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Detective Varg novels volume 1
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The Department of Sensitive Crimes investigates three extremely strange cases. They investigate how and why a local business owner was stabbed... behind his knee. Next, a young woman's imaginary boyfriend goes missing. And finally, they investigate whether nocturnal visitations at a local spa have a supernatural element.
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Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 12
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Isabel hires an assistant editor to share her workload. Both women have romantic entanglements that threaten to interfere with their work. Should an employer ever inject herself into her employee's affairs? Meanwhile, Isabel meets Patricia, the mother of her son's friend. Isabel tries to be supportive, especially given that Patricia is a single mother struggling to get by. But when she happens to see Patricia going into an antique shop with an unscrupulous...
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Detective Varg novels volume 2
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When the girlfriend of an infamous author approaches Mr. Varg insisting her bad-boy beau is being blackmailed, he is determined to help. It's difficult to determine what skeletons hide in her boyfriend's closet, though. Ulf finds himself distracted by his ongoing attraction to his co-worker, Anna, whose own fears about her husband's fidelity are causing a strain on her marriage. When Ulf is also asked to look into a group of dealers exporting wolves...
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Detective Varg novels volume 3
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When art historian Anders Kindgren visits the Department of Sensitive Crimes to report a series of strange acts that have been committed against him, Ulf and his team take action. Fish being stuffed into the vents of Kindgren's car and a manipulated footnote in a recent art review magazine would be reason enough for an investigation, but when a painting Kindgren appraised as genuine is later declared a fake, it's apparent that someone is out to ruin...
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The next book in the perennially adored No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series sees Precious Ramotswe calling upon all her maternal instincts when she's faced with a two-ton case. They say it takes a village to raise a child, but can Mma Ramotswe and the rest of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency come together to raise a pipsqueak pachyderm? We may find out in this novel. We may not. Who can say?
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"The newest addition to the ever-popular, internationally beloved series finds Precious Ramotswe and her friends up to their necks in mysterious trouble. Mma Ramotswe knows she is very lucky indeed. She has a loving family, good friends, and a thriving business doing what she enjoys most: helping people. But the latest mystery she is called upon to solve is distinctly trickier than it initially appears, and, of course, there's plenty to handle in...
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44 Scotland Street volume 16
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It's the most anticipated event of the decade: Big Lou and Fat Bob's wedding and everyone is invited! After a wonderful day, Big Lou crashes back down to earth and finds that she is a victim of her own success. The lure of those famous bacon rolls is preventing her from leaving hungry customers without their daily dose of deliciousness - even to go for a long-awaited honeymoon. Will Big Lou find the happiness she so richly deserves? Everyone in Scotland...
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Mma Ramotswe happily reconnects with an old friend when his teaching job brings him back to Gaborone. In the course of their conversations, though, Mma Ramotswe learns that Hope, one of their mutual acquaintances, has fallen on hard times. This initially comes as a shock to her, as the woman came from wealth. But when she learns that Hope has recently separated from her husband, a local politician with a less than stellar reputation, she becomes determined...
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44 Scotland Street volume 12
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When Pat accepts her narcissistic ex-boyfriend Bruce's invitation for coffee, she has no idea of the complications in her romantic and professional life that will follow. Meanwhile, Matthew, her boss at the art gallery, attracts the attention of the police after a misunderstanding at the local bookstore. Whether caused by small things such as a cup of coffee and a book, or major events in the lives of Bertie Pollock's parents, such as Stuart's application...
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