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341) Fishing for trouble
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English
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"Summer has come to Elkview, Alaska, bringing twenty hours of sunlight every day and an influx of tourists from all over the world. When one of the guests at Jensen's Elkview Inn says her cousin Liam, a local fisherman, has disappeared, Annie Jensen knows just who to reel in to investigate: her best friend, owner of the Bear Claw Diner and amateur sleuth, Charlie Cooke. As Charlie dives into the search, she quickly realises there's something fishy...
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Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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For young widow Bria Bartolucci, running a B&B in the sun-soaked village of Positano, Italy, was supposed to be like going on a permanent vacation. But it's hardly la bella vita when her first guest is a dead body... On the surface, Bria's Mediterranean life radiates beauty--the kind her late husband, Carlo, dreamed about when he concocted the romantic idea to start a bed and breakfast on the breathtaking Amalfi Coast. With the grand opening of Bella...
343) The broken spine
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"When small-town assistant librarian Tru Beckett sets up a secret book room in her newly modernized library, she discovers that protecting the printed word is harder than she'd ever imagined. In fact, it's murder. Trudell Becket, known to her friends as Tru, finds herself in a bind when her library in lovely Cypress, South Carolina, is turned into a state-of-the-art bookless "technological center." A library with no books breaks Tru's book-loving...
344) Hop 'til you drop
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Series
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Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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In the third installment of J.M. Griffin's series starring rabbit rescue owner Jules Bridge and her telepathic rabbit Bun, when an Easter egg hunt becomes a crime scene, it's up to the pair to crack the case ...
345) Playing the devil
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Now an investigative reporter for the Daily Citizen in the Mississippi River port of Rosalie, Wendy Winchester still likes to unwind over a game of cards and has started her own group at the Rosalie Country Club. During the first meeting of the Country Club Bridge Players, the dummy has barely been laid down when player Carly Ogle's husband Brent gets in a scuffle at the bar across the room. Later the bartender finds the bullying Brent dead in the...
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Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
Description
When Halia is invited to serve as a guest judge on the popular cooking competition show Elite Chef, she's delighted to add some extra flavor to the mix. But as filming ramps up in Washington D.C., there are too many fiery personalities in the kitchen. Halia discovers that pulling off her small screen debut unscathed means contending with a longtime competing restaurant owner, an infamously crass hospitality mogul, and a group of cutthroat contestants...
347) Pleading the fish
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Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"In the seventh and final book of Bree Baker's critically acclaimed Seaside Café Mystery series, Pleading the Fish, Everly Swan's wedding plans are upended by a dead body. She'll have to run her teashop, find a dress, and catch a murderer all before she can walk down the aisle! Hitting all the sweet-tea spots, this series is: A delightful Tea Shop and Café Culinary Mystery The ideal cozy beach read Perfect for fans of Laura Childs and Kate Carlisle....
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St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Pastry chef Kate McGuire is loving life on the laid-back island of Coral Cay, Florida. As junior partner in a bakery renowned for luscious desserts--especially her cookies--life is pretty sweet. So when an old friend arrives and announces a spur-of-the-moment beach wedding, that's just the icing on the wedding cake. But the groom vanishes right as a television crew descends on the town to film a hot, new realty show. Is there a connection? Is her...
349) A parfait crime
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"At the site of a fatal blaze, Val's boyfriend, a firefighter trainee, is shocked to learn the victim is known to him, a woman named Jane who belonged to the local Agatha Christie book club--and was rehearsing alongside Val's grandfather for an upcoming Christie play being staged for charity. Just as shocking are the skeletal remains of a man found in the freezer. Who is he and who put him on ice? After Val is chosen to replace Jane in the play, the...
350) Batter off dead
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Robbie and her new husband Abe O'Neill are enjoying a summer evening in the park with fellow townsfolk excited for some Friday night fireworks. In attendance are senior residents from Jupiter Springs Assisted Living including Roy Bird. Roy is a member of his group home's knitting circle. But when the lightshow ends, one of the knitters who sat with Roy is found dead, a puncture wound in her neck. To help find the killer, Robbie's going to have to...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Old Town's midsummer festivities are getting a tasty addition this year. To coincide with a public performance of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Bobbie Sue Bodoin, the Queen of Cheesecake, has hired Sophie to organize a dinner with a dessert buffet on the waterfront. Bobbie Sue's homegrown company is thriving, and since her baking dish overfloweth, she wants to reward her employees. Bobbie Sue has only one menu demand: no cheesecake!...
352) Gone for gouda
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Series
Cheese shop mysteries (Korina Moss) volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Yarrow Glen's newest cheese shop, Curds & Whey, has a lot on its plate, but cheesemonger Willa Bauer relishes a challenge. The French-inspired cheese shop is playing host to celebrity vegan chef Phoebe Winston. But when photos surface that prove this vegan influencer is a carnivore, Phoebe is murdered. Willa's employee, the affable Archie, was the last one to see Phoebe alive and the first person the police suspect. To clear his name Willa must uncover...
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Series
Daisy's Tea Garden mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Daisy's orange pekoe is flowing at a fundraiser--and she's also made a new friend, Piper, a young woman whose hopes for motherhood were dashed by a foul-up at a fertility clinic. But before they can settle into a long conversation, the event is disupted by masked protestors who object to building a shelter in Willow Creek. Among the angry crowd is Eli--who left his Amish community some time ago, with help from a lawyer named Hiram. It just so happens...
354) Dust to dust
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Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A clerk at the historic Beaux Arts Hotel 1911 investigates after a guest attending a conference for the Pittsburgh chapter of the Association for Gravestone Studies is murdered.
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
Description
Selling her corn fritters at a carnival, Deputy Donut Café owner Emily Westhill faces off against a murderer who doesn't play fair... Emily and her assistant, Nina, are looking forward to manning the Deputy Donut tent at the Faker's Dozen Carnival in Fallingbrook, Wisconsin--a festival held on Friday the thirteenth to celebrate good and bad luck. But Emily has barely dropped the corn fritters in oil when bad luck boils up. First, their bucket of...
356) Checking out crime
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Series
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Berkley Prime Crime, published by Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
Description
"Minnie and her rescue cat Eddie can often be found out and about in their bookmobile near Chilson, Michigan, delivering great reads to grateful patrons all over the county. But they always brake for trouble, and when Minnie sees a car speeding away down the road, and soon comes upon a dead bicyclist, she assumes she just missed seeing a hit-and-run. Minnie is determined to discover who was behind the wheel, but it soon turns out that things are far...
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
Description
Sweater shop owner Paislee Shaw puts the yarn in Nairn, but a killer has put poison in some Scottish shortbread cookies... Opening her shop Cashmere Crush and making a new home for herself, her son Brody, Gramps, and their black Scottish terrier Wallace in the beautiful Scottish village of Nairn is a dream come true. So Paislee is happy to give back by donating a luxurious cashmere sweater for an auction to raise money for the Nairn Food Bank. She's...
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Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
Description
When her friend, Roxanna, a wedding planner, is found dead and her partner, Virgie, is accused of the crime, Nina Fleet, who is trying to tap into the destination wedding market, decides to do her own investigating before tying the knot takes on a whole new meaning.
359) A colorful scheme
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Series
Pen and ink volume 4
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Coloring book creator Florrie Fox attends the wedding of her wealthy boss and a famous romance author and investigates when a guest turns up dead.
360) The Kielbasa Killer
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Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Lydia Wienewski is helping to manage the family business, Wienewski's Weiners & Meats, over Easter. But while she's busy preparing the family's famous kielbasa, Lydia discovers their rogue meat supplier, Louie McDaniel, dead in their sausage smoker. Can she catch the klller before more deaths occur?
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