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aHave you ever been wrong about someone? Juno was wrong about Winnie Crouch. Before moving in with the Crouch family, Juno thought Winnie and her husband, Nigel, had the perfect marriage, the perfect son—the perfect life. Only now that she’s living in their beautiful house, she sees the cracks in the crumbling facade are too deep to ignore. Still, she isn’t one to judge. After her grim diagnosis, the retired therapist simply wants a place to...
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"Exploring the South Downs of the well-to-do town of Weldisham, Carole Seddon is caught in a sudden rainstorm. She finds refuge in an old barn - but relief turns to revulsion when she discovers the bones of a human skeleton packed inside two bags." "After Carole informs the police, it isn't long before local gossip spreads. People are saying the remains are those of a missing girl named Tamsin Lutteridge, who was suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome...
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2010
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When Phyllis's cousin asks her to look after her Oak Knoll bed-and-breakfast for a few weeks, Phyllis jumps at the chance-mostly because the inn is located close to the annual Rockport, Texas, Just Desserts competition. Determined to beat her friendly rival and enjoy some peaceful downtime with her boyfriend Sam, Phyllis concocts the ultimate sweet treat. But Phyllis's holiday turns bitter when she and Sam discover a dead body-and all signs point...
9) Olive, again
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"Olive Kitteridge has returned, as indomitable as ever ... this time as a person getting older, navigating her next decade as she comes to terms with the changes--sometimes welcome, sometimes not--in her own life. Here is Olive, strangely content in her second marriage, still in an evolving relationship with her son and his family, encountering a cast of memorable characters in the seaside town of Crosby, Maine. Whether it's a young girl coming to...
10) A cryptic clue
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Hunter and Clewe mysteries volume 1
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2023.
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A retired librarian is hired by an eccentric collector who needs an archivist for his huge, expanding compendium of rare books, where she discovers the dead body of her new employer's ex-girlfriend, who was also the heir to a pharmaceutical fortune.
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Garden Squad volume 5
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While cleaning up the historic Goosebush Cemetery, Lilly Jayne stumbles upon the body of Whitney Dunne-Bradford, the conniving custodian of the graveyard, and must dig up the dirt on the real killer when the homicide inquiry suddenly targets an old friend.
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Retired Maxie McNabb isn't sure how she'll like living on the go in her RV. But once she's on the Alaskan Highway with her mini-dachshund, Stretch, heading from her Alaska home to destinations in the Lower 48, she realizes that she loves the freedom of the road, and that she'll do just fine. Unfortunately, all is not well in her first destination, Colorado Springs. Maxie's terminally ill friend Sarah has a secret to tell her, but lapses into semi-conscious...
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Ladies of Covington volume 1
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Circumstance brought three disparate women to a Pennsylvania boardinghouse where three square meals and a sagging bed is the most any of them can look forward to. But friendship will take them on a startling journey to a rundown North carolina farmhouse where the unexpected suddenly seems not only welcome, but delightfully promising.
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Ladies of Covington volume 4
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Working to rebuild their farmhouse after a fire, Grace, Hannah, and Amelia struggle with Max's proposal of a marriage of convenience to Hannah and a young girl who has turned to them for protection from her abusive foster home.
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[2007]
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Welcome to Fethering! Carole has a bad hair day when a haircut leads to murder in this quirky, cozy, British village mystery.
The last thing Carole expects when she goes to Connie's Clip Joint for a trim is to find the body of Kyra, Connie's assistant, in the back room.
Kyra's boyfriend, Nathan, has vanished, but his family, an eccentric, controlling bunch, don't seem overly concerned. Instead, they are bizarrely obsessed with a family board game...
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Garden Squad volume 2
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[2019]
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While Lilly digs into a town beautification project, her friend Tamara O’Connor has greater concerns than well-pruned geraniums. The real-estate firm owner hasn’t been shy about blaming perennial grouch Gladys Preston for thwarting her many attempts to sell off a beautiful beachside property. But accusations fly when Gladys is suddenly found dead—and Tamara is caught standing over the body with a bloody weapon in her hand. As Tamara becomes...
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2020.
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When Penelope Kite attends the opening of an art exhibition on the arm of the gorgeous Mayor of St Merlot, Laurent Millias, it seems she is finally settling into life in Provence. But beneath the glamor, trouble is lurking. Shockwaves ripple when British expat artist, Roland Doncaster, collapses after choking on an olive. A tragic accident? Or was he poisoned? Penelope is thrust once again into the middle of a murder investigation, but when she casts...
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Ladies of Covington volume 8
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Interwoven with the continued stories of Grace, Amelia, and their friends in Covington, is the tale of Hannah and Max, now happily married and tending the parkland they saved from developers. Their peace is shattered when Max's estranged son, Zachary, returns from India with his pregnant wife, Sarina. Will this homecoming cause more heartache than joy?
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Garden Squad volume 3
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2021.
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"Lilly Jayne's hands are full. She doesn't have time for prickly newspaper reporter Tyler Crane, who's been looking for dirt on Goosebush's most notable families--until he's found dead on the Fall Festival's 10k fundraiser race route moments before the start. An unfortunate accident? Or did Tyler unearth a secret that someone in Goosebush is willing to kill to keep? By planting nasty rumors and cultivating fear, Tyler sowed a fair share of ill will...
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"Former Police Chief Katherine Sullivan has been called brilliant, brave, compassionate, and quirky, but after decades of crime fighting, this resilient grandmother with an artist's soul is discovering that retirement can be just as deadly as being on the job. When Katherine returned to her hometown, her only thought was to comfort her recently divorced daughter. That was before a young woman was found murdered on the estate of the town's richest...