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Pub. Date
2024.
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1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France. Founded by millionaire Anne Morgan, this group of international women help rebuild devastated French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen--children's libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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"In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J.P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world, known for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating for critical works as she helps create a world-class collection. But Belle has a secret, one she must protect at...
Pub. Date
[2021]
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Twenty-eight-year-old Aurora (Roe) Teagarden is a professional librarian and belongs to the Real Murders club, a group of 12 enthusiasts who gather monthly to study famous baffling or unsolved crimes.
Heist and seek: The theft of a rare Elizabeth artifact on display at the Lawrenceton Library's annual fundraising event leads to capital crimes. When Aurora Teagarden begins her unorthodox investigation, she soon discovers that no one, but two, murders...
Pub. Date
2019
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LAST SCENE ALIVE: A Hollywood film crew descends on the town of Lawrenceton, GA to produce a film based on a book written by Aurora's onetime boyfriend Robin Crusoe. However, when the lead actress, who is playing Aurora, is killed, the real Aurora and the Murders Club must investigate a long list of suspects.
REAP WHAT YOU SEW: Internet sensation and old family friend of Aurora Teagarden, Poppy Wilson, has returned to Lawrenceton to start her new...
Pub. Date
2019
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Autumn in the vineyard: When Frankie and Nate both have a claim to ownership of Sorrento Farms, they are forced to divide the vineyard right down the middle and work the fields alongside each other to bring in the harvest leading up to the Best Wine competition at the annual Autumn Harvest Festival.
Summer in the vineyard: Summer finds Frankie and Nate preparing to bottle their first vintage, just in time for Taste of St. Madeleine, a splashy food-and-wine...
Pub. Date
2019
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A game of cat and mouse: When someone begins taunting Aurora with cryptic clues left at crime scenes, the librarian-turned-crime buff attempts to figure out who is behind the creepy "game". But when the people closest to Aurora become targets, the game takes on a much more dangerous edge.
An inheritance to die for: Sally Allison's aunt is poisoned during a family wedding reception and Aurora Teagarden vows to get to the bottom of the crime, especially...