Lost & Found : A Private Eye Bookstore Mystery #1 (A Cozy Mystery)
Jgetting
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  • Parts 8
  • Time 2h 5m
Jgetting
Ongoing, First published Jul 09, 2015
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Anne St. John is delighted that her daughter Ivy is visiting. She certainly needs a second set of hands to help set up her new mysteries-only bookstore, a bit of a whim in her retirement. Upon her arrival, Ivy helps sort books, meets Anne's neighbors on the main street of Miller Springs and finds a dead body in the river. The former owner of the bookstore was murdered. A local legend about a valuable book he once owned then lost is whispered among the neighbors. Could that be the reason he was killed? Is that why strange things are happening at the new bookstore? Are Anne and Ivy somehow involved? With Anne's nosy determination and Ivy's cool logic, mother and daughter set out to solve the murder, find the book, and still open the bookstore on schedule.
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The Truth

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A girl found dead in a small town. How? No one knows for sure. New to town, Daniel finds himself helping to investigate the death, despite his desire not to. Will the truth behind the girl's death be revealed? Or are some things better left unknown?

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