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"Kate Parker knows what she's getting into when she marries billionaire businessman Hank Tudor--she's his sixth wife, after all, and was by his side as his assistant when his fifth marriage to actress Caitlyn Howard fell apart. But honeymoon plans go awry when a headless body is discovered near Hank's summer home, forcing Kate to contend with two more of his exes: Catherine Alvarez--the first--who lives as a shut-in with her computers, carefully following...
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Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Murder Most Puzzling is a gorgeous and witty book that invites readers to play detective and solve a series of absorbing, murder-mystery-themed puzzles. Readers are cast as the faithful sidekick to amateur sleuth Medea Thorne in order to solve 20 puzzling cases. Meet a cast of colorful characters'from ghost hunter extraordinaire Augustin Artaud, to Leonard Fanshawe, a competitor in the Annual Perfect Pickled Foods Festival. A witty riff on the classic...
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Murder, She Wrote mysteries volume 57
Murder She Wrote mystery volume 57
Murder She Wrote mysteries volume 57
Murder She Wrote mystery volume 57
Murder She Wrote mysteries volume 57
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Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Former editor of the Cabot Cove Gazette, Evelyn Phillips is back in Cabot Cove. Evelyn tells Jessica and Seth that she got a couple of really weird notes from Bertha Mae Cormier so she's come back to town to check on her old friend. She demands that Jessica come with her to see Bertha Mae, who is a bit dithery but no more so than Jessica remembers her being in recent years. Jessica does become somewhat concerned when Bertha Mae starts to talk about...
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Kate Warner is many things: the country's first female detective, a Pinkerton agent, and a Union spy. It's August 1863, and her latest assignment could finally end the bloody war and bring the fractured United States together again. All she has to do is win the trust of her captive: Confederate spy and socialite Rose Greenhow. But with Rose well aware of Kate's working-class background and belief in abolitionism, it seems an impossible task. Worse,...
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Writer's Digest Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"Suspense is one of the most powerful tools a writer has for captivating readers--but it isn't just for thrillers. From mainstream fiction to memoir, suspense creates the emotional tension that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. Mastering Suspense, Structure, & Plot is your hands-on guide to weaving suspense into your narrative. Award-winning author Jane K. Cleland teaches you how to navigate genre conventions, write for your audience, and...
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Everyman's library volume 417
Publisher
Alfred A Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Here in one volume is an exceptional selection from Chester Himes's acclaimed Harlem Detectives series. Winner of France's prestigious Grand Prix de Littérature Policière and lauded by Jean Cocteau as a "prodigious masterpiece," A Rage in Harlem introduces detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson in a searing escapade. In The Real Cool Killers, the duo investigates a shooting and discovers an unsettling personal connection. In The Crazy...
9) The trial
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Century
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"When hero policeman Grant Cliveden dies from a poisoning in the Old Bailey, it threatens to shake the country to its core. The evidence points to one man. Jimmy Knight has been convicted of multiple offences before and defending him will be no easy task. Not least because this is trainee barrister Adam Green's first case. But it will quickly become clear that Jimmy Knight is not the only person in Cliveden's past with an axe to grind. The only thing...
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A to Z mysteries.Super edition volume 2
Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[1899]
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English
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The hunt is on! Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are spending Thanksgiving in Plymouth, Massachusetts. They can't wait to see the sights and have a Thanksgiving dinner, just like the Pilgrims would have eaten. Then the kids learn about a sapphire necklace that went missing on the real Mayflower. Could the 400-year-old treasure be hidden somewhere nearby? And will someone else find it before they do?.
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"In Easter Basket Murder by Leslie Meier, a shopping spree turns deadly, leaving part-time reporter Lucy Stone to stop a murderer from springing back into action. In Death by Easter Egg by Lee Hollis, restauranteur Hayley Powell is thrilled to introduce her grandson to local springtime traditions. But when a decadent peanut butter treat kills the Easter bunny himself, it's up to Hayley to crack the clues. In Hopped Along by Barbara Ross, Julia Snowden's...