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She was a "Jane Doe," an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department, but the detectives had little to go on. The woman was young, her hands were bound with a length of wire, there were multiple stab wounds, and her throat had been slashed. After months of investigation, the case remained unsolved. That was eighteen years ago....
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Dominic and Clarice Corde think they've come to Brunswick Gardens to replace the local vicar who is away on Christmas holiday. When the vicar is discovered brutally murdered and stashed in the cellar however, it puts a different spin on things altogether. Now they must solve his murder in what is becoming a dangerously snowbound village with an equally dangerous killer on the loose. As the killer is revealed, the true meaning of Christmas is also...
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This collection brings together 12 short stories, many never before published. The title short, 'The Guy Not Taken', was featured in Glamour and soon after was optioned by DreamWorks SKG. Other titles include: 'Good Men', a prequel to 'Good in Bed'; and 'Just Desserts', a tale of siblings coming to terms with their father's sudden departure, as well as nine others.
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When an English tycoon dies mysteriously, he leaves a note naming six people who might have wanted him dead. Daisy Kean and PI Harry Montana team up to take the suspects-and also six red herrings-on a Mediterranean cruise, culminating at his beautiful villa on Capri, where his will is to be read and the killer unmasked. With the beautiful seaside settings plus the beginnings of a romance between loner Montana and wary Daisy, passions flare and the...
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Superintendent Runcorn of Scotland Yard is spending Christmas on the wild and beautiful island of Anglesey off the north coast of Wales. On one of his solitary strolls, the lonely bachelor stumbles upon a lifeless body in the village churchyard. The unfortunate victim is quickly identified as Olivia Costain, the local vicar’s younger sister.
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In the 1940s, former Beverly Hills police officer Rick Barron, now working as head of production at a film studio and directing a Oscar-worthy motion picture, learns that his wife, starlet Glenna Gleason, and screenwriter, Sidney Brooks, are suspected of communism by the U.S. government, setting in motion a series of scandals and murders.
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Pitt investigates the murder of a maid at Buckingham Palace, narrowing his group of suspects down to several house guests who are meeting with the Prince of Wales to discuss the funding of a huge project: the Cape to Cairo railway. While the Prince might overlook the unfortunate loss of a maid, the Queen, who is due back soon, will likely veto any Royal support in the scheme if she finds out.
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As Charles Osgood showed in his popular book Kilroy Was Here: The Best American Humor from World War II, sometimes the most intense situations yield the most unexpectedly funny stories. And few situations are more intense than a presidential campaign.From FDR to Harry Truman to JFK to George W. Bush, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House captures the wit and humor of the campaign trail-a place where levity is always welcome. Osgood...
12) Heart and soul
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With the warmth, humor and compassion we've come to expect, Maeve Binchy tells a story of family, friends, patients, and staff who are part of a heart clinic in a community caught between the old and the new Ireland. Dr. Clara Casey has been offered the thankless job of establishing the underfunded clinic, and agrees to take it on for a year. Before long it is an essential part of the community, and Clara must decide whether or not to leave this place...
13) Hot mahogany
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CIA boss Lance Cabot hires Stone Barrington to watch over his brother Barton, a former army intelligence officer suffering from amnesia. As Stone discovers, Barton is a spy with a rather unusual hobby: building and restoring antique furniture. Barton is also a man with a past that is linked to the jungles of Vietnam more than thirty years earlier. Stone soon finds out that Barton, and some shady characters of his acquaintance, may be hiding a lot...
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Mrs. Murphy mysteries volume 16
Thorndike Press large print basic
Mrs Murphy volume Book 16
A Mrs. Murphy volume 16
Thorndike Press large print basic
Mrs Murphy volume Book 16
A Mrs. Murphy volume 16
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Autumn has arrived in cozy Crozet, Virginia, and that means the town's inhabitants are hard at work in home and garden preparing for winter. Harry is planning to harvest her first crop of Petit Manseng grapes along with her beloved sunflowers. Meanwhile, her recent marriage to Fair and her friendship with Deputy Cynthia Cooper, who's rented nearby Blair Farm, are flourishing. But even when peace descends on the idyllic countryside, murder is lurking....
15) Running hot
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Reluctantly paired for a murder investigation by the paranormal Arcane Society, former cop Luther Malone and aura-reading librarian Grace Renquist find their mutual disgust dissolving into a powerful attraction, during a case that is further complicated by operatives for a ruthless underground psychic group.
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A sequel to Bram Stoker's "Dracula," set twenty-five years after the vampire was destroyed, in which Quincey, the son of Jonathan and Mina Harker, having left law school to pursue an acting career, learns the secrets of his parents' past through a production of the play "Dracula," directed by Bram Stoker, and stumbles upon a plot to kill all the people involved in Count Dracula's demise.
17) The help
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"With more than 3 million copies sold, the #1 New York Times bestseller is now available in a special gift edition. A modern classic, The Help has been a cultural touchstone for the millions of readers who have cheered on Skeeter, laughed with Minny, and hissed at Hilly. The noble and strong Aibileen has become a heroine for countless fans whose letters have poured in from all over the world. Now the bestselling and beloved book is available in a...
18) Little Bee
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A confrontation between a sixteen-year-old Nigerian orphan, called Little Bee, and a wealthy British couple on vacation, has life-changing consequences for everyone involved.
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Stone Barrington novels volume 16
Thorndike Press large print basic
A Stone Barrington novel volume 16
Sone Barrington volume 16
Thorndike Press large print basic
A Stone Barrington novel volume 16
Sone Barrington volume 16
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Former New York police officer Stone Barrington is hired to search for a man in Key West whose father needs his signature to sell the family business, but when he finally tracks him down, Stone learns the man believes his father poisoned his brother and hired a hit man to kill him and has ulterior motives for wanting to sell, prompting Stone to do some further investigating.
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Sophie Heller's family emigrated from Germany to Victory, a small town in Illinois, before World War II began. Now that the war has affected the town, the townspeople discriminate against Sophie and her family. When a train derails by accident, the Heller family is blamed. A teacher from the local high school comes to Sophie's rescue, and despite their cultural differences, a romance starts to bloom.
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