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The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz Paperback Book

Meet Isabel 'Izzy' Spellman, private investigator. This twenty-eight-year-old may have a checkered past littered with romantic mistakes, excessive drinking, and creative vandalism; she may be addicted to Get Smart reruns and prefer entering homes...

Publication Date: Feb 2008

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A Stitch in Time (Needlecraft Mystery)

by Monica Ferris

When a damaged tapestry is discovered in a small-town church closet, needleworkers join to stitch together the clues which lead to a crafty crime. 'Entertaining...Fans of Jessica Fletcher will devour this book.'-Rendezvous 3rd...

Publication Date: Jul 2000

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Batteries Required (Samantha Shaw Mysteries)

by Jennifer Apodaca

A sample kit of sex toys becomes a catalyst for murder, forcing dating service owner Samantha Shaw to team up with detective Logan Vance when her friend Angel, who was on the verge of launching her lingerie business, mysteriously vanishes. Reprint.

Publication Date: Jan 2006

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Cutwork

by Monica Ferris

When murder enters the picture at the Excelsior, Minnesota, art fair, Betsy Devonshire, the owner of a needlework shop, along with her best friend, Officer Jill Cross, sets out to unravel the mystery and prove the innocence of a local youth, who...

Publication Date: Jan 2004

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Rough Justice

by Lisa Scottoline

Criminal lawyer Marta Richter is hours away from winning an acquittal for her client, millionaire businessman Elliot Steere, on trial for the murder of a homeless man who had tried to carjack him. But as the jury begins deliberations, Marta discovers...

Publication Date: Mar 1999

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Spare Change (Sunny Randall)

by Robert B. Parker

The new Sunny Randall novel first time in mass market Boston P.I. Sunny Randall joins forces with the most important man in her life—her father—to crack a thirty-year-old case.

Publication Date: Jun 2008

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Wreck the Halls

by Sarah Graves

“The town (Eastport) and its warmly wondrous citizens continue to enchant!”— Booknews from The Poisoned PenWhen ex—Wall Streeter Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree bought a charming 1823 fixer-upper in tiny...

Publication Date: Oct 2002

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Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell (An Agatha Raisin Mystery)

by M. C. Beaton

Agatha Raisin Has Finally Married The Man Of Her Dreams.But Now Her Life Is Nothing Short Of A Nightmare...The honeymoon is most definitely over for Agatha Raisin and her new husband, James Lacey. IIt's only been a short time since their...

Publication Date: Jan 2003

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Dead Famous

by Carol O'Connell

Kathleen Mallory, O'Connell's perennial heroine, returns in this thriller which opens as the jurors in a prominent trial are murdered, one by one. Technically Mallory is not supposed to interfere in a federal case, but she has always been an...

Publication Date: Sep 2004

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Dead Past: A Diane Fallon Forensic Investigation

by Beverly Connor

When she sees a television show featuring the unsolved murders of her entire family, Juliet Price, who can't remember anything about the event, is plagued by terrifying nightmares that hold the key to identifying the killer and turns to Diane Fallon...

Publication Date: Feb 2007

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First Grave On The Right

by Darynda Jones

A smashing, award-winning debut novel that introduces Charley Davidson: part-time private investigator and full-time Grim Reaper Charley sees dead people. That's right, she sees dead people. And it's her job to convince them to "go into...

Publication Date: Jul 2011

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Her Royal Spyness

by Rhys Bowen

INTRODUCING "A FEISTY NEW HEROINE" (JACQUELINE WINSPEAR) who's thirty-fourth in line for the throne—and flat broke. From the Agatha Award-winning author of the Molly Murphy and Constable Evan Evans mysteries! Lady Victoria...

Publication Date: Jul 2008

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Skeleton Crew: A Lindsay Chamberlain Novel

by Beverly Connor

In 1558 a Spanish galleon headed for the New World loaded with supplies for the colonies sank off the coast of Georgia. Now, inside one of the largest cofferdams ever built for purposes of archaeology, Lindsay Chamberlain is excavating the site on...

Publication Date: Feb 2002

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The Art of Detection

by Laurie R. King

The fifth present-day police procedural starring San Francisco police detective Kate Martinelli will definitely appeal to fans of author Laurie R. King's other series, early 20th-century mysteries with Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes....

Publication Date: May 2007

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Deep Sea Dead: A Pauline Sokol Mystery

by Lori Avocato

As part of her job as a medical insurance fraud investigator, ex-nurse Pauline Sokol is asked to go undercover as part of the medical team on the Golden Dolphin, a posh luxury liner sailing for Bermuda, but her mission is jeopardized when a corpse...

Publication Date: May 2006

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Four and Twenty Blackbirds

by Cherie Priest

Watched over by a mysterious trio of ghostly women, Eden Moore searches for clues about their identity in a Georgia antebellum mansion and a nineteenth-century hospital while struggling to avoid being killed by a fanatical assassin. Original.

Publication Date: Oct 2005

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Getting Old Is the Best Revenge

by Rita Lakin

Senior citizen private detective Gladdy Gold and her eccentric team of cohorts risk everything to identify the killer who has been stalking wealthy socialites when the murderer turns up aboard their Bingo cruise, in the sequel to Getting Old Is...

Publication Date: Mar 2006

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Hanging By A Thread

by Monica Ferris

The whole town of Excelsior, Minnesota, hates and avoids Foster Johns, who is believed to be a murderer, the perpetrator of a five-year-old unsolved crime. Then Betsy Devonshire comes to town to open a needlework shop and hires Foster to put a new...

Publication Date: Jan 2003

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Knitting Bones

by Monica Ferris

PICK UP A STITCH WITH THE NEW NEEDLECRAFT MYSTERY— NOW IN PAPERBACK.FREE knitting pattern included!The stitchers of the Embroiderers Guild raised over twenty thousand dollars for charity—but the representative who accepted the...

Publication Date: Aug 2008

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The Family Tree

by Sheri S. Tepper

Investigating the murders of three geneticists, officer Dora Henry witnesses the bizarre transformation of her world into a rampaging jungle and discovers that she has the ability to communicate with the out-of-control flora. Reprint. K.

Publication Date: May 1998

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The Miracle at Speedy Motors

by Alexander McCall Smith

In the latest installment of this infinitely enjoyable and best-selling series, Precious Ramotswe is doing what she does best--helping people with their problems and enjoying the simple pleasures of life.Mma Ramotswe is busy investigating her...

Publication Date: Mar 2009

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Glazed Murder: A Donut Shop Mystery (Donut Shop Mysteries)

by Jessica Beck

Meet Suzanne Hart, owner and operator of Donut Hearts coffee shop in April Springs, North Carolina. After her divorce from Max, an out-of-work actor she's dubbed "The Great Impersonator," Suzanne decided to pursue her one true passion in...

Publication Date: Mar 2010

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Nail Biter (Home Repair Is Homicide Mysteries)

by Sarah Graves

Jacobia 'Jake' Tiptree is up to her neck in trouble when a coven of self-styled witches takes over her Eastport, Maine, rental property for Halloween, fundamentalist preacher Gene Dibble turns up dead, rumors begin to spread about Jake's involvement...

Publication Date: Oct 2006

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Simmer Down: A Gourmet Girl Mystery (Gourmet Girl Mysteries)

by Susan Conant

After a trendy club owner is bludgeoned with a food processor, Gourmet Girl Chloe Carter finds the list of suspects longer than the line to get in to Simmer, her chef boyfriend's hot new restaurant.

Publication Date: Mar 2008

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Sugar Skull: An Eve Diamond Novel (Eve Diamond Novels)

by Denise Hamilton

Reporting a series of murders scattered throughout the Los Angeles area, intrepid crime reporter Eve Diamond is assigned to cover the murder story of the mayor's wife, a case that is complicated by Eve's romance with a brooding music industry titan...

Publication Date: Feb 2004

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The Big Nap (Mommy-Track Mysteries)

by Ayelet Waldman

When her son's Chasidic babysitter vanishes, public defender turned stay-at-home mom Juliet Applebaum travels from her havoc-filled home in Los Angeles to a Chasidic enclave in Brooklyn. In search of answers. In pursuit of justice. And in desperate...

Publication Date: Jul 2002

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The Diva Runs Out of Thyme: A Domestic Diva Mystery (Berkley Prime Crime Mysteries)

by Krista Davis

Gracious living can be murder. First in an all-new mystery series— includes delicious recipes and great tips on entertaining!Few can compete with Natasha Smith when it comes to entertaining, but her childhood rival, Sophie Winston,...

Publication Date: Oct 2008

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The Prada Paradox

by Julie Kenner

USA Today bestselling author Julie Kenner follows up her acclaimed thrillers The Givenchy Code and The Manolo Matrix with a whip-smart new adventure in code-breaking -- Hollywood-style!Devi Taylor was one of Hollywood's fastest-rising...

Publication Date: Apr 2007

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Trap Door

by Sarah Graves

When Jacobia 'Jake' Tiptree left behind her high-powered, high-risk career on Wall Street for the charming town of Eastport, Maine, she expected a quiet life spent fixing up her 1823 Federal-style house. But there are skeletons in her closet that...

Publication Date: Nov 2007

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A Conventional Corpse: A Claire Malloy Mystery

by Joan Hess

Farberville, Arkansas, is playing host to its first-ever mystery convention with five major mystery writers-each representing a different subgenre of the mystery world-making the trek to the local college for 'Murder Comes to Campus.' Bookseller...

Publication Date: Aug 2001

Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths

The Spellman Files

A Stitch in Time (Needlecraft Mystery)

Batteries Required (Samantha Shaw Mysteries)

Cutwork

Rough Justice

Spare Change (Sunny Randall)

Wreck the Halls

Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell (An Agatha Raisin Mystery)

Dead Famous

Dead Past: A Diane Fallon Forensic Investigation

First Grave On The Right

Her Royal Spyness

Skeleton Crew: A Lindsay Chamberlain Novel

The Art of Detection

Deep Sea Dead: A Pauline Sokol Mystery

Four and Twenty Blackbirds

Getting Old Is the Best Revenge

Hanging By A Thread

Knitting Bones

The Family Tree

The Miracle at Speedy Motors

Glazed Murder: A Donut Shop Mystery (Donut Shop Mysteries)

Nail Biter (Home Repair Is Homicide Mysteries)

Simmer Down: A Gourmet Girl Mystery (Gourmet Girl Mysteries)

Sugar Skull: An Eve Diamond Novel (Eve Diamond Novels)

The Big Nap (Mommy-Track Mysteries)

The Diva Runs Out of Thyme: A Domestic Diva Mystery (Berkley Prime Crime Mysteries)

The Prada Paradox

Trap Door

A Conventional Corpse: A Claire Malloy Mystery