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The February hunt season is in full swing in genteel Virginia when the neighborhood is rocked by murder: the female victim was stripped naked and propped onto a horse statue outside a tack shop.

When wealthy Carla Paulson begins plotting her extravagant new home, she ruffles more than a few feathers. Soon Carla is stabbed to death, and standing over her, with knife in hand, is one of Harry's good friends.

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Roma, luglio 1700. È anno di Giubileo: strade e piazze sono invase da torme di pellegrini accaldati. Anche il colle più panoramico dell'Urbe è preso d'assalto: nella sua sontuosa villa il cardinal Spada, segretario di Stato pontificio, festeggia le nozze del nipote con il fior fiore di curia, nobiltà e diplomazia. Per giorni si alternano merende sull'erba e battute di caccia, commedie all'aperto e cene luculliane. Tra gli invitati Atto Melani, ex cantante castrato e agente del Re Sole, tesse la sua tela. Dietro le quinte della festa si agita infatti ben altro.

"Harry" Haristeen and her friends and animal companions pursue the threads of a mystery dating back to Virginia's post-Revolutionary past, introduced in A Hiss Before Dying, while their 18th century predecessors continue to struggle with the challenges of the fledgling country.

Autumn has descended and crops are being harvested all over Crozet, Virginia, ideal conditions for a scenic drive for Harry and husband Fair. Bucolic views are all well and good, but Harry's nose for trouble leads her straight to a cornfield's macabre scarecrow - an all too real murder victim that frightens all but the noisy crows.

Best-selling authors Rita Mae Brown and her cat, Sneaky Pie Brown, are beloved for their Mrs. Murphy mysteries. Set in the quiet town of Crozet, Virginia, each delightful book finds Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and the incomparably clever feline, Mrs. Murphy, caught up in a puzzling whodunit.

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Dissi loro che avrei voluto essere una vedova. «Ho l’impressione che, quando divorzi, tutti si chiedano come hai fatto a rovinare tutto, cos’ha reso così insopportabile stare con te. Se tuo marito muore, almeno la gente è dispiaciuta per te.» Maggie sta bene. Anzi, non è mai stata meglio. Certo, è al verde, la sua carriera accademica non sta andando da nessuna parte e il suo matrimonio è durato solo 608 giorni, ma alla veneranda età di ventinove anni, Maggie è determinata ad abbracciare la sua nuova vita di Divorziata Sorprendentemente Giovane™.

A thrillingly purrr-fect new mystery from New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown. Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and her animal companions team up to solve a mystery in this latest installment of the Mrs. Murphy Mystery series.

Detective Ellie Reeves heads into the wilds of the Appalachian Mountains when she wants to get lost - to forget the whispers chasing her and the past that keeps her up at night. She’s sick of having to prove herself to her small town. But hiking in the endless miles of woods isn’t the escape she was hoping for. One night, as dusk falls, a gust of wind blows some petals on to Ellie’s path. Following the trail, she finds a golden-haired young woman dead on a bed of daffodils, with a note: Monday’s child is fair of face.

A revised, updated, and expanded edition of the best-selling self-help book that encourages women to overcome adversity, embrace change, and discover their power: This Is Not the Life I Ordered is the culmination of weekly "kitchen table coaching" sessions that took place for more than a decade and were designed to support four extraordinary women through life's ups and downs. These women realized that their support of one another could help other women struggling with life's myriad issues of work, family, and love, as well as the big questions of life and death.

Jill Bishop has one goal in life—to survive. Jill is trapped in an abusive marriage while raising two young girls. Her husband has isolated her from the world and filled her days with fear. The last thing on her mind is love, but she sure could use a friend. Alex McCoy is enjoying a comfortable life with great friends and a prosperous business. She has given up on love after picking the wrong woman one too many times. Little does she know, a simple act of kindness might change her life forever.

Parigi, gennaio 1647. In una stazione di posta alle porte della città, si scalda davanti al fuoco un gruppo di viaggiatori appena giunti dall'Italia: un libraio, una canterina veneziana, il giovane castrato Atto Melani accompagnato dal suo segretario e dal maestro, il celebre Malagigi, e infine Gabriel Naudé, bibliotecario del cardinal Mazzarino, primo ministro di Francia. Sua eminenza ha convocato in tutta fretta a Parigi schiere di musici per rappresentare una nuova opera in musica, l'Orfeo, ma già si sussurra che l'opera non si farà.

Mar di Toscana, dicembre 1646. Una galea militare francese salpa da Livorno e sterza le onde verso il porto di Tolone. A bordo, i più celebri cantanti italiani, convocati a Parigi dal cardinal Mazzarino. Tra loro c'è il ventenne Atto Melani, scortato dal fedele segretario, che cerca di dissuaderlo dall'unica passione vietata ai castrati: amare le donne. Sulla nave viaggia anche uno strano gruppetto di eruditi, uniti da un miraggio comune. Un misterioso monaco li ha messi sulle tracce di un tesoro: i manoscritti di capolavori perduti dell'antica Roma, che tutti cercano da secoli.

Ja, 'zefix! Was ist denn mit den Eberhofer-Weibern los? Die Oma beschließt nach ca. 2.000 Kuchen und noch viel mehr Schweinsbraten, Semmelknödeln und Kraut, sich der häuslichen Pflichten für immer zu entledigen und nur noch zu chillen. Ausgerechnet an Weihnachten! Und die Susi verfolgt ausschließlich ihre Karriere als stellvertretende Bürgermeisterin. Und dann wird der Franz direkt nach der Christmette von der Mooshammer Liesl abgefangen. Der Steckenbiller Lenz ist verschwunden.

It was not really easy to go to school. By 1988 to 1989, I graduated from what is known as secondary school, then trying to either further with college or another institute of higher learning in the years 1990 to 1991, but I was told it would not be possible at all. As my mom's last child, no one was ready to take responsibility for my education, which I loved so much, but against all odds, and by the Grace of Baba God, and through the hard work of my Mom and I, education was achieved.

Zara seemed happily married. But behind her smile at parties and gatherings was a lonely woman. She found herself neglected by her husband Jay, a successful and preoccupied businessman and was no longer needed by her entitled and wayward son Arun. This all changed when they met the award-winning coach Rita Chowdhry. Through the framework called SAVVI, the three characters, based on real-life stories, transformed their lives.

Mags Rogers and her wire-haired dachshund, Baxter, dig up the dirt in the second scintillating novel from New York Times best-selling author Rita Mae Brown’s delightful series. The foreclosure crisis has hit hard in Reno, Nevada, where rows of homes sit unsold and forsaken. When a former banker is found murdered in one of the abandoned homes, the notion of cutthroat business practices takes on a whole new meaning.

Bienvenue dans le village de Niederkaltenkirchen, Bavière, pour une comédie policière haute en couleur. Le commissaire Franz Eberhofer, viré de Munich pour raisons disciplinaires, se la coulait douce dans sa bourgade natale : les patrouilles finissaient invariablement devant une bière chez Wolfi, en promenade avec Louis II, son chien, dans la boucherie de son copain Simmerl ou à table avec sa mémé sourde comme un pot.