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Stuart quartet volume 3
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English
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In 1746, a year after the Scottish clans have rallied to the call of their exiled prince, Charles Stuart, to take up arms against England's tyranny, fourteen-year-old, epileptic Duncan MacDonald and his cousin, Ewan, run away to join the fight at Culloden and discover the harsh reality of war.
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"It's 1962, and Dusty Fairchild, daughter of a self-made millionaire and oilman, wants to go to college. Instead she is sent to a private finishing school in East Texas. Although she's never wanted for material possessions, Dusty longs for independence and adventure. The only upside to attending Miss Fontaine's is having her cousin and best childhood friend, Paisley, join her. Paisley has traveled the country with her bohemian mother, but she dreams...
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Tearoom mysteries volume Book 4
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English
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When an opportunity arises for the tearoom to host a special event with famed puzzle maker Bill Markham, Jan is elated. The event brings in puzzle lovers from all over Lancaster, Maine, but at Tea for Two, mystery often lurks in unexpected places. When Katelyn Grande begins her puzzle, she quickly realizes that it was made specifically for her as a declaration of love. As Jan and Elaine set out to discover who the would-be paramour might be, they...
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Cousins Elaine Cook and Jan Blake are ready for a new season in their lives. Together, they purchase a lakeside Queen Anne-style house in Maine and, following in their grandmother's footsteps, convert part of the house into a tearoom. Expecting their new life to be quiet and uneventful, they're surprised to find themselves drawn into baffling mysteries. When they buy an unusual teapot for a song at a flea market, the dealer desperately tries to buy...
5) Tea Rose
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"After helping to host Tea for Two's first "Teas around the World" tasting, Rose Young approaches the proprietor/cousins, Elaine Cook and Jan Blake, in distress. Rose's mother died recently, and in going through her belongings, she found a death certificate--for herself! What could this document mean? What happened when Rose was a year old? The cousins' search for truth behind this unsettling find reaches far beyond Lancaster, Maine, to a pivotal...
6) To a tea
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Tearoom mysteries volume 03
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English
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Business is booming at Tea for Two, so cousins Elaine Cook and Jan Blake decide to hire more help. When Elaine interviews a dapper Englishman with a resume full of important jobs around the world, she can't help but wonder, "Why does he want to work here"? As the tearoom readies its first wedding, Elaine's concerns are quickly overshadowed by the groom's sudden disappearance. Cold feet or foul play? The distraught bride turns to the cousins, who spring...
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A cryptic plea from a childhood friend sends Nate and Nicki Price from New Orleans to Memphis. They find signs of a struggle at Danny Andre's address-- and signs of a lifestyle not in keeping with the choirboy they fondly remember. Danny's sister, Isabelle, accepts their help reluctantly. Together they must rely on their faith-- and get beyond painful memories.
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Colonel Pyncheon does well in denouncing Old Matthew: he founds a New England dynasty and builds a remarkable mansion; but on its opening day he is found dead, slaked in his own blood. By 1840, that dynasty is almost spent; amid the dust and decay of the Seven Gables, Clifford and Hepzibah believed in their own continued nobility as much as they believe in the mysterious curse still tracking the Pyncheons.
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When orphaned Mary Lennox comes to live at her uncle's great house on the Yorkshire moors, she finds it full of secrets. At night, she hears the sound of crying down one of the long corridors. Outside, she meets Dickon, a magical boy who can talk to animals. Then one day, Mary discovers the most mysterious wonder of all -- a secret garden, walled and locked, which has been forgotten for years and years. With the help of two unexpected companions,...
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Calendar mysteries volume 9
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Random House
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©2013
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English
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Someone has been stealing and leaving behind little green sneakers, so Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy trail their new teacher, who wears the same shoes in normal size.
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Tearoom mysteries volume 19
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Guideposts
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2017.
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English
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"Vacationers love Chickadee Lake especially when people start sighting a strange creature in the water. Soon the game warden is called in to help track down the monster. Evidence suggests that the monster was built, could it be that it was built to divert attention from the crime that is about to be committed?"--Amazon.com.
12) In too deep
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Tearoom mysteries volume 22
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Guideposts
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2018.
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English
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"Jan agrees to chaperon the church youth groups overnight camping trip. The trip includes her granddaughter Avery. Jan wakes the next morning to find that Avery has wandered off into the Maine wilderness with a new friend. Temps start to drop and it starts to snow. Can they find them in time?"--Amazon.com.
13) Stealing Santa
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Tearoom mysteries volume 14
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Guideposts
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2017.
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English
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As the Christmas season arrives in Lancaster, Maine, a series of bizarre burglaries targets the town's businesses, apparently carried out by Santa Claus! Elaine Cook and Jan Blake spring into action to solve the mystery, especially after an attempt is made to rob the tearoom. Who is hiding behind Saint Nick's snowy-white beard?
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Tearoom mysteries volume 23
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Guideposts
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2018.
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English
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"January arrives in Lancaster, and the whole town is fascinated by a serialized mystery story running in the local newspaper. Things take a strange turn when Jan becomes convinced that she's found a cryptic code embedded in the text of the mystery, and things get even stranger when Elaine begins to suspect that the story's villain is modeled after her! Can the intrepid cousins discover who is behind the not-so-complimentary story--and what the coded...
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Tearoom mysteries volume 15
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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"As winter lingers in Lancaster, Maine, a newly recovered statue of a beloved regional author vanishes a week before its unveiling at a library fund-raising event. As the person responsible for the statue, Nathan Culver, Elaine Cook’s boyfriend, quickly becomes the prime suspect. Worse, his uncharacteristic and evasive behavior surrounding the matter begins to test her trust in him. With a popular antiques TV show in town, along with a slew of suspects,...
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Guideposts
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[2017]
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English
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"In the height of Lake Chickadee's tourist season, a spate of home invasion burglaries begins making front-page news. Jan and Elaine discover that someone has left a gun behind in the tearoom. The gun appears to be the same one the newspaper reported as used in the break-ins. But why would someone leave that weapon behind, yet not try to rob the place? Or did they? Worried that their neighborhood is being threatened by a dangerous thief, the cousins...
17) On thin ice
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Tearoom mysteries volume Book 7
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Guideposts Books
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"As Tea for Two gears up for Valentine's Day, Elaine and Jan hear some shouts behind the tearoom. They look out the window to frozen Chickadee Lake to observe what appear to be inebriated men leaving their ice-fishing shanty. But when the cousins learn that one of the members of their community has gone missing, they're almost certain it's one of the fishermen they saw. Were they witnesses to a crime? As the cousins delve into the man's disappearance,...
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Tearoom mysteries volume 17
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Guideposts
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[2017]
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English
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"April showers bring mystery when a stranger leaves Jan and Elaine a package containing a valuable first edition of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Evangeline. The cousins discover that it once belonged to their late grandmother, and a cryptic note in the book uncovers a family mystery with implications in the present. The cousins take the book to Bristol Payson to learn its value, but when the torrential rains cause the Bookworm to flood, the book is...
19) Tea and promises
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Tearoom mysteries volume 25
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Guideposts
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[2018]
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English
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"Even as Jan puts the final touches on her wedding plans, mystery still swirls around the tearoom. While searching for the perfect wedding gift for Jan and Bob, Elaine and Nathan stumble upon a distinctive antique teapot at Mainely Bargains. Nathan feels certain it's the one that's been missing for 150 years from Hannibal Hamlin's historical family tea set that once served President Lincoln. After Nathan purchases the teapot, Elaine and Jan set out...
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Tearoom mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Autumn's colorful splendor reaches its pinnacle in Lancaster, Maine, as the high school football team preps for a game with its biggest rival. To promote Tea for Two, Jan Blake and Elaine Cook take their tea and goodies to the town's annual Fall Fest. But when Jan joins a horseback trail ride, she finds a woman injured on the ground, with her horse standing nearby. Was it an accident? As the clues add up, the cousins soon realize there's more to...