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"Investigative apprentice Lyra Brazier, the newest resident of Burning Cove, is unsettled when her boss suddenly disappears. Lyra knows something has happened to Raina Kirk, and tracks down her last known appearance at an exclusive hotel and health spa. The health spa is known for its luxurious offerings and prestigious clientele, and the wealthy, socialite background Lyra desperately wanted to leave behind is perfect for this undercover job. What...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2013, c2012
Edition
St. Martin's Paperbacks ed.
Physical Desc
x, 355 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
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Charley's last case went so awry, she's taking time off to wallow in the wonders of self-pity. When a woman shows up on her doorstep convinced someone is trying to kill her, Charley realizes something is amiss when everyone the woman knows swears she's insane. In the meantime, the sexy, sultry son of Satan, Reyes Farrow, is out of prison and out of Charley's life. But his absence has put a serious crimp in her sex life.
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Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 339 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Tracking down a porn star-turned-psychic who has promised to reunite an eccentric billionaire with her dead child, a suspicious Sarah Booth goes undercover as a maid at the billionaire's estate, where she discovers multiple murders and a host of suspects.
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Publisher
BBC Audiobooks America
Pub. Date
p2008
Physical Desc
5 compact discs (ca. 6 hr. 25 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Private investigator Honey Winston has dealt with her fair share of privileged lotharios. Therefore, when she is hired to steal personal letters from visiting dignitary Prince Rubinoff, she doesn't give his reputation as a lady-killer a second thought. When her cover is blown, however, and Rubinoff unleashes his charm and charisma on Honey, she just might lose sight of her initial target.
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Series
Senior sleuths mystery volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Rose Donovan looks for the good in everyone. With her sister-in-law, Peg, that sometimes requires a lot of searching. Even a sixty-something former nun like Rose has her limits, and gruff Peg Turnbull sure knows how to push them. But after forty years of bickering, they’re attempting to start over, partnering up to join the local bridge club. Peg and Rose barely have a chance to celebrate their first win before one of the club’s most accomplished...
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The Guinevere Jones collection volume 2
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
352 pages
Language
English
Description
The enthralling Guinevere Jones series continues with The Sinister Touch and The Fatal Fortune, together for the first time!
Fortune doesn’t shine on Guinevere Jones and Zac Justis in the mesmerizing continuation of the New York Times bestselling series.
The Sinister Touch
Guinevere Jones has her head turned by the handsome young artist across the way. And when his apartment is broken into and a painting defaced, she offers her help. Now Guinevere...
47) Down the hatch
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"Beloved New York Times bestseller M. C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin-the star of her own hit T.V. series-is back on the case again in Down the Hatch. Private detective Agatha Raisin, having recently taken up power-walking, is striding along a path in Mircester Park during her lunch break when she hears a cry for help. Rushing over, she finds an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. Swinburn, in the middle of the green-with the body of an old man...
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Soho Crime
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English
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"The eighteenth mystery in the New York Times bestselling Parisian detective series! A dying man drags his oxygen machine into the office of eric Besson, a lawyer in Paris's 13th arrondissement. The old man, an accountant, is carrying a dilapidated notebook full of meticulous investment records. For decades, he has been helping a cadre of dirty cops launder stolen money. The notebook contains his full confession--he's waited 50 years to make it, and...
49) X
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"Of #1 New York Times-bestselling author Sue Grafton, NPR's Maureen Corrigan said, "Makes me wish there were more than 26 letters." With only two letters left, Grafton's many devoted readers will share that sentiment. X: The number ten. An unknown quantity. A mistake. A cross. A kiss. X: The shortest entry in Webster's Unabridged. Derived from Greek and Latin and commonly found in science, medicine, and religion. The most graphically dramatic...
52) Blue screen
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English
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Hired to protect a spoiled actress, Boston private investigator Sunny Randall teams up with chief of police Jesse Stone when the actress's sister is murdered, a partnership that reveals seedy complications behind the actress's lifestyle.
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
345 pages ; 22 cm
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English
Description
Everyone dreams of a picture-perfect small-town Christmas, but when murder is in the cards, some holiday greetings are addressed to kill ... CHRISTMAS CARD MURDER by LESLIE MEIER In the midst of holiday home renovations, Lucy Stone accidentally unwraps a murder mystery decades in the making when she discovers an old Christmas card with a nasty message belonging to one of her farmhouse's previous residents. The case may be colder than a New England...
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
282 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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Unexpectedly finding herself a penniless widow with no real skills, Poppy Harmon opens the Desert Flowers Detective Agency with her two best friends, Violet and Iris, and takes on a burglary investigation that quickly becomes a dangerous case of murder.
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Series
Moonlighters volume 1
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Three sisters--an investigative blogger, a cab driver, and a stay-at home mom--investigate to try and clear their brother's name after he is accused of murder.
57) Bone on bone
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Series
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"The next powerful chapter in Pulitzer Prize-winner Julia Keller's beloved Bell Elkins series sends readers headlong into the thick of a mystery as young as today's headlines--but as old as the mountains that hold these lives in a tight grip. How far would you go for someone you love? Would you die? Would you kill? After a three-year prison sentence, Bell Elkins is back in Acker's Gap. And she finds herself in the white-hot center of a complicated...
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Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
282 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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"When a community center opens in town, many embrace it as a space where locals of all ages can gather and create. Others view it as a waste of taxpayer dollars. The director, Darleen Busby-Platt, is no less controversial. Intense and showy, Darleen has huge plans for her new role. But Lucy believes the woman isn't exactly as warm hearted--or qualified--as she seems. That hunch deepens when Darleen and a young employee vanish... and dismembered remains...
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"In the heart of Trenton, N.J., a killer is out to make sure someone gets his just desserts. Larry Virgil skipped out on his latest court date after he was arrested for hijacking an eighteen-wheeler full of premium bourbon. Fortunately for bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, Larry is just stupid enough to attempt almost the exact same crime again. Only this time he flees the scene, leaving behind a freezer truck loaded with Bogart ice cream and a dead...