Kate Kingsbury
1) In hot water
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Vivian Wainwright is living her dream. The middle-aged widow owns the Misty Bay Tearoom, a quaint, English-accented shop on the Oregon coast. But on the eve of the tearoom's second anniversary, the dream turns nightmarish when a man falls to his death from a hotel balcony."--Amazon.
Middle-aged widow Vivian Wainwright now owns the Misty Bay Tearoom, a quaint, English-accented shop on the Oregon coast. On the eve of the tearoom's second anniversary,...
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Pennyfoot Hotel mysteries volume 13
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Melanie West is getting her life back on track after a messy divorce when her grandmother, Liza Harris, asks her to open a B&B with her. Together, Liza and Melanie purchase a purportedly haunted mansion on the Oregon coast and jump right into clearing out the cobwebs. But while attempting to remove wallpaper in an upstairs bedroom, the new B&B owners stumble upon a very real skeleton in their closet. The police suspect the skeleton is that of the...
4) In too steep
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Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When her interest is piqued by the murder of Lewis Trenton, a beachcomber, after finding a clue in a newspaper article, Misty Bay Tearoom owner Vivian Wainwright discovers the key to finding the killer in an unlikely place and works with Detective Tony Messina to find the truth"--
5) Slay bells
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Series
Pennyfoot Hotel mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Author
Series
Pennyfoot Hotel mysteries volume 19
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The Christmas Angel is a welcome sight during the winter season--but not this year. A killer is afoot in Badger's End, cutting a lock of hair from his victims and sticking a gold angel on their foreheads. Cecily Sinclair Baxter already promised her husband that she'd take a hiatus from sleuthing. But three killings have created a blizzard of bad publicity--and guests are canceling their hotel reservations. She will have to find the angel of death...
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Pennyfoot Hotel mysteries volume 16
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
In the midst of her preparations for a festive holiday celebration at the Pennyfoot Hotel and her friend Madeline's upcoming wedding, Cecily Sinclair Baxter must turn sleuth when a mysterious fire breaks out in a upstairs room, killing two guests, and Cecily's only clue is a pair of missing Christmas crackers.
8) Be our ghost
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Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"If bed-and-breakfast owners Melanie and Liza, along with their laughing ghost tenant, can't find a real estate developer's killer, their own estate will end up with their next of kin. The Merry Ghost Inn is well and truly open for business. Melanie West, her grandmother, Liza, and their beloved sheepdog/wolfhound mix, Max, are rapidly getting the hang of running their charming bed-and-breakfast inn on the rocky Oregon coast. Not that business goes...
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Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
With the arrival of six senior reading group members at the Merry Ghost Inn, the long-awaited grand opening week has finally begun for Melanie West and her grandmother Liza. All is well with the Oregon coast-side B&B until Melanie's dog, Max, finds the dead body of one of their guests. Everyone at the inn immediately falls under suspicion, including the innkeepers themselves.
10) A merry murder
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Pennyfoot Hotel mysteries volume 22
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The Pennyfoot halls are decked with boughs of holly, a magnificently decorated tree graces the lobby, and the hotel's bookings are finally looking up. Owner of the Pennyfoot, Cecily Sinclair Baxter is in high holiday spirits until disaster strikes, threatening to ruin yet another Yuletide. Her chief housemaid Gertie McBride has found a man's body in the hotel laundry room--with a woman's scarf wrapped around his neck and a note in his pocket from...
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Pennyfoot Hotel mysteries volume 17
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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Pennyfoot Hotel mysteries volume 20
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Cecily Sinclair Baxter could use a Christmas miracle. Mrs. Chubb, the Pennyfoot's housekeeper, must travel up north for a family emergency, and Cecily needs a temporary replacement. The agency doesn't have much to offer on short notice during this busy time of year. But they have someone--Beatrice Tucker--who turns out to be more of a curse. She fights with just about everyone, including Archibald Armitage. Star of the London stage, Armitage is staying...
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Pennyfoot Hotel mysteries volume 18
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
After a footman and a new maid are seen kissing under the bough and then turn up dead afterwards, the downstairs staff at the Pennyfoot Hotel is convinced a serial killer is among them ... perhaps the mysterious guest known only as J. Mortimer. It's up to Cecily Sinclair Baxter and her staff to discover the murderer.
16) Mulled murder
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Series
Pennyfoot Hotel mysteries volume 21
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"This holiday season at the Pennyfoot, the head count is down-but the body count is up. With one of her housemaids leaving to get married, Cecily Sinclair Baxter wants nothing more for Christmas than some good help. Instead of visions of sugar plums, she's calling the plumber to deal with flooded bathrooms. Then there's the surly new janitor, who acts like he got coal in his stocking. But as Cecily scrambles to hire and train new staff in time for...