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A Shakespearean scholar inherits her mother’s romance bookstore—and a puzzling whodunit—in this first Beach Reads cozy mystery for fans of Kate Carlisle and Ellery Adams.
Summer Merriweather’s career as a Shakespeare professor hangs by a bookbinder’s thread. Academic life at her Virginia university is a viper’s pit, so Summer spends her summer in England, researching a scholarly paper that, with any luck,...
Summer Merriweather’s career as a Shakespeare professor hangs by a bookbinder’s thread. Academic life at her Virginia university is a viper’s pit, so Summer spends her summer in England, researching a scholarly paper that, with any luck,...
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Lucy Stone mysteries volume 26
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With family tensions intensifying in Tinker's Cove, part-time reporter Lucy Stone could really use some time off the grid. But after she RSVPs to an unconventional celebration on remote Holiday Island, Lucy realizes that disconnecting from reality comes at a deadly price . . .
Lucy doesn't know what to expect as she arrives on a private Maine island owned by eccentric billionaire Scott Newman, only that the exclusive experience should make for a...
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Senior sleuths volume 2
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Murder, She Wrote meets The Odd Couple in award-winning author Laurien Berenson's brand-new mystery series, spun off from her much-loved Melanie Travis Canine series and featuring Melanie's elderly aunts—tough-as-nails Peg and soft-spoken Rose—who'll put their differences aside to stop a killer, if they don't throttle each other first. The latest installment will tickle all cozy lovers, especially fans of "senior" sleuths...
84) Magpie murders
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Magpie murders volume 1
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When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much different from any of his others. Conway's latest tale has Atticus Pünd investigating a murder at Pye Hall, a local manor house. Yes, there are dead bodies and a host of intriguing suspects, but the more Susan reads, the more she's convinced that there is another story hidden in the pages of the manuscript: one of real-life...
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"Everyone in my family has killed someone. Some of us, the high achievers, have killed more than once. I'm not trying to be dramatic, but it is the truth. Some of us are good, others are bad, and some just unfortunate. I'm Ernest Cunningham. Call me Ern or Ernie. I wish I'd killed whoever decided our family reunion should be at a ski resort, but it's a little more complicated than that. Have I killed someone? Yes. I have. Who was it? Let's get started"--Publisher....
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Reilly Heartwood, a famous country singer, is dead. His sister doesn't recognize the dead man's body. The local reverend has refused to permit burial. Reilly's death is ruled a suicide. And no one has bothered to investigate. What the hell is going on here? That's what Shep Harrington, a 32-year-old divorced and disbarred lawyer, wants to know, and can't quite answer. The deeper he probes, the more he's drawn into reconstructing the final minutes...
87) Past & Present
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Sometimes the past reaches out to the present...
It's been thirteen months since Calamity (Callie) Barnstable inherited a house in Marketville under the condition that she search for the person who murdered her mother thirty years earlier. She solves the mystery, but what next? Unemployment? Another nine-to-five job in Toronto?
Callie decides to set down roots in Marketville, take the skills and knowledge she acquired over the past year, and start...
88) Cocoa Crush
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Cocoa Crush, Book 35 in the New York Times Bestselling Mystery Series by Jessica Beck. When Suzanne and Jake leave town to attend a party with friends, they never dream that they are about to become involved in another murder. The stakes continue to rise as an ice storm knocks out the power in the penthouse where they are staying, locking them in with a dead body and a killer until law and order-as well as the power-can be restored.
89) Deviled
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Best friends Francie and June thought attending a three-day acting seminar at Devil's Island Luxury Resort and Amusement Park would provide the perfect opportunity to indulge in some relaxation and entertaining girl time, but stumbling over a dead body throws a monkey wrench into their holoday agenda.
Glamorous women, gorgeous men, and unlimited access to free food, drinks, and the resort's world-renowned spa do little to distract the unwitting...
90) Undercover
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It's 1961 and the original Swamp Team 3 are a week away from becoming members of the Women's Army Corps. But they have two urgent matters to attend to before they leave: Prevent Gertie's cousin, Barbara, from marrying Harvey Chicoron and settle a score with their arch enemy, Celia.
It's a simple mission.
Until they discover a mysterious stranger has been tracking their every move.
Who is he? And why is he also stalking Marge's Aunt Louanne, a woman...
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What's a new in town schoolteacher to do when she finds a body on the beach?
When fifth grade schoolteacher Lily Thistle finds the body of a local womanizing garbage man washed up on the beach in her new town, she becomes suspect number one. Can this teacher turned amateur sleuth narrow down who wanted him dead and get the hot chief of police to recognize her as something other than a murder suspect? This culinary cozy mystery includes two recipes:...
92) Atlas of Men
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Files from a secret research project show up on Dr. Robert Thames's doorstep, forcing him to think about something he's been avoiding - the degrading "study" at Danvers Academy, especially the naked photos of each student, including himself, taken at his prep school. He tracks down four close friends from school, and together they uncover the terrible truth of what was, buried by the faculty, the school, and the boys themselves.
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Charles Bentley, profesor de inglés en la prestigiosa Universidad Opal de los Berkshires de Massachusetts, se ve obligado a jubilarse cuando la administración contrata a Garrison Underwood, una estrella académica de Inglaterra, para que imparta sus cursos de literatura americana. Este inglés no sólo toma sus cursos, sino que inmediatamente ocupa el despacho de Charles. Tras un acalorado intercambio entre ambos, Charles sale al aparcamiento para...
94) The Iron Dog
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An ancient treasure map leads to murder on the coast of Newfoundland, and Carmel is found with blood on her hands. Someone killed for this pirate gold - and her neighbors in St. Jude Without believe the treasure should be theirs. Historic jealousies stretch through the generations on this isolated coast in this humorous mystery."Reminds me of a BBC mystery - brought to life in the new world.""There is plenty suspense and mystery to keep the reader...
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Elizabeth Maslow is an educated woman living in the isolated town of 1920's Mission, Alabama. She's defied the town's definition of a woman's place-she's unmarried and given birth to a child with webbed hands and feet. In a town fraught with superstitions and religious repression, Elizabeth is dangerous.
But Elizabeth is much more than an unwed mother. Since the birth of Callie, who she believes is fathered by an angel, she's been able to "dream...
96) Easy Pickings
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There's something sinister at the county fair. Antique pickers Sherri and Carol have entered some of their best wares for judging in the Pope County Fair. But a murder during a food competition becomes front and center. Can they figure out who killed a fair judge while they navigate the fair food and small town goings on? Easy Pickings is a clean and wholesome short read perfect for lovers of cozy mysteries set in a small town that feature an amateur...
97) Nozy Cat 1
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Following her lifelong dream, Hope Jones opens the Brontë Bookshop in the small town of Sweet Springs tucked away in the rolling, green hills of the Virginia piedmont. Her best friend Peggy Sue Roswell assists Hope along with her smart, spirited fifteen-year-old daughter Stacey. Their tuxedo cat Nozy Cat, the bookshop mascot, likes to sleep by the cash register while he guards it. One summer morning, Hope opens up the bookshop and finds the town's...
98) 2+2MayB5
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When a Member of Parliament is found murdered and hidden behind a statue in the entrance of Westminster, retired Detective Chief Inspector Friender is called upon by Scotland Yard to use his skills and expertise to solve the case. As Friender delves into the victim's life and relationships, he follows a trail of clues that takes him on a journey along the River Thames and into the heart of the House of Commons. Along the way, he must use his divergent...
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The brutal murder of a Shakespearean actress from the Globe Theatre in London kicks off a new search for Jack the Ripper. He's back and it will take the Shakespearean scholar Dr. Arden James and American student Charlie Leder, to piece together the clues from Shakespeare's plays and English cult lore as more bodies appear. The clues are as labyrinthine as the back streets of London. The men shrouded in robes and secrets seem to be helping but their...
100) The Atlanta Heiress
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Atlanta holds a secret. A secret about a family responsible for the many great things brought to the community. Christi Kelly has the perfect life working as an artist in the city. After the death of her father, Christi inherits the family mansion. Her detective boyfriend, Malcolm Bryant, becomes intrigued with the Kelly heritage. However, when Christi finds an odd journal in a secret cellar, she begins to realise that things are not quite as they...
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