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82) The Ice Bridge
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She'll fall in love again…with a man and the island. Charlotte returns to her Aunt Bess and Mackinac Island, a quaint retreat that welcomes summer tourists and allows no cars, to renew herself and write about the island's ghosts.She's come to help Bess with her heartache, an ended love with Shaun, and to renew a friendship with neighbor Hannah.In winter Mackinac closes down and everyone looks forward to the ice bridge that freezes across the Straits...
83) Unleavened Dead
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A full-time rabbi becomes a part-time sleuth when three suspicious deaths arise in this cozy mystery by the author of Chanukah Guilt.
Rabbi Aviva Cohen has her hands full with Passover preparations, she certainly has no time to deal with anything else. Yet tragedy soon changes her plans when two members of the congregation are found dead. Their cause of death is believed to be accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, but Aviva is not so sure. Soon...
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When Georgia Fenchurch is called in to find Sir Edward Hale's missing son, she's soon embroiled in multiple mysteries. After discovering young Teddy's been taken by his mother, her worry lessens. But further investigation reveals other well-to-do women have disappeared. Have they been kidnapped? Killed? Or is there something even more sinister going on...
To muddle the mix further, the Duke of Blackford has asked to speak with Georgia when he returns...
85) Girl, Remade
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FBI Agent Ella Dark has studied serial killers from the time she could read, devastated by the murder of her own father, and has gained an encyclopedic knowledge of murderers. But when a psychiatrist is found murdered, it becomes apparent a serial killer is at work in a deadly game-and that Ella's time is running out to crack the case before he claims his next victim....
"A masterpiece of thriller and mystery."
-Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto...
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A man determined to kill himself hadn't counted on Sidney Stone stopping him...While still working Arnie Chen's ever evolving statue case, Sidney Stone becomes involved in the life of a stranger when he tries to commit suicide, more than once, right in front of her. The man later insists he would never do that, but he clearly tried to. Something doesn't add up and Sidney is determined to find out what is going on with him. Meanwhile, still on the...
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A cross between Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and a Cheers bartender, Sally Witherspoon, a fifty-something accountant turned biker-bar owner, loves solving puzzles. Up to now, she has focused on helping neighbors and friends find lost jewelry, lost pets, and lost loves.
But when she finds her best friend and business partner, Bill Arnold, dead in a dumpster behind her bar on a Saturday night, she needs all her wits and grit to find out who did...
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Susan's book club reads mystery books all the time, but this time they aren't just reading about it, they are living it when Laura dies the same way the main character in the book did. Carbon Monoxide poisoning might be common, but Susan does not like the coincidence and refuses to believe it is accidental the way the police think it is. Butting heads with Detective Mason, Susan is determined to find out the truth and together with her beloved dog...
89) Missing
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Catherine Colson-Sayers is a brilliant mind with a big heart.She witnessed her mother's brutal torture murder at the tender age of 9.The press have just revisited the story due to the the conviction of Charlie Edwards, the murderer Catherine was instrumental in bringing to justice.Now a couple of teenagers have gone missing, and the mother of Natalie Richerson turns to Catherine for help.Rejoin Catherine and her sisters Caroline and Adrianne, along...
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We'd been planning it for months, a weekend getaway just for the ladies of Coffee and Cake, an online social group of women that had come to form a very strong bond over the years. Thirteen of us, that is, until one of us died on night one of our trip. Secrets are revealed, suspicions are levelled, and accusations are made. Can an online group of women really be true friends or is it all just a lie they have spent an age imagining? The murder of one...
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In their debut novel, When the Truth is Done, Aleelah Dixon and Emily Madison introduce readers to Ruby Fisher and Francine Temple.
Ruby is a woman in the hospital, unable to remember how she got there. As she struggles to recall, she gets help from a cast of characters, including an overbearing ex-lover, Diane Emerat, who wants to rekindle the romance. Diane can't help but get involved in the investigation. After all, she is a medicolegal death...
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Bianca Cooper lived a charmed life, one filled with happiness and friends. Then one day she finds the unconscious body of one of her best friends in her shop, next door to Bianca's. The only things missing are some patterns and cloth for making dresses. Who robs a store and attacks a woman over some old patterns and cloth? Her friend Christine has no known enemies and the patterns are all but worthless. Bianca is determined to find answers, however,...
93) The Innocents
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Victorian crime at its grittiest, most exciting best' Essie Fox
In the hotly anticipated follow-up to The Tumbling Girl, Minnie and Albert take on a new crime-solving quest in the world of a Victorian music hall.
The Variety Palace Music Hall is in trou
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When Eve's biological sister goes missing, the nun heads to Las Vegas to track her down before it's too late. Years ago, Eve heard God's call to become a nun, but her recent stint moonlighting at her father's detective agency invigorates her so much that she's wrestling with her vocation. She's working with him on a case involving a miner in New Mexico when alarming news develops: her sister Dorisanne is missing. The authorities won't act without...
95) Crow Moon
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An investigative reporter gives up her job when her young twins are killed in a fire, but when she stumbles across the body of a missing teenager, she' s thrust into a chilling investigation that will leave no one unscathed...
`An extraordinary debut: intriguing, unsettling, heavy on atmosphere and with a formidable leading lady ... Suzy Aspley is one to watch´ Mari Hannah
`A gripping piece...
96) Kittens Can Kill
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"As usual, Kaehler combines a credible group of suspects with some detailed racing lore. Even readers who don't care about cars may well be hooked by the feminist angle." -Kirkus Reviews
At the end of the first practice session for the iconic Indianapolis 500 race, Kate Reilly is stunned to discover she was the fastest driver on the track. She's even more surprised to learn she wasn't the first woman to top the speed charts in the race's 106-year...
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Murder's never been such a drag.In vibrant south-east London, a group of grannies stand guard. Baz, Peggy, Carole, and Madge bring new meaning to the phrase 'femme fatale': they knit, drink tea, and dole out death to keep their community safe.When a distraught drag queen rattles their bones with news of a missing friend, the ladies brush off retirement for the obvious path of action: take down the so-called 'Rainbow Ripper'. With a killer stalking...
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"Thirteen: A Tale of Demonic Abuse," tells the story of two previously friendly deities; one worshipped by many humans, the other vanquished in a coup d'état, and their continuing battle for supremacy. Some youngsters on their 13th birthday are involuntarily drafted into an ongoing battle between the forces of good and evil. That's been the case since 1666 when a demon selected a 13-year-old boy to continue the war across the centuries. That boy,...
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Lorna Grindstaff lived an ordinary life in an ordinary village in Derbyshire. Running from the city to her refuge in the country after a bad breakup Lorna expected to live out her days in an ordinary fashion as an ordinary woman. Lorna craved ordinary but fate had different plans for the young woman. Shortly after the beginning of October Lorna meets a young couple on her nightly walk home from work. First the young man, and then the young woman....
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In the midst of the Great Depression, Nolaton City is rife with booze, scandals, and secrets. Rumors circle about a hitman, the Spider, whose victims owe large debts to mobsters and miscreants.Katherine Dell, a savvy beat cop, has been after the notorious killer ever since her fiance was found dead in an alley. His murder fits the Spider's pattern and she is determined to prove that the hitman is the culprit. But evidence that the Spider exists is...
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