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Half the fun of Farmington River is getting to know the quirks of the characters who inhabit Avon Old Farms and Ethel Walker schools. There's the cranky headmaster whose favorite pastime is bedding his students' mothers; the Cuban soccer coach who sees...

If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.When amateur sleuth Becky Robinson lands a small part on a hit TV show filming in the Big Apple, she expects lights, camera, action-not murder. The notorious Unlucky 7, a group of expelled high school...

A distress call breaks the silence of morning on the Coast Guard cutter, Sentinel. Years on the merciless sea have hardened seasoned officer Captain Olivia Raines, responds the urgent need for aid. Driven aimlessly off the shore, a luxury boat called the...

Kathryn "Kat" Jensen's new audit consulting job quickly becomes extremely dangerous. Investigating a notorious drug trafficker's bank accounts can lead to life-threatening complications!When Kat Jensen, an out-of-work internal auditor in New York City,...

She lives a comfortable life But when a posh neighbor is murdered, she fears she'll lose her hard-won independence. Boston, 1930s. Amanda Burnside feels she's coming into her own. Having finally convinced her parents that working in her father's law firm...

From the glass towers of Toronto to a forbidden city hidden in the jungles of South America, Catherine Wildman and Johnny Riel follow every lead, no matter to where or to whom it points, searching for the source of the deadly drug codenamed; INK. A quest...

Rebecca Stone drops by a party at the Rascals trailer in the trailer park where they all live in Ocean Beach Ca. She runs into Tall Paul a officer in the club who introduces her to Nicole his girlfriend. Nicole knows of Rebecca's reputation as a girl...

In these gripping tales of terror, suspense, and the supernatural, a citizen reporter and her determined cousin face off against horrifying threats.(Slenderman) When children disappear and citizens are murdered in a Lake Michigan resort town, will a...

     Rachel's world is turned upside down when she encounters the woman she suspects of murdering her former lover, Ian. Released from prison, Leigh has transformed into an artist who creates eerily realistic paintings of Ian. Leigh...

 Can there be a right choice when past and present collide? Lyris Pembrooke inherits Hammersleigh House from her great-uncle and makes a grisly discovery in the tower room of the old mansion – the mummified remains of a tiny child...

A headless victim in a locked room...an impossible murderA headless mystery writer is found in a locked room that no one could have left without leaving the door unlocked. When the room is broken into, there is no head, no weapon, and no murderer. The...

Being relocated to a small-town PD in Colorado was the last thing I needed. Being assigned to babysit the captain's daughter didn't help either. She's quirky, young, and unfortunately, the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. Cap only has one rule. Keep...

A young woman is missing, and her boyfriend is desperate to find her.Desperate enough to hire Gertrude, Gumshoe.Thrilled to have her first real client, Gertrude gets right to work. But is she ready for a real case? Can she catch a kidnapper without...

In the chilling aftermath of eleven-year-old Samuella Rose's brutal murder, her twin sister, Sarina, is left to navigate a world filled with grief and haunting nightmares. Fifteen years later, with the case still unsolved, Sarina's only solace comes from...

In 1992 Daisy Hayes had inherited Bottomleigh House and was struggling to keep it afloat financially. Then she got a letter from an archaeologist asking her to help make sense of a mysterious message that had just been dug up in Rome. Time to hook up...

Tis the Season to be MollyI would like to say that Christmas is my favorite holiday but it's not. It's not the day itself, it's the season. Too cold, too wet and way too much snow. Cats aren't in the habit of wearing shoes, you see, so all this snow and...

The year is 1942 and something deadly lurks in the shadows of the City of Angels.When private detective Rosa Bridger took the case of tracking down a drug-addled starlet for her fiancé's movie mogul father she figured it would be a simple missing...

La vidente inglesa Clarissa Wilkinson está de vacaciones en las Islas Canarias. Con la esperanza de vivir una aventura, sube a un autobús turístico con destino a Villa Winter, una base secreta nazi en la idílica isla de Fuerteventura.En su lugar,...

Cathy Carter e seu irmão Douglas possuem um cemitério de animais de estimação e um centro de resgate na pequena cidade de Esquina Botão-de-ouro, no norte do Estado de Nova York.  Depois que "A louca dos gatos" local, Maggie Broom, é encontrada...

En 1779, en Kanadasaga, la expedición de Sullivan incendia una aldea séneca y muchas otras, destruyendo la Confederación Iroquesa. Despertados del sueño, Pilan y Teka huyen de su casa comunal en llamas hacia los bosques. Cuando la bala de un soldado...

All five books in 'Skeletons In The Cupboard', a series of cozy mystery novels by A.J. Griffiths-Jones, now in one volume!The Villagers: Olive and Geoffrey are happier than ever. After moving to the countryside to bring up their three young children,...

Morgan Knight, law enforcement widow, security company owner and sheriff's department consultant on occult activities, has her vacation interrupted by her mother, who is determined to track down the source of the unusual grimoire that was found during...

Το πέμπτο βιβλίο της σειράς Jamie Quinn Cozy Mysteries οδηγεί την Jamie στο La Vida Boca: μια σικ εγκατάσταση υποστηριζόμενης διαβίωσης στην Μπόκα Ρατόν, όπου οι ηλικιωμένοι πεθαίνουν με ανησυχητικό ρυθμό.Με την άριστη φήμη, το αφοσιωμένο προσωπικό και...

Η ζωή είναι επιτέλους καλή για την απρόθυμη δικηγόρο οικογενειακού δικαίου Τζέιμς Κουίν.Ο πατέρας της μπορεί να πάρει σύντομα τη βίζα του, το αγόρι της είναι σκέτη βόμβα και το δικηγορικό της γραφείο αναπτύσσεται σαν τρελό. Αλλά όταν δέχεται να αναλάβει...

Schottland, 1975.Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter möchte die 17-jährige Anna Cairns eigentlich nur eins: ihrem verschlafenen Dorf in den Highlands entfliehen, um an der London Academy for Advanced Sciences zu studieren. Doch als Dunwood erstmals seit einem...

Was haben ein Priester, ein Staatsanwalt und ein Call-Girl gemeinsam? Friedlich eingeschlafen und nicht mehr aufgewacht. Dass die Seniorenresidenz ein erhöhtes Sterbeaufkommen erlebt, ist an sich nicht weiter verwunderlich. Aber irgendwann kommen Karli...

Commissaire Lucie Girard stellt ihr Leben auf den Kopf. Sie beginnt eine Affäre mit ihrer Assistentin Louisa Benin. Gemeinsam setzen sie sich für die Rechte der Frauen ein. Eröffnen die Fotoausstellung Femmes pour Femmes in Saint-Tropez. Dort werden kurz...

Beinahe-Kommissarin Billie Oedland ist im West-Berlin der Achtziger Jahre besser darin, Verbrechen aufzuklären als ihr eigenes Lebens-Chaos zu entwirren. Doch ausgerechnet das könnte ihr helfen, den größten Widersacher in der Stadt dingfest zu machen.

Das hatte sich Kriminalkommissarin Marie Müller auch anders vorgestellt. Statt Ruhe und Frieden im geerbten Häuschen im Offenburger Rebland zu finden, wird sie noch vor Antritt ihres ersten Arbeitstages zu einem Fall gerufen. Ein Toter liegt, nackt bis...

Der Playboy Christian Richard ist durch einen Badeunfall mit einem Jetski querschnittsgelähmt. Seine Geliebte, die Schönheitschirurgin Docteur Boyer, pflegt ihn. Eines Morgens findet die Haushälterin das Paar ermordet in ihrer Villa. Ein herausfordernder...

Oberkommissarin Nora Horst vom Landeskriminalamt Saarbrücken hat in ihrem nächsten Fall eine besonders harte Nuss zu knacken. Eine im Boden einer Gartenlaube im Stadtteil Wiebelskirchen verscharrte Frauenleiche wird beim Ausheben eines Fundaments...

In True Image, aspiring artist and amateur detective Maud Gibbons receives her first major portrait commission. She should be ecstatic. The fee secured by her new agent is extraordinary, but Maud soon realizes it's no ordinary commission.Her client has...

Murder, Mystery & Magic... Who has silenced the magic mirror?Ella Charming is a suspended Fairy Godmother trying to keep her head down in the frozen kingdom of Wyld Enchantment Woods where magic is strictly forbidden.When a henchman turns up on her...

Called home to Cape Breton by a family crisis, a Toronto policewoman finds herself drawn back into familiar complexities of local relationships, the possibility of romance, and a mystery or two. The story unfolds against the rich canvas of the people,...

Piper Addison is not a normal witch. If she's even a witch at all...Life after the big four-oh isn't so bad. Piper Addison, resident witch and coffee shop owner, finally found her groove. Business is flourishing, her ghost familiar is miraculously...

A girl from the swamps. A family gripped by darkness. A serial killer on the loose at the Mardi gras.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Advanced Reader: "This book has a totally explosive ending that blew me away. It was such an amazing twist. I absolutely love this series and I...

Now a USA Today Bestseller!BELATED JUSTICE CAN BE THE MOST SATISFYING. For almost ten years, Nikki Drake struggled to deal with her sister's mysterious disappearance. When another teen vanishes from the same riding stable, the details are too eerily...

Ann Kinnear has been invited to the Gotham Crime Fiction Conference to give a talk on "Making the Supernatural Super in Your Novel," but she isn't enthusiastic about adding public speaking to the offerings of Ann Kinnear Sensing.Ann's conference liaison,...

"A Page-Turning Mystery/Thriller with Gritty, Believable Characters and Unexpected Twists."What if the best day of your life becomes your last-and no one cares enough to uncover the truth, except your best friend?Vickie Bartolucci knows Blueberry Hill...

Rachel Chance is enjoying married life, especially since it includes not one but two Greyhounds, Abby and Zane. She's torn in multiple directions, though. A real estate colleague draws her attention to possible shady dealings by a colleague who works in...

It's a summer of doublets and couplets, Capulets and corpses! Larkin may think she's switched from detecting to directing, but there are surprises in store as she and Ed find themselves spending four hot weeks camping with the cast.When Larkin Day gets...

Frankie's plans for her daughter Sophie's wedding are anything but spring breezes and blossoms. An unexpected hot spell ushers in a wave of mysterious deaths, at a time when Whitman County is missing its coroner. Garrett, who is also Frankie's beau,...

Third and final installment in the Kirin Lane Series.To save the life of the man she loves, she'll have to trust the woman who tried to take him from her. Kirin's wedding to Sam is just two weeks away. She should be happy, but she's keeping a secret...

The Blood of the Covenant is Thicker than the Water of the Womb... After spending months tracking down the mysterious person sending her letters, Emily finds herself face to face with the one person she never thought she'd see again...her mother.The only...

A Round of Robins - The NovellaThe year is 2032.... Although the times are different, mystery and romance are ever the same. This is Joy's world - come on in!Dr. Joy Forest has her ethnographic research on the Coastal First Nations People...

In the idyllic village of Avebury, murder is on the menu.Myrtle, new owner of the Witch's Retreat B&B, juggles way too many plates. As if wrestling with erratic magic while running a business wasn't enough, she faces pleas to lead the coven. Throw in...

A Nazi journal. A miraculous medicine. A visionary scientist. As Carly Stuart searches for the Holy Grail, she discovers a cutting-edge research laboratory where sickening secrets-and astounding answers-abound. Despite the danger Carly Stuart faced...