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Agatha Award-Winning Author: When a book critic dies in an English village, a mystery-writing sleuth smells a rat. A number of mystery authors, including Lorinda Lucas, call the village of Brimful Coffers home. Occasionally, there is a violent death ... for example, the demise of a hapless rat, done in by Lorinda's two kitties. But when the victims are book critic Plantagenet Sutton and a visiting writer, Lorinda finds the case much more difficult...
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A pigeon in the sky with diamonds pulls an ordinary woman into a perilous mystery, in this novel by an Agatha Award-winning author. Bettina Bilby doesn't have much fun living with her nagging, critical mother -- but at least this weekend she gets to temporarily take in her friend's four cats. Then, after a rainstorm, one of her four-footed guests finds a dead carrier pigeon -- and a fortune in diamonds -- outside the house. As Bettina wonders what...
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A rescued cat is a clue to a killer's identity in this cozy mystery by an "utterly entertaining" Agatha Award-winning author ( Booklist ). Aging actress Dame Cecile Savoy is on the way to a Brighton taxidermist's shop, accompanied by her friends Trixie and Evangeline -- and her recently departed Pekingese. But when they arrive, they discover a dead body, a spreading fire, and a helpless Japanese bobtail cat in a cage. After rescuing the endangered...
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This mystery "immerses the reader in English village life [with] a cast of delightful characters, including cats" ( Publishers Weekly ). Mystery writer Lorinda Lucas doesn't like the trend toward overly gruesome crime fiction -- but she's even more upset about Roscoe, the cat who lives next door. He used to look well-fed and well cared for, but when Lorinda gets back from her most recent book tour, she's worried by his dangerously skinny appearance....
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A suspenseful tale of murder and mystery in a dysfunctional British family: "Babson is as easy to read as ever" ( Kirkus Reviews ). Margot has come back to England from America to show solidarity with her extended family in the midst of a scandalous murder trial. Cousin Chloe stands accused of stabbing her identical twin sister, Claudia, and Margot's well-to-do relatives are, understandably, a mess -- that is to say, even more dysfunctional than usual....
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