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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?

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.

Lacey Doyle, de 39 años y recién divorciada, necesita un cambio drástico. Necesita dejar su trabajo, dejar atrás a su horrible jefa y a la ciudad de Nueva York, y alejarse del ritmo acelerado de su vida. Ha decidido cumplir una antigua promesa infantil que se hizo a sí misma, por lo que tiene el objetivo de dejarlo todo atrás y revivir unas encantadoras vacaciones de las que gozó en su infancia en el pintoresco pueblo costero de Wilfordshire, en Inglaterra.

¿Qué harías si descubres una extraña relación entre tres novelas clásicas, de tres famosos autores latinoamericanos, con tu vida? El mito de "El Aleph" es la historia de un escritor intentando resolver la misteriosa relación entre tres clásicos de la literatura latinoamericana: "Aura" de Carlos Fuentes; "El Aleph" de Jorge Luis Borges; y "La Tregua" de Mario Benedetti. Al profundizar en su indagación se da cuenta de que esa relación no sólo se da entre esas tres obras sino también tiene una relación directa con su vida. Es cuando trata de descifrar ese misterio que lo lleva a ...

Cuando la receta de chowder de su abuela se convierte en un arma homicida, Liz Harding, propietaria de food truck, debe cocinar justicia—o convertirse en la próxima víctima. El activista ambiental Oliver Kennedy aparece muerto junto al food truck de Liz con un recipiente de su chowder característico. Ahora Liz es la principal sospechosa. Con su negocio destruido y sin a dónde recurrir, debe descubrir la verdad por sí misma. Pero la investigación de Oliver sobre la corrupción portuaria le ha creado enemigos poderosos; y matarán para proteger sus secretos. ¿Podrá Liz exponer una ...

Publicado originalmente en inglés. Un café mágico, una bruja en negación y un periodista demasiado curioso… ¡Bienvenidos a Everlasting! En Everlasting, Maine, lo único normal es que nada lo sea. Anna Crawford solo quiere una vida tranquila. Administrar su cafetería-pastelería Witch’s Brew le basta para ser feliz. El problema: su tía insiste en recordarle que es una bruja que se niega a aceptar sus poderes, y los habitantes del pueblo distan mucho de ser ordinarios. Cuando Jackson Argent, un periodista que regresa a su ciudad natal contra su voluntad, entra en su cafetería, el ...

Un misterioso anuncio de una sola línea en una revista culinaria, sin número de teléfono ni dirección: ¡quienes deseen visitar la taberna Kamogawa tienen que confiar en un toque de magia para llegar hasta ella! Solo los asiduos y los curiosos, guiados por el destino, encuentran el camino hasta el pequeño edificio escondido entre las callejuelas de Kioto.

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 ...

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...

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.