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Author
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
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...
Author
Series
Secrets of Mary's Bookshop volume 4
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
When Mary and her sister Betty visit the Ivy Bay lighthouse with the friend Henry, they stumble upon a crude map drawn on the wall. Is it connected to a crime committed almost a century ago? It seems Henry's ancestor was accused of stealing money and a sapphire ring-- but a surprising number of people don't want the investigation to succeed!
6) By the book
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
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.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
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...
9) Cover story
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
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.
11) The Lost Noel
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Mary Fisher has found the perfect place to retire---right where she started. She's moved back to Cape Cod to open Mary's Mystery Bookshop in Ivy Bay. Christmas is coming, and Mary is excited that both of her children are bringing their family to Ivy Bay for the holiday. Goodwill toward men may not be exactly what is going to happen in Ivy Bay this holiday season.
12) Missing pages
Author
Series
Secrets of Mary's Bookshop volume 2
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
It's Independence Day and Mary is enjoying the parade until the July Queen, a local high school student named Amanda Branson, disappears. Mary thinks she saw Amanda at the docks just after the parade, but is not sure and Chief McArthur won't listen to her. Then it seems Mary's granddaughter Daisy holds the key to finding Amanda.
13) A new chapter
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Mary Fisher's dream has come true. She's about to open Mary's Mystery Bookshop in her beloved hometown of Ivy Bay on beautiful Cape Cod. But weeks before the grand opening, her shop is broken into and torn apart. Mary is stunned to discover that the only thing missing was an old, dusty photograph of the storefront. Who would have taken it, and why? With the help of her sister, a childhood friend, and decades of reading mystery novels, Mary searches...
14) Poetry in motion
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c 2013
Description
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.
15) A thousand words
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
When Mary and Betty inherit their great uncle's house, they find some charming paintings hidden in the attic. The New England scenes are bright, colorful, and full of life. Mary is thrilled to discover the paintings were done by their great aunt Maude, who died young. But a desperate note taped to the back of one of the paintings suggests there is more to Aunt Maude than Mary and Betty knew. What happed to her? How did she really die?
16) Words of wisdom
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
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!
17) Work in progress
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Mary discovers a manuscript in a old desk that is a confession to arson. She investigates whether the wrong person went to prison.
18) Digging up clues
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
When gold coins wash up on shore, shipwreck fever hits Ivy Bay. Soon the beach is crawling with locals and tourists alike, all looking for the legendary lost treasure of the Lady Beth, which sank off the coast of Cape Cod almost two hundred years ago.
19) Lost for words
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Mary takes Katie, a woman suffering from amnesia, under her wing to discover who Katie really is and what or who caused Katie's memory loss.
20) Mixed motives
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Mary's sister, Betty, is kidnapped. Can Mary uncover the truth in time to save her?