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21) Scorched eggs
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English
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Suzanne, Petra, and Toni -- co-owners of the Cackleberry Club Cafe -- are equally good at serving up breakfast and serving up justice. While getting her hair colored at Root 66, Suzanne is stunned to see the County Services office suddently go up in flames. Unfortunately, the fire department couldn't save longtime civil servant Hannah Venable. When it's discovered that an accelerant was used to fan the flames, Suzanne, Petra, and Toni vow to smoke...
22) Blood orange
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China Bayles mystery volume 24
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
It’s mid-April in Pecan Springs, and China is renting her guest cottage to Kelly Kaufman, who needs a temporary place to live as she contends with a very acrimonious divorce from her husband Rich. At the same time, as a nurse employed by a local hospice, Kelly has discovered instances of suspicious practices. Even more disturbing, she suspects that a patient was murdered. Kelly’s knowledge could be dangerous, and she wants to get guidance from...
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Hannah Swensen mystery volume 15
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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When Hannah Swensen hears that the Cinnamon Roll Six jazz band will be playing at a festival in Lake Eden, Minnesota, she bakes up a supply of their namesake confections to welcome them. But tragedy strikes when their tour bus overturns on its way into town. And keyboard player Buddy Neiman's minor injuries turn deadly serious when someone plunges surgical scissors into his chest...Turns out, Buddy Neiman isn't the victim's real name. In fact, no...
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Tea shop mystery volume 17
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Tea shop owner Theodosia Browning's life heats up when a gala at a local jewelry store serves up heists and homicide alongside her herbal teas... --Publisher
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Aunt Dimity volume 23
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English
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"On a dull and dreary October day, Lori Shepherd and her husband Bill set off for the historic town of Rye, on the southeast coast of England, for a quiet weekend together without the kids. Bill must first pay a visit to a reclusive client--but after Lori drops him off, a powerful storm drives her off course and leaves her stranded in an ancient, rambling inn called The King's Ransom. When Lori is spooked by ghostly noises in the night, Aunt Dimity...
27) Holly blues
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Just as the holiday season begins, so does the drama, when China Bayles' husband's ex-wife Sally appears begging for help and a place to stay. 'Tis the season of giving, so China opens her home to Sally. But when troubling phone calls start, China knows she'll need to dig up the truth before Christmas turns deadly.
28) The killing hour
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Each time he struck, he took two victims. Day after day, he waited for the first body to be discovered—a body containing all the clues the investigators needed to find the second victim, who waited...prey to a slow but certain death. The clock ticked—salvation was possible.
The police were never in time.
Years have passed; but for this killer, time has stood still. As a heat wave of epic proportions descends, the game begins again. Two...
The police were never in time.
Years have passed; but for this killer, time has stood still. As a heat wave of epic proportions descends, the game begins again. Two...
29) Never never
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Detective Harriet Blue volume 1
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Detective Harriet Blue of the Sydney Police Department prides herself on an uncanny ability to catch the most deviant of criminals. So when her brother is charged with a brutal string of murders, it rocks her world. Shocked, in denial, and facing uncomfortable questions about how much she knew, Harry is transferred to avoid the media circus. Investigating the disappearance of a worker in an isolated mine deep inside the desolate Australian outback—the...
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Hannah Swensen mystery volume 4
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English
Description
The residents of Lake Eden, Minnesota, are planning to paint the town red, white, and blue to celebrate the Fourth of July—but the fireworks are already going off at Hannah Swensen's bake shop, The Cookie Jar. . .
Lemon Meringue Pie Murder
Hannah Swensen thought she'd finally discovered the recipe for a perfect life. But her sometime beau Norman Rhodes tosses a surprise ingredient into the mix when he phones to tell her he's just...
Lemon Meringue Pie Murder
Hannah Swensen thought she'd finally discovered the recipe for a perfect life. But her sometime beau Norman Rhodes tosses a surprise ingredient into the mix when he phones to tell her he's just...
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Lucy Stone volume 19
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English
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Spring has sprung in Tinker's Cove, and Lucy Stone has a mile-long to-do list from painting eggs with her grandson, to preparing the perfect Easter feast, to reviving her garden after a long, cold winter, she hardly has time to search for a killer with a deadly case of spring fever. Lucy has always loved covering the annual Easter egg hunt for the Pennysaver. Hosted by elderly socialite Vivian Van Vorst at Pine Point, her luxurious oceanfront estate,...
32) The scam
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Fox and O'Hare volume 4
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Nicolas Fox is a charming con man and master thief on the run. Kate O'Hare is the FBI agent who is hot on his trail. At least that's what everyone thinks. In reality, Fox and O'Hare are secretly working together to bring down super-criminals the law can't touch. Criminals like brutal casino magnate Evan Trace. --Provided by publisher.
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Vera Stanhope volume 4
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English
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Discovering the body of a woman in the sauna room of her local gym, Inspector Vera Stanhope, hoping that she has uncovered a simple natural-causes death. Strangle bruises reveal that the victim was murdered. Her team begins interviewing staff and those connected to the victim, while Stanhope and colleague Sergeant Joe Ashworth work to find a motive. The victim had worked in social services-- and was involved in a shocking case involving a young child....
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Women's murder club volume 8
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
Description
When celebrated couple Isa and Ethan Bailey become the victims of a murder in which no evidence is left at the scene, Lindsay Boxer begins an investigation, while reporter Cindy Thomas probes the killing of a preacher who may not have been as saintly as he appeared.
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Claire Watkins mystery volume 4
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English
Description
A series of malicious pranks prompts Fort St. Antoine deputy sheriff Claire Watkins to collaborate with forensic experts to solve a mystery with links to the brutal murders of a farming family fifty years earlier.
36) Deserves to die
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Grizzly Falls, Montana brings mutilation two detectives' way as Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli deal with a new commander and seek a murderer whose victims' bodies are each missing a finger. Does the murderer bear a personal grudge, or is this the sign of something even worse?
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Stephanie Plum volume 2
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English
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Cop Joe Morelli made a habit of screwing up Stephanie Plum's life. When he left her hand-cuffed naked to the curtain rod of her shower, she swore it was the last time she'd have anything to do with him. Except now Morelli is back, suggesting a partnership, as their cases overlap.
38) Deadly jewels
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Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
Description
When Martine LeDuc, publicity director for the city of Montréal, is summoned into the mayor's office, she's pleasantly surprised to find the city is due for a PR coup: a doctoral researcher at McGill University claims to have found proof that the British crown jewels were stored in Montréal during WWII. Martine is thrilled to be part of the excavation project, until it turns out that the dig's discoveries include the skeleton of a man with diamonds...
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Keeley Carpenter volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Fearless and flexible, Keeley Carpenter is stuck between the day-to-day of her yoga café and the mystery of yet another murder that has struck her cozy town. --Publisher
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Hannah Swensen mystery volume 1
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English
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No one cooks up a delectable, suspense-filled mystery quite like Hannah Swensen, Joanne Fluke's dessert-baking, red-haired heroine whose gingersnaps are as tart as her comebacks, and whose penchant for solving crimes--one delicious clue at a time--has made her a bestselling favorite. And it all began on these pages, with a bakery, a murder, and some suddenly scandalous chocolate-chip crunchies. Featuring a bonus short story and brand new, mouthwatering...
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