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The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
by Lilian Jackson Braun
A murder mystery solved by a crime-solving cat and his owner.
Jim Qwilleran is attempting to get his life back on track, starting with a new job; his old acquaintance, Arch Riker, is taking a chance. Qwilleran became known as a journalist for covering crime, ... (Wikipedia)
The Cat Who Saw Red
by Lilian Jackson Braun
Jim Qwilleran and his Siamese cats solve a murder mystery in a small town.
Jim Qwilleran , news reporter for The Daily Fluxion and former crime reporter, is assigned to review restaurants. For his first story, he decides to review Maus Haus, owned by Robert Maus. In ... (Wikipedia)
Sugar
by Deirdre Riordan Hall
A young girl struggles with obesity and body image in a society obsessed with thinness. She learns to love herself and find her own path.
I’m the fat Puerto Rican–Polish girl who doesn’t feel like she belongs in her skin, or anywhere else for that matter. I’ve always been too much and yet not enough., Sugar Legowski-Gracia wasn’t ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Shop on Blossom Street
by Debbie Macomber
A knitting class brings together four women who form unexpected friendships and find healing through their shared experiences.
Bestselling romance author and ardent knitter Debbie Macomber combines both her skills in this novel about a newly opened Seattle yarn shop and the knitting class that brings four women together to ... (Goodreads)
The Chase
by Janet Evanovich
A fast-paced, comedic mystery novel about a bounty hunter chasing down a criminal.
Internationally renowned thief and con artist Nicolas Fox runs daring cons, now teams undercover for FBI with agent who caught him, Kate O'Hare. Together they catch the world’s most wanted—and ... (Goodreads)
Hot Six
by Janet Evanovich
A crime-solving adventure set in the wilds of New Jersey, featuring a daring and resourceful female protagonist.
The prologue begins at the point where, High Five, ended, revealing who Stephanie picked: Ranger or Joe Morelli. Five months later... Stephanie's latest FTA , Carol Zabo, is attempting to avoid ... (Wikipedia)
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
by Dorothy Gilman
An elderly widow embarks on an adventurous mission, uncovering secrets of international espionage.
Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a widow with grown children. She was tired of attending her Garden Club meetings. She wanted to do something good for her country. So, ... (Goodreads)
At Home in Mitford
by Jan Karon
Small town life in Mitford, filled with spiritual and comedic moments.
Enter the world of Mitford, and you won't want to leave. It's easy to feel at home in Mitford. In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and the people are generally ... (Goodreads)
Three to Get Deadly
by Janet Evanovich
Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter, is on the hunt for a cop killer and a missing witness. Chaos ensues.
Stephanie is on the trail of beloved Moses Bedemier , a mild-mannered man who runs an ice-cream parlor/candy store in the Burg . Mo is an upstanding citizen with ties to almost every family in ... (Wikipedia)
One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd
by Jim Fergus
In 1875, May Dodd and a group of women are sent to marry Cheyenne warriors. May's journal tells of her journey and the relationships she forms.
Based on an actual historical event but told through fictional diaries, this,, is the story of May Dodd—a remarkable woman who, in 1875, travels through the American West to marry the chief of the ... (Barnes & Noble)
Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare
by Darren Shan
A boy's fascination with a vampire's spider leads him to become a half-vampire and join a traveling freak show.
Cirque du Freak is the saga of a young boy whose visit to a mysterious freak show leads him on a journey into a dark world of vampires. Filled with grotesque creatures, murderous vampires, and a ... (Goodreads)
Reaper Man
by Terry Pratchett
A humorous fantasy adventure featuring a young witch and her Discworld allies.
The Auditors of Reality are beings who watch the Discworld to ensure everything obeys The Rules. As Death starts developing a personality the Auditors feel that he does not perform his Duty in the ... (Wikipedia)
Going Postal
by Terry Pratchett
An eccentric postman's humorous journey to restore order to a chaotic post office.
As with many of the Discworld novels, the story takes place in Ankh-Morpork , a powerful city-state based on the historical and modern settings of various metropolises like London or New York City. ... (Wikipedia)
Nowhere But Here
by Katie McGarry
A teenage girl raised in a motorcycle club falls for a boy from a rival club, leading to a dangerous clash between the two groups.
An unforgettable new series from acclaimed author Katie McGarry about taking risks, opening your heart and ending up in a place you never imagined possible Seventeen-year-old Emily likes her life the ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Next Best Thing
by Kristan Higgins
After a devastating accident, Lucy tries to rebuild her life and career in Hollywood, but love and family drama complicate things.
Lucy Lang isn't looking for fireworks... She's looking for a nice, decent man. Someone who'll mow the lawn, flip chicken on the barbeque, teach their future children to play soccer. But most ... (Goodreads)
Small Gods
by Terry Pratchett
A humorous fantasy tale of a god struggling with his dwindling power and followers.
The Great God Om tries to manifest himself once more in the world, as the time of his eighth prophet is nigh. He is surprised, however, when he finds himself in the body of a tortoise, stripped of ... (Wikipedia)
Unsolved
by James Patterson
A gripping collection of true crime stories, exploring some of the most notorious unsolved cases in history.
The perfect murder always looks like an accident. FBI agent Emmy Dockery is absolutely relentless. She's young and driven, and her unique skill at seeing connections others miss has brought her an ... (Goodreads)
Feeling Sorry for Celia
by Jaclyn Moriarty
Elizabeth's life is turned upside down when her pen pal Celia disappears. A witty and heartwarming story about friendship and growing up.
The story's protagonist is a 15-year-old-girl named Elizabeth Clarry. Elizabeth lives in a suburb of Sydney, Australia, with her mother and her dog, a collie named Lochie. The story begins when ... (Wikipedia)
Summer at Willow Lake
by Susan Wiggs
Reunion of childhood friends at a summer camp leads to rekindled romance and healing of past wounds.
Olivia Bellamy has traded her trendy Manhattan life for a summer renovating her family's crumbling holiday resort. Tempted by the hazy, nostalgic memories of summers past - childhood innocence and ... (Goodreads)
Isle of Palms
by Dorothea Benton Frank
A woman escapes to her family's beach house on the Isle of Palms after a devastating divorce, finding healing and love in unexpected places.
Anna Lutz Abbot considers herself independent and happy, until one steamy summer when she must find a way to deal with the secrets of her unpredictable family-and her past. ... (Goodreads)
Susannah's Garden
by Debbie Macomber
Susannah Nelson is searching for a new purpose in life and finds solace in her garden, where she discovers secrets about her family's past.
When Susannah Nelson turned eighteen, she said goodbye to her boyfriend, Jake–and never saw him again. She never saw her brother, Doug, again, either. He died unexpectedly that same year. Now, at ... (Goodreads)
Thin Air
by Lisa Gray
A woman's disappearance in the Alaskan wilderness leads to a search and rescue mission, uncovering dark secrets and danger.
A, Washington Post,, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon Charts bestseller., ,“Lisa Gray explodes onto the literary stage with this taut, edge-of-the-seat thriller, and her headstrong protagonist, ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Christmas Sisters
by Sarah Morgan
Three adopted sisters reunite for Christmas in Scotland, confronting past secrets and finding love. Heartwarming holiday tale.
“The perfect gift for readers who relish heartwarming tales of sisters and love.”— Booklist on The Christmas Sisters In the snowy Highlands of Scotland, Suzanne McBride is dreaming of the perfect ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Moffats
by Eleanor Estes
The Moffat family, consisting of four siblings and their widowed mother, have adventures and mishaps in small-town America during the Great Depression.
The Moffats are a fatherless family in Cranbury, Connecticut, which Estes modeled after her hometown of West Haven . Mama is a dressmaker with four children: Sylvie, Joey, Janey and Rufus. The two ... (Wikipedia)
The Ice House
by Minette Walters
A body is found in an ice house on a country estate, leading to a web of secrets and lies.
The people of Streech village had never trusted the three women living up at the Grange - not since Phoebe Maybury's husband suddenly, inexplicably vanished. Ten years later a corpse is discovered in ... (Goodreads)
Lost and Found Sisters
by Jill Shalvis
After the death of her sister, Quinn discovers a family secret that leads her to a new life and unexpected love.
They say life can change in an instant…, ,, After losing her sister in a devastating car accident, chef Quinn Weller is finally getting her life back on track. She appears to have it all: a loving ... (Barnes & Noble)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
An empowering story of female friendship, courage, and detective work in Botswana.
Precious Ramotswe has only just set up shop as Botswana's No.1 (and only) lady detective when she is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man, and follow a wayward daughter. However, ... (Goodreads)
The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse
by Alan Bradley
A short story featuring Flavia de Luce, a young chemist and amateur detective, solving a murder mystery in a morgue.
Murder! the letter says, Come at once. Anson House, Greyminster, Staircase No. 3. How can Flavia de Luce resist such an urgent plea? After all, examining a dead body sounds like a perfectly splendid ... (Goodreads)
...And Ladies of the Club
by Helen Hooven Santmyer
A group of women form a club in a small Ohio town in 1868, and their lives intertwine over the next 60 years.
A #1 New York Times bestseller–and an American classic--now in trade paperback... A groundbreaking bestseller with two and a half million copies in print, " ...And Ladies of the Club " centers on the ... (Goodreads)
Murder is Binding
by Lorna Barrett
Tricia Miles, mystery bookstore owner, solves a murder mystery in her small town.
The streets of Stoneham, New Hampshire, 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 ... (Goodreads)
