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Elizabeth Spann Craig
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
To the residents of the sleepy town of Bradley, North Carolina, hardworking Jill Caulfield seemed beyond reproach. She volunteered at the women’s shelter, worked at the church preschool, cleaned houses for extra money and actually enjoyed yard work. And she was nothing less than a saint to cheerfully put up with her unemployed, skirt-chasing, boozer of a husband. When intrepid octogenarian sleuth Myrtle Clover caught Jill, her new housekeeper,...
Author
Publisher
Elizabeth Spann Craig
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
When psychic (and hubcap retailer) Wanda Alewine pays a late-night visit to Myrtle Clover, she urges the octogenarian sleuth to head straight to Greener Pastures Retirement Home. But Wanda doesn't want Myrtle to consider the Home's dubious amenities; she wants Myrtle to prevent a murder seen in a vision. Reluctant Myrtle investigates with sidekick Miles, who seems a lot more interested in Greener Pastures than she is. As the duo digs, they uncover...
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Pub. Date
2021
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English
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Cosette Whitlow is a society matron — if tiny Bradley, North Carolina has one. She kindly volunteers for all the town's charities, but isn’t nearly as kind to her own family, neighbors and friends. In fact, Cosette is emphatically disliked by much of the town — including octogenarian Myrtle Clover. And Myrtle knows that dislike in Bradley can quickly turn deadly. No one seems surprised when Cosette’s body is discovered during a party she’s...
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It's the most romantic time of the year… for murder. Traveling bakers, Ruby and Bee, are having a fun, albeit frosty, time in the small town of Bourbon, Kentucky. Every day, they park their truck beside the frozen pond and serve the friendly locals delicious treats. With Valentine's Day on the horizon, Ruby and Bee are sure it's going to be the best holiday ever. Until they arrive at their usual spot and find a corpse floating beneath the ice! A...
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Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The Expectant Detectives is first in a delightful new mystery series following a group of pregnant women who meet at a prenatal class and team up to solve the murder of someone in their village"--
For Alice and her partner Joe, moving to the sleepy village of Penton is a chance to embrace country life and prepare for the birth of their first child. He can take up woodwork; maybe she'll learn to make jam? But the rural life they'd hoped for doesn't...
Author
Publisher
Elizabeth Spann Craig
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
When Beauty Box beautician Tammy Smith is discovered with a pair of hair shears in her back, there are suspects and secrets aplenty in her small Southern town. Octogenarian Myrtle Clover, bored by bingo and bridge, is intrigued by the crime— and her neighbors' secrets. But discovering, and blabbing, secrets got Tammy killed, and Myrtle soon learns her sleuthing isn't just dangerous; it's deadly.
Author
Publisher
Elizabeth Spann Craig
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
It’s just an ordinary day for octogenarian sleuth Myrtle Clover — until her yardman discovers a dead body planted in her backyard. This death isn’t cut and dried; the victim was bashed in the head with one of Myrtle’s garden gnomes. Myrtle’s friend Miles recognizes the body, and identifies him as Charles Clayborne, reluctantly admitting he’s a cousin. Charles wasn’t the sort of relative you bragged about. He was a garden-variety sleaze,...
Author
Publisher
Elizabeth Spann Craig
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
When octogenarian sleuth Myrtle Clover discovers Naomi Pelter’s dead body during a book club meeting, the other members seem shocked. But Myrtle can read between the lines. Naomi had riled everyone up by flirting with other people’s husbands, arguing with neighbors and generally making a nuisance of herself. Murdering troublemakers is the oldest trick in the book. The book club members seem too sweet to be killers, but Myrtle knows better than...
Author
Publisher
Elizabeth Spann Craig
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
When octogenarian sleuth Myrtle Clover discovers Naomi Pelter’s dead body during a book club meeting, the other members seem shocked. But Myrtle can read between the lines. Naomi had riled everyone up by flirting with other people’s husbands, arguing with neighbors and generally making a nuisance of herself. Murdering troublemakers is the oldest trick in the book. The book club members seem too sweet to be killers, but Myrtle knows better than...
Author
Publisher
Elizabeth Spann Craig
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
It’s just an ordinary day for octogenarian sleuth Myrtle Clover — until her yardman discovers a dead body planted in her backyard. This death isn’t cut and dried; the victim was bashed in the head with one of Myrtle’s garden gnomes. Myrtle’s friend Miles recognizes the body, and identifies him as Charles Clayborne, reluctantly admitting he’s a cousin. Charles wasn’t the sort of relative you bragged about. He was a garden-variety sleaze,...
Author
Publisher
Elizabeth Spann Craig
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
When Beauty Box beautician Tammy Smith is discovered with a pair of hair shears in her back, there are suspects and secrets aplenty in her small Southern town. Octogenarian Myrtle Clover, bored by bingo and bridge, is intrigued by the crime— and her neighbors' secrets. But discovering, and blabbing, secrets got Tammy killed, and Myrtle soon learns her sleuthing isn't just dangerous; it's deadly.
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Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Martin Walker presents his first collection of stories featuring the familiar characters from his Bruno, Chief of Police novels and the glories of the Périgord, with ample helpings of food and wine.After a prisoner breaks parole to see his son on Christmas, Bruno must track him down before he throws away his chance at eventual freedom. When a Senegalese man’s coffee sells superbly at the market, some café owners become incensed by the new competition...
13) Goodbye Café
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
From Mariah Stewart, New York Times best-selling author of the Chesapeake Diaries series, comes the next audiobook in her popular Hudson Sisters series, which follows a trio of reluctant sisters who set out to fulfill their father’s dying wish and discover themselves in the process in this “sweet reminder of the importance of family” (First for Women).California girl Allie Hudson Monroe can’t wait for the day when the renovations on the Sugarhouse...
14) Love Me to Death
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The first instalment in an occasional series of short stories covering the elapsed time between the books in The Falconer Files series.An insanely gripping village detective series with a delightful slice of humour. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Lillian Jackson Braun and Midsomer Murders._____________On Christmas Day the two detectives are summoned to a block of apartments in Market Darley, to investigate the unexplained death of a young woman...
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Daffodils and Death is Book Eleven of the Sapphire Beach Cozy Mystery Series. Sun-drenched Florida beaches. A Fair Trade jewelry shop owner. A page-turner mystery. When Connie's mother and sister visit Sapphire Beach to help with wedding plans, a trip to the town's botanical garden turns out to be anything but the leisurely morning that they had anticipated. If you enjoy page-turner mysteries, loveable characters, and palm trees swaying in the breeze,...
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Candy Canes and Cadavers is Book 4 of the Sapphire Beach Cozy Mystery Series. Palm trees wrapped in holiday lights. A Fair Trade jewelry shop owner. Murder at the local playhouse. Connie Petretta is thrilled that her family is spending Christmas with her in Sapphire Beach. They even come early to attend the opening of "A Christmas Carol," performed in memory of her beloved Aunt Concetta. It has all the makings of a perfect holiday until one of the...
17) S'more Murder
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Are you hungry for s'more… murder?When Ruby and Bee are invited to cater an exclusive Valentine's Day getaway by the most popular woman in Prattlebark Village, they can't say no. Especially since it will mean serving up their brand new, heart-shaped treat, the S'mores n' Caramel Hot Pot. But the group of social elites at the party aren't exactly carb-eaters.As Ruby soon discovers, they're something much worse. There's a killer among them… signaled...
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A life of service is her passion, but this stunning place could be perfect. That is, aside from the dead body… Connie Petretta wonders if it's time for a change. After eleven years at a Boston nonprofit, the dedicated humanitarian worker struggles to find her way as she deals with the bequest of her beloved aunt's Florida beachside condo. But selling it goes sideways when somebody plummets from an adjacent balcony seven stories to his death. Sleuthing...
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Murder is just a click away for book blogger Arwen "Winnie" Lark.With review requests piling up for her popular book blog, Winnie Lark should be reading. But when her movie star brother arrives for a visit, Winnie must place a bookmark in the pages of her normal life.Winnie thought her seaside cottage in Copper Bay, Massachusetts, would be the perfect spot to reconnect with her twin. Instead, Strider Lark becomes suspect number one when a local reporter...
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Humor with a side of homicide.A highly inaccurate vision. A grumpy writer. And a corpse. Welcome to Starry Falls. Running from the mob can be murder.A Cozy Mystery by New York Times, USA TODAY, & Wall Street JournalBestseller Addison Moore.Cosmopolitan Magazine calls Addison's books, "...easy, frothy fun!"Confession. I'm no psychic. But I can sort of see the future-albeit not accurately. And you better believe, I've never let that little detail stop...
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