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The Stabbing in the Stables

Simon Brett · 368 pages

When an equestrian champion-and ladies' man-is found dead in the stables, Carole Seddon and her friend Jude find plenty of suspects, considering the victim's track record out of the saddle...

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Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet

M.C. Beaton · 212 pages

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Murder Runs in the Family

Anne George · 265 pages

Mary Alice has spared nothing for her only daughter's wedding -- from seventy-five yards of bridal train to gourmet food for over three hundred guests and enough glittering elegance to make Mary Alice think about finding herself a fourth rich husband to pay for it all. Practical Patricia Anne has put away her aunt-of-the-bride blue chiffon and settled back into domesticity when fun-loving Mary Ali

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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 Slaying In Savannah

Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain

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Finger Lickin' Dead

Riley Adams, Elizabeth Spann Craig · 287 pages

When her friend Evelyn's cheating boyfriend, a food critic who has been negatively reviewing several local restaurants, including hers, is found dead, Lulu Taylor works to catch the real killer and exonerate her loved ones.

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Horse of a Different Killer

Laura Morrigan · 294 pages

"Animal behaviorist Grace Wilde's psychic ability gives her insight into the minds of all kinds of creatures. If only humans were as easy to read... Dead men may tell no tales, but they can screw up your life with a few phone calls. Grace's abusive ex-brother-in-law, Anthony Ortega, needs her help--at least that's what he said on the messages he left before his sudden death. Grace is inclined to l

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Scandal in Fair Haven

Carolyn G. Hart · 329 pages

Agatha Award-winning Hart takes her retired Missouri newspaperwoman, Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins, introduced in Dead Man's Island, to Tennessee, where she becomes the honorary aunt of a young man accused of killing his wife. Henrie O is vacationing at the mountain cabin of her friend Margaret, who is recovering from heart surgery, when Margaret's nephew, Craig Matthews, arrives distraught and bloodi

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Mrs. Jeffries Appeals the Verdict

Emily Brightwell · 281 pages

Mrs. Jeffries Victorian Mystery series #21 "Mrs. Jeffries is the Miss Marple of Victorian Mystery."—The Paperback ForumGUILTY BYSTANDERSAfter a perfectly decent local woman is killed during a robbery, the Witherspoon household receives a surprising visit from a stranger named Blimpey Groggins. He claims his best buddy was convicted of the crime. He also claims the peaceable chap didn't even kno

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The Secret Ingredient Murders

Nancy Pickard · 282 pages

While visiting the Rhode Island coast, cook/sleuth Eugenia Potter cohosts a tasting party with an old acquaintance--but he's late. Unfortunately, someone has murdered the would-be cookbook writer.

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Murder at the Vicarage

Agatha Christie · 256 pages

***Murder at the Vicarage (1930)is the first Miss Marple mystery book by Agatha Christie.*** Miss Jane Marple is a village busybody who applies human nature to crimes. Colonel Protheroe, magistrate universally despised, was shot in his study, unheard. His wife Anne admits newly arrived artist Lawrence Redding is an old flame, and both confess to murder. **The local inspector and Miss Marple sort

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Top O' the Mournin'

Maddy Hunter · 379 pages

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A Puzzle in a Pear Tree

Parnell Hall · 384 pages

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Dying to Retire

Jessica Fletcher · 260 pages

Jessica Fletcher is in a Florida retirement community for the funeral of a dear old friend whose heart gave out-only to discover that the woman's death from natural causes may have been artificially induced.With the help of a feisty group of young-in-spirit retirees, Jessica must track down the clues and find out who prescribed the fatal treatment...

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The Cat Who Caught a Killer

L.T. Shearer · 318 pages

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The Christmas Cookie Killer

Livia J. Washburn

Christmas comes to Weatherford, Texas, in this delicious new entry in the national bestselling series.Yuletide is here—and retired teacher cum amateur sleuth Phyllis Newsom looks forward to finishing up this unlucky year. But she won’t be hanging up her apron just yet—because this year’s Christmas bake-off is going to be cutthroat.Phyllis would like to think she’s entering the Christmas cookie con

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The 27-Ingredient Chili Con Carne Murders

Nancy Pickard, Virginia Rich · 349 pages

When one of her guests dies after eating her twenty-seven ingredient chili con carne, Eugenia Potter makes it her quest to find the person or persons who added a twenty-eighth--and fatal--ingredient to the recipe.

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Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials

Ovidia Yu · 360 pages

"Rosie "Aunty" Lee, the feisty widow, amateur sleuth, and proprietor of Singapore's best-loved home cooking restaurant, is back in another delectable, witty mystery involving scandal and murder among the city's elite. Few know more about what goes on in Singapore than Aunty Lee. When a scandal over illegal organ donation involving prominent citizens makes news, she already has a list of suspects.

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We Solve Murders

Richard Osman · 460 pages

Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life in the New Forest. He does the odd bit of investigation work, but he likes his familiar habits and routines: the pub quiz, his favourite bench, his cat waiting for him when he gets home. His days of adventure are over: adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy’s business now. Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul: she doesn’t stay still long enough fo

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Baked Alaska

Josi S. Kilpack · 353 pages

Sadie Hoffmiller has gathered her family together to enjoy an Alaskan cruise and to help plan her daughter's wedding. But when her son's birthmother shows up on the ship, relationships become complicated. And once the dead bodies start appearing, Sadie realizes more than one person on the cruise is keeping secrets.

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Murder Passes the Buck

Deb Baker · 272 pages

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Deadly Nightshade

Cynthia Riggs · 356 pages

"Victoria Trumbull has lived most of her ninety-two years on the Island. Martha's Vineyard, its magic and its history, is part of the texture of her life. Like other Islanders, she knows the sounds of the sea in calm and stormy weather and she knows the sounds that do not belong. One evening while Victoria waits on the dock for her granddaughter to return with the harbormaster, she hears a chillin

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Miss Silver Deals With Death

Patricia Wentworth · 326 pages

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Getting Old Is Murder

Rita Lakin · 336 pages

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