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The Blackwoods Farm Enquiry
By Ann Purser. 2014
Retiree Ivy Beasley, a college student? Interested in penning her memoirs, Ivy decides to take a creative writing course. But…
it's hard to find time to put pen to paper when this current chapter is so full of lies, jealousy and murder... Rumors are flying around the village of Barrington about Mrs. Winchen Blatch, a reclusive widow living alone in her old farmhouse. In the past few weeks, the widow claims she has been tormented by ghostly visitations, so she hires Ivy and her fellow investigators at Enquire Within to get to the bottom of the mystery. Ivy's new classes are very close to the widow's farmhouse, perfect for combining studying and snooping... With each new clue--a dark chamber, a smoking cigar and an amorous lodger--it becomes harder to separate fact from fiction. And when the ghost is revealed to be flesh and blood, the lonely widow may be in more trouble than Ivy and her team can handle...The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Bronte
By Rowland, Laura Joh. 2008
Now in paperback, the March 2008 Book Sense Pick by beloved author Laura Joh Rowland Laura Joh Rowland's samurai detective…
novels have enthralled tens of thousands of readers. Now the author turns her gifts for historical fiction to Victorian England and the famous and fascinating Bront? family with this critically acclaimed new thriller. Upon learning that she has been falsely accused of plagiarism, the normally mild-mannered Charlotte Bront? sets off for London to clear her name. But when she unintentionally witnesses a murder, Charlotte finds herself embroiled in a dangerous chain of events that forces her to confront demons from her past. With the clandestine aid of the other Bront? sisters, Emily and Anne, and of the suspiciously well-informed but irresistibly attractive brother of the victim, Charlotte works to unravel a deadly web of intrigue that threatens not only her own safety but the very fabric of the British Empire. Will Charlotte be able to stop a devious, invisible villain whose schemes threaten her life, her family, and her country? .Double Dog Dare (Kendra Ballantine, Pet Sitter Mystery #6)
By Linda O. Johnston. 2008
It's been a rough month for lawyer and pet-sitter Kendra Ballantyne. Her boyfriend and sidekick, Jeff Hubbard, PI, has gone…
missing -- right after they decided to move in together. It sounds like a case of cold feet until the authorities find his car submerged in a canal. Kendra's panicked inquiries lead her to Jeff's Aunt Lois, an ex–pole dancer and full-time eccentric. As Kendra picks up the scent of Jeff's investigation, she wonders: Was Jeff kidnapped?Gallows Hill
By Margie Orford. 2011
How far would you go?Dr. Clare Hart is summoned to investigate a building site where hundreds of centuries-old skeletons have…
been found--beneath Gallows Hill, where Cape Town's notorious execution grounds once stood. But she discovers that a woman, recently dead, is hidden among these long-buried bones. Who was the woman in the green silk dress? Who wanted her dead? Who interred her body beside the ancient graves? As Clare gets closer to revealing the truth about Gallows Hill, she becomes entangled with a fascinating but vulnerable young woman and is drawn into a world of art, desire, and destructive jealousy. Against a backdrop of corporate corruption and seething political tensions, Clare and Riedwaan's complex relationship remains as explosive as ever--and their very lives are at risk, for those who guard the secret of the woman in the silk dress will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.Gallows Hill is a suspenseful and compelling thriller that will captivate fans of Tess Gerritsen and Deon Meyer.Foul Play at Four
By Ann Purser. 2011
She's worked through all the days of the week, turning up clues and scrubbing up both messes and murderers in…
the village of Long Farnden. But crime is a persistent stain, and Lois Meade is finding that sleuthing is rarely a spotless endeavor... Magistrate Mrs. Tollervey-Jones represents the upper crust of the village, although nowadays she lives alone at the Farnden Hall estate without a staff to attend to her. Fortunately, Lois Meade's cleaning company visits twice a week. But Lois's help is needed elsewhere as a series of robberies begins to plague Long Farnden. Lois's own daughter is shaken when a thief robs her grocery store till. Good thing Josie's got a policeman for a fiancé--he's on the culprit's trail soon afterward. Before he can crack the case, though, someone cracks Lois's husband on the head when he stops in to check on Mrs. Tollervey-Jones and interrupts a burglary. Now Lois--in collaboration once again with the besotted Inspector Cowgill--must determine who cleaned out the magistrate's mansion, and clean up after an increasingly violent crime spree...Grounds for Remorse (A Tallie Graver Mystery #2)
By Misty Simon. 2018
No more cheating . . . Best friends Tallie Graver and Gina Laudermilch both seem to spend a lot of…
time around urns. For Tallie, they're part and parcel of the family business, Graver's Funeral Home. Even though she's traded ashes for dusting with her own cleaning business, she still works part-time for her folks and lives above the funeral parlor. For Gina, they're the vessels that contain her heavenly brew at her coffee shop, Bean There, Done That. And both women are learning that owning a business can make finding time for romance challenging. But when Gina's new beau turns out to have a wife, who barges into the coffee shop to take him home, she can't contain her bitterness and loudly threatens to poison his cup or boil him in a vat of coffee. So when Mr. Wrong turns up dead at the bottom of a staircase inside Gina's locked home, she finds herself at the top of the police's suspect list. Tallie needs to sweep in to save her friend. But she'll need to watch her step, or she may go from being a funeral home employee to becoming their next client . . .Hangtown
By Karen Sandler. 2014
Marooned in her despised hometown of Greenville, California, private investigator Janelle Watkins wants nothing more than to keep her head…
down and make enough money to move back to the City. But even in the sleepy town of Greenville, the edgy, smart-mouthed private investigator seems to attract mayhem. It starts with the apparent suicide of a nineteen year-old off a highway bridge. Then another young man goes missing and Janelle begins to suspect that there might be a connection between the incidents. With the help of her former SFPD partner and occasional lover, Sheriff Ken Heinz, Janelle begins to follow the convoluted trail, not realizing that the darkness of her past might finally be catching up.Murder Buys a T-Shirt
By Christy Fifield. 2012
Glory Martine has inherited her uncle's Florida souvenir shop, one stuffed with collectibles, mementos of times gone by--and ghosts--who, like…
her customers, refuse to let go of the past. But things take an even more unexpected turn when a local football hero dies far too suddenly and suspiciously. Now, Glory has to uncover the truth before someone makes her history...This Old Homicide: A Fixer-Upper Mystery
By Kate Carlisle. 2015
Contractor and part-time sleuth Shannon Hammer specializes in improving the quirks and flaws of the Victorian homes in Lighthouse Cove,…
California. The quirks and flaws of their residents are another story.... Valentine's Day is approaching, and while Shannon is delighted to be friends with not one but two handsome men, not everyone in town is feeling the love. After her elderly neighbor Jesse Hennessey fails to make his daily appearance at the local diner, Shannon swings by his place to check on him. Not only does she find Jesse dead--of an apparent heart attack--but she also realizes that his home has been ransacked. Someone suggests that a thief was searching for a priceless necklace Jesse claimed to have retrieved from a capsized sailing ship, but Shannon doesn't believe it. Everyone knows Jesse had a penchant for constructing tall tales--like the one about him having a hot new girlfriend. But his death is soon ruled a homicide, and shady suspects begin popping out of the woodwork. When another victim turns up dead, Shannon is convinced she must find the killer before someone else gets nailed....Ninja Soccer Moms
By Jennifer Apodaca. 2004
Samantha Shaw, owner of the Heart Males dating service, hates soccer. But she doesn't have a problem with settling scores--especially…
when deceitful ex-husbands are involved. So when Janie Tuggle, the former wife of town hero and championship-winning soccer coach Chad, asks her to investigate her embezzling ex, Sam dives right in. Turns out, the weasel is not only pocketing $16,000, but has been cheating on Janie at every opportunity. Exposing him will be a pleasure. But before Sam can make a call. Chad is found dead in his office--and Sam and Janie are both suspects. Detective Logan Vance is breathing down Sam's neck, her boyfriend and sleuthing partner Gabe Pulizzi is working the case for Chad's sexy former lover, Dara Reed, and unwelcome discoveries are springing up all over town. Netting the killer feels like a long shot, but as another cheating husband's crimes threaten Sam's business, her brand-new relationship, and even her life, the penalty for slipping up could be fatal.A Crafty Killing
By Lorraine Bartlett. 2011
The last thing Katie Bonner wanted was to become the manager of Artisans Alley. But when her business partner, Ezra…
Hilton, is found bludgeoned to death, she has no other choice. Business under Ezra has been faltering-but was it enough to provoke someone to murder? Only Kate can find the answer.Poison Girls
By Cheryl Reed. 2017
A great new voice in crime fiction Noir fans and readers of Laura Lippman will love Poison Girls …
Jamie Freveletti international-bestselling author of Blood Run It s the summer of 2008 Chicago s Hyde Park Senator is running for the White House the city is vying to host the 2016 Summer Olympics and Poison a lethal form of heroin has killed more than 250 people including dozens of suburban girls from prominent families Natalie Delaney a crime reporter from the Chicago Times discovers that daughters of Democratic powerhouses are the real targets Obsessed with finding who is behind the killings Natalie becomes entangled in an underworld where drugs cops gangs politics and privilege collide Risking everything this reporter becomes the story Touching salty brutal organized lost powerful and tragic Janet Burroway author of Writing Fiction An ambitious book noirish Dickensian in a modern way and rooted in the realistic tradition It tells a complex story Stuart Dybek MacArthur Fellow and author of The Coast of ChicagoWorld Tree Girl: A Shadow Valley Manor Novel (The Shadow Valley Manor Series #2)
By Kerry Schafer. 2017
If you like X-Files and Ilona Andrews you ll love this awesome well-crafted and unusual tale …
Patricia Briggs 1 New York Times bestselling author The girl with the full-body tattoo of a world tree is not just another runaway She s dead for starters and her veins are emptied of blood and oozing a strange jelly-like substance To Maureen Keslyn seasoned paranormal investigator former FBI agent new owner of the Shadow Valley Manor Retirement Home this isn t just a corpse It s a sign that the Medusa a dangerous paranormal hybrid is on another killing spree Maureen and her team Jake the local sheriff Matt the Shadow Valley Manor cook with knife skills that extend beyond the kitchen and eighteen-year-old Sophronia who has an uncanny affinity for ghosts are determined to hunt down and eliminate the creature Their case is complicated by the ghost of Maureen s former partner Phil Evers who refuses to cross to the other side and his very much alive daughter Jillian who shows up demanding to know how Maureen inherited the Manor When Sophronia uses her power to try to help Phil across a huge spirit storm blows up at Shadow Valley Manor and she disappears With the life of one of their own in deadly peril Maureen and the team have a ticking clock to find Sophronia and bring down the Medusa What do you get when you mix paranormal thrills a feisty middle-aged heroine and a tantalizing mystery set in a creepy rest home Kerry Schafer s DEAD BEFORE DYING Clever fast-paced and fun Schafer weaves an irresistible tale sure to keep you reading far into the night Lisa Alber author of KILMOON and WHISPERS IN THE MIST Schafer deftly balances the menace of unknown evil with a smart and tenacious band of heroes led by one kick-ass heroine DEAD BEFORE DYING is an engaging sizzling start to a new series Tammy Kaehler award-winning author of the Kate Reilly Mystery SeriesDead Men Don't Crochet: A Crochet Mystery (A Crochet Mystery #2)
By Betty Hechtman. 2008
As Death Draws Near: A Lady Darby Mystery (A Lady Darby Mystery #5)
By Anna Lee Huber. 2016
The latest mystery from the national bestselling author of A Study in Death tangles Lady Kiera Darby and Sebastian Gage…
in a dangerous web of religious and political intrigue. July 1831. In the midst of their idyllic honeymoon in England’s Lake District, Kiera and Gage’s seclusion is soon interrupted by a missive from her new father-in-law. A deadly incident involving a distant relative of the Duke of Wellington has taken place at an abbey south of Dublin, Ireland, and he insists that Kiera and Gage look into the matter. Intent on discovering what kind of monster could murder a woman of the cloth, the couple travel to Rathfarnham Abbey school. Soon a second nun is slain in broad daylight near a classroom full of young girls. With the sinful killer growing bolder, the mother superior would like to send the students home, but the growing civil unrest in Ireland would make the journey treacherous. Before long, Kiera starts to suspect that some of the girls may be hiding a sinister secret. With the killer poised to strike yet again, Kiera and Gage must make haste and unmask the fiend, before their matrimonial bliss comes to an untimely end...From the Trade Paperback edition.Buried in Books (Bibliophile Mystery #12)
By Kate Carlisle. 2018
In the latest in this New York Times bestselling series, matrimony and murder collide as San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn…
Wainwright walks down the aisle. . .Brooklyn has it all covered. She's triple-checked her wedding to-do list, and everything is on track for the upcoming ceremony with the love of her life, security expert Derek Stone. Not everyone has been as lucky in love as Brooklyn. Her old library college roommates Heather and Sara lost touch twelve years ago when Sara stole Heather's boyfriend. Brooklyn was caught in the middle and hasn't seen her former besties since their falling-out. When they both arrive in town for the annual librarians' convention and then show up at her surprise bridal shower, Brooklyn is sure drama will ensue. But she's touched when the women seem willing to sort out their differences and gift her rare copies of The Three Musketeers and The Blue Fairy Book. Brooklyn's prewedding calm is shattered when one of her formerly feuding friends is found murdered and Brooklyn determines that one of the rare books is a forgery. She can't help but wonder if the victim played a part in this fraud, or if she was targeted because she discovered the scam. With a killer and con artist on the loose, Brooklyn and Derek--with the unsolicited help of their meddling mothers--must catch the culprit before their big day turns into a big mess.No Pity For the Dead
By Nancy Herriman. 2016
The author of No Comfort for the Lost returns with a new mystery of Old San Francisco...British-born nurse Celia Davies…
runs a free medical clinic to assist the poor women of San Francisco. Aided in her endeavors by her half-Chinese cousin Barbara and feisty housekeeper Addie, Celia has earned the trust and friendship of many of the city's downtrodden, including a young orphan named Owen--who's just confided to her that he's stumbled upon a corpse. Owen recently started working for the ruthless real estate and development group, Martin and Company, and discovered a dead body in the office's basement. Celia turns to Detective Nick Greaves for help, only to learn that one of the main suspects--the husband of Celia's dearest friend--is an old enemy of Nick's. Now, Celia and Nick must put aside their personal feelings about the case--and each other--if they're going to bring a killer to justice...Grilling the Subject
By Daryl Wood Gerber. 2016
Things heat up for bookstore owner Jenna Hart in the latest Cookbook Nook mystery from the Agatha Award-winning author of…
Fudging the Books. 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 smoldering in a bonfire, the rodeo revelry is extinguished. Sylvia Gump had acquired plenty of enemies with her practice of illegally encroaching on her neighbors' properties--including Jenna's dad, who was off fishing by himself and has no alibi for the murder. Now it's up to Cary Hart's dutiful daughter to clear his name before the real killer turns up the heat and rakes someone else over the coals...INCLUDES RECIPESFrom the Paperback edition.Daddy's Girl
By Margie Orford. 2009
How far would you go?A little girl waits alone to be picked up after ballet class--until an unmarked car approaches,…
and she is gone.But this little girl is the daughter of Police Captain Riedwaan Faizal. He is desperate to rescue her, but, suspended from the squad, he finds himself powerless.With nobody on his side, the captain turns to investigative journalist and criminal profiler Dr. Clare Hart, whose documentary about Cape Town's missing young girls has made her a local celebrity. Clare knows that the odds of a child's survival dwindle with each passing minute. She knows that hiding her investigation from the police has its own dangers. But she will do anything to help a heartbroken father ... even if it puts all their lives at risk.Daddy's Girl is a dark and compelling crime story that will thrill fans of Deon Meyer and Tess Gerritsen.Norway to Hide: A Passport to Peril Mystery
By Maddy Hunter. 2007
Sure, Jackie Thum's newly published novel might not be Hemingway, but bad reviews from her fellow travelers have Emily Andrew's…
transgender ex-husband (Jackie was formerly Jack) steaming like a sauna. It's a dismal start to their Scandinavian tour, and group leader Emily is getting that sinking feeling in Helsinki: something fishy this way comes. When Jackie's most outspoken critic, a Floridian from a picture-perfect gated community called The Hamlets, is found dead, suspicion falls on Jackie -- who surprises everyone with an airtight alibi. But when another guest turns up dead, Emily realizes there is a killer hiding among them. Herrings, both red and pickled, abound on a Norwegian fjord cruise -- and Jackie is suddenly nowhere to be found. With her mother arranging a wedding disaster for Emily back home in Iowa, Emily must somehow salvage her nuptials from overseas while icing a killer -- before someone else meets a nasty Finnish.