Colin Pinnock, on top of the world when he is selected as a junior minister to the new Prime Minister, receives a mysterious note that sends him into a world of mystery and murder.
▫ Putting on the Dog by Cynthia Baxter
Agreeing to stand in for a fellow veterinarian at a charity dog show, Jessica Popper and her canine companions head for the a posh seaside community on Long Island's East End, but when a sleazy celebrity photographer is killed by a giant ice sculpture, Jess joins forces with her sometimes lover, PI Nick Burby, to uncover a killer.
▫ Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham by M.C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin has a hair-raising mystery on her hands involving a hairdresser named Mr. John, whom the local ladies deem a wizard. Agatha and Mr. John are quite fond of each other. But their romance is cut short when Mr. John is found poisoned.
▫ The Cat Who Brought Down the House by Lilian Jackson Braun
Reluctant millionaire and small town reporter Jim Qwilleran and his cats, Koko and Yum Yum, confront a new mystery when octogenarian Thelma Thackerary returns to Moose County to turn the old opera house into a film club.
▫ The Body on the Beach by Simon Brett
Retiree Carole Seddon's peaceful life in the English seaside town of Feathering is turned upside down when she stumbles upon a corpse on the beach while walking her dog and joins forces with her bohemian neighbor, Jude, to find a killer.
▫ The Trouble With Harriet by Dorothy Cannell
All Ellie Haskell wants is a romantic getaway with her husband. Their bags are all packed for a trip to France, until the arrival of Ellie's long-lost father, toting the ashes of his platinum blond lady love, Harriet. But when an accident makes her father a murder suspect, Ellie must ask herself: is he a pawn in a deadly game?
▫ The Edge of Doom by Amanda Cross
Academic sleuth Kate Fansler confronts a troubling mystery when a man arrives claiming to be her true father, an encounter that reveals life-threatening secrets that could unleash dangerous repercussions for Kate's family.
▫ A Streetcar Named Expire by Mary Daheim
While renovating the decrepit Alhambra Arms into luxury condominiums, workmen stumble upon the victim of a decades-old murder, a crime that becomes complicated by Judith McMonigle Flynn's discovery of a recent corpse on the premises.
▫ To Perish in Penzance by Jeanne M. Dams
Dorothy Martin is determined to solve the mystery surrounding the death of a beautiful young girl that has haunted her husband, now-retired Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt, for years and in the process stumbles across a new mystery.
▫ Chopping Spree by Diane Mott Davidson
Goldy Schulz, a Colorado caterer, was hired by Barry Dean, a mall manager, to do a cocktail party for the mall's elite shoppers club. Before she has hardly begun to set up for the party, she finds herself in the path of a truck that has no intention of stopping until both she and Barry are crushed beneath it. She determines to do her job and she manages to get the party started on time. But with the outbreak of an ugly spat among the guests, the behavior of Barry's girlfriend and Barry's own strange actions after the truck incident, the event is a catastrophe.
▫ Mama Rocks the Empty Cradle by Nora DeLoach
Unable to actively use her keen skills of detection after her foot operation, Mama relies on her daughter Simone to investigate the mysterious disappearance of an infant and the murder of the baby's mother, a case that plunges Mama and Simone into a world of avarice, jealousy and vengeance.
▫ Murder Boogies With Elvis by Anne George
Enjoying their golden years, amateur sleuths Mary Alice and Patricia Anne are delighted to be invited to a benefit, but their fun turns deadly when an Elvis impersonator takes a fatal dive into the band and the sisters must find a killer.
▫ Wreck the Halls by Sarah Graves
Jacobia Tiptree's plans to spend the Christmas holidays renovating her home take a backseat when Faye Anne Carmody is accused of taking an axe to her no-good husband, but when another local citizen turns up dead, Jake begins to suspect a more fiendish murder plot.
▫ Shakespeare’s Trollop by Charlaine Harris
Amateur sleuth, cleaning lady and martial arts expert Lily Bard searches for a killer after stumbling upon the body of Deedra Dean, a lady with a reputation in the town of Shakespeare, Arkansas.
▫ Roots of Murder by Janis Harrison
A small Midwest town fills with doubt and suspicion as Bretta Solomon, a widowed flower shop owner, begins to investigate the mysterious death of an Amish farmer who has always supplied her with her best flowers.
▫ April Fool Dead by Carolyn G. Hart
Annie Darling, bookstore owner, works with her husband, Max, to unmask an interfering prankster who caused her clever book promotion to backfire, but her search is complicated by her unpredictable mother-in-law, a troubled friend and a killer.
▫ A Misty Mourning by Rett MacPherson
Torie and her Grandma Gert are invited to Clarissa's for the reading of her new will, but when Clarissa is murdered, Torie ends up digging into family secrets to solve the mystery of her friend's death.
▫ Double Date by Barbara Taylor McCafferty
Tired of her poor love life, Nan Tatum masquerades as her popular sister, Bert, to start an online romance with graphic designer Derek Stanhope, but after Derek turns up dead in his driveway, shot by an unknown assailant, Nan and Bert join forces to unmask a killer.
▫ Wedding Day Murder by Leslie Meier
When her friend Sue asks her to help plan her daughter's wedding to Internet millionaire Ron Davitz, Lucy Stone gladly offers her assistance, but is confronted with murder when the groom is found floating next to his yacht.
▫ Custard’s Last Stand by Tamar Myers
When Colonel George Custard, the hotel tycoon who had selected her hometown of Hernia, Pennsylvania, as the site for his new five-star hotel, turns up dead, innkeeper and amateur sleuth Magdalena Yoder searches for a killer.
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