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| Dawn Dowdle's Cozy Corner | |
| Dawn Dowdle loves reading mysteries and is the proprietor of a copy-editing service, Sleuth Editing, specializing in mysteries. When she can, she attends Malice Domestic. She has made friends with many mystery authors. Her website is Mystery Lovers Corner. Direct correspondence to Dawn Dowdle or to Editor. | |
Bead on Trouble by Barbara Burnett Smith |
(Berkeley, 0425199991) |
| Kitzi Camden and her best friend Beth Fairfield are off to Camp Green Clover for the Craft Retreat. They went to this camp together when they were children. Now their friend owns it and runs the Craft Retreats twice yearly. Both Kitzi and Beth are into beads. | |
| The next day they find out that May was murdered. Shannon and Kitzi lie to the police about their whereabouts the night before. One officer doesn’t believe them. Kitzi begins to look into things on her own. She is determined to find out who the real murderer is. | |
| Along the way, Kitzi finds trouble. | |
| Death In Duplicate by Valerie Wolzien | (Ballantine,
0449468082) |
| When
Susan and Jeb Henshaw’s daughter Chrissy and her husband Stephen
come for a long visit, bringing along their new twin babies, their two
mastiffs, and the twin’s nurse Shannon, the granparents are thrilled.
That is until Susan’s neighbor Nadine Barnes tells Susan that Shannon
was a suspect in the deaths of three residents at the Perry Island Care
Center. The case still remains open. |
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| Susan decides to investigate. | |
| Then someone murders Nadine. Can Susan uncover the truth about the murders without putting herself or those she loves in danger? | |
Morgue
Mama: The Cross Kisses Back by C. R. Corwin |
(Poisoned
Pen Press, 1590580745) |
| Dolly Madison Sprowls has been in charge of the Hannawa Herald-Union morgue for more than 40 years. She has gained the nickname "Morgue Mama," but no one uses it to her face. |
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That is until 24-year-old Aubrey McGinty is hired to cover the police beat. Soon they are working together to try to prove that Sissy James did not poison TV evangelist Rev. Buddy Wing. Aubrey believes that Sissy confessed because she is covering up for someone else, or at least believes she is. |
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| Aubrey and Morgue Mama have many adventures during the investigation and sometimes end up in danger. Can they prove Sissy didn’t do it? Can they find the real murderer among the many suspects? |
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| Sit, Stay, Slay by Linda O. Johnston |
(Berkley,
0425000000) |
| This is the first book in a new series. Accused of providing a strategy memo to opposing counsel’s client, Kendra Ballantyne is forced to resign from her law firm, and her law license is suspended. |
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| Her friend Darryl Nestler who runs Doggy Indulgence Day Resort talks her into dog sitting. All is going well until she finds one of her clients murdered in his home when she arrives to take care of his dog.. | |
Unfortunately the detective believes Kendra is guilty of the murder. Before she can prove that she didn’t do that, she walks in on another dead client, also murdered. |
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| Kendra is determined to find the killer. But will she survive? | |
A Wedding to Die For by Leann Sweeney |
(Signet,
0451210328) |
Abby Rose is a new adoption PI in Houston. Meagan Beadford hires her to find her birth mother, hoping she will attend her wedding. Unfortunately Abby hits one brick wall after another in the search. |
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| Meagan’s adoptive father is murdered at Meagan’s reception. Abby continues to search for Meagan's birth mother. She soon discovers not everything is as it seems. | |
| When Meagan’s uncle is murdered, Meagan asks Abby to help find who killed the two men. Meagan is unsure that she can help, but she agrees to try. There are so many possible suspects. | |
| Abby finds herself in some sticky situations along the way, but she is determined to discover the truth about Meagan’s adoption and the murder of her father and uncle. | |
| Wiped Out by Barbara Colley | (Kensington,
075820762X) |
| Charlotte LaRue owns Maid for a Day in New Orleans. She also works as a maid for a few clients. She’s taken on a new client, Mimi Adams, and Charlotte has no idea what she’s gotten herself into. | |
| When Mimi dies of poisoning, there is an abundance of suspects. | |
| Charlotte continues to clean for Mimi’s family, but soon wonders if that arrangement can continue. She begins to search for proof of the killer’s identity. But can she do so without being caught and without getting killed herself? |
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Copyright
2005 by Dawn Dowdle |
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