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4681) Cheating Death
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Cheating Death: The Gambling Ghosts Anthology. A saucy mix of fantasy adventure and romance. There is a teahouse in a small Pacific Northwest town where unusual things happen. A spicy collection of spirits, an eccentric tea-leaf reader and breathing humans fill the pages of this anthology with humor, love and a wee bit of terror.
Each novella is a stand-alone story. A Highland Ghost for Christmas, Librarian Maddy Jacobson's best friend gives her...
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Une intrigue sportive !
Tout apprendre du triathlon en deux mois pour expliquer un étrange accident sportif, voilà un défi qui s'annonce difficile pour Myléna qui vient de s'improviser détective.
Pour la trentenaire énergique aux talents de sociologue, son arrivée à Toulouse va lui faire découvrir les secrets de la région de façon accélérée. Parfois le triangle entre Auch, Albi et Foix peut devenir aussi mystérieux que celui des Bermudes.
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4683) The Menu
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A missing young man. A woman's body found in a back alley. Could the two be the connected? Enter the Alcrests. Spencer – the handsome chef and owner of The Alcrest Gastropub who's struggling to keep the restaurant going and Chrys – his gorgeous and stupidly courageous foster sister who's often blind to consequences.Chrys dives right into the mystery risking herself, her brother and her co-worker's lives as she gets them in way over their heads....
4684) Revenging Justice
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A kidnapping pedophile, a recovering addict, and a lost love who is hell-bent on revenge. Some friends, some enemies, some unknowns but all of them seeking justice. The story tells itself.
Reigh (Christina) has already lived a full life, a life that would fascinate most people. But, during her new normal, a nightmare from her past comes back to haunt her. Not just from one identity she ran away from, but two.
Evolving and becoming who she...
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In the secluded town of Hemlock Hollow, an ancient cabinet filled with supernatural relics holds unimaginable power. When the cabinet's dormant artifacts are awakened, chaos ensues, and the town becomes a battleground for the forces of light and darkness.Enter Detective Max Martin, a skeptical investigator with a penchant for logic, and Julietta Evens, a woman haunted by her own connection to the paranormal. Reluctantly paired together, they embark...
4686) Death of a Suffragette
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1903 London is bustling and glamorous. With troubling secrets simmering and worrying signs of war Flora Maguire must solve a deadly mystery which leads right to the heart of the corridors of power.
When the body of a London socialite, and leading light of the burgeoning women's suffrage movement, is found outside The Grenadier public house in London's fashionable Knightsbridge, Flora Maguire can't resist investigating.
Mysterious letters are discovered...
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Mauvaises ondes pour l'animateur d'une radio nantaise !
Maxime anime une émission nocturne sur une radio locale nantaise. Rien d'extraordinaire. Les plaintes des uns se succèdent aux railleries des autres. Jusqu'à ce qu'un auditeur vienne bousculer sa routine. Les sujets abordés déroutent rapidement le jeune homme : violence sur les enfants, sur les femmes... Cela devient d'autant plus troublant que des individus jugés pour ces crimes meurent...
4688) The Samaritan's Secret
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A member of the tiny but ancient Samaritan community has been murdered. The dead man controlled hundreds of millions of dollars of government money. And if the World Bank cannot locate it within the next several days, all aid money to the Palestinians will be cut off. Visiting Nablus, history teacher-turned-sleuth Omar Yussef must solve the murder and find the money, or all of his community will suffer.
4689) To Kingdom Come
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Amateur sleuths, Erika Shawn-Wheatley, art magazine editor, and Harrison Wheatley, art history professor, attend a Zoom meeting of individuals from around the globe whose common goal is to expedite the return of African art looted during the colonial era. Olivia Chatham, a math instructor at London University, has just begun speaking about her recent find, a journal penned by her great-granduncle, Andrew Barrett, active member of the Royal Army Medical...
4690) A Very Tidy Death
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More than anything, Olivia Greer wants to celebrate moving into her newly built home with her boyfriend, Michael. Unfortunately, she's plagued with guilt about leaving her sister Sage. Convinced she would feel better about the whole situation if Sage had a boyfriend, Olivia cooks up a scheme to play match-maker between Sage and her old friend Jeff Grossman. The pair seem to be on the right track toward a connection...when Jeff's sister, Roxanne, finds...
4691) Eat, Drink and Be Wary
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The New England Fall Food Fest has begun, and for competitive cook Sherry Oliveri, it's a chance to take home a prize-and take down a killer…
Sherry's hoping her Savory Shrimp Lettuce Cups will impress the judges, and she's invited her brother, Pep, to serve as her sous-chef. The good news is that she takes first place in her category, the bad news is that it's easier to win when your toughest competition is dead...
After contestant Fitz Frye...
4692) Murder in Trastevere
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After a decade dominating the expat scene in Rome, Faye Masters has had enough beautiful art, delicious food, and bureaucratic nonsense to last a lifetime. She's just about decided to pack up and head home when a rival drops dead at one of Faye's famous cocktail parties. Rumors fly that Faye was the intended target, but the police think Faye might just be an attention-seeking poisoner.
Faye refuses to let the cloud of suspicion stop her from...
4693) Sinful Dreams
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Pepper Monroe needed a new life, she just didn't know it yet.Then her cousin Francine called to beg for help running the café in Sinful, Louisiana.Pepper recognized the request as a flashing neon sign to break out of her boring routine, so she hopped into her car and made the journey south to Sinful. She imagined spending days at the café while learning about the relaxed southern lifestyle from retirees Ida Belle and Gertie.However, Sinful isn't...
4694) Trouble Has A Tail
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Every dog has a tail, but Barney has a tale! This is the story of how Barney came to be a part of Megan's household.
Read along, and try not to laugh!
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Fall in love with Robyn and her band of sidekicks in the sweet and witty The Double Exposure Murder, the charming debut of the Robyn Cavanagh mysteries. Robyn Cavanagh enjoys a thriving second career as a portrait photographer in her beloved suburban hometown of Garland, New York. Having built a large portfolio of high school senior photos and family portraits, Robyn is thrilled when math teacher Brooke Gibson hires her to take photos of a different...
4696) Deathbed of Roses
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Scott Chevalier - part campervan-surfer, part Crocodile Dundee - is thrust into a few amateur-sleuthing adventures in this light mystery series...DEATHBED OF ROSES - Book 2 in the Campervan Bushman Mystery SeriesArriving at the Barrington-Bowles manor estate in the picturesque Lake District in the north of England, Scott Chevalier and the crew are all set to film the next episode of the Campervan Bushman TV show.Everything seems to be off to a flying...
4697) Deceptive Voices
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Mac knew the warning signs she'd been taught as a child, but she missed them.
And now she has to live with the results!
Approaching storms come with a flash of lightning, warning of Nature's danger. But for Mackenzie Aldkin, lightning brings a more sinister danger. After one strike of lightning, she now has a scar around her ankle and the ability to hear a murderer's voice.
As Mac works to organize a mystery theater production, she is finding it hard...
4698) Aria to Death
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When Monteverdi's lost operas surface, so does a killer desperate to possess them...
Preoccupied with preparations for the opera season at Eszterháza, Kapellmeister Joseph Haydn receives a curious request from a friend in Vienna. Kaspar, an impoverished violinist with an ailing wife, wishes Haydn to evaluate a collection of scores reputed to be the lost operas of Monteverdi.
Haydn is intrigued until Her Majesty, Empress Maria Theresa, summons him...
4699) Death by Gravity
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Nobody talks to the cops. Everybody talks to the bartender.
And Avalon Nash is a hell of a bartender.
On a cool June night at the Battened Hatch, Avalon is the last to see an Olympic medalist before his mysterious demise. Her superpower is collecting people's stories, and she soon discovers that the medalist's death connects to an unsolved kidnap/murder of a teenager 20 years before-and the perp is looking to silence anyone getting close to...
4700) The Puerto Rico Pearl
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"Well-paced and skillfully told, with an outstanding sense of place, an enjoyable main character, and entertaining supporting cast.... Ainsley Walker swept me off my feet." -- Venus de Hilo, 5-star review"A delightful series – it will enchant you with exotic places and interesting characters." -- Linda Osborn, 5-star review For fans of Nora Roberts and Janet Evanovich…. It's hurricane season. An airplane en route to the States has just been forced...