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Author
Series
Book retreat mystery volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
Tucked away in the rolling hills of rural western Virginia is the storybook resort of Storyton Hall, catering to book lovers who want to get away from it all. To increase her number of bookings, resort manager Jane Steward has decided to host a Murder and Mayhem week so that fans of the mystery genre can gather together for some role-playing and fantasy crime solving. But when the winner of the scavenger hunt, Felix Hampden, is found dead in the Mystery...
Author
Series
Book retreat mystery volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
With Valentine's Day just around the corner, Jane Steward is organizing a week of activities for fans of love stories at her book-themed resort. Then Rosamund York, one of the most celebrated authors in attendance, is killed. It's up to Jane, with the help of her book club, the Cover Girls, to catalogue the list of suspects and find a heartless killer quickly--before the murderer writes someone else off. --Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Book retreat mystery volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
There is a hidden garden bordering the grounds of Jane Steward's book-themed resort--a garden filled with beautiful but deadly plants such as mandrake and nightshade. Tucked away behind ivy-covered walls and accessible only through a single locked door, as described in the pages of Frances Hodges Burnett's classic novel, the garden is of special interest to Jane's current group of guests, The Medieval Herbalists. But when one of them turns up dead,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
The New York Times–bestselling cozy mystery series continues at a Virginia book-themed getaway where there are multiple murders to solve.
With her twins, Fitzgerald and Hemingway, back in school, Jane Steward can finally focus on her work again—managing Storyton Hall, and breaking ground on the resort's latest attraction: a luxurious, relaxing spa named in honor of Walt Whitman. But when the earth is dug up
Author
Series
Book retreat mystery volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
In order to save her boyfriend, who has been kidnapped, Jane Steward is forced to lead his captor to a historic estate that he believes houses Ernest Hemingway's lost suitcase, a search that leads instead to murder.
Author
Series
Book retreat mystery volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Storyton Hall, Virginia, is a top travel destination for book lovers and the perfect spot for literary events. But as a children's book publisher hosts a gathering there, some folks aren't going to live--happier ever after or otherwise . . . Jane Steward's resort is hopping--not only is Peppermint Press's conference in full swing, there are also lots of families staying on the premises, bringing their kids to events like a scavenger hunt through...
Author
Series
Book retreat mystery volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Virginia is for lovers--and Storyton Hall is its best vacation spot for lovers of books. The big event this summer at Jane Steward's resort is A Bookish Cook-Off. It's a blend of the literary and the culinary--but someone's headed for the mortuary... Six chefs are preparing to compete in an outdoor tent at Storyton Hall for prizes that will boost their careers--but is there someone who can't stand the heat? It looks that way when one of the contestants...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
For bibliophiles who love Rita Mae Brown and Alexander McCall Smith comes the latest witty story in the beloved series set at Virginia's book-themed resort, Storyton Hall, from the New York Times bestselling author. In this latest literary mystery, a killer inspired by Lord Alfred Tennyson's "The Lady of Shallot" doesn't stanza chance with resort manager Jane Steward is on the case!
When corpses clutching poems begin...
When corpses clutching poems begin...
Author
Series
Book retreat mystery volume 9
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Jane and her fiancé, Edwin, are headed to the North Carolina coast for a much-needed vacation. Their harborside loft has floor-to-ceiling bookcases and breathtaking views, but Jane's hopes of exploring the town with her man are stymied when Edwin steps on a stingray. Things take an even less romantic turn when Jane stumbles across a dead body... Instead of taking leisurely beach strolls, Jane is suddenly on a literary chase through time, unearthing...
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