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Shakespeare's Landlord (Lily Bard Mysteries, Book 1)
Charlaine Harris
Berkley Prime Crime, 2005
Excellent small adventure
Ms Harris has done it again. I got my first copy of the Shakespeare's series and devoured it in one sitting. First of all the book is too short. No, not really but I like the characters, the way they think and I like Ms. Harris and the way she writes. The ...
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Through the Grinder (Coffeehouse Mysteries, No. 2)
Berkley Prime Crime, 2007
Through the Grinder
Great easy reading mystery book. Characters are interesting and the "who done it" is not easily guessed until the author wants the reader to know.
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Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Berkley Prime Crime, 2007
Excellent read you will like it
Real Murders (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, Book 1)This first book in the series was so good. I have read five so far and can't wait for more to be republished. The series is older for Harris and is getting new life from a new publisher. Harris is so good. I read all of ...
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State of the Onion
Berkley Prime Crime, 2008
Hail to the Author
I have been lucky as of late to come across the debut volume of several wonderful new mystery series' and "State of the Onion" has to rank right up there with the best of them. This book was not only a delicious mystery but was also a fascinating look behind the scenes ...
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On What Grounds (Coffeehouse Mysteries, No. 1)
Berkley Prime Crime, 2007
TWO OF MY FAVORITE THINGS
I enjoy the genre of the cozy mystery. I enjoy coffee and I mean everything bout the stuff; purchasing of the beans, the grinding, the preparation, the serving and most of all, the taste. Now I ask you, what could be more appealing to me than a cozy centered around ...
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An Ice Cold Grave (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 3)
Charlaine Harris
Berkley Prime Crime, 2007
ice cold grave
I find Mrs. Harris one of the best authors I read regularly. She is excellent in her descriptions of her characters and their dialogue suites the situation perfectly. An Ice Cold Grave is one of her best efforts. Her first novel she wrote in the mystery series was a ...
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The Trouble With Magic
Berkley Prime Crime, 2006
A Bewitching mystery--first in the new paranormal chick-lit mystery seriesAntiques-shop clerk Maggie O'Neill was a little weirded out when she discovered her new boss Felicity was a witch. But when Felicity becomes the suspect in a local murder, Maggie must enlist Felicity's wiccan friends for help--and discover her own spellbinding talent.
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Grave Surprise (Harper Connelly Mysteries)
Charlaine Harris
Berkley Prime Crime, 2006
Wonderful book, fun read
Every series that Ms. Harris creates is wonderful and this one is right up there. It is a little on the dark moody side. But, Harper is finding Dead people (not a happy moment), while Toliver tries to protect and watch over Harper, and of course the police and most ...
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Shakespeare's Counselor (Lily Bard Mysteries, Book 5)
Charlaine Harris
Berkley Prime Crime, 2005
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow. - William Shakespeare
While dreaming about the weekend she spent tied up in a shack, tortured and raped, Lily Bard wakes up trying to kill the man she loves, Jack Leeds. Lily has made some changes in her life since Jack came into it. Now she takes the biggest and most important step, she ...
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Shakespeare's Trollop (Lily Bard, Book 4)
Charlaine Harris
Berkley Prime Crime, 2004
Easy is an adjective used to describe a woman who has the sexual morals of a man. -Nancy Linn-Desmond
Lily Bard cleans the homes of some local residents in her Shakespeare, Arkansas town. Part of her success as a house cleaner is the fact that she keeps to herself and doesn't interfere with the private goings on she may be privy to cleaning private residences.
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The Ghost and the Dead Man's Library
Berkley Prime Crime, 2007
Review of "The Ghost and the Dead Man's Library"
The female-sleuth of this series is Penelope Thornton-McClure and she lives in the small town of Quindicott, Rhode Island. She is a widowed mom of a 10-year old boy named Spencer. With her aunt Sadie, she runs a bookstore in downtown Quindicott called "Buy the Book".
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Decaffeinated Corpse
Berkley Prime Crime, 2008
No Buzzkill Here!!
"Decaffeinated Corpse" is the 5th book in the Coffeehouse Mystery Series by Cleo Coyle. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book from start to finish, so much so, that I found it difficult to put down and do other things!!
What made this novel such a wonderful read is ...
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Murder Most Frothy (Coffeehouse Mysteries, No. 4)
Berkley Prime Crime, 2007
Chilly Coffee in the Summer
It is summer; Clare Cosi goes to the Hamptons to be the Barista Manager. (She will return to the Village Blend after the summer; the Hamptons job is only a summer job/favor for the owner.)
I enjoyed the summer and the frosty/frothy drinks. I especially enjoyed the ...
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Beware False Profits
Berkley Prime Crime, 2007
They May be False Profits, But They Are Enjoyable
Aggie Sloan-Wilcox and her minister husband Ed are enjoying a weekend away in New York City. But their weekend alone comes to a quick end when they learn that Joe Wagner, a member of their congregation in Ohio, has vanished while in New York on business. Following ...
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Needled to Death
Berkley Prime Crime, 2005
Taking a troop of tourists to Vickie Claymore's alpaca farm doesn't earn knitter Kelly Flynn a warm welcome. Instead she finds Vickie splayed out on her original hand-woven rug, her blood seeping into the design.
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