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Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
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Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard, recuperating from a broken leg, becomes fascinated with a contemporary portrait of Richard III that bears no resemblance to the Wicked Uncle of history. Could such a sensitive, noble face belong to a venomous hunchback who may have killed his brother's children to make his crown secure? Or could Richard have been the victim, turned into a monster by the usurpers of England's throne? Grant determines to find out...
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Series
Language
English
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Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories gathers together in one magnificent volume all of Agatha Christie's short stories featuring her beloved intrepid investigator, Miss Marple. It's an unparalleled compendium of murder, mayhem, mystery, and detection that represents some of the finest short form fiction in the crime fiction field, and is an essential omnibus for Christie fans.
Miss Marple has lived almost her entire life in the sleepy hamlet...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime mass-market ed.
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Former litigator-turned-freelance-pet-sitter, Kendra Ballantyne, while minding her client's ferrets, stumbles upon the dead body of a reality star and hones her animal instincts to catch a clever killer intent on framing her furry little friends.
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime mass-market ed.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Former high-powered Los Angeles litigator Kendra Ballantyne now freelances as a pet-sitter. When her clients start dying off one by one, Kendra fears she's being set up. Aided by sexy detective Jeff Hubbard, Kendra must find out why--and fast. First in a new series.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime mass-market ed.
Physical Desc
x, 207 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
From the author of Ground to a Halt comes a special holiday Hemlock Falls mystery.
Hemlock Falls is one of the most picturesque villages in upstate New York, with the Hemlock Inn, owned by the amateur sleuth Quilliam sisters, as its centerpiece. The Quilliam sisters would love to show their little slice of paradise to the tourists that come to stay at their historic inn. However, the village isn't as peaceful as some would have you believe...
For...
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Jeff Hubbard's vixen of an ex-wife, Amanda, asks for help avoiding her stalker, it's all Kendra can do not to hiss and scratch. But when that stalker turns up dead in Amanda's home, she makes Kendra an offer she can't refuse: solve the case, and Amanda will take her claws out of Jeff for good. It won't be easy: there's a litter of suspects, two slinky Bengal cats are the only witnesses to the crime, and Jeff and Amanda seem cozier than ever....
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Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime mass-market ed.
Physical Desc
292 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Few can compete with the Natasha Smith when it comes to entertaining, but her childhood rival, Sophie Winston, certainly tries. While Natasha is known for her intricate centerpieces and painstakingly prepared gourmet meals, Sophie likes to keep things simple . . . real simple. Natasha may have stolen the spotlight-and Sophie's husband-but Sophie is determined to take home the prize at the Stupendous Stuffing Shakedown. She just needs the right ingredients...
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Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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"With the White House's big Easter celebration--along with a visit from her family--right around the corner, Olivia Paras has too many eggs in one basket. Add the death of a government official and she's starting to feel more like a basket case...What's worse than a guest not liking your food? A guest dropping dead from it. When NSA big shot Carl Minkus dies right after eating the dinner Ollie's staff had prepared, all forks point to them. Now, the...
10) Dread on Arrival
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Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime mass-market ed.
Physical Desc
ix, 289 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The gost of the television show Your Ancestor's Attic and the producer of its competition, Pawn-O-Rama, couldn't be more different. Ancestor's Edmund Tree is a mean-spirited, snobbish Brit, while Pawn's Belter Barcini is a T-shirted, armpit-scratching thug. Their already bitter rivalry heats up when they come to Hemlock Falls to have it out in a cooking contest in the elegant test kitchen of Bonne Goutè Culinary Academy"--Publisher.
11) A sinister sense
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime mass-market ed.
Physical Desc
275 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Seeing visions of the future and turning into people's thoughts come naturally to Clara Quinn thanks to her inherited Quinn Sense. Unfortunately, it offers no insight into her love life-or lack thereof-especially where hardware store owner Rick Sanders is concerned. But even though she's still nursing a broken heart, Clara offers Rick a home for his troublesome dog, Tatters. But Tatters is the least of Rick's problems when a dead body is discovered...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime mass-market ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 286 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
From back cover -- "Disaster strikes a mere week before the Hemlock Falls Ladies' Auxiliary hosts the annual Spring Fete when the festival's chairwoman--the redoubtable Adela Henry--gives up her job in a huff. Who will stop the members of the Craft Guild from sabotaging their rivals, the Crafty Ladies? More to the point, who's got the tact, diplomacy, and iron will necessary to organize the booths and settle quarrels over the programming? Hemlock's...
13) Malled to death
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a local developer is found dead in a boutique window after someone liberates the reptiles from the Herpetology Hut, E. J. Ferris, after an arrogant homicide detective dismisses her as "only" a mall cop, decides to solve the case herself with the help of her grandpa, a retired CIA operative.
Author
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime mass-market edition.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
No sooner does former magician's assistant Margo Tamblyn return home to Proper City, Nevada, to run Disguise DeLimit, her family's costume shop, than she gets her first big order. Wealthy nuisance Blitz Manners needs forty costumes for a detective-themed birthday bash. As for Blitz himself, his Sherlock Holmes is to die for--literally--when, in the middle of the festivities, Margo's friend and party planner Ebony Welles is caught brandishing a carving...