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Dying Wishes by Colleen Helme
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShelby Nichols needs some time off, but for a mind-reader with ties to the police and the mob, is that even possible?Her kids want the dog she's promised them, the police need her to talk to a counselor, and Uncle Joey has unexpected news that could change her life. Is Shelby up to the task? Let's hope so, because solving a murder might be easier than granting a dying wish... -
![Top Secret Twenty-One : A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich - Review Summary by J.T. Salrich]()
Top Secret Twenty-One : A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich - Review Summary by J.T. Salrich
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTop Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich is finally here! Janet Evanovich fans will be glad to know that Stephanie Plum is at it again. "Top Secret Twenty-One: A Stephanie Plum Novel" picks up right where Takedown Twenty left off... -
![No Questions Asked (A Lexi Carmichael Mystery) by Julie Moffett]()
No Questions Asked (A Lexi Carmichael Mystery) by Julie Moffett
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsONE LAST FLING (WITH DANGER)Lexi Carmichael: saving scientists one snake at a time.Weddings aren’t my thing—never have been. But eloping would break my mother’s heart, especially since the president of the United States put in a good word for me with his daughter’s wedding planner. I’m going to have the wedding of the year…whether I like it or not... -
![Damaging Secrets by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson]()
Damaging Secrets by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDamaging Secrets, the first book of her newest crime thriller series, is an engaging story of corruption and cover-up that you won’t soon forget.New to town and a little rough around the edges, Detective Rachel Ryder finds herself on the receiving end of a suspicious person’s call in Hamby, Georgia...Categorized as:
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![Ritual in Death / Missing in Death by J.D. Robb]()
Ritual in Death / Missing in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDark, mystifying and powerful forces are at work in these two superb J.D. Robb short stories.Ritual in DeathWhen a naked, knife-wielding man who thinks he has killed someone crashes a glamorous ball she's attending, Lieutenant Eve Dallas is almost relieved. The clues point towards ritual murder, but Eve knows there is nothing supernatural about a deadly lust for power.. -
![Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz]()
Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsMurder links past and present once again in this mind-boggling metafictional mystery from Anthony Horowitz—another tribute to the golden age of Agatha Christie featuring detective Atticus Pund and editor Susan Ryland, stars of the New York Times bestsellers Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders... -
![Murder at Keyhaven Castle by Clara McKenna]()
Murder at Keyhaven Castle by Clara McKenna
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWith her wedding to Viscount “Lyndy” Lyndhurst just days away, strong-willed American ex-pat Stella Kendrick is the talk of Edwardian society—and the focus of a deadly mystery—in Clara McKenna’s third historical mystery set in England’s New Forest region at the turn of the 20th century...Categorized as:
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![For Batter or Worse by Jenn McKinlay]()
For Batter or Worse by Jenn McKinlay
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Fairy Tale Cupcake crew must discover the truth behind a death sprinkled with suspicion before Mel and Joe can say I do", in the thirteenth Cupcake Bakery Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay.Life is sweet and business is booming at the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery--and the fact that Mel and Joe are getting married is the icing on the cake... -
![Maker Space by K.B. Spangler]()
Maker Space by K.B. Spangler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsConspiracies, political cover-ups, acts of terrorism… As one of the first cyborgs employed by the federal government, Agent Rachel Peng thought she had already lived through it all. Then, without warning, fourteen blocks of downtown Washington, D.C. are gone, blown apart by bombs unlike anything Rachel has ever seen... -
![Bombing in Belgravia by Samantha Silver]()
Bombing in Belgravia by Samantha Silver
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThings are about to blow up for Cassie... When an ambassador's children are killed in a deliberate gas explosion in the middle of the night, Violet Despuis is on the case. Right from the start, not everything is as it seems, as Cassie confirms at the crime scene that one of the victims had been poisoned beforehand... -
![The Fallen Princess by Sarah Woodbury]()
The Fallen Princess by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHallowmas 1144. With the harvest festival approaching, Gareth has returned from fighting in the south, hoping for a few months of peace with Gwen before the birth of their first child... -
![Doctor Who: The Ruby's Curse by Alex Kingston, Jacqueline Rayner]()
Doctor Who: The Ruby's Curse by Alex Kingston, Jacqueline Rayner
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe's got ice in her heart and a kiss on her lips...1939, New York. Private Eye, Melody Malone, is hired to find a stolen ruby, the Eye of Horus. The ruby might hold the secret to the location of Cleopatra's tomb - but everyone who comes into contact with it dies. Can Melody escape the ruby's curse?1939, New York... -
![Coached in the Act by Victoria Laurie]()
Coached in the Act by Victoria Laurie
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs East Hampton's go-to life coach, Cat Cooper and her BFF, Gilley, delve into the exclusive personal lives of the rich and infamous. But with local gossip growing vicious, knowing too much information can be a death sentence....Wild rumors are swirling in the Hamptons over Twelve Angry Men, a ruthlessly revealing one-woman show written and performed by Yelena Galanis... -
![Yews with Caution by Kate Collins]()
Yews with Caution by Kate Collins
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFlower shop owner Abby Knight is out to help a friend in need but soon finds herself in the weeds... The Spring of Abby's Discontent It's April in New Chapel, and Abby and her husband, Marco, are off to buy shrubs for their new house. But the owner of the local landscaping company is nowhere to be found... -
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![The Case of the Damaged Detective by Drew Hayes]()
The Case of the Damaged Detective by Drew Hayes
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA mystery/road trip/buddy comedy/action adventure from the author of Second Hand Curses. A dance club full of bodies. Cause of death - a mystery. The lone survivor - a man, raving like a lunatic, wearing only a deerstalker hat. Now, the man who calls himself Sherman Holmes is being studied like a lab rat by a top-secret government agency... -
![Oranges and Lemons by Christopher Fowler]()
Oranges and Lemons by Christopher Fowler
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"The most delightfully, wickedly entertaining duo in crime fiction." The Plain Dealer When a prominent politician is crushed by a fruit van making a delivery, the singular team of Arthur Bryant and John May overcome insurmountable odds to reunite the PCU and solve the case in the brainy new mystery from acclaimed author Christopher Fowler... -
![Lane: A Case For Willows And Lane by Peter Grainger]()
Lane: A Case For Willows And Lane by Peter Grainger
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“So I thought I might take up para-gliding. You know, buy one on eBay and just jump off the cliff one morning.” Emily Willows is middle-aged, widowed, wealthy and bored. When she makes those flippant remarks to her son over coffee one Friday, she has no inkling that within a few hours she will be facing the most terrifying situation of her life... -
![Fatal Fascinator by Jenn McKinlay]()
Fatal Fascinator by Jenn McKinlay
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHip hip beret! Hatmakers Scarlett Parker and Vivian Tremont return and must collar a killer when a castle wedding goes awry in New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay’s new Hat Shop Mystery.It’s wedding season and Viv’s longtime frenemy Piper May is getting married. She convinces Viv and Scarlett to take on the job of designing the headpieces for her “wedding of the year... -
![Strawberried Alive by Jenn McKinlay]()
Strawberried Alive by Jenn McKinlay
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe crew from the Fairy Tale Cupcakes shop risks getting burned when they set out to find a murderer who is terrorizing their townLife is smooth as buttercream at the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery, and newlyweds Mel and Joe are stopping to smell the flours. But things start to crumble one night when an unknown gunman takes a shot at Mel... -
![The Little Lost Library by Ellery Adams]()
The Little Lost Library by Ellery Adams
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn the latest in the mystery series hailed as “a love letter to reading” (Entertainment Weekly) from New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams, Nora Pennington helps her bookstore customers find healing through the perfect book—while solving the town’s real-life murders with the help of her Secret, Book, and Scone Society members... -
![Sit, Stay, Slay by V.M. Burns]()
Sit, Stay, Slay by V.M. Burns
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen her best friend Dixie is suspected of killing a dog show judge, Lilly must bring one sick puppy to heel . . . Tennessee transplant Lilly Echosby has two great dogs and mysteries. So naturally she's named her poodles Aggie, after Agatha Christie, and Rex, for Rex Stout... -
![Murder in an Irish Garden by Carlene O'Connor]()
Murder in an Irish Garden by Carlene O'Connor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEverything’s coming up roses for garda Siobhán and the rest of O’Sullivan family in quaint Kilbane, County Cork, Ireland—until a murder investigation blooms out of a deadly gardening competition... -
![The Dust of Kaku by Julia Huni]()
The Dust of Kaku by Julia Huni
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey say you can never go home. But, you can clean it. Triana Moore, maintenance bot technician on Station Kelly-Kornienko, prefers life in orbit where the air is purified, the commute is short, and nature doesn’t get all over you. But when a minor infraction gets her sent to remedial training dirtside, she doesn’t complain... -
![Double Cross by Beth McMullen, Kelsey Navarro]()
Double Cross by Beth McMullen, Kelsey Navarro
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShannon Hale’s Princess Academy meets Stu Gibbs’s Spy School series in the third book in the Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls series.Abby and her classmates have all been invited to Briar Academy to participate in The Challenge, a prep school competition where teams compete for prizes and the glory of being the best of the best... -
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![Planet of the Grapes by Kirsten Weiss]()
Planet of the Grapes by Kirsten Weiss
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAliens, fairies and murder, oh, my! In small-town Doyle, California, UFO abductions are a budding tourist attraction. So when Susan Witsend brings a UFO festival to town, she’s ready for some well-deserved time in the sun.What she gets instead is the corpse of a UFO conspiracy theorist, brained with a bottle of local wine... -
![Dead Men Scare Me Stupid by John Swartzwelder]()
Dead Men Scare Me Stupid by John Swartzwelder
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne of a series of comedy science fiction novels featuring slow-witted detective Frank Burly. By John Swartzwelder, the writer of 59 episodes of The Simpsons... -
![Better Than Friends by Jill Shalvis]()
Better Than Friends by Jill Shalvis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOld flames reignite in Sunrise Cove in this charming enemies-to-lovers, second-chance, small-town, forced-proximity love story about family, friendships, and true love from New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis.When Olive Porter’s off-the-grid parents go missing, she reluctantly seeks out Noah Turner, her ex and the only person she both trusts implicitly and not at all... -
![A Crime of Poison by Nancy Haddock]()
A Crime of Poison by Nancy Haddock
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Silver Six are known for their arts and crafts—but they’re about to be tested in the art of catching a crafty killer.It’s early October, time for the Fall Folk Art Festival and Bake Sale in Lilyvale, Arkansas. Every business along the town square will benefit from the event, including the craft store run by Leslee Stanton Nix—aka Nixy—and the Silver Six, a group of retirees... -
![Kilty as Charged by Amy Vansant]()
Kilty as Charged by Amy Vansant
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA blend of suspense, romance and laughs with just a dash of time-traveling Highlander from author Amy Vansant.When Catriona spots a plaid posterior passed out on the Hollywood movie lot where she works, she doesn't know her life as a fixer for Hollywood's spoiled elite is about to grow more complicated... -
![The Dragons of Archenfield by Edward Marston]()
The Dragons of Archenfield by Edward Marston
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDOMESDAY IS COMINGIn 1086, England's mighty king, William the Conqueror, sends out surveyors and census takers to record the resources of his land and its people. Some welcome these inquisitive royal agents and their day of judgment. Others hate them. But wherever the king's men go they bring excitement; *and sometimes murder. . . -
![Coached Red-Handed by Victoria Laurie]()
Coached Red-Handed by Victoria Laurie
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLife coach Cat Cooper and her best friend Gilley can’t wait to take a long vacation from low-key East Hampton. There’s just one more item left on their planning stopping a killer . . .With Gilley heartbroken over the collapse of his marriage, Cat has the perfect remedy—a long getaway to Italy... -
![Double Knit Murders by Maggie Sefton]()
Double Knit Murders by Maggie Sefton
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe first two books in the national bestselling Knitting mysteries- Knit One, Kill Two and Needled to Death. In Knit One, Kill Two, Kelly Flynn returns to Colorado for her aunt's funeral only to suspect that the woman's death was not an accident... -
![Paloma by Kristine Kathryn Rusch]()
Paloma by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs a Retrieval Artist, Miles Flint helps the Disappeared, saving the lives of those oppressed under the Earth Alliance regime. He owes his livelihood, and his very sense of honor, to a woman known as Paloma. It was she who was responsible for setting him on this path—and now she has been murdered.Summoned by Paloma’s desperate call, Miles reaches her apartment too late...Categorized as:
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![Buried Deep by Kristine Kathryn Rusch]()
Buried Deep by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsForensic anthropologist Aisha Costard has been summoned to Mars to examine skeletal remains recently discovered beneath a building erected by the Disty aliens. The bones belong to a human who vanished thirty years ago with her children. She is believed to have been one of the Disappeared, outlaws wanted for crimes against alien civilizations... -
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![A Root Awakening by Kate Collins]()
A Root Awakening by Kate Collins
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAbby Knight's marriage may be in full bloom, but house hunting is no bed of roses in latest novel in the New York Times bestselling Flower Shop Mystery series... Now that they’ve tied the knot, flower shop owner Abby Knight and her husband, Marco, want to put down roots. When it comes to picking a house, Marco can’t wait to get his hands dirty, while Abby isn’t ready for a fixer-upper... -
![The Reeve's Tale by Margaret Frazer]()
The Reeve's Tale by Margaret Frazer
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs illness and murder cast a cloud over Prior Byfield, fear and suspicion reign -- and Frevisse's keen deductions lead her closer to the disturbing truth... -
![Sugar Plum Poisoned by Jenn McKinlay]()
Sugar Plum Poisoned by Jenn McKinlay
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's Christmastime, and this holiday season, things are heating up for the bakers at Fairy Tale Cupcakes, in the newest Cupcake Bakery Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay... -
![Class Reunions Are Murder by Libby Klein]()
Class Reunions Are Murder by Libby Klein
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNewly widowed and stuck in a middle-aged funk, Poppy has been running on cookies, infomercials, and one-sided chats with her cat for months. There's no way on earth she's attending her twenty-five-year class reunion--especially after receiving a very bizarre letter from Barbie, the popular cheerleader who taunted her all through high school... -
![Some of Us Are Looking by Carlene O'Connor]()
Some of Us Are Looking by Carlene O'Connor
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn late summer, the Dingle peninsula is thronged with tourists drawn to County Kerry’s dark mountains and deep, lush valleys. For Irish vet Dimpna Wilde, who has returned to run her family’s practice after years away, home is a beautiful but complicated place—especially when it becomes the setting for a brutal murder . . -
![Las otras niñas by Santiago Díaz]()
Las otras niñas by Santiago Díaz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLa inspectora Indira Ramos ha estado tres años viviendo en su Extremadura natal por una excedencia. Nadie aparte de su familia sabe que ha sido madre de una niña, Alba. Cuando llega el momento de reincorporarse a su comisaría de Madrid, se siente desmotivada y está dispuesta a renunciar a su cargo, incapaz de enfrentarse de nuevo a Iván, quien la culpa de la muerte de su amigo Dani... -
![Murder on an Irish Farm by Carlene O'Connor]()
Murder on an Irish Farm by Carlene O'Connor
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this enchanting new read in the fan-favorite series from a USA Today bestselling author, garda of County Cork, Ireland, Siobhán O’Sullivan and Macdaras Flannery, are about to get married at last... -
![Murder at an Irish Chipper by Carlene O'Connor]()
Murder at an Irish Chipper by Carlene O'Connor
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA belated honeymoon turns into a busman’s holiday when gardas Siobhán and Macdara Flannery find themselves investigating a dead body found in a fish and chips shop . . .Siobhán’s brother Eoin’s new family restaurant, The O’Sullivan Six, is so close to opening—but waiting on the necessary permits plus the heat of July in the village of Kilbane in County Cork is driving everyone a bit mad... -
![Murder at the Elms by Alyssa Maxwell]()
Murder at the Elms by Alyssa Maxwell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs the nineteenth century comes to a close, the illustrious Vanderbilt family dominates Newport, Rhode Island, high society. But when murder arrives, reporter Emma Cross learns that sometimes the actions of the cream of society can curdle one’s blood in the latest installment of this bestselling cozy historical mystery series . . -
![Planetary Spin Cycle by Julia Huni]()
Planetary Spin Cycle by Julia Huni
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStolen diamonds, purple goo, and a zero gravity baby......all in a day's work for a Triana Moore.The former space janitor returns to her mother's estate on Kaku to plan her wedding. Or, as she soon discovers, to be ignored while the SK'Corp public relations machine plans the event of the galaxy... -
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![Sleeping With Anemone by Kate Collins]()
Sleeping With Anemone by Kate Collins
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI, Abby Knight, hometown florist, refuse to be cowed into giving up my stance against the unfair treatment of dairy animals... -
![Murder at Blackwater Bend by Clara McKenna]()
Murder at Blackwater Bend by Clara McKenna
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsStella Kendrick, a wild-hearted Kentuckian "Dollar Princess" shipped off to England for an aristocratic marriage and her soon-to-be groom Viscount "Lyndy" Lyndhurst must navigate culture clashes, scandal, and a high society killer in Clara McKenna's second historical mystery set in England's New Forest region at the turn of the 20th century...Categorized as:
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![The Paper Caper by Kate Carlisle]()
The Paper Caper by Kate Carlisle
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSan Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright loves a good book festival except when murder is the main event in this thrilling new addition to the New York Times bestselling Bibliophile Mystery series.Brooklyn is excited to be included in the Covington Library’s first annual Mark Twain Festival... -
![More Tales of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov]()
More Tales of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe second novel of six that describe mysteries solved by the Black Widowers, based on a literary dining club he belonged to known as the Trap Door Spiders. It collects twelve stories by Asimov, nine reprinted from mystery or science fiction magazines and three previously unpublished, together with a general introduction, and an afterword following each story by the author... -
![A Racing Murder by Frances Evesham]()
A Racing Murder by Frances Evesham
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBelinda Sandford thrills to the cheers of the crowd as her beautiful grey racehorse, ‘Butterfly Charm’, thunders past the finishing post first at Wincanton Racecourse. She feels like the luckiest girl in the world.But joy soon turns to despair as a stewards’ enquiry overturns the result and awards the race to her long-time rival, Alexandra Deacon... -
![Casebook of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov]()
Casebook of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvery month, the Black Widowers convene for sumptuous food, fine wine, and a cosmically baffling mystery. Attended by Henry, the all-knowing waiter, these gentle rogues ponder such imponderables as: * the one-syllable middle name that represents what every schoolboy knows, yet doesn't... * a murder by solar eclipse very far out in space..
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