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Sheriff Bo Tully is called in to investigate the disappearance of Mike Wilson, owner of West Branch Lodge; but when Mike's body turns up in the river a few days later, Tully is saddled with a lodge full of suspects and an avalanche that was not exactly an accident of nature.
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The Rocky Mountains have cast their spell over the Courtlands, a young family from the plains taking a last summer vacation before their daughter begins college. For eighteen-year-old Caitlin, the mountains loom as the ultimate test of her runner's heart, while her parents hope that so much beauty, so much grandeur, will somehow repair a damaged marriage. But when Caitlin and her younger brother, Sean, go out for an early morning run and only Sean...
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Mysteries of Silver Peak volume 06
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When Silver Peak reopens an abandoned rail line as the Mountain Crest Railroad, it kicks off a weeklong festival to celebrate the new tourist attraction and beloved former resident Collin Malloy, who went on to movie stardom in the 1930s before an untimely death. On the train's inaugural trip, Sadie Speers discovers a stunning antique pave diamond men's watch lodged behind her seat cushion. But when the train's lights go out momentarily, the watch...
5) Wildfire
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Mysteries of Silver Peak volume 04
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[2014]
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Sadie Speers's friend Virginia asks her to help research the history of Silver Peak's first schoolhouse for a presentation at a fund-raiser. The historic one-room structure dated back to the early days of the mining town's boom years but was destroyed by a fire in 1964. The authorities deemed it an accident, but Virginia isn't so sure. She calls Sadie one evening, eager to report on a tantalizing piece of information that she's found. But before she...
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Mysteries of Silver Peak volume 20
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At the end of a busy day at the Antique Mine, Sadie Speers tallies her sales and sets down her deposit bag as a few latecomers trickle in. She stops for a moment to help Luz, owner of Arbuckle's, the coffee shop next door, as she waits for the stragglers to finish their browsing. But when everyone leaves, she discovers the bag has disappeared. Who stole it? And what was that strange sound she heard after they had all left? As she tries to figure out...
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Mysteries of SIlver Peak volume 19
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When Sadie sees a piece of colored glass propped against the kitchen window, she is puzzled but doesn't give it too much thought ...until she learns that her best friend Roz Putnam, then Judith Marley, and then other townspeople are finding them too. Compelled to find out why, she collects all of the pieces and it soon becomes clear that each one is part of a much larger picture. What is it? And what common thread ties together the recipients?
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Mysteries of Silver Peak volume 11
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"Sadie Speers has volunteered to step in as the director of Silver Peak's annual Silver Festival, which celebrates and honors the area's mining history and heritage. The position is rumored to be cursed, however, because bad things have befallen virtually every director, including the woman Sadie replaced. The most famous evidence for the purported curse involves the twenty-year-old mystery surrounding a director who disappeared after the close of...
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Mysteries of Silver Peak volume 21
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Welcome to Silver Peak, a jewel of a town nestled high in the rugged grandeur of the Rocky Mountains. Behind its rustic charm, Silver Peak has a rough-and-tumble past full of mysteries, and Sadie Speers has a knack for uncovering them, using her love of antiques and Colorado history.
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Mysteries of Silver Peak volume 14
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"It's a peaceful day of horseback riding for Sadie, her daughter, and her grandchildren, until a squall sends them scurrying to a rustic shelter built by her late husband, T.R. When lightning damages a nearby tree, it reveals a long-kept secret: a rusty old tin with an ornate ring and a handwritten love poem hidden inside. The discover sends Sadie on a journey of remembrance and reflection of a pivotal moment as she tries to understand how the objects...
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Mysteries of Silver Peak volume 16
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"With Sadie's assistance, the town library is gearing up for an annual Thanksgiving exhibit on the area's rich Native American history. After years of being asked, an old Silver Peak family has finally agreed to display a family heirloom: an unusual stringed instrument of native origin. Spike Harris has been practicing on it so he can play it at the exhibit's closing, but the irreplaceable instrument goes missing, then is found -- apparently vandalized...
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Mysteries of Silver Peak volume 13
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Just as news comes that a cult sci-fi motion picture is being remade in Silver Peak, fifty years after the original was filmed there, Sadie and Edwin see a UFO! While they're skeptical that it has unearthly origins, they can't deny what they saw. Is it just a publicity stunt related to the movie or something more mysterious? Meanwhile, Sadie's best friend Roz Putnam is in the doldrums when she hears about the project. It stirs up terrible memories:...
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Sadie Speers has been asked to act as a historical consultant for a TV series called American Treasure Chest. They are examining the story of a star-crossed love affair involving a prominent mining family that ended in a rumored murder more than fifty years ago. Along with the arrival of the film crew, a recently discovered skeleton in a nearby mine revives the old mystery and the town is abuzz with speculation. Sadie's granddaughter, Sara, joins...
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Mysteries of Silver Peak volume 15
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It's December and Silver Peak is preparing for its annual Victorian-themed Holly & Ivy Days celebration. Sadie Speers is asked to gather antiques and Christmas memorabilia to display during the opera house's presentation of a one-man staging of A Christmas Carol. Among the treasures she plans to display is Edwin Marshall's signed first-edition copy of the book. But when it vanishes without a trace, a stricken Sadie desperately sets out to find it...
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Mysteries of Silver Peak volume 24
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English
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As the Aspens turn to gold in the hills surrounding Silver Peak, Sadie and her daughter, Alice, set out to reach a lofty goal: climbing Manitou Springs's challenging Incline trail. And when Sadie purchases an antique trunk at an estate sale, she discovers it comes with an intriguing bonus. Tucked away in the liner is a handwritten poem, signed "Charlotte Bronte." Could Sadie have stumbled upon a lost literary masterpiece? Alice discovers her own literary...
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