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Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
352, 14 p. : paperback ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
After the death of his wife, young antiquarian bookseller Peter Byerly relocates from North Carolina to the English countryside where he stumbles upon a Victorian watercolor portrait that allows him to commune with his dead wife's spirit.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. Using his intuitive feel for the exact book a reader needs, Perdu mends broken hearts and souls. The only person he can't seem to heal through literature is himself; he's still haunted by heartbreak after his great love disappeared"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
262 p.
Language
English
Description
Semiretired bookseller and former single parent to a challenging teen, the not-so-newly remarried Claire Malloy finds herself entangled in yet another case of felonious doings in this latest cozy. Claire Malloy, for as long as she can remember, has been the local bookseller and owner of the Book Depot and the widowed mother of teenage Caron, who frequently speaks in "all caps." But her life has changed dramatically in recent years. Claire has married...
Author
Series
Malcolm Kershaw volume Bk 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
'Swanson rips us from one startling plot twist to the next; A true tour de force. ; 'Lisa Gardner"Fiendish good fun. "'Anthony HorowitzFrom the hugely talented author of Before She Knew Him comes a chilling tale of psychological suspense and an homage to the thriller genre tailor-made for fans: the story of a bookseller who finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation because a very clever killer has started using his list of fiction's most...
7) You: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
When aspiring writer Guinevere Beck strides into the East Village bookstore where Joe works, he's instantly smitten. Beck is everything Joe has ever wanted. She's gorgeous, razor-smart, and as sexy as his wildest dreams. Beck doesn't know it yet, but she's perfect for him.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
292 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the arrival of a mysterious former Broward's Rock resident sparks a town-wide feud that pits neighbor against neighbor, Annie and Max Darling find their own circumstances affected by a murder that takes place at a pavilion party that the newcomer attends.
Author
Series
Cotton Malone volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mysterious manuscript discovered in the tomb of Charlemagne sends Cotton Malone on a perilous international quest that takes him and twin sisters with their own agenda from an ancient German cathedral to the harsh, unforgiving world of Antarctica in pursuit of the truth about the death of his father on a classified sub mission beneath Antarctica.
Author
Series
Scottish bookshop mystery volume 7
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Delaney Nichols faces off against an elusive arsonist in the seventh Scottish Bookshop Mystery, The Burning Pages, from beloved author Paige Shelton.... One winter's night, bookseller Delaney Nichols and her coworker Hamlet are invited to a Burns Night dinner, a traditional Scottish celebration of the poet Robert Burns. She's perplexed by the invitation, but intrigued. The dinner takes place at Burns House itself, a tiny cottage not far from the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Bookseller Delaney Nichols meets a woman who believes she is Mary, Queen of Scots, reborn. When the Cracked Spine is royally threatened, she must do all she can to save the shop. Heading back to work the day after she returns from her European honeymoon, Delaney Nichols is excited to get back to the Cracked Spine. But as she disembarks the bus and hurries toward the shop she and another woman collide, sending a stack of books the woman is carrying...
12) Camino winds
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Welcome back to Camino Island, where anything can happen-even a murder in the midst of a hurricane, which might prove to be the perfect crime . . . Just as Bruce Cable's Bay Books is preparing for the return of bestselling author Mercer Mann, Hurricane Leo veers from its predicted course and heads straight for the island. Florida's governor orders a mandatory evacuation, and most residents board up their houses and flee to the mainland, but Bruce...
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"August 1939: London prepares for war as Hitler's forces sweep across Europe. Grace Bennett has always dreamed of moving to the city, but the bunkers and drawn curtains that she finds on her arrival are not what she expected. And she certainly never imagined she'd wind up working at Primrose Hill, a dusty old bookshop nestled in the heart of London. Through blackouts and air raids as the Blitz intensifies, Grace discovers the power of storytelling...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 341 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the beloved author of Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend comes a wonderful new novel about a struggling man, written entirely in lists. Daniel Mayrock's life is at a crossroads. He knows the following to be true: 1. He loves his wife Jill... more than anything. 2. He only regrets quitting his job and opening a bookshop a little (maybe more than a little) 3. Jill is ready to have a baby. 4. The bookshop isn't doing well. Financial crisis is imminent....