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81) The poison pen
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2024.
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"Edinburgh is mourning recent the death of Queen Elizabeth II when Bookseller Delaney Nichols's boss comes to her with a most unusual assignment. An old friend of his, living in an estate in the village of Roslin, has found what could be a priceless relic on her property, and Delaney is tasked with investigating. Could Jolie possibly have an item of breathtaking Scottish historical significance in her possession? But when Delaney arrives at Jolie's...
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2023.
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“Cordelia knows books. An addict-turned-dealer of classic paperbacks, when she's not spending her days combing the charity shops and jumble sales of suburban London for valuable collector's items, she's pining for the woman of her dreams and nimbly avoiding her landlord's demands for rent. The most elusive prize of all, her white whale, has surfaced -- a set of magnificent, vintage Sleuth Hound crime novels. Gorgeous, and as rare as they come. Just...
83) Gun island
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2019.
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It is in his hometown of Kolkata where Dr. Deen Datta meets, by chance, a distant relative who upends his world with the mention of a figure which has long haunted Deen's imagination: Bonduki Sadagar, the mysterious Gun Merchant of Bengali legend. A Brooklyn-based dealer in rare books, Deen, on the cusp of retirement, suddenly finds himself propelled into the depths of the snake-infested Sundarbans, in search of a shrine to the Merchant. Thus begins...
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2024.
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"Emily Allen, a librarian on Martha's Vineyard, has always dreamed of a life of travel and adventure. So when her favorite author, Siobhan Riordan, offers her a job in the Emerald Isle, Emily jumps at the opportunity. After all, Siobhan's novels got Em through some of the darkest days of her existence. Helping Siobhan write the final book in her acclaimed series - after a ten-year hiatus due to a scorching case of writer's block - is a dream come...
85) The grim reader
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"San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright was hoping for a fun, relaxing weekend at a local book fair, but a murderer made other plans in the latest in this New York Times bestselling series. Brooklyn and her new hunky husband, Derek, are excited to be guests at Dharma's first annual Book Festival. The entire town is involved and Brooklyn's mom Rebecca is taking charge. In addition to all of her other event related duties, she's got...
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Death on Demand mysteries volume 18
Pub. Date
[2008]
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A fortune in gold coins stolen from a house filled with visiting family members lies at the root of this Max and Annie Darling mystery.
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Jack Susko mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
2010.
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Jack Susko is enjoying a quiet life as the owner of a secondhand bookstore when Hammon Kasprowicz, a wealthy collector, offers him some easy money he can't turn down. After all, what problem could there be in locating as many copies as possible of the works of an obscure poet? And who cares what he wants them for? As far as Jack is concerned, Mr. Kasprowicz could light a fire with them--which is exactly what he does. But very soon, poetry books aren't...
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2023.
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"The essays in The Art of Libromancy explore the politics, philosophies, technologies, emotional experience, and craft of selling books in the twenty-first century. In a society filled with misinformation, disinformation, conspiracy theories, and propaganda, true storytelling and story-reading are more important than ever. But with Amazon continuing to increase its power in bookselling and publishing and the publishing industry consolidating into...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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"From the beloved author of Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend comes a wonderful new novel about a struggling man, written entirely in lists. Daniel Mayrock's life is at a crossroads. He knows the following to be true: 1. He loves his wife Jill... more than anything. 2. He only regrets quitting his job and opening a bookshop a little (maybe more than a little) 3. Jill is ready to have a baby. 4. The bookshop isn't doing well. Financial crisis is imminent....
90) Missing pages
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Secrets of Mary's Bookshop volume 2
Pub. Date
c2013
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It's Independence Day and Mary is enjoying the parade until the July Queen, a local high school student named Amanda Branson, disappears. Mary thinks she saw Amanda at the docks just after the parade, but is not sure and Chief McArthur won't listen to her. Then it seems Mary's granddaughter Daisy holds the key to finding Amanda.
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Pub. Date
[2011]
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"An insightful look at how Amazon really works and how its founder and CEO makes it happen. Amazon's business model is deceptively simple: make online shopping so easy and convenient that customers won't think twice. It can almost be summed up by the button on every page: Buy now with one click. Why has Amazon been so successful? Much of it has to do with Jeff Bezos, the CEO and founder, whose unique combination of character traits and business strategy...
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Secrets of the Blue Hill Library volume 10
Pub. Date
2014.
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Anne and Wendy decide to organize a used books sale to raise money for the library.
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2023.
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"Some years ago, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd (est. 1761) to apply for a job. Allured by the smell of old books and the temptation of a management-approved afternoon nap, Darkshire was soon unteetering stacks of first editions and placating the store’s resident ghost (the late Mr. Sotheran, hit by a tram). A novice in this ancient, potentially haunted establishment, Darkshire describes Sotheran’s brushes...
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Death on Demand mysteries volume 26
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"Annie's friend and fellow shop owner Ves Roundtree is a very wealthy woman. Her rich brother entrusted her with his estate, and upon her death, his fortune is to be divided. Several cash-strapped islanders are in line to collect life-changing inheritances. The problem is, Ves is very much alive. Ves hosts a dinner for the prospective beneficiaries and feels a chill in the air that has nothing to do with the wintry season. Not long after, she suffers...
95) The Booksellers
Pub. Date
[2020]
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A behind-the-scenes look at the New York rare book world and the fascinating people who inhabit it.
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Pub. Date
c2012
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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 greet her old friend, the woman disappears. When Mary reads Hartley's new novel, she finds eerie parallels to...
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Secrets of the Blue Hill Library volume 9
Pub. Date
2014.
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Anne and Wendy decide to organize a used books sale to raise money for the library.
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"An utterly heartwarming debut novel filled with fresh starts, unexpected love, and Scottish charm, perfect for readers of Evvie Drake Starts Over. Thea Mottram is having a bad month. Her husband of nearly twenty years has just left her for one of her friends, and to top it off, she is let go from her office job--on Valentine's Day, of all days. Bewildered and completely lost, Thea doesn't know what to do. But when she learns that a distant great...
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Pub. Date
2011
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On Founder's Day in Stoneham, New Hampshire, the village turns out to celebrate in the square; when a freak accident kills Deborah Black as she makes a speech to the crowd, mystery bookstore owner Tricia Miles uses her sleuthing skills to solve a murder mystery.