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The Bad Book Affair

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On Borrowed Time

Jenn McKinlay · 294 pages

When her brother, Jack, a world-traveling consultant for a coffee company, goes missing, Briar Creek library director Lindsey Norris gets mixed up in a strange case involving South American business dealings and an exotic woman.

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All the Little Liars

Charlaine Harris · 304 pages

When four kids vanish from the soccer field, including Aurora Teagarden's brother Phillip, Aurora and her husband, true crime writer Robin Crusoe start their own investigation.

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May Day

Jess Lourey · 226 pages

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Miss Zukas and the Library Murders

Jo Dereske · 256 pages

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No Cats Allowed

Miranda James · 289 pages

"In the latest mystery in the New York Times bestselling Cat in the Stacks series, librarian Charlie Harris and his Maine Coon cat Diesel must clear a friend when the evidence is stacked against her ... Springtime in Mississippi is abloom with beauty, but the library's employees are too busy worrying to stop and smell the flowers. The new library director, Elwyn Dillard, is a brash, unfriendly Yan

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Naked Once More

Elizabeth Peters, Barbara Mertz · 332 pages

Kirby is chosen to write a sequel to a bestselling novel whose author disappeared seven years earlier. When she goes to the author's hometown she is plagued by accidents and becomes embroiled in murder, mystery and romance.

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Dog on It

Spencer Quinn · 305 pages

Fabulous, funny new detective novel featuring Bernie, a slightly down-at-heel PI and his offsider, Chet, a dog (and the captivating narrator of the story).I could smell him - or rather the booze on his breath - before he even opened the door, but my sense of smell is pretty good, probably better than yours.So begins this fabulous, funny new detective novel featuring Bernie, a slightly down-at-heel

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Murder by the Book

Betsy Brannon Green · 275 pages

Murder becomes the name of the game when small-town librarian Kennedy Killingsworth meets Foster Scoggins, the leathery-faced resident who applied for a library card just hours before his gruesome death. To complicate matters, Kennedy's ex-husband, Deputy Cade Burrell, seems desperate to find any reason to talk to Kennedy ever since his scandalous affair.

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Reading Up a Storm

Eva Gates · 366 pages

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The Case of the Missing Servant

Tarquin Hall · 320 pages

Light-hearted cosy mystery set in Gurgaon and Lutyens's New Delhi. Satiric but kind.

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Lending a Paw

Laurie Cass · 363 pages

With the help of her rescue cat, Eddie, librarian Minnie Hamilton is driving a bookmobile based in the resort town of Chilson, Michigan. But she'd better keep both hands on the wheel, because it's going to be a bumpy ride... Eddie followed Minnie home one day, and now she can't seem to shake the furry little shadow. But in spite of her efforts to contain her new pal, the tabby sneaks out and tr

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Cat Trick

Sofie Kelly · 371 pages

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Charmed to Death

Shirley Damsgaard · 288 pages

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Killer Librarian

Mary Lou Kirwin

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Thirty-Four and a Half Predicaments

Denise Grover Swank · 372 pages

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Killer Insight

Victoria Laurie · 296 pages

When a childhood friend of Abby's from Denver, Colorado, finds herself short one bridesmaid, it doesn't take a professional psychic to see the opportunity for a much-needed getaway. But one bridesmaid after the next is mysteriously flying the coop, and Abby's intuition tells her their final destination isn't pretty. With the wedding party falling apart and her gift of sight never quite so foggy, A

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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.

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Slightly Irregular

Rhonda Pollero

"The fourth novel in the F.A.T. series finds Finley Tanner facing two impossible tasks: track down a missing lawyer from her firm, and find a date for her sister's wedding. Finley may have bitten off more than she can chew when she discovers that the lawyer is not who she claims to be--and may be implicated in the unsolved murder of a pageant queen. On top of that, Finley's taking her boss, Tony,

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Trapped

Irene Hannon · 396 pages

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Double Dip

Gretchen Archer · 270 pages

Things are dicey at work. A personal assistant goes missing, a little old lady goes on a suspicious winning streak, and a Bellissimo executive goes gaga for Davis Way. She follows a disappearing slot-tournament player trail to the So Help Me God Pentecostal Church in Beehive, Alabama, then jumps headlong into a high stakes holy scandal. She's on a losing streak at home, too. Her days, nights, and

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So Damn Lucky

Deborah Coonts · 396 pages

Casino fixer Lucky O'Toole's search for a missing magician is complicated by a confrontation with The Big Boss, the hopeful advances of coworker Paxton Dane, and a blisteringly amorous French chef.

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Cockatiels at Seven

Donna Andrews · 320 pages

When her old friend Karen drops by with two-year-old son Timmy, Meg Langslow reluctantly agrees to babysit just for a little while. But when nightfall comes, the toddler is still in residence and Karen isn't answering any phone calls. Meg decides she must find out what's happening, so the next morning, with Timmy in tow, she retraces her friend's footsteps--and begins to suspect that Karen's disap

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Thugs and Kisses

Sue Ann Jaffarian · 332 pages

"With the class bully murdered at her 30th high school reunion and her annoying boss Michael Steele suddenly missing, Odelia Grey, aka 'Corpse Magnet, ' doesn't know which mystery to poke her big nose into first. The action is hot and heavy as Odelia confronts demented contract assassins, tangled love relationships, and killer cravings for Thin Mints Girl Scout Cookies."--Jacket.

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The Impossible Fortune

Richard Osman · 369 pages

The unmissable new mystery in the Thursday Murder Club series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Osman, now streaming on Netflix Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wedding to plan? It’s been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still prov

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