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The Witness for the Prosecution 1920s London. A murder, brutal and bloodthirsty, has stained the plush carpets of a handsome London townhouse. The victim is the glamorous and enormously rich Emily French. All the evidence points to Leonard Vole, a young chancer to whom the heiress left her vast fortune and who ruthlessly took her life. At least, this is the story that Emily?s dedicated housekeeper Janet Mackenzie stands by in court. Leonard however,...
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When the townspeople of Lochdubh begin receiving poison-pen letters, no one takes them very seriously, even if they are full of wild accusations. But Hamish fears that they might lead to something deadly. His instincts prove correct when the town's postmistress is found hanging from a rope with a poison-pen letter at her feet. Though it appears to be a suicide, Hamish suspects something more sinister. Attempting to trace the letters, the last thing
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Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill volume 1
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With their thirteen children grown, Anna and Felty Helmuth are ready for their next adventure - trying their hands at matchmaking. Huckleberry Hill just might turn out to be the most romantic spot in Wisconsin. Moses Zimmerman knew his grandparents couldn't resist trying to find him a wife. But he never expected it would be a woman tall enough to look him in the eye, and honest enough to make him question a promise holding him to his past.
4) White Indian
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White Indian volume 1
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Renno, an English baby, is reared by the Senecas to become a great warrior. His destiny lies in bridging the world between the mighty Seneca nation and the struggling English colonists.
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Nancy Bell's popular mystery series combines colorful characters, a small-town setting, down-home Texas humor- and one of the most wildly misnamed sleuths in the genre. A diminutive, shrewd grandmother, "Biggie" Weatherford is an amateur detective and professional collector of gossip. In Biggie and the Devil Diet, she investigates a murder at a weight-loss spa for wealthy teenagers.
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Shakespeare in the Catskills mystery volume 1
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"A Catskills resort's production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet takes a wickedly ironic turn when the leading lady, Lauren Richmond, is first poisoned and then stabbed. Who would extinguish the life of such a beautiful young thespian? Who wouldn't? Seems like just about everyone had a motive to pull the ropes on her final curtain call."--Dust jacket flap