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"When a rare-books dealer goes to England, she discovers more than just the famous writing haunts--she discovers how to love and be loved in today's modern world. Lucy Alling makes a living finding rare books through means that aren't always on the up-and-up. But if it makes the clients happy, who is she really hurting? After all, everything always turns out all right in the end. At least it does in her favorite books, the ones her absent father sends...
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"After her mother was bedridden and her father bailed on the family, Sophie became a second mother to her twin brother, Seth, and younger sister, Jenna. Sophie supported her siblings through their college years, putting aside her own dream of opening a book shop in Piper's Cove - the quaint North Carolina beach town they frequented as children. But now it's finally time for Sophie to follow her own pursuits. Seth just got a new job, the family house...
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Mary's Mystery Bookshop is hosting a very special guest: beloved mystery author Addison Hartley. Hartley gives an intimate reading to the fans gathered in the store, but Mary's eyes are drawn not to the famous author but to a familiar face in the crowd. Could it be Mary's best friend from childhood? Claire Wilkes? As soon as Mary moves to great her old friend, the woman disappears. When Mary reads Hartley's new novel, she finds eerie parallels to...
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Mary's sister Betty receives notice that she is being sued and that the Emerson Grist Mill, which has been in her late husband's family for hundreds of years, actually belongs to the Hopkinses, with whom the Emersons have feuded for generations. Betty is sure that it can't be true, but Mary isn't so certain and sets out to unravel the mill's forgotten history. As Mary digs in the Ivy Bay archives, she hears rumors of a murder that started the feud....
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Secrets of the Blue Hill Library volume 10
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Anne and Wendy decide to organize a used books sale to raise money for the library.
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During the first meeting of the Winter Warmth Book Chat, the lights in Mary's Mystery Bookshop go out. When they come back on, Mary realizes a book has been stolen from the counter. And not just any book. This was a signed early edition of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie. Mary intended to sell the rare and valuable copy and donate the money to help a little girl get a kidney transplant. Now everyone at the Book Chat is a suspect, and...
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Secrets of Mary's bookshop volume 06
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"One night, while Mary is working late at the bookshop, a shadowy figure leaves a box of books at her door. All of the books have beautiful covers clearly done by the same artist, and inside each book is an old letter addressed to a man named Jacob. To Mary's shock, the letters were written by her mother. The letters could simply be a sweet ode to young love, but the last letter hints at a regret that could change everything Mary and Betty thought...
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When Mary bumps into her neighbor one summer evening, she's glad to see that Cathy has a new man in her life. The couple is heading to the marina to take a sunset whale-watching cruise, and Mary wishes them well. But the next day Mary sees that Cathy's newspaper is still lying on the porch and her mail hasn't been collected. As the days go by, it's clear that Cathy never came home that night and is now missing.
9) By the book
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Secrets of Mary's bookshop volume 10
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"One night while Mary is working late in her shop, she smells something burning. When she looks out the window, she sees smoke coming from Sweet Susan's Bakery next door. The fire department arrives in time to stop the flames from spreading to any other buildings, but the bakery is seriously damaged. Even more shocking is the verdict that the fire was started on purpose!...The more Mary investigates, the less she likes what she discovers. Is this...
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Secrets of the Blue Hill Library volume 11
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[2014]
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Anne and Wendy are preparing for a new adult literacy class when Ben races inside the library to tell his mother that their dog has found a package on the porch. Anne is finally able to retrieve it and discovers an envelope with several thousand dollars of cash inside. Wendy is convinced the money is an answer to prayer. But where did all the money come from and who does it belong to?
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Secrets of the Blue Hill Library volume 16
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[c2014].
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After a fire in an empty warehouse damages the historic Blue Hill Theater, Anne is shocked to learn that her son, Ben, was seen in the area and is suspected of being involved. Alex hires a woman to help him with the cleanup of the fire's aftermath while he tackles the repair and renovation of the damaged theater, but someone keeps vandalizing the work site. Who would want to prevent the theater from being restored? Can Anne prove her son had nothing...
12) A new chapter
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Mary Fisher has found the perfect place to retire--right where she started. She's moved back to Cape Cod to open Mary's Mystery Bookshop in Ivy Bay, a quaint coastal village flanked by meandering marshes and silvery beaches. It's the perfect place to relax with a good book on a summer day. But Mary soon discovers that this small town is full of secrets. Escape to a charming seaside town, get to know the lively characters who call this community home,...
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Secrets of Mary's bookshop volume 19
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2013
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Mary's friend Henry enlists her help finding money that has disappeared from the church account.
14) Snowbound
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Secrets of Mary's bookshop volume 20
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2014.
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Mary is all set-up and ready to sell some books when a snowstorm hits and turns a fictional mystery weekend into a real-life drama.
15) Digging up clues
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Secrets of Mary's bookshop volume 21
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2014.
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When gold coins wash up on shore, shipwreck fever hits Ivy Bay. Soon the beach is crawling with locals and tourists alike, all looking for the legendary lost treasure of the Lady Beth, which sank off the coast of Cape Cod almost two hundred years ago.
16) The lost noel
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Secrets of Mary's bookshop volume 15
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[2013]
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Christmas is coming, and Mary is excited that both of her children are bringing their families to Ivy Bay for the holiday. Someone begins to sabotage the living Nativity at Grace Church and Mary investigates.
17) Cover story
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Secrets of Mary's bookshop volume 13
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[2013]
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Mary investigates the possible connection between a boat's distress call, the disappearance of a museum laptop, and the fact that several of Ivy Bay's prominent citizens have had their bank accounts cleaned out.
18) Work in progress
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Secrets of Mary's bookshop volume 16
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[2013]
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"While cleaning out a desk at the Grace Church furniture drive, Mary discovers a false botton in one of the drawers. Hidden inside is a manila envelope with a manuscript. Hoping to be able to return the manuscript to its rightful owner, she takes it home and reads through it, looking for a clue to its origin. Instead, she discovers that the manuscript is the first part of a memoir that confesses to burning down the Ivy Bay clock tower fifty years...
19) A thousand words
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Secrets of Mary's bookshop volume 14
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[2013]
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When Mary and Betty inherit their great-uncle's home, they find some charming paintings hidden in the attic. Mary is thrilled to discover that the paintings were done by their great aunt Maude, who died young. But a desperate note taped to the back of one of the paintings suggests there is more to Aunt Maude's story than Mary and Betty know.
20) Hidden meaning
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Secrets of Mary's bookshop volume 23
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2014.
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At the funeral of Margaret Flannery, Mary encounters a woman who claims Margaret stole her daughter's identity. At first, Margaret's daughter, Marnie, dismisses the accusation. But when she finds a box of documents in her mother's cottage that suggests Margaret did indeed change her name when she was younger, Marnie asks for Mary's help to find out the truth.
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