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Ms. Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries volume 5
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A brawl at a bowling alley between rockers and mods leads to decapitation. When the police arrest Violetta's nephew for the murder, Peregrine sets out to prove his innocence.
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Ms. Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries volume 4
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At the Melbourne Kennel Club's 1964 championship dog show, a competitor dies and her prized collie is framed for the murder. Having sworn off men, Peregrine considers a canine companion herself. Meanwhile, Birdie returns from a trip but appears to be hiding something.
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Ms. Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries volume 3
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English
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After receiving a distress call, Birdie finds the body of her best friend, Dr. Cecile Armand, in a car crash, though the scene appears to be staged. Peregrine goes undercover at the government lab where Cecile worked to find out more about her highly classified project.
304) An Accidental Corpse
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[2020]
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Accidents happen. But so does murder ... On the night of August 11, 1956, in a quiet East Hampton hamlet, Jackson Pollock crashed his car into a tree. The accident killed Pollock, the world-renowned abstract painter and notorious alcoholic, and his 25-year old passenger, Edith Metzger ... or did it? Metzger's autopsy reveals that she was already dead before the crash. Was it murder? This shocking question draws vacationing Detective Juanita Diaz and...
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When a fire deliberately destroys a boat, nearly killing the occupant, Kay Hunter and her colleagues suspect a serial arsonist is targeting a small community of river dwellers. With another man dead and people fearing for their lives, Kay is desperate to catch a killer who shows no sign of stopping... A Burning Question forms part of the Case Files series of short crime stories from USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett. Listen to the Case...
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It should have been an easy kill… When Xander MacKenzie gets the job of assassinating a prominent FBI agent, it's his chance to prove he's still got what it takes. Except sometimes, even the best plans go wrong – and Xander's luck is quickly running out... Three Ways to Die forms part of the Case Files series of short crime stories from USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett. Listen to the Case Files: short crime fiction stories podcast...
307) An Artful Corpse
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Sourcebooks
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[2021]
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One artist. One student. One deadly mystery.
When Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton's corpse is discovered behind the easels of Manhattan's famed art school, whispers in the art community say he had it coming. As Benton's list of enemies lengthens to include League instructors, Vietnam War protesters, and members of Andy Warhol's entourage, one art student is ultimately pinned for the crime. The only problem: the suspect has vanished. Why...
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Michael's looking forward to a quiet night after he finishes work… but then he's asked to bury a body. Devil of a Favor forms part of the Case Files series of short crime stories from USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett. Listen to the Case Files: short crime fiction stories podcast on all major streaming services. Find out more at www.shortcrimestories.com.
309) An Exquisite Corpse
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Sourcebooks
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[2020]
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Murder is a work of art ... When the acclaimed Cuban painter Wifredo Lam turns up dead in his Greenwich Village studio, officers Juanita Diaz and Brian Fitzgerald of the NYPD, must investigate the crime. But what they find is much more gruesome than they ever could have imagined. Suspicion soon falls on a tight-knit circle of Surrealist refugees who fled Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II, and Diaz and Fitzgerald must traverse the city, from...
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Some in Midriven Village claim schoolgirl Lisa Martin ran off with a boy, but most know she strayed too close to Robbers Wood, perhaps even went in, the silly thing, and got took by the Beast. But the world has no room for monsters, except human ones, so DCI Arthur Ravyn and DS Leo Stark come to investigate. A fool's quest, the old folk know. The Elder Gods never give back what they take. The detectives themselves might perish. After all, this is...
311) A Roaring Murder
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Glitz, glamour-and murder. Can the unflappable Lady Marigold outwit and outsmart a killer before more lives are derailed?
Istanbul, 1922. Lady Marigold Grey-former British spy and daring adventuress-sets out for England on a luxury train, but where Marigold goes, trouble follows.
When the director of the train is murdered-and false evidence linking her to his death emerges-Marigold suddenly finds herself on the fast-track to becoming a prime suspect.
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This bundle contains the first three books in the Ritchie & Fitz Sci-Fi Murder Mysteries.Murder on the Intergalactic RailwayFor Murdina Ritchie, acceptance at the Oymyakon Foreign Service Academy means one last chance at her dream of becoming a diplomat for the Union of Free Worlds. For Shackleton Fitz IV, it represents his last chance not to fail out of military service entirely.Strange that fate should throw them together now, among the last group...
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