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81) Things Unseen
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Can you trust a clue no one else can see?
Emotionally frigid Walker Clayborne has always preferred the stability of the rock formations he studies to the unpredictable people around him. A cold and unaffectionate upbringing allowed him and his siblings to drift—until the murder of his sister, Claire, propels Walker into a volatile world of strong ideals and spiritual mysticism.
Moved to unearth the truth, Walker visits his sister's community in...
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Uncovering the past, solving the present: The Viking P.I. and his detective girlfriend take on a bone-chilling case in the snowy Norwegian mountains.This is book seven in the Viking P.I. series. When the Viking P.I. learns he has inherited a cabin in the mountains, he packs his trusty Prius and goes on a well-deserved holiday with his family: Alvilde, his detective girlfriend, and their two-year-old son.The idyll last for the better part of an hour,...
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It's the 1920s. Song-and-dance man August La May, formerly known as Avram Landenberg of the Lower East Side of Manhattan, thought he was living a grand life on the Orpheum Circuit in vaudeville, traveling the country with his gal Violetta and daughters April and Florabelle. Even after Violetta deserted the act and broke his heart, he continued touring with his talented children, still bringing down the house while billed as "The Three La Mays."...
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Just a fun girls' weekend in New Orleans during Mardi Gras...except for the murders.Chantilly Romero held an important place as a mover and a shaker within the New Orleans business world. An upstanding member of the community, everyone admired and respected her. But she had her secrets. Did she run an illegal high-stakes poker game out of her whiskey distillery? Had her bodyguard committed a few dastardly deeds, so Chantilly could profit? Did Chantilly's...
85) Two for Joy
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John the Eunuch mysteries volume 2
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Autumn, 1282
As Edward I wages a bloody conflict with Wales, Prioress Eleanor escorts her younger brother, Robert, and his wife, who is in labor, from their Marcher lands to greater safety at a Wynethorpe manor in a village just inside the English border. They are joined by Brother Thomas, the Prioress's trusted friend, and Sister Anne, who helps navigate the difficult birth and delivers a baby girl.
Mother and child may be healthy, but Death never...
86) Chanukah Guilt
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A small-town New Jersey rabbi is compelled to investigate when a funeral leads to a suspicious death in this cozy mystery series opener.
Aviva Cohen is a fifty-something, twice-divorced rabbi living an uneventful life in southern New Jersey. Although her family is unconventional, her days are otherwise routine. Services, religious education, and counseling mostly. She also officiates the occasional funeral . . .
But the funeral of unpopular...
87) Mood Indigo
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First book in the Alexa Glock Mystery series! For a normal tourist, finding a body in a geothermal pool in New Zealand might ruin a vacation. Forensic specialist Alexa Glock, however, sees a chance to help local law enforcement with a baffling case. But as she finds herself embroiled in the tense investigation, she can't help but wonder: is the past better left undisturbed, or unearthed?
These thrilling New Zealand mysteries are:
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In this mystery from an Edgar Award–winning author, Peter Duluth deals with a case of mistaken identities and murder in World War II San Francisco.
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...
89) Nozy Cat 4
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Hope Jones operates the Brontë Bookshop in the hamlet of Sweet Springs, Virginia. Her best friend and business partner Peggy Sue Roswell assists Hope along with Stacey, her smart, spirited fifteen-year-old daughter. Their tuxedo feline Nozy Cat, opinionated and outspoken, is the bookshop mascot. The owner of the Tastes Like More Bakery reports the murder victim Jessica Grey in the kitchen, and Sergeant Trogg asks Hope to join the police investigation....
90) Friends in Need
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What will these grannies do when murder's not an option? Every day, Peggy, Carole, and Madge get together to knit, drink tea, and exchange juicy titbits of gossip. Occasionally, they indulge in a bit of murder … but only when strictly necessary. When a tumble down the stairs lands one of their friends in hospital, Peggy, Carole, and Madge don't believe it was an accident. They come together to protect her. But this case isn't as straightforward...
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Two lady sleuths for the price of one.It wasn't love that made Rosemary follow Desmond to New York City-it was curiosity, and everyone knows the old saying about how curiosity killed the cat.It's no surprise when a dead body turns up, but this time the case is doubly confusing. Everyone has means, motive, and opportunity, but no alibi!Good thing old Des has excellent taste in friends; his new American chum has a few tricks up her sleeve-perhaps even...
92) Run to Death
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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...
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This collection contains 32 Cozy Mystery Short Stories by S. Y. Robins. Included in this collection:Bag and LadyBake OffCold DeathColorful DeathCrafty MurderCurl Up And DyeDeath GroupieDeadly BrewedDog Dig DeathDrop Dead HotelGone MissingKiller ChocolateKiller CupcakesKiller NailKiller TiramisuKnitless DeathLife's a BeachMissing HeartsMurder Book ClubMurder by CheesecakeScoop AwayShoes and BabySew Much TroubleSpicy MurderSpooky FollowersSteamy DeathThe...
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Bumfuzzle and Cattywampus; Unlikely Detectives Trouble at the Buckeye Festival Downward dog in the park, falling out of trees, poisoned chili. Eccentric, retired seniors, Marge Bumfuzzle and Joey Cattywampus have a penchant for stumbling into trouble. Though largely misunderstood and dismissed as a couple of old kooks, the unlikely pair unravel the mysteries around them in a hilarious and often touching way. In Trouble at the Buckeye Festival, what...
95) Five For Silver
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John the Eunuch mysteries volume 5
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"An excellent regional mystery, full of local color and historical detail." -Library Journal
Former Chief Warrant Officer Sam Blackman lost a leg in Iraq and emerged from the V.A. hospital in Asheville, NC, as a bitter civilian without a job or a future. But when he solved a series of local murders, Sam found new meaning for his life. Now he and his partner, Nakayla Robertson, are opening a detective agency. They have high hopes that the thriving...
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Daphne Welldrake doesn't believe that the Lamp Glow Inn is haunted. At least, not until her good friend dies during a visit, that is.Then, everything changes...One by one the ghosts of the Lamp Glow Inn reveal themselves to her. They have varied stories to tell. And then finally she sees the ghost of her friend who is standing in the shadows, silent.Was the death natural causes? Was it suicide, as Daphne's business partner suggests? Or was it murder?Things...
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Brand-new librarian Meg Booker is just supposed to be checking out books.Instead, it's the patrons who are being checked out--permanently. April 1985. Fir Grove Library, Portland, Oregon: Big hair. Leggings. Card catalogs. Kicking kids with giant boom boxes out of the library. Meg's got it all handled-until her boss takes off on a way-too-long vacation and leaves her in charge. Right away, things start going wrong. Historical records disappear out...
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Plans for peaceful seaside holidays rarely work out well in the world of classic British mysteries. Retired professor Andrew Basnett, for example, envisioning sandcastles and the blessings of a pale English sun on his pale English skin, is startled to meet his nephew, Peter, on the beach. He's more startled (and not entirely thrilled) when Peter gets him invited to dinner with a celebrity novelist. And he's extremely startled when the novelist's sister-in-law...
99) Six for Gold
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John the Eunuch mysteries volume 6
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The Singularity-the looming point of no return when Artificial Intelligence surpasses human cognitive abilities, with consequences no one can foresee, and only a handful of people understand.
Rusty Mullins, ex-Secret Service, has never heard of the Singularity. He only knows that after the deadly challenges of his last job for security firm Prime Protection, he swore he'd stop risking his life on assignments. Then his good friend Ted Lewison, head...
100) Click to Play
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The Edgar Award–winning author of the Stewart Hoag mysteries delivers a "fast-paced, frantic, and head spinning" crime thriller (Booklist).
In the summer of 1972, the country was rocked by the Bagley Bunch murders-a killing spree that targeted America's favorite TV sitcom family. A survivor of the slaughter, former child star Tim Ferris, is now dying of cancer. With only weeks to live, he needs the truth to come out. But the secrets he's...
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