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Death in the Stocks

Georgette Heyer

A bobby on his night rounds discovers a corpse in evening dress locked in the stocks on the village green. Inspector Hannasyde is called in, but sorting out the suspects proves a challenge. Anyone in the eccentric, exceedingly uncoope...

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Published: Oct 2009

Death of a Chocoholic

Lee Hollis

Fed up with dating after a disastrous setup, the only thing Hayley wants to snuggle up to is a box of made-to-order chocolates from plus-sized, plus-mouthed chocolatier Bessie Winthrop. But when Bessie is found dead in her kitchen, on...

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Published: Jan 2014

Affairs of Steak (A White House Chef ...

Julie Hyzy

White House chef Olivia Paras and her arch nemesis, White House Sensitivity Director Peter Everett Sargeant, must work together to solve the double murder of one of the First Lady's assistants and the Chief of Staff-before they become...

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Published: Jan 2012

Outlaw Mountain

J. A. Jance

A breathtaking story of senseless, brutal death in a desolate terrain from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance What kind of monster would savagely murder a 71-year-old and leave her battered corpse to rot in the Arizona de...

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Published: Jan 2011

Christietown About Vintage Clothing, ...

Susan Kandel

A new suspense-themed housing tract on the edge of the Mojave Desert is about to open, and who better to help promote the Cotswold-cozy development than mystery biographer extraordinaire Cece Caruso? For the grand opening weekend, Ce...

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Published: Jun 2007

A Garden of Vipers

Jack Kerley

In this rivetingly creepy suspense novel by Jack Kerley, detectives Nautilus and Ryder are on the case when a young news reporter is brutally murdered in her car. The going gets weird when a string of wildly different crimes turn out ...

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Published: Feb 2007

The Blue Edge of Midnight (Max Freema...

Jonathon King

Although King writes in the familiar nature-drenched idiom of other Florida writers and sounds the same environmentalist themes, he takes us far deeper into the Everglades and much closer to the hard-core survivalists who live a rough...

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Published: Mar 2003

Baltimore Blues: The First Tess Monag...

Laura Lippman

Tess Monaghan is willing to take any freelance job to pay the rent—including a bit of unorthodox snooping for her rowing buddy, Darryl Rock Paxton. But trying to prove her friend's innocence could prove costly to Tess.

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Published: Dec 2010

Bloodhounds (Soho Crime)

Peter Lovesey

'Peter Lovesey tosses off a real brain-banger in Bloodhounds, the fourth book in a challenging series. . . . I am mad for these pyrotechnic teasers, and this one had my head spinning.'-Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review'A ...

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Published: Dec 2004

Diamond Solitaire

Peter Lovesey

One time police detective Peter Diamond loses his job as a security guard when he fails to spot a small Japanese child hiding in the furniture department of Harrods. But Diamond is unable to forget the frightened eyes of the silent li...

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Published: Jun 2002

Love Over Scotland: A 44 Scotland Str...

Alexander McCall Smith

The third installment in Alexander McCall Smith's beloved 44 Scotland Street series is sure to delight his many fans. This just in from Edinburgh: the complicated lives of the denizens of 44 Scotland Street are becoming no simpler. D...

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Published: Nov 2007

They Did It with Love

Kate Morgenroth

Secrets lurk under the smooth surface of a wealthy Connecticut neighborhood, until a murder reveals all Sofie and her husband have left Manhattan in search of a more tranquil life in the suburbs. But when a member of Sofie's new neig...

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Published: Jan 2008

The Body in the Snowdrift: A Faith Fa...

Katherine Hall Page

Traveling to Vermont to attend her father-in-law's birthday, caterer Faith Fairchild stumbles upon the dead body of a local lawyer and wonders if his death was accidental or intentional, in a case that is complicated by the disappeara...

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Published: Jun 2006

Death at Whitechapel (Robin Paige Vic...

Robin Paige

Jennie Jerome Churchill calls on Kathryn Ardleigh and her husband, Charles, to clear the family name when allegations arise that her husband was related to Jack the Ripper, a charge that could threaten her son's political ambitions. O...

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Published: Feb 2000

Xmas Spenser

Robert B. Parker

It’s December in Boston, and Spenser is busy planning the menu for Christmas dinner when he’s confronted in his office by a young boy named Slide.  Homeless and alone, Slide has found refuge with an organization named Street Busi...

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Published: Nov 2010

The Serpent on the Crown (Amelia Peab...

Elizabeth Peters

In 1922, Amelia Peabody and her family are at an archaeological dig in the Valley of the Kings when writer Magda Petherick arrives and gives Amelia's Egyptologist husband Radcliffe Emerson a small gold statue. The statue, Magda says, ...

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Published: Apr 2005

Tyrant Of The Mind

Priscilla Royal

A nun and a monk defy death and dishonor at her family's Welsh fortress...In the winter of 1271, Death stalks the corridors of Wynethorpe Castle on the Welsh border. When the Grim Reaper touches the beloved grandson of the castle lord...

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Published: Jan 2006

Photo, Snap, Shot: A Kiki Lowenstein ...

Joanna Campbell Slan

Book 3 in the acclaimed scra ooking mystery seriesOld money and tradition are the hallmarks of the St. Louis prep school that Kiki's daughter Anya attends. But the elite academy is stamped with scandal when Anyafinds the dead body of ...

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Published: May 2010

Have Mercy on Us All (Chief Inspector...

Fred Vargas

When a Parisian town crier receives anonymous, ominous messages warning of an imminent outbreak of the Black Death, genius detective Commissaire Adamsberg and his straight-edged sidekick, Danglard, begin to suspect that the prediction...

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Published: Nov 2005

Lethally Blond (Bailey Weggins)

Kate White

Whenever a celebrity throws a phone, crashes a car, or kills a spouse, celebrity journalist Bailey Weggins is there to cover it for the gossip magazine Buzz. Now, the new television show Morgue is the talk of the town, and just as Bai...

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Published: May 2007

Tampa Burn

Randy Wayne White

The abduction of Doc Ford's son pulls the former assassin back into business--and into the trap of an avenging politico with a twisted and violent plan of revenge.

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Published: Apr 2005

Ground Zero (Repairman Jack)

F. Paul Wilson

On September 11, 2001, a man drifts in a boat off lower Manhattan as the towers burn. He removes a small box from his pocket and presses a button. As he waits for the south tower to collapse, he thinks: The vast majority will blame th...

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Published: Sep 2010

Special Assignments: The Further Adve...

Boris Akunin

In Special Assignments, Erast Fandorin, nineteenth-century Russia’s suavest sleuth, faces two formidable new foes: One steals outrageous sums of money, the other takes lives. “The Jack of Spades” is a civilized swind...

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Published: Feb 2008

A Crimson Warning: A Lady Emily Myste...

Tasha Alexander

Secrets prove deadly in this new novel from Tasha Alexander featuring Lady Emily Hargreaves. Some very prominent people in London are waking up to find their doorsteps smeared with red paint, the precursor to the revelation of a dark ...

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Published: Aug 2012

Affair of the 39 Cufflinks, The

James Anderson

Who ever tires of the zany British country house murder? 'But Lavinia, I don't want people staying here,' said the Earl. 'After the last two house parties, we agreed no more.' 'This wouldn't be a house party, George, it's nine guests ...

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Published: Feb 2006

Spellcasting in Silk: A Witchcraft My...

Juliet Blackwell

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Vision in Velvet comes more spooky sleuthing with Lily Ivory, vintage boutique owner and gifted witch…Lily would like nothing better than to relax, enjoy her friends, and take care of ...

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Published: Jul 2015

Awakening

S. J. Bolton

Clara Benning, a veterinary surgeon in charge of a wildlife hospital in a small English village, is young and intelligent, but nearly a recluse. Disfigured by a childhood accident, she generally prefers the company of animals to peopl...

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Published: May 2010

My Body Lies Over The Ocean (A Sarah ...

J. S. Borthwick

The heart, style, and intended readership of J.S. Borthwick's latest mystery romp involving Sarah Deane--a teaching fellow and doctoral candidate at Bowmouth College in Maine--and her physician husband, Alex McKenzie, is crystallized ...

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Published: Jan 2000

Evanly Choirs (Constable Evans Myster...

Rhys Bowen

When a world-renowned tenor is murdered in Llanfair, Constable Evans must delve into the private life of a public legend-and learn what really lead to his not-so-grand finale.'A charming tale.'-Booklist'Cozily intimate.' -Kirkus Revie...

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Published: Aug 2000

Arsenic and Old Cake (A Piece of Cake...

Jacklyn Brady

Blind man's bluff With business going stale at Zydeco Cakes, Rita Lucero has plenty to worry about. But when the blind trumpet player Old Dog Leg Magee asks for a favor, she can't say no. His brother Monroe disappeared forty years ag...

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Published: Nov 2012
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