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Hannah seems to have a perfect life. She has a perfect job, perfect boyfriend and perfect university grades. Planning her life away, Hannah is deliriously happy. That is, until two mysterious deaths plague her, throwing her life into chaos and despair and pain. Hannah's world is turned upside down; everything she thought she knew is a lie. Jay, her perfect boyfriend is a successful businessman. He treats her wonderfully and makes her happier than...
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Jill investigates the death of a chef who was mysteriously poisoned by his own soup Until the helicopter crash, Jill Smith never knew fear. A homicide detective in the leftist enclave of Berkeley, California, she has faced down her share of thugs, thieves, and killers, but since surviving the downed helicopter, her nerves have been shot. Unwilling to submit to her anxiety, she goes back to work. The chef and owner of Paradise, an upscale restaurant...
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From a New York Times–bestselling author, a doctor travels to a colony planet with her animal assistants and stumbles upon a criminal conspiracy.
Dr. Shona Taylor takes on a new assignment on a new space colony, and discovers a chilling reality behind a picture perfect planet . . . What price for paradise?
Jardindor is, by most estimates, a new Eden: from the number of trees to the exact spacing of every lamppost and garden, the alien...
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After a suicide, two oddball female sleuths investigate a coin collection that is anything but small change Maggie Hill's life has become temporary. Her marriage was temporary, her jobs are temporary, and if work doesn't pick up, her time in California might be temporary, too. Her latest employer is Ellis Kenilworth, an aging coin expert with a first-rate collection and a tenth-rate family. One morning, he has Maggie type up a codicil to his will,...
6) As a Favor
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A favor for her ex-husband leads Jill Smith to a blood-soaked crime scene Someone is stealing hubcaps from the Berkeley police department. An afternoon spent chasing the petty thief leaves beat cop Jill Smith exhausted, flustered, and in no mood to talk when her ex-husband Nat calls asking for a favor. A colleague of his at the county welfare department, Anne Spaulding, is missing. Jill doesn't care about her husband's new crush, but a note of fear...
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The unearthing of a family's secrets, including a story about a stolen Burmese ruby, place Susan Foret and others in danger.
Susan Foret becomes involved in a cold case murder investigation after she comes across an article about the wealthy Haydel family, whose history revolves around suspicious deaths during
their longtime residency in Allemand Parish.
The unearthing of Haydel family secrets, including the story about a stolen Burmese ruby, places...
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After a bizarre attack, a petty feud between neighbors turns serious Although the citizens of Berkeley are famously tolerant, that progressive attitude disappears at the property line between the homes of Dr. Hasbrouck Diamond and Leila Sandoval. In the Berkeley hills , there are no worse neighbors than Diamond and Sandoval. What began as a tiff about garbage cans and street parking has exploded into full-blown war, drawing in the city, the press,...
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The prequel to the wildly popular Ava Lee series.Young Ava Lee is a forensic accounting who has just opened her own private firm. One of her clients, Hedrick Lo, has been swindled of more than a million dollars by a Chinese importer named Johnny Kung. Desperate, Lo persuades Ava to find and retrieve the monies owed. Ava goes to Hong Kong, where she plunges into the dangerous underground collection business and meets a man who will forever change her...
11) A Taste of Death
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Food, flowers, and murder! Small town PI, Cecce DeLuca, is drawn into a web of intrigue and murder when she decides to attend a cooking demonstration. The chef, Loulou Watson, falls to her death in front of Cecce's eyes. But was it really an accident? Or a well planned plot to murder the would-be-celebrity chef?
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Diane Phipps, P.I. dusts off facts and digs for truth in Colorado and finds out who killed renowned archaeologist Dr. Ray McCormick.Who killed renowned archaeologist Dr. Ray McCormick, and why? launches Diane Phipps, P.I. into a new investigation adventure in Colorado. Unfamiliar with the mountainous terrain of Peak Village near Garden of the Gods, Diane drives an old pick-up truck, dusts off facts, and digs into Dr. Ray's life for answers. Theories...
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"Welcome to Butterfly Island! Enjoy our sandy beaches, sapphire blue waters, and achingly beautiful sunsets. We can't wait to welcome you to the safest and most relaxing destination in the Caribbean…" Kenzi Hicks believes every person has a calling. She's worked as a line cook, a biohazard disposal specialist, and a dozen jobs in between. So what if her family thinks she's flighty? Her dad might call her a late bloomer, but Kenzi doesn't see it...
14) Sinful Waters
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Embark on a thrilling maritime journey with Sailor and her companions as they set sail on a seemingly idyllic cruise, only to discover treacherous undercurrents beneath the serene waters. In "Sinful Waters," written by the coastal enthusiast Sera D'Latta, Sailor and her friends win a dream cruise, but their blissful voyage takes an ominous turn when they encounter malevolent individuals determined to wreak havoc. Unbeknownst to them, Sailor holds...
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Titled Vacancy on the Board, this is the first book in a mystery fiction series focussed on the world of condominiums. At over 83,500 words in length, the book introduces Toni Balfour, a part-time minute-taker for condominium boards of directors. Toni's position gives her a window into the wild west world of condominium governance.
Still new to her job, Toni Balfour arrives at a condominium board meeting to find that the treasurer has died unexpectedly...
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A vacation becomes complicated by murder, discovery, and friendship. Danger lurks in too many directions. Alicia and her friends will have to stay alive and sort through the clues carefully if they want to save an innocent friend and prevent the destruction of an historic treasure.
17) All In
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The third noir mystery featuring P.I. Lennox Cooper, a smart detective, a smart poker player, and one of today's boldest heroines in the sorority of lonesome gumshoes.
Flinty ex-cop, poker-playing, private detective, Lennox Cooper stands alone in championing Tomek Jagoda, darling son of a Portland crime family, accused of murdering his high-living girlfriend.
The cops have proof that will send Tomek to prison for life, and prosecuting the case...
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What happens when Teenage Hijinks turn into Murder? When the latest in a slew of Dumpster fires at the local campground turn up a finger and a ring, Jack Lovelace smells a corpse...and a job for his girlfriend Juli...Part-time Detective...Full-time Soup Witch at Snips and Snails Cafe...Add in the bone Juli's half-grown Lab Mix, Holly, digs up and brings home...the human bone...And now there's a new Mystery in town....and then they find the second...
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A murder on summer resort Nor'easter Island? Never, and especially not in the quiet season, when all the tourists have gone home and only 1000 or so year-round islanders stay through the winter. The death of Joel Berliner, an island fisherman whose body washed ashore on Laughing Gull Beach, was a surprise, but not totally unexpected. The island buzz was that Joel, who had had some mental health issues years back, committed suicide.
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Welcome to the tranquil yet precarious town of Indigo Flats, nestled in the vast expanse of west Texas. Its peaceful façade shatters when a prominent businessman is brutally murdered, unearthing a cache of guns and drugs that send shockwaves through the region, putting the feared Mexican Ortega Cartel on high alert. However, the stakes intensify exponentially when a second murder rocks the town-a member of the cartel's own family falls victim, igniting...
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