Tome to Tomb

Tome to Tomb

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A dead body in his lap is not what Santa wanted for Christmas.The streets of St. Marin's are decorated for Christmas, and Harvey Beckett has decided that she'll host Santa Clause at her bookstore for the town, reviving a town's long-standing tradition. But on the first day of the holiday season, a man stumbles into Santa's lap and dies, threatening the holiday spirit . . . and bringing a slew of questions that Harvey can't resist trying to answer.Will Harvey's queries land her, her friends – and their dogs – in a load of trouble?
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Entitled to Kill

Entitled to Kill

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A dead dairy farmer, a family's unkept secret, and an amateur sleuth on the case. When bookstore owner Harvey Beckett wanders into the local farm-to-table shop, she isn't expecting to stumble over the body of the neighborhood's most-reviled farmer by the ice cream cooler. Harvey's curiosity draws her to the man's daughter, but soon, she finds herself embroiled in a family drama that is far more dangerous than Harvey ever imagined.Will she be able to help Sheriff Tucker solve the case, or will her sleuthing get her killed instead?
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Counted Corpse

Counted Corpse

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The truth shall set her free, but not if someone wants her dead first. Business has been good for historian Paisley Sutton, but when she goes into her own church parish house to salvage some of the early 20th century fixtures before the building is demolished, she uncovers far more than vintage cabinets. Once the women from church hear about the secrets Paisley is uncovering, they are bound and determined to reveal the truth and unmask a murderer in the process. Will Paisley and her friends uncover the truth before the cover-up kills them all?
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Fatalities and Folios

Fatalities and Folios

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Who knew that finding a rare book would also involve running for her life? When Poe Baxter fled her job as an English professor, she was thrilled to be launching into her career as an antiquarian book dealer with a trip to Edinburgh. But she soon finds that her queries into a particular book's provenance are drawing some less desirable attention to her and her best friend Beattie. Not everyone is interested in sharing this particular story. Will the women be able to discover the book's origins without bringing about their own ends?
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Scripted to Slay

Scripted to Slay

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Snow days aren't supposed to end with dead bodies.Harvey Beckett has just finished a quiet meal after shoveling the sidewalks around Main Street when the body of the new bartender in town is discovered behind the bar. When Harvey begins to look into the victim's pseudonym, she finds out far more than she bargained, enough to put her in real danger.Can she and her friends find the murderer before they become victims themselves?
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Strangled Skein

Strangled Skein

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A three-hundred-year-old house should be full of metaphorical skeletons, not real ones. But when Paisley Sutton is invited in to salvage the valuables from the attic of an old plantation house, she finds more than she expected amongst the Christmas decorations and trunks of old letters. As she begins to research, she discovers the story of this house has ties to almost everyone she knows, including her own family. Can Paisley be brave enough to face the facts, and will facing them save her?
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Proof of Death

Proof of Death

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The murders in St. Marin's Library's mystery section just got very real. When the local librarian is found dead among the stacks, the rumors about her reputation reach a fever pitch, but Harvey Beckett can't let a fellow book-lover's name be sullied. But when she drags her friends and her dogs into the investigation, she finds that it's more than just rumors she has to contend with. Will Harvey's curiosity be the end of her this time?
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Needle You Mind

Needle You Mind

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It was supposed to be a simple salvage job. A couple mantels, some doorknobs. . .but definitely not a dead body. Paisley Sutton is sad to see an old Craftsman cottage be gutted, but she's at least glad she gets to salvage some of the pieces. But when she finds the body of an older woman, still warm, in the house's kitchen, she finds herself tangled up in a mystery that has ties to the house's original owner. Who wanted an old woman dead? Do they want the same for Paisley?
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Epilogue of an Epitaph

Epilogue of an Epitaph

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Everyone loves getting mail, but not when it's clasped in someone's cold, dead hands. Harvey Beckett had heard tale of how the postmistress steams open people's mail to feed her gossip-hungry customers, but when the postmistress is murdered, Harvey learns that the mail carrier might have been doing more than passing along juicy details. Soon, Harvey and her father find themselves embroiled in hunt to find a killer, a quest that might stop her dad's heart. Can they find the truth amongst the tall tales without becoming legends themselves?
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Fatal Floss

Fatal Floss

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A morning visit to the chicken coop is supposed to be a delight, not a fright. On the day when Paisley Sutton goes to salvage barn board from an old chicken coop on her neighbor's land, she thinks the worst thing she may find is rotten eggs. Little does she know, she's about to unearth a mystery that has lingered for decades. She can't help but research the story, but when she does, she finds far more than she hoped. Does she really want to know the whole story, or would she rather bury it again?
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Crossed by Death

Crossed by Death

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Salvaging from historic buildings isn't supposed to require reporting a murder. When salvage expert and historian Paisley Sutton crawls into an abandoned store with a house attached, she certainly isn't expecting to find a body on site. But soon, her discovery sends Paisley on an expedition through history that links this murder to the one that led the previous owners to abandon the building in the first place. And someone doesn't want her to salvage this story from the wreckage. Can Paisley preserve herself and her young son while also uncovering the stories that matter most?
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