Griffiths, Elly
Summary: "In the sequel to the "captivating"* Zig Zag Girl, DI Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto hunt for a killer after two children are murdered in a tragic tableau of a very grim fairy tale. *Wall Street Journal It's Christmastime in Brighton, and the city is abuzz about a local production of Aladdin, starring the marvelous Max Mephisto. But the holiday cheer is lost on DI Edgar Stephens....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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Summary: "In a nail-biting hunt for a missing loved one, DI Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto discover once again that the line between art, life, and death is all too easily blurred"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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Summary: The new decade is going well for Edgar Stephens and his good friend the magician Max Mephisto. Edgar is happily married, with children, and promoted to Superintendent. Max has found fame and stardom in America, though is now back in England for a funeral, and a prospective movie job. Edgar’s new wife, though—former detective Emma—is restless and frustrated at home, knowing she was the best...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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Summary: In Cascade Springs, New York, Violet Waverly and her grandma, Daisy, are the proprietors of Charming Books, where the power of the written word is positively enchanting. October in Cascade Springs means tourists are pouring in for the annual Food and Wine Festival, and Daisy hopes to draw those crowds to the store. She asks Violet and the local writing group, the Red Inkers, to give a reading...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing 2017
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Summary: "Beth McKenzie, owner of the Dixie Dew Bed and Breakfast, is enjoying an exciting affair with her new love, Scott. Meanwhile, the town of Littleboro, North Carolina is abuzz with gossip about Crazy Reba's upcoming nuptials. Most brides go crazy at some point, but Littleboro's resident homeless lady has had a head start: she's beloved, indulged, and most of all, eccentric. But at almost 60 or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOOClare, Alys
Summary: "London, 1881. Lily Raynor, owner of the World's End Investigation Bureau, is growing increasingly worried. Work is drying up, finances are tight and she cannot find enough for her sole employee, Felix Wilbraham, to do. So when schoolteacher Georgiana Long arrives, with a worrying tale of runaway pupils, it seems like the answer to her prayers. The case is an interesting one, and what could be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLAKaufman, Michael
Summary: In a near future where controversial longevity treatments are available only to the very rich, Jen Lu, a detective in the Elder Abuse department, and her partner, Chandler--a SIM implant in her brain--investigate bizarre cases of people aging overnight that may be caused by an illegal version of a longevity drug.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KAUKlingborg, Brian
Summary: "The search for a missing girl sends Inspector Lu Fei undercover into the wild corners of Myanmar, and the compound of the deadly and mysterious woman warlord responsible for the illegal trafficking of exotic animals and possibly more, in the next book from Brian Klingborg, Wild Prey. Police Inspector Lu Fei has an unfortunate talent for getting himself into hot water with powerful and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KLIAndrew, Sally
Summary: The first volume of a delicious new crime series set in rural South Africa--a flavorful blend of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and Goldy Schulz, full of humor, romance, and recipes, and featuring a charming cast of characters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANDBalzo, Sandra
Summary: "Maggy Thorsen's new neighbours, Philip and Vivian Woodward, are forging ahead with their plans for The Big Steep tea shop. Philip's enthusiasm to turn the neglected cottage once owned by Vivian's reclusive grandparents, the Koepplers, into a tea lover'sparadise is infectious, but Vivian seems less excited. And when Maggy's sheepdog Frank arrives at Uncommon Grounds coffeehouse bearing a 'gift'...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BALHannon, Irene
Summary: "FBI Special Agent Lance McGregor, a former Delta Force operator, is assigned to the case when Christy Reed receives mail claiming her sister is still alive. She believed Ginny died in a house fire, so if she is still alive, who is the woman buried in her grave and is Christy a pawn or a target?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HANMacNeal, Susan Elia
Summary: "This New York Times bestselling mystery series continues as American-born codebreaker extraordinaire, Maggie Hope, returns to England to continue her intelligence work during World War II. England, 1942. Great Britain and the U.S. have joined forces to fight the Nazis. In London, Maggie Hope takes on the biggest challenge of her career: finding a killer who models himself on Jack the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2016
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Summary: With her flair for cleaning and proper etiquette, Molly Gray has risen through the ranks of the glorious five-star Regency Grand Hotel to become the esteemed Head Maid. Her world is turned upside down when J.D. Grimthorpe, the world-renowned mystery author, drops dead on the hotel's tea room floor. It becomes clear that this death was murder most foul, and suspects abound. As the case threatens...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: "India, 1922: It is rainy season in the lush, remote Sahyadri mountains, where the kingdom of Satapur is tucked away. A curse seems to have fallen upon Satapur's royal family, whose maharaja died of a sudden illness shortly before his teenage son was struck down in a tragic accident. The kingdom is now ruled by an agent of the British Raj on behalf of Satapur's two maharanis, the dowager queen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Crime 2019
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Summary: "Can Mac find her doppelgänger and discover who's after her before they're both killed? Private Investigator Mackenzie Love manages to get into trouble on a simple shopping trip where she finds herself at the business end of a gun. It's clear her attacker mistakes her for someone else, but who? And why is her look-alike in so much trouble? Mac enlists the help of her partners, Samantha Majors...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC SPRMoehling, Joshua
Summary: "A small town's dark secrets turn deadly... When an early morning call brings Deputy Ben Packard to the scene of a home invasion, he finds Bill Sandersen shot in his bed. Bill was a well-liked local who chased easy money his whole life, leaving bad debts and broken hearts in his wake. Everyone Packard talks to has a story about Bill, but no one has a clear motive for wanting him dead. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2023
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Summary: "When an acclaimed author dies at the Regency Grand Hotel, it's up to a fastidious maid to uncover the truth, no matter how dirty."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2023
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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLEMassey, Sujata
Summary: "Introducing an extraordinary female lawyer-sleuth in a new historical series set in 1920s Bombay. Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a law degree from Oxford, Perveen also has a tragic personal history that makes her especially devoted to championing and protecting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Crime 2018
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Summary: "Baker Georgia Tepper has been hired to provide cupcakes for the Reading Buddies Halloween Party at the library, and she and Kathleen are meeting to finalize the menu of festive confections. Unfortunately, Georgia's former mother-in-law ambushes her at the library and threatens Georgia with legal action. When Georgia's litigious in-law is later found dead and the friendly baker is implicated,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022
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Summary: Spring has come to charming Mayville Heights, and with it, some Hollywood glamour. The little town is abuzz because a season of the popular American Bake-Off TV show is filming there. Librarian Kathleen Paulson is working as an advisor on historical facts for the show, local restaurants are providing catering for the camera crews, and Kathleen's faithful felines, Hercules and Owen, are hoping...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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Summary: "After a music festival comes to the quiet town of Mayville Heights, librarian Kathleen Paulson and her inquisitive cats find themselves in a jam when a musician turns up dead. It is summer in Mayville Heights, and Kathleen Paulson and her detective boyfriend, Marcus, are eager to attend the closing concert of the local music festival. The concert is a success, although one of the band members...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company Gale 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KELCarcaterra, Lorenzo
Summary: A wealthy woman alleges a valuable necklace was stolen from her hotel room on island of Ischia. The necklace, she claims, has been in her family for decades. She blames one of the young women working on the cleaning crew as the most likely suspect-- a young woman who is Nonna Maria's goddaughter. She takes the heat, but privately, she proclaims her innocence. Then the body of an unidentified...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2023
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Summary: "Christmas is coming to Cascade Springs, and so is the long-awaited wedding of Charming Books proprietor Violet Waverly and police chief David Rainwater. But the reception becomes memorable for all the wrong reasons when a woman's dead body floats by on the Niagara River. Violet is shocked to recognize the deceased as a woman who visited Charming Books two days before, toting a rare first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2023
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Summary: "When a water leak repair results in a body being found behind the walls of the store run by the artists' co-op that Kathleen's friend, Maggie, is part of everyone is completely mystified as to whose body it is and who hid it there. But as the dust settles, Kathleen's boyfriend, Detective Marcus Gordon, begins to suspect that the body could belong to a young woman who disappeared more than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2024