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Judith is 77 years old and blissfully happy. She lives on her own in a faded mansion just outside Marlow, there's no man in her life to tell her what to do or how much whisky to drink. One evening, while out swimming in the Thames, Judith witnesses a brutal murder. The local police don't believe her story, so she decides to investigate for herself.

"Shocking news reaches them--an old friend has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. The gang's search leads them into the antiques business, where the tricks of the trade are as old as the objects themselves. As they encounter drug dealers, art forgers, and online fraudsters--as well as heartache close to home--Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim have no idea whom to trust. With the body count rising, the clock ticking...

When she discovers a dead man in the middle of her tea shop, Vera Wong, a suspicious Chinese mother with time on her hands, calls the police but not before swiping the flash drive from the body, setting a trap for the killer that becomes complicated by unexpected friendships with her customers.

When Agnes and the other inhabitants of Sunset Hall, a house share for the old and unruly in the sleepy English countryside, investigate the murder of their neighbor while covering up another, they step out of their comfort zone to tangle with inept criminals, the local authorities and their own dark secrets.

Awakening on a park bench with no memory of the past decade, coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi becomes a suspect in a kidnapping and must solve the mystery of her own disappearance to prove her innocence.

The small idyllic town of Sea Isle, Scotland, harbors some dark secrets, and Dr. Emilia McRoy is determined to uncover all of them--no matter what the diagnosis in this charming cozy.

When her bookstore is targeted by a family-values group during the Halloween season, Nora Pennington and her fellow readers investigate a suspicious death that occurs at the same time Nora discovers an ominous message under her doormat.

Maggie Chase is the new Queen of the Cozy Mystery. Ethan Wyatt is Mr. Big-time Thriller Guy. She hates his guts. But when they both accept a cryptic invitation to attend a Christmas party at the estate of a reclusive fan, neither is expecting their host to be the most powerful author in the world: Eleanor Ashley. That night, the weather turns, and the next morning Eleanor is gone. She vanished from a locked room, and Maggie has to wonder: Is Eleanor...

When a patron is found dead on the train tracks, bookseller Nora Pennington forms the Secret, Book, and Scone Society, a group of damaged souls yearning to gain trust by helping others, in order to investigate.

A bookshop owner in the Halloween-themed town of Elyan Hollow tries to stay focused on an upcoming seasonal festival but her discovery of a dead body puts her at the top of a list of potential suspects.