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| Releasing Tuesday, November 5 from the Penguin Group. |
For Better or Worsted (Crochet Mystery #8) by Betty Hechtman (Berkley Prime Crime hardcover).
When Molly is invited to a major society wedding, she expects some wedding drama. Though she never anticipated this much trouble. The bride is the daughter of Molly's close friend Mason - who has been planning this wedding for a long time. But at the reception, things go amiss when the wealthy groom ends up dancing with the grim reaper.
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As Cecily Sinclair Baxter scrambles to hire and train new staff in time for the holidays, one of her guests is beyond help. Gerald Evans is found stabbed to death on the beach, and Cecily soon discovers he was a private investigator from London looking into dark doings involving the Pennyfoot. Who among the staff or guests was being pursued, and what secret drove that person to cold-blooded murder?
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The Whispering of Bones (Charles du Luc #4) by Judith Rock (Berkley trade paperback).
The last thing Jesuit Charles du Luc and his elderly confessor expect to find in an ancient crypt is a newly murdered body. Even more troubling, the shock of discovering the victim—a young man about to enter their order—proves too much for Charles’s companion. Vowing justice, Charles wants nothing more than to discover the killer. All signs point to someone targeting Jesuits—and not even an ex-soldier like Charles may be able to escape...
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The Fatal Funnel Cake (Fresh-Baked Mystery #8) by Livia J. Washburn (Obsidian trade paperback).
Phyllis and her friends Carolyn and Sam are ready to whip up their best dishes and win some ribbons in Dallas. When Phyllis’s funnel cake is picked as one of the best of that category, and she and the other finalists are invited to prepare their delicious recipes live on the air.
But Phyllis’s moment in the spotlight is spoiled after the host suffers a deadly allergic reaction from one bite of her funnel cake. Now she’s gone from top entry to top suspect. In order to clear her name, Phyllis will have to turn up the heat on this investigation before the real killer slips through her fingers....
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Trying to escape her overbearing mother, vintage kitchenware enthusiast and soon-to-be columnist Jaymie Leighton retreats to her family’s cottage on Heartbreak Island. While there she hopes to write an article about the Ice House restaurant, owned by good friends and neighbors, siblings Ruby and Garnet Redmond.
One night, while working on her article, Jaymie overhears an argument and, ever the sleuth, sets out to explore. But when she stumbles upon a dead body her blood runs cold. It’s Urban Dobrinskie, whose feud with the Redmonds is no secret, and he’s got an ice pick through his heart. Now Jaymie’s got to sharpen her sleuthing skills to chip away at the mystery and prove her neighbors’ innocence.
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As Alison’s reputation as “the ghost lady” grows, so does her business—and not always in a way she’d like. Tourists may be flocking to her guesthouse for a chance to glimpse her resident spirits, but her special abilities are also bringing unwanted private investigation cases to her door. And she has no choice but to take a case when the local homeless man is found murdered under mysterious circumstances, just hours after asking for help in exorcising a specter.
If that weren’t enough to deal with, Alison’s other PI case soon turns fatal, as the mistress she was spying on for a jealous wife turns up dead as well. The cases seem like they couldn’t possibly be linked, but with a mountain of clues, motives and suspects, Alison will have to think fast before someone else checks out for good…
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Charms and Chocolate Chips (Magical Bakery #3) by Bailey Cates (Obsidian mass market).
Between brewing magically spiced treats at Honeybee Bakery and volunteering with a local conservation group, Katie Lightfoot barely has time to see her firefighter boyfriend, Declan McCarthy, much less delve further into her destiny as a witch.
When a fellow volunteer for the conservation group is found dead, Katie’s mystical senses tell her that there’s more to the death than meets the eye. Her suspicions are confirmed when members of her coven are targeted next. Katie will have to embrace her powers quickly...or she may find herself chewed up and spit out by some serious black magic.
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Words With Fiends (Black Cat Bookshop #3) by Ali Brandon (Berkley Prime Crime mass market).
Lately, Hamlet hasn’t been chasing customers or being his obnoxious
self—something Darla surprisingly misses. Concerned, she hires a cat
whisperer to probe Hamlet’s feline psyche and then decides to get out of
her own funk by taking up karate to learn how to defend herself in case
the need arises again.
But when Darla finds her sensei dead at
the dojo, she decides to investigate the matter herself, and the promise of a mystery
snaps Hamlet out of his bad mood. After all, Darla may be the sleuth,
but Hamlet’s got a black belt in detection…
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Fixing to Die (Josie Marcus #9) by Elaine Viets (Obsidian mass market).
Josie and Ted have finally tied the knot, and they’re ready for the next
step: buying a house. Ted’s business partner, Christine, has one she’s
willing to sell, but it needs a lot of love. Luckily, the newlyweds are
up for the challenge.
But when they tear down a rickety gazebo
in the backyard, they find the body of Christine’s sister, a free
spirit who supposedly took off six months before. The police arrest
Christine for murder, leaving Ted to work overtime at the office to
cover for his partner. With no time to work on the house or be with her
husband, Josie will have to find the real killer quickly, before both
her house and marriage are beyond repair....
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The Quotient of Murder (Professor Sophie Knowles #4) by Ada Madison (Berkely Prime Crime mass market).
Winter Intersession is in full swing, and campus is buzzing over
the concert celebrating the bell tower’s reopening. The building has
been shuttered for twenty-five years, since a student leapt from it to her death. But Sophie’s even more troubled
by the secrecy surrounding the case. After Sophie performs some quick
calculations, she’s left with a nagging question: Was it really suicide?
When
one of Sophie’s favorite students, is
brutally beaten and left in a coma, Sophie’s mind kicks into overdrive.
The horrific incidents seem too coincidental to be unrelated, but can
Sophie put together the pieces from a twenty-five-year-old murder before
any other students get hurt?
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Read it and Weep (Library Lovers' #4) by Jenn McKinlay (Berkley Prime Crime mass market).
Former Broadway actress Violet La Rue is holding auditions for A Midsummer Night’s Dream—and
everyone from the sour spinster librarian Ms. Cole to Lindsey’s
youthful library pages are trying out for parts.
Brought in to play the
mischievous Puck is the flirtatious professional actor Robbie Vine, who
seems to have eyes for Lindsey. Before her blush has faded, the Bard’s
dream turns into a nightmare—when one of the cast is poisoned. Now
Lindsey and her crafternooners must take center stage to unmask the
culprit before the final curtain call…
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