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The Darling Dahlias and the Texas Star (Darling Dahlias #4)
By Susan Wittig Albert. 2013
National bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert returns to the small town of Darling, Alabama, in the 1930s-- where the Darling…
Dahlias, the colorful ladies of a garden club, are anything but shrinking violets when it comes to rooting out criminals The Texas Star herself-- Miss Lily Dare, the " fastest woman in the world"-- is bringing her Dare Devils Flying Circus to Darling. Unfortunately, she' s also bringing a whole lot of trouble. As the Dahlias prepare for the annual Watermelon Festival-- where they will present the famous female aviatrix with her own Texas Star hibiscus-- rumors are flying. Dahlias president Liz Lacy learns from newspaperman Charlie Dickens that Miss Dare has been threatened and her plane sabotaged. Apparently the bold and beautiful barnstormer has made plenty of enemies. And is it possible she may even be involved with the husband of one of Darling' s local ladies? And speaking of wings, the new cook at Myra May' s Darling Diner can fry a chicken and whip up a sweet potato meringue pie like nobody' s business. But why is she keeping her past such a mystery? As the Texas Star barnstorms into town, Liz and Verna Tidwell offer to help bring down a saboteur who may be propelled by revenge. Before it' s all over, there will be plenty of black eyes and dark secrets revealedThe Darling Dahlias and the Silver Dollar Bush (Darling Dahlias #5)
By Susan Wittig Albert. 2014
National bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert takes readers back in time to small-town Darling, Alabama, in the 1930s-where the Darling…
Savings and Trust has just closed and the women of the Darling Dahlias' garden club are betting their bottom dollar there's going to be trouble . It's the spring of 1933 and times are tough all over. The only businessman not struggling is moonshiner Mickey LeDoux, though he still has to steer clear of federal agents. But banks are closing all over the country, and the small town of Darling is no exception. Folks are suddenly caught short on cash and everyone is in a panic. Desperate to avoid disaster, several town leaders-including Alvin Duffy, the bank's new vice president-hatch a plan to print Darling Dollars on newspaperman Charlie Dickens' printing press. The "funny money" can serve as temporary currency so the town can function. But when the first printing of the scrip disappears, the Darling Dahlias set out to discover who made an unauthorized withdrawal. Meanwhile County Treasurer Verna Tidwell questions whether she can trust Alvin Duffy-and the feelings he stirs up inside her. And Liz Lacy learns her longtime beau may be forced into a shotgun wedding. Seems other troubles don't just go away when there's a crisis. There'll be no pennies from heaven, but if anyone can balance things out, folks can bank on the Darling Dahlias .Feral attraction
By Eileen Watkins. 2019
Cassie's good friend Dawn is part of an organization that's trying to protect a colony of stray cats on the…
property of a condo community in Chadwick, New Jersey. The residents have gotten their backs up over the cat invasion, and Dawn has come to Cassie's grooming and boarding shop, Cassie's Comfy Cats, to ask for her help in talking sense to them. Not everyone's against the cats. Eccentric Sabrina Ward feeds them and has even created makeshift shelters for them in the nearby woods, infuriating her neighbors. Following a heated community meeting-in which Cassie and Dawn come up with a proposal-Sabrina's body is found in the woods. The police are calling her death an accident, but Cassie smells a rat. Narrowing down the list of suspects may be tougher than herding cats, but Cassie is determined to collar the killer before another cat lover has a fatal accidentGone, kitty, gone
By Eileen Watkins. 2019
With her new van, Cassie has expanded her Comfy Cat business to include mobile cat grooming. Next stop: a cat…
expo at a hotel just outside her hometown of Chadwick, New Jersey, where Cassie will give a grooming demo using shelter cats to encourage adoption while her veterinarian boyfriend Mark will offer a program on cat care and health. The highlight of the expo will be a major cat show featuring pop sensation Jaki Natal. Almost as famous as his owner is her pet Gordie, a Scottish fold, who's become a social media darling. But when adorable Gordie goes missing and his sitter is found murdered, Jaki is having kittens. While the cops are more interested in solving the murder of a human, Jaki insists Cassie help expose the catnapper and return gorgeous Gordie to the fold. Now it's Cassie's turn to solo as she plays a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a culprit who's not afraid to pounceA soupçon of poison
By Jennifer Ashley. 2019
London, 1880. Kat Holloway, highly sought-after young cook to the wealthy of London, finds herself embroiled in murder when she's…
accused of poisoning her employer, the loathsome Sir Lionel Leigh-Bradbury. Her only help as she works to clear her name comes from the mysterious Daniel McAdam, a handsome man-of-all-work who seems to know everyone and always happens to be in the right place at the right time. Kat and Daniel investigate the crime, but the mystery of Daniel's background might be just as elusive and dangerous as the poisoner bent on framing Kat for murderHollywood ending (Detective by Day Mystery Book #bk. 2)
By Kellye Garrett. 2020
Tinseltown's awards season is in full swing, and everyone is obsessed with dressing up, scoring free swag, and getting invited…
to the biggest awards shows of the year. But when celebrity publicist Lyla Davis is killed, the festive mood comes to an abrupt halt. Apprentice private eye Dayna Anderson thinks she's uncovered the killer. Unfortunately, what starts as an open-and-shut case turns out to be anything but. Diving deeper into the investigation, Dayna gets a backstage look at gossip blogging, Hollywood royalty, and one of entertainment's most respected awards shows-all while trying to avoid her own Hollywood endingThe game changer
By Jennifer Brown. 2020
Hollis Bisbee used to be a big-city crime reporter. Now, she's a small-town journalist, and she's bored. She and a…
young mom, talented baker Daisy Mueller, start the Knock 'Em Dead podcast - "Where murder and muffins meet!" It's all fun, games, and baking tips until murder comes to Parkwood. After a brutal homecoming game loss, the coach of the rival football team is the victim of a hit-and-run in the high school parking lot. The entire town is on edge, and the star quarterback - who happens to be the police chief's son - may just look the guiltiest of all. With Hollis's investigative skills and Daisy's famous muffins…and in spite of the charming rookie police officer tasked with keeping Hollis out of the way…the podcasting duo sets out to solve their first real case. This cozy mystery includes a killer free recipe for Daisy's Cherry Chocolate Chunk MuffinsEgg drop dead
By Laura Childs. 2019
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 mild-mannered farmer before heading back to the café's hectic kitchen. But when she arrives, Mike's nowhere to be found. The moaning of his cows leads her to look in the barn, where she discovers a bloodcurdling sight-the farmer's dead body. Apparently, not everyone was as fond of Mike Mullen as the Cackleberry Club was. Churning with grief and outrage, Suzanne, Petra, and Toni vow to find the farmer's murderer-but as they get closer to the truth, the desperate killer gets whipped into a frenzy and plans to put the squeeze on themThin ice: A Mystery (Alaska Mystery Series #bk. 1)
By Paige Shelton. 2019
Beth Rivers is on the run-she's doing the only thing she could think of to keep herself safe. Known to…
the world as thriller author Elizabeth Fairchild, she had become the subject of a fanatic's obsession. After being held in a van for three days by her kidnapper, Levi Brooks, Beth managed to escape, and until he is captured, she's got to get away. Cold and remote, Alaska seems tailor-made for her to hide out. Beth's new home in Alaska is sparsely populated with people who all seem to be running or hiding from something, and though she accidentally booked a room at a halfway house, she feels safer than she's felt since Levi took her. That is, until she's told about a local death that's a suspected murder. Could the death of Linda Rafferty have anything to do with her horror at the hands of Levi Brooks? As Beth navigates her way through the wilds of her new home, her memories of her time in the van are coming back, replaying the terror and the fear?and threatening to keep her from healing, from reclaiming her old life again. Can she get back to normal, will she ever truly feel safe, and can she help solve the local mystery, if only so she doesn't have to think about her own?Scorched eggs
By Laura Childs. 2019
Getting her hair colored at Root 66, Suzanne is stunned to witness the County Services office next door suddenly go…
up in flames. Sadly, the fire claims the life of longtime civil-service worker-and friend to the Cackleberry Club-Hannah Venable. When it's discovered that an accelerant was used to fan the flames, Suzanne, Petra, and Toni vow to smoke out the culprit. When Suzanne finds a possible connection between the fire and the nearby Prairie Star Casino, she comes to realize that the arsonist wanted something very big and bad kept secret. And if the ladies aren't careful, they may be the ones gambling with their livesEggs in a casket (Cackleberry Club #bk. 5)
By Laura Childs. 2019
Stake & eggs (Cackleberry Club #bk. 4)
By Laura Childs. 2019
Bedeviled eggs (Cackleberry Club #bk. 3)
By Laura Childs. 2019
After losing their husbands, Suzanne, Toni, and Petra bonded, gaining newfound independence as well as a wealth of support, inspiration,…
home-baked goods, and their own business. But who would have dreamed that when the Cackleberry Club Café opened its doors, the three women would be serving justice to criminals? Getting ready for Halloween, the ladies at the Cackleberry Club Café are busy carving jack-o'-lanterns, stocking up on candy, and baking pumpkin bread. But someone's jumped the gun on the tricks. As mayoral candidate Chuck Peebler leaves the café, he gets struck with a crossbow arrow and is killed instantly. When another murder occurs on the historical society's Quilt Trail, there's no disguising it-a murderer is running loose in the town of Kindred. Now Suzanne's on the beat to sniff out one bag eggThe Maggie Black case files: a Maggie Black thriller (MAGGIE BLACK CASE FILES)
By Jack McSporran. 2019
Eggs Benedict Arnold (Cackleberry Club #bk. 2)
By Laura Childs. 2019
Suzanne, Toni, and Petra lost their husbands but found independence - and, in each other, a life raft of support,…
inspiration, fresh baked goods, and their own business. But when the Cackleberry Club cafe opened its doors in the town of Kindred, who'd have guessed that the three women would be working a double shift as amateur sleuths? When Suzanne stops by the local funeral home to deliver a pie to funeral director Ozzie Driesden, she discovers him not working at the embalming table but lying on it. She barely has time to recognize his corpse before she's drugged with chloroform. With more suspects than breakfast specials, the Cackleberry Club scrambles to crack the case before one of their own ends up six feet underEggs in purgatory (Cackleberry Club #bk. 1)
By Laura Childs. 2019
After losing their husbands, Suzanne, Toni, and Petra find independence when they open the Cackleberry Club. When a lawyer is…
murdered with a secret on his lips and egg on his face, their cozy cafe becomes the scene of a crime. In order to save their cafe, the trio will need to investigate the connections between a religious cult and Suzanne's past. But will putting their noses where they don't belong put Suzanne's life on the line?The Persian always meows twice (CAT GROOMER MYSTERY #bk. 1)
By Eileen Watkins. 2019
Last Christmas, Callie Aspen left her tour-guide job and settled in Heart's Harbor, Maine. Now, she helps out at Book…
Tea, her great aunt's vintage tearoom, where each treat has a bookish clue. Although she's excited to start her new life, Callie worries she may regret having burned her bridges behind her. Fortunately, she finds immediate distraction in the preparations for a spectacular Fourth of July tea party, which will recreate key moments from the town's rich history. Intrigued to learn that 1980s TV star Monica Walker was last seen in Heart's Harbor before she vanished-allegedly to elope-Callie probes the townsfolk for information. She's stunned when several locals share contradictory stories about the last day before Monica's disappearance. Did she intend to leave her hit TV series? Was she being stalked by her ex? And why is the newspaper editor who investigated the story at the time so anxious about the cold case heating up? When one of the talkative townspeople turns up dead, Callie aims to catch the killer. But it's no picnic: Deputy Falk doesn't want her meddling, and the locals suddenly know more about the past than they'd been at liberty to admitMurder in an Irish cottage (IRISH VILLAGE MYSTERY #bk. 5)
By Carlene O'Connor. 2020
Family is everything to Siobhán: her five siblings; her dear departed mother for whom the family business, Naomi's Bistro, is…
named; and now her fiancé, Macdara Flannery. So precious is her engagement that Siobhán wants to keep it just between the two of them for a little longer. But Macdara is her family, which is why when his cousin Jane frantically calls for his help, Siobhán is at his side as the two garda rush from Kilbane to the rural village where Jane and her mother have recently moved. Unfortunately, tragedy awaits them. They find Jane, who is blind, outside the cottage, in a state. Inside, Aunt Ellen lies on her bed in a fancy red dress, no longer breathing. A pillow on the floor and a nearby teacup suggest the mode of death to their trained eyes: the woman has been poisoned and smothered. Someone wanted to make sure she was dead. But who? Devout believers in Irish folklore, the villagers insist the cottage is cursed-built on a fairy path. It turns out Ellen Delaney was not the first to die mysteriously in this cottage. Although the townsfolk blame malevolent fairies, Siobhán and Macdara must follow the path of a murderer all too human-but just as evil…A crafter hooks a killer: A Handcrafted Mystery (HANDCRAFTED MYSTERY #bk. 2)
By Holly Quinn. 2019
Samantha "Sammy" Kane is settling into her new life in idyllic Heartsford, Wisconsin, running her late friend Kate Allen's craft…
shop, Community Craft, when one early June day, bestselling crochet author Jane Johnson visits Heartsford. Captivated by Community Craft, Jane devotes a chapter in her new book, Behind the Seams, to the store. Sammy is honored, but satisfaction quickly turns to shock when she finds Jane strangled to death-her cold hands clutching a copy of her most recently published book, with the words "THE END" raggedly scratched into the cover. Heavens to Etsy! Not only must Sammy contend with the author's inauspicious demise, but she also has to untie some knotty details from her own past. It turns out Kate's death was not what it seemed and instead was somehow hooked to Jane Johnson's demise. Handsome Detective Liam Nash is on the "skein," more than happy to see the shop owner again, if less than enamored by her sleuthing interventions. But this was Sammy's best friend-she has to know. Fortunately, Sammy has a "lace" in the hole. As a child, she formed the S.H.E. detective team with her cousin, Heidi, and her sister, Ellie. Having already reconstituted their partnership, the S.H.E. team searches for a pattern behind the latest death. As the case starts to unravel, will Sammy and team be able to sidestep Liam quick enough to stitch together the clues?