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After she moves to New York City and becomes a TV crime fighter, former felony prosecutor Hailey Dean learns that the television industry is filled with treachery when a killer targets a series of beautiful actresses, each one a former star struggling toget back into the limelight.
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Pennyfoot Hotel mysteries volume 20
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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"Cecily Sinclair Baxter could use a Christmas miracle. Mrs. Chubb, the Pennyfoot's housekeeper, must travel up north for a family emergency, and Cecily needs a temporary replacement. The agency doesn't have much to offer on short notice during this busy time of year. But they have someone--Beatrice Tucker--who turns out to be more of a curse. She fights with just about everyone, including Archibald Armitage. Star of the London stage, Armitage is staying...
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St Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"Torte--the beloved small-town bakeshop run by Jules Capshaw--is set to hit the stage. But who would have guessed that murder would makes a surprise appearance? It's the role of a lifetime for Jules. The Shakespeare Festival has returned to Ashland, Oregon, for the season and Torte has been cast as the supplier of Elizabethan-era treats for the main event. But on the eve of opening night, a brawl between Jules's friend Lance, the artistic director,...
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Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
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Hollywood, 1946. The war is over, and Clara Berg spends her days shelving reels as a vault girl at Silver Pacific Studios. All her dreams are pinned on getting a break in film editing. When she returns a reel of film to storage one night, Clara stumbles across the lifeless body of a woman in Vault 5. The costume, the makeup, the ash-blond hair are unmistakable: it's Babe Bannon, A-list star. And it looks like murder. As the Silver Blonde murder ignites...
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Bruno Courreges mysteries volume 16
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"The town of Sarlat is staging a reenactment of its liberation from the British in the Hundred Years War when the play's French hero, Brice Kerquelin, is stabbed and feared fatally wounded. Is it an unfortunate prop malfunction -- or something more sinister? The stricken man happens to be number two in the French intelligence service, in line for the top job. Bruno is tasked with the safety of the victim's daughters, Claire and Nadia, as well as their...
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Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Just when everything is returning to the calm that Quinn Caine and her sidekicks, Ruff Barker Ginsburg and Sister Daria, are used to in their beloved town of Vienna, a Broadway star crash-lands into their peace and quiet. Former 'player', Chad Frivole, is Vienna's prodigal son-the once notorious lothario has returned a Broadway star, ready to make a different kind of mark on his hometown. Not everyone is celebrating the Tony-award-winner's return....
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"When a washed up Hollywood cowboy-turned-circus rodeo actor is shot dead in the midst of his performance at a New York sports-palace, in front of thousands of onlookers, it seems obvious that someone would have seen the perpetrator of the crime--or at the very least, recovered the gun. But when the ensuing investigation fails to turn up any evidence, even after the newsreels made in the moment are reviewed, the net of suspicion widens across the...
11) Into the night
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Gemma Woodstock novels volume 2
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Lost and alone after relocating to Melbourne, brilliant Detective Sergeant Gemma Woodstock is assigned to a hostile partner before investigating two seemingly unrelated murders--a homeless man and a high-profile movie star.
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Miranda Abbott mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"Miranda Abbott, once known for the crime-solving, karate-chopping church pastor she played on network television, has hit hard times. She's facing ruin when a mysterious postcard arrives, summoning her to Happy Rock, a small town in the Pacific Northwest. But when she gets there, nothing is what she expected. In dire straits, she signs up for an amateur production at the Happy Rock Little Theater. On opening night, one of the actors is murdered,...
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Baby Ganesh Agency investigations volume 3
Publisher
Redhook
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Mumbai is a city that thrives on extravagant spectacles and larger-than-life characters. But as Chopra is about to discover, even in the city of dreams, there is no guarantee of a happy ending. Rising star and incorrigible playboy Vikram Verma has disappeared, leaving his latest film in jeopardy. Hired by Verma's formidable mother to find him, Inspector Chopra and his sidekick, baby elephant Ganesha, embark on a journey deep into the world's most...
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