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Peach tea smash
by Laura Childs
When Cricket Sadler asks her to find out who killed her beloved husband Harlan during the Mad Hatter Masquerade, tea shop owner Theodosia realizes the killer might have mistaken Harlan for his crazy son—a slum landlord who recently injure a woman in a boating accident.
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| The Unwedding by Ally CondieRecently divorced Ellery Wainwright takes a planned 20th anniversary trip alone -- but the beautiful Big Sur resort is packed with a large wedding group. That’s bad enough, but then the groom is killed and a mudslide cuts off the resort, leading Ellery to turn sleuth. This first adult novel by a popular YA author is a Reese’s Book Club Pick. Read-alikes: The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley; The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand. |
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The woman who lied : a novel
by Claire Douglas
The best-selling author of detective novels, Emilia Ward is plunged into a nightmare when someone starts mimicking the plot of one of her books in real life, again and again, leading to the murder of someone she knows who dies the same way as a victim in the book she's currently writing.
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The murders in Great Diddling : a novel
by Katarina Bivald
Moving to a run-down Cornwall village, author Berit Gardner, when a man blows up during a tea party, decides to snoop around to both help the police and gain ideas for her new book, discovering the villagers are using this murder as an opportunity to attract tourists to Great Diddling.
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The body in the backyard
by Lucy Score
When her self-absorbed news anchor ex-husband arrives in a bullet-ridden car, begging for help, clairvoyant sleuth Riley Thorn must block out the chaos and focus on her psychic visions long enough to narrow down the list of suspects and wonders if her ex's karma will be the downfall of them all.
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| Jane and the Year Without a Summer by Stephanie BarronFeeling poorly in May 1816, Jane Austen, with her sister Cassandra in tow, travels to Cheltenham Spa to take the curative waters. They run into a handsome artist, discover there’s a poisoner at their guest house, and investigate a fatal stabbing in their evocative, well-researched 14th outing. Those who'd like to begin with the 1st book can pick up Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor. |
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English tea murder
by Leslie Meier
Murder follows Lucy Stone across the Atlantic to England when she, while on a girls getaway to London, investigates the murder of their tour guide, Professor George Temple, who died mid-flight after suffering a supposed asthma attack.
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Dead in the water : a novel
by Stuart Woods
New York lawyer and private investigator Stone Barrington comes to the aid of a lovely woman accused of the murder of her missing, wealthy husband.
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A Caribbean mystery
by Agatha Christie
A series of mysterious deaths on the Caribbean island where Miss Marple is vacationing may be linked to the story of a suspected murderer that a friend brings to her attention shortly before his demise.
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Dead man's chest : a Phryne Fisher mystery
by Kerry Greenwood
When she tries to go on summer holiday, Phryne Fisher discovers that the Johnsons, who were supposed to be at the vacation home, are nowhere in sight, thus beginning a mystery that involves smugglers, pirate treasure and the mysterious Madame Selavey. By the author of Away With the Faeries.
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