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Series
Katie and Maverick cozy mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Secret Staircase Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"After losing everything, Katie Wilk is starting life over in Columbia, Minnesota, with a new career--giving up cryptanalysis in favor of teaching school--and a canine companion, Maverick, a black Labrador retriever. But on one of their first outings, Katie and Maverick discover a dead body in a nearby marshland. Doctor Pete Erickson enters her life. As the county coroner, he's one of the first on the scene; as the doctor that day in the ER, he's...
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Series
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Sadie's employee, Julie, is helping her grandmother clear out her house after she enters a nursing home. When Julie finds a candlestick hidden under the floorboards, she is shocked to notice some residue on it that resembles blood. Julie's grandfather was killed decades before and no one was ever arrested, though his wife suffered the silent accusations of many Silver Peak residents. Could the candlestick be the weapon that killed him? Julie turns...
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Series
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"It's a peaceful day of horseback riding for Sadie, her daughter, and her grandchildren, until a squall sends them scurrying to a rustic shelter built by her late husband, T.R. When lightning damages a nearby tree, it reveals a long-kept secret: a rusty old tin with an ornate ring and a handwritten love poem hidden inside. The discover sends Sadie on a journey of remembrance and reflection of a pivotal moment as she tries to understand how the objects...
Author
Series
Mysteries of Silver Peak volume 15
Publisher
Guideposts Books & Inspirational Media
Pub. Date
c2015.
Language
English
Description
It's December, and Silver Peak is preparing for its annual Victorian-themed Holly & Ivy Days celebration. Sadie Speers is asked to gather antiques and Christmas memorabilia to display during the opera house's presentation of a one-man staging of A Christmas Carol. Among the treasures she plans to display is Edwin Marshall's signed first-edition copy of the book. But when it vanishes without a trace, a stricken Sadie desperately sets out to find it...
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Series
Love on the run volume 1
Publisher
Satin Romance
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"There’s no reason to let a little thing like death get in the way of a good vacation. World travelers Serena and Conner Love have been married for years and are always up for a bit of adventure. The Loves have only two constants, their devotion to each other and their ability to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Never having put detective on their resumes, they aren’t crime fighters, at least not professionally. When Serena’s cousin...
7) The teacher
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"Something isn't right at Caseham High School. Last year, the school was rocked by scandal: a teacher was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. Now, Addie is a pariah and will do anything to get through the year. More than that, she's desperate to keep the truth from coming to light. Evie, a colleague of the disgraced teacher, is horrified to find Addie in her class. She knows the girl can't be trusted and soon realizes she's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Silver Peak, a jewel of a town nestled high in the rugged grandeur of the Rocky Mountains. Behind its rustic charm, Silver Peak has a rough-and-tumble past full of mysteries, and Sadie Speers has a knack for uncovering them, using her love of antiques and Colorado history.
Author
Series
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
c2016.
Language
English
Description
At the end of a busy day at the Antique Mine, Sadie Speers tallies her sales and sets down her deposit bag as a few latecomers trickle in. She stops for a moment to help Luz, owner of Arbuckle's, the coffee shop next door, as she waits for the stragglers to finish their browsing. But when everyone leaves, she discovers the bag has disappeared. Who stole it? And what was that strange sound she heard after they had all left? As she tries to figure out...
Author
Series
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
c2015.
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Silver Peak, a jewel of a town nestled high in the rugged grandeur of the Rocky Mountains. Behind its rustic charm, Silver Peak has a rough-and-tumble past full of mysteries, and Sadie Speers has a knack for uncovering them, using her love of antiques and Colorado history.
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"Author Tess Harrow and her daughter, Gertrude, are starting to get a bad reputation due to their involvement in recent murder cases, so Tess has come up with the perfect plan to drum up some positive press. She'll combine her new book release and her bookstore opening into one big event, giving her a chance to wine and dine the locals and some big press contacts. But the night before the party, Tess is greeted by a surprise: her mother has come for...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A collection of Easter-themed mysteries set in coastal Maine features sleuths from three best-selling cozy mystery series: Lucy Stone, Hayley Powell and Julia Snowden, who investigate a deadly art theft and a body that mysteriously vanishes after being discovered.
13) Dangerous beauty
Author
Series
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Silver Peak, a jewel of a town nestled high in the rugged grandeur of the Rocky Mountains. Behind its rustic charm, Silver Peak has a rough-and-tumble past full of mysteries, and Sadie Speers has a knack for uncovering them, using her love of antiques and Colorado history.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A novel about dead bodies found in the snow, a mother seeking revenge, and old folk tales that may very well be true. New York Times bestselling author Yangsze Choo brilliantly explores a world of mortals and spirits, humans and beasts, and their dazzling intersection"--
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When her mother, who disappeared 16 years before, reappears while a true crime documentary about her case is being filmed, 18-year-old Bel, not buying her mom's unbelievable story about what happened to her, must uncover the real reason Rachel Price is back from the dead.
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"What would you do if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thinks so too? What if the truth doesn't matter? As Lucy Chase's Texas hometown begins to tell versions of what happened and who Lucy is to a nationwide, true crime obsessed audience, at the bequest of her grandmother, she returns to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend's murder, even if she is the one that did it"--
17) Sleight of hand
Author
Series
Mysteries of Silver Peak volume 22
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Summer in Silver Peak is set to kick off with the arrival of the Blake County Fair, and Sadie is thrilled that Roz has booked a world-renowned illusionist named Ainsley Rodin as the star performer. Roz joins Ainsley as his assistant and participates in a vanishing act. But when she reappears, she is shaken and bruised. Meanwhile, Edwin has purchased a valuable Native American pipe, which does its own disappearing act. Who took it? And more important,...
18) Cheater
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Series
San Diego case files volume 2
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A shocking murder leaves an affluent retirement community reeling in this riveting high-stakes thriller. Death is not an unfamiliar visitor to Shady Oaks Retirement Village, which provides San Diego's premier elderly support from independent retiree housing to full-time hospice care. But when a resident's body is found brutally stabbed and his apartment ransacked, it's clear there's someone deadly in their community. Detective Katherine "Kit" McKittrick...
19) The watcher
Author
Series
Mysteries of Silver Peak volume 23
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Sadie is excited for her friends Ardis and Mabel Fleagle, who have just purchased an amazing old "painted lady" Victorian house, with plans to restore it to its original glory. But almost immediately, mysterious letters signed by "The Watcher" begin arriving, describing the Fleagles' everyday lives and personal interactions in eerie detail. As Sadie begins looking into the matter, she uncovers not only a web of deceit and intimidation, but also the...
20) Radiant heat
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Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When a catastrophic wildfire suddenly rips through a woman's hometown, she thinks she is lucky to have survived...until she finds a dead woman in her driveway, clutching a piece of paper with her name on it.... Alison is alive. She rode out the fire on the damp tiles of her bathroom, her entire body swaddled in a wet woolen blanket. The flames crackled around her, the bitter char of eucalyptus settling in the back of her throat. The wildfire devastated...
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