by admin | Mar 6, 2025 | Mystery |
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, now streaming on Netflix, starring Essie Davis as the honourable Phryne Fisher”A most charming, sexy, independent, and candid heroine; clever, literate dialog; and closely woven plotting will win immediate fans for this debut series.” —Library Journal STARRED reviewSeven Australian soldiers, carousing in Paris in 1918, unknowingly witness a murder, with devastating consequences. Ten years later, two are dead…under very suspicious circumstances.Phryne (pronounced Fry-Knee, to rhyme with briny) Fisher’s friends, Bert and Cec (sometimes cabbies and sometimes men for hire), appeal to her for help. They were part of this group of soldiers in 1918 and they fear for their lives and for those of the other three men. It’s only as Phryne delves into the investigation that she, too, remembers being in Montparnasse on that very same, and fatal, day.While Phryne is occupied with memories of Montparnasse past and the race to outpace the murderer, she finds troubles of a different kind at home. Her lover, Lin Chung, is about to be married. And the effect this is having on her own usually peaceful household is disastrous….
by admin | Mar 6, 2025 | Cozy Mystery |
A “winning” British cozy with “delightfully eccentric characters. . . . Dennison’s affection for Devonshire, its history and people, is obvious on every page” (Publishers Weekly).When antique dealer Kat Stanford stumbles upon the partially mummified body of a young woman in an abandoned wing at Honeychurch Hall, suspicion falls on those who had been living there many years ago. And it appears that the deceased had been murdered. Given her mother Iris’s checkered past, Kat is not surprised to learn that Iris knew the victim.Meanwhile, the unexpected appearance of former lothario Bryan Laney sets female hearts aflutter. Despite the passing years, time has not dampened his ardor for Iris, but the feeling is not reciprocated.As Kat becomes embroiled once more in her mother’s mysterious and tumultuous bygone days, she comes to realize that life is never black and white, and sometimes it is necessary to risk your own life to protect the lives of the ones you love.Praise for the Honeychurch Hall Mystery series“An enjoyable, lighthearted read, just the thing to chase the blues away.” —M.C. Beaton, New York Times–bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin series“Wild, wacky, and wonderful. Establishes Dennison as the mistress of hilarious British mysteries.” —Carolyn Hart, award-winning author of the Death on Demand series“The perfect classic English village mystery, but with the addition of charm, wit, and a thoroughly modern touch.” —Rhys Bowen, New York Times–bestselling author of the Royal Spyness series“Fast and funny and a little sexy to boot” —Chicago Tribune’s Printers Row Journal“Downton Abbey meets Midsomer Murders.” —Marcia Talley, author of the Hannah Ives mystery series
by admin | Mar 6, 2025 | Romantic Comedy |
They’re just trying to survive wedding season—until love crashes the party. It’s wedding season in Scottsdale—the perfect backdrop for love … unless you’re Rachel or Cameron.For Rachel, wedding fever is difficult to escape, especially since she’s a thirty-four year old perpetual bridesmaid. For Cam, who invests more in his bakery than his heart, weddings are just another event to survive.Desperate to avoid the endless parade of “I dos” alone, Rachel and Cam make a pact—be each other’s plus one for the season’s weddings. The rules are simple: don’t overcomplicate things, be there for each other, and—most importantly—don’t fall in love.Easy, right?When their exes reappear, stirring up old emotions, their resolve is tested. Amid the swirl of confetti and wedding vows, they confront their growing feelings and lingering pasts.Will the irresistible pull of love force them to break the rules?Dive into a steamy, humorous, and heartfelt story where love may be the wedding guest neither Rachel nor Cameron saw coming.
by admin | Mar 6, 2025 | Fantasy |
As the leaves fall, an enemy rises. All is peaceful at West Side Sandwiches… until Zelda’s mother shows up, suitcase in hand, for a surprise visit. When an outing to Broadway goes up in flames, and a new threat bubbles up from the witches’ swimming pool, an old-fashioned seance seems like just the thing to settle the spirit world—but in magical Manhattan, nothing is ever that simple. Ghosts. Magic. Mothers. This time, it’s going to take more than spells and sandwiches to save the world.
by admin | Mar 6, 2025 | Children & Middle Grade |
From Jonathan Auxier, the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Night Gardener and Sweep comes the first outing in the Vanished Kingdom series—a swashbuckling adventure with unforgettable characters. Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes is the utterly beguiling tale of a ten-year-old blind orphan who has been schooled in a life of thievery. One fateful afternoon, he steals a box from a mysterious traveling haberdasher – a box that contains three pairs of magical eyes. When he tries on the first pair, he is instantly transported to a hidden island, where he meets the eccentric Professor Cake. The Professor gives Peter a choice: travel to the dangerous Vanished Kingdom to rescue a people in need…or return to a life of crime. Peter chooses wisely, and together with Sir Tode, a knight who has been turned into a rather unfortunate combination of human, horse, and cat, and the magic eyes, he embarks on an unforgettable, swashbuckling adventure to learn his true destiny. Also available: Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard The War of the Maps
