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It&rsquo,s spring in England, and location scout Kate Sharp has returned to the quaint village of Nether Woodsmoor with its lush gardens, budding hedgerows, and mellow stone cottages to work on a Jane Austen television documentary. The unique opportunity also gives her the chance to explore a possible romance with Alex, the deliciously rumpled local scout. , Rumors of recently discovered Jane Austen letters stir up the production, but then tragedy strikes and a stranger dies in a fire in a village cottage. Soon it&rsquo,s evident that the fire wasn&rsquo,t an accident, but murder. The police investigation narrows to focus on the documentary crew. , Desperate to keep her job and help a friend under suspicion, Kate delves into the search for the identity of the stranger. What was the stranger&rsquo,s connection to the seemingly sleepy village? And who in the village is lying? , Death in an English Cottage is the second book in the popular Murder on Location cozy mystery series. ,_,

Jeff Resnick is definitely out of his element when he and Maggie take a working vacation at a quaint Vermont inn. For most people, the chance to spend time with a beautiful woman in a romantic, isolated setting would be a plus, but the moment Jeff crosses the Sugar Maple Inn&rsquo,s threshold, his sixth sense warns him that someone is about to meet a violent death. His anxiety intensifies when he travels on one of the local roads and he is nearly overwhelmed by feelings of impending doom. Ultimately, Jeff can only find respite in his brother Richard&rsquo,s presence and it is only after one of the inn&rsquo,s guests is murdered that Richard reluctantly becomes a third wheel on Jeff and Maggie&rsquo,s trip. With their own lives at stake, Jeff, Maggie, and Richard must use all their wits and skill to bring a ruthless killer to justice. And if they don&rsquo,t, one of them might just become the next victim.  ,_,

When Rick Ryder comes across a body at the bottom of a 30-foot waterfall in the Blue Ridge mountains, he has no idea the death will put his work, as well as his life and friendships, in jeopardy. On the same property, police discover a large patch of high potency marijuana, and soon 70-year-old Queenie Weaver is charged with murder and manufacturing a controlled substance. Rick races the clock to prove her innocence before she loses the land that has been in her family for generations. More lives are threatened as Rick uncovers evidence that the death and the marijuana plot are part of a conspiracy to acquire thousands of acres of mountain property. Skill, luck, perseverance and, what his wife refers to as stupidity in the face of danger, lead Rick to a climactic showdown which will either exonerate Queenie or end with more killing. The future of a way of life in the mountains hangs in the balance._,

Paul Bacon, ex-Navy boxer and fun-loving, Jazz-Age fashion plate, moved to 1920s California for the endless sunshine, oranges, and bright, white beaches. But all he finds is loneliness and misery in the chilly, fog-choked canyons of San Francisco.One night, homesick and miserable, he meets, and falls for, Molly Carver, a mysterious beauty who lures him on a romantic weekend escapade across the Bay to her hometown of Evansville. There, she promises, he will find the California promised by the travel brochures.Molly&rsquo,s promise turns out to be camouflage for a dangerous game. Evansville is no paradise but a whirling sewer of slaughterhouses, oil refineries, factories and dens of Prohibition iniquity. After stumbling across the brutal murder of Molly&rsquo,s brother, Paul must fight for his life while caught in the crossfire of a bloody gang war over the town&rsquo,s teeming vice rackets. and playing diplomat-at-gunpoint between the two warring factions. If he wants to get out alive, he&rsquo,d better find the path to peace between two groups who know little of it.They don&rsquo,t call it &ldquo,Butchertown&rdquo, for nothing.Set in the early years of Prohibition and the Roaring 20s, Butchertown is a bullet-packed tale populated by scheming ambitious bootleggers, trigger-happy gangsters, devious molls, and even a pair of fanatic Prohibitionists--one of them an old flame of Paul&rsquo,s&mdash,raging to force their ideals on a fallen unwilling world.Butchertown is also the story of a softboiled guy trapped in a hardboiled world, the hair-raising adventure of a callow but decent young man as he desperately tries to forge a sensible peace out of an insensible situation. As Paul Bacon is pulled deeper into Butchertown&rsquo,s bloody whirlpool, down to the secrets lurking at its heart, he also comes to wonder if the new world of the twentieth century is one people can live in._,

Betty Thursten',s fiancé, is murdered while she is outside the door trying to get in to save him. The only person with information about who might have killed José, is Betty',s former lover, Tom Howe

&ldquo,They are letting me say good-bye. I&rsquo,m to be shot to-morrow. It will be over by the time you get this&hellip,&rdquo, Laura stood, pale and trembling, in the veiled dress she was to have worn as Jim Mackenzie&rsquo,s bride, and gave her word to marry Basil Stevens, a man she scarcely knew. In his unexpected visit Basil had made three things clear

&ldquo,I think you&rsquo,re tempting fate when you say that you will never go back to Danesborough.&rdquo, Chloe laughed, suddenly, frankly. Her eyes were black again, and very bright. &ldquo,It&rsquo,s a fate I don&rsquo,t mind tempting,&rdquo, she said, and dropped his arm. Young Chloe, poor but beautiful, is made heiress of her mysterious cousin who has made a tidy fortune in blackmailing. The capital &ndash, indiscreet letters which would make the likes of all sorts of distinguished English people &ndash, is kept secret in a safe behind a black cabinet. Cousin Dane whispers the combination to Chloe and straight away dies. But Dane&rsquo,s big mistake was to have accomplices, and poor Chloe falls into their hands. They will stop at nothing, not even murder, to keep their secrets&hellip, The Black Cabinet ,was originally published in 1925. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans. &ldquo,When I pick up a book by Patricia Wentworth I think, now to enjoy myself&mdash,and I always do.&rdquo, Mary Dell, Daily Mirror_,

Travers looked down at the face. On the collar was a red patch and a long streak. Across the throat was a gash.Two rival London newspaper tycoons are at daggers drawn. But when Sir William Griffith&rsquo,s corpse turns up in a hamper, his throat cut from ear to ear, the enmity appears to turned deadly. Or is it instead a case of domestic terrorism? Superintendent Wharton of the Yard brings Ludovic Travers into the case and together they investigate a gallery of additional suspects

A prequel to the Jeff Resnick Mystery series. This collection of short stories chronicles Jeff Resnick s (and that of his brother, Richard Albert) backstory. What forces molded these men into the people they are today? Find out in the eleven thought-provoking tales that span from their first meeting, until two years before Murder On The Mind._,

A gripping mystery of jealousy, murder and lies. An invitation to her estranged, wealthy father&rsquo,s surprise 75th birthday party in New York sees Amelia and her husband, Jack, set off across the pond to meet a whole new world of family politics. Amelia, now a successful businesswoman, feels guilty about never liking her father&rsquo,s women, so does her upmost to give his new socialite partner, Evelyn, the benefit of the doubt. Wouldn&rsquo,t it be nice if they could just all get along? But there&rsquo,s something very dark, determined and dangerous about her&hellip, When Amelia&rsquo,s father, Roger, becomes ill, Jack grows suspicious that there is more to it. Amelia understands why, but no one else will believe them. They travel back to America to piece together the puzzle, but when Roger goes missing, the couple are driven to their wits', end. It takes a ,DEA ,officer and a secret assassin to bring them answers, but the ruthless truth is something no one expected&hellip,  ,_,

The murder of popular acting Sheriff Jared Barkley in Clarkesville, a small town in Oregon',s Cascade Mountains, puts Lehigh and Stacy',s plans to marry on hold when Stacy is arrested for committing the crime. On the advice of her lawyer, Stacy cuts off ties to Lehigh, who remains a subject of the investigation himself by the crooked cops and politicians running Mt. Hood County. Lehigh',s own lawyer, the smart, beautiful Samantha Pullen, works the legal angles to keep Lehigh out of jail, but he ignores her advice to keep a low profile and conducts his own investigation into the murder -- putting himself in greater danger than he ever imagined. A chance meeting with an old high school football teammate prompts Lehigh to visit the victim',s grieving mother, who will only talk to one who has suffered the same way--Lehigh',s own mother, who, in her advancing senile dementia, blames Lehigh for the death of his older brother when they were tykes. When the two women bond, Lehigh becomes privy to new information revealing a series of clandestine meetings between Jared and Stacy leading up to his death--meetings that look a lot like an ongoing secret love affair, rekindled from their youth. As Lehigh continues his investigation, his doubts about Stacy',s innocence multiply--particularly when she appears to make romantic overtures to her ex-fianceé,, attorney Paul van Paten, a leading member of the conspiracy against Lehigh. Cooperating with the only honest cop he knows in the county, Detective ",Gentleman Jim", Wadsworth, Lehigh plays a high-stakes game of legal chicken to infiltrate the conspiracy and discover the truth behind Jared Barkley',s murder._,

Financial crimes investigator Seamus McCree has wife problems, and Lizzie&rsquo,s not even his wife anymore. Her current husband disappeared on a business trip to Savannah. Was he kidnapped? Dispatched by his hedge fund partners? Or did he run off with another woman? Police assume he&rsquo,s AWOL, and Lizzie turns to Seamus for help. Seamus has no desire to be sucked into Lizzie&rsquo,s drama again, but her angst is also affecting their son, Paddy. Seamus agrees to help discover the truth, a quest that soon involves the entire extended family. Long buried secrets surface and each member must confront the question, &ldquo,How far can you trust your family?&rdquo, Equal parts road trip, who done what, and domestic thriller, book four in the Seamus McCree series takes psychological suspense to a new level. Seamus McCree fans and newcomers alike will delight in this fast-paced novel that leaves no one in the family unchanged and keeps you guessing until the very end._,

Jake Boxer, investigative journalist and host of the conspiratorial news show ,Bullseye, is in serious trouble. Not only is his soundman murdered by Russian intelligence agents while reporting on a secretive New World Order, but his network cancels his show, leaving Jake humiliated and spiraling into a deep dark depression. , Years later, a condemned murderer, who claims he was abandoned by the CIA, and who starred in an early episode of ,Bullseye, is finally executed for killing two supposed Soviet spies back in the 1970&rsquo,s. , Jake Boxer, still trying to piece his life back together, is on his honeymoon in a posh ski resort in the Alaskan mountains when he gets word of the inmate&rsquo,s execution . . . and the old killer&rsquo,s final words

Out of control skinheads, a flashy magazine publisher, a dead celebrity chef, and a vindictive food critic make for one messy kitchen. Add one murder suspect in the person of caterer Perry Stevens, and you have a recipe for disaster. It&rsquo,s up to chef and part-time sleuth Neil Marshall to turn up the heat and smoke out the real killer before his boss finds himself ordering his last meal a la cart on death row. ,Too many cooks may spoil the broth, but one dead chef ruins the party.Publisher',s Weekly said

When starving artist Lia Anderson stumbles upon a dead diva, it',s no walk in the dog park.Meet Buddy, Dasher, and Rory, three adorable fur boys often in the care of Hannah, the ever-efficient admin at Hopewell Music Academy, site of Lia&rsquo,s latest mural commission. Hannah can juggle anything the academy tosses at her, except the Machiavellian voice professor who owns the fur boys and whose demoralizing and career-crushing ways are the dark underbelly of the prestigious academy.When the professor is murdered, it&rsquo,s impossible to find someone who didn&rsquo,t want him dead. A mysterious informant is determined to involve Lia',s beau, Detective Peter Dourson, though it',s not Peter&rsquo,s case now that the Cincinnati Police Department has created a centralized unit to handle homicides. With Peter hamstrung by departmental politics, it&rsquo,s time for Lia and the dog park gang step in.(75,000 words)_,

When Dead Detective Seamus is asked to investigate the death of wealthy businessman William Dunbar he s more than willing, but there s an additional request. Will he take a detective-in-training along? Reluctantly, Seamus agrees and meets Mildred, who seems charming if a little headstrong. Suspects include Dunbar s family and staff, notably his beloved grandson Bud, who was with him when he fell from a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan. There s chemistry between Bud and Scarlet, a member of the household staff, and Seamus wonders why they work so hard to keep it hidden. Mildred insists on remaining with Dunbar s adopted granddaughter Brodie, a problem child who is devastated by Gramps death. Brodie feels that no one on earth cares about her now, and Mildred is determined to convince her otherwise. Disgusted by Mildred s disregard for the rules of non-interference with the Living, Seamus investigates the case without her. Events soon spin out of control. A kidnapping leads to a desperate chase toward the Straits of Mackinac, where several characters face death on the Mighty Mac Bridge. Will Mildred become a lost soul? Will Brodie find the will to survive? Can Seamus help his host defeat the killer, or does his presence make things worse? Nothing is certain except the possibility that more innocent people could end up Dead for the Money._,

Ruby Nash&rsquo,s life has gone to the dogs. Since her husband passed, her once-thriving canine search and rescue business has hit the end of its leash. When her mother, Donna, asks for help investigating her fiancé,, Cecil&rsquo,s, disappearance, Ruby leaves no bone unturned, roaming outside the boundaries of the law. But she&rsquo,s caught faster than a three-legged cat at a dog show. With her tail tucked firmly between her legs, she and her remaining cadaver dog, a Weimaraner named Sasha, return to her tiny hometown of Dead &, Buried. It&rsquo,s a Texas speed trap with more buried secrets than citizens. Determined to help her mother find the truth about Cecil',s disappearance, Ruby and Sasha begin an investigation of Dead &, Buried&rsquo,s crazy characters, digging up more trouble than a dog full of fleas. But without a body, it&rsquo,s devilishly hard to pin down the murderer. Can she find Cecil and get out of the doghouse alive? More importantly, can she keep from eating too much pie on the job? No Bones is a barking good time. Full of Texas sass, small town charm, and plenty of downhome cooking, the Dead &, Buried Mysteries are cozies with bite. ,Dog ,bite._,

When spring finally arrives in Winnipeg, the residents have a tendency to believe that they have earned it. After enduring six months of snow and numbing cold, a winter more fierce than that experienced by the inhabitants of almost any other city on earth, they emerge like shell-shocked soldiers from trench warfare. They stumble into April, a month of melting snow, thawing rivers, oozing mud, and hopeful signs. Snow gives way to rain. Migrating birds appear on the rivers. The trees swell in anticipation of new leaves. The first crocuses appear above the earth. And the lifeless bodies of beautiful young women are discovered lying near the paths in the woods along the Assiniboine River next to Assiniboine University. The fourth John Smyth mystery skillfully intertwines two elements -- a murder mystery and an academic discussion of the nature of the mystery novel. When John Smyth, the diminutive editor of Grace magazine, returns to school to obtain a journalism degree, he encounters a variety of interesting characters. He enrolls in a course on murder mysteries. He debates a combative professor who challenges his faith. He is accepted into a study group of students half his age, working together on a puzzling assignment. And, as usual, he can t help getting involved in murder._,

&ldquo,There&rsquo,s one thing which I daresay you noticed&mdash,that pair of slippers half kicked under the bath were of men&rsquo,s size.&rdquo, &ldquo,Yes, I noticed that, too, and they were sprinkled with blood.&rdquo, A man went calmly about his work while his wife lay dead in the house. After he is arrested and accused of the murder, doubt is cast regarding his guilt. Richardson is assigned the case. Richardson delves into the murdered woman&rsquo,s strange background, and becomes convinced that the law is holding an innocent man. With dogged persistence and courage he pursues the sinister figure who dominated the terrible business. Will he, in the end, with the aid of an initialled handbag and an initialled hammer, bring the case to a successful end and finds the guilty person? Who Killed Stella Pomeroy? was originally published in 1936. This new edition, the first in many decades, features an introduction by crime novelist Martin Edwards, author of acclaimed genre history The Golden Age of Murder. &ldquo,Sir Basil Thomson&rsquo,s tales are always good reading, and he has the knack of being accurate about Scotland Yard&hellip,I find (Richardson) a most agreeable companion&rdquo, Dorothy L. Sayers_,

Hugh Holiday is a novel of suspense and mystery in which a perceptive social outsider with a formidable stutter, and a unique workaround, is framed for murder.Hugh Holiday is stuck on a kind of Penro