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1) Real murders
Author
Series
Aurora Teagarden mystery volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
1990
Language
English
Description
Aurora Teagarden, small town librarian and true crime buff, is looking forward to the monthly meeting of the Real Murders Society, a group of fellow crime enthusiasts who share a unique interest in historical murders. The Society meetings are the highlight of Roe's social life in sleepy Lawrenceville, Georgia, and she's ready for a quiet night of discussion, coffee, and cookies. But after she finds the body of a Society member in a staged crime scene...
Author
Series
Aurora teagarden mystery volume 5
Language
English
Description
Aurora Teagarden surprises even herself with how quickly she's settled in to domestic bliss with her new husband, Martin. But when the body of Roe's nemesis, Detective Jack Burns, drops from an airplane to land in her yard, Roe once more finds herself involved in a mysterious death. It isn't long before Roe realizes that strange things are happening to those around her, including anonymous gifts" appearing at her home. Suspecting that everything is...
Author
Series
Cate Kinkaid files volume 1
Publisher
Revell
Language
English
Description
"Cate Kinkaid is just dipping her toe into the world of private investigating until one of the many resumes she has floating around lands her a real job. All she has to do is determine that a particular woman lives at a particular address. Simple, right? When the big and brooding house happens to contain a dead body, this routine PI job turns out to be anything but simple. Is Cate in over her head?" --Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Lily Bard mystery volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
From Charlaine Harris, the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author behind HBO's hit series True Blood and NBC's Midnight, Texas, the third in a series that proves death never takes a holiday…
For Lily Bard, the idea of "going home for Christmas" summons nothing but dread. She wants to stay in her real home in Shakespeare, Arkansas, where her friendships are blooming, nobody dares mess with her, and her new private-eye boyfriend could...
Author
Series
Publisher
A Dell Book
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Senior sleuth, Gladdy Gold and her beau, Jack, are finally headed to the altar and life is simply perfect until a spontaneous excursion brings a gorgeous Frenchwoman back into Jack's life. Younger than Gladdy, she still has eyes only for Jack and can't see the danger her glamours undercover work and books have put her in. Gladdy may wish she was dead, but solving who's behind the threat will be the right thing to do-and get Miss France back on the...
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Series
Irish Village Mystery volume Book 2
Language
English
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Description
A celebrity wedding in a small Irish village goes from festive to funerary when the best man is murdered in this cozy mystery novel.
Any wedding is a big deal in the County Cork village of Kilbane, but with a local lad marrying a famous fashion model at Kilbane Castle, there's no talk of anything but the upcoming nuptials. Siobhán O'Sullivan and her five siblings have their plates full catering the three-day affair from...
Any wedding is a big deal in the County Cork village of Kilbane, but with a local lad marrying a famous fashion model at Kilbane Castle, there's no talk of anything but the upcoming nuptials. Siobhán O'Sullivan and her five siblings have their plates full catering the three-day affair from...
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Series
Language
English
Description
In Georgia, former librarian Aurora Teagarden is overjoyed when her new husband, rich and handsome Martin Bartell gives her a house as a wedding present. Intrigued, too, as the house once belonged to a family which simply disappeared. But when she tries to satisfy her curiosity with a bit of snooping, she is nearly killed by an ax-wielding attacker. Which sets her to thinking, whom exactly did she marry? By the author of Three Bedrooms, One Corpse....
9) Kilt dead
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
Introduces spunky Liss MacCrimmon, a 20-something dancer forced into early retirement by a knee injury. Adrift and depressed, Liss returns home to Moosetookalook, Maine, to help her aunt run a small store specializing in Scottish kitsch. Soon after she learns that the Scottish Emporium is in precarious financial shape, she discovers one of her former schoolteachers dead in the shop. Suspicions that Liss did the deed herself only grow when, much to...
10) A story to kill
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First Kensington mass market edition.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Former English professor Cat Latimer is back in Colorado, hosting writers' retreats in the big blue Victorian she's inherited, much to her surprise, from none other than her carousing ex-husband! Now it's an authors' getaway--but Cat won't let anyone get away with murder... The bed-and-breakfast is open for business, and bestselling author Tom Cook is among its first guests. Cat doesn't know why he came all the way from New York, but she's glad to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Language
English
Description
Aurora Teagarden, mild-mannered librarian, has spent her entire life in the same small Georgia town. Along with her sister-in-law Poppy, Roe has finally earned a coveted spot in the Uppity Women, an exclusive group that does more than flower arranging. But Poppy is a no-show on their induction day. Roe stops by Poppy's house to find out why and is shocked to discover Poppy dead on the kitchen floor, and it's not by accident. There's no lack of suspects,...
Author
Series
Magical cats mystery volume 8
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Kathleen is excited to meet three old pals of her beau, Detective Marcus Gordon, while they visit charming Mayville Heights on business. But the reunion is cut short when one of the friends is killed - and the evidence points toward Marcus as the murderer. Though it seems she doesn't know all of Marcus's secrets, Kathleen is sure he's no killer. With his suspect status side-lining him from investigating the case, it's up to Kathleen and her feline...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Liss MacCrimmon Ruskin is prepping her wares for the annual Western Maine Highland Games, but after a fire at the local bookstore, the disappearance of the bookstore's owner and her two young children, and a murder, Liss is drawn into a homicide investigation.
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First Kensington Mass Market Edition.
Physical Desc
312 p.
Language
English
Description
"Driving on an icy road on a truly dark and stormy night, Liss swerves her car when something darts out in front of it. She braves the weather and discovers a Scottish terrier shivering in the snow. Relieved that the dog survived their run-in, Liss sets out in search of her owner, unaware that the Scottie is actually a tiny celebrity--or that she was dognapped"--Dust jacket flap.
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Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
c2019
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's the beginning of the university's fall semester and Dani can't wait for the college students to return to Normalton, Illinois--after all, without them, there is no one to support her Lunch-to-Go service, which is a vital part of her Chef-to-Go business. But Normalton University's orientation week is marred by a mysterious murder, along with a series of car-jackings and sightings of a mysterious creature in a pond on campus. And with the whole...
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
c2020
Physical Desc
337 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
There's something fishy just below the surface of Scumble River... School psychologist Skye Denison-Boyd is getting ready to return to work from her maternity leave and hoping for a peaceful year in her job as a school psychologist. But when an elderly woman disappears on her first day back and a disgruntled parent threatens to sue the school, Skye realizes that her return will be anything but quiet. When the parent suing Skye's school is found dead...
Author
Publisher
A Dell Book
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Gladdy Gold's exotic vacation has reached a pinnacle: a romantic soak in a hot tub with the man she adores, far from Florida and her nosy neighbors…until an urgent message concerning the safety of her best friends sends her running home. Now, her idyll is ony a memory, her would-be-beau, Jack, is furious, and not only are the girls of the Gladdy Gold Detective Agency alive and well-they're onto a hot new murder case. Is a suave senior Romeo to blame...
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Language
English
Description
Petty rivalries and feuds that have long been simmering finally come to a boil, leaving a bad taste in the mouths of may guest, including Lee Cummings who accues Tucker Whitney of stealing her recipe for low fat, sugar-free cookies. But the icing on the cake is when Tucker is found strangles in her apartment on the following morning.
19) Edgewater Road
Author
Series
Rumors in Ross County volume 1
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 282 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Jennifer Smiley's grandmother, Ginny, leaves her an old farmhouse on Edgewater Road in seemingly quiet Ross County, Ohio, Jennifer can't pass up the opportunity for a new beginning. Almost immediately she meets a group of men who generously help her move in. When she realizes that they work for Lincoln Bennett, her next-door neighbor, she's intrigued. Lincoln is gorgeous and has dark, lapis-blue eyes she could get lost in...but he doesn't seem...
20) The rebel
Author
Series
Harlequin intrigue volume 1598
Publisher
Harlequin Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
284 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A brilliant civil lawyer, David Hennings has always been the outsider-at odds with his wealthy family, shunning relationships, defying convention as a sexy leather-jacketed biker. Which is why sculptor Amanda LeBlanc agrees to his request to reconstruct a skull from a cold case murder. The instant heat between them is scorching. But once Amanda takes the job and gets too close to the rebellious attorney, her carefully balanced life is upended by...