In this delicious follow-up to Murder on the Rocks, developers have returned to Cranberry Island. This time, theyre planning to wipe out a natural cranberry bog, along with the islands namesake berries, to build a luxury subdivision. ...

Baffled, caught in a net of frustration and media attention, Wallander is more Wallander-esque than ever: blunder-prone, burdened by bouts of absent-mindedness and by sudden rages, yet steadfastly professional, dogged, tenacious and b...

Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Valentine MurderAuthor: Meier, LesliePublisher: Kensington Pub CorpPublication Date: 2011/02/03Number of Pages: 268Binding Type: PAPERBACKLibrary of Congress: bl2012000136

When soap-making queen Contessa New Berne is murdered in Ben Perkins' family-owned custom soap shop, he discovers his girlfriend had a history with the Contessa-and a reason to want her dead.

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Matthew Scudder looks into the murder of a prostitute who was just about to go on the straight and narrow. Was it a john? Her pimp? Scudder's investigation puts his own life on the line as he tries to exact justice for a brave woman w...

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In the gentle coastal town of South Cove, California, all Jill Gardner wants is to keep her store--Coffee, Books, and More--open and running. So why is she caught up in the business of murder?When Jill's elderly friend, Miss Emily, ca...

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If Lily and Robert Brewster no longer have a penny to their names, at least they have a roof over their heads in this bleak Depression November of 1932 -- the sprawling estate of their late great-uncle in Voorburg-on-Hudson. But then ...

The newest Flower Shop mystery When high-powered lawyer Ken "the Lip" Lipinski is found dead from a suspicious overdose, florist and amateur sleuth Abby Knight finds it hard to swallow that his opposing counsel-and her old ...

Flower shop owner Abby Knight does not believe rumors that Vlad Serban, friend and employee of Abby's fiance Marco, is a vampire. But how to explain that Vlad is from Romania, has prominent canines, likes bizarre plants such as bloodw...

Detective Sarah Pribek works in the missing persons division of a Minnesota police department. She investigates cases of mysterious disappearances every day--but what is she to do when her her husband, Detective Mike Shiloh, suddenly ...

When the pre-launch party for their anticipated cruise is interrupted by the murders of the cruise line owner and two additional victims, Judith and Renie find themselves prowling the hilly streets of San Francisco in a case that is c...

When a New York Times reporter asks college professor Karen Pelletier to name the best novel of the 20th century, Pelletier mischievously names a long-out-of-print potboiler about a scandal in a small New England town. The accolade ca...

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Christmas normally descends on Lake Eden, Minnesota, as gently as reindeer alighting on a rooftop—but this yuletide season the only thing coming down Hannah Swensen's chimney is a case of murder . . .  The holidays have arrived, an...

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While waiting for a view of her night-blooming cereus, the mild-seeming Mrs. Pollifax received urgent orders for a daring mission to aid an escape. Soon, the unlikely-looking international spy was sporting a beautiful new hat that hid...

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