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Cozy Mysteries January 2020
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The Book of Candlelight
by Ellery Adams
The owner of a local book store finds an old diary that somehow holds a clue to several recent, suspicious deaths in her small town in the latest addition to the series following The Whispered Word. This is the 3rd in the Secret, Book & Scone Mystery series.
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In the Shadow of Vesuvius
by Tasha Alexander
Discovering a body hidden in plain sight among the ruins of Pompeii, Lady Emily launches an investigation that is complicated by archaeologist secrets and a beautiful young woman who claims a shocking relationship to Colin’s family. This is the 14th in the Lady Emily Mystery series.
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There's a Murder Afoot : a Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery
by Vicki Delany
Traveling to London with her friends to attend a Sherlock Holmes convention, Gemma Doyle is astonished by a surprise encounter with an in-law who disappeared decades earlier after stealing a valuable painting. This is the 5th in the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series.
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A View to a Kilt
by Kaitlyn Dunnett
Unexpectedly heading the annual springtime community celebration to boost the local economy after a long winter, Liss discovers a murdered man in the melting snow who is identified as her long-lost uncle, who went missing during the Vietnam War. This is the 13th in the Liss MacCrimmon Mystery series.
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Bound for Murder
by Victoria Gilbert
When her friend’s campaign for mayor is upended by the discovery of a body on her grandparents’ organic farm, library director Amy Webber uncovers harrowing secrets about the members of a 1960s commune. This is the 4th in the Blue Ridge Library Mystery series.
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Careless Whiskers
by Miranda James
When his lead-actress daughter is wrongly accused of poisoning a fading, drama-prone actor during a local stage production, Charlie teams up with feline sidekick, Diesel, to identify the true killer. This is the 12th in the Cat in the Stacks Mystery series.
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In Memoriam: MC Beaton 1936-2019
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Death of a Gossip
by M. C. Beaton
When society widow and gossip columnist Lady Jane Winter's body is fished out of the river, Lochdubh Constable Hamish Macbeth and Priscilla Halburton-Smythe navigate the choppy waters of the tattler's life to find a murderer. This is the 1st in the popular Hamish Macbeth series.
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The Quiche of Death
by M. C. Beaton
In order to introduce herself to the picturesque English village where she has just retired, Mrs. Agatha Raisin enters a quiche in a local competition and promptly finds herself a murder suspect when the judge dies from her poisonous pie. This is the 1st in the long-lasting Agatha Raisin series.
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Snobbery With Violence
by Marion Chesney
Exposing a suitor's dishonorable intentions toward the daughter of a new client, Captain Harry Cartwright is hired by a wealthy marquis to solve a house party murder, a case that is complicated by the host's determination to preserve discretion, in a mystery set in the Edwardian era. This is the 1st of four Edwardian Murder Mysteries.
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The Skeleton in the Closet
by M. C. Beaton
When Fellworth Dolphin inherits an unexpected fortune from his miserly, cold-hearted mother, he teams up with a plain young woman and sets out to discover the source of the money, which could be linked to a long-ago train robbery in which Fell's late father may have taken part. This is a stand-alone mystery.
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