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Discovering the 300-year-old skeleton of shipping tycoon Jedediah Biddeford in the ballroom wall is a big old hassle for Josie Waters, owner of the Oyster Cove Guesthouse. Especially when Biddeford’s descendants turn up, certain that a family legend about treasure buried nearby must be true. Josie is too busy dreaming up the perfect cake for the Oyster Cove’s 250th anniversary celebration to worry about the Biddeford family - plus half the town - digging up her yard...until one of her guests is murdered in the guesthouse garden.

Fortune tellers and mediums have descended on the Oyster Cove Guesthouse, determined to solve the mystery of local seafarer Jedediah Biddeford’s murder 300 years ago...especially if it leads them to the treasure he buried on the guesthouse grounds. New owner Josie Waters has suddenly got bigger problems than burning the breakfasts: she’s up to her elbows in tarot cards and tea leaves. When one of the mediums is found dead with an ominous note nearby, everything points to Jedediah’s ghost being the culprit.

Bookstore owner Willa Chance had no idea that a magical key was hidden in the old recipe book that she sold to food blogger Mary Ashford. Luckily the key is now safely tucked away in a box high on a shelf in the bookstore...or is it? Feline sleuth Pandora needs Willa's help to make sure that key doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. This time she’ll have to take drastic measures to break through the barrier that has stopped her from communicating with her human...even if she has to take a chance on one of Pepper St. Onge’s enchanted teas.

Three hundred years ago, accused witch Hester Warren buried a magical box in Mystic Notch. The secret contents within have the power to bring disaster to the town, and when the box is dug up at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Mystic Notch Historical Museum, Hester's ghost and that of her cat make an appearance to warn the humans and enlist their help to ensure the box doesn't fall into the wrong hands. Too bad the only one listening is Pandora, the cat.

When retired postmaster Albert Schumer is found dead on the steps of the post office, the whole town of Mystic Notch is disappointed he won’t be able to play in the annual checkers tournament. But when his ghost informs middle-aged bookstore owner Willa Chance that he died trying to deliver an old letter, which has mysteriously gone missing, Willa realizes Albert didn’t just slip and fall. Someone killed him. Even worse, it turns out the letter contains a list of ingredients for a spell that could wreak havoc on Mystic Notch if it falls into the wrong hands.

When the ghost of a murder victim appears in Last Chance Books, middle-aged bookstore owner, Willa Chance, must find the ghost's killer or risk being haunted with its unwanted advice forever. Too bad the ghost suffers from amnesia and only has a few scant clues as to the identity of the killer. That's okay, though, because Willa has a pretty good idea who did it...until her investigation turns up additional suspects with curious motives.

Middle age can be murder.... At least that's how it seems to former crime journalist Wilhelmina Chance, whose near-fatal accident has given her a strange side effect: She sees ghosts. After a messy divorce sends her fleeing back to her hometown of Mystic Notch, nestled in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Willa finds herself haunted by the tenacious ghost of the town librarian, who insists Willa solve her murder.

Middle-aged bookstore owner Willa Chance is often haunted by ghosts who want her to do their bidding. Usually it involves the nasty business of bringing their killers to justice, so when the ghost of Adelaide Hamilton asks her to find an old recipe book and give it to Elspeth Whipple, it seems like an easy job. Except Willa's search for the book has her crossing the path of Sheriff Eddie Striker one too many times for comfort. He's acting almost as if he's investigating a murder, but Adelaide died of natural causes. Didn't she?

One day you held my hand. One day you loved me. Then you were gone. At sixteen, I lost the only love I'd ever known. Thrown back into the foster system, pregnant and alone, I prayed that you'd come for me and save me from life's cruelties. Only the next time I saw you, it was too late.

Andie always wanted something more than small-town beach life. That’s why she worked so hard at her prestigious career as an antique appraiser in New York City. She does have one regret, though: She never got to make that one big important antique find of a lifetime. Now that her mother’s illness has brought her back to Lobster Bay, it’s unlikely she ever will. But even though she appreciates spending time with her aging mother and loves that she’s reconnected with her sister, Jane, Andie needs something more.

A 300-year-old mystery, four magical sisters and a cat. The Blackmoore sisters discover their paranormal powers as they find themselves scrambling to find a real killer while they battle a crooked Sheriff, planted evidence, and a long list of suspects that all had a reason to kill. This is a box-set of the first five books in the Blackmoore Sisters Cozy Mystery series.

Everyone knows a Juniper Holiday Halloween party is to die for. To get an invite is the most talked about topic in Crescent Cove. To experience the Holiday mansion in all its (supposedly) haunted glory is the stuff of legend. Of course, no one has actually seen a ghost in residence—but how could they when they’re having the time of their life?

The competition is heating up at the mini-golf invitational in Crystal Beach despite the deadly discovery on the 18th hole. With a golf course full of possible suspects, Sidney Grace is on high alert, trying to locate clues that might lead her to the murderer...or at least reveal a motive.

Things take a mysterious and dangerous turn when Officer Reece and his deputy set a trap to catch the killer, and Sidney volunteers to be the bait. You can bet if Ada-Mae catches wind of this, it will be off with this new witch’s hat! Good thing her grandmother is busy with the mini-golf competition and figuring out how to break the mischievous spell on her daughter.

With her biggest clue now in hand, Sidney must use it to find the person who murdered her ex-boyfriend. But this requires skillful sleuthing and Ada-Mae’s special potion to cover their tracks. What surprise will her grandmother pull from her magical shawl this time? And will it protect them or bring more trouble for these quirky witches?

Agatha Raisin se lía la manta a la cabeza y decide marcharse de Londres para saborear las mieles de una jubilación anticipada en un tranquilo pueblo de los Cotswolds, donde no tarda en aburrirse como una ostra. Desplegar su talento para la alta cocina en el concurso gastronómico de la parroquia tendría que convertirla, por fuerza, en una celebridad. Sin embargo, al primer bocado de su exquisita quiche, el juez del concurso cae desplomado y Agatha se ve obligada a confesar la amarga verdad: la quiche letal era comprada.

Los misterios de la taberna Kamogawa es una de las novelas más apetitosas que vas a escuchar jamás. Una historia llena de ternura sobre una pareja de detectives formada por el padre y la hija del Kamogawa Shokudo, un restaurante escondido en Kioto, que siempre está lleno. El éxito entre la clientela radica en que este dúo singular se ha especializado en preparar exactamente el plato que el público anhela y recuerda de su pasado y no es capaz de reproducir o encontrar.

Regentada por el antiguo detective Nagare Kamogawa y su hija Koishi, y disimulada entre las populosas calles de Kioto, se halla la taberna Kamogawa, un pequeño local donde se puede comer maravillosamente bien... y reencontrar el plato que ha marcado nuestras vidas.

Hay dos formas de pasar el verano en un apacible pueblecito costero: haciendo turismo o investigando crímenes. ¡El Club Cotilla vuelve a la carga! Cuando un joven muere en extrañas circunstancias, estas adorables ancianitas no pueden dejar la investigación en manos de la policía. Nadie sabe cómo lo consiguen, pero si en El Azahar ocurre algo inusual, ellas siempre están en el lugar adecuado. Sin descuidar su exigente vida social ni sus habilidades culinarias, las investigadoras más descaradas de la región desentrañarán una compleja red de amoríos y rivalidades, venganza y ...

Al despertarme, solo sé tres cosas: me llamo Emma, alguien intentó matarme y no puedo recordar quién. La única forma de mantenerme a salvo es recuperar las respuestas enterradas en lo más profundo de mi mente. Pero mientras hablo con los que me visitan —escuchando las voces amables de los médicos y las enfermeras, agradecida por el cuidado de mis amigos y familiares—, empiezo a descubrir las mentiras que contradicen lo que recuerdo de mi vida. Dicen que solo es mi memoria rota.

Publicado originalmente en inglés. Un B&B embrujado, una tía bruja demasiado entrometida… y un invitado que no saldrá con vida. El Garden Gnome Bed and Breakfast podría parecer un lugar pintoresco para una escapada de fin de semana. Para Lily Goode, sin embargo, representa el legado que promete un futuro estable para ella y sus hermanos. Lástima que la herencia incluya también a la excéntrica tía Polly, a unos gnomos de jardín rebeldes, a un pueblo que detesta a los Goode… y a unos poderes mágicos que nunca funcionan como deberían. Por si fuera poco, Lily ha cometido un error...

Este libro tan fascinante como misterioso fue escrito en 1975, cuando Enrique Vila-Matas vivía en París. Allí descubrió que a Unamuno se le había ocurrido la idea de escribir una novela "criminal" en aquella ciudad… y que con ella mataría a sus lectores. Cuando Vila-Matas expuso sus...

Una novela de suspense con un protagonista singular. Una misteriosa desaparición. Un policía a punto de retirarse. Una ciudad envuelta en una niebla de intrigas. Un misterio, un joven con ansiedad social, una travesía por algunos aspectos de la psicología humana, personajes tan diferentes entre sí que parece imposible que el destino cruce sus caminos. En esta novela de Ariel Zorion todo es posible. Las cosas no son lo que parecen, las situaciones cambian de manera inesperada. ¿Y qué es un libro si no un viaje indescriptible? SINOPSIS ¿Te imaginas como sería la vida sufriendo de ...

Hay solamente dos posibilidades: o la pobre anciana señorita Beresford de Earlsraven sufre de demencia o hay algo que no cuadra. ¿Y qué pinta Nathalie en todo esto? La joven acaba de mudarse de Liverpool al tranquilo pueblo de Earlsraven para hacerse cargo de la posada The Black Feather, que ha heredado de su tía. Cuando la señorita Beresford descubre un cadáver en su jardín, Nathalie y su cocinera ponen todo su arte en resolver el misterio. Inesperadamente, la joven Nathalie Ames hereda de su tía no solo esta acogedora posada, sino también su doble vida secreta.