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Nighty-Nightmare

James Howe · 122 pages

When scary strangers appear at the Monroes' overnight campsite, Chester the cat tries to convince the family's two dogs that foul play is intended.

Animal NarratorDogsLightheartedFirst Person Narrator
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Elvis and the Dearly Departed

Peggy Webb · 233 pages

They say you can’t get to Heaven without passing through the Eternal Rest Funeral Home. And no one gets into Eternal Rest without passing muster with Elvis—the basset hound who’s convinced he’s the reincarnation of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Brewing up a big ol’ pitcher of Mississippi mystery, Peggy Webb’s delightful new series is as intoxicating as the Delta breeze. Normally, Callie Valentine Jo

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The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog

John R. Erickson · 144 pages

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Cat on the Scent

Rita Mae Brown, Sneaky Pie Brown · 321 pages

It takes a cat to write the purr-fect mystery.Things have been pretty exciting lately in Crozet, Virginia--a little too exciting if you ask resident feline investigator Mrs. Murphy. Just as the town starts to buzz over its Civil War reenactment, a popular local man disappears. No one's seen Tommy Van Allen's single-engine plane, either--except for Mrs. Murphy, who spotted it during a foggy evening

Animal NarratorDogsCozy MysteryMystery
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Bunnicula

James Howe, Deborah Howe · 98 pages

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Them Bones

Carolyn Haines · 327 pages

If only I hadn't kidnapped the dog...but the ransom paid the mortgage....Now I seem to be a private eye....I shouldn't have listened to that ghost....Meet Sarah Booth Delaney...an unconventional Southern belle whose knack for uncovering the truth is about to make her the hottest detective in Zinnia, Mississippi...if it doesn't make her the deadest.No self-respecting lady would allow herself to end

Private InvestigatorAmerican SouthCozy MysteryFirst Person Narrator
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Whiskey Rebellion

Liliana Hart · 312 pages

Private InvestigatorAmerican SouthCozy MysteryMystery
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Dog Gone Ghost

Angie Fox

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Heart Trouble

Kathy Hogan Trocheck, Mary Kay Andrews · 278 pages

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A Pedigree to Die For

Laurien Berenson · 288 pages

Win, Place...Or Die. The apparent heart attack that killed kennel owner Max Turnbull has left seven pups in mourning, and his wife Peg suspecting foul play. But the only evidence is their missing prize pooch--a pedigreed poodle named Beau. Enter Melanie Travis. With her young son happily ensconced in day damp, the thirty-something teacher and single mother is talked into investigating her uncl

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Witch is When The Bubble Burst

Adele Abbott · 234 pages

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Obsession, Deceit, and Really Dark Chocolate

Kyra Davis · 350 pages

Sophie Katz's relationship with the irresistible and occasionally insufferable P.I. Anatoly Darinsky is on the fritz when a friend recruits Sophie's investigation skills to decode her possibly two-timing husband's strange behavior. When Sophie shows up in a short, red cocktail dress and her friend's hubby winds up dead, the loveable would-be sleuth can't help but take on the job. Suddenly plunged

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The Case of the Lost Boy

Dori Hillestad Butler

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The Trouble With Chickens

Doreen Cronin · 119 pages

A hard-bitten former search-and-rescue dog helps solve a complicated missing chicken case.

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Double Whammy

Gretchen Archer · 299 pages

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Upchuck and the Rotten Willy

Bill Wallace · 112 pages

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Takedown Twenty

Janet Evanovich · 337 pages

New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum knows better than to mess with family. But when powerful mobster Salvatore "Uncle Sunny" Sunucchi goes on the lam in Trenton, it's up to Stephanie to find him. Uncle Sunny is charged with murder for running over a guy (twice), and nobody wants to turn him in -- not his poker buddies, not his bimbo girlfriend, not his two right-hand men, Shorty and Moe. Even

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Geronimo's Valentine

Geronimo Stilton, Elisabetta Dami · 118 pages

When Geronimo gets a call to help Hercule Poirat solve a mystery at the same time as his date with Petunia Pretty Paws, what is a gentlemouse to do?

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Fluke

James Herbert · 215 pages

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Real Murders

Charlaine Harris

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Blue Shoes and Happiness

Alexander McCall Smith · 256 pages

In this seventh installment in the internationally bestselling, universally beloved series, there is considerable excitement at the shared premises of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. A cobra has been found in Precious Ramotswe's office. Then a nurse from a local medical clinic reveals to Mma Ramotswe that faulty blood-pressure readings are being recorded there.

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A Dog's Journey

W. Bruce Cameron · 368 pages

This is the highly anticipated sequel to *A Dog’s Purpose*. *A Dog’s Journey* picks up right where *A Dog’s Purpose* left off—with Buddy, an aging Labrador, pondering his life and concluding he’s a good dog. He has done many important thing through his multiple lives, and in the end he feels he has fulfilled his purpose. When he passes, there is no reason for him to be reborn. And yet… There

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Mysteries According to Humphrey

Betty G. Birney

After learning about Sherlock Holmes, Humphrey the classroom hamster follows clues to try to discover why Mrs. Brisbane is gone and Mr. E, a fun but not very educational substitute, is taking her place in Room 26 at Longfellow School.

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Wrecked

Carol Higgins Clark · 261 pages

When Regan Reilly and her husband Jack join his siblings at his parents' vacation home on Cape Cod, it turns out to be anything but a relaxing time.

Private InvestigatorCozy MysteryLightheartedMystery

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