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"Young widow Penelope Thornton-McClure and her old Aunt Sadie are making ends meet by managing a mystery bookshop--a quaint Rhode Island landmark rumored to be haunted. Pen may not believe in ghosts, but she does believe in good publicity--like nabbing Timothy Brennan for a book signing. but soon after the bestselling thriller writer reveals a secret about the store's link to the 1940s murder, he keels over dead--and right in the middle of the store's...
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Claire Malloy mysteries volume 12
Pub. Date
©1997
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English
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The winter solstice festival of the Druids in Arkansas is marred by the murder of a doctor, the cult's principal benefactor. As bookstore owner and sleuth Claire Malloy investigates, suspicion centers on members of the cult who were his tenants.
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"Annie Darling--owner of the mystery bookstore, Death on Demand--prefers fictional crimes as opposed to the real things. But in one tragic week, two acts of violence shake the island community of Broward's Rock. First, a beloved doctor is found shot dead, seemingly by his own hand. Only days later, a local artist is arrested after his wife is found murdered, bludgeoned by her husband's sculpting mallet. Convinced her brother did not commit suicide,...
85) Deadly valentine
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1990
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English
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Police accuse Annie Laurance's mother-in-law, Laurel, of bludgeoning the host of a party.
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[2024]
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"Cassie Andrews works in a New York City bookshop, shelving books, making coffee for customers, and living an unassuming, ordinary life. Until the day one of her favorite customers--a lonely yet charming old man--dies right in front of her. Cassie is devastated. She always loved his stories, and now she has nothing to remember him by. Nothing but the last book he was reading. But this is no ordinary book...It is the Book of Doors. Inscribed with enigmatic...
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2021.
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Told through emails, journal entries, combative online reviews, text and tweets, this novel follows Fawn Birchill, who owns a used bookstore in West Philadelphia, as she goes up against a young indie bookseller while navigation a series of misguided and strained relationships.
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Claire Malloy mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
1999, c1986
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English
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In this second book of a reissue program of Hess's "Claire Malloy" series, the widowed bookstore owner goes to a mock-murder weekend at a charming inn. When the actor playing the victim is actually murdered, Claire can't help herself from poking around in the murder investigation. Martin's Press.
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Death on Demand mysteries volume 20
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c2010
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English
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Three deaths are linked to Broward's Rock Island's youth recreation center, and its director. When she asks Max to help clear her name, Annie is right there with her husband to help.
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Death on Demand mysteries volume 21
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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Bookstore owner and sometime sleuth Annie Darling and her adoring PI husband Max search for the truth behind a shocking "suicide" that rocks the idyllic (if somewhat homicide-prone) island of Broward's Rock.
91) Don't go home
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2015.
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"Annie Darling, owner of the Death on Demand mystery bookstore, is hosting a party to celebrate successful Southern literary icon--and former Broward's Rock resident--Alex Griffith and his bestselling new novel, "Don't Go Home." But after the local paper announces that Griffith aims to reveal the real-life inspirations behind his characters, perhaps the author should take his own advice. Not everyone in town is ready to give him a glowing review....
92) Southern ghost
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Death on Demand mysteries volume 8
Pub. Date
1992
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English
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Anne Darling, owner of the Death on Demand bookstore in South Carolina, must use all of her detective skills to stop a desperate killer.
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Who could be driven to kill by books and sweets? While school psychologist Skye Dennison eagerly anticipates the grand opening of a new bookstore called Tales and Treats, many of Scumble River's most outspoken citizens want to shut down the owners before they even open- and one is angry enough to commit murder...
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Death on Demand mysteries volume 10
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©1998
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English
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Mystery bookstore owner and sleuth Annie Darling of South Carolina searches for the killer of a general whose racism and sexism created many enemies. Suspects range from a black man to a gay librarian. By the author of Mint Julep Murder.
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2012
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"Darla Pettistone may have inherited her great aunt Dee's Brooklyn bookstore, but it's the store's mascot--an oversized black cat named Hamlet--who acts like he owns the place. And when someone turns up dead, Hamlet smells something rotten in Brooklyn ... As the owner of Pettistone's Fine Books, Darla is settling nicely into her new life, even reaching an uneasy truce with Hamlet. Unfortunately, when she needs to hire a new clerk, the finicky feline...
96) Harbor lights
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Chesapeake Shores novels volume 3
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English
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"Struggling in his role as a newly single father, former army medic Kevin O'Brien moves home to Chesapeake Shores. He wants a haven for himself and his toddler son, surrounded by the family he knows he can count on, and a future that's nothing like his past. But Kevin is suddenly facing a risk he hadn't anticipated, in the form of Main Street bookseller Shanna Carlyle. Shanna immediately recognizes Kevin as a wounded soul--she's had way too much experience...
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Death on Demand mysteries volume 23
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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"Summer is a hectic time of the year for Annie Darling. Sun and scorching temperatures never fail to bring swarms of tourists to her mystery bookstore, Death on Demand, for the latest beach reads. But Annie still finds time to enjoy herself. The Broward's Rock Fourth of July dance is just around the corner, and the island is buzzing with excitement--Shell Hurst included... Shell is the kind of woman wives hate--for good reason--and most of them wish...
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2022.
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Norma is a modern-day nomad. Living out of her van and teardrop trailer, she revels in self-reliance, solitude, and reading in the glorious peace of nature. Jovial, wise, and scrupulously honest, she's become an uplifting presence in the little town of Quindicott, Rhode Island, where bookseller Pen is thankful to have her part-time help. But it's Norma's other job, working as a housekeeper at the Finch Inn, that gets her into terrible trouble. Norma...
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