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Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientèle. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. But the apothecary's fate is jeopardized when her newest patron, a precocious twelve-year-old, makes a fatal mistake, sparking a string of consequences that echo through the centuries. Meanwhile...
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Series
Angelus trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Blue Rider Press, A member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
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English
Description
As wedding bells chime in Kurland St. Mary, a motley group of visitors descends on the village-and with a murderer on the prowl, some of them may not be returning home…
Lucy Harrington has returned to Kurland St. Mary to help with her friend Sophia Giffin's wedding. But her homecoming is made disagreeable by the presence of Major Robert Kurland, whose bungled proposal has ruffled Lucy's composure, and a meddling widow who has designs on her father,...
84) A deadly edition
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English
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Investigating an art dealer's murder to help clear a friend's name while juggling the demands of her approaching nuptials, librarian Amy Webber is thwarted by her aunt Lydia's boyfriend, who believes the chief suspect is guilty.
86) Not a sound
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English
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When a tragic accident leaves nurse Amelia Winn deaf, she spirals into a depression that ultimately causes her to lose everything that matters: her job, her husband David, and her stepdaughter Nora. Now, two years later and with the help of her hearing dog, Stitch, she is finally getting back on her feet. But when she discovers the body of a fellow nurse in the dense bush by the river, deep in the woods near her cabin, she is plunged into a disturbing...
87) The watchers
Author
Series
Angelus trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Language
English
Description
Beneath Lausanne Cathedral, in Switzerland, there is a secret buried before time began. Something unknown to angels and men. Until now ... Marc Rochat watches over the city at night from the belfry of the cathedral. He lives in a world of shadows and "beforetimes" and imaginary beings. Katherine Taylor, call girl and dreamer, is about to discover that her real-life fairy tale is too good to be true. Jay Harper, private detective, wakes up in a crummy...
88) By way of sorrow
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Series
Erin McCabe novels volume 1
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English
Description
Erin McCabe is a New Jersey criminal defense attorney doing her best to live a quiet life in the wake of profound personal change, until a newsworthy case--the murder of a state senator's son--puts both her career and safety in jeopardy.
89) Checked out
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Series
Dead-end job mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
91) The golden egg
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English
Description
At the request of his wife, Commissario Brunetti looks into the death of deaf, mentally disabled man who worked at their dry-cleaners and uncovers a mystery when the man left no official records and his mother is reluctant to speak to him.
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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When the cast of a local theater group raises money for an experimental treatment for the director's granddaughter, who has a rare form of cancer, one member raises her concerns, creating tensions within the community, which leads to murder.
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The latest entry in the charming Highland Bookshop mystery series finds the women of Yon Bonnie Books embroiled in the death of a local doctor, which sets off a chain of other curious-and deadly-events.
Out for a bicycle ride in the hills beyond Inversgail, Janet Marsh discovers the body of Dr. Malcolm Murray. The elderly Murray and his own bicycle went off the road and down a steep slope-he's sprawled in the burn at the bottom, his damaged bike...
95) A simple murder
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English
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Former soldier-turned-traveling weaver Will Rees tracks down his mistreated son to a Shaker settlement in late-eighteenth-century Maine, where his efforts to reconcile are challenged by the murder of a young woman and dark community secrets.
96) Fractured truth
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Series
Bone Gap travellers volume 2
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When the mutilated remains of a young woman are found in an Appalachian Mountain cave, newly sworn-in deputy sheriff Brynn Callahan is forced to track down a killer driven by twisted motives...
Not long after donning the uniform of the McCreary County Sheriff's department in Bone Gap, Tennessee, ex-Marine Brynn Callahan faces her first official homicide. On a cold February morning, a lone cross-country skier stumbles across the mutilated body of...
98) The last mile
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Series
Amos Decker novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
Melvin Mars awaits his fate on Death Row. He was one of America's most promising football stars until, aged twenty-years-old, he was arrested and convicted for the murder of his parents just as he was due to begin a very lucrative contract with the NFL. When Amos Decker, newly appointed special agent with the FBI, hears the news that Melvin was saved in the final seconds before his execution because someone has confessed to the killings, he persuades...
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Series
Kinsey Millhone mysteries volume 23
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Kinsey investigates two seemingly unrelated deaths. The first is a local, shady PI and the second is a John Doe on the beach.
100) Snow: a novel
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
Investigating the murder of a County Wexford priest in 1957, Detective Inspector St. John Strafford navigates harsh winter weather and the community's culture of silence to expose an aristocratic family's dangerous secrets.
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