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• The Cracked Spine

  Shelton, Paige,

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  Book 1 in the Scottish Bookshop Mystery series. Never an adventurer, no one was more surprised than Delaney Nichols when she packed her bags and moved halfway across the world to Edinburgh, Scotland to start a job at The Cracked Spine, a bookshop…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Conventional Corpse

  a Claire Malloy Mystery

  Hess, Joan

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  Book 13 in the Claire Malloy Mystery series. Widow Claire owns a bookstore in a college town and has a teenage daughter to raise. In this book bookseller and amateur sleuth Claire Malloy finds herself in the middle of a disaster when one of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Murder Is Binding

  Barrett, Lorna

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  Book 1 in the Booktown Mystery series. The streets of Stoneham, New Hampsire are lined with bookstores...and paved with murder. When she moved to Stoneham, city slicker Tricia Miles met nothing but friendly faces. And when she opened her mystery…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Plaid and Plagiarism

  MacRae, Molly,

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  Book 1 of the Highland Bookshop mystery series. A murder in a garden turns the four new owners of Yon Bonnie Books into amateur detectives, in a captivating new cozy mystery novel from Molly MacRae. Set in the weeks before the annual Inversgail…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Vanishing Thief

  Parker, Kate, 1949-

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  Book 1 of the Victorian Bookshop Mystery series. Georgia Fenchurch appears to be an unassuming antiquarian bookseller in Victorian London, but the life she leads is as exciting as any adventure novel. For Georgia is a member of the Archivist…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Crime and Poetry

  Magical Bookshop Mystery Series, Book 1

  Flower, Amanda,

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  Book 1 of the Magical Bookshop Mystery series. Rushing home to sit by her ailing grandmother's bedside, Violet Waverly is shocked to find Grandma Daisy the picture of perfect health. Violet doesn't need to read between the lines: her grandma wants…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Elementary, She Read

  Delany, Vicki, 1951-

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  Book 1 of the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery series. Gemma Doyle, a transplanted Englishwoman, has returned to the quaint town of West London on Cape Cod to manage her Great Uncle Arthur's Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium. The shop - located…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Plot Is Murder

  Burns, V. M., 1964-

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  Book 1 of the Mystery Bookshop series. Samantha Washington has dreamed of owning her own mystery bookstore for as long as she can remember. Now that she's preparing for her store's grand opening, she's also realizing another dream - penning a cozy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Double Booked for Death

  Brandon, Ali,

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  Book 1 of the Black Cat Bookshop Mystery series. As the new owners of Pettistone's Fine Books, Darla Pettistone is determined to prove herself a worthy successor to her late great-aunt Dee...and equally determined to outwit Hamlet, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Trouble on the Books

  Lang, Essie,

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  Book 1 of the Castle Bookshop Mystery series. Shelby Cox never intended to become a bookseller, so when the former editor returns to her hometown of Alexandria Bay, nestled in upstate New York's breathtaking Thousand Islands region, to take over her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Booked to Die

  a Mystery Introducing Cliff Janeway

  Dunning, John, 1942-2023

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  Book 1 of the Cliff Janeway Mystery series. "Denver homicide detective Cliff Janeway may not always play by the book, but he is an avid collector of rare and first editions. After a local bookscout is killed on his turf, Janeway would like nothing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Death Is Like a Box of Chocolates

  Aarons, Kathy,

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  Book 1 in the Chocolate Covered Mystery series. Whether it's to satisfy a craving for chocolate or pick up the hottest new bestseller, the locals in charming West Riverdale, Maryland, are heading to Chocolates and Chapters, where everything sold is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Secret, Book & Scone Society

  Adams, Ellery,

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  Book 1 in the Secret, Book & Scone Society Mystery series. Strangers flock to Miracle Springs hoping the natural hot springs, five-star cuisine, and renowned spa can cure their ills. If none of that works, they often find their way to Miracle Books,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Burglars Can't Be Choosers

  Block, Lawrence

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  Book 1 in the Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery series. Introducing Bernie Rhodenbarr, N.Y.C.'s prince of thieves - who really should have known better! When the mysterious pear shaped man with a lot of uncomfortably accurate information about Bernie and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Death on Demand

  Hart, Carolyn G.

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  Book 1 of the Death on Demand Mystery series. At Annie Laurance's Death On Demand bookstore on Broward's Rock Island, South Carolina, murder most foul suddenly isn't confined to the well-stocked shelves. Author Elliot Morgan's abrupt demise during a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Well Read, Then Dead

  Moran, Terrie Farley,

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  Book 1 of the Read 'Em and Eat Mystery series. Read 'Em and Eat is known for its delicious breakfast and lunch treats, along with quite a colorful clientele. If it's not Rowena Gustavson loudly debating the merits of the current book club selection,…Read moreRead more of this annotation