Download or read book A Secondhand Murder written by Lesley A. Diehl and published by Epicenter Press. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spunky and outspoken Eve Appel moves from Connecticut to rural Florida intent on starting a new life, free of drama, and more importantly, her soon-to-be ex-husband. The rural Florida town of Sabal Bay, situated only an hour from West Palm, proves to be the perfect spot for her consignment store. Thanks to the recent economic downturn, Florida's society matrons need a place to discreetly sell their stuff and pick up expensive-looking bargains. But Eve's life, and her business with it, is turned upside down when a wealthy customer is found stabbed to death in a fitting room. As accusations fly and business slows, Eve decides to take things into her own hands. With the help of an unlikely bunch of friends--including her estranged ex, her best friend, a handsome private eye, and a charming mafia don--she struggles to find answers and save lives. Through a maze of distorted half-truths, dramatic cover-ups, and unrequited passions, Eve learns just how far the wealthy will go to regain what they have lost. A Secondhand Murder is Book 1 of the Eve Appel Mysteries Series.

Download or read book Gertrude Gumshoe Murder at the Thrift Store written by R.E. Merrill and published by New Creation Publishing. This book was released on with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gertrude is back! When she finds a murder victim at her local Thrifty-Help, she tries to tell the Sheriff's Department everything she knows. Of course, they don't listen. So of course, she must solve the mystery herself. And the only way she can figure to do this is to go undercover—as the Mattawooptock Thrifty-Help's newest team member. Anyone who knows Gertrude knows this probably isn't the best idea. She'll probably get fired. Or arrested. Or worse. (funny mysteries, mysteries with humor, senior characters, mysteries with senior detective, mysteries with retired detective, cozy mystery, cosy mystery, mystery series, retired characters)

Download or read book The Thrift Shop Murders written by Stanford Pritchard and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a dinner party hosted by millionaire Fairfield Dixon in his luxurious, art-filled mansion, the talk is surprisingly freewheeling and boisterous. Selwyn McCandless, the manager of a large brokerage firm, and his wife, Virginia, are among the guests. As the conversation rattles on, growing ever more risque and bawdy, Selwyn becomes increasingly mortified; he resolves to say something that will return civility and decorum to the proceedings. At the conclusion of his peroration, a shot rings out. Someone has been fatally wounded. Is there any cause-and-effect between Selwyn's comments and the fatal shot? For the rest of his life, he will fear that there is. During the days that follow the fateful night, he receives a letter saying that the clues to receiving large portions of Fairfield Dixon's wealth will be found in the city's thrift shops. The letter, he realizes has been carbon-copied to all the people who were at dinner, that night. But Selwyn McCandless is a busy man: a dapper dresser, a conservative company- type, a not-too-imaginative person who, day after day, guides the investments of others. What will it take for him to leave his protected, corporate world, and become someone who prowls among -- lowers himself to -- cast-offs in dingy thrift shops? Selwyn's son, meanwhile, a veritable connoisseur of thrift shops, has been working on the crew that is building a new museum for Fairfield Dixon's art. Unlike his father, Marvin McCandless gets his hands dirty. And that fact eventually leads him to become a suspect in the murder, and to be subjected to repeated questioning. This is a whodunit, and to give away more of the plot would ruin it. But THRIFT SHOP MURDERS is much more than a whodunit. In its many threads, it is a reflection on materiality -- Americans' love of money and stuff -- versus spirituality; on effete and anonymous corporate power versus hard, dirty manual labor; on being controlled by abstract finance versus controlling one's own surroundings through craft; in the end, on what makes value . . . valuable. If a thing had one value when it was new, what is its value now that it has been relegated to a thrift shop? What is the worth . . . of worth? Yes, in the end, the original murder -- as well as the ones that follow -- are solved, and all the threads neatly woven together.

Download or read book A Thrift Shop Murder written by Nikk Marie Howell and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Priscilla "Price" Jones is down on her luck. First, her childhood sweetheart dumps her a month before their wedding so he can hook up with a model he met at one of his yogalates fitness studios. Then, her vegan smoothie store burns to the ground. Out of work and out of love, Priscilla accepts the first job she can find, packs her bags, and takes the first bus from Portland to Salem, Oregon, to find her luck is even worse than she thought. Her new boss just died, and the old lady's thrift store, her apartment, and three huge male cats just got added to her long list of problems. But when Price opens one of the old lady's books and accidentally unleashes some witchy magic, she soon realizes her troubles have only just begun. A hilariously witchy reverse harem mystery. Don't miss the first book in bestselling authors N.M. Howell and L.C. Hibbett's hilarious new series: Cats, Ghosts, and Avocado Toast! Who knew clean eating could be so messy?" ... amazon.com.

Download or read book Murder Wears a Little Black Dress written by Debra Sennefelder and published by Lyrical Press. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She’s opened a stylish new consignment shop—and the clothes are to die for . . . Manhattan fashionista Kelly Quinn thought she’d left her Long Island town far behind . . . until the Seventh Avenue expat returns home to revamp her grandmother’s consignment shop into an upscale boutique—and unwittingly sets a trend for murder . . . After her rising career as a Manhattan buyer is derailed, Kelly has mixed feelings about relocating back to Lucky Cove, in spite of her big plans for the soon-to-be-renamed Curated by Kelly Resale Boutique. What’s left of her luck starts running out when a customer puts on a black lace dress that triggers visions of someone being murdered. As if the haunted “Murder Dress” isn’t enough to kill business, the psychic’s doppelganger cousin has just been found bludgeoned to death. Was Maxine LeMoyne the real target or was it a case of mistaken murder? With some creepy pre-Halloween bargain hunters walking the night and Kelly suddenly a person of interest, a second murder rocks the close-knit town. Now Kelly could be the one who ends up talking to dead people when she’s stalked by a killer determined to take her out in high style . . .

Download or read book Gertrude Gumshoe written by Robin Merrill and published by Gertrude, Gumshoe (Large Print). This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gertrude is back! When she finds a murder victim at her local thrift store, she tries to tell the Sheriff's Department everything she knows. Of course, they don't listen. So of course, she must solve the mystery herself. And the only way she can figure to do this is to go undercover--as the Mattawooptock Thrifty-Help's newest team member. Anyone who knows Gertrude knows this probably isn't the best idea. She'll probably get fired. Or arrested. Or worse. (This is Book 2 of the Gertrude, Gumshoe Cozy Mystery Series. All Gertrude, Gumshoe books are available in large print.)

Download or read book Two Widows and the Thrift Store Murders written by Dr Ruth Ross, M.A, and published by Createspace Indie Pub Platform. This book was released on 2010-12-17 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the first in the Two Widows Mystery Series by Pacific Northwest writer, Ruth Ross, Two Widows and the Thrift Store Murders is a humorous and touching tale of murder, mayhem, and great bargains. Widow Millie Mahoney is a dabbler. She dabbles in all sorts of things: art, writing, politics, and sometimes employment. Unfortunately, nothing captures her attention for long, at least not until she finds herself dabbling in murder. Millie's mother, Margaret Cisneros is also a widow, but she doesn't dabble like her daughter. Instead, she quilts. She's also the voice of reason with her occasional efforts to keep Millie on track and the dog out of trouble. But even Margaret can't resist going along on this shopping trip. Join the Two Widows as they find more than they bargained for at the local charity thrift store.

Download or read book Tagged for Death written by Sherry Harris and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 1949-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A garage sale fanatic searches for evidence to clear her cheating ex of murder in this cozy mystery series opener. Starting your life over at age thirty-eight isn’t easy, but that’s what Sarah Winston finds herself facing when her husband CJ runs off with a 19-year-old temptress named Tiffany. Sarah’s self-prescribed therapy happily involves hitting all the garage and tag sales in and around her small town of Ellington, Massachusetts. If only she could turn her love for bargain hunting into a full-time career. But after returning from a particularly successful day searching for yard sale treasures, Sarah finds a grisly surprise in one of her bags: a freshly bloodied shirt . . . that undoubtedly belongs to her ex, CJ, who now happens to be Ellington’s chief of police. If that’s not bad enough, it seems Tiffany has gone missing. Now it’s up to Sarah to prove that her cold-hearted ex is not a cold-blooded killer . . . Nominated for an Agatha Best First Novel for 2014 Praise for Tagged for Death “A terrific find! Engaging and entertaining, this clever cozy is a treasure–charmingly crafted and full of surprises!” —Hank Phillippi Ryan; Agatha, Anthony, and Mary Higgins Clark Award–winning author “Like the treasures Sarah Winston finds at the garage sales she loves, this book is a gem.” —Barbara Ross, Agatha Award–nominated author of the Maine Clambake Mysteries “Full of garage-sale tips . . . amusing. A solid choice for fans of Jane K. Cleland’s Josie Prescott Antique Mystery series.” —Library Journal on Tagged for Death

Download or read book Tagged for Death written by Sherry Harris and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes garage sale tips (pages 295-296).

Download or read book Murder on a Girls Night Out written by Anne George and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Different Kind of Sister Act Patricia Anne -- "Mouse" -- is respectful, respectable, and demure, a perfect example of genteel Southern womanhood. Mary Alice -- "Sister" -- is big, brassy, flamboyant, and bold. Together they have a knack for finding themselves in the center of some of Birmingham's most unfortunate unpleasantness. Country Western is red hot these days, so overimpulsive Mary Alice thinks it makes perfect sense to buy the Skoot 'n' Boot bar -- since that's where the many-times-divorced "Sister" and her boyfriend du jour like to hang out anyway. Sensible retired schoolteacher Patricia Anne is inclined to disagree -- especially when they find a strangled and stabbed dead body dangling in the pub's wishing well. The sheriff has some questions for Mouse and her sister Sister, who were the last people, besides the murderer, of course, to see the ill-fated victim alive. And they had better come up with some answers soon -- because a killer with unfinished business has begun sending them some mighty threatening messages...

Download or read book Twice Sold Murder written by Margaret Evans and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She's back with an exciting new mystery series, Second Treasures. In the first volume, “Twice Sold Murder,” Margaret Evans takes us to the Mesabi Range in Minnesota, where Laura Keene returns to her hometown to dig into the past and solve the mystery of her parents' deaths. What she finds, instead, are secrets buried in the goods of her thrift shop that entangle her in intrigue and danger, and only with the aid of an old friend and a mysterious cat does she have a chance to uncover what happened all those years ago.

Download or read book Secrets and Stilettos written by Gina Lamanna and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Sophie Kinsella and Janet Evanovich... Fashion can be deadly... Jenna McGovern's strappy shoes and sundresses are not going to cut it when she makes the move from Hollywood Hills to Blueberry Lake, Minnesota in the stone-cold dead of winter. A former stylist to the stars, Jenna's determined to bring the latest red-carpet fashions back to the Midwest in an effort to revive her mother's floundering thrift shop.When Jenna finds out her first client is Grant Mark, the best man in a high-profile winter wedding, she's thrilled. However, when Grant gets a little too handsy in the dressing room, Jenna is forced to fend him off with her stiletto and send him packing. While she's glad to be rid of the difficult groomsman, it's pure bad luck that Grant is found dead later that afternoon from a high heel to the throat. What's worse is that the attractive chief of police is convinced Jenna's the one who put it there.If Jenna doesn't clear her name quickly, she'll not only lose the chance to style the biggest winter wedding Blueberry Lake has ever seen, but her mother's thrift store will go under for good-and Jenna will be stuck flaunting the worst fashion of all time: a neon orange jumpsuit.

Download or read book The Picker Who Perished written by Kate Holmes and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Wendy Sam Miller, the owner of Too Good to be Threw, a consignment shop in sunny Sarasota Florida, finds her best friend and picker dead, the police say it was an accident. But did she fall? Or was she pushed because she was pushing the powers-that-be in this seaside town? And why is the oh-so-attractive Detective Tom Litwin hanging around?

Download or read book The Beauty Shop Murder written by Gloria V. Jones and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-05-05 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part one of his plan was now complete, and he was ready for part two. He rolled his special marijuana joint larger than normal. He wanted the full effect of the mixture to take effect quickly. The easier his victim was to handle, the better. There would be no chance of interruptions. He would be able to do whatever he wanted for as long as he wanted. Total gratification was what he was after this time.

Download or read book Murder on the Toy Town Express written by Barbara Early and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liz McCall has come to love running her father’s vintage toyshop back home in East Aurora, NY, so when the Train and Toy Show comes to town, she’s all aboard for a fun toy-filled weekend. The only hitch is that her childhood bully Craig McFadden, now local business rival, has set up a booth next to hers. But the fun and games are over when Craig falls from the ceiling in a publicity stunt gone wrong. What was initially thought to be a fatal accident proves much more sinister. Pulled into the case by her feelings for both Ken, the police chief, and Jack, her high school sweetheart whose brother is one the prime suspects, Liz dives headfirst into the investigation. But as she digs deeper, she’s shocked to learn her father may have been the intended target. The trouble train is barreling down and Liz may have just bought herself a first class ticket in Murder on the Toy Town Express, Barbara Early’s delightful second installment in her Vintage Toyshop mysteries.

Download or read book All Murders Final written by Sherry Harris and published by Kensington Cozies. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her Next Sale When Sarah Winston started the virtual garage sale, it seemed like a keystroke of genius and the next logical step in her business. No more collapsing card tables and rainy-day washouts. But what began as a fun way to run garage sales during the long New England winter has become a nightmare of managing people and putting out fires. Online, she can avoid the crowds--but not the crazies. May Be Her Last She certainly never bargained on dealing with frightening threats. And when a client is murdered, it's time for Sarah to swallow her pride and seek the help of her ex--C.J. Hooker, chief of police. Forging a tense alliance, they search--online and off--for the killer. But solving this crime before someone else gets tagged seems virtually impossible... Praise for Tagged for Death "Full of garage-sale tips...amusing. A solid choice for fans of Jane K. Cleland's Josie Prescott Antique Mystery series." --Library Journal "Skillfully rendered...Sarah is the type of intelligent, resourceful, and appealing person we would all like to get to know better." --Mystery Scene

Download or read book Tattered Torn written by Carol Dean Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ...Sarah took a deep breath and began. "I'm not sure how to explain this, Ruth. I feel," she hesitated, searching for the right words. "I feel very drawn to this quilt or perhaps to the woman who made it. I feel as though this quilt needs something from me...." A tattered quilt found in a thrift shop, an exhaustive search through the past, a murder suspect, a grand jury hearing - all interwoven as the Cunningham Village folks return in this ninth book of A Quilting Cozy series promising mystery, friendship, and lots of quilting.