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Swan Peak: A Dave Robicheaux Novel

James Lee Burke

Trouble follows Dave Robicheaux.James Lee Burke's new novel, Swan Peak, finds Detective Robicheaux far from his New Iberia roots, attempting to relax in the untouched wilderness of rural Montana. He, his wife, and his buddy Clete Purc...

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Published: May 2009

Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter (Dixi...

Blaize Clement

While going to the home of a vacationing client in Sarasota, Florida, professional pet-sitter Dixie Hemingway, a former sheriff's deputy, stumbles upon a traumatized cat and the corpse of a mysterious intruder, sending Dixie on a sear...

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Published: Jan 2007

Framed in Lace (Needlecraft Mystery)

Monica Ferris

Second in the new series for mystery and needlework fans, this book offers a free cross-stitch pattern and a good yarn. When a skeleton is discovered aboard a historic ferry, the only evidence is a piece of lace-like fabric. But once ...

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Published: Oct 1999

Dove in the Window (Benni Harper Myst...

Earlene Fowler

Benni Harper spins her homemade quilts as finely as she deciphers the motives behind the murder of a successful photographer. When a friend of hers turns out to be a possible suspect, Benni must put down her needle and thread to unmas...

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Published: May 1999

Dead on Arrival

Lori Avocato

Normally, insurance fraud investigator Pauline Sokol likes to keep her feet firmly on the ground. But her latest undercover assignment has the aero-phobic ex-nurse flying high—as she takes off to ground a land-and-air ambulance...

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Published: Jul 2007

Nip, Tuck, Dead: A Pauline Sokol Myst...

Lori Avocato

Ex-nurse-turned-insurance investigator Pauline Sokol enlists the help of her cross-dressing friend Goldie in order to gain entry into the posh plastic surgery 'spa' Highcliff Manor, but her case becomes complicated when the spouse of ...

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Published: Dec 2006

Nine

Jan Burke

L.A. detective Alex Hardwick's investigation into a serial killer whose victims share one important link--they are all on the FBI's most wanted list--takes a turn for the personal when it begins to looks as though the killer may be a ...

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Published: Sep 2003

Perfect Sax

Jerrilyn Farmer

At first, the dazzling Jazz Ball and charityauction for L.A.'s prestigious WoodburnSchool of Music promises to be eventplanner Madeline Bean's greatest triumph to date -- both professionally and personally -- until everything goes str...

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Published: Feb 2005

Sit, Stay, Slay (Kendra Ballantyne, P...

Linda O. Johnston

Fired from her toney L.A. law firm, attorney Kendra Ballantyne embarks on a new career as a freelance pet-sitter, only to discover that her client list is growing smaller every day, and teams up with sexy detective Jeff Hubbard to unc...

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Published: Jan 2005

Murder on the Rocks: A Gray Whale Inn...

Karen Swartz Macinerney

Trading Texas heat for Maine's tangy salt air, Natalie Barnes risked it all to buy the Gray Whale Inn, a quaint bed and breakfast on Cranberry Island. She adores whipping up her signature blueberry coffee cake and killer cranberry sc...

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Published: May 2006

Terror on Tuesday (Lois Meade Mysteri...

Ann Purser

Working-class mum and housecleaner Lois Meade plies her sleuthing skills once again after discovering a dead body--dressed in a suit of armor--in a chapel.

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Published: Aug 2004

The Weight of Water

Anita Shreve

While investigating a century-old crime of passion on an island off New Hampshire, Jean becomes fixated on the case and begins to project this knowledge on her own marriage, believing that her husband is unfaithful, causing unrealized...

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Published: Jan 1998

Flood

Andrew H. Vachss

In his first appearance, Burke, the hard-boiled private eye and self-appointed avenger of abused children, is hired by a beautiful woman to follow a child's murderer through the alleyways and tenements of New York City. Reprint. 25,00...

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Published: Mar 1998

The Tale of Hill Top Farm (The Cottag...

Susan Wittig Albert

After purchasing a farm in the beautiful Lake District of England, the animal lover attempts to make friends among her fellow villagers, while her animal companions find themselves caught up in solving a baffling mystery, in the first...

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Published: Oct 2005

Death of a Dormouse (Felony & Mayhem ...

Reginald Hill

Trudi Adamson has lived her life in fear - of strangers, of asking questions, of angering her husband, of leaving the house. When her husband dies in a car accident, she retreats even further into her cocoon of ignorance and incuriosi...

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Published: Dec 2006

The Good Girl's Guide to Murder: A De...

Susan McBride

Website designer and high society rebel Andrea Kendrickswould never have gotten involved with ego-in-pumps life-style hostess Marilee Mabry if it weren't for the underhanded machinations of Andy's upper crust mama. But thanks to Mothe...

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Published: Feb 2005

Adam and Eve and Pinch Me

Ruth Rendell

Three London women all lose the men in their lives under curious circumstances. The men in question all have similar characteristics--dark hair, a penchant for cleaning out bank accounts, and names with the initials J. L. And when one...

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Published: Jan 2003

Angel At Troublesome Creek

Mignon F. Ballard

A dead woman returns to life as guardian angel for Mary Murphy in order to sort her life. Mary is in a state, her fiancâe dropped her for another woman, she lost her job, and her adoptive mother died in mysterious circumstances.

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Published: Feb 2001

The Aftermath

Anna J.

In this sequel to My Woman, His Wife, Jasmine and James, after a sexual tryst gone horribly wrong, attempt to salvage their marriage, until Monica returns, plunging them all into a world of secrets, lies, betrayal, and lust, in her qu...

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Published: Sep 2006

Wilderness

Robert B. Parker

Aaron Newman witnesses a murder and identifies the killer to the police. When he arrives home, he finds his wife tied up in their bed, the initials of the killer scratched on her stomach. While

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Published: Sep 1980

Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet (Ag...

M. C. Beaton

Investigating the mysterious "accidental" death of a vet, former London public-relations executive Agatha Raisin teams up with James Lacey, a retired military man, and finds surprising mixed feelings in the village about the...

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Published: Sep 1994

The Private Life of the Cat Who ...: ...

Lilian Jackson Braun

Fans of the Cat Who... series get an intimate look at the private lives of those extraordinary Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum--the most unlikely, most unusual, most delightful team in detective fiction. In this charming collection ...

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Published: Oct 2004

Who's Sorry Now?: A Grace & Favor Mys...

Jill Churchill

Making the acquaintance of a young widow and her German grandfather, new arrivals in the Depression-era Hudson Valley, Robert Brewster and his sister, Lily, fear for their new friends' safety when the porter is found dead and a swasti...

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Published: Nov 2006

Mistress of Justice

Jeffery Deaver

Taylor Lockwood spends her days working as a paralegal in one of New York’s preeminent Wall Street law firms and her nights playing jazz piano anyplace she can. But the rhythm of her life is disrupted when attorney Mitchell Reec...

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Published: Apr 2002

Mallets Aforethought (Home Repair Is ...

Sarah Graves

Agreeing to help refurbish Eastport's disreputable old Harlequin House, a one-time hideout for wounded gangsters, do-it-yourself expert Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree and her friend, Ellie White, uncover the skeleton of a notorious ...

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Published: Oct 2004

Nothing to Fear But Ferrets (Kendra B...

Linda O. Johnston

Former litigator-turned-freelance-pet-sitter, Kendra Ballantyne, while minding her client's ferrets, stumbles upon the dead body of a reality star and hones her animal instincts to catch a clever killer intent on framing her furry lit...

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Published: Aug 2005

Death of a Dustman

M. C. Beaton

The garbage collectors in Britain are still called dustmen, and Lochdubh's dustman is an abusive drunk named Fergus Macleod. When Fergus is put in charge of a recycling center and dubbed the 'environment officer,' Constable Hamish Mac...

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Published: Jan 2002

False Premises (Domestic Bliss Myster...

Leslie Caine

Delighted by her new client, free-spending Laura Smith, until she discovers that the antiques she had acquired at Laura's behest have been replaced with fakes, interior designer Erin Gilbert suddenly finds her career interrupted by mu...

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Published: Jun 2005

Photo Finished

Laura Childs

When her late-night "Crop Till You Drop" session is interrupted by the murder of a neighboring shop owner, scraooking queen Carmela Bertrand finds herself, as well as her customers, under the scrutiny of the police, forcing ...

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Published: Jan 2004

Highlights To Heaven (Bad Hair Day My...

Nancy J. Cohen

When a dead body, with excellent highlights, is discovered in her neighbor's home, all signs lead professional hair stylist Marla Shore to the Heavenly Hair Salon where she discovers a link between the murder and the exotic pet trade....

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Published: Oct 2004
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