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The Twelve Chairs by Ilya Ilf, Yevgeny Petrov
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOstap Bender is an unemployed con artist living by his wits in postrevolutionary Soviet Russia. He joins forces with Ippolit Matveyevich Vorobyaninov, a former nobleman who has returned to his hometown to find a cache of missing jewels which were hidden in some chairs that have been appropriated by the Soviet authorities... -
![Last Orders by Caimh McDonnell]()
Last Orders by Caimh McDonnell
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAs a wise man once said, just because you're done with the past, doesn't mean the past is done with you. Paul can't let an incident from his past go. When he finds out a rival detective agency played a key role in it, he drags MCM Investigations into a blood feud that they can't hope to win... -
![Suckered by Gina LaManna]()
Suckered by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Violet Society. Are you ready? When Lacey, Meg, and The Family find themselves buckled into airplane seats and jetting across the Atlantic Ocean, it’s not a sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride sort of flight. Between Meg’s new diet, Lacey’s feverish wedding nightmares, and an unwanted stowaway, the gang’s first trip out of the country promises to be one chaotic disaster... -
![Lacey Luzzi: Sugared: a humorous, cozy mystery! by Gina LaManna]()
Lacey Luzzi: Sugared: a humorous, cozy mystery! by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTony Soprano, meet Stephanie Plum. From USA Today Bestselling Author Gina LaManna Wedding bells are ringing in Luzzi Land! The church is booked, the decorations are set, and the cakes—all ten of them—are ready to be frosted. Lacey Luzzi is getting married, and her grandmother finally gets to cry those tears of joy, gosh darn it. Until one phone call changes everything... -
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![Lacey Luzzi: Sprouted: a humorous, cozy mystery! by Gina LaManna]()
Lacey Luzzi: Sprouted: a humorous, cozy mystery! by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Gina LaManna A blonde, a brunette, and a red-head walk into a bank… And rob it. As Lacey waits for Baby Luzzi to make his or her appearance, she’s decided to cool her jets on the whole “chasing criminals” lifestyle at her husband’s insistence... -
![Spiced by Gina LaManna]()
Spiced by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLove is in the air at Casa Luzzi! Hearts, stars, and tiny gel-cling cupids line the windows while Meg, Clay, Anthony, and Lacey struggle to navigate the waters of their new and (mostly) improved relationships. But all is not sparkles and sprinkles over at the Luzzi Estate. With Marissa and Clarissa on the run from home, Lacey is tasked to find them – and find them fast... -
![Seasoned by Gina LaManna]()
Seasoned by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMeg’s Christmas List 1. Balloonicorns 2. Pringles 3. Double sled ’Tis the season…for a new career? It’s a few days before Christmas, and Lacey Luzzi & gang are at a dead end in their search for Jackson Cole. So when Lacey receives a job offer from none other than the rich, the glamorous, the Hollywood-bound Miss Harriet Lizabeth Morgan the Third, she says yes... -
![Shaved by Gina LaManna]()
Shaved by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a dazzling destination wedding brings the Luzzi Family to Hawaii, Lacey plans to take advantage of the sunshine and relaxation, along with a healthy diet of papaya and shaved ice. However, Lacey has her work cut out for her... -
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Double Agent by Gretchen Archer, Amber Benson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHIS JUST IN— On the weather front, Category Four Hurricane Kevin took a last-minute left and is headed straight for the Bellissimo Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. In breaking news, Undercover Casino Operative Davis Way has one foot out the evacuation door when fifty million dollars disappear, and in its place, a dead body... -
![Sliced by Gina LaManna]()
Sliced by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith Thanksgiving on the horizon, Lacey Luzzi is all set to cuddle her adorable baby and sexy husband after a giant feast. However, her plans turn belly-up when a dead body appears during the largest bake-off event in St. Paul history.Amelia Rapport, the front runner to win the state-wide bake-off, has landed face-down in a pool of royal icing, and, somehow, it’s Lacey’s job to save the event... -
![Sauced by Gina LaManna]()
Sauced by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTony Soprano, meet Stephanie Plum. Over 50,000 Lacey Luzzi books are now in the hands of mystery readers! #1 Amazon Bestselling mystery series in Humor & Cozy Mystery categories To try a Lacey Luzzi book for free, please sign up for my newsletter at www.ginalamanna... -
![S'mored by Gina LaManna]()
S'mored by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLacey Luzzi just wants a s’more. After her grandfather gifts her a relaxing weekend at his luxury cabin, Lacey packs her best friend Meg into the Lumina and together they take off, dreaming of a girls’ weekend filled with bonfires, boat rides, and work-free days. However, when three unexpected visitors show up on the doorstep of the Luzzi cabin, her plans of peace and quiet are foiled... -
![Spooked by Gina LaManna]()
Spooked by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTrick or Traitor? Haunted houses, candy, costumes...and a ghost. Once again, Lacey Luzzi hasn't signed up for any of it. Except the candy. But when Carlos corners her with a very special request, she can't bring herself to say no. With three days to Halloween, Lacey is drawn into a high stakes mission where she's forced to investigate those closest to her - and they don't like it... -
![Analysis & Reivew of Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich by aBookaDay]()
Analysis & Reivew of Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich by aBookaDay
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWarning : This is an independent addition to Tricky Twenty-Two , meant to enhance your experience of the original book. If you have not yet bought the original copy, make sure to purchase it before buying this unofficial summary from aBookaDay .SPECIAL OFFER$2.99 (Regularly $3... -
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![Fargo by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen]()
Fargo by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWinner of the Academy Award as the best Original Screenplay of 1996.Set in the midst of the bleak midwinter snow drifts of the American Midwest, Fargo is a story of murder and mayhem.Stylistically, Fargo -in its observation of a specific Minnesota community-is at the opposite end of the spectrum from the post-modernism of The Hudsucker Proxy and the baroque hallucinations of Barton Fink... -
![Salted by Gina LaManna]()
Salted by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter taking a gig with her grandfather – the Don of the Italian mafia – Lacey Luzzi has been in for a wild ride. Stolen property, rogue weddings and uncomfortable Family dinners – she’s seen it all. However this time, when Carlos interrupts Lacey’s sugar-induced nap with a phone call, he gives her an assignment that sends her skidding into a place she least expects: the local spa... -
![The First Rumpole Omnibus by John Mortimer]()
The First Rumpole Omnibus by John Mortimer
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWho rose to enduring fame on Blood and Typewriters, told the pregnant Portia of the Chambers it would come out in the end, advised Guthrie Featherstone, Q.C... -
![When Harry Met Sally by Nora Ephron]()
When Harry Met Sally by Nora Ephron
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA romantic comedy about the difficult, frustrating, awful, funny search for happiness in an American city where the primary emotion is unrequited love. The complete screenplay... -
![Whiskey, You're The Devil by Liliana Hart]()
Whiskey, You're The Devil by Liliana Hart
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThings are looking up for Addison Holmes. She's about to take her P.I. exams, she's living in sin with the man of her dreams, and she hasn't had a phone call from her mother in three whole days. But she should have known things were too good to last... -
![Sandraker by Heide Goody, Iain Grant]()
Sandraker by Heide Goody, Iain Grant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe aristocracy abide by a different set of rules......or so it seems to Sam Applewhite when her job brings her to Candlebroke Hall, the stately home. The burglary definitely wasn't what it appeared to be, and the subsequent accidents suggest that it's a dangerous place to spend time... -
![Fish Preferred by P.G. Wodehouse]()
Fish Preferred by P.G. Wodehouse
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHugh Carmody loved Millicent, Lord Emsworth niece, but he was very good friends with Sue Brown - an attachment which Millicent, perhaps, could hardly be expected to enthuse over. Ronnie Fish loved Sue, and entertained feelings o unrestrained ferocity towards Pilbeam, a blister of the first water, who was pestering her with flowers...Categorized as:
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![Lone Wolf by L.T. Vargus, E.M. Smith]()
Lone Wolf by L.T. Vargus, E.M. Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe package arrives first class. A manila envelope bulging with bubble wrap. With the top slit open, what lies within can just faintly be seen: A swath of human flesh sealed in plastic.When a popular podcaster receives a disturbing package in the mail, FBI profiler Victor Loshak heads to Denver to investigate. The grisly contents of the bubble mailer are unlike anything he’s seen... -
![Einstein's Beach House by Jacob M. Appel]()
Einstein's Beach House by Jacob M. Appel
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA couple adopts a depressed hedgehog; a stranger shows up, claiming to be the father of a girl's imaginary friend; a woman kidnaps her ex-husband's turtle; a family is evicted from their home, but was it ever really theirs? Heartbreaking and hilarious, the eight stories of Einstein's Beach House examine how we deceive ourselves and others, all to arrive at something far more real... -
![Sparkled by Gina LaManna, Caitlin Kelly]()
Sparkled by Gina LaManna, Caitlin Kelly
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLacey, Clay and Meg are back—this time headed to...a wedding? Assignment Numero Dos for Lacey comes straight from the Godfather himself. When one of the Luzzi Family’s low-ranking associates is found dead, Carlos believes it may be the doing of the rival Russian mob, and he orders Lacey to find the killer... -
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![Psych's Guide to Crime Fighting for the Totally Unqualified by Shawn Spencer, Burton Guster]()
Psych's Guide to Crime Fighting for the Totally Unqualified by Shawn Spencer, Burton Guster
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGOT A MYSTERY TO SOLVE?DON'T GET STUMPED. GET PSYCHED!You've seen him solve unsolvable crimes, stop unstoppable killers, and consume unconsumable breakfast cereals. Now Shawn Spencer (James Roday), the mastermind from TV's hit show Psych, shows you how to become a fake psychic-and a real detective-using his patented methods of crime-fighting awesomeness... -
![The Case of the Haunted Haunted House by Drew Hayes, Scott Aiello]()
The Case of the Haunted Haunted House by Drew Hayes, Scott Aiello
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLength: 8 hrs and 6 minsSherman Holmes has officially settled into his new city, and the World's Greatest Detective Agency has opened its doors. While his put-upon partner, Watson, would be happy to keep the jobs as simple as missing pets, when a worried worker with an outlandish tale of ghosts walks in, there's no stopping Sherman from taking the case... -
![Love in the Time of Bertie by Alexander McCall Smith]()
Love in the Time of Bertie by Alexander McCall Smith
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe latest installment in the delightful 44 Scotland Street series finds all our favorite residents up to their usual hilarious hijinks. In the microcosm of 44 Scotland Street, all of life's richness is found in the glorious goings-on of its residents... -
![The Enigma of Garlic: 44 Scotland Street Series by Alexander McCall Smith]()
The Enigma of Garlic: 44 Scotland Street Series by Alexander McCall Smith
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe latest installment in the charming and congenial 44 Scotland Street series finds all our favorite residents of Scotland's most celebrated address up to their usual hilarious hijinks.It's the most anticipated event of the decade--Big Lou and Fat Bob's wedding--and everyone is invited! But the relative peace and tranquillity of 44 Scotland Street is about to be disrupted... -
![Stranger Things Have Happened: An Adrien English Write Your Own Damn Story (The Adrien English Mysteries) by Josh Lanyon, Catherine Dair]()
Stranger Things Have Happened: An Adrien English Write Your Own Damn Story (The Adrien English Mysteries) by Josh Lanyon, Catherine Dair
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWHO KILLED ROBERT HERSEY? Book store assistant and all around bad boy Robert Hersey has been murdered -- and you are the #1 suspect! To clear your name and get your life back, you must figure out who killed your best friend and first love. What happens next in the story all depends on the choices YOU make. How will the story end? It's all up to YOU... -
![Johnny Cakes by Paisley Ray]()
Johnny Cakes by Paisley Ray
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's junior year and Rachael is psyched to ditch dorm life and share a house with her girlfriends. But, she can't shake the nigling feeling about the narcissistic live-in landlady, who has a history of derailing Rachael’s love life... -
![The Blonde Hurricane by Jenő Rejtő]()
The Blonde Hurricane by Jenő Rejtő
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA combination of thriller and love story, The Blonde Hurricane centers around the race to find a priceless family jewel concealed in a statuette of Buddha that an international band of crooks are after -- and so is Miss Evelyn Weston, the Blonde Hurricane, and without her knowledge, Eddy Rancing, who is in love with her, plus a host of others... -
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Saturday Night Cleaver by Karen Cantwell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPoor Barb. She just can't stay out of trouble, no matter how hard she tries. But this time she has a good reason: family friend Colt Baron has gone missing. When soccer mom, Barbara Marr, and her ex-FBI husband, Howard, begin following clues in a search for their treasured pal, they find themselves crashing a rather racy sort of party – a soiree for swinging couples. Awkward... -
![The Henchmen's Book Club by Danny King]()
The Henchmen's Book Club by Danny King
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMark Jones is a henchman for hire. He guards bunkers, patrols perimeters and stands around in a boiler suit waiting to get knocked out by Ninjas. This is his job... -
![Mr. Monk Gets Even by Lee Goldberg]()
Mr. Monk Gets Even by Lee Goldberg
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn all-new original mystery starring Adrian Monk, the brilliant investigator who always knows when something’s out of place.... It may be a foggy San Francisco summer, but for Adrian Monk the future is looking bright... -
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![Drowned Hopes by Donald E. Westlake]()
Drowned Hopes by Donald E. Westlake
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJohn Dortmunder, anti-hero of such comic crime classics as The Hot Rock and Good Behavior , returns home at dawn after another failed burglary. He is horrified to find his apartment occupied by an old cellmate everyone supposed (and hoped) had been locked up for life. Tom Jinson needs Dortmunder's help. Nearly thirty years ago, before his last prison stretch, Tom pulled a big job up near Albany... -
![Why Me? by Donald E. Westlake]()
Why Me? by Donald E. Westlake
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBe careful what you steal . . . A fast-paced crime caper from the Edgar Award–winning author and “funniest man in the world” (The Washington Post Book World).The Byzantine Fire is much more than a ninety-carat ruby. As a stone it’s worth over a million dollars, a value vastly increased by its pure gold band—but its history makes it priceless... -
![Disorganized Crime by Alex A. King]()
Disorganized Crime by Alex A. King
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKat Makris was just a kid when her father spun wild and gruesome bedtime stories about Baboulas, the Greek boogeyman, a fearsome creature with a penchant for stealing gold and clashing with the gods. Now Kat is twenty-eight, single, an only child halfway to orphaned, and her father's weirdo fairy tales lie crumpled at the bottom of her childhood closet, in the house where she still lives... -
![Убивать осознанно by Karsten Dusse]()
Убивать осознанно by Karsten Dusse
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsБьорн Димель — «грязный адвокатишка», вынужденный прикрывать и оправдывать преступления большого криминального авторитета. Брак Бьорна Димеля разваливается на части, его жена вот-вот сбежит с обожаемой дочкой в неопределенном направлении. В отчаянии Бьорн записывается на курс тренинга по осознанности... -
![Całe zdanie nieboszczyka by Joanna Chmielewska]()
Całe zdanie nieboszczyka by Joanna Chmielewska
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTo pierwsza powieść Joanny Chmielewskiej o charakterze przygodowym. W nielegalnej szulerni Joanna zostaje przypadkowo wzięta za inną osobę. Na skutek tej pomyłki to jej właśnie umierający mężczyzna powierza wskazówkę do odnalezienia cennego skarbu.. -
![The Scapegoat by Daniel Pennac]()
The Scapegoat by Daniel Pennac
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPathetic, contrite and hapless, Benjamin is nonetheless the scapegoat at The Store: there is nothing for which he cannot be blamed. While his blunders remain minor, most of his unwitting victims can find it in their hearts to forgive him, but when violent explosions begin to follow him around, he inevitably becomes the prime suspect... -
![A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away by Christopher Brookmyre]()
A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away by Christopher Brookmyre
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBack when they were students, just like everybody else, Ray Ash and Simon Darcourt had dreams about what they'd do when they grew up. In both their cases, it was to be rock stars. Fifteen years later, their mid-thirties are bearing down fast, and just like everybody else, they're having to accept the less glamorous hands reality has dealt them... -
![Country Of The Blind by Christopher Brookmyre]()
Country Of The Blind by Christopher Brookmyre
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe murder of a media mogul in his country mansion appears to be the result of his disturbing a gang of would-be thieves. The robbers are swiftly caught, but when they are unexpectedly moved to a different prison they escape. Back in Edinburgh, a young solicitor reveals to the press that one of the subjects had left a letter with her some time before the break-in which proves his innocence... -
![A Tale Etched In Blood And Hard Black Pencil by Christopher Brookmyre]()
A Tale Etched In Blood And Hard Black Pencil by Christopher Brookmyre
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWe could tell you about the bodies. We could tell you their names, where they were found, the state they were in. We could tell you about the suspects too, the evidence, the investigators; join a few dots, even throw you a motive. But what would be the point? You’re going to make your own assumptions anyway. After all, you know these people, don’t you? You went to school with them. We all did... -
![Florida Straits by Laurence Shames]()
Florida Straits by Laurence Shames
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"People go to Key West for lots of different reasons. Joey Goldman went there to become a gangster..."So begins this classic Key West caper, the hilarious and touching book that launched a much-loved series and introduced the world to Bert the Shirt and his chihuahua Don Giovanni, two of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary fiction... -
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![Handling Sin by Michael Malone]()
Handling Sin by Michael Malone
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn the Ides of March, our hero, Raleigh Whittier Hayes (forgetful husband, baffled father, prosperous insurance agent and leading citizen of Thermopylae, North Carolina), learns that his father has discharged himself from the hospital, taken all his money out of the bank and, with a young black female mental patient, vanished in a yellow Cadillac convertible... -
![Don't Ask by Donald E. Westlake]()
Don't Ask by Donald E. Westlake
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn his latest caper, Dortmunder is hired to steal the femur of a 16-year-old girl who was canonized because, 800 years ago, she was killed and eaten by her family. Now two European countries and the Catholic church are fighting like dogs over the bone. How will this free-for-all end? Don't Ask... -
![Welcome to Paradise by Laurence Shames]()
Welcome to Paradise by Laurence Shames
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBefore mild-mannered furniture salesman Al Tuschman left New Jersey for a week in Key West, he hadn't an enemy in the world. But a series of puzzling assaults on his privacy, his sanity, and his life has turned his stay at the tasteful Paradise Hotel into Tropical Hell. Maybe it's the humidity. Maybe the Sambuca. Or maybe it's the nickname emblazoned on his license plate: Big Al... -
![Fool Me Once by Steve Hockensmith, Lisa Falco]()
Fool Me Once by Steve Hockensmith, Lisa Falco
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter taking over the White Magic Five & Dime, Alanis McLachlan is trying to make up for her mother's con jobs by tracking down old customers and making amends. When Martha, one of the most loyal clients, comes looking for a way out of her abusive marriage, Alanis does everything she can to help.But helping Martha leads to unforeseen consequences . . . including murder... -
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Strawberries by Casey Bartsch
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStrawberries is the name he has been given. When they let him out, they had no way of knowing what he was. A psychopath. A killer. The body count is at twenty already, and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight. Agent Harry Bland can’t see one anyway. He doesn’t have a single clue to go on. It doesn’t help that his mind won’t focus. His heart just isn’t in it anymore... -
![Mr. Monk Helps Himself by Hy Conrad]()
Mr. Monk Helps Himself by Hy Conrad
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn all-new original mystery starring Adrian Monk, the brilliant investigator who always knows when something’s out of place.... Now that Monk and Natalie are both in San Francisco again, life is almost back to normal for the duo, with one exception: Natalie is studying for her PI license, the last step to becoming Monk’s full partner...
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