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1) Midnight
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A pleasant walk along the coast on Folly Beach, South Carolina, thrusts retiree Chris Landrum and his friend Charles Fowler into investigating a death that police are convinced was an unfortunate accident. Their resolve to continue sticking their noses where according to the police they have no business being was strengthened when a second person dies-the second death of a member of the small crew building a beachfront home. With no connection between...
2) Sugar Sands
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Michigan's sunset coast turns deadly when a group of vacationers encounter a dying author who sees the ghosts of children. When Arnie refuses surgery for his bum knee, Laurel takes the family on a relaxing trip to the beautiful sunset coast on Lake Michigan to recuperate. Accompanying them are Arnie's sixteen-year-old son, Sawyer, and things are made even better when their close friends Claire and Charles join them for a visit. The area is known for...
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Pru Pendergast, proprietor of Driftwood Creatives, returns to her shop after a walk around Ominpodge Village Center to find her obnoxious landlord, Bart Cunard, dead-garroted with driftwood handles and brown Vicuna yarn. Detective James Moriarty arrives, questions Pru, and accuses her of murder-though every one of Pru's fellow shopkeepers could attest to having a motive. Pru must escape attacks on her own life and the threat of being arrested while...
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Carmel-by-the-Sea garden shop owner Courtney Kelly sees things others can't-like fairies, and hidden motives for murder . . .
Courtney is delighted when her tiny friend Fiona returns from the fairy realm, appearing at the base of a Cypress tree. When her Ragdoll cat, Pixie, emerges from her own portal-aka the cat door-the three set off for a busy day. Busier than usual, since Courtney has rented a small plot of land at the Flower Farm, where she...
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During a heatwave in Tinker's Cove, Maine, part-time reporter Lucy Stone becomes unseasonably entangled in handmade quilts-and a twisted case of murder . . .
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...
6) Torn Asunder
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A short boat ride from Busman's Harbor, Maine, Morrow Island is a perfect spot for a wedding-and a Snowden Family Clambake. Julia Snowden is busy organizing both-until a mysterious wedding crasher drops dead amid the festivities . . .
Julia's best friend and business partner, Zoey, is about to marry her policeman boyfriend. Of course, a gorgeous white wedding dress shouldn't be within fifty yards of a plate of buttery lobster-so that treat is...
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A witty, feminist mystery set in the heart of nineteenth-century London, this daring adventure featuring an intrepid woman detective will thrill fans of Deanna Raybourn and Katharine Schellman. London, 1894. Albertine Honeycombe never wanted a husband and certainly not the one with fifteen children that her cousin, Aubrey, is trying to marry her off to. She reinvents herself as Countess Von Dagga, a private detective aiding the upper echelons of women...
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When jaded Melbourne divorce lawyer Clementine Carter returns to her Queensland coastal hometown of Whale Bay after a twenty-five-year absence, she figures she'll fly in, arrange the sale of the beach shack she's been left in her Aunt Rose's will, and fly back out.Once back in Whale Bay, Clem soon discovers that Rose has been locking horns with some of the most influential people in town, and her death might not be as straightforward as she's been...
9) Croaked
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Cape Cod! To Lydia Vivaldi, it looks like sanctuary - until she learns her one friend in Quansett is dead. How could a skilled carpenter fall off a ladder at a film shoot? When Lydia lands a cooking job at Leo's Back End and starts asking questions, she's stonewalled by the flirtatious filmmaker and resented by the police. Only Edgar Rowdey, famous author of creepy little books and a Leo's regular, shares Lydia's doubts about the "accident." Can this...
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Who's out to kill Ashley Dillon? Nobody's supposed to know she's in Las Vegas except her parents and Haggis Mack, the rock-bagpiper she's divorcing. But threats from a cell-phone stalker, and nearly drowning in the Bellagio pool, send Ashley fleeing home to Cape Cod. Where better to turn 21 than at the posh waterfront party her mom, inventor Pam Nash, is throwing to launch Zappa, her revolutionary "Taser for pacifists"?
Pam appeals to her fellow...
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What does a boy do when his imaginary friends never die? Olly Frampton fights back his parting tears. It's all his fault. He stares at his mother's tear-streaked face in the rearview mirror, terrified she will careen off the mountain in the storm. Suddenly, she gasps and breaks. Police lights glare off the windshield. An officer in a yellow slicker waves them past an overturned car. The rain-swept highway glistens red and blue with shattered glass....
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The first mystery in Susanna Calkins' captivating new series takes readers into the dark, dangerous, and glittering underworld of a 1920s Chicago speakeasy.
Gina Ricci takes on a job as a cigarette girl to earn money for her ailing father-and to prove to herself that she can hold her own at Chicago's most notorious speakeasy, the Third Door. She's enchanted by the harsh, glamorous world she discovers: the sleek socialites sipping bootlegged cocktails,...
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College English professor and sometime amateur sleuth Alison Bergeron would've been thrilled to hear that her husband, NYPD Detective Bobby Crawford, was leaving Homicide if that were the whole story, but it turns out that Bobby's next assignment is even worse---undercover. As if worrying about his involvement in a case he won't talk about at all wasn't bad enough, Alison is forced to take over the women's basketball team at St. Thomas after the coach...
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The old and new collide in Nashville. A crooked developer plans to demolish the old Eagles Nest and build yet another sleek new tower. At the legendary Bluebird Café, a washed-up drunk named Notorious interrupts Willow Goodheart's performance, accusing her of stealing his song. Truth-teller Caleb Hunter, determined to shine a light on corruption in New Nashville, is murdered, his body dragged from the river. Jordan Mayfair finds herself immersed...
15) Ranch Dressing
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Get ready for a laugh-out-loud adventure with Samantha Kidd, the most stylish sleuth in Ribbon, Pennsylvania! In this cozy mystery, Samantha finds herself trading high heels for cowboy boots as she heads to a dude ranch, hoping for a little rest and relaxation. Little does she know a murder mystery is about to lasso her in…When fashionista Samantha Kidd's father-in-law arranges a week on the dude ranch he's aiming to buy, Samantha preps for blue...
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Mira Hawkings is able to ghost from her body after being struck in the head by a bullet and in a coma. Now awake and home, Mira is a murder suspect. The murders sound strangely like her dreams. With the help of Detective Jeff Borden and a new ally, Mira must solve the crime and bring the real killer to justice. Will the mystery, the revealing of secrets, and other dangers interfere with her budding romance?
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Mira Hawkings wakes to see her own body lying in a hospital bed. She is now a ghost. Follow Mira and her friends as they try to solve her attempted murder. Will they find justice for the victims of a shadowy drug dealer who is causing the death of many of the city of Middleton? Can a ghost have a love interest?
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Embark on a thrilling journey through the memoirs of Johnny Two Kebabs, the legendary 'conscious vigilante,' in this gripping trilogy of novellas. In the first instalment, "From Russia With Chilli And Garlic Sauce," Johnny uncovers a sinister plot involving a Russian assassination. As he delves deep into the conspiracy, he must navigate a treacherous web of lies and deceit. In the second novella, "How I Found The G Spot," Johnny takes on a different...
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Summer guests are eager to sink their teeth into tantalizing desserts at The Chocolate Moose, Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree and Ellie White's bakeshop in the island village of Eastport, Maine. But attracting the wrong kind of attention can be deadly . . .
With the August heat strong enough to melt solid chocolate into syrup, Jake and Ellie crave a break from the bakery ovens, despite tourist season promising a sweet payday. But they never envisioned...
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Samantha Olivares, spunky rancher and inadvertent murder magnet, made a promise to her cousin Jack, and she always keeps her promises. Chief Medical Examiner, Jack Olivares has worked up the courage to meet his mother's family in Japan and needs Sam by his side. Used to leading the show, hesuddenly finds himself on the outside looking in when a family member is arrested for murder. As the cousins are immersed in what feels like an alternate world,...
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