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The Lover's Knot

Clare O'Donohue · 293 pages

Nell Fitzgerald is thrilled when she receives a gorgeous handmade quilt in a lover's knot pattern from her grandmother Eleanor as an engagement gift. Her joy is short-lived, however, when her fiance announces he's calling off the wedding. Heartbroken, 25-year-old Nell flees New York City for her grandmother's home in quaint Archers Rest. In this small town Eleanor's life revolves around her quilt

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Murder at the Lighthouse

Frances Evesham · 186 pages

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A Taste for Murder

Claudia Bishop · 240 pages

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Pancakes and Corpses

Agatha Frost · 210 pages

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Murder Takes the Cake

Gayle Trent

A routine cake delivery becomes a culinary nightmare when a small-town baker discovers her first client's dead body. It'll take more than a little sugar to convince folks Daphne Martin's freshly baked spice cake was not to blame for the mysterious death of town gossip Yodel Watson. Getting her new cake decorating business, Daphne's Delectable Cakes, off the ground is hard enough now that Daphne's

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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.

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Drizzled with Death

Jessie Crockett

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A Spoonful of Murder

Connie Archer

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While My Pretty One Knits

Anne Canadeo · 272 pages

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Outfoxed

Rita Mae Brown · 409 pages

From the bestselling author of the landmark work Rubyfruit Jungle comes an engaging, original new novel that only Rita Mae Brown could have written. In the pristine world of Virginia foxhunting, hunters, horses, hounds, and foxes form a lively community of conflicting loyalties, where the thrill of the chase and the intricacies of human-animal relationships are experienced firsthand--and murder ex

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A Crafty Killing

Lorraine Bartlett

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Meet Your Baker

Ellie Alexander · 320 pages

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A Dark and Stormy Murder

Julia Buckley · 304 pages

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A Potion to Die For

Heather Blake · 336 pages

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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

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Eggs in Purgatory

Laura Childs · 289 pages

Suzanne, Toni, and Petra lose their husbands but find independence when they open the Cackleberry Club. Then their cozy cafe becomes the scene of a crime when a lawyer dies with a secret on his lips and egg on his face. What this all has to do with a religious cult and Suzanne's past could put her own life on the line.

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Lost and Fondue

Avery Aames · 311 pages

When a body is found in a long-abandoned winery, Providence, Ohio cheese shop owner Charlotte Bessette trades in her fondue fork for a flashlight to clear a friend's niece of suspicion. But as Charlotte starts to turn up the truth, the killer starts turning up the heat.

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Crime and Poetry

Amanda Flower · 395 pages

Violet Waverly rushes home to her ailing grandmother to find it was all a ploy to get her closer to home. Violet begins working in Charming Books, her grandma's magical bookshop. Soon a dead man is discovered clutching a volume of Emily Dickinson's poems and Violet is caught up in the mystery.

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The Whole Cat and Caboodle

Sofie Ryan · 352 pages

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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.

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A Gala Event

Sheila Connolly · 361 pages

The fall harvest may be just about over, but orchard owner Meg Corey is busier than ever planning her wedding to Seth Chapin. Who knew picking apples would be less work than picking out rings and a dress? And even though the happy couple has invited most of Granford, Massachusetts, to the ceremony, they might have to make room for one more guest… freestar Ex-con Aaron Eastman has unexpectedl

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Tumbling Blocks

Earlene Fowler · 299 pages

With Christmas just a few weeks away, Benni’s boss, Constance Sinclair, demands that she investigate the death of a local socialite. It’s not long before Benni recognizes that there may be some deadly truth to Constance’s suspicions. She’ll need to crack an exclusive circle of suspects, before one more gourmet goose gets cooked.

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Read It and Weep

Jenn McKinlay

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A Murderous Yarn

Monica Ferris · 243 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. Heavens to Betsy Devonshire! She never intended to get so caught up in this year's antique car race. But as sponsor

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