V. M Burns
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Sam joins Nana Jo and her Shady Acres Retirement Village friends Irma, Dorothy, and Ruby Mae on a weeklong trip to London, England, to experience the Peabody Mystery Lovers Tour. The chance to see the sights and walk the streets that inspired Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a dream come true for Sam--and a perfect way to celebrate her new publishing contract as a mystery author. But between visits to Jack the Ripper's Whitechapel district...
Author
Series
Mystery bookshop volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When a shady realtor turns up dead in her backyard, bookshop owner Samantha Washington investigates with the help of her feisty grandmother and an enthusiastic ensemble of colorful retirees.
Author
Series
Mystery bookshop volume 8
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"After the local library in North Harbor, Michigan, is flooded in a storm, Sam offers her bookstore as a new venue for the Mystery Mavens Book Club. Unfortunately, she immediately runs afoul of the club leader, Delia Marshall, a book reviewer who can make or break careers--something Sam can ill afford with her debut historical mystery soon to be published. But the next morning, Sam opens her shop to find the unpleasant woman dead on the floor, bashed...
Author
Series
Dog Club mystery volume 1
Publisher
Lyrical Underground/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Lilly may be losing a husband but she's gaining a toy poodle. That could be seen as a win-win, since her new adopted pooch Aggie (named after Agatha Christie) is cute and adorable, and Lilly's dirty dog of a spouse is cheating on her with a blond bimbo -- except for one problem: Albert Echosby's just been murdered, and Lilly is the number-one suspect. With the cops barking up the wrong tree, it's a good thing her best friend Scarlett """"Dixie""""...
Author
Series
Dog Club mystery volume 4
Publisher
Lyrical Underground/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Lilly's best pal Scarlett "Dixie" Jefferson has done it again! She's convinced eccentric poodle-loving billionaire Archibald Lowry to sponsor a grand fundraiser for the Eastern Tennessee Poodle Rescue. Tragically, it's too late to rescue Lowry, who is murdered at the event. His pet poodle is now orphaned, so Dixie begs Lilly to foster the adorable pup. Of course, she already has a poodle--her beloved Aggie, named after Agatha Christie. Fortunately,...
Author
Series
Dog Club mystery volume 2
Publisher
Lyrical Underground/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Lilly Echosby and her toy poodle Aggie find a fresh start in Chattanooga, Tennessee, spoiled by the scent of murder . . . Having solved the shooting death of her cheating husband, Lilly's left behind the drama of Lighthouse Dunes, Indiana, to start over in the hometown of her best friend, Scarlett "Dixie" Jefferson. As she gets settled in her new rented house, Lilly gives Aggie, short for Agatha Christie, her own fresh start by enrolling her in the...
Author
Series
Dog Club mystery volume 3
Publisher
Lyrical Underground / Kensington Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"When a last-minute opportunity arises to accompany her boss to an art auction in Atlanta, Lilly throws some money at the problem of where to board her toy poodle Aggie (short for Agatha Christie). Posh Pet Haven offers the most luxurious canine accommodations in all of Chattanooga, Tennessee. The place even provides pet cams so anxious owners can check in on their pampered pooches. But when Lilly tries to take a peek at her poodle, she gets a terrible...
Author
Series
Dog Club mystery volume 5
Publisher
Lyrical Underground/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Tennessee transplant Lilly Echosby has two great loves: dogs and mysteries. So naturally she's named her poodles Aggie, after Agatha Christie, and Rex, for Rex Stout. Now that she has two dogs to manage, it makes sense to enter Aggie in an obedience competition--especially since her instructor is Lilly's gal pal, Scarlet 'Dixie' Jefferson. But when one of the judges for the competition turns out to be Dixie's high school rival, the dog trainer gets...
Author
Series
Mystery bookshop volume 4
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Sam's mother can't wait to wed her wealthy beau, Harold Robertson. The big mystery is how they're going to pull off a lavish wedding in three weeks. Harold's snobby sister-in-law proposes a solution: engage flamboyant wedding planner Lydia Lighthouse. But their beacon of hope quickly sends everyone into a blind rage, most of all the groom-to-be. So when the maddening micromanager is strangled with her own scarf, it's a shock, but not a surprise....
Author
Series
Mystery bookshop volume 5
Language
English
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"After some post-Christmas retail therapy in the Windy City, mystery bookshop owner and historical whodunit novelist Sam Washington is returning home to North Harbor, Michigan, on a chartered bus. With Nana Jo and her gal pals Irma, Dorothy, and Ruby Mae from Shady Acres Retirement Village along for the ride, it's a lively trip. But one passenger is not so lively - a gentleman Irma befriended is found dead in his seat after an unscheduled stop. The...
11) Killer words
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English
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"In the seventh Mystery Bookshop novel from Agatha Award-finalist V.M. Burns, bookstore owner, mystery writer, and amateur sleuth Samantha Washington and her Nana Jo confront their own relationship with law enforcement when a local cop who's unjustly persecuted their family is accused of killing a person in his custody.. Bookstore owner and mystery writer Samantha Washington comes to the aid of the cop who once arrested her own grandmother... Sam...
Author
Series
Mystery bookshop volume 2
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"To the town of North Harbor, Michigan, MISU quarterback Dawson Alexander is a local hero. To Samantha Washington, owner of the Market Street Mysteries Bookstore, Dawson is more than a tenant--he's like an adopted son. But to the police, he is their prime suspect after his ex-girlfriend is found murdered. It's more than enough real-life drama for Sam to tackle, but her role as a mystery writer also calls ..."--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Mystery bookshop volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The small town of North Harbor, Michigan, is just not big enough for the two of them- flamboyant phony Maria Romanov and feisty Nana Jo. The insufferable Maria claims she's descended from Russian royalty and even had a fling with King Edward VIII back in the day. She's not just a lousy liar, she's a bad actress, so when she nabs the lead in the Shady Acres Senior Follies-a part Nana Jo plays every year in their retirement village production-Nana Jo...
14) Murder on tour
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English
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"While Sam wraps up her first book tour, Nana Jo has kept Market Street Mysteries running smoothly. The last stop is a prestigious book festival in Sam's hometown of North Harbor, Michigan. But not everyone thinks the guest of honor, bestselling author Judith Hunter, deserves stellar reviews. Sam witnesses nasty arguments between Judith and two different authors--who accuse her of plagiarism and sabotage. When a publicist is poisoned during a cocktail...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Receiving a surprise inheritance, social media expert Maddy Montgomery must live in her great-aunt Octavia's house in New Bison, Michigan, for a year, running her bakery and caring for an English mastiff named Baby, while trying to prove her innocence in the murder of the town's mayor"--
A surprise inheritance offers Maddy Montgomery a chance to regroup from a no-show groom at her wedding -- as long as she is willing to live in her late, great Aunt...