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Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
MURDER IN BALLYNAGH... Despite County Wicklow's dismal autumn rain, American translator Torrey Tunet is happy to be back in Ireland after a European assignment. She's longing for a lovely peat fire in her Ballynagh cottage when she spots a forlorn child fresh off the Dublin bus with no one to meet her. Reluctantly taking charge of delivering the child to Gwathney Hall, Torrey walks right into trouble. Historian John Gwathney has just been brutally...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Life is smooth as buttercream at the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery, and newlyweds Mel and Joe are stopping to smell the flours. But things start to crumble one night when an unknown gunman takes a shot at Mel. Though the bullets miss their mark, the cupcake crew goes on high alert to figure out who would want to kill a small-town baker, and why. When more business owners are attacked, things turn fatal, and locals begin to wonder if the killer could...
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Newlyweds Brooklyn and Derek are enjoying the final days of their honeymoon in Paris. As they're browsing the book stalls along the Seine, Brooklyn finds the perfect gift for Derek, a first edition James Bond novel, The Spy Who Loved Me. When they bump into Ned, an old friend from Derek's spy days, Brooklyn shows him her latest treasure. Once they're back home in San Francisco, they visit a spy shop Ned mentioned. The owner begs them to let him display...
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English
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"Sarah Grayson and her rescue cat, Elvis, can always be found at a charming secondhand shop in the village of North Harbor, Maine. Despite the small-town setting, the daring duo often find themselves wrapped up in murder, but luckily they have help--a quirky group of senior citizens runs an amateur detective agency called Charlotte's Angels out of the store. The Angels are hired to look into who is sabotaging cat shows in the state, and they decide...
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English
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Years ago, Victor Janes ran off with his brother Leo's wife; now a dying Leo has invited him home to reconcile. But librarian Kathleen Paulson knows Leo's granddaughter Mia doesn't like her great-uncle. When Kathleen discovers Leo's body, she teams up with her two magical cats, Owen and Hercules, to prove Mia's father, Simon, isn't the killer.
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Language
English
Description
Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura are determined to win the Challenge to the Chef at this year's Scottsdale Food Festival. Taking home first prize will be great publicity for their Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery. Mel's culinary school mentor, celebrity chef Vic Mazzotta, is one of the judges, but Mel and Angie will have to win fair and square. But it turns out the real contest is finding out who iced Vic Mazzotta - literally, when his body is found inside...
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Publisher
Wheeler Publishing
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A widow tries to rebuild her life only to have her past come back to haunt her. After the mysterious death of her husband leaves her broke and floundering, MaryBeth Cashour moves to Sandy Shores Island. Her mother, who died from cancer soon after Bernie disappeared, has left her not only the paperwork showing that she was adopted, but enough money to purchase a Christmas shop. MaryBeth has no relatives or friends and not much self-esteem, but all...
16) Illegally iced
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Donut shop owner Suzanne Hart knows how to treat her customers. But sometimes life on Main Street can get a bit sticky. A spat she has with a local blacksmith -- one that could have been resolved with a handshake and a mixed dozen -- ends when the man is murdered. Suddenly everyone in April Springs has their eyes on Suzanne. With little choice but to catch the killer herself, she starts lining up suspects. But the case is full of holes . . .
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English
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"Shannon's good friend and retired tech billionaire, Raphael Nash, is loving his new retired life but he can't stay unoccupied for too long. He's started the Marigold Foundation that helps fund small companies and individuals who do humanitarian work around the world. It's an exciting time in Lighthouse Cove as Raphael hosts the first ever global conference inviting big thinkers from every area of industry to give presentations on eco-living. Raphael's...
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Series
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Imagine waking up in your son's home, not remembering anything from the day before, and being accused of murder. Cantankerous octogenarian Paul Jacobson struggles with short-term memory loss. As he ends up suspiciously close to a bank robbery, a kidnapping, and a drug bust, his granddaughter helps him track down the real perpetrators. Paul juggles two girlfriends and confronts a murderer in this second in the series.
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Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Meg Langlsow volunteers to help her parents when the Caerphilly Garden Club sponsors its first annual rose show. But after a few hours of dealing with her parents' competitors, Meg is worried--someone is attempting to kill the wealthy woman on whose estate the competition is being held. Could it be one of the eccentric rose growers after the coveted Black Swan trophy? Or one of the animal welfare activists--which includes Meg's zoologist grandfather--resorting...