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Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Haunted by the car accident that ended her career as a cookbook publicist, Val Deniston has traded the chaos of New York City for a quieter life near the Chesapeake Bay. Living with her curmudgeonly grandfather in Bayport is hardly glamorous, but she enjoys working at the local fitness club's café, and finally has time to work on her own cookbook. Then one of the club's patrons is found dead, and Val has to cook up a scheme to find the killer. It's...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2018].
Language
English
Description
When Professor Lila Maclean is sent to interview celebrated author and notorious cad, Damon Von Tussel, he disappears before her eyes. Chaos ensues, as Damon is headlining Stonedale University's Art Week. The chancellor expects Lila to locate him and set events back on track. But someone has a different plan. Strange warnings, missing valuables, and dangerous incidents are plaguing Stonedale's guests. With her mother, who happens to be Damon's ex,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"From Cleo Coyle, the New York Times bestselling author of Dead Cold Brew, comes a delicious new entry in the "fun and gripping" (The Huffington Post) Coffeehouse Mystery series. A smartphone dating game turns the Village Blend into a hookup hotspot--until a gunshot turns the landmark coffeehouse into a crime scene. As Village Blend manager Clare Cosi fixes a date for her wedding, her ex-husband is making dates through smartphone swipes. Clare has...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Delilah O'Leary can't wait to open her new gourmet deep-dish pizzeria in Geneva Bay, Wisconsin--a charming resort town with a long history as a mobsters' hideaway, millionaires' playground, and vacation mecca. Engaged to a hunk with a hefty trust fund, Delilah is poised to begin a life that's just about as delicious as one of her cheesy creations. Just before opening night, though, Delilah's plans for pizza perfection hit the skids when her fiancâe...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In Agatha Award and Macavity Award-winning author Maddie Day's fifth cozy Capers Book Club Mystery, it's mud season in Cape Cod, and when an ill wind blows in a murder with a twist in the tale, bicycle shop owner Mackenzie "Mac" Almeida and her crime-solving book group are ready to leaf through the clues . . . Everyone loves a festival, though Mac has a few concerns about the Spring equinox event organized by the new Chamber of Commerce director,...
7) Killing time
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Beloved New York Times bestseller M. C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin-the star of her own hit T.V. series-is back on the case again. Agatha Raisin's private detective agency is working flat out on a series of shop burglaries. The break-ins seem to have taken a violent turn when a friend of Agatha's is murdered during a raid on his shop. Although determined to nail the villains, Agatha still makes time to help Sir Charles Fraith prepare to...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"The next installment in David Rosenfelt's bestselling Andy Carpenter series brings a lone pup to his doorstep, but when it comes to dogs, The More the Terrier. Reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter is relieved to be headed back to Paterson, New Jersey, after aweek-long family vacation in the Adirondacks. He's ready to put the holly jolly season way behind him and settle in at home with his three dogs. But when they finally arrive, there is an extra dog...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-something advice columnist and amateur sleuth Sissy Yoder loves helping out at her Aunt Bethel's Sunflower Café in Yoder, Kansas. It connects her to family, to the close-knit community, and to the suspicious events that always seem to bubble beneath small-town life. The unusual death of local herb farmer, Ginger Reed, is the talk of Yoder. Naturally, Sissy is intrigued. The official report classifies Ginger's demise as an accident, concluding...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Vintage cookware collector Jaymie Müller is stunned when an irate woman accuses her pharmacist friend Val of tampering with her prescription. When more unfounded accusations follow, it seems clear the woman has a personal grudge against Val. But before they can figure out why, Jaymie and Val stumble upon the woman's dead body on the steps of Val's pharmacy. Determined to find the clues that connect the woman's strange behavior to her death, Jaymie...