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""An uplifting, bittersweet story with a page-turning mystery at its heart. Emily Critchley writes about aging and memory with huge warmth and compassion. A beautifully atmospheric and endearing book.'' --Freya Sampson, author of The Last Chance Library. For readers of Elizabeth is Missing with notes of The Maid comes a dual-timeline novel that balances heartfelt tenderness with a suspenseful mystery as elderly Edie Green uncovers the clues behind...
22) Nobody's there
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
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Following an act of vandalism against her father's girlfriend, seventeen-year-old Abbie is paired by the court with Mrs. Merkel, an eccentric elderly woman who is a member of the town's crime prevention group. When Mrs. Merkel is attacked and hospitalized after bragging that she is onto something, only Abbie, with the help of Mrs. Merkel's quirky notes, is in a position to find the assailant.
23) On the run
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Aging sleuth Ivy Malone begins a cross country trip in the hopes of escaping a group of ruthless thugs, but soon finds herself pulled into yet another murder mystery after stumbling across two dead bodies.
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Marlow Murder Club volume 2
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2023.
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"It's been an enjoyable and murder-free time for Judith, Suzie and Becks - AKA the Marlow Murder Club - since the events of last year. The most exciting thing on the horizon is the upcoming wedding of Marlow grandee, Sir Peter Bailey, to his nurse, Jenny Page. Sir Peter is having a party at his grand mansion on the river Thames the day before the wedding, and Judith and Co. are looking forward to a bit of free champagne. But during the soiree, there's...
25) In plain sight
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Ivy Malone's secret trip to the Ozarks to escape a group of ruthless thugs turns into another chance to use her investigative skills when she stumbles across a crime scene.
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"Lilian Campbell and her best friend and lover, Ada Strauss, are woken early by the sound of sirens: the local nursing home, Nillewaug Village, is ablaze. The police and fire chiefs find evidence to suggest the fire was accidental, but Detective Mattie Perez can't help but wonder why the smoke alarms didn't work. Soon, it's looking less like accident and more like arson . . . and Lil and Ada are swept up into an investigation that grows increasingly...
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Mac 'n' Ivy mystery volume 01
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Seniors Ivy Malone and Mac MacPherson have warily circled the idea of marriage for some time while Ivy was on the run and hiding from the murderous Braxton clan. Now the Braxtons are out of the way, and Mac and Ivy have made the Big Decision. They're getting married! The plans are made, the date is set. A church wedding, of course, complete with heirloom wedding gown and Ivy's old friend, Magnolia, walking her down the aisle, and a buffalo barbecue...
28) Betrayed
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Ettie Smith Amish mysteries volume 07
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"When Amish woman, Paula Peters, is brutally attacked and left for dead, Detective Kelly requests that elderly Ettie Smith and her sister, Elsa-May, ask questions within their Amish community. The detective arrests a local woman for the attack, but Ettie and Elsa-May suspect that she has been framed. When they discover that the woman's husband, Cameron George, is Paula's former boss, they are more than certain they're right The problem is, Cameron...
29) The executor
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A graduate degree in philosophy is a noble goal, but it doesn't pay the rent. So when Joseph Geist is kicked out of the apartment by his girlfriend, he is reluctantly forced to consider employment opportunities. The ad in the paper reads, 'Conversationalist sought.' If there's one thing Joseph knows how to do, it's talk. His new employer is an enigmatic, wealthy woman, and conversing with her is actually quite enjoyable. He's very comfortable living...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 17
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"Sleuthing attorney Perry Mason can't resist a good mystery, so when he sees an older woman being accused of shoplifting during a department store outing with his assistant, Della Street, he doesn't hesitate to intervene. Armed with an assumption of innocence and the legal acumen to silence her accuser, Mason leaps to the woman's defense--until her niece appears, acknowledging her aunt's guilt, and pays for the stolen items. Soon thereafter, Aunt...
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Ettie Smith Amish mysteries volume 4
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Elderly Amish woman, Ettie Smith, finds a body outside her house. Everything Ettie thought she knew about the victim is turned upside down when she learns the dead woman was living a secret life. As the dead woman had been wearing an engagement ring worth close to a million dollars, the police must figure out whether this was a robbery gone wrong. When an Amish man falls under suspicion, Ettie has no choice but to find the real killer. What information...
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Amish cupcake cozy mystery volume 04
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"Jane Delight has moved into her new home with eccentric housemates, octogenarians Matilda and Eleanor, and cat, Mr. Crumbles. It's baking care of business as usual until Eleanor decides to exhibit one of the wild goats in a local goat show. Soon, they are on an all-time dough when a body turns up, and Matilda and Eleanor are suspects. Can they get to the heart of the batter? Jane's not worried. She's bone and bread for sleuthing. Can she speak with...
34) Spiked punch
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a"On the other side of seventy, Maddie Sparks decides to spice up her life by changing her writing interests from cozy mysteries to romance. As she transforms her writing she gets a sassy new haircut, fashionable clothes and a fuzzy orange cat named "Spike". Before she can begin this new chapter in her life, a stabbing death in the quiet country village she has made her home shocks the town's residents. When her son is accused of the murder, Maddie...
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Gladdy Gold mysteries volume 8
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"Life in sunny Fort Lauderdale's Lanai Gardens is about to be turned upside-down. Ida's long lost granddaughter, Tori, gatecrashes the ladies' deli lunch, demanding protection from men she insists are out to kill her. Determined to assist Ida and her granddaughter, Gladdy Gold's Detective Agency is on the case. But the stubborn and resentful Tori is not easy to help, she's secretive and regularly sneaks off to the puzzlement of Gladdy and her girls....
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2021.
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"Just when things have finally cooled down for 88-year-old Maud after the disturbing discovery of a dead body in her apartment in Gothenburg, a couple of detectives return to her doorstep, ruining a perfectly good afternoon. Though Maud deftly dodges their questions with the skill of an Olympic gymnast a fifth of her age, she wonders if suspicion has fallen on her, little old lady that she is. The truth is, ever since Maud was a girl, death has seemed...
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"A 1955 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud is a fantastically expensive car, especially in the pristine condition of the one owned by Muriel Cantrell. Living in a luxury apartment building on Central Park West, the delicate, sweet 75-year-old woman is a neighbor of Merilee Nash, the beautiful movie star, and Stuart Hoag, whose first book was a sensation but whose career crashed when he became involved with drugs and alcohol. Divorced ten years earlier, Hoagy...
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Nonna Maria volume 02
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[2023]
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"Nonna Maria sets out to clear her goddaughter's name and uncover the checkered past of an unidentifiable victim in this transporting mystery"--
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Mac 'n' Ivy mysteries volume 4
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What comes after the honeymoon for Ivy and Mac? Looking for a good place to settle down and leave the nomadic life behind. No more dead bodies. No more killers. What do they find instead? Murder! Beginning with a runaway Miranda and a fiancée in a ruffled red bikini, continuing with a missing gun, and puzzling questions about the dead man. Was he the sweet guy the fiancée claims he was, with not an enemy in the world? Or was he a slick bank robbing...
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"Clementine Lakefield leads a simple life in her retirement community in Sun City, South Carolina. But while she plays cards, substitute teaches, and has learned to text with her niece and nephew, Clemmie is not who she says she is. Behind her carefree facade, she is hiding a lifetime of secrets. When Clemmie's curmudgeonly neighbor goes missing, Clemmie suddenly finds herself at the center of a dangerous conspiracy..."--
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