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English
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A serious true crime junkie, Roach looks down her nose at the pumpkin-spice-latte-drinking casual fans who only became interested in the genre once it got trendy. But when Laura, a pretty and charismatic children's bookseller, arrives to help rejuvenate the struggling bookstore branch, Roach recognizes in her an unexpected kindred spirit. Despite their common interest in true crime, Laura keeps her distance from Roach, resisting the other woman's...
62) The overnight
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
396 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Delaney Nichols is delighted with her life in Edinburgh, working at The Cracked Spine -- a shop that specializes in hard-to-find books and artifacts. With a job she loves, and her fast approaching marriage to devastatingly handsome Scottish pub-owner Tom Shannon, Delaney's life could be straight out of a fairy tale -- at least it would be, if the pastor meant to perform the wedding ceremony hadn't recently passed away. Outside the church where Delaney...
64) Stable cat
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
xii, 292 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
65) Illuminated
Author
Series
August Adams thrillers volume 1
Publisher
Westbow
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
314 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
66) Ink and shadows
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Nora Pennington is known for her window displays, and as Halloween approaches, she decides to showcase fictional heroines like Roald Dahl's Matilda and Madeline Miller's Circe. A family-values group disapproves of the magical themes, though, and wastes no time launching a modern-day witch hunt. Suddenly, former friends and customers are targeting not only Nora and Miracle Books, but a new shopkeeper, Celeste, who's been selling CBD oil products....
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"It's a crisp, early October weekend, and business is slowing down as fall descends at the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium and adjacent Mrs. Hudson's Tea Room. Wealthy philanthropist and prominent Sherlockian David Masterson has rented Suffolk Gardens House, where he plans to entertain his friends in a traditional English country house weekend. As the chosen caterers, Jayne Wilson and Gemma Doyle get to work preparing lavish meals and setting...
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English
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Joseph Cabot is a very popular wealthy San Franciscan who owns the main newspaper in town, as well as radio stations and TV. Years ago, Brooklyn's husband Derek and his security team rescued Joseph from an assassination attempt and now the man and his wife are friendly with Derek and Brooklyn. The friendship is helped along by the fact that Joseph is a big book lover and contributes lavishly to the Covington Library. His favorite author is Mark Twain...
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Language
English
Description
Nightingale Books, nestled on the main street in an idyllic little village, is a dream come true for book lovers-- a cozy haven and welcoming getaway for the literary-minded locals. But owner Emilia Nightingale is struggling to keep the shop open after her beloved father's death, and the temptation to sell is getting stronger. The property developers are circling, yet Emilia's loyal customers have become like family, and she can't imagine breaking...
Author
Series
Secrets of Mary's Bookshop volume 3
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Large print ed.
Physical Desc
367 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
71) One got away
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Series
Nikki Griffin volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Nikki Griffin, a private-investigator when she isn't running her small bookstore, is on a case. The matriarch of one of the wealthiest San Francisco families has been defrauded by a con-man, and her furious son enlists Nikki to find the money. And find the con-man. Nikki isn't a fan of men who hurt women. Her secret mission, born of revenge and trauma, is to do everything she can to remove women from dangerous situations-and to punish the men responsible....
Author
Series
Left-handed booksellers of London volume 2
Language
English
Description
"There is often trouble of a mythical sort in Bath. The booksellers who police the Old World keep a careful watch there, particularly on the entity that inhabits the ancient hot spring. This time trouble comes from the discovery of a sorcerous map, leading left-handed bookseller Merlin into great danger, requiring a desperate rescue attempt from his sister, the right-handed bookseller Vivien, and art student Susan Arkshaw, who is still struggling...
73) Ex-libris
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Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Dido Hoare mysteries volume 4
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
x, 244 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Gemma Doyle is walking her dog when she smells smoke outside the West London Museum. No one is hurt, but the museum's priceless collection of furniture can't be saved, and damage to the historic house is extensive. Baker Street's shop owners hold an afternoon auction tea to raise funds to rebuild, and Great Uncle Arthur Doyle offers a signed first edition of The Valley of Fear to auction. Before the gavel can fall, museum board chair Kathy Lamb is...
76) Lawn order
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Series
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
319 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Legendary stage and movie star Sir Nigel Bellingham arrives on Cape Cod to star in a stage production of The Hound of the Baskervilles put on by the West London Theater Festival. When Sir Nigel, some of the cast, and the director visit the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop at 222 Baker Street, owner Gemma Doyle realizes that Sir Nigel is not at all suited to the role. He is long past his prime and an old drunk to boot. The cast, in particular the much younger...
80) The grim reader
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Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Brooklyn and her new hunky husband, Derek, are excited to be guests at Dharma's first annual Book Festival. The entire town is involved and Brooklyn's mom Rebecca is taking charge. In addition to all of her other event related duties, she's got Brooklyn doing rare book appraisals and is also staging Little Women, the musical to delight the festival goers. If that wasn't enough, she and Meg--Derek's mom--will have a booth where they read palms and...
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