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Dead on the Vine by Elle Brooke White The setup: After she inherits her uncle's California farm, Charlotte Finn leaves Chicago and career disappointment to start over, with help from her two best friends from childhood, siblings Beau and Diane.
The problem: Not everyone is friendly, the farm's a money pit, and Charlotte finds a dead body on the property -- which means she needs to figure out how to make the farm profitable and solve a murder.
Don't miss: the clever baby pig named Horse and the ladybug named Mrs. Robinson. | |
Last licks
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Cynthia Baxter
What happens: Eagerly allowing a film director to shoot a major scene at her ice-cream shop, Kate is horrified when the production’s leading lady drops dead after eating a dish of chocolate almond fudge, enmeshing Lickety Splits in a complicated mystery.
About the author: This is the third book in The Lickety Splits Ice Cream Shoppe mystery series. Baxter is the author of fifty-three novels and her favorite ice cream flavors are Peach, Coconut, and Chocolate Hazelnut. Readers can visit her website at www.cynthiabaxter.com.
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Big lies in a small town
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Diane Chamberlain
What happens: Imprisoned for a crime she did not commit, an artist is offered a chance to complete her remaining time by restoring a post office mural in a sleepy Southern town where another artist confronted violent prejudice decades earlier.
What's being said: From New York Times bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes a novel of chilling intrigue, a decades-old disappearance, and one woman's quest to find the truth...
"A novel about arts and secrets...grippingly told...pulls readers toward a shocking conclusion."--People magazine, Best New Books
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First cut : a novel
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Judy Melinek
What it's about: A medical examiner discovers an attempt at a cover up during a suspected overdose case, and is shocked when her supervisors tell her to ignore it in the fiction debut of the best-selling authors of Working Stiff.
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One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson What it's about: Attending the Edinburgh Arts Festival, restless former detective Jackson Brodie witnesses a road rage attack that draws him and other witnesses -- including a housewife and a crime novelist -- into danger.
For fans of: clever crime novels with intriguing, well-drawn characters.
Series alert: This is the 2nd Jackson Brodie novel; there's also a BBC television series, Case Histories, based on the books. | | Mumbo Gumbo Murder by Laura Childs with Terrie Farley Moran What happens: During Jazz Fest in New Orleans, scrapbooking store owner Carmela and her best friend, Ava, investigate the murder of their antiques shop owner friend -- but Carmela's cop boyfriend is not happy with their efforts nor that Carmela's ex has opened a store next to hers.
Read this next: If you enjoy this 16th Scrapbook mystery and want another romantic, cozy read that's centered around a musical event in Louisiana, try Ellen Byron's fun Fatal Cajun Festival. | |
Death by chocolate frosted doughnut
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Sarah Graves
Discovering the murdered body of a celebrity foodie in their new waterfront bakery, owners Jake and Ellie investigate the victim’s numerous enemies to clear Jake’s name of suspicion. By the author of the Home Repair is Homicide series.
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Fatal Cajun Festival
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Ellen Byron
What happens: A small-town Louisiana Cajun music festival draws a local girl turned reality TV/music star, so Maggie Crozet helps her parents prepare their B&B for the singer and her assistants. But it isn't long before someone is murdered, and Maggie, with help from her cop boyfriend, must sort it all out and keep a steady supply of pecan pralines ready to sell at her family's festival booth (recipes included).
Series alert: This amusing 5th Cajun country novel is a delightful cozy that'll please fans of the genre as well as Cajun music lovers.
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Murder at the Monks' Table
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Carol Anne O'Marie
What it's about: While attending the weeklong Oyster Festival in the village of Ballyclarin, Ireland, with Sister Eileen, Sister Mary Helen stumbles upon a corpse in the ladies' room of the Monk's Table, a local pub, and soon finds herself assisting the Irish police in solving the crime.
About the author: Sister Carol Anne O'Marie was a mystery writer and a nun in the St. Joseph of Carondelet religious order. She wrote eleven novels about a main character named Sister Mary Helen, an elderly nun who solves crimes. Murder at the Monks' Table is the eleventh book. Most of the books take place in San Francisco. Sister Carol Anne O'Marie co-ran a shelter for homeless women in Oakland, CA. She was born in 1933 and died in 2009.
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Revenge of the wrought-iron flamingos
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Donna Andrews
What it's about: Every year, Yorktown, Virginia, relives its role in the Revolutionary War by celebrating the anniversary of the British surrender in 1781. This year, plans include a re-enactment of the original battle and a colonial craft fair. Meg Langslow has returned to her home town for the festivities--and to sell her wrought-iron works of art. Except, of course, for the pink-painted flamingos she reluctantly made for her mother's best friend--she's hoping to deliver them secretly, so she won't get a reputation as "the blacksmith who makes those cute wrought-iron flamingos."
What goes wrong: Meg's also trying to keep her father from scaring too many tourists with his impersonation of an 18th century physician. And to prevent a snooping reporter from publishing any stories about local scandals. Not to mention saving her naive brother, Rob, from the clutches of a con man who might steal the computer game he has invented. It's a tough job--at least, until the swindler is found dead, slain in Meg's booth with one of her own wrought-iron creations.
Fortunately, the more trouble Meg faces, the more fun the reader will have--and Meg faces plenty of trouble in this lighthearted and funny novel.
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