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61) Hooked on murder
Author
Series
Crochet mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime mass-market ed.
Physical Desc
273 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Molly Pink, a bookstore event coordinator, is accused of murdering the leader of the weekly crochet group at Shedd & Royal Books and More, she, while unraveling the clues, decides to take up crocheting to catch the real killer.
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
239 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Small-town German bookseller Carl Kollhoff delivers his books to special customers in the evening hours after closing time, walking through the picturesque alleys of the city. These people are almost like friends to him, and he is their most important connection to the world. When Kollhoff unexpectedly loses his job, it takes the power of books and a nine-year-old girl to make them all find the courage to rebuild their bonds with each other"--
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 26
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 246 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Annie's friend and fellow shop owner Ves Roundtree is a very wealthy woman. Her rich brother entrusted her with his estate, and upon her death, his fortune is to be divided. Several cash-strapped islanders are in line to collect life-changing inheritances. The problem is, Ves is very much alive. Ves hosts a dinner for the prospective beneficiaries and feels a chill in the air that has nothing to do with the wintry season. Not long after, she suffers...
Author
Series
Death on Demand mysteries volume 24
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Annie Darling--owner of the mystery bookstore, Death on Demand--prefers fictional crimes as opposed to the real things. But in one tragic week, two acts of violence shake the island community of Broward's Rock. First, a beloved doctor is found shot dead, seemingly by his own hand. Only days later, a local artist is arrested after his wife is found murdered, bludgeoned by her husband's sculpting mallet. Convinced her brother did not commit suicide,...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In small-town England, two booksellers facing tough times decide to spread some Christmas cheer through the magic of anonymous book deliveries in this uplifting holiday tale for book lovers everywhere"--
66) El italiano
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
391 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
Español
Description
A young bookseller's life is turned upside down when she rescues an unconscious Italian combat diver on her usual walk on the beach.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Lost for Words Bookshop is a compelling, irresistible, and heart-rending novel, perfect for fans of The Storied Life of AJ Fikry and The Little Paris Bookshop. "The Lost for Words Bookshop pushes all my bookish buttons."--Red (Books to Read) "Quirky, clever and unputdownable."--Katie Fforde "Burns fiercely with love and hurt. A rare and beautiful novel."--Linda Green, bestselling author of While My Eyes Were Closed Loveday Cardew prefers books...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Summer is a hectic time of the year for Annie Darling. Sun and scorching temperatures never fail to bring swarms of tourists to her mystery bookstore, Death on Demand, for the latest beach reads. But Annie still finds time to enjoy herself. The Broward's Rock Fourth of July dance is just around the corner, and the island is buzzing with excitement--Shell Hurst included... Shell is the kind of woman wives hate--for good reason--and most of them wish...
Author
Publisher
B
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
Español
Description
"Agnes Martai is a young archaeologist who moves to London in search of a new opportunity. Shortly after arriving in the city as she strolls through the Temple district, she is surprised by a sudden downpour and takes refuge in a very special bookstore: Moonlight Books. Edward Livingstone is looking for an assistant, and in the time it takes Agnes to dry off and sit down for a cup of hot tea, they both realize that it is no accident that she is the...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
c2021.
Physical Desc
473 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A heartening and uproariously funny novel of high hopes, bad choices, book love, and one woman's best--and worst--intentions. Through emails, journal entries, combative online reviews, texts, and tweets, Fawn plans her next move to reclaim her beloved business--and her life.-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime mass-market edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When an airplane crashes into the village gazebo, killing the pilot and Tricia's friend Deborah, Tricia has reason to believe the crash was more than an accident.
72) The Brontë plot
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When a rare-books dealer goes to England, she discovers more than just the famous writing haunts--she discovers how to love and be loved in today's modern world. Victoria Seward makes a living finding rare books through means that aren't always on the up-and-up. But if it makes the clients happy, who is she really hurting? After all, everything always turns out all right in the end. At least it does in her favorite books, the ones her absent father...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
677 pages: illustrations; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The lushly descriptive and tragic Burmese Days, a devastating indictment of British colonial rule, is based on Orwell?s own experience while serving in the Indian Imperial Police. His beloved satirical classic, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, features a young idealist whose attempt to rebel against middle-class respectability?by working in a bookshop and trying to be a writer?goes terribly and comically awry. The hero of Coming Up for Air tries to escape...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
391 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"After her mother was bedridden and her father bailed on the family, Sophie became a second mother to her twin brother, Seth, and younger sister, Jenna. Sophie supported her siblings through their college years, putting aside her own dream of opening a book shop in Piper's Cove--the quaint North Carolina beach town they frequented as children. But now it's finally time for Sophie to follow her own pursuits. Seth just got a new job, the family house...
Author
Series
Castle bookshop mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Shelby Cox never intended to become a bookseller, so when the former editor returns to her hometown of Alexandria Bay, nestled in Upstate New York's breathtaking Thousand Islands region, to take over her aunt's bookstore, she has no idea what to expect. To her amazement, she discovers that she now owns a 50 percent share in Bayside Books and will also run the store's second location in the majestic castle on nearby Blye Island. But just as Shelby...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Bookseller Delaney Nichols befriends a Loch Ness monster enthusiast; when he stands accused of murder she'll do whatever it takes to learn who the killer is--and whether Nessie herself is really lurking in the Scottish waters. Delaney Nichols is delighted with her life in Edinburgh, working at The Cracked Spine--a shop that specializes in hard-to-find books and artifacts. With a job she loves, and her fast approaching marriage to devastatingly handsome...
Author
Series
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Wyoming Territory, October 1883. Tabitha Canterbury came to Logan Meadows with one goal: to open the bookshop she's always dreamed of having. In a town full of illiterate cowboys, though, making the Storybook Lodge a success is easier said than done. Andthings get more complicated when the saloon next door gets a new co-owner and Tabitha finds herself falling for the wrong sort of man... After a lifetime guiding settlers across the prairie, Hunter...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
x, 323 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Bookstore owner Tricia Miles must solve a mystery that hits tragically close to home in this latest thrilling entry in Lorna Barrett's New York Times bestselling Booktown mystery series. Tricia has just received a second marriage proposal within fifteenminutes. The first was from her friend with benefits, Marshall Chambers, and the second from her ex-lover, police chief Grant Baker. Tricia's got some serious thinking to do. She's still weighing her...
Author
Series
Publisher
B/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
571 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Un thriller histórico ambientado en el fascinante mundo del libro en el siglo XVI. Novela histórica y de intriga, El taller de libros prohibidos nos transporta a la época en la que imprimir, vender y leer libros podía llegar ser una actividad sumamente peligrosa. Alcalá de Henares, 1572. La joven librera Inés Ramírez acaba de quedar viuda y ha de ponerse al frente del negocio familiar. Pronto descubre que su esposo poseía la clave de acceso...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
307 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
For weeks after the sinking of the Titanic, Yorick spots his own name among the list of those lost at sea. As an apprentice librarian for the White Star Line, his job was to curate the ship’s second-class library. But the day the Titanic set sail he was left stranded at the dock. After the ship's sinking, Yorick takes this twist of fate as a sign to follow his lifelong dream of owning a bookshop in Paris. Soon after, he receives an invitation to...
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