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Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
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....
Author
Series
Secret Book and Scone Society volume 2
Publisher
Kensington Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nora Pennington and her friends encounter a secretive young woman named Abilene who is in need of a new beginning, but after the suspicious death of a customer, Nora discovers a connection that points to Abilene as either a suspect or another target.
Author
Series
Secret Book and Scone Society volume 4
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her bookstore is targeted by a family-values group during the Halloween season, Nora Pennington and her fellow readers investigate a suspicious death that occurs at the same time Nora discovers an ominous message under her doormat.
5) Paper cuts
Author
Series
Secret Book and Scone Society volume 6
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Kelly Walsh, the woman her ex-husband left her for, is murdered, bookstore owner and bibliotherapist Nora Pennington and The Secret, Book, and Scone Society seek justice for Kelly amidst gossip and suspicion.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
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. She left him with only a letter, which he has never opened. After...
Author
Language
English
Description
The irascible A. J. Fikry, owner of Island Books, has already lost his wife. Now his most prized possession, a rare book, has been stolen from right under his nose. One night upon closing, he discovers a toddler in his children's section with a note from her mother saying she can no longer raise her. It doesn't take long for the locals to notice the transformation of both bookstore and owner, especially to the lovely yet eccentric sales rep, Amelia...
Author
Series
Secret Book and Scone Society volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the owner of Miracle Books, Nora Pennington figures all the wet weather this spring is at least good for business. The local inns are packed with stranded travelers, and among them Nora finds both new customers and a new friend, the sixty-something Sheldon, who starts helping out at the store. Since a little rain never hurt anyone, Nora rides her bike over to the flea market one sodden day and buys a bowl from Danny, a Cherokee potter. It'll make...
Author
Series
Beyond the Page bookstore mystery volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
Addie Greyborne loved working with rare books at the Boston Public Library--she even got to play detective, tracking down clues about mysterious old volumes. But she didn't expect her sleuthing skills to come in so handy in a little seaside town... Addie left some painful memories behind in the big city, including the unsolved murder of her fiancé and her father's fatal car accident. After an unexpected inheritance from a great aunt, she's moved...
Author
Series
Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery volume 1
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Gemma Doyle, manager of the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop, and her best friend Jayne Wilson discover a rare manuscript and a dead body in this clever series debut by Vicki Delany.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
All it takes is the right book to turn a Book Hater into a Book Lover. That was what Elliot--the beloved co-owner of Over the Rainbow Bookshop--believed before his untimely passing. He always had the perfect book suggestion for the self-proclaimed BookHater. Now his grief-ridden business partner, Irma, has agreed to sell the cozy Over the Rainbow to condo developers. But others won't give up the bookshop without a fight. When Irma breaks the news...
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
An anthology of essays, stories, and expressions of gratitude by dozens of famous authors describes the pleasure, guidance, and support that their favorite bookstores and booksellers have provided throughout their careers.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Loveday Cardew prefers books to people. If you look carefully, you might glimpse the first lines of the novels she loves most tattooed on her skin. But there are some things Loveday will never, ever show you. Into her hiding place - the bookstore where she works - come a poet, a lover, and three suspicious deliveries. Someone has found out about her mysterious past. Will Loveday survive her own heartbreaking secrets?
Author
Series
Beyond the Page bookstore mystery volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When she is implicated in the murder of a librarian, Addie Greyborne investigates while dealing with her messy love life, a quest that leads her to pirate legends and a possible buried treasure.
15) Twenty wishes
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Thirty-eight-year-old widow Anne Marie Roche, the owner of a successful Seattle bookstore, creates a list of twenty wishes, and, while acting upon her wishes, encounters an eight-year-old girl named Ellen who helps her complete her list--with unexpected results.
Author
Series
Cotton Malone volume 5
Language
English
Description
Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone isn't looking for trouble when it comes knocking at his Copenhagen bookshop. But narrowly surviving a ferocious firefight convinces him to follow his unexpected new ally--an American Secret Service agent--and help him stop the Paris Club, a cabal of multimillionaires bent on manipulating the global economy. Only by matching wits with a terrorist-for-hire, foiling a catastrophic attack, and plunging...
Author
Series
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
When Mary bumps into her neighbor one summer evening, she's glad to see that Cathy has a new man in her life. The couple is heading to the marina to take a sunset whale-watching cruise, and Mary wishes them well. But the next day Mary sees that Cathy's newspaper is still lying on the porch and her mail hasn't been collected. As the days go by, it's clear that Cathy never came home that night and is now missing.
18) The red notebook
Author
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Bookseller Laurent Letellier comes across an abandoned handbag on a Parisian street, and feels impelled to return it to its owner. The bag contains no phone or contact information. But a small red notebook with handwritten thoughts and jottings reveals a person that Laurent would very much like to meet. Without even an name to go on, he sets out to find one woman in a city of millions.
19) Missing pages
Author
Series
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
It's Independence Day and Mary is enjoying the parade until the July Queen, a local high school student named Amanda Branson, disappears. Mary thinks she saw Amanda at the docks just after the parade, but is not sure and Chief McArthur won't listen to her. Then it seems Mary's granddaughter Daisy holds the key to finding Amanda.
Author
Series
Black cat bookshop mystery volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Darla Pettistone is settling nicely into her life after inheriting her aunt's bookshop and her temperamental large black cat, Hamlet. But after a local businessman is found dead, Darla learns that Hamlet was prowling the neighborhood in the vicinity.
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