Download or read book The Leafy Hollow Mysteries written by Rickie Blair and published by Barkley Books. This book was released on 2018 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Leafy Hollow, murder is always in season…If you like spunky heroines, laugh-out-loud humor, and charming small towns with big city crime rates, then you’ll love Rickie Blair’s Leafy Hollow stories.Book 1, From Garden To GraveMurder. It’s a perennial problem… Verity Hawkes, accidental gardener, blunders into a murder mystery in the deceptively idyllic village of Leafy Hollow while hunting for her missing aunt.Book 2, Digging Up TroubleA mysterious casket. A rising body count. A new mystery has bloomed…Verity stumbles upon a long-buried village mystery when a pompous historian sets off a murderous chain of events.Book 3, A Branch Too FarA fatal fall. A conniving convict. A new mystery takes root...Suspicions run rampant when a body is found at the base of Pine Hill Peak, and the mother of Verity’s best friend is the number one suspect. If you like lovably quirky characters, deceptively idyllic Canadian villages, and twists you won’t see coming, then you’ll love these cozy mysteries. Buy the boxed set to read the first three books in the series today!

Download or read book Digging Up Trouble written by Rickie Blair and published by Barkley Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Branch Too Far written by Rickie Blair and published by Barkley Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Grave Truth written by Rickie Blair and published by Barkley Books. This book was released on 2019-05-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A shocking revelation. A long-buried secret. An old mystery reappears… Verity Hawkes’ new life as Leafy Hollow’s resident landscaper and part-time sleuth is just about perfect. She has a new love interest, a new home—even a new pet. The last thing she needs is a reminder of her troubled past. So when her long-estranged father shows up with a plea for help, her first instinct is to throw the cad out. Until he reveals scandalous new details that threaten to tarnish the memory of her deceased, and beloved, mother. To solve the decades-old cold case, Verity must confront a surly detective, a bungling helper, and a lethal paper shredder. But when the trail leads to murder, she soon becomes the prime suspect. To clear her name, Verity must solve the most baffling mystery she’s ever faced—one from her own life. The Grave Truth is the sixth installment in a series of delightful cozy mysteries. If you like spunky heroines, laugh-out-loud humor, and charming small towns with big city crime rates, then you’ll love Rickie Blair’s Leafy Hollow series. Buy The Grave Truth today to dig up a new mystery! Keywords: humorous cozy mystery

Download or read book The Mysteries of Pittsburgh written by Michael Chabon and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pulitzer Prize–winning author’s “astonishing” debut novel, about a son’s struggle to find his own identity and integrity (The New York Times). Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Moonglow, and The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, is one of the most acclaimed talents in contemporary fiction. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, published when Chabon was just twenty-five, is the beautifully crafted debut that propelled him into the literary stratosphere. Art Bechstein may be too young to know what he wants to do with his life, but he knows what he doesn’t want: the life of his father, a man who laundered money for the mob. He spends the summer after graduation finding his own way, experimenting with a group of brilliant and seductive new friends: erudite Arthur Lecomte, who opens up new horizons for Art; mercurial Phlox, who confounds him at every turn; and Cleveland, a poetry-reciting biker who pulls him inevitably back into his father’s mobbed-up world. A New York Times bestseller, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh was called “astonishing” by Alice McDermott, and heralded the arrival of one of our era’s great voices. This ebook features a biography of the author.

Download or read book Someone Knows written by Lisa Scottoline and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling and award-winning author Lisa Scottoline reaches new heights with this riveting novel about how a single decision can undo a family, how our past can derail our present, and how not guilty doesn't always mean innocent. Allie Garvey is heading home to the funeral of a childhood friend. Allie is not only grief-stricken, she's full of dread. Because going home means seeing the other two people with whom she shares an unbearable secret. Twenty years earlier, a horrific incident shattered the lives of five teenagers, including Allie. Drinking and partying in the woods, they played a dangerous prank that went tragically wrong, turning deadly. The teenagers kept what happened a secret, believing that getting caught would be the worst thing that could happen. But time has taught Allie otherwise. Not getting caught was far worse. Allie has been haunted for two decades by what she and the others did, and by the fact that she never told a soul. The dark secret has eaten away at her, distancing her from everyone she loves, including her husband. Because she wasn't punished by the law, Allie has punished herself, and it's a life sentence. Now, Allie stands on the precipice of losing everything. She's ready for a reckoning, determined to learn how the prank went so horribly wrong. She digs to unearth the truth, but reaches a shocking conclusion that she never saw coming--and neither will the reader. A deeply emotional examination of family, marriage, and the true nature of justice, Someone Knows is Lisa Scottoline's most powerful novel to date. Startling, page-turning, and with an ending that's impossible to forget, this is a tour de force by a beloved author at the top of her game.

Download or read book Snowed Under written by Rickie Blair and published by Barkley Books. This book was released on 2018-08-27 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A crazy crossword conspiracy. A chilling murder. Will a green PI solve the clues without finding a deadly answer? With Leafy Hollow in a deep winter freeze, landscaper Verity Hawkes is all out of funds. Setting up a private investigator business seems like the best way to indulge her fantasy and make a few bucks. But she never expected her first case would turn the whole town against her. As she investigates a shady, million-dollar crossword competition, even her detective boyfriend sides with her neighbors in thinking it’s legit. But when the contest seems to connect with scruffy dog walkers and a missing investment adviser, Verity hopes she can solve the clues before the whole town descends into a scammy word-smithing frenzy. Between vegan food scandals and a village hoarder biting the dust, the landscaper-turned-PI has her hands full. With time running out, can Verity discover the phantom killer before the culprit makes it two down? Snowed Under is the fifth standalone installment in a series of charmingly-funny cozy mysteries. If you like quirky characters, twisty plots, and laugh-out-loud moments, then you’ll love Rickie Blair’s Leafy Hollow series. Buy Snowed Under to sift through a blizzard of clues today!

Download or read book Doubt on a Limb written by Rickie Blair and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-29 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bizarre crime scene. A four-legged culprit. Can our sleuth find the real killer before her career goes down the drain? Desperate to stop her PI business from going belly-up, Verity Hawkes doesn't hesitate to dive into the next case she finds: a body in a septic tank. But just when she thinks her investigation couldn't get any more peculiar, she's shocked to learn the accused perp is the town's beloved billy goat. Verity has to juggle her meddling aunt, a surly former soldier, and a tuxedo-wearing cat to sanitize this baffling homicide. But when the case takes a sinister turn, she suspects darker forces are at work. Can she track down the mysterious murderer before her reputation is flushed away? Doubt on a Limb is the riotous eighth book in The Leafy Hollow cozy mystery series. If you like zany heroines, humorous twists, and stories that keep you guessing, then you'll love Rickie Blair's charming small-town escapade.

Download or read book Crooked Paths written by Deb Pines and published by Author Deb Pines. This book was released on 2020-07-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crooked Paths is the seventh book in Deb Pines' traditional whodunit Chautauqua Mysteries featuring the wise and witty reporter sleuth of a certain age Mimi Goldman. "An Agatha Christie for the text-message age," IndieReader calls the series. When thrice-married socialite Connie dePalma sashays into Chautauqua in 2019, a neighbor says, "Here comes trouble." And, boy, was he right. In less than a week Connie is found dead in a nearby gorge. Many stand to benefit from Connie's demise. But that doesn't mean there was foul play, say the police. So reporter and relentless snoop Mimi Goldman, with help from her computer-savvy son Jake and 94-year-old sidekick (and wheelman) Sylvia Pritchard, digs in -- following clues to more clues to dead ends and a threat on Mimi's life. Recovering, Mimi re-questions everything and everyone including Connie's new husband, her apparently saintly sister, a boy-toy assistant, Connie's daughter and new beau, plus the nudists and homeless she finds at the gorge. In the end, Mimi tries a long-shot hunch, hoping it reveals the killer lurking among Chautauqua's charming cottages, leafy streets and high-minded events -- in time for her to enjoy a visit from her new grandson. Fans of Agatha Christie and Louise Penny and "Only Murders in the Building" will enjoy this twist-filled mystery Kirkus Reviews calls, "An entertaining addition to a reliable beach-read series."

Download or read book From Garden to Grave written by Rickie Blair and published by Barkley Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Leafy Hollow Mysteries Vols 4 6 written by Rickie Blair and published by Barkley Books. This book was released on 2020 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In Leafy Hollow, murder is a perennial problem…

If you like lovably quirky characters, deceptively idyllic Canadian villages, and twists you won’t see coming, then you’ll love these cozy mysteries.

Book 4, Muddy Waters

Between dealing with a rogue agent, a meddling ex-boyfriend, and an underground Botox clinic, accidental landscaper Verity Hawkes finds that nothing is as it seems. To dig up a conspiracy that threatens a beloved citizen, she may just have to get her hands dirty…

Book 5, Snowed Under

When a shady, million-dollar crossword competition seems to connect with a scruffy dog walker and a missing investment advisor, Verity has her hands full. With time running out, can she discover a killer before the culprit makes it two down?

Book 6, The Grave Truth

When Verity’s long-estranged father shows up with a plea for help, her first instinct is to throw the cad out. Until he reveals scandalous new details that threaten to tarnish the memory of her beloved mother. Verity must solve her most baffling mystery yet—one from her own past.

If you like spunky heroines, laugh-out-loud humor, and charming small towns with big city crime rates, then you’ll love Rickie Blair’s Leafy Hollow Mysteries. Buy the boxed set to read the next three books in the series today!

Download or read book My Omaha Obsession written by Miss Cassette and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Omaha Obsession takes the reader on an idiosyncratic tour through some of Omaha’s neighborhoods, buildings, architecture, and people, celebrating the city’s unusual history. Rather than covering the city’s best-known sites, Miss Cassette is irresistibly drawn to strange little buildings and glorious large homes that don’t exist anymore as well as to stories of Harkert’s Holsum Hamburgers and the Twenties Club. Piecing together the records of buildings and homes and everything interesting that came after, Miss Cassette shares her observations of the property and its significance to Omaha. She scrutinizes land deeds, insurance maps, tax records, and old newspaper articles to uncover a property’s singular story. Through conversations with fellow detectives and history enthusiasts, she guides readers along her path of hunches, personal interests, mishaps, and more. As a longtime resident of Omaha, Miss Cassette is informed by memories of her youth combined with an enduring curiosity about the city’s offbeat relics and remains. Part memoir and part research guide with a healthy dose of colorful wandering, My Omaha Obsession celebrates the historic built environment and searches for the people who shaped early Omaha.

Download or read book Muddy Waters written by Rickie Blair and published by Barkley Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book What the Cat Saw written by Carolyn Hart and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Hart presents the story of a woman with a curious ability that drops her headfirst into a world of intrigue and murder. Since her fiancé’s death, Nela Farley has been plagued by a sixth sense: She understands the thoughts of cats. In desperate need of a distraction, Nela agrees to substitute for her sister, Chloe, at her job for a charitable foundation. Chloe has even arranged a place for her sister to stay. But when Nela encounters the previous tenant’s cat, she gets a flash of thought: “...dead and gone...She loved me...skateboard on the step...” Nela wants to ignore what the cat saw, but the idea that the death of former tenant Marian Grant wasn’t an accident is something she can’t ignore. And when a detective becomes suspicious of Nela’s sister and a second murder occurs, Nela realizes she’ll have to make the most of her unwanted ability before she meets her own untimely end...

Download or read book Northwest Angle written by William Kent Krueger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his family caught in the crosshairs of a group of brutal killers, detective Cork O’Connor must solve the murder of a young girl in the latest installment of William Kent Krueger’s unforgettable New York Times bestselling series. During a houseboat vacation on the remote Lake of the Woods, a violent gale sweeps through unexpectedly, stranding Cork and his daughter, Jenny, on a devastated island where the wind has ushered in a force far darker and more deadly than any storm. Amid the wreckage, Cork and Jenny discover the body of a teenage girl. She wasn’t killed by the storm, however; she’d been bound and tortured before she died. Nearby, underneath a tangle of branches, they also find a baby boy, hungry and dehydrated, but still very much alive. Powerful forces intent on securing the child pursue them to the isolated Northwest Angle, where it’s impossible to tell who among the residents is in league with the devil, but Cork understands that to save his family he must solve the puzzle of this mysterious child whom death follows like a shadow. “Part adventure, part mystery, and all knockout thriller” (Booklist), Northwest Angle is a dynamic addition to William Kent Krueger’s critically acclaimed, award-winning series.

Download or read book A Plague Among Us written by Deb Pines and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Al Martin, the editor of a satiric newspaper in Chautauqua, N.Y., reportedly dies of COVID-19, the local consensus is: good riddance.>br> A sister suspects foul play. She wonders why Al was cremated in a hurry. The police stay out of it. So it takes reporter and relentless snoop Mimi Goldman to try to find which of Al's haters -- including an estranged wife, three bitter siblings, a secretive caregiver, old enemies and the many targets of Al's poison-pen sarcasm -- might be a ruthless killer. The novel, No. 8 in a series called "an Agatha Christie for the text-message age," once again offers page-turning suspense. Wit. History. And the unforgettable setting of Chautauqua, a quirky, churchy, lakeside, Victorian cottage-filled summer arts community that in 1874 launched an adult-education movement Teddy Roosevelt called "the most American thing in America."

Download or read book Murder Wears Mittens written by Sally Goldenbaum and published by Seaside Knitters Society. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Includes a knitting pattern"--Front cover.