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  Slay Bells Ring - A Music Shop...

  Jennifer Lamont Leo

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  When the singing stops, the sleuthing begins. 
  Amanda Parrish loves the Christmas season in her small Idaho mountain town, but December 1920 is testing even her legendary patience. Her music shop is overflowing with holiday shoppers, her beloved niece Molly is getting married in two weeks, and her cat Moxie seems determined to sabotage every carefully arranged display. 
  Then the caroling party takes a sinister turn. 
  Venetia Blackwood, a celebrated opera singer, collapses in the snow after drinking wassail at the church fellowship hall. Within minutes, the dramatic diva can barely breathe, let alone sing. Dr. Moriarty suspects poisoning. 
  As Amanda investigates alongside the handsome sheriff, she traces the culprit through careful detective work. The truth reveals how jealousy and desperation can poison the heart as surely as any toxin. 
  Perfect for fans of historical cozy mysteries featuring: 
  ·   An amateur sleuth with heart and determination 
  ·   A small-town Christmas setting full of charm 
  ·   1920s period details and authentic atmosphere 
  ·   Clean romance that makes your heart sing 
  ·   Themes of grace, forgiveness, and second chances 
  ·   Justice served with compassion 
  ·   Supporting casts of quirky, lovable characters (including one mischievous cat) 
  Set during the enchanting Christmas season of 1920, Slay Bells Ring blends mystery and romance in a story about finding purpose, offering grace, and discovering that sometimes the greatest gift is being truly seen. 
  This charming bonus novella in the Music Shop Mysteries series can be read as a standalone. Pour yourself some wassail (check it carefully first!), settle in by the fire, and enjoy a Christmas mystery.

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  Every Witch Way But Vamped

  K.E. O’Connor

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  A small magical town full of mystery. An enchanted cat with a secret. A vampire slain. Can Juno and Zandra catch the killer? 
   
   
   
  Everyone says never trust a honey badger, but I'm not so sure . . . 
   
   
   
  Crimson Cove already feels like home, but sometimes it's not always sweet. When I meet a misunderstood murder suspect, I know something is wrong. How did one bad-tempered badger destroy an ancient vampire? 
   
   
   
  With my wonderful witch, Zandra Crypt, by my side, I poke my adorable booping snooter into this mystery to make sure the angels don't make a mess of the investigation. No innocent furball goes down for a crime they didn't commit when I'm around. 
   
   
   
  While we snoop and question, we discover unhappy drones, an angry ex-girlfriend, and a vampire with designs on Crimson Cove. But which one of them had the power and opportunity to break into a locked room undetected and destroy a 500-year-old vampire? 
   
   
   
  I'm about to find out. Care to join me?

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  The Adventure of the Dancing Men...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  "The Adventure of the Dancing Men", a Sherlock Holmes story written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle published as The Return of Sherlock Holmes in 1905. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" third in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. This is one of only two Sherlock Holmes short stories where Holmes' client dies after seeking his help. The other is "The Five Orange Pips", part of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The original title was "The Dancing Men," when it was published as a short story in The Strand Magazine in December 1903.
  The story begins when Hilton Cubitt of Ridling Thorpe Manor in Norfolk visits Sherlock Holmes and gives him a piece of paper with the following mysterious sequence of stick figures. - Cubitt explains to Holmes and Dr. Watson that he has recently married an American woman named Elsie Patrick. Before the wedding, she had asked her husband-to-be never to ask about her past, as she had had some "very disagreeable associations" in her life, although she said that there was nothing that she was personally ashamed of. Their marriage had been a happy one until the messages began to arrive, first mailed from the United States and then appearing in the garden.

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  On A Dark Deadly Highway

  Amy Bennett

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  When RaeLynn Shaffer is found on the highway near the Black Horse Campground—drugged, beaten, and unconscious—the mystery behind her disappearance weeks earlier only grows deeper. Soon it's apparent that she wasn't meant to be found alive . . . and what she knows could be fatal to the people she cares about . . . especially campground owner, Corrie Black. 
   
   
   
  Despite the fact that RaeLynn can't identify her kidnappers, Bonney Police Detective J. D. Wilder and Bonney County Sheriff Rick Sutton take their hunt to find RaeLynn's assailants across the state of New Mexico to find out who wanted her dead and why . . . and how her return puts Corrie in their crosshairs. 
   
   
   
  As they investigate deeper, deadly connections come to light and a dangerous storm puts the entire village in peril as desperate men take violent measures to silence RaeLynn and everyone who tries to help her. Corrie, Rick, and J. D. put their lives on the line to save RaeLynn but can they find out who was behind her kidnapping . . . and what it is they're willing to kill for?

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  For Better or Worsted

  Betty Hechtman

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  Molly Pink and her crochet group, the Tarzana Hookers, are always game for a new adventure. But when their newest member is accused of turning her wedding into happily-never-after for the groom, Molly's chance to find the truth is hanging by a thread . . . 
   
   
   
  When Molly is invited to a major society wedding, she expects some wedding drama. Though she never anticipated this much trouble. The bride is the daughter of Molly's close friend Mason—and has been planning this wedding for a long time. But at the reception, things go amiss when the wealthy groom ends up dancing with the grim reaper. 
   
   
   
  To make matters worse, the bride's mother is found holding the murder weapon—and, as the newest addition to a reality show, she's happy to fuel the media frenzy. Molly agrees to open her home to Thursday, the distraught bride, who needs a little peace from the paparazzi. But when it turns out that Thursday and her groom were on shaky ground, the blushing bride takes the spotlight as the prime suspect. 
   
   
   
  Now Molly and the Hookers must quickly stitch together seemingly unrelated clues and high-profile suspects—before a killer strikes again . . .

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  Cat on a Hot Tin Woof

  Spencer Quinn

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  Join Chet the dog, "the most lovable narrator in all of fiction" (Boston Globe), and his human partner Bernie as they scramble to solve a case exposing the dark side of internet fame. 
   
  Chet the dog is less than enthusiastic about the Little Detective Agency's next case. Chet and his human partner, PI Bernie Little, have been hired to find a missing person--only the missing person is a cat. Miss Kitty, an internet sensation, has disappeared, and Chet and Bernie have been hired to find her before her many followers realize something is wrong. 
   
  Miss Kitty belongs to Bitty, a sweet teenage girl who lives with her mom. Bitty and her mother are struggling financially, but the arrival of Miss Kitty and the chance discovery of her social media appeal has changed everything. Bitty now has sponsors, a high-powered agent, and all the tools needed to thrive online, and real money is flowing in. At least, it was. With Miss Kitty gone, the family's income is on the line. 
   
  The case presents a slew of challenges for Chet and Bernie. For one thing, a potential witness is a pig named Senor Piggy who may be in possession of an important piece of evidence. For another, it seems like a possible perp has been killed twice--and there's evidence implicating Bernie in the crime.

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