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"When former party girl and society photographer Theophania Bogart flees to San Francisco to escape a high-profile family tragedy, a series of murders drags her unwillingly out of hiding. In no time at all she discovers she's been providing cover for a sophisticated smuggling operation, she starts to fall for an untrustworthy stranger, and she's knocked out, tied up and imprisoned. The police are sure she's lying. The smugglers are sure she knows...
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When resting in peace isn't an option... Corrie Locke may not be the best rookie lawyer in town, but when it comes to catching a killer, she's got the skills to bring a band of shifty-eyed suspects to their knees. When the wealthy matriarch of the dysfunctional Means family dies in her sleep, the family is convinced her death was anything but peaceful. They hire Corrie to prove it, but the only evidence they have to go on is a psychic's half-baked...
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"Someone is knocking at the door to Grace Adams' house, and he won't stop. Grace thinks she knows who it is, but when she goes to her second floor window for a look she sees a woman she doesn't recognize. The woman isn't alone for long before a man emerges from the dark of the surrounding woods, stabs her, and leaves her for dead. Trying to help, Grace goes to the woman and is shocked to find that it's her mother Leanne--a woman who abandoned her...
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Hannah seems to have a perfect life. She has a perfect job, perfect boyfriend and perfect university grades. Planning her life away, Hannah is deliriously happy. That is, until two mysterious deaths plague her, throwing her life into chaos and despair and pain. Hannah's world is turned upside down; everything she thought she knew is a lie. Jay, her perfect boyfriend is a successful businessman. He treats her wonderfully and makes her happier than...
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Food, flowers, and murder! Small town PI, Cecce DeLuca, is drawn into a web of intrigue and murder when she decides to attend a cooking demonstration. The chef, Loulou Watson, falls to her death in front of Cecce's eyes. But was it really an accident? Or a well planned plot to murder the would-be-celebrity chef?
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The prequel to the wildly popular Ava Lee series.Young Ava Lee is a forensic accounting who has just opened her own private firm. One of her clients, Hedrick Lo, has been swindled of more than a million dollars by a Chinese importer named Johnny Kung. Desperate, Lo persuades Ava to find and retrieve the monies owed. Ava goes to Hong Kong, where she plunges into the dangerous underground collection business and meets a man who will forever change her...
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The unearthing of a family's secrets, including a story about a stolen Burmese ruby, place Susan Foret and others in danger.
Susan Foret becomes involved in a cold case murder investigation after she comes across an article about the wealthy Haydel family, whose history revolves around suspicious deaths during
their longtime residency in Allemand Parish.
The unearthing of Haydel family secrets, including the story about a stolen Burmese ruby, places...
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FBI special agent Jessie Ridge and her skilled team work together to solve several new murder cases in Venton, Iowa. Things become dangerous when a corrupted senator is discovered operating a scam. All this happens as she tries to overcome her past before joining the bureau.
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"Welcome to Butterfly Island! Enjoy our sandy beaches, sapphire blue waters, and achingly beautiful sunsets. We can't wait to welcome you to the safest and most relaxing destination in the Caribbean…" Kenzi Hicks believes every person has a calling. She's worked as a line cook, a biohazard disposal specialist, and a dozen jobs in between. So what if her family thinks she's flighty? Her dad might call her a late bloomer, but Kenzi doesn't see it...
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A vacation becomes complicated by murder, discovery, and friendship. Danger lurks in too many directions. Alicia and her friends will have to stay alive and sort through the clues carefully if they want to save an innocent friend and prevent the destruction of an historic treasure.
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Titled Vacancy on the Board, this is the first book in a mystery fiction series focussed on the world of condominiums. At over 83,500 words in length, the book introduces Toni Balfour, a part-time minute-taker for condominium boards of directors. Toni's position gives her a window into the wild west world of condominium governance.
Still new to her job, Toni Balfour arrives at a condominium board meeting to find that the treasurer has died unexpectedly...
12) The Muckraker
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A well-known, powerful family with a shocking secret. Two journalists, living one hundred years apart, both digging for the truth. It's 1920 on Minneapolis's Newspaper Row and aspiring journalist Bizzie Johansen is ready to do whatever it takes to make it - even if that means going undercover. She'll come face to face with characters who will both challenge and frighten her, befriend and encourage her as she digs for the truth. But, when she stumbles...
13) The Black Cane
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The decision to help one small boy turns eight elderly women's lives upside-down. Danger becomes a way of life. If the women are going to save the boy and stay alive, they are going to have to use skills that have been dormant way too long.
14) Sinful Waters
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Embark on a thrilling maritime journey with Sailor and her companions as they set sail on a seemingly idyllic cruise, only to discover treacherous undercurrents beneath the serene waters. In "Sinful Waters," written by the coastal enthusiast Sera D'Latta, Sailor and her friends win a dream cruise, but their blissful voyage takes an ominous turn when they encounter malevolent individuals determined to wreak havoc. Unbeknownst to them, Sailor holds...
15) Deadly Bayou
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Cypress Lake Chief of Police Jim Foret is found critically wounded near the place his father committed suicide and dies later at the hospital. Evidence at the scene suggests his gunshot wound is also self-inflicted. His widow, Susan believes he has been murdered. Will she end up a victim herself before the killer is brought to justice?
16) Welter
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On New Year's Day, a young woman's body is found on a quiet beach. Her mother is devastated and denies the coroner's finding that her child died from misadventure. Despite her own personal tragedy, Lily O'Hara, with Mick Flynn, immerses herself in the case. In her search, she encounters a complex group of young people who have both loved and loathed the dead girl. Lily is seen as a saviour to some and a danger to others.
The price of knowledge and...
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Diane Phipps, P.I. dusts off facts and digs for truth in Colorado and finds out who killed renowned archaeologist Dr. Ray McCormick.Who killed renowned archaeologist Dr. Ray McCormick, and why? launches Diane Phipps, P.I. into a new investigation adventure in Colorado. Unfamiliar with the mountainous terrain of Peak Village near Garden of the Gods, Diane drives an old pick-up truck, dusts off facts, and digs into Dr. Ray's life for answers. Theories...
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Welcome to the tranquil yet precarious town of Indigo Flats, nestled in the vast expanse of west Texas. Its peaceful façade shatters when a prominent businessman is brutally murdered, unearthing a cache of guns and drugs that send shockwaves through the region, putting the feared Mexican Ortega Cartel on high alert. However, the stakes intensify exponentially when a second murder rocks the town-a member of the cartel's own family falls victim, igniting...
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A murder on summer resort Nor'easter Island? Never, and especially not in the quiet season, when all the tourists have gone home and only 1000 or so year-round islanders stay through the winter. The death of Joel Berliner, an island fisherman whose body washed ashore on Laughing Gull Beach, was a surprise, but not totally unexpected. The island buzz was that Joel, who had had some mental health issues years back, committed suicide.
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What happens when Teenage Hijinks turn into Murder? When the latest in a slew of Dumpster fires at the local campground turn up a finger and a ring, Jack Lovelace smells a corpse...and a job for his girlfriend Juli...Part-time Detective...Full-time Soup Witch at Snips and Snails Cafe...Add in the bone Juli's half-grown Lab Mix, Holly, digs up and brings home...the human bone...And now there's a new Mystery in town....and then they find the second...
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