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5481) Hue and Cry
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Accused of being a thief and spy, an English governess becomes a fugitive in this cunningly plotted mystery In six months, Marion "Mally" Lee will wed the dashing Roger Mooring and become mistress of Curston, his family estate. Determined to enjoy her freedom before she becomes a married woman, Mally impulsively accepts a position as governess to the young daughter of a shipping magnate. But when she arrives at the Peterson townhouse in London,...
5482) The Ghost on the Stairs
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Sally O'Brian didn't always see ghosts. But when she and her husband were murdered, she discovered that she wasn't allowed to pass on through the Pearly Gates. She miraculously recovered but her husband is only with her as a ghost. She has to find out who had killed her husband…and may still be attempting to kill her. Sally also wants to help her young assistant Melody realize that her "fake" boyfriend Alan might have "real" feelings for her. Ghosts...
5483) Dog's Honest Truth
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Steve and Rochester seek the truth about a neighbor's murderThere's a new dog in town – a golden retriever named Luke, in training to be a seeing-eye dog. He and Rochester immediately bond, but there's something odd about Luke's human, Ben Ji. How can someone so young afford an expensive townhouse on Sarajevo Way? When Ben is shot, Steve begins to discover the lies he has been telling.Steve's also forced to tell the truth about his past, when he...
5484) Family Plot
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John Pickett mysteries volume 3
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In disgrace-again!-with her aristocratic in-laws, recently widowed Lady Fieldhurst is exiled to Scotland with her three young nephews in tow. On impulse, she and the boys decide to stay at an isolated seaside inn under an assumed name, where they can enjoy a holiday far away from the scandal that still plagues the family.
But trouble soon finds them when the boys discover an unconscious woman on the beach-a woman who bears a startling resemblance...
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Au château de Montcigoux, en 1913, un squelette tout en os est retrouvé par hasard sous un plancher...
1913: un squelette est découvert par hasard, sous un plancher du château de Montcigoux, aux confins sauvages du Limousin et du Périgord. Pour les gens du pays, il ne fait aucun doute qu'il s'agit là de celui d'Ernest de Fontaubert, embarqué avec Céline, sa sœur bien-aimée, pour les Amériques et la Ruée vers l'or de 1850, et que personne...
5486) Snakes in Suits
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Freya returns to Wellington to restore her inheritance, 'Portobello', an Art Deco building in Petone, to her former glory. Only to find dubious dealings with various Snakes in Suits, Lawyers, Bankers, the Council and an unscrupulous property developer who will stop at nothing, even murder, to get what he wants - 'Portobello'.Freya fights back with the help of her childhood friend Zac - who just happens to be drop dead gorgeous, and Simon her cute...
5487) Crooked Herring
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From the author of Herring on the Nile, a fellow novelist's plea for help plunges a mid-list mystery writer and his agent into a murder investigation.
"You don't believe me, do you?" asked Henry. "That I might have killed somebody." Well, really. The genuine murderer-the real pro-tends to keep track of that sort of thing. And besides, there is no dead body to speak of. Understandably, Ethelred, our struggling mystery writer, is reluctant to help...
5488) Caveat Emptor
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Delightfully deadly short fiction from the pen of Joan Hess, creator of Maggody, Arkansas. Althea is caught in a romance writer's worst nightmare: She's been trapped in one of her own melodramatic creations. Around her, strapping men chase after elegant women whose bosoms heave and whose bodices beg to be ripped. There's no television, no women's lib, and absolutely no escape. Worst of all, Althea fits right in. Everyone recognizes her as the penniless...
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Un meurtre vient troubler le calme des commerçants de tour, l'inspecteur Abert et son collègue Karim s'occupent de l'affaire.
Dans la ville de Balzac, la vérité se rétrécit comme peau de chagrin quand la police est confrontée à un meurtre qui vient troubler le calme et les commerçants d'une vieille artère tourangelle. L'inspecteur Abert et son jeune collègue Karim découvrent le petit monde de la rue de la Scellerie quand le crime y fleurit,...
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A crisis of conscience haunts Almon Campbell. He abandoned innocents. Left them to evil. When a survivor pleads for help, Almon must promise the impossible. The detective must evolve into something more. A hero. If he doesn't, he may lose a friend. Cozy mysteries in a paranormal world. A Pact with Demons investigates uncanny tales with heart and danger. In a world where cats talk. And darkness lurks everywhere. Why do lost hearts sell their souls...
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En el segundo libro de la serie Jamie Quinn Misterios Acogedores, Jamie ha vuelto a su bufete de derecho de familia tras un paréntesis debido a la muerte de su madre. Todo sigue igual hasta que un amargo caso de divorcio se convierte en una investigación de asesinato, y la cliente de Jamie se convierte en la principal sospechosa. Cuando no puede separar la verdad de las mentiras, Jamie recurre a la ayuda de Duke Broussard, su investigador privado...
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This is a collection of the final three books in The Father Tom Mysteries. The Haunted Heritage (Book 10)--Excitement is building as the opening of the Acutis Society's Fairy Tales and Frights haunted house approaches. The members of Saint Clare's gaming group have worked hard to transform the interior of the Myer Mansion into something both magical and scary to entertain the families of Myerton as Halloween approaches. But does an actual ghost walk...
5493) Play It Again, Spam
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Life has been tough of late for the proprietress of the PennDutch Inn, Magdalena Yoder. Her husband turned out to be a bigamist, the guest list for her recently rebuilt PennDutch Inn is not as robust as she'd like, and her sister plans to marry her arch nemesis. So Magdalena Yoder is not in a good mood and she's more than happy to let everyone in town know exactly how she feels.Fortunately, a group of World War II veterans once stationed in Africa...
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When a long-time friendship dies, does murder follow?
Decades past junior high in a small, northern Michigan town, Caroline Batzer is snubbed by her best friend. At first confused, she's later stunned to learn Sarah Leigh betrayed her in a way she'd never have suspected. In an all-too-public setting, Caroline airs her anger at the woman everyone else in town considers saintly. When Sarah disappears soon afterward, it looks like Caroline murdered her....
5495) Murder at the Menger
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The Mrs. Maisel of the mystery world, Sydney Lockhart, takes you on a thrill-ride around San Antonio as she searches for the next killer. She's at it again; trying to solve a murder in another famous hotel while avoiding being locked up for the very crime she's investigating. Bribes; fixed races; dirty money and unkempt places. A string of illicit deeds that trails from San Antonio to New Orleans and back again. Be it plane; train or automobile; Sydney...
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Stanislas, un bibliophile passionné, fait une escale à Charleroi et se retrouve mêlé à la mort d'un juge d'instruction à la drle de réputation...
Bibliophile passionné, Stanislas Barberian parcourt la France et la Belgique à la recherche de pièces rares. En visite à Charleroi, au cœur du Pays noir o il est né, il se trouve mêlé à la mort accidentelle d'un juge d'instruction à la réputation sulfureuse. Accidentelle? Voire... Le bouquiniste...
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Patrick Quentin, best known for the Peter Duluth puzzle mysteries, also penned outstanding detective novels from the 1930s through the 1960s under other pseudonyms, including Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge. Anthony Boucher wrote: "Quentin is particularly noted for the enviable polish and grace which make him one of the leading American fabricants of the murderous comedy of manners; but this surface smoothness conceals intricate and meticulous plot...
5498) A Medium Life
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Eddie Cayce was on the edge of setting up her new life in Seattle - including marriage, kids, and a house with a white picket fence. Instead, she found out that her almost fiancé was cheating on her, so she quit her design job over one too many how to run a copier trainings and moved back home to New Orleans to bury her grandmother.She didn't expect to inherit not only money, but her grandmother's powers that extended her own abilities to see and...
5499) The Nora Jones Bundle
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When Nora Jones inherits a bookshop from her uncle in St. Augustine, Florida, she soon discovers that owning a bookstore can be murder...
This bundle includes the first three installments of the Nora Jones Mysteries, lighthearted and fun series full of endearing characters, intriguing mysteries, and a dash of romance - and a Nora Jones short story as a special bonus!
Included are Body in the Books, Trouble in the Treasure, Corpse in the Cauldron,...
5500) A Gem of a Problem
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A death. An inheritance. A problem left behind.Emma's family never approved of her marriage. So, when her husband's questionable behaviour threatens ruin for those nearest and dearest to her, whatever she decides to do had better be done on the quiet. After all, once she's put the matter to rights, her family need never know what deep pit her marriage brought them to the edge of. Do they? Except Nella has her own opinion on the matter, and Major Barnaby...
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