mary, is only enhanced when Robert&’s aunt Rose—now the second wife of Lucy&’s father Ambrose—announces that she is with child. However, not everyone is happy about the news, in particular Rose's adult daughter Henrietta and her husband, who fear for their inheritance. Following the christening, Rose&’s disagreeable son-in-law Basil Northam threatens to turn afternoon tea in the rectory into an unsightly brawl. The next morning, he is found in the rector&’s study, stabbed through the heart with an antique letter opener, clutching a note that appears to implicate the rector himself. As the local justice of the peace, Robert has an obligation to remain unbiased in his investigation of the ghastly crime, even though his prime suspect is a man of the cloth and his wife&’s father. But Lucy is under no such obligation. As snow traps the members of the christening party in Kurland St. Mary, she vows to clear her father&’s name and bring the cold-blooded culprit to justice. Someone had better start saying their prayers . . .A Sinister Service (A Lady and Lady's Maid Mystery #6)
By Alyssa Maxwell. 2021
A trip to Staffordshire for Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady&’s maid, Eva Huntford, leads to murder in a famed…
pottery works . . . Following the devastation of the Great War, England's noble class takes comfort in honoring tradition. To celebrate their grandparents' wedding anniversary, Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her siblings travel to Staffordshire to commission a china service bearing the Wroxly coat of arms from the venerated Crown Lily Potteries, a favorite of Queen Mary. The two leading designers at the illustrious china manufacturer offer competing patterns. But when one of them is found dead—his body crushed in a grinding pan and his design pattern book missing—his rival is immediately suspected. The police are also suspicious of the dead designer's resentful young son, a schoolmate of Phoebe's fifteen-year-old brother Fox. When Fox gets involved to help his friend, Phoebe begins to investigate the rival artist. At the same time, Eva is enlisted to go undercover at the works so she can gain the confidence of the female employees, who are only allowed to paint, not design, which may have led to a grudge against the victim. Pursuing a killer who has no compunction about using a kiln as a coffin, Phoebe and Eva take their lives into their hands to discover the shattering truth . . .Murder at Mabel's Motel (A Granny Reid Mystery #3)
By G. A. McKevett. 2021
Stella &“Granny&” Reid&’s youth wasn&’t the only thing changed by time in tiny, nondescript McGill, Georgia. Except even back in…
the 1980s, the Southern town still had a way of attracting downright dubious characters—some with a talent for murder. As quirky as McGill&’s residents can be, they usually welcome society&’s oddballs and outcasts into the community with open arms. But the three members of the Lone White Wolf Pack are a different story. Townsfolk aren&’t feeling the least bit neighborly toward the ignorant gang widely believed to have orchestrated several hate crimes in the area . . . When the small group&’s irredeemable leader, Billy Ray Sonner, is found dead in an abandoned motel, most assume it was the result of an accidental overdose. An unfortunate yet predictable end for a man who lived the way Billy did. Only Stella and the sheriff have witnessed the crime scene in person, and the smell of cyanide means something more disturbing happened in that ramshackle room. Something like homicide . . . While Stella wades through a flood of suspects, uncovered secrets link both Billy&’s closest allies and respected locals to the incident. One thing is certain—this wasn&’t an impulsive act of revenge. There&’s a sophisticated killer on the loose, and Stella must expose deep-rooted fears and dark pasts if she wants to crack a carefully planned murder and stop McGill from descending into chaos.This Little Piggy Went To Murder (Sophie Greenway Mystery #1)
By Ellen Hart. 1994
[from the back cover] "It's election year in Minnesota, and Jack Grendel is running hard for the U. S. Senate.…
But a pair of grotesque murders threatens to derail his campaign. One is the bizarre hanging of a consultant for Grendel Shipping. The other is the shooting of Jack's own father soon after he withdraws financial support from his son's campaign. When food critic Sophie Greenway, a family friend, starts snooping, it begins to look like one of her oldest friends is a killer. But will she discover which one before it's her turn to die?" You'll find the other seven books in the Sophie Greenway series in the Bookshare collection including: #2. For Every Evil, #3. The Oldest Sin, #4. Murder in the Air. #5. Slice and Dice #6. Dial M for Meat Loaf, #7. Death on a Silver Platter and #8. No Reservations Required. There are also twenty books in the Jane Lawless series by Ellen Hart.Taken by the Wind (Jane Lawless Mysteries #21)
By Ellen Hart. 2013
PI and restaurateur Jane Lawless must track down two missing teenagers. Although Eric and Andrew have been trying to keep…
up a semblance of normal life, they know their thirteen-year-old son Jack has been having a tough time of it since they separated. They've been concerned, but now they're terrified--Jack has run away from home. It happened once before, just after the separation, but then it was only a matter of hours before Eric found him. This time, Jack disappeared with his cousin, and the two of them haven't been seen for more than twenty-four hours. Desperate, Eric and Andrew call on private investigator Jane Lawless, a friend of Andrew's from years ago. Despite the fact that her business partner, A. J. Nolan, is now in a wheelchair and struggling with depression, Jane agrees to help out. But after examining Eric and Andrew's home, Jane's first impression of the case isn't good--in fact, she's not convinced the boys ran away at all. She thinks they may have been abducted. . . or worse. Taken by the Wind, the latest riveting mystery from award-winning author Ellen Hart, is a race against the clock for Jane and the terrified parent of two missing boys.Rest for the Wicked (Jane Lawless #20)
By Ellen Hart. 2012
DeAndre Moore came to Minneapolis from St. Louis with a purpose, but things aren't going as he planned. When it…
becomes clear he's in way over his head, DeAndre can think of only one person to call for help - his Uncle Nolan's business partner, newly licensed private investigator Jane Lawless. However, by the time Jane listens to his voice mail, she's hearing a voice from beyond the grave - DeAndre left the message only minutes before he was knifed to death outside a gentlemen's club. Soon his murder isn't the only one. With Nolan in the hospital, Jane sets out to find out who killed DeAndre, how his death is connected with the others, and what he was doing in Minneapolis in the first place. Rest for the Wicked is another outstanding addition to Ellen Hart's award-winning mystery series.Sweet Poison (Jane Lawless #16)
By Ellen Hart. 2008
Jane Lawless is at her wit's end keeping her Minneapolis restaurants running while volunteering on her father's campaign for governor.…
With an eleven-point lead, the race is Ray Lawless's to lose, but all that changes when his rival posts a list of violent criminals that are back on the streets early, thanks to Ray's work during his career as a defense lawyer. Corey Hodge is one of the convicts that took Ray's advice to plead guilty for a crime that he swears he didn't commit. Bitter from time served, revenge lurks in the back of his mind. Then one of Ray's young campaign volunteers is killed, and with the murder mirroring the crime Corey was convicted of, Jane has to bring the killer to justice to save her father's political career and to keep Corey from going to prison again. The high stakes and political intrigue that fuelSweet Poison, the latest in Lambda and Minnesota Book Award--winning author Ellen Hart's absorbing Jane Lawless series, make for an intense mystery of ambition and obsession.The Old Deep and Dark (Jane Lawless Mysteries #22)
By Ellen Hart. 2014
Renowned theater director Cordelia Thorn is working to restore a historic theater in downtown Minneapolis that she and her actress…
sister, Octavia, recently bought. Cordelia has a vision for the playhouse's future, but the more she learns about the building, the more fascinated she becomes by its past. Nicknamed "The Old Deep and Dark" because of the Prohibition-era double murder that occurred in the basement--then a speakeasy--there are a wealth of secrets hidden inside its walls. And, to her shock and horror, Cordelia discovers that there is also one present-day body literally buried in a basement wall. Cordelia immediately calls on her best friend, P. I. Jane Lawless. Although Jane is already in the thick of another investigation--she's embroiled in a well-known country-western singer's family scandal--she agrees to help Cordelia out on the side. But show-biz is a small world, and as Jane starts tracing the trails of two separate investigations, she's surprised to find they might not be as unconnected as she thought. With The Old Deep and Dark, the latest installment in the award-winning Jane Lawless series, Ellen Hart has crafted another impeccably plotted, seamlessly written mystery.