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  Aurora Teagarden: Book 7

  Last Scene Alive

  by Charlaine Harris

  Aurora Teagarden has never forgotten her first case: a serial killer who terrorized suburban Lawrencetown. Now that story is about to hit the small screen. Even if she wanted to, Aurora can't help getting involved. Her ex, Robin, wrote the TV movie's screenplay and her stepson, Barrett, has a starring role. Then there's Celia--the catty actress portraying Roe--who, by the way, also happens to be Robin's latest... (more)
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  Aurora Teagarden: Book 8

  Poppy Done to Death

  by Charlaine Harris

  Smalltown southern librarian and amateur sleuth Aurora Teagarden confronts an extremely personal murder On the way to a lunch meeting of her local book discussion group, the Uppity Women, smalltown librarian Aurora 'Roe' Teagarden is shocked and dismayed to find her sister-in-law Poppy lying bloody and dead on the floor of her home. When the local police detective (who is also Roe's former boy-friend) gets... (more)
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  Berger and Mitry: Book 1

  The Cold Blue Blood

  by David Handler

  A SALT-AND-PEPPER CRIME-SOLVING DUO...New York film critic Mitch Berger has become a reclusive curmudgeon in his city apartment since his young wife's death. A cottage on Connecticut's Big Sister Island, an old-money WASP community, offers him hopes for a fresh start ... even when eerie footsteps, a sinister handyman, and a knife-wielding, sleepwalking matron begin to remind him of a grade-B horror... (more)
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  Blackbird Sisters: Book 5

  Have Your Cake and Kill Him Too

  by Nancy Martin

  Heiress-go-lightly Nora Blackbird and her two sisters-desperate housewife and nudist-yoga enthusiast Libby and fiercely independent Emma-are back in this rollicking mystery about a sports bar with hot wings and hotter waitresses, explosive political secrets, former rock stars, a dangerous fame-and-fortune-hungry aristo-brat, and, of course, a case of blue-blooded murder that only Nora can solve.
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  Berger and Mitry: Book 5

  The Sweet Golden Parachute

  by David Handler

  A storm is brewing in Dorset. Poochie Vickers, the local aristocrat, is becoming even more eccentric in her old age. She's taken up shoplifting and reckless driving but refuses to see a doctor. Her worrisome daughter, Claudia, is angling to take over the family fortune, which makes some of the would-be beneficiaries uneasy. Two of Dorset's biggest troublemakers are being released from prison. And the bad... (more)
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  Berger and Mitry: Book 2

  The Hot Pink Farmhouse

  by David Handler

  IN A LOONY TOWN WHERE ANYTHING GOESSo much for the peace and quiet New York film critic Mitch Berger expected to find in his antique carriage house overlooking Long Island Sound. Nothing can shelter him from the goings-on in nearby Dorset. A violent death in a speeding Porsche...an attempted suicide by the school superintendent...and dirty politics are about to propel Mitch out of the shadows into a starring... (more)
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  Harper Connelly: Book 3

  An Ice Cold Grave

  by Charlaine Harris

  Hired to find a boy gone missing in Doraville, North Carolina, Harper Connelly and her brother Tolliver head there-only to discover that the boy was only one of several who had disappeared over the previous five years. All of them teenagers. All unlikely runaways. All calling for Harper. Harper soon finds them-eight victims, buried in the half-frozen ground, all come to an unspeakable end. Afterwards, what... (more)
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  Coffeehouse: Book 6

  French Pressed

  by Cleo Coyle

  New Yorker Clare Cosi may have found success with her popular coffeehouse, the Village Blend, but managing her family's affairs is proving to be a grind...Dark BrewClare's daughter, Joy, is immersing herself in the foodie culture with an internship at Solange, one of New York's hottest French restaurants -- and she's getting pretty intimate with the older, married Chef Tommy Keitel as well.... (more)
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  Odelia Grey Mystery: Book 3

  Thugs and Kisses

  by Sue Ann Jaffarian

  With the class bully murdered at her 30th high school reunion and her boss, the annoying Michael Steele, missing, Odelia doesn't know which hole to poke her big nose into first. This decision is made for her as she's again swept into the action involving contract killers, tangled relationships, and fatal buyer's remorse. Throughout this adventure, Odelia deals with her on-again, off-again relationship with Greg... (more)
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  Berger and Mitry: Book 6

  The Sour Cherry Surprise

  by David Handler

  Something has gone very wrong on bucolic Sour Cherry Lane. A straight-arrow high school student has started throwing wild sex parties. The distinguished history professor across the lane has gone missing. His estranged wife, a popular author of children's books, is strung out on crystal meth. And the new man in her life is under surveillance by a joint federal and state drug task force.It's not exactly a... (more)