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Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Piloting a glass bottom tourist boat, Whitney Dagner spots the dead body of a wealthy man who swindled her brother Nick out of a lot of money and, with Nick as the prime suspect, must clear his name, while dealing with an ex-boyfriend looking to rekindle their relationship"--
Whitney Dagner drops out of the Los Angeles corporate world to come home to Santa Catalina Island. She's going to help her brother Nick run Nautically Yours, the family tourism...
Author
Series
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
Father Brown is an insightful sleuth who travels far-and-wide to solve a new set of mysteries that require his unique skills and wisdom. This selection of short stories also includes a variety of locales from Italy to Cornwall and everywhere in between. Once again, Father Brown has found himself at the center of the action. The Wisdom of Father Brown is the follow-up to G.K. Chesterton's first entry, The Innocence of Father Brown. The sequel builds...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The inimitable Faith Fairchild returns in a chilling New England whodunit, inspired by the best Agatha Christie mysteries and with hints of the timeless board game Clue. For most of her adult life, resourceful caterer Faith Fairchild has called the sleepy Massachusetts village of Aleford home. While the native New Yorker has come to know the region well, she isn't familiar with Havencrest, a privileged enclave, until the owner of Rowan House, a secluded...
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
265 page ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1910, a new chief police inspector--Pignon Scorbion--arrives in a small English municipality. Many of the locals wonder why they need such an investigator. But soon he is trying to solve a trio of crimes and each clue leads to new surprises.
Author
Series
Lucy Stone mystery volume 25
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"As Tinker's Cove, Maine, buzzes over a town-wide silver wedding anniversary bash, Lucy is reminded of her nuptials and ponders the whereabouts of Beth Gerard, her strong-willed maid of honor. Lucy never would have made it down the aisle without Beth's help, and although the two friends lost touch over the years, she decides to reach out. It only takes one phone call for Lucy to realize that a reunion will happen sooner than later--at Beth's funeral....
226) Molten mud murder
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
pages cm.
Language
English
Description
Is the past better left undisturbed, or unearthed?
When a body is found half-submerged in a molten mud pot in one of Rotorua's famous geothermal wonderlands, forensics expert Alexa Glock spots a way to prolong her stay in New Zealand, which she has been visiting for work. Teeth are her expertise, and the investigation needs her help, as other ways of identifying the body may have... melted away.
Joining Detective Inspector Bruce Horne and his team,...
Author
Series
Beyond the Page bookstore mystery volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
315 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"Addie's getting into the spirit for the upcoming Charity Auction - especially since she's got an 1843 copy of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol to donate. Her former colleagues at the Boston Public Library have confirmed that its worth runs toward the high five figures, which should help with the new pediatric wing. Her mood darkens, though, when a visitor from the past appears - Jonathan Hemingway, the father of her late fianc�e. His presence...
Author
Series
Ivy Nichols volume 1
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"If you want to spend a night amid the luxury and charm of the early 20th century, book a room at Hotel 1911. You'll find 28-year-old Ivy Nichols behind the reception desk. The hotel is Ivy's only link to the family that abandoned her when she was a small child. Now, plagued by panic attacks, she pedals her sea-green Schwinn bicycle to work every evening, hoping desperately to hold on to her job. When wealthy, imperious Ms. Swain arrives at the hotel...
Author
Series
[An Amish cupcake cozy mystery] volume 3
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (approximately 5 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Description
Judy Jenkins, part-time cupcake book author and full-time bully, is dead . . . but why do the police suspect Jane's sweet Amish sister, Rebecca?When Rebecca is accused of murder - - all over Amish Sour Cream Spice cupcakes - - it's the start of another thrilling mystery for Jane Delight. Jane is eager to clear Rebecca's name, but with brooding Detective Damon McCloud wanting to whisk her away from the suspects, she's in for the adventure of a lifetime....
230) Murder, she knit
Author
Series
Knit and Nibble mystery volume 1
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
377 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Pamela is hosting the next Knit and Nibble meeting and can't wait to liven up her otherwise empty home with colorful yarn, baking, and a little harmless gossip. She even recruits Amy Morgan, an old friend who recently moved to town, as the group's newest member. But on the night of the gathering, Amy doesn't show. Not until Pamela finds the woman dead outside--a knitting needle stabbed through the front of her handmade sweater. Someone committed...
231) A half-baked murder
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
After a scathing food review and a messy breakup, a formally trained pastry chef returns home to California to launch a cannabis bakery with her quirky Aunt Dawn.
Author
Series
A Dickens of a crime volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 338 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
With the help of his boss' attractive, vivacious daughter, young journalist Charles Dickens investigates the death of a young woman that bears unsettling similarities to a murder that occurred a year ago to the day.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2010], c2009
Physical Desc
311 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the husband of weight loss and exercise diva Clarissa Jardin is found shot to death, P.I. Savannah Reid is called to the crime scene and discovers that Clarissa has a secret that could topple her multi-million-dollar empire.
234) Antiques chop
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
x, 228 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
While shooting a reality TV show on the site of a sixty-year-old unsolved axe murder, Brandy Borne and her motther Vivian, who will be starring in "Antique Sleuths," must discover who chopped up the show's producer before they all end up in pieces.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her aunt's dog-whispering protege found dead, Melanie Travis must help sort through the growing list of suspects to find the killer, all while juggling motherhood, marriage, and her six beloved poodles.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
With the dawn of the twentieth century on the horizon, the fortunes of the venerable Vanderbilt family still shine brightly in the glittering high society of Newport, Rhode Island. But when a potential scandal strikes, the Vanderbilts turn to cousin and society page reporter Emma Cross to solve a murder of a fortune teller and the disappearance of Consuelo Vanderbilt.
237) Grave Expectations
Author
Series
A Dickens of a crime novel volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
viii, 310 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Charles Dickens and his fianc�ee Kate Hogarth must solve the murder of an elderly spinster who was found dead in her flat wearing a faded wedding gown.
238) Steeped in malice
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tearoom proprietress Lily Roberts, after buying a Peter Rabbit-themed tea set at an antiques fair, finds trouble brewing when two sisters want the set back and one winds up dead, making Lily wonder if this is a simple case of greed boiling over or something else entirely.
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Series
Language
English
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Nowadays Siobhán O'Sullivan, along with her five siblings, runs the family bistro named for their mother. Its been a rough year for the O'Sullivans, but its about to get rougher. One morning, as they're opening the bistro, they discover a man seated at a table with a pair of hot pink barber scissors protruding from his chest. With the local garda suspecting the O'Sullivans, and their business in danger of being shunned, its up to feisty redheaded...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
229 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Daisy Thorne's Ooh La La hair salon in the charming village of Edgemead in Surrey, England, where you'll find the latest styles, the juiciest gossip -- and the most tantalizing murder clues... No one would ever accuse famous opera star Dame Serena Levant of lacking a flare for the dramatic. Unfortunately, it's curtains down on the dysfunctional diva when she's found dead at the bottom of a staircase in her elegant home. Solving an opera...