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Author
Series
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Jessica Fletcher and her friend Scotland Yard detective inspector George Sutherland are invited to attend a New Year's Eve Ball at Castorbrook Castle, thanks to her British publisher. Shortly after arriving in the idyllic English countryside, Jessica discovers the body of a lady's maid in the garden. While their host, Lord Norrance, his snobbish third wife, other members of the household, and party guests squabble over the tragic death in tight-lipped,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Obsidian, an imprint of New American Library, a division of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"New in the USA Today bestselling series--Jessica Fletcher finds herself in a tropical paradise where 'aloha' means both hello and goodbye. But sometimes, the goodbye is permanent. Jessica is on the Hawaiian island of Maui, giving a lecture at Maui College on community involvement in police investigations--a subject she knows well. Her co-lecturer is legendary retired detective Mike Kane, a behemoth of a man who shares his love of Hawaiian lore, legends...
83) Heads you lose
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Pot-growing siblings Paul and Lacey Hansen must investigate why the headless corpse of Lacey's ex-fiancé turned up on their property, in a metafictional mystery where the authors disagree as to how the story should progress.
Author
Series
Publisher
New American Library, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Make room for Jessica Fletcher as she cleans house to catch a killer who hasn't got a ghost of a chance. Jessica's friend, Eve Simpson is the town's premiere real estate agent and has recently taken on the task of selling one of Cabot Cove's oldest properties--the Spencer Percy House, built in 1805 by a sea captain for his young wife. Its current occupant, Joe Cooper, a crusty former carpenter, is convinced he's about to die and wants the house sold...
85) Drifts
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Drifts is an intimate portrait of reading, writing, and creative obsession. At work on a novel that is overdue to her publisher, spending long days alone with her restless terrier, corresponding ardently with fellow writers, the novel's narrator grows obsessed with the challenge of writing the present tense, of capturing time itself"--
Author
Series
[Spanish love deception] volume 2
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
"Rosie está desesperada. Tiene solo ocho semanas para escribir una novela romántica en medio de su bloqueo creativo. Y encima se le ha derrumbado el techo del baño delante de sus narices. Por suerte, puede huir al apartamento de Lina mientras ella está de viaje. Pero lo que Rosie no sabe es que también se quedará allí Lucas, el primo de su mejor amiga y de quien está virtualmente enamorada. Así que este caballero español le ofrecerá compartir...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"A woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has fled to the California high desert to escape a cloud of sorrow—for both her father in the ICU and a husband whose illness is worsening. What the motel provides, however, is not peace but a path, thanks to a receptionist who recommends a nearby hike. Out on the sun-scorched trail, the woman encounters a towering cactus whose size and shape mean it...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Español
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
"Alma Cruz ha decidido ponerle punto final a su carrera de escritora, pero teme acabar como su amiga, una exitosa novelista arrastrada a la locura por un libro que jamás terminó de escribir. Por eso, cuando hereda un modesto terreno en República Dominicana, se le ocurre sepultar allí sus decenas de manuscritos inconclusos. Quiere que descansen en paz en la misma tierra donde yacen sus raíces. Pero a diferencia de Alma, los protagonistas de sus...
Author
Series
Bright Falls volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love. ... Iris doesn't want any of that: dating, love, romance. She'll stick to her commitment-free hookups, thanks very much, except no one in her life will just let her be. ... Iris is a romance author facing an imminent deadline for her second book, and she's completely out of ideas. Perfectly happy to ignore her problems as per usual, Iris goes to a bar in Portland and meets a sexy stranger, Stefania, and a night...
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