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"A top-notch thriller . . The identities of the murderer and the twelfth victim come as a stunner" ( Publishers Weekly ). At Maude Daneson's rooming house, the holiday season has everyone bustling about in anticipation, and Maude herself is planning a glorious Christmas dinner. But neither the landlady nor her lodgers realize that a killer walks among them. The police have so far been unable to track the culprit-and when murder strikes close to home,...
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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 man infiltrates a tycoon's castle to find out who pushed his sister down a flight of stairs in this "enjoyable Gothic mystery that keeps you guessing" ( Kirkus Reviews ). Vance is an experienced female impersonator, so when his beloved twin sister, Vanessa, winds up in a coma after a suspicious fall, he has a unique way to investigate. Using her clothes and makeup-and his striking resemblance to his twin-he works his way into the remote castle...
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The " consistently witty" Agatha Award-winning author presents a tale of murder in a country mansion ( Mystery News ). With their fortunes dwindling, Reggie and his wife, Midge, have turned the family mansion into an English country inn. When Midge gets a call from an old classmate who arranges "mystery tours" for visiting Americans, she happily agrees to host one of these staged-murder events. But the tour seems to be a disaster from the get-go,...
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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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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 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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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 dentist's office becomes a crime scene: "Uproarious ... a hilarious cast of characters ... sparkling comedy" ( Publishers Weekly ). Endicott Zayle is a dentist to the rich and famous -- as well as to public relations partners Doug Perkins and Gerry Tate. Now, he desperately needs their help. It looks like his use of an experimental anesthetic has come back to bite him, and a beautiful model lies dead in his dentist's chair. There may be more to...
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