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Opal Fire

Barbra Annino · 291 pages

Stacy Justice did not expect to be set on fire that night but being raised by withes prepares one for life's little surprises. When a decades-old secret is discovered within the walls of her cousin's bar eve Stacy is rattled. Now someone wants her dead and she finds herself dodging angry motorists, exploding chickens and a creepy man who seems to lurk around every corner.

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How to Seal Your Own Fate

Kristen Perrin · 320 pages

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A Story to Kill

Lynn Cahoon · 320 pages

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Black Cat Crossing

Kay Finch · 296 pages

"Sabrina has never been the superstitious type. Still, when she moves to Lavender, Texas, to write her first novel and help her Aunt Rowe manage her vacation rental business, Sabrina can't avoid listening to the rumors that a local black cat is a jinx--especially after the stray in question leads her directly to the scene of a murder. The deceased turns out to be none other than her Aunt Rowe's aw

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Killer Characters

Ellery Adams · 291 pages

When her friend, fellow Bayside Book Writer Laurel, is arrested for the murder of her husbands lover, Olivia protests her arrest, and with her fellow Bayside Book Writers divided, must race against time to prove Laurels innocence before her story ends in tragedy.

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Turkey Day Murder

Leslie Meier · 256 pages

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The Ghost and Mrs. Fletcher

Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain · 315 pages

"In the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series--make room for Jessica Fletcher as she cleans house to catch a killer who hasn't got a ghost of a chance. Jessica's friend, Eve Simpson is the town's premiere real estate agent and has recently taken on the task of selling one of Cabot Cove's oldest properties--the Spencer Percy House, built in 1805 by a sea captain for his young wife. Its cur

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Death On Demand

Carolyn G. Hart · 237 pages

The prime suspect in the murder of author Elliot Morgan, Annie Laurance Darling, owner of the Death on Demand mystery bookstore, embarks on an investigation in an attempt to clear her name.

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I Dreamed I Married Perry Mason

Susan Kandel · 304 pages

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A Dark and Stormy Murder

Julia Buckley · 304 pages

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Murder, She Wrote: A Killing in Real Estate

Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran

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The PMS Murder

Laura Levine · 256 pages

On the frontlines of the battle of the bulge, otherwise known as trying on bathing suits in the communal dressing room at Loehmann's, freelance writer Jaine Austen makes a new friend--a wannabe actress named Pam--and gets a new job: sprucing up Pam's bare-bones resume. Their feeling of connection is mutual, so Pam invites Jaine to join The PMS Club-a women's support group that meets once a week ov

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Witch Way to Murder

Shirley Damsgaard · 292 pages

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Strangled Prose

Joan Hess · 187 pages

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A High-End Finish

Kate Carlisle · 321 pages

Shannon Hammer, owner of a successful home renovation and repair business in the seaside town of Lighthouse Cove in northern California, is the prime suspect in the murder of real estate agent Jerry Saxton. After the two of them go on a disastrous blind date, Jerry's body is found in a run-down Victorian home that Shannon has been hired to restore. The town's attractive new police chief suspects S

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Vows, Vendettas and a Little Black Dress

Kyra Davis · 305 pages

Overjoyed at Maryanne's engagement, amateur sleuth and mystery author Sophie Katz can't wait for the wedding vows and party toasts to begin. But then Dena--best friend, bridesmaid and all-around vixen--is mysteriously shot just after the announcement, leaving Sophie to wonder whether Mary Ann, who's intent on a Disney-themed wedding with successful toymaker Monty Sanchez, was the real target--or e

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The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare

Lilian Jackson Braun · 225 pages

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The Trouble With Magic

Madelyn Alt · 366 pages

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Pleating for Mercy

Melissa Bourbon · 303 pages

Opening a custom dressmaking boutique in the old farmhouse she inherited from her late great-grandmother, Harlow Jane Cassidy gets more than she bargained for when her first client is accused of murder and she must help find the real killer--with a little help from beyond.

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The Last Chance Olive Ranch

Susan Wittig Albert · 360 pages

"In this exciting new mystery from New York Times bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert, China Bayles fears for her husband's life as an escaped convict targets him ... Max Mantel, the killer McQuaid put away years ago, has busted out of Huntsville Prison and appears to be headed for Pecan Springs. McQuaid knows there's only one way to stop the vengeful convict--set a trap with himself as bait. C

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Fixin' To Die

Tonya Kappes · 221 pages

Kenni Lowry likes to think the zero crime rate in Cottonwood, Kentucky is due to her being sheriff, but she quickly discovers the ghost of her grandfather, the town’s previous sheriff, has been scaring off any would-be criminals since she was elected. When the town’s most beloved doctor is found murdered on the very same day as a jewelry store robbery, and a mysterious symbol ties the crime sce

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Fatal Fixer-Upper

Jennie Bentley, Jenna Bennett · 332 pages

With the help of a hunky handyman, Avery Baker, a former New York textile designer, begins fixing up her aunt's crumbling estate, until she discovers clues that lead to a missing local professor, in this first installment in a new mystery series that features home-renovation and design tips.

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