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Sleeping Murder (Miss Marple Mysterie...

Agatha Christie

A newlywed thinks she has found the perfect new home for her and her husband, but the more she inspects Hillside, the more convinced she becomes that it is haunted. Miss Marple takes on the case and offers a different theory, but one ...

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Published: May 2000

Going, Going, Ganache

Jenn McKinlay

A new Cupcake Bakery Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay is icing on the cupcake! After a cupcake-flinging fiasco at a photo shoot for a local magazine, Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura agree to make amends b...

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Published: Apr 2013

Carrot Cake Murder

Joanne Fluke

Between baking up a storm for The Cookie Jar and unravelling the mystery of her cat Moishe's recent strange behaviour, Hannah Swensen has a lot on her plate. But she'll always make time for her business partner, Lisa, who's in the mid...

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Published: May 2012

The House at Sea's End

Elly Griffiths

Elly Griffiths's beloved  forensic archeologist returns, called in to investigate when human bones surface on a remote Norfolk beach.Just back from maternity leave, Ruth is finding it hard to juggle motherhood and work. The bon...

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Published: Nov 2012

Death by Committee

Alexis Morgan

When Abby McCree suddenly inherits her favorite relative's property in small town Snowberry Creek, Washington, she soon realizes that the ramshackle home comes with strings attached—one of which is tied to a dead body! After a roug...

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Published: Jan 2019

1st to Die

James Patterson

Introducing the Women's Murder Club--a quartet of San Francisco women who have teamed up to apprehend the city's most terrifying serial killer. They are, in no particular order: a journalist; a medical examiner; an assistant DA; and S...

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Published: Feb 2002

Sweet Revenge

Diane Mott Davidson

Goldy Schulz is thrilled to be catering a holiday breakfast feast for the staff of the Aspen Meadow Library. But little does she know that on the menu is a large helping of murder. While setting up at the library, Goldy spots a woman...

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Published: Sep 2008

A Body to Die For

Kate White

Kate White brings back Bailey Weggins from IF LOOKS COULD KILL to help an old friend investigate a series of murders at her country bed-and-breakfast--which will be in big trouble if the crimes aren't solved. As the situation gets mor...

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Published: Apr 2004

Lion in the Valley (Amelia Peabody My...

Elizabeth Peters

Amelia and her Egyptologist husband are in Dahshoor on a much-coveted burial chamber dig at the Black Pyramid. But the brazen moonlight abduction of their 8-year-old son has alerted Amelia to the presence of her arch nemesis, the Mast...

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Published: Sep 1999

Pretty Girls

Karin Slaughter

Lee Child says it's "stunning… certain to be a book of the year." Kathy Reichs calls it "extraordinary… a major achievement."Jeffery Deaver says that "fiction doesn't get any better than this." Gill...

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Published: Apr 2016

Dark Places

Gillian Flynn

FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GONE GIRLLibby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in "The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas." She survived—and famously testified that her fifteen...

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Published: May 2010

The Crossing Places

Elly Griffiths

When she's not digging up bones or other ancient objects, quirky, tart-tongued archaeologist Ruth Galloway lives happily alone in a remote area called Saltmarsh near Norfolk, land that was sacred to its Iron Age inhabitants - not ...

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Published: Sep 2010

A Perfect Evil

Alex Kava

A killer is watching . . . The brutal murders of three young boys paralyze the citizens of Platte City, Nebraska. What's worse is the grim realization that the man recently executed for the crimes was a copycat. When Sheriff Nick Mor...

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Published: Jul 2001

A Useful Woman: A Useful Woman Myster...

Darcie Wilde

Inspired by the novels of Jane Austen, this new mystery series set in 19th-century London introduces the charming and resourceful Rosalind Thorne, a woman privy to the secrets of high society—including who among the ton is capable o...

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Published: May 2016

Booked for Trouble: A Lighthouse Libr...

Eva Gates

The author of By Book or By Crook returns to the Outer Banks and the Lighthouse Library, where Lucy Richardson must shed light on a shocking murder…Lucy has finally found her bliss as a librarian and resident of the Bodie Island Lig...

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Published: Sep 2015

The Nightingale Before Christmas (Meg...

Donna Andrews

Murder never takes a holiday! 'Tis the season for tree trimming, mistletoe-dangling, and a cut-throat competition that has everyone in Caerphilly on edge. Whatever happened to the simple joys and magical spirits of Christmas? Meg La...

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Published: Oct 2015

Death by Chocolate Lab

Bethany Blake

Pet sitter Daphne Templeton has a soft spot for every stray and misfit who wanders into the quaint, lakeside village of Sylvan Creek. But even Daphne doesn't like arrogant, womanizing Steve Beamus, the controversial owner of Blue ...

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Published: Feb 2017

Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta)

Patricia Cornwell

Discover the “dazzling...fascinating” (Los Angeles Times) novel that launched the New York Timesbestselling Kay Scarpetta series from #1 bestselling crime writer Patricia Cornwell. Under cover of night in Richmond, Virg...

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Published: Mar 2021

The Curse of Tenth Grave: A Novel (Ch...

Darynda Jones

If one door closes and another one opens,your house is probably haunted. ―Bumper Sticker As a Part-time PI and fulltime grim reaper, Charley Davidson has asked a lot of questions throughout her life: Why can I see dead people? Who i...

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Published: Jun 2016

Halloween Murder

Leslie Meier

For Lucy Stone, Halloween in Tinker’s Cove, Maine, the treats aren’t just sweet and delicious. Sometimes they’re also deadly . . . Trick or Treat Murder While Lucy Stone is whipping up orange-frosted cupcakes for her town’s a...

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Published: Aug 2018

Deja Dead: A Novel (1) (A Temperance ...

Kathy Reichs

The first Temperance Brennan novel in the "cleverly plotted and expertly maintained series" (The New York Times Book Review) from the #1 internationally bestselling thriller writer Kathy Reichs.Her life is devoted to justice...

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Published: Feb 2020

Fatal Reservations: A Key West Food C...

Lucy Burdette

In the latest Key West Food Critic mystery, Hayley Snow's beat is reviewing restaurants for Key Zest magazine. But she sets aside her knife and fork when a dear friend is accused of murder…Hayley Snow looks forward to reviewing For ...

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Published: Jul 2015

Long Island Iced Tina (A Catering Hal...

Maria Dirico

In the second installment of Maria DiRico's new Catering Hall Mystery series, Mia Carina is back in the borough of Queens, in charge of the family catering hall Belle View Banquet Manor, and keeping her nonna company. But some events&...

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Published: Feb 2021

Bootlegger's Daughter: A Deborah Knot...

Margaret Maron

Deborah Knott was expected to be a conventional little girl and eventually a conventional woman, worshipped on a pedestal by a conventional husband.Instead, she became an attorney, infiltrating the old boy network that still rules the...

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Published: Jun 1993

Killer Research (A Library Lover's My...

Jenn McKinlay

Spring has sprung in Briar Creek, but it is not all sunshine and roses, in the newest Library Lover's Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of One for the Books. Spring is livening up Briar Creek after ...

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Published: Sep 2022

On What Grounds (Coffeehouse Mysterie...

Cleo Coyle

Clare Cosi, the manager of The Village Blend, finds a murder mystery percolating in her very own store when the assistant manager is found dead in the back and the police believe it to be an open-and-shut case of robbery, but certain ...

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Published: Sep 2003

Shop Till You Drop

Elaine Viets

On the run from her past, Helen Hawthorne becomes a salesclerk at an elite clothing boutique in Fort Lauderdale - a seemingly mundane job that unexpectedly plunges her into a world of danger when she discovers that her employer has be...

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Published: May 2003

The English Breakfast Murder (Childs,...

Laura Childs

While helping Charleston's Sea Turtle Protection League, Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning stumbles upon the dead body of art dealer Harper Fisk whose untimely demise is linked to the sunken treasure and gold bullion that is ru...

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Published: Aug 2003

Cover Her Face

P. D. James

Headstrong and beautiful, the young housemaid Sally Jupp is put rudely in her place, strangled in her bed behind a bolted door. Coolly brilliant policeman Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard must find her killer among a houseful of suspec...

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Published: May 2001

Trouble in the Town Hall (Dorothy Mar...

Jeanne M. Dams

A lovely old building hides a nasty crime...PA Shereby resident for a year now, American Dorothy Martin is still learning her way around the charming English cathedral town.But she recognizes a dead body when she sees one. As town de...

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Published: Feb 1998
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