A Renaissance Fair is coming to the relatively quiet college town of Farberville Arkansas which is not the sort of news that usually sets local bookseller Claire Malloys heart racingnbsp But with Caron Claires perpetually petulant teenage daughter being pulled into volunteering or face the horror of doing homework over the summer and her fiancxE Police Lieutenant Peter Rosen away Claire finds herself drawn into the strange inner workings of the group putting on the fairnbspnbspnbspnbsp But just as Claire has decided that her time might be better spent fretting over the details of her upcoming nuptials one of the volunteers helping with the Ren Fair falls victim to arson her body found burned in the wreckage of her rented home Even stranger none of the members of the local chapter of The Association for Renaissance Scholarship and Enlightenment ARSE - the group putting on Farbervilles first RenFair - had ever met the woman in the flesh and cant provide any information about who she is and where she came fromnbsp However someone is definitely dead and the fire looks very suspicious - but is it murdernbsp When the fair opens tensions expose the dark secrets and malevolent schemes that lurk beneath the superficialnbspcongenialitynbspof the ARSE membersnbsp The lords are leaping the ladies are lying and the knights are fighting--while someone is committing murder most heinousnbsp And with Claires dreams of a blissful wedding hanging in the balance she has no choice left but to fling herself into the battle and match wits with the killerx.
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Death Comes to the Fair
By Lloyd, Catherine
Its harvest time in the village of Kurland St. Mary as Lucy and Robert prepare to take their vows but a murderer has taken an unseasonable vow of vengeance . . .
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9781683246541
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Deep Fried Revenge
By Cahoon, Lynn
Angie Turner is all prepped to face Boise's culinary best when she enters her restaurant, The County Seat, into a big State Fair challenge. Instead, she gets dunked into a new murder investigation after a killer starts scrapping her competition . . . The Idaho State Fair is in full swing and chefs are lining up to enter Boise's Best Restaurant contest, including Angie and her County Seat crew. They might be the hometown favorite, but the competition is steeper than a funhouse floor. And when a top contender is felled following a heated confrontation over a corn dog recipe, winning suddenly becomes a matter of life or death. With a foul foodie on the prowl, it's up to Angie to dig into the case and put a murderer on ice. Praise for Lynn Cahoon's Tourist Trap Mysteries "Murder, dirty politics, pirate lore, and a hot police detective: Guidebook to Murder has it all! A cozy lover's dream come true.
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Murder in Haxford
By Bleiweiss, Rick
The bestselling, award-winning Pignon Scorbion historical mystery series continues!"Fans of detective fiction take note: Filled with wit, charm, and cunning, Rick Bleiweiss's Pignon Scorbion series should be at the top of everyone's list of suspects. I loved Murder in Haxford." --Andrew Child, #1 International Best-Selling author of Jack Reacher and numerous other booksA delightful day in 1910 at the Haxford Spring Fair turns horrifying and deadly when a balloonist plummets to the earth from the blue skies above. However unlikely, it's soon discovered that this unfortunate corpse was not done in by his precipitous plunge but instead from an arrow fatally lodged in his chest. Unraveling the twisted web of intrigue that took the man's life requires the expert skills of Haxford's brilliant and sartorially splendid Chief Inspector Pignon Scorbion.
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Hardcover
Murphys Slaw
By Logan, Elizabeth
"Charlie Cook must investigate the disappearance of a local farmer, known for growing giant cabbages, in this charming and enthralling new entry in the Alaskan Diner Mysteries. The newest installment in the Alaskan Diner Mysteries series from Elizabeth Logan"--
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One Night Gone
By Laskowski, Tara
"A subtly but relentlessly unsettling novel." - TANA FRENCH, author of The Witch ElmIt was the perfect place to disappear...One sultry summer, Maureen Haddaway arrives in the wealthy town of Opal Beach to start her life anew - to achieve her destiny. There, she finds herself lured by the promise of friendship, love, starry skies, and wild parties. But Maureen's new life just might be too good to be true, and before the summer is up, she vanishes.Decades later, when Allison Simpson is offered the opportunity to house-sit in Opal Beach during the off-season, it seems like the perfect chance to begin fresh after a messy divorce. But when she becomes drawn into the mysterious disappearance of a girl thirty years before, Allison realizes the gorgeous homes of Opal Beach hide dark secrets. And the truth of that long-ago summer is not even the most shocking part of all..."A heart-wrenching and suspenseful novel of betrayal and revenge. Stunning!" - Carol Goodman, award-winning author of The Night Visitors"Featuring a brilliantly executed dual timeline with two unforgettable narrators, One Night Gone is a timely and timeless mystery that will keep you obsessively reading well past your bedtime." - Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World
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9781525832192
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Paperback
State Fair
By Fowler, Earlene
"Each Benni Harper mystery is better than the previous" (Midwest Book Review) Folk art museum curator, rancher, and sometime sleuth Benni Harper returns with a long-awaited new mystery that has her attending the San Celina Mid-State Fair-a place for caramel apples and 4-H calves, colorful quilts and homemade jams, and maybe just a little murder...
Beyond a Reasonable Donut
By Bolton, Ginger
Damsels in Distress
By Hess, Joan
A Renaissance Fair is coming to the relatively quiet college town of Farberville Arkansas which is not the sort of news that usually sets local bookseller Claire Malloys heart racingnbsp But with Caron Claires perpetually petulant teenage daughter being pulled into volunteering or face the horror of doing homework over the summer and her fiancxE Police Lieutenant Peter Rosen away Claire finds herself drawn into the strange inner workings of the group putting on the fairnbspnbspnbspnbsp But just as Claire has decided that her time might be better spent fretting over the details of her upcoming nuptials one of the volunteers helping with the Ren Fair falls victim to arson her body found burned in the wreckage of her rented home Even stranger none of the members of the local chapter of The Association for Renaissance Scholarship and Enlightenment ARSE - the group putting on Farbervilles first RenFair - had ever met the woman in the flesh and cant provide any information about who she is and where she came fromnbsp However someone is definitely dead and the fire looks very suspicious - but is it murdernbsp When the fair opens tensions expose the dark secrets and malevolent schemes that lurk beneath the superficialnbspcongenialitynbspof the ARSE membersnbsp The lords are leaping the ladies are lying and the knights are fighting--while someone is committing murder most heinousnbsp And with Claires dreams of a blissful wedding hanging in the balance she has no choice left but to fling herself into the battle and match wits with the killerx.
Death Comes to the Fair
By Lloyd, Catherine
Its harvest time in the village of Kurland St. Mary as Lucy and Robert prepare to take their vows but a murderer has taken an unseasonable vow of vengeance . . .
Deep Fried Revenge
By Cahoon, Lynn
Angie Turner is all prepped to face Boise's culinary best when she enters her restaurant, The County Seat, into a big State Fair challenge. Instead, she gets dunked into a new murder investigation after a killer starts scrapping her competition . . . The Idaho State Fair is in full swing and chefs are lining up to enter Boise's Best Restaurant contest, including Angie and her County Seat crew. They might be the hometown favorite, but the competition is steeper than a funhouse floor. And when a top contender is felled following a heated confrontation over a corn dog recipe, winning suddenly becomes a matter of life or death. With a foul foodie on the prowl, it's up to Angie to dig into the case and put a murderer on ice. Praise for Lynn Cahoon's Tourist Trap Mysteries "Murder, dirty politics, pirate lore, and a hot police detective: Guidebook to Murder has it all! A cozy lover's dream come true.
Murder in Haxford
By Bleiweiss, Rick
The bestselling, award-winning Pignon Scorbion historical mystery series continues!"Fans of detective fiction take note: Filled with wit, charm, and cunning, Rick Bleiweiss's Pignon Scorbion series should be at the top of everyone's list of suspects. I loved Murder in Haxford." --Andrew Child, #1 International Best-Selling author of Jack Reacher and numerous other booksA delightful day in 1910 at the Haxford Spring Fair turns horrifying and deadly when a balloonist plummets to the earth from the blue skies above. However unlikely, it's soon discovered that this unfortunate corpse was not done in by his precipitous plunge but instead from an arrow fatally lodged in his chest. Unraveling the twisted web of intrigue that took the man's life requires the expert skills of Haxford's brilliant and sartorially splendid Chief Inspector Pignon Scorbion.
Murphys Slaw
By Logan, Elizabeth
"Charlie Cook must investigate the disappearance of a local farmer, known for growing giant cabbages, in this charming and enthralling new entry in the Alaskan Diner Mysteries. The newest installment in the Alaskan Diner Mysteries series from Elizabeth Logan"--
One Night Gone
By Laskowski, Tara
"A subtly but relentlessly unsettling novel." - TANA FRENCH, author of The Witch ElmIt was the perfect place to disappear...One sultry summer, Maureen Haddaway arrives in the wealthy town of Opal Beach to start her life anew - to achieve her destiny. There, she finds herself lured by the promise of friendship, love, starry skies, and wild parties. But Maureen's new life just might be too good to be true, and before the summer is up, she vanishes.Decades later, when Allison Simpson is offered the opportunity to house-sit in Opal Beach during the off-season, it seems like the perfect chance to begin fresh after a messy divorce. But when she becomes drawn into the mysterious disappearance of a girl thirty years before, Allison realizes the gorgeous homes of Opal Beach hide dark secrets. And the truth of that long-ago summer is not even the most shocking part of all..."A heart-wrenching and suspenseful novel of betrayal and revenge. Stunning!" - Carol Goodman, award-winning author of The Night Visitors"Featuring a brilliantly executed dual timeline with two unforgettable narrators, One Night Gone is a timely and timeless mystery that will keep you obsessively reading well past your bedtime." - Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World
State Fair
By Fowler, Earlene
"Each Benni Harper mystery is better than the previous" (Midwest Book Review) Folk art museum curator, rancher, and sometime sleuth Benni Harper returns with a long-awaited new mystery that has her attending the San Celina Mid-State Fair-a place for caramel apples and 4-H calves, colorful quilts and homemade jams, and maybe just a little murder...