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Mystery bookshop volume 6
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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While visiting the land of Miss Marple and Sherlock Holmes, bookstore owner and amateur sleuth Samantha Washington finds herself on a tragical mystery tour. Sam joins Nana Jo and her Shady Acres Retirement Village friends Irma, Dorothy, and Ruby Mae on a weeklong trip to London, England, to experience the Peabody Mystery Lovers Tour. The chance to see the sights and walk the streets that inspired Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle is a dream come...
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English
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Krissy is meeting Vicki's parents at the Pine Hills, Ohio, airportit's the least she can do as maid of honor, even if her relationship with Mr. and Mrs. Patterson is a bit strained. Besides, her own dad is coming in on the same flight. But there are a few additional arrivals, too. Her father's brought a dateand the Pattersons, both actors, seem to have an entire entourage trailing behind them. Uninvited guests are a headacheespecially when one turns...
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English
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"Discover the dramatic story of how a humble bookseller fought against incredible odds to bring one of the most important books of the 20th century to the world in this new novel from the author of The Girl in the White Gloves. When bookish young American Sylvia Beach opens Shakespeare and Company on a quiet street in Paris in 1919, she has no idea that she and her new bookstore will change the course of literature itself. Shakespeare and Company...
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Bookstore café mystery volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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As if a run-in with an old flame and a failed marriage proposal weren’t enough to horrify Krissy for one night, a woman is found strangled to death in a room filled with ominous jack-o’-lanterns. All signs suggest a crime of passion—but when the hostess’s jewelry disappears, malevolent intentions seem way more likely... With the estate on lockdown and a killer roaming the halls, Krissy must help Officer Paul Dalton investigate each nook, cranny,...
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Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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"Seeing visions of the future and turning into people's thoughts come naturally to Clara Quinn thanks to her inherited Quinn Sense. Unfortunately, it offers no insight into her love life-or lack thereof-especially where hardware store owner Rick Sanders is concerned. But even though she's still nursing a broken heart, Clara offers Rick a home for his troublesome dog, Tatters. But Tatters is the least of Rick's problems when a dead body is discovered...
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Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Inversgail, on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands, welcomes home native daughter and best-selling environmental writer Daphne Wood. Known as the icon of ecology, Daphne will spend three months as the author in residence for the Inversgail schools. Janet Marsh and her business partners at Yon Bonnie Books are looking forward to hosting a gala book signing for her. Daphne, who hasnt set foot in Scotland in thirty years, is . . . eccentric. She...
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Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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When Callie is laid off from her reporting job, she returns to her hometown of Cattail Island and lands a gig at the local bookstore—the same one where she found comfort after her mother died. In fact, the anniversary of her mother’s infamous death is approaching. Years ago, Teri Padget tumbled from the top of the lighthouse. As islanders are once again gossiping about the tragedy, devastating news strikes: the lighthouse has claimed another victim....
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Children's Brains are Yummy Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
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The last few days have seemed like a lifetime for Dexter and Daphna Wax. Between the various attempts on their lives, the assault on their father, and the discovery that their deceased mother had been thousands of years old they've endured enough for several lifetimes. They barely have enough energy to stand, let alone to save the world. Unfortunately, they don't have a choice.
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Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"Lindsay Harrel presents a powerful story of healing, forgiveness, and finding the courage to write your own story. A year after the death of her abusive fiance, domestic violence counselor Sophia Barrett finds returning to work too painful. She escapes to Cornwall, England--a place she's learned to love through the words of her favorite author--and finds a place to stay with the requirement that she help out in the bookstore underneath the room...
14) Stepped to death
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Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Phoebe Winchester's beloved aunt Eudora has a taste for adventure—and a knack for making magical tea. It's even rumored that she just might be a witch. So when Eudora passes away and leaves everything to her niece--her Victorian mansion, her bookshop/tea store, The Earl's Study, and one very chubby orange cat named Bob--Phoebe gets more than she bargained for. And she knows she's in deep when a dead man is found on the shop's back step, apparently...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Follows university professor Miss Willoughby as she helps with a paranormal investigation when family friends experience hauntings at their antique bookshop.
A University professor with an insatiable appetite for investigation is asked by some old family friends to investigate a series of hauntings at their antique bookstore.
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Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Charlotte Dean enjoys nothing more than the solitude of her London flat and the monotonous days of her work at a travel bookshop. But when her younger sister unceremoniously bursts into her quiet life one afternoon, Charlotte's world turns topsy-turvy. Beloved author D.E. Stevenson captures the intricacies of post-World War I England with a light, comic touch that perfectly embodies the spirit of the time. Alternatively heartbreaking and witty, The...
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Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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A whimsical delight, crafted with quirkiness and a touch of classic charmThe Joneses have just won the Great Montgomery Book Emporium in a contest, and its every book lovers dream! The pull of a lever calls forth a room full of marvelous wondersfrom the Room of Woodland tales with its squirrels and mice, to the rocket ship in the Room of Space Adventures, and the aquarium ceiling in the Room of Ocean Tales.But there is more to the Emporium than its...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Relates the story of the National Memorial African Bookstore, founded in Harlem by Louis Michaux in 1939, as seen from the perspective of Louis Michaux Jr., who met famous men like Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X while helping there.
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