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1) Cruel intent
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English
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When Ali Reynolds' twin daughters discover the brutally murdered body of Morgan Forester, her home remodeling contractor, Logan, becomes the primary suspect. Logan swears he has absolutely nothing to do with the murder, and Ali believes him. Unfortunately, though, no one else does, including Ali's dear friend Detective Dave Holman. How far will strong-willed Ali go to prove Logan's innocence? And at what cost?
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English
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New York Times Bestseller: This anthology of Erma Bombeck’s most memorable and humorous essays is a tribute to one of America’s sharpest wits.
When she began writing her regular newspaper column in 1965, Erma Bombeck’s goal was to make housewives laugh. Thirty years later, she had published more than four thousand columns, and earned countless laughs—from housewives, presidents, and everyone in between....
When she began writing her regular newspaper column in 1965, Erma Bombeck’s goal was to make housewives laugh. Thirty years later, she had published more than four thousand columns, and earned countless laughs—from housewives, presidents, and everyone in between....
3) Wifey
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English
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Sandy Pressman is a nice suburban wife whose boredom is getting the best of her. She could be making friends at the club, like her husband keeps encouraging her to do. Or working on her golf game. Or getting her hair done. But for some reason, these things don't interest her as much as the naked man on the motorcycle
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Basic Books
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English
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In 1963, Betty Friedan unleashed a storm of controversy with her bestselling book, The Feminine Mystique. Hundreds of women wrote to her to say that the book had transformed, even saved, their lives. Nearly half a century later, many women still recall where they were when they first read it.
In A Strange Stirring, historian Stephanie Coontz examines the dawn of the 1960s, when the sexual revolution had barely begun, newspapers advertised...
In A Strange Stirring, historian Stephanie Coontz examines the dawn of the 1960s, when the sexual revolution had barely begun, newspapers advertised...
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Rushmore McKenzie mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
11) Premonition
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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A housewife's life is shattered when she finds out the her husband Jim is killed in a gruesome car accident, but when she awakes the next morning, he is still alive and well. As she keeps having dreams about his death, she must decide what to do.
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Series
Holland Taylor mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When sensitive case files are stolen from prominent Minnesota attorneys who are subsequently blackmailed, private investigator Holland Taylor is forced to navigate ethical quandaries in five cases in order to protect the state's legal system.
13) Like to die
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Series
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Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Investigating acts of harassment targeting a St. Paul factory, McKenzie uncovers deadly complications and is baffled when the company's owner, a businesswoman with ties to a poker buddy, appears to be manipulating the case.
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Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Unlicensed private detective Rushmore McKenzie is asked to find a Stradivarius violin--worth four million dollars--that was stolen from a locked room in a Wisconsin B&B, and discovers more to the mystery than the theft of an irreplacable instrument.
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Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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A solitary bachelor butcher in San Francisco's McCarthy-era Chinatown, Jack Szeto serves the left-behind housewives of Central Valley farm laborers, falls in love with the daughter of a shunned mortician, and triggers a heartbreaking retaliatory act.
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Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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Hired by an insurance company to help ransom a stolen gem, Rushmore McKenzie learns that the reputedly cursed gem causes the death or ruination of everyone who owns it, a situation that is complicated by the untimely murder of one of the thieves.
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Biblioasis
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English
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Baking a multitude of tartes tatin for local restaurants, an Ohio housewife contemplates her four kids, husband, cats, and chickens. Also, America's ignoble past and her own regrets. She is surrounded by dead lakes, fake facts, Open Carry maniacs, and oodles of online advice about survivalism, veil toss duties, and how to be more like Jane Fonda. But what do you do when you keep stepping on your son's toy tractors, your life depends on stolen land...
20) In a hard wind
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Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"When asked to investigate a murder in a seemingly idyllic Minnesota town, Rushmore McKenzie finds that all the evidence points directly at his client"--
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