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Fresh-baked mystery volume 14
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"Hollywood comes to Weatherford, Texas, as a movie company arrives to shoot scenes for a film based on the novel by Phyllis Newsom's friend Eve. But movie fantasy turns to deadly reality as a murder recreated for film turns out to be the genuine article, and once more Phyllis has to track down a cunning killer to see that justice is done." --
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This book goes from "Tell-all" to "Dead men tell no tales". Retired English teacher Myrtle Clover is frequently asked to proofread for friends. So she wasn't totally surprised when her friend Pearl asked her to take a look at her memoir and polish it up. But before Myrtle could pull out her red pen, Pearl was found murdered. Now Myrtle and her senior sidekick Miles must track down the memoir and the murderer ... before the killer makes any more final...
23) Hushed up
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"Silence is golden ... unless you're permanently hushed up. When Lillian Johnson was found dead one hot summer day, no one in the town of Bradley, North Carolina was all that surprised. Lillian had always talked about the trials of her various health problems and was sure to share with everyone exactly how much she suffered. The townspeople were only slightly more surprised to discover that Lillian had been murdered. That's because Lillian, like most...
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When psychic (and hubcap retailer) Wanda Alewine pays a late night visit to Myrtly Clover, she urges the octogenarian sleuth to head straight to greener Pastures retirement Home. But Wanda doesn't want Myrtle to consider the home's dubious amenities, she wants Myrtly to prevent a murder seen in a vision. reluctant Myrtle investigates with sidekick Miles, who seems a lot more interested in Greener Pastures than she is. As the dup digs, the uncover...
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"Opening her door after midnight launches widow and retired special education teacher Daisy Arthur ino her second murder mystery in less than a year. Brian Hughes, boyfriend to former student Ginny Caerphilly , is standing in her front yard, covered in blood , and talking about "Mississippi" being asleep in the bathroom of the supermarket where he and Ginny work. Time to call in Ginny's dad, Gabe Caerphilly, also Daisy's knight in shining armor and...
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When widow and retired special education teacher Daisy Arthur takes up romance writing with a quirky group of aspiring authors, she finds herself tangled in merry mayhem that suddenly turns quite deadly. Instead of pursuing her romantic interests she must go in search of a killer -- or risk becoming the next victim. Enter Gabe Caerphilly, father of one of her old students and a single police lieutenant with Littleton, Colorado's finest.
28) Outer sunset
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"Jim Finley - a recently retired English teacher living alone on the shifting edge of San Francisco - has been set, unwittingly, on the back porch of life. Trying to harmonize the voices in his head, he sits most days by his stack of "to-do" books until, one day, his daughter comes home with the worst news of her life. Everything changes - it must - and as his broken heart reengages, he steps back into a new world. He sees his ex-wife has launched...
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Suffering through 25 years of an indifferent marriage, Samantha Lisowski realizes that getting involved in murder might just be the best thing that ever happened to her. Retired Chicago school teacher, she now hosts a monthly community TV program while pursuing a writing career. At a writing seminar in Chicago, she stumbles onto a dead body and when the killer believes that Samantha can identify him, her own life is suddenly in danger. To worsen...
35) Profesor
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As retired professor Adrian Thomas leaves his doctor's office after being diagnosed with untreatable Lewy body dementia, he witnesses the kidnapping of Jennifer Riggins, and determines to use his remaining time to rescue her.
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"A retired schoolteacher--and yes, daughter of an F. Scott Fitzgerald fan--Daisy Buchanan has finally found her calling in the quaint village of Millbury, Pennsylvania. While her husband endlessly renovates their old house, Daisy happily presides over Sometimes a Great Notion, a quirky shop that sells sewing bits and bobs, antiques, and jewelry. Daisy has her eye on an antique dollhouse and a classic Singer Featherweight at the local auction--until...
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After his wife's death, retired professor Sam Zelinsky reluctantly returns to the Kentucky hills where he hopes to finally find peace in Canaan land by reaching out to the troubled granddaughter of a childhood friend who, after they both witnessed a terrible event, led a tragic life. --From Novelist.
38) El profesor
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As retired professor Adrian Thomas leaves his doctor's office after being diagnosed with untreatable Lewy body dementia, he witnesses the kidnapping of Jennifer Riggins, and determines to use his remaining time to rescue her.
39) Luz de febrero
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En Crosby, un pequeño pueblo en la costa de Maine, no suceden muchas cosas. Y sin embargo, las historias sobre la vida de las personas que viven allí contienen un mundo entero. Está Olive Kitteridge, una maestra jubilada, irascible, indecorosa, de honestidad inquebrantable. Tiene setenta años y aunque es más dura que una roca, sintoniza con los matices del alma humana. Está Jack Kennison, antiguo profesor de Harvard, que busca desesperadamente...
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"It's early summer in Weatherford, Texas, and retired teacher/amateur sleuth Phyllis Newsom and fellow retiree Carolyn Wilbarger are taking British cooking classes at the local senior center in this suspenseful Fresh-Baked mystery. In the latest from Livia J. Washburn, the nationally bestselling author of the Fresh Baked Mystery Series, Phyllis Newsom learns to make a trifle that's to die for... While Sam Fletcher is playing dominoes with the guys,...