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1721) Root of all evil
Author
Series
Andrew Basnett mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
1984
Description
A weekend holiday at a wealthy relative's country manor is a recipe that calls for mayhem in this charming cozy English mystery.
Andrew Basnett's cousin Felicity is old, rich, and the owner of a swanky Berkshire estate. If Basnett were a savvy mystery reader rather than a retired professor of botany, he would know that an invitation to spend Easter weekend at such an estate is all but guaranteed to involve at least one murder. But since Felicity...
1722) Something wicked
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1984
Description
A retired botanist comes to stay in a charming English village, where murder and blackmail disturb the bucolic peace in this mystery series debut.
No longer on the sprightly side of seventy, Professor Andrew Basnett is looking forward to retirement and finally digging into the biography he plans to write about an obscure seventeenth century botanist. While his flat in town is renovated, he settles into a little village in Oxfordshire where he's borrowed...
1723) A comedy of heirs
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Torie O'Shea mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
Genealogist Torie O'Shea of Missouri turns her attention to her family and discovers that her grandfather was murdered. Torie begins a probe and family skeletons tumble out.
1724) The other devil's name
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Series
Andrew Basnett mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
1987
Description
When an old colleague complains of disappearing neighbors, a retired professor of botany starts digging for clues in this delightful cozy mystery.
Andrew Basnett may be retired from academia, but that doesn't seem to have stopped his former colleagues from dumping problems in his lap. This time around it's peppery Constance Camm, whose neighbors keep disappearing. Miss Camm and her sister, Mollie, would probably shrug it off if not for a frightening...
1725) Public anchovy #1
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Pub. Date
2024.
Description
While Geneva Bay's upper crust gets ready to party down at a Prohibition-themed fundraiser, pizza chef Delilah O'Leary is focused on seeing her struggling restaurant through the winter slow season. The temperature outside is plummeting, but Delilah's love life might finally be heating up, as hunky police detective Calvin Capone seems poised to (finally) make a move. But Delilah's hopes of perfecting a new "free-from" pizza recipe for a charity bash...
1726) Glow of death
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Delightedly appraising a genuine Tiffany lamp for a wealthy Rocky Point couple, Josie Prescott is dismayed when the wife is subsequently killed and she discovers that both the identity of the victim and the story about the Tiffany lamp were carefully constructed lies.
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Brother Cadfael medieval mysteries volume 20
Pub. Date
[1994]
Description
England in 1145 is beset by chaos, brought about by two cousins battling for the throne. Brother Cadfael leaves for Coventry to attend the council, only to discover that peace is not universally welcome.
1728) Oh, fudge!
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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"After Allie inherited her family's McMurphy Hotel and Fudge Shop, cousin Tori moved off to California in a bitter huff, and the two haven't spoken since. So to have her cousin reappear on Mackinac Island without warning is a big surprise--but not as surprising as finding her standing over a dead woman impaled with a garden spade in the Mackinac Butterfly House. Butterflies may be free, but Tori won't be for much longer--unless the cousins can bury...
1729) Loose lips
Author
Series
Julia and Louise novels volume 3
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
The tale of two sisters in a Southern town during World War II. They are always bickering and have to open a beauty salon to pay for a soda fountain they demolished during a fight. On Civil Air Patrol duty they sound the siren, mistaking a flight of geese for German dive bombers.
1730) Grace to the finish
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Pub. Date
2017.
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"Now that Grace Wheaton has officially been named heir to Bennett Marshfield's fortune, her usually busy schedule has become a juggling act. In addition to her duties at Marshfield Manor, she's bankrolling her roommates' refurbished wine shop. Grace is excited to check out the rustic space with Bruce and Scott. but that excitement turns to dismay when they stumble upon the body of the banker involved with the sale."--
1731) The body in the fjord
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Series
Faith Fairchild mysteries volume 9
Pub. Date
[1997]
Description
"Faith's friend and neighbor Pix Miller takes center stage, heading off to Norway to investigate the sudden disappearance of a family friend. Posing as a member of "Scandie Sights," a Norwegian tour group, Pix is drawn into intrigue - and murder. She discovers a sinister world of secret histories and deadly promises as her search for the truth takes a turn she never expected. Unfazed, she doggedly persists until she finds herself the unwitting object...
1732) Death of a chef
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Capucine culinary mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
"Quel horreur! When the body of acclaimed Chef Jean-Louis Brault and a shotgun are discovered in an antique Louis Vuitton portemanteau, everyone is convinced it's suicide. Distraught at rumors perpetuated by the vituperative food critic, Lucien Folon, that his restaurant La Mre Denis might lose its precious third Michelin star, Brault was considered to be trs dsol by friends and family alike. But when Capucine is called to the mise-en-scne, Capucine...
1733) The letter killeth
Author
Series
Notre Dame mysteries volume 10
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
As private detective Philip Knight and his brother Roger, a Catholic Studies professor, probe a series of threatening letters targeting Notre Dame, the campus is rocked by an explosion and the brothers search for an unknown villain.
1734) Antiques chop
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Pub. Date
c2013
Description
The quaint Midwestern town of Serenity is about to hit the small screen. Brandy Borne and her dramatically ditzy mother, Vivian, will be starring in Antique Sleuths, a reality TV show based on the duo's antiquarian adventures--and their troubling talent for solving deadly crimes. What better shooting set than a creepy old house, the site of a 60-year-old unsolved axe murder? The location is perfect until Bruce Spring, the show's producer, meets a...
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A Kate Palmer Mystery volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"Kate's retirement in Cornwall hasn't gone as planned-Lavender Cottage is in need of substantial repairs and her sister Angie's fondness for gin does rather stretch the purse-strings. So when Kate is asked to do some nursing at the luxury retirement flats in Seaview Grange, she jumps at the chance. The old Victorian house has stunning views of the sea and the retirees are a peaceful bunch. That is, until Edina Martinelli, a glamorous ex-opera singer,...
1736) Fogged Inn
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Pub. Date
2016.
Description
An autumn chill has settled over Busman's Harbor, Maine, but Julia Snowden is warming up the town by offering lobster stew at the local diner. When her landlord discovers a dead body in the walk-in refrigerator, Julia must figure out who ordered up a side of murder.
Nothing's colder than a corpse--especially one stashed inside a sub-zero fridge. The victim spent his last night on earth dining at the restaurant bar, so naturally Julia finds herself...
1737) Dead heat
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Series
Pub. Date
2001
Description
To protect a senator at the Boston Marathon, private investigator turned actor Michael Spraggue must run faster than he ever has before Michael Spraggue receives an anonymous note requesting a meeting on the running path in the Chestnut Hill Reservoir-a favorite spot for runners training for the Boston Marathon. His muscles aching, Michael is about to throw in the towel when he sees a familiar grin. Brian Donagher is the charismatic junior senator...
1738) Celt and pepper
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Series
Notre Dame mysteries volume 6
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
Becoming suspicious after noting inconsistencies at the site of a young colleague's death, Notre Dame professor Roger Knight and his brother, Philip, draw on their academic expertise, as well as campus gossip, to solve the crime
1739) Fatal frost
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Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"When the sheriff arrests one of Lucy Resnick's best friends, the former reporter starts investigating. She finds a patchwork of clues that draws her deep into a web of small-town secrets. When the killer learns Lucy is on the trail, Lucy needs more than her reporting skills to save her friend--she needs a Christmas miracle"--
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Pub. Date
2013, c1997
Description
The dog days of summer have just begun, and Melanie Travis is looking forward to savoring each lazy afternoon. And where better to enjoy herself than at her Aunt Peg's Fourth of July barbecue? It sounds ideal, until an uninvited guest proves that even the laziest dog day of the year can suddenly turn vicious. Melanie knew someone should have kept Barry Turk on a short leash. The star poodle handler and ladykiller had a habit of chicanery that bred...