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Joe Gunther gets the call that every law enforcement person hates and every friend and family member of a policeman fears -a cop has been murdered in the line of duty. Deputy Sheriff Brian Sleuter has been shot to death during a routine traffic stop on a dark country road. From what can been seen on the cruiser s tape recorder of the killers, it is believed that they are a couple of Boston-based drug runners who were stopped by the deputy on their...
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"A winner... At times, it seems we are playing Clue or perhaps enjoying a contemporary retelling of a classic Agatha Christie tale with a charming new sleuth. A must for cozy fans." ~Booklist Starred Review Not even a blizzard can keep Rex Graves away from Swanmere Manor, an historic hotel on the rolling Sussex Downs. But instead of Christmas cheer, the Scottish barrister finds a dead guest. Was it a stroke that killed old Mr Lawdry? Or an almond...
66) Deeper water
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"In the murky waters of Savannah's shoreline, a young law student is under fire as she tries her first case at a prominent and established law firm. A complex mix of betrayal and deception quickly weaves its way through the case and her life, as she uncovers dark and confusing secrets about the man she's defending -- and the senior partners of the firm. How deep will the conspiracy run? Will she have to abandon her true self to fulfill a higher calling?...
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Critics and readers alike agreed that Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter was a bona fide cozy hit. Its follow-up, Duplicity Dogged the Dachshund, won its author a whole new set of fans in the US and Europe. Now, Floridian pet-sitting sleuth Dixie Hemingway is back for the third installment of this much-loved series. Caught in a rainstorm, Dixie takes cover in the gatehouse of a mysterious mansion only to make a terrible discovery: the guard has been...
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Things couldn't be better for Rue Kessler. He just married the mother of his eight-year-old son, Montana, and finally has the family he's always dreamed of. Not only that, his father-in-law hired him to be the new construction supervisor on a big condo project. He's been sober for eighteen months. He's finally plugged in at church. And he's building his wife Ivy the house she's always dreamed of. Life is good. Then with no warning, Rue and his wife...
71) I shall not want
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In the searing conclusion to All Mortal Flesh, Russ's balance between duty and desire was broken by his wife's tragic death. Now, Russ and Episcopal priest Clare Fergusson are separated by a wall of guilt and grief. When a Mexican farmhand stumbles over a Latino man killed with a single shot to the back of his head, Clare is drawn into the investigation. The discovery of two more bodies ignites fears that a serial killer is loose in the
...72) Nightshade
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China Bayles mysteries volume 16
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China's herb shop and catering business may be thriving, but she's still reeling from her father's death, and not even remotely interested in her half-brother Miles's investigation into that event. China's husband, on the other hand, has no such qualms. And when fate forces her to get involved as well, China realizes it's time to bring the past to light-or else it will haunt her the rest of her life. But China and McQuaid discover that Miles may have...
73) Quick study
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College English professor Alison Bergeron thought that dating a cute NYPD detective like Bobby Crawford would be exciting, but he hasn't really invited her on any stakeouts. Things do rev up when a friend asks her for help finding his nephew -- the same missing boy Bobby pulled from the Hudson days earlier. The boy's employer calls it a suicide, but Alison and Bobby, not convinced, take the case into their own hands.
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The local curmudgeon, whose beard and belly made him a natural for the role of Santa Claus, has been murdered. Now Meg and Chief Burke, who is playing one of the wise men in the annual Caerphilly Christmas parade, are faced with the two-fold mission of solving the murder and saving Christmas!
75) Wild inferno
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Bureau of Land Management agent Jamaica Wild is sent in to assist at a wildfire on the Southern Ute reservation, where she encounters a burning man whose final plea sends her on a quest to unravel a mystery more dangerous than mere murder.
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Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 14
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U.S. ex-pat Lori Shepherd and Aunt Dimity investigate sabotage (and possible regicide) at a local Renaissance faire held in the idyllic Cotswolds village of Finch.
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Chaos is coming, old son. With those words the peace of Three Pines is shattered. As families prepare to head back to the city and children say goodbye to summer a stranger is found murdered in the village bistro and antiques store. Once again, Chief Inspector Gamache and his team are called in to strip back layers of lies - exposing both treasures and rancid secrets buried in the wilderness. (Bestseller)
78) Ghost a la mode
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Ghost of Granny Apples mystery volume 1
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Granny Apples was famous for her award-winning apple pies -- and notorious for murdering her husband in the orchard. The trouble is, Granny didn't kill her husband. She was framed, and then murdered. For over a hundred years, Granny's spirit has searched for someone to help her find justice. Now Granny and Emma Whitecastle, a modern-day divorced mom and Granny's great-great-great granddaughter, team up to solve mysteries of the past -- starting with...
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"When Marcie Ducasse, assistant editor of Roaming New England Magazine, makes her first solo trip through northern New England checking into stories of supernatural happenings, she expects to hear some strange tales, not become part of one. But when a farmer tells Marcie about the ghosts of three men hanged in his barn back in the 1940s and then turns up a few hours later hanging up in that same barn, Marcie finds herself up to her neck in a murder...
80) Greedy bones
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Sarah Booth Delaney mystery volume 9
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Sarah Booth Delaney, a southern belle known for abiding by tradition only when it suits her, is no stranger to drama. An actress and a P.I., she's on her way to pursuing a career in Hollywood when she hears that her friend's husband is suddenly on his deathbed - and he's not the only one. The vicious illness begins with fever and ends in coma, and the CDC can't find a cure - for it or the plague of boll weevils decimating the area crops. With patients...