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"Natalka and Edwin are perfect if improbable partners in a detective agency. At eighty-four, Edwin regularly claims that he's the oldest detective in England. He is a master at surveillance, deploying his age as a cloak of invisibility. Natalka, Ukrainian-born and more than fifty years his junior, is a math whizz, who takes any cases concerning fraud or deception. Despite a steady stream of minor cases, Natalka is frustrated. She loves a murder, as...

"The fourth book in the series finds Verlaque and Bonnet on vacation on a remote island in the glittering Mediterranean Like Donna Leon and Andrea Camilleri, M.L. Longworth's books enchant mystery lovers with a taste for good food and gorgeous landscapes. In Murder on the Île Sordou, Judge Antoine Verlaque and his girlfriend, law professor Marine Bonnet, are hoping to enjoy a relaxing holiday at the Locanda Sordou, an opulent hotel that is reopening...

"After receiving an unexpected gift following her college graduation, aspiring journalist Adele Plank returns to the Pacific Northwest's beautiful and isolated sea and shores landscape of the San Juan Islands, where she soon finds herself immersed in the shocking mystery of a young woman's brutal murder. The deathly discovery rocks the island community, stirring doubts about their new sheriff, and turning old friends into new rivals. Adele must determine...

"A year after arriving in Benedict, Beth Rivers is feeling very at home in Alaska, even as outsiders are starting to return to enjoy the brief summer perfection. Beth feels like she's finally let go of most of her demons. She's even found her father, Eddy Rivers--or, rather, he found her--and she's trying to find the middle ground between anger and forgiveness. One sunny July day, Beth boards a tourist ship to see the glaciers, the main reason visitors...

Hinata, a shy boy in the fifth grade, receives his first-ever pet when his grandfather brings him Chris, a retired police dog with excellent training and top-notch skills. There's only one problem: Whenever Chris sees a bug, they fly into a panic. Soon, however, their nose is put to the test, when during a walk, they hear police sirens blare... There's been a robbery at a nearby jewelry shop! As the police investigation stalls, Hinata and his plucky...