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"Irascible, fearless and unapologetic, Maddy is a heroine cozy fans will embrace."-Publishers Weekly
Newspaper librarian Maddy Sprowls never gives story ideas to the editors at The Hannawa Herald-Union. She prefers to stay in the newspaper "morgue" and do her job. Then one Saturday she sees four elderly women get out of a taxicab at a garage sale. She figures that those women must hire the cabby every week to drive them from garage sale to garage...
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"This fun romp covers it all-car chases, shootings, eccentric-uncles-turned-amateur-playwrights and end-of-the-world computer viruses."-Publishers Weekly
Charley Fairfax-heiress, theatrical producer, newlywed-is intent on living happily ever after with her tall, dark, and sarcastic husband Jack. The only mysteries before her are which play to choose for next season and how to decorate her dining room.
But when Jack is hired to investigate mysterious...
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Ah, Treachery!, the last novel Thomas wrote before his death, tells the story of one Captain Edd "Twodees" Partain, drummed out of the Army and hounded by rumors of his involvement in a secret operation in El Salvador. Twodees gets hired on to help a fundraiser for the "Little Rock folks" recover funds that were stolen from an illicit stash used to smooth over problems and pay off hush money. Meanwhile, Partain is involved in a storefront operation...
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Maple Syrup Mysteries volume 6
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With all the murder investigations Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes has been involved in since leaving her career as a criminal defense attorney, she's looking forward to a short vacation back to her hometown of Washington, D.C. The trip turns out to be anything but restful. Her dog-sitter keeps calling with problems, her parents are up to some scheme that Nicole is sure she won't like, and someone is sending her best friend messages that are both threatening...
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"Here's something you won't believe: someone is doing terrible things to Mrs Martin, Cymbeline Igloo's favorite teacher of all time. Cymbeline has to find the culprit (after he's learned what 'culprit' means). He's also got to help his friend Veronique, whose grandma is dangerously ill. It seems Nanai has a secret, connected to her arrival in the UK as a boat person from Vietnam, a traumatic journey in which she lost her twin sister. Can Cymbeline...
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Seychelle Sullivan novels volume 2
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After rescuing a young girl off the coast of South Florida who is found with the body of a murdered woman, tugboat operator Seychelle Sullivan is drawn into an investigation into the bizarre world of voodoo in the region's Little Haiti and confronts a ruthless gang of smugglers operating out of the Bahamas whose cargo is child slaves.
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When Operation Surgical Strike, a police sting designed to catch Colombian drug traffickers in the act of selling a large consignment of cocaine to undercover police officers, goes horribly wrong, suspicion quickly falls on one of the police officers involved: "Stegs" Jenner. Stegs is no ordinary cop. Something of a maverick, he has in the past played the role of a criminal just a little too well. Now suspended from duty, and with his close friend...
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"President Obama's impending arrival to Nairobi is the electric backdrop to this dazzling debut. Yet, beneath the glittering celebrations, beats the pulse of a city aflame. It is into this crucible that Nice (real name Theresa) lands, fleeing her Somali drug-dealer boyfriend, her brutal UN work in Mogadishu, and the life choices stalking her. So desperate is she to flee that she involves one of her oldest friends, Duncan, an American pastor heading...
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