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Lois Meade mysteries volume 2
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English
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Working-class mum and housecleaner Lois Meade plies her sleuthing skills once again after discovering a dead body—dressed in a suit of armor—in a chapel.
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Lois Meade mysteries volume 3
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English
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It's all smiles for the series that sweeps up sales-every day of the week.
Working mum and owner of a cleaning business, Lois has just hired on the daughter of the Abrahams, an eccentric, reclusive family. But when strange letters and omens put everyone on edge, Lois wonders if the rumors about the Abrahams are the key to a terrible secret.
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To her own credit, Lois’s cleaning business is really starting to clean up. So much that she decides to open up a new office in the neighboring town of Tresham, where she takes note of an unusually busy—and slightly sinister—storefront across the street. But business quickly mixes with Lois’s nose for sleuthing when she’s hired to clean the house of the pompous mayor, and then witnesses his honor’s limo picking...
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Lois Meade mysteries volume 8
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English
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Cleaning lady and amateur sleuth Lois Meade has a personal stake in her latest investigation when her son Douglas becomes a prime suspect in the killings of a cantankerous elderly neighbor, Clem Fitch, and his noisy pet rooster.
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Lois Meade mysteries volume 9
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English
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Lois Meade's daughter was considering leaving her partner, Rob-but she never expected him to be found badly beaten and left for dead in a ditch by the side of the road. When Rob tragically dies from his injuries, Inspector Cowgill has a murder investigation on his hands, and once again he engages the assistance of the woman he respects above all others-Lois.
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Lois Meade mysteries volume 10
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English
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When the Long Farden village hall is in danger of being destroyed, the citizens form a committee to save it, with the usual grumps and curmudgeons included. But it seems someone opposes the preservation enough to set the historic building on fire. When a dead body turns up in the canal, Inspector Cowgill fears the dispute is only going to get uglier-and deadlier. Naturally, he turns to Lois Meade to sort out the culprit before the village hall becomes...
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Lois Meade mysteries volume 11
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
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After her own daughter's grocery shop is the latest establishment hit in a series of robberies in Long Farnden, Lois Meade tries to track down the thieves.
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Lois Meade mysteries volume 7
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English
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Someone's been stealing valuable tack from the equestrian set, and then a local is killed when a horse bolts in front of his van. With a new employee on her hands who may or may not be trustworthy, Lois hardly knows what to make of the disturbances, but it soon becomes clear that she'd better figure it out post-haste, or she herself may take a nasty tumble.
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Lois Meade mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
2006.
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English
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A friend has asked working-class mother and house cleaner Lois Meade to help crack a case. It looks like the handsome new choirmaster may have been poisoned. Soon, Lois finds herself untangling a web of secrets, bigotry, and intrigue-and can't let the culprits get away clean.
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Lois Meade mysteries volume 1
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English
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"When local spinster Gloria Hathaway is brutally strangled, it seems that Lois [Meade] is in the unique position to find out invaluable information about the murder ... Danger lurks close by as Lois becomes embroiled in the deeply hidden passions and emotions smouldering beneath the facade of idyllic village life."--Front flap of jacket.
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Lois Meade mysteries volume 12
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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Lois Meade enlists the assistance of Inspector Cowgill after her son's wedding date, a mysterious young cellist, and her instrument go missing.
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2013.
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It's the talk of Ivy Beasley's retirement communityher fiancé, Roy, has quite the hefty inheritance. She couldn't care less about his fortune, but it has a way of luring long-lost relatives out of the woodwork. And when, against Ivy's wishes, Roy asks his dubious nephew, furniture salesman Steven Wright, to be the best man, she cannot help but disapprove. After all, she suspects he's out for his uncle's fortune But after the banns of Ivy and Roy's...
14) Scandal at six
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Lois Meade mysteries volume 13
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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"Lois Meade has scrubbed her way through the homes in Long Farnden, and she's not afraid of dusting cobwebs and killing a few bugs. But in her role as amateur sleuth, she's learning that if there's one thing to beware of, it's a snake in the grass... Spring has arrived in Long Farnden and with it, a mysterious infestation. Lois Meade's daughter has found her village store overrun by insects and reptiles. And Lois has no time to stop and smell the...
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2010.
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English
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Ivy Beasley has found a silver lining in her golden years as an amateur sleuth. She teams up with Gus, a mysterious newcomer to the small English village of Barrington who can't resist a little excitement even as he strives to keep his past a secret, and her own cousin, a widow with time on her hands and money in her purse. Together they're determined to solve the murder of Gus's elderly neighbor.
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Lois Meade mysteries volume 14
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English
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"Lois Meade has done enough buffing and polishing over the years with her cleaning business, New Brooms, to know that all that glitters is not gold. So when a bag of costume jewellery is the main clue in a murder, she has a strong suspicion that appearances may be deceiving... After a woman is discovered in the Mill House Hotel, strangled with a silver necklace beside a bag filled with faux silver, gold and pearls, costume jewelry dealer Michael Black...
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Ivy Beasley mysteries volume 2
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English
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Ivy Beasley, resident of a senior citizen development, is finding that the quaint village of Barrington isn't as boring as she thought it would be. She's already made new friends, has formed a detective agency, and solved a murder. Then, Ivy and her team are asked to investigate a mysterious death in the village of Measby.
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