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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorClaws and Effect
Rita Mae Brown · 297 pages
CLAWS AND EFFECTWinter puts tiny Crozet, Virginia, in a deep freeze and everyone seems to be suffering from the winter blahs, including postmistress Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen. So all are ripe for the juicy gossip coming out of Crozet Hospital--until the main source of that gossip turns up dead. It's not like Harry to resist a mystery, and she soon finds the hospital a hotbed of ego, jealousy,
The Tail of the Tip-Off
Rita Mae Brown, Sneaky Pie Brown · 338 pages
The Tail of the Tip-OffWhen winter hits Crozet, Virginia, it hits hard--and hangs on for months. That's nothing new to postmistress Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and her friends, who keep warm with hard work, hot toddies, and rabid rooting for the University of Virginia's women's basketball team at the old stadium affectionately dubbed "The Clam." But the usual postgame high spirits are laid low wh
Carrot Cake Murder
Joanne Fluke · 324 pages
Between baking up a storm for The Cookie Jar and unraveling the mystery of her cat Moishe’s recent strange behavior, Hannah Swensen has a lot on her plate. But she’ll always make time for her business partner, Lisa, who’s in the midst of preparing for a big family reunion. Everyone is delighted when Lisa’s long-lost uncle makes a surprise appearance. No one has heard from Gus in twenty-five years.
Pouncing on Murder
Laurie Cass · 344 pages
Springtime in Chilson, Michigan, means it's librarian Minnie Hamilton's favorite time of year: maple syrup season! But her excitement fades when her favorite syrup provider, Henry Gill, dies in a sugaring accident. It's tough news to swallow...even if the old man wasn't as sweet as his product. On the bookmobile rounds with her trusty rescue cat Eddie, Minnie meets Adam, the old man's friend, w
A Fright to the Death
Dawn Eastman · 293 pages
"After their flight to Mexico is canceled, Clyde and her detective boyfriend, Mac, end up snowed in with their families at a supposedly haunted hotel. Clyde's tarot card-reading mother, Rose, is making dire predictions for the weekend, and self-proclaimed pet psychic Aunt Vi is enchanted by the legend of the hotel's ghost-- until power goes out and a body turns up. With a hotel full of stranded su
A Stitch in Time
Monica Ferris · 247 pages
The art of needlecraft requires patience, discipline, and creativity. So, too, does the art of detection. Just ask Betsy Devonshire--who's learning that life in a small-town needlecraft shop can reveal an unexpected knack for knitting ... and a hidden talent for unraveling crime. The cold, blustery Midwest winters don't exactly agree with Betsy Devonshire, but since moving to Excelsior, Minneso
Rotten to the Core
Sheila Connolly · 298 pages
Spring has come to Meg Corey's apple orchard -- and it's quickly becoming a killer season. Just as she's getting the hang of managing the two-hundred-year-old orchard she's inherited, the dead body of a local organic farming enthusiast is found in her springhouse. And the only thing that's sprung is a murder accusation -- against her... The young man's body was found with traces of pesticide po
Dangerous Alterations
Elizabeth Lynn Casey · 264 pages
When her philandering ex, along with his great-aunt, is murdered, Yankee librarian Tori Sinclair must rely on her friends from the Sweet Briar Ladies Society sewing circle to help her prove her innocence before everything she has worked so hard for unravels.
Candy Apple Dead
Sammi Carter · 240 pages
Abby Shaw has returned to her hometown of Paradise, Coloradoleaving behind a career in corporate law and a cheating husbandto take over her aunt's candy shop, Divinity. But her sweet new life quickly turns sour when a fellow merchant dies in a fire. With all clues pointing to arsonand Abby's brother as the number one suspectshe must sink her teeth into finding the killer.
Quilt or Innocence
Elizabeth Spann Craig · 296 pages
Retired folk art curator Beatrice Coleman knows everything there is to know about quilts, except how to make them. But with her recent move to Dappled Hills, North Carolina, she's learning all sorts of new things--including how to solve a murder. Includes quilting tips.
Town in a Blueberry Jam
B.B. Haywood · 312 pages
"In the quaint seaside village of Cape Willington, Maine, Candy Holliday has a mostly idyllic life, tending to the Blueberry Acres farm she runs with her father, and occasionally stepping to to solve a murder or two ... Candy is just as shocked as the rest of the locals when two murders occur back-to-back. First, an aging playboy takes a midnight nosedive off a seaside cliff. Then, gossip columnis