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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"A quirky group of seniors attempts to solve one murder while covering up another--with the help of an enterprising tortoise--in this twisty, darkly funny mystery from the author of Three Bags Full. It has been an eventful morning for Agnes Sharp and the other inhabitants of Sunset Hall, a house share for the old and unruly in the sleepy English countryside. Although they have had some issues (misplaced reading glasses, conflicting culinary tastes,...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"The Expectant Detectives is first in a delightful new mystery series following a group of pregnant women who meet at a prenatal class and team up to solve the murder of someone in their village"--
"Can they solve the mother of all murders? For Alice and her partner Joe, moving to the sleepy village of Penton is a chance to embrace country life and prepare for the birth of their first child. He can take up woodwork; maybe she’ll learn to make...
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Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"When a psychic fair arrives in West London, Gemma Doyle, owner of the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium, wants nothing to do with it. But somehow, at the urging of Donald Morris, an enthusiastic Sherlockian, she finds herself talked into attending a séance, along with baker and best friend Jayne Wilson, store assistant, Ashleigh, and former pop star Bunny Leigh. But to her surprise, Gemma finds herself banned from the séance and shown the door....
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Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When a murder unleashes a widespread investigation through Crosbyville, children's book author Pris and her trusty bloodhound, Bailey, must sniff out the truth before the whole town goes to the dogs. After deciding that life as a teacher wasn't right for her, Priscilla found inspiration for her first children's book in her three-year-old bloodhound's nose for truth, and so The Adventures of Bailey the Bloodhound was born. After the book's massively...
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Country Store mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Preparing for Outhouse Race during the annual Abe Martin Festival on Memorial Day, country store and restaurant owner Robbie Jordan finds herself in hot water when someone tries to frame her for murder and must flush out a killer before everything goes down the toilet.
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"While Geneva Bay's upper crust gets ready to party down at a Prohibition-themed fundraiser, pizza chef Delilah O'Leary is focused on seeing her struggling restaurant through the winter slow season. The temperature outside is plummeting, but Delilah's love life might finally be heating up, as hunky police detective Calvin Capone seems poised to (finally) make a move. But Delilah's hopes of perfecting a new "free-from" pizza recipe for a charity bash...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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A collection of Easter-themed mysteries set in coastal Maine features sleuths from three best-selling cozy mystery series: Lucy Stone, Hayley Powell and Julia Snowden, who investigate a deadly art theft and a body that mysteriously vanishes after being discovered.
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Bicycle shop owner Mac Almeida and her crime-solving book group put their sleuthing skills to good use when the organizer of the Spring equinox festival is found dead in the Book Nook, hoping to bring the killer's story to an end.
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Cookie shop mystery volume 1
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A Connecticut cookie shop owner with unreliable employees and a cheating boyfriend is suspected of murder after a blogger who accused her of stealing a recipe turns up dead"--
10) Syrup to no good
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Series
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Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Spring has finally come to Sugar Ridge, Vermont, and with it the end of syrup-making season. But Leila Khoury, new owner of Sappy Endings Farm, won't be making like molasses any time soon. Her best friend Heather's wedding is coming up, and Leila will do anything to make sure it lives up to all her sweetest dreams. Even with Leila's own romantic past stirring up trouble, everything is going to plan until the bridal shower ends up with a body count....
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When a fatal turn of events plagues the town, librarian witch Josie Way asks the spellbound books for help, seeking the aid of Sherlock Holmes, but when strange things continue to happen, she wonders if she is dealing with her own Moriarty as she tries to solve this mystery.
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Beyond the Page Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"The seniors of Sun City West are celebrating again, this time over the news that Wayne from the pinochle club finally has a chance to restore his classic car. Phee goes along for the ride, but her thoughts are on her agency's latest case -- a priceless artifact that's missing from the local museum. It's an antique doll supposedly filled with treasure -- but also carrying a curse for whoever possesses it. Then a dead body is found under Wayne's car,...
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Kitchen witch mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"To keep her cooking school and catering business, Mia's Morsels, afloat, Mia's handed off oversight to her boyfriend Trent's mother while she focuses on earning a steady paycheck. Too bad her mean-spirited boss at the lodge keeps the misery flowing as steadily as the money. At least her roommate, Christina, is still dedicated to Mia's Morsels-though she's also distracted, thanks to her clingy mother's constant demands. And the distraction only grows...
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"Georgie, back home at her estate in Eynsleigh, impatiently awaits the birth of her baby. But she has plenty to occupy her: her new chef, Pierre, has arrived from Paris, and Sir Hubert, who owns Eynsleigh, is back from his latest expedition. It's time for Georgie to throw her first house party to celebrate his return and show off her new chef. The dinner party is a smashing success. Sir Mortimer Mordred--famous author of creepy Gothic horror novels--is...
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Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Winter has arrived in Larch Haven, Vermont, bringing with it holiday cheer, lots of snow, and freezing temperatures. Becca Ransom is squeezing in time to skate on the frozen canals and drink hot chocolate by a roaring fire while also whipping up new creations for her family's chocolate shop and experimenting with holiday flavors like eggnog, gingerbread, and peppermint. At the same time, Becca is preparing for the Baking Spirits Bright holiday baking...
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Whit and whiskers volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When Grandma Goldy's former friend Darren returns to town for his mother's funeral, determined to make amends, Santa Catalina boat tour guide Whitney Dagner, along with her cat Whiskers, is submerged in a mystery when Darren's partner is murdered and his past comes to the surface.
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Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"As a successful mystery author, Bailey Briggs writes about murder, but nothing prepares her for actually discovering the dead body of the founder of her hometown of Humble Hills, Colorado. Bailey grew up at Honeybuzz Mountain Ranch and was raised by her beekeeping grandmother, Blossom Briggs, aka Granny Bee, and her two eccentric sisters, Aster and Marigold -- which is why she drops everything to come home and help Granny Bee after a bad fall. A...
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By the book mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Author Tess Harrow and her daughter, Gertrude, are starting to get a bad reputation due to their involvement in recent murder cases, so Tess has come up with the perfect plan to drum up some positive press. She'll combine her new book release and her bookstore opening into one big event, giving her a chance to wine and dine the locals and some big press contacts. But the night before the party, Tess is greeted by a surprise: her mother has come for...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"The Christmas season has arrived in Lower Lockwood, and the Fairway Players are busy rehearsing their festive holiday production of Jack and the Beanstalk to raise money for a new church roof. But despite the season, goodwill is distinctly lacking among the amateur theater enthusiasts with petty rivalries, a possibly asbestos-filled beanstalk, and some perennially absent players behind the scenes. Of course, there's also the matter of the dead body...
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
While baking up a storm for the grand opening of the Irish import gift shop owned by her boyfriend's eccentric uncle, Finnigan O'Connor, Lindsey Bakewell needs the luck of the Irish when Finn is arrested for bludgeoning a man dressed as a leprechaun.
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