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Author
Publisher
The Good and Beautiful Library
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The heartwarming story of the unlikely friendship that forms between an Egyptian nobleman's son, Kaffe, and Sari, a slave girl from the Sinai region. Together, they come to understand each other's cultures, learn the traditions and farming methods of the people who live along the Nile, uncover foul play during a bullfight, find themselves in danger while seeking adventure, understand Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife, and ultimately solve the mystery...
Author
Series
Sugarcreek Amish mysteries volume 31
Publisher
Guideposts books & Inspirational
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
It's Christmastime in Sugarcreek and Cheryl Miller has a lot to accomplish if she is going to be ready in time for Christmas day. However, her to-do- list takes a back seat when she learns that there have been several thefts in the area. And when the Swiss Miss gift shop is hit next, she knows she can't sit back and wait for the thief to be caught.
Author
Series
Sugarcreek Amish mysteries volume 32
Publisher
Guideposts Books & Inspirational Media
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Sugarcreek is a wonderful place anytime, but especially at Christmas if you ask Cheryl Miller. And this year is extra special because her husband, Levi, has been asked to help construct a live nativity set for their church. But tragedy strikes on the very first day when Rudy, the actor playing angel, falls from the roof of the stable. The police discover that the set was sabotaged, and they arrested Levi, who not only built the stable but has a long-standing...
4) The charity shop detective agency: an absolutely gripping cozy mystery filled with twists and turns
Author
Series
Publisher
Joffe Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A serial killer is stalking the elderly of Southbourne. The only clue left behind is a domino in the hand of each victim - with a name scratched on the back. Eighty-six-year-old Sarah Brown is found dead in her hallway one morning by her delivery man. She was stabbed in the back. Fiona, Sue and Daisy, volunteers at the local charity shop, Dogs Need Nice Homes, can't belive their favourite customer is dead. The ladies vow to bring the killer to justice....
Author
Series
Scottish Bakehouse mysteries volume 21
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Author
Series
Scottish bakehouse mysteries volume 23
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Oportet Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The chance to pursue a new opportunity takes Harriet and her brother Julian, to Kuala Lumpur, but death is waiting. Singapore 1910: Harriet Gordon has been dismissed from the job she loved and finds herself cast adrift. When her brother receives an invitation to visit a prestigious school in Kuala Lumpur, she and Julian decide to leave Singapore behind for a few days, but their pleasant visit takes a dark turn when a visitor to the school is shot...
Author
Series
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
It's Hero Day at Loch Mallaig Elementary, and Bread on Arrival bakehouse owner Carol MacCallan thinks she's really made the grade when her granddaughter, Maisie, gives her top marks for her amateur detective work. Others at the Michigan town's grade school have caught wind of Carol's skills as well, and a handful of teachers ask her to look into the disappearance of some odd supplies from their classrooms. Unfortunately, the simple theft investigation...
Author
Series
Alice England mystery volume 1
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"While the kids at school taunt her and call her "Alice in Zombieland," Alice England finds refuge at her father's funeral home, where the dead tell her stories. As she arranges the deceased's personal mementos, an item will hum with meaning-resonance-and Alice will see the story of their life. When she "meets" George Devenish, a man who died of a rare sunlight allergy, Alice knows George was murdered. Her only leads are George's niece, "Violet the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Although former event planner Molly Ferris doesn't consider herself much of a daredevil, she can always count on her best friends Laura Donovan and Carol MacCallan to bring out her adventurous side--just as they did when they convinced her to move to Loch Mallaig, Michigan, and open their Scottish bakehouse, Bread on Arrival. When the opportunity arises to join Laura on a summer getaway to Beau Isle National Park with Laura's latest beau, Professor...
12) A Hopeless Ness
Author
Series
Scottish Bakehouse mysteries volume 19
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Rumors of strange sightings in the local lake are making waves in Loch Mallaig, Michigan, where Molly Ferris and her best friends, Carol MacCallan and Laura Donovan, operate a popular Scottish bakehouse. Molly has heard the gossip floating around about the so-called Loch Mallaig Monster and chalked it up to the Month of the Faeries, the October pranking tradition celebrated by the town. The last thing she expects when she visits the pier is to actually...
13) One Final Target
Author
Language
English
Description
"A warrant service in the San Bernardino Mountains goes horribly wrong when an IED blast kills four police officers. Devastated by the loss of her team, the lone survivor, Long Beach sergeant Jodie King, struggles with her guilt and grief, especially as the case remains open with no clear leads or suspects. Weeks after the explosion, Jodie retires from the police department and returns to the mountain bomb site seeking peace and resolution . . . only...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Five years after working for the Office of Strategic Services with Nick, whom she gets close to until the World War II' end brings with it an act of deep betrayal, former spy Evelyn, now working as a PI, finds herself back in Nick's orbit when her latest case brings the war to her doorstep.
Author
Series
ChupaCarter volume 3
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When Ernie's dad is accused of stealing artifacts related to the legendary El Dorado gold, Jorge and his friends set out to clear his name and run into a fiendish ring of thieves along the way.
Author
Publisher
Fitzroy Books, an imprint of Regal House Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In 1930s Pittsburgh, orphaned Lewis Carter and his ragtag gang of friends face new dangers and challenges when their hideout is threatened by floods and people experiencing homelessness start mysteriously disappearing from the streets. As the gang goes all out to investigate, the evidence once again seems to implicate the steel tycoon who had Lewis's father killed.
17) Rough trade
Author
Publisher
MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In this propulsive follow-up to The Best Bad Things, Alma Rosales (and her alter ego, Jack Camp) is back as a stevedore and part-time opium smuggler"--
Author
Series
Scottish Bakehouse mysteries volume 20
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
19) Cast a cold eye
Author
Series
Jimmy Dreghorn mystery volume 2
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"In 1930s Glasgow, partners Jimmy Dreghorn and Archie McDaid face a danger that threatens to set their city aflame-the second novel in the acclaimed mystery series"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Keylight Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"It's a steamy summer Ottawa day when Cate is called out to the nitrate facility to investigate an apparent suicide. The eerie building is filled with deteriorating nitrate film that could literally spontaneously combust. When Cate's life is threatened by a stray spark, she suspects that the suicide might be murder. Despite pressure from the police to pronounce on cause quickly, Cate is bloody-minded enough to keep investigating. Whether she's looking...