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New York: William Morrow. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart cover. . 1.07 x 8.48 x 5.82 Inches. 320 pages. A Bed-And-Breakfast Mystery, No. 18. Filmdom's most sparkling glitterati have brought their limos and their egos to Judith McMonigle Flynn's Hillside Manor for a gala preview of the latest epic monstrosity from genius superproducer Bruno Zepf. Hostess Flynn's Pacific Northwest B&B is a far cry from Hollywood - but then Bruno's cinematic spectacular is a far cry from good. And the great man's entourage - with their swelled heads, their tantrums, their demands, and their illicit habits -- surely rank among the most insufferable guests ever to rumple Judith's bed linens. Bruno hopes his new film is to die for - unfortunately for him, it is. Not long after the lights come up on the less-than-lauded screening, the unfortunate mogul is discovered drowned in the kitchen sink. His demise could have… Read More

New York: Ballantine Books. Near Fine. 1995. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 0.82 x 6.86 x 4.21 Inches. 288 pages. An Emma Lord Mystery, No. 5. At forty-two, newspaperwoman Emma Lord decides she needs time off to do some soul-searching. But her old Jag breaks down in the picturesque Pacific Northwest town of Port Angeles, and instead of finding herself, she ,s helping friends find the truth about a grisly discovery: a skeleton in their basement. The bones belong to those of an unknown young woman, buried in a crumbling mansion nearly a century ago. A crushed skull, a garnet earring, a locket containing a telltale keepsake *all whisper of tragedy. Ancient photographs reveal more. But Emma has to fish in dark and dangerous waters to get the whole story of a wealthy, ruthless family, a story that twists and turns to a shocking conclusion that should never be told.... .

New York: Random House Large Print. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. Large Print Edition. Hardcover. Ding on bottom of boards. 448 pages. Alpine Mysteries, No. 10. When Audrey Imhoff is murdered after her nightly nude dip off the Oregon coast and her husband disappears, the couple's three adolescent children remain strangely calm, or so thinks vacationing journalist Emma Lord. .

New York: Avon. Fine. 1999. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease.. 0.73 x 6.84 x 4.16 Inches. 256 pages. A Bed-And-Breakfast Mystery, No. 13. When the garishly grotesque clan of wealthy carpet-sweeper magnate Otto Broadie sweeps down upon Judith McMonigle's Hillside Manor Inn, it looks like there'll be a wild night of drinking, dining, and fortune-telling in the offing. But when their soothsayer-for-hire Madame Gushenka drops dead after someone douses her tea leaves with bug killer, harried hostess Judith and her irrepressible cousin Renie are left to clean up the mess. One of the Brodie bunch would dearly love to sweep the Madame's murder under the rug, however, and that might mean eliminating the nosy Ms. McMonigle as well. But with the help of her one-time beau, policeman Joe Flynn, Judith is determined to rattle the dust off some closeted family skeletons, in order to coax a killer out of hiding before coffee is served. .

New York: William Morrow. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Small indentation mark on back of dust jacket and book.. Protected with a removable Brodart cover. Stated First Edition with full number line. . 325 pages. A Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery, No. 21. When the pre-launch party for their anticipated cruise is interrupted by the murders of the cruise line owner and two additional victims, Judith and Renie find themselves prowling the hilly streets of San Francisco in a case that is complicated by the perpetually intoxicated interference of two fellow travelers. .

New York: Avon Books. Very Good. 2004. First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Spine creasing. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 1.18 x 6.54 x 4.17 Inches. 384 pages. A Bed-And-Breakfast Mystery, No. 19. <P>With major renovations going on at Seattle's favourite B&B, Mary Daheim moves Judith, Renie and the rest of the unforgettable clan to temporary lodgings at a casino resort. But when a magic show results in murder, Judith and Joe are on the job.</P> <P>Mystery maven Mary Daheim serves up murder and mayhem in this tale of a vacation gone awry at the Stillasnowamish Resort Casino. After being forced out of the B&B by post-fire renovations, Judith and Renie pack up the family and settle in for the duration. As if bickering from the two mothers wasn't enough hassle, the group discovers Salome, the resort magician's beautiful assistant they'd seen perform only hours earlier, dead from multiple stab wounds. While Judith can't help but… Read More

New York: William Morrow. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Remainder mark on bottom.. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 320 pages. A Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery, No. 25. This fall, Judith McMonigle Flynn can barely cope with her gaggle of guests at Hillside Manor B&B. And when diminutive daredevil and martial-arts movie icon Wee Willie Weevil insists on performing his dangerous stunts from Judith's roof - and ends up leaving the B&B via ambulance - the harried hostess decides it's high time to escape the domestic mayhem, joining irrepressible cousin Renie on a cross-country train trip with first-class accommodations to Boston on the Empire Builder. Unfortunately, a wheelchair-bound Wee Willie and his entourage are also on board, effectively derailing their vacation. And when the train collides with a truckload of sugar beets, stranding the cousins in Middle-of -Nowhere, Montana, they soon have two murders on their hands. A fellow traveler… Read More

New York: Ballantine Books. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Bumped lower front corner.. Protected with a removable Brodart cover. Stated First Edition with full number line.. 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.7 Inches. 336 pages. An Emma Lord Mystery, No. 19. It's a quiet morning at the Advocate until the mail brings shocking news: a formal obituary for Alpiner Elmer Nystrom. As far as anyone knows, Elmer is alive and well. But he hasn't turned up for work, so Emma and her unstoppable House & Home editor, Vida Runkel, rush to the Nystrom home, where they find Elmer's lifeless body in the henhouse, half buried under straw. Not only has he been murdered, but his obituary had been mailed before he died. Though Elmer was well liked by everyone, the same cannot be said of his standoffish wife or his son, the town's new orthodontist. Rumors fly - straight into the office of the Advocate. Why did Dr. Nystrom's new receptionist resign at the end of her first day?… Read More

New York: Avon Books. Near Fine. 2001. 1st Avon paperback. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 1.07 x 6.8 x 4.35 Inches. 320 pages. Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries. For Sale: Luxury Condos, Corpse Included Just a stone's throw from Judith McMonigle Flynn's thriving Hillside Manor, workmen are busy renovating the elegantly decrepit Alhambra Arms into pricey condominiums. But concerned contractor George Guthrie fears that well-heeled potential buyers may blanch when they learn about the four-decades-dead body that was stashed behind the crumbling walls of the moldy manse. And ever-inquisitive Judith's discovery of some much more recent remains on the premises threatens to se property values through the floorboards--and Guthrie through the roof! Both her professional detective husband Joe and her partner-in-crime solving cousin Renie think Judith is bonkers to suspect that the two killings are connected. Nevertheless, Judith's ready… Read More

New York: Ballantine Books. Very Good+. 1997. Mass Market Paperback. Mild spine creasing. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 0.97 x 6.95 x 4.25 Inches. 336 pages. An Emma Lord Mystery, No. 9. Editor-publisher Emma Lord and her Alpine Advocate staff suspect excitement when glamorous Ursula O'Toole Randall returns to Alpine to marry her third husband. But hers is a lethal homecoming. . . . Ursula, clad in satin pajamas, is found dead in the shallow waters of the Skyhomish River. Sheriff Dodge suspects foul play. Yet as Emma hunts for a stop-press story, a snake-in-the-grass killer, unappeased by one murder, slithers unnoticed through the shadows. . . . .

New York: Ballantine Books. Very Good. 1993. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Edgewear on either side of spine; Mild spine crease . 0.54 x 6.9 x 4.21 Inches. 240 pages. An Emma Lord Mystery, No. 2. Editor-publisher Emma Lord finds out that running a small-town newspaper is worse than nutty--it's downright dangerous. When a local girl, Dani Marsh, returns to Alpine a star to shoot a Hollywood film, the tension in the air is so thick it crackles. Then at the annual Loggerama, Dani's former husband, Cody Graff goes berserk with an axe and is later found dead. Reporting on on all the goings-on as the editor of the ADVOCATE, Emma Lord begins to suspect that neither she nor the sheriff, laconic Milo Dodge, is getting the real story. Why are there such strong feelings among those who knew Dani back when? Why so few tears for Cody Graff? Whence the impenetrable mystery that enfolds Alpine like a shroud? Emma's nose for a story leads her straight into trouble.... .

New York: Avon. Near Fine. 1998. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 0.89 x 6.9 x 4.29 Inches. 304 pages. A Bed-And-Breakfast Mystery, No. 13. B&B hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn's ready to hang up her oven mitts, but irrepressible Cousin Renie needs help catering the telephone company's annual winter retreat at secluded Mountain Goat Lodge. The pay's good, the scenery's to die for -- but they never figured there'd be a killer cooking up mischief among this innocuous stew of corporate-climbing phone company ding-a-lings. Unfortunately, Judith and Renie's discovery of the frozen garroted remains of the previous company caterer -- missing since last year's shindig -- suggests no less, since the same cast of characters is present this time around. It's Dial "M" for Mountain Goat Murder, and a storm's blowing in to boot -- leaving Judith and Renie stranded with ten suspects and a corpses...and with… Read More

New York: Ballantine Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Gold boards with gold spine imprinted with title and author in gold, Full number line 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 . 336 pages. An Emma Lord Mystery, No. 25. Mary Daheim’s bestselling novels, set in Alpine, a picturesque village tucked away in the Cascade Mountains, have charmed a generation of mystery lovers with suspenseful tales of the peril that bubbles up from below the serene surface of small-town life. An ill wind blows through Alpine, but Advocate publisher Emma Lord and Sheriff Milo Dodge seem immune to the prevailing angst. The newlyweds’ domestic idyll is most definitely over when a dead man is discovered near the fish hatchery and nobody has a clue as to his identity. Vida Runkel may have insight, but Emma’s redoubtable House & Home editor is mad at the world and saying little. Moreover, whispers of scandal travel through the… Read More

Westminster, MD: Fawcett Books. Very Good. 2002. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Light spine creasing. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 314 pages. An Alpine Mystery, No. 15. Not even in Alpine, Washington, could the death of octogenarian Jack Froland be considered big news—except by his drinking buddies at Mugs Ahoy. But that suddenly changes when in the middle of the funeral, Jack’s widow hysterically insists that he was murdered. Emma Lord, publisher of The Alpine Advocate, who is already investigating a threatening letter received by the town’s beautiful blonde judge, now suspects she has two hot stories to unravel. Backed by her House and Home editor, that bottomless repository of scandal Vida Runkel, she prepares for a triple-threat special: murder, blackmail, and—as wildfire sweeps the mountainside— possible arson as well. But success will not come cheap. With a killer roaming the woods, it may cost Emma her life. . . . .

New York: Avon Books. Very Good. 1999. Mass Market Paperback. Heavy spine creasing. 246 pages. A Bed-And-Breakfast Mystery, No. 3. Catering the annual pre-Easter brunch and egg hunt is a hare-raising hassle for Judith McManigle, hard-working hostess of the Hillside Manor.And this year's egg scramble gets particularly messy when the reclusive wife of a local scion is fatally perforated my a fiend dressed in a bunny suit. Never one to pass up a good murder, Judith solicits the help of her sometime-beau policeman Joe and her irrepressible Cousin Renie to get energized and get hopping down the floppy-eared assassin's trail. But soon the list of suspects is multiplying faster than a hutch-full of rabbits. And Judith might very well end up a basket case-or worse-before this whole thing is through...now the the party-planning sleuth's unsolicited snooping has put a killer hot on her cottontail! .

New York: Ballantine Books. Fine. 1995. First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease. Paperback Original. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 0.9 x 6.7 x 4.2 Inches. 288 pages. An Emma Lord Mystery, No. 5. THE EDITOR OF THE ALPINE ADVOCATE GOES DIGGING FOR A MURDERER.At forty-two, newspaperwoman Emma Lord decides she needs time off to do some soul-searching. But her old Jag breaks down in the picturesque Pacific Northwest town of Port Angeles, and instead of finding herself, she's helping friends find the truth about a grisly discovery: a skeleton in their basement.The bones belong to those of an unknown young woman, buried in a crumbling mansion nearly a century ago. A crushed skull, a garnet earring, a locket containing a telltale keepsake *all whisper of tragedy. Ancientphotographs reveal more. But Emma has to fish in dark and dangerous waters to get the whole story of a wealthy, ruthless family, a story that twists and turns to a shocking conclusion that should… Read More

Des Moines, IA: Meredith Corporation. Fine. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial cover. Green and orange endpapers. . Oversize. 167 pages. Half of this book features Halloween celebrations and entertaining, while the rest highlights creativity with pumpkins.All-new ideas for both crafters and noncrafters.One-of-a-kind Halloween how-to with detailed instructions, patterns, and recipes. .

Denver, CO: Memory Makers. Fine. 2006. Paperback. 96 pages. When you think of scrapbooking, you think of photos. But memorabilia such as brochures, programs, ticket stubs and menus can tell the story of life experiences as much as the pictures. This book introduces scrapbookers to ideas for incorporating memorabilia onto scrapbook pages in unique ways. Concepts are illustrated with outstanding scrapbook art in a wide variety of themes and topics. Readers will find: -Information designed to help rescue mementos from boxes and drawers and display them for all to enjoy in an archival protective environment. -A showcase of innovative keepsake artwork in a wide array of themes and styles for every skill level and taste. -Fresh approaches to preserving and featuring souvenirs, mementos, keepsakes and memorabilia in scrapbooks from one of the scrapbook industry’s hottest artists. -Inspiring examples from collaborative artists, recognized as some of the top scrapbook artists in the world .

New York: Zebra Books /Kensington Publishing. Fine. 2011. First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Slight reading crease . No spine crease.Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 352 pages. <B>Sometimes You Don't Know What You Need</B> <P>The holidays are coming. . .and free-spirited Jacquie Grey plans to head west and start a whole new life. Her solo road trip is going great--until she collides with rancher Choya Barnett in Arizona. Good thing that no one's hurt. But she can't afford to fix her car until he proposes hiring her to take care of his little boy and his house. Too bad it's only temporary--the tall, handsome Choya is serious temptation. . . <P><B><B>Until You Find It. . .</B> <P>Jacquie and Choya begin an unlikely friendship, fueled by a fierce, unspoken attraction and a desire to find something real they can each hold onto. Before they know it, Christmas and all its joys are around the corner--along with the… Read More

New York: Free Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Appears unread. Orange textured boards with yellow spine imprinted with title and author in gold..Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 240 pages. The author of a popular Web site and hit one-man show called "21 Dog Years" provides the intimate details of his employment with Amazon during the dot-com frenzy of the late nineties. This darkly humorous account blends tech culture and venture capitalism into a surreal cocktail of delusion. .