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During the first meeting of the Winter Warmth Book Chat, the lights in Mary's Mystery Bookshop go out. When they come back on, Mary realizes a book has been stolen from the counter. And not just any book. This was a signed early edition of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie. Mary intended to sell the rare and valuable copy and donate the money to help a little girl get a kidney transplant. Now everyone at the Book Chat is a suspect,...
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Secrets of Mary's Bookshop volume 2
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English
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Mary's Mystery Bookshop is hosting a very special guest: beloved mystery author Addison Hartley. Hartley gives an intimate reading to the fans gathered in the store, but Mary's eyes are drawn not to the famous author but to a familiar face in the crowd. Could it be Mary's best friend from childhood, Claire Wilkes? As soon as Mary moves to greet her old friend, the woman disappears. When Mary reads Hartley's new novel, she finds eerie parallels to...
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Secrets of Mary's bookshop volume 3
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English
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Mary's sister Betty receives notice that she is being sued and that the Emerson Grist Mill, which has been in her late husband's family for hundreds of years, actually belongs to the Hopkinses, with whom the Emersons have feuded for generations. Betty is sure that it can't be true, but Mary isn't so certain and sets out to unravel the mill's forgotten history. As Mary digs in the Ivy Bay archives, she hears rumors of a murder that started the feud....
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Guideposts
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[2012]
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English
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While investigating the ransacking of her dream bookstore, which is just about to open in her Cape Cod hometown, Ivy Bay, Mary Fisher discovers family secrets as well as clues that lead her closer to the truth about the break-in at Mary's Mystery Bookshop.
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"After raising her family in Boston, recently widowed Mary Fisher moves back to Cape Cod to be near her sister Betty and to do something she always dreamed of: open a bookstore called Mary's Mystery Bookshop. Soon, Mary discovers that years of reading mystery novels have paid off in a big way! In each novel, Mary puts her sleuthing skills to work to uncover some of Ivy bay's most unexpected and fascinating mysteries"--Publisher.
When Mary and her...
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When a stranger leaves a box of books at Mary Fisher's shop, each containing a letter written by Mary's mother to a man named Jacob, Mary sets out to discover the truth about this youthful relationship.
One night? Mary is working late at the bookshop when a box of books is left at her door. All of them have beautiful covers by the same artist? and inside each book is an old letter addressed to man named Jacob. To Mary?s shock? the letters were written...
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Guideposts
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[2013]
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English
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Mary finds what could be an original copy of the poem on which the song "America the Beautiful" is based. Before she can confirm her find it disappears. Determined to recover such an important part of history, Mary sets out to find the thief.
8) By the book
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Guideposts
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[2013]
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English
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Sweet Susan's Bakery has been seriously damaged by fire, and the verdict is that the fire was started on purpose. While Susan struggles to reopen her business, bookseller Mary Fisher investigates, but the more she discovers, the less she likes it.
10) A classic case
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Guideposts
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[2013]
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English
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Mary is delighted about Living History Days, when many of Ivy Bay's businesses put on demonstrations of what life was like in historic Cape Cod. She's especially excited about the re-enacted bank robbery at Ivy Bay Bank & Trust. But as Mary and the crowd watch the re-enactment, they realize this fake crime is actually real. The masked, gun-wielding robber, played by Steve Althorpe, the bank manager, escapes with the contents of several safe deposit...
12) Cover story
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Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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Mary investigates the possible connection between a boat's distress call, the disappearance of a museum laptop, and the fact that several of Ivy Bay's prominent citizens have had their bank accounts cleaned out. Includes an interview with Elizabeth Adams, a recipe for Mary's hot chocolate and From the Guideposts archives.
13) Lost for words
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Guideposts
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[2014]
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English
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"One day Mary notices a young woman sitting in her bookshop. As the afternoon passes, the woman remains, pretending to read a book and clearly waiting for someone who never arrives. When Mary approaches her, she tearfully confesses that she doesn't remember anything before that day. The only clue she has to her identity is a note she found in her pocket when she woke up on the beach, which says, "Katie, arrive at Mary's bookshop at 1:12." Mary takes...
14) Words of wisdom
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Guideposts
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[2013]
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English
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When Mary tries to refinance the mortgage on the bookshop, her application is denied because of the large balance on her new credit card. But she hasn't opened a new account and certainly hasn't been on any spending spree. Mary is the victim of identity theft!
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