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5141) Murder at the Elms
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"1901: Back from their honeymoon in Italy, Emma and Derrick are adapting to married life as they return to their duties at their jointly owned newspaper, the Newport Messenger. The Elms, coal baron Edward Berwind's newly completed Bellevue Avenue estate, is newsworthy for two reasons: A modern mansion for the new century, it is one of the first homes in America to be wired for electricity with no backup power system, generated by coal from Berwind's...
5142) Gone with the witch
Author
Series
Witch Way Librarian Mystery volume 5
Publisher
Kensington Cozies
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"As the bones pile up in Wilfred, Oregon, librarian and apprentice witch Josie Way hits the books--and soon finds herself playing Dr. Watson to none other than Sherlock Holmes!"
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Greta Mercy's brothers disappear from the Barlowe Theater in 1915, she will do anything to uncover what threat lurks beneath the stage. Decades later, revealing what happened to the boys falls on Kit Boyd, who must determine whether she's willing to pay the price to end the pattern of evil that has marked their hometown for a century."--
Author
Publisher
Acre Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In 1963, an eclectic group of characters embark on President Kennedy's ambitious walking challenge. As the Cuban Missile Crisis eases, President Kennedy is casting around for a demonstration of American prowess when one of his Cabinet unearths an old mandate that US Marines be fit enough to walk fifty miles in twenty hours. Perfect! Kennedy decides to throw down the gauntlet to "today's Marines," but before he knows it, he's sparked a wild fad. The...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Claire, an aspiring artist and part-time serial killer, realizes someone is watching her-someone who knows about her murderous hobby-and she, while attending a weekly bereavement support group after losing her father, must finish off her blackmailer before they reveal all.
5146) To seize a queen
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"1594. Ursula Stannard is attending on her half-sister, Queen Elizabeth, when she receives an urgent summons from Sir Robert Cecil. Cornishman Master Roskilly was fished out of the sea by Sir Francis Godolphin, and has a shocking tale of being snatched by pirates and put on a slave vessel to Constantinople before his audacious escape. And he's not the only one . . . Folk in Cornwall are mysteriously disappearing. But why are only exceptional or unusual...
Author
Series
Thomas Austin crime thrillers volume 1
Publisher
Darkness and Light Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Thomas Austin was once a prominent NYPD detective, known for locking up a psychopathic serial killer dubbed "The Holiday Baby Butcher." Now retired in a small beach town in the Pacific Northwest, Austin runs a little café, trying to overcome the loss of his wife, a DA who was gunned down only one year ago. But when a mysterious bag of bones appears on a nearby beach, Austin is dragged back into a world he thought he'd left behind. The Holiday Baby...
5148) Ozark dogs
Author
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"After his son is convicted of capital murder, Vietnam War veteran Jeremiah Fitzjurls takes over the care of his granddaughter, Joanna, raising her with as much warmth as can be found in a junkyard outfitted to be an armory. He teaches her how to shoot and fight, but there is not enough training in the world to protect her when the dreaded Ledfords, notorious meth dealers and fanatical white supremacists, come to collect on Joanna as payment for a...
5149) Royal blood
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"As the King of England's illegitimate daughter, 17-year-old Evan Bright knows a thing or two about keeping secrets. But when she's forced to spend the summer in London with her father and the royal family, who aren't exactly thrilled she exists, her identity is mysteriously revealed, and suddenly the world is dying to know every juicy lie the press prints about her. After a fun night turns deadly and Evan becomes the primary suspect in a murder investigation,...
5150) Cold hunt
Author
Series
Ellie Kline volume 2
Publisher
[Mary Stone]
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
On a farm in the backwoods of Charleston, South Carolina, a hunter stalks prey -- the two-legged kind. Ellie Kline is working on linking several cold cases together and stumbles upon a human trafficking ring and a brutal serial killer.
5151) Double grudge donuts
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Deputy Donut Café owner Emily Westhill and her cat investigate a contest-winning bagpiper's death when one of their coffee mugs turns up at the crime scene.
5152) Cold grave
Author
Series
Ellie Kline volume 5
Publisher
[Mary Stone]
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Charleston Police Department detective, Ellie Kline, is investigating bodies found on Tucker Penland's property, but every death attached to the estate raises more questions than answers.
5153) The red palace
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
While investigating a series of grisly murders, eighteen-year-old palace nurse Hyeon navigates royal and political intrigue and becomes entangled with a young police inspector. Includes author's note.
5154) In plain sight
Author
Series
Mysteries of Lancaster County volume 23
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After the sad loss of the Classen sisters' dear friend, Bertha Shetler, Mary finds herself drawn to comfort Katura Stolfuz, a shy young woman who had been taken in by Bertha for the past few months. Mary knows the pain of losing a mother, and she hopes she can comfort Katura during this difficult time. But when Dan Bontrager suddenly returns to Bird-in-Hand after turning his back on the Amish life years before, Mary finds it strange that he seems...
5155) Bird's eye view
Author
Series
Mysteries of Lancaster County volume 11
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
As Martha is floating across the sky in a hot air balloon she thinks she sees a kidnapping. No one files a missing person's report so the sisters take things into their own hands. All they can find to go on is a charm from a Girl Scouts summer camp years ago.
5156) Dairy disaster
Author
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Elizabeth Classen has always loved the close-knit community of Bird-in-Hand, especially because, in times of trouble, neighbors come together to care for one another or lend a helping hand. So when Moses Troyer, an Amish dairy farmer, is injured in a buggy accident and is left unable to work, Elizabeth and her sisters, Martha and Mary, help out by purchasing milk from his daughter. However, things take a sour turn when the Classen sisters start getting...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When Halia is invited to serve as a guest judge on the popular cooking competition show Elite Chef, she's delighted to add some extra flavor to the mix. But as filming ramps up in Washington D.C., there are too many fiery personalities in the kitchen. Halia discovers that pulling off her small screen debut unscathed means contending with a longtime competing restaurant owner, an infamously crass hospitality mogul, and a group of cutthroat contestants...
5158) Locked in pursuit
Author
Series
Electra McDonnell novel volume 4
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Safecracker Ellie McDonnell hasn't seen Major Ramsey--her handsome but aloof handler in the British government--since their tumultuous mission together three months before, but when she hears about a suspicious robbery in London she feels compelled to contact him. Together they discover that a rash of burglaries in the city all lead back to a hotbed of spies in the neutral city Lisbon, Portugal, and an unknown object brought to London by a mysterious...
5159) False witness: a novel
Author
Series
Detective Cooper Devereaux thrillers volume 03
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Investigating the disappearances and murders of women on sequential birthdays, Detective Devereaux makes a high-profile arrest, only to discover that the wrong person has been taken into custody, a situation that leads to a race against time to prevent another killing"--
Author
Series
Antique bookshop mystery volume 3
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"For fans of Ellery Adams and Paige Shelton, the wedding can't go on when the bride is found murdered--but can love still win the day in this third installment of Laura Gail Black's cozy series. The birds are singing, books are selling, and the Hokes Bluff Inn has begun to host weddings on its property. Antiquarian bookseller Jenna Quinn loves the romance in the air--until her ex-fiancé, Blake Emerson, walks in with his bride-to-be, Missy Plott....