Mystery
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Book 1 in the Jane Austen Mysteries series. This novel imagines the twenty-seven year old Jane Austen as an amateur sleuth, working on behalf of her dear friend Isobel Payne. Isobel is newly wedded to the much older Earl of Scargrave, and Jane is a guest at Scargrave Manor when the Earl passes away after
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Book 1 in the Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #1 series. Prior to the twentieth century, persons suffering from mental illness were thought to be “alienated” not only from the rest of society but from their own true natures. Those experts who studied mental pathologies were therefore known as alienists. A dark, historical, psychological thriller exposing the
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The Cat Who… is a series of 29 cozy mystery books by Lillian Jackson Braun. Book 1, The Cat Who Could Read Backwards was published in 1966. The books follow the adventures of Jim Qwilleran or Qwill, a journalist and amateur sleuth, and his Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum. Qwilleran was once a crime
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Hercule Poirot stars in 33 novels and 51 short stories by Agatha Christie, making his first appearance in The Mysterious Affair at Styles, and in the 13 seasons TV series based on the books. One of the greatest and most beloved fictional detectives, Hercule Poirot is famous all over the world, and to many who
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a cozy mystery town by the name of Boring, will be anything but. When devoted Janeite Kay Starling comes up with the idea of hosting a Jane Austen festival to bring some much needed influx of capital into the small town of Boring, she has no idea that
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Tessa Myre is a former editor who has fled the big city after being involved in a plagiarism scandal. Now she lives with her teenage son in her quaint hometown of Jordan Hollow and runs the Sweet Retreat bakery, but when one of her friends and regular suppliers, Nick Bronson, is accused of murder, Tessa
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Christa Dalrymple is dead. She has been murdered in her sleep, next to her estranged husband John. But instead of passing on, Christa remains in her house as a ghost, floating above her own dead body. Determined that she can do a better job than the police, Christa launches her own ghostly investigation, learning a
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On the small island of San Piedro on the northwest coast of Washington in 1954, a local fisherman, Carl, is found dead, tangled in his own net and drowned. A suspicious wound on his head leads to an investigation into the dead man’s affairs, and before long another local fisherman, Kabuo, is accused of murder.
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A great insight into the mind of Christopher Boone, a fifteen year old boy living with his father and attending a special needs schools. The first chapter of this books is labelled 2. The second chapter is 3. The third chapter is 5. Why? Because Christopher likes prime numbers. This is just one of many
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Book 1 in the Her Majesty the Queen Investigates series. Queen Elizabeth is residing at Windsor Castle shortly before her 90th birthday, hosting a soirée for a select group of guests. But the festivities are marred by the shocking discovery of one of the guest, Maksim Brodsky, a handsome Russian pianist, who is found dead
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