false 262084 140098 0441015220 9780441015221 180 <![CDATA[Many Bloody Returns (Includes: The Dresden Files, #9.1, Sookie Stackhouse, #7.1)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255640735m/140098.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255640735s/140098.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140098.Many_Bloody_Returns 3.53 1446 Suspenseful, surprising, sometimes dark, sometimes humorous-these all-new stories will ensure that readers never think of vampires (or birthdays) in quite the same way again.

In New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris's "Dracula Night," Sookie Stackhouse is the only human at the annual commemoration of Dracula's birth. But this year, the Prince of Darkness actually shows up-and finds Sookie to be a tasty-looking present.

New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher's crime-solving wizard Harry Dresden, of the Dresden Files novels, heads to a role-playing party to give his vampire brother a birthday present in "It's My Birthday Too," only to discover there are some bloodthirsty party crashers who don't share their brotherly love.

In "Twilight," Cassandra DuCharme, who appeared in New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong's Dime Store Magic, knows she has to kill to live as a vampire another year-but finds herself disturbingly disinterested in the hunt.

Plus ten more bloody good birthday stories that take the cake.

]]> 17061 3.93 195237 18229 10746 4.11 67038 5840 723801 3.64 6216 585 15292 3.95 23888 2461 81016 3.56 1024 118 4522 3.73 8979 1037 28656 3.55 1919 275 7581 3.95 33566 3647 2843992 3.53 1446 180 329391 3.56 2735 321 379444 3.57 2584 340 262084 3.60 3468 452 1967 3.73 15046 1088 2007 810473 0451208552 9780451208552 36 <![CDATA[Shop Till You Drop (A Dead-End Job Mystery, #1)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178589334m/810473.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178589334s/810473.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/810473.Shop_Till_You_Drop 3.66 233
After two weeks as the new salesclerk at Juliana's, Fort Lauderdale's ultra-exclusive clothing boutique, Helen still feels out of fashion. And since the only crime likely to be committed around here is being old-or worse, looking old-Helen figures she's safe. Until she discovers the manager has been embezzling money and selling designer drugs along with the designer clothes. Add murder to the mix-and Helen's dead-end job is downright deadly.]]> 262084 3.60 3468 452 2003 810469 0451210816 9780451210814 21 <![CDATA[Murder Between the Covers (Dead-End Job Mystery, Book 2)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178589332m/810469.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178589332s/810469.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/810469.Murder_Between_the_Covers 3.76 185 262084 3.60 3468 452 2003 810471 0451213327 9780451213327 17 <![CDATA[Dying to Call You (Dead-End Job Mystery, Book 3)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178589333m/810471.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178589333s/810471.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/810471.Dying_to_Call_You 3.77 173 262084 3.60 3468 452 2004 810470 0451214927 9780451214928 13 <![CDATA[Just Murdered (Dead-End Job Mystery, Book 4)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178589332m/810470.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178589332s/810470.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/810470.Just_Murdered 3.83 163 262084 3.60 3468 452 2005 666452 0451221117 9780451221117 22 <![CDATA[Murder with Reservations (Dead-End Job Mystery, Book 6)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176929450m/666452.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176929450s/666452.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/666452.Murder_with_Reservations 3.72 158
Working at Sybil's Full Moon Hotel in Fort Lauderdale keeps Helen safe and sane. But when a maid is found dead in a Dumpster, those days just might be over. Dead bodies mean another chance for the cops to find her. To make matters worse, her ex-husband is hot on her trail. Sadly, the cops don't seem to care much about a murdered maid-but they take notice of her coworker's shady story. If Helen doesn't manage to dodge their questions and shake off her ex, it could be checkout time.]]> 262084 3.60 3468 452 2007 810468 0451221087 9780451221087 13 <![CDATA[Murder Unleashed (Dead-End Job Mystery, Book 5)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178589332m/810468.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178589332s/810468.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/810468.Murder_Unleashed 3.76 161 262084 3.60 3468 452 2006 810472 0451216792 9780451216793 20 <![CDATA[Dying in Style (Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper, Book 1)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178589333m/810472.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178589333s/810472.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/810472.Dying_in_Style 3.55 152 262084 3.60 3468 452 2005 2414301 0451223942 9780451223944 20 <![CDATA[Clubbed to Death (Dead-End Job Mystery, Book 7)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255815539m/2414301.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255815539s/2414301.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2414301.Clubbed_to_Death 3.51 140 The national bestselling author who turns “minimum wage into maximum hilarity” (Nancy Martin, author of Murder Melts in Your Mouth) reveals the lifestyles of the rich and murdered…

Helen Hawthorne’s latest dead-end job is in a country club’s complaint department, dealing with the gripes of the rich and spoiled. Then Rob, her deadbeat ex-husband, sails back into her life aboard the yacht of his new lady, Marcella—known as the Black Widow for her string of dead spouses. The next day Rob’s reported missing. If the Black Widow has such a murderous reputation, then why is Helen led from the club in handcuffs?

When Marcella helps Helen get released, the two form an uneasy alliance to find out what really happened. Helen’s barely begun digging when a club patron is discovered beaten to death with a golf club —his membership permanently expired. Someone got more than a little teed off and it’s up to Helen to get to the truth—without getting clubbed herself…]]> 262084 3.60 3468 452 2008 467697 0451219880 9780451219886 11 <![CDATA[High Heels are Murder (Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper, Book 2)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175018419m/467697.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175018419s/467697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/467697.High_Heels_are_Murder 3.78 120 Dying In Style

Every job has its pluses and minuses. Josie Marcus gets to shoe-shop-but she also must deal with men like Mel Poulaine, who's too interested in handling women's feet. Soon Josie's been hired by Mel's boss to mystery-shop the store, but one step leads to another and Josie finds herself in St. Louis's seedy underbelly. Caught up in a web of crime, Josie hopes against hope that she won't end up murdered in Manolos.]]> 262084 3.60 3468 452 2006 950024 045122258X 9780451222589 14 <![CDATA[An Accessory to Murder (Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper, Book 3)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255661425m/950024.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255661425s/950024.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/950024.An_Accessory_to_Murder 3.66 111
So Josie decides to do what she does best to help out her friend-go undercover and see if she can find some clues. Because this time, there's a lot more at stake than a scarf, even if it's to die for...]]> 262084 3.60 3468 452 2007 3262107 0451225481 9780451225481 14 <![CDATA[Murder with All the Trimmings (Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper, Book 4)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255661415m/3262107.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255661415s/3262107.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3262107.Murder_with_All_the_Trimmings 3.44 89 A humbug of a Shopping mystery...

From The Anthony and Agatha Award-Winning Author of Accessory to Murder

Includes insider shopping tips!

Mystery shopper Josie Marcus doesn’t get the appeal of the year-round Christmas shop. But when three such holiday houses pop up within two blocks, she’s assigned to rate them anonymously.

Easy enough, Josie thinks, until she realizes that shoppers at one store are finding a strange—even deadly—secret ingredient in their holiday cake. And Josie must get to the bottom of it all before someone else becomes a Christmas spirit.]]> 262084 3.60 3468 452 2008 502304 0451214447 9780451214447 6 <![CDATA[Drop-Dead Blonde]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175291523m/502304.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175291523s/502304.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/502304.Drop_Dead_Blonde 3.60 75
Four beloved authors with all new fair-haired mysteries to dye for do.

They're blondes with style, money, and men falling at their feet. But now these perfect women are perfect victims. In Drop-Dead Blonde, four of today's top mystery authors-Nancy Martin, Denise Swanson, Elaine Viets, and Victoria Laurie-spin four all-new tales of fair-haired sirens, secrets, and seduction.]]> 73540 3.82 1925 167 128487 3.57 1227 117 262084 3.60 3468 452 74488 3.87 3570 462 2005 3267288 193336890X 9781933368900 41 <![CDATA[The Customer Is Always Wrong: The Retail Chronicles]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3267288.The_Customer_Is_Always_Wrong_The_Retail_Chronicles 3.08 86 The Customer Is Always Wrong is a tragicomic and all-too revealing collection of essays by writers who have done their time behind the counter and lived to tell their tales. Jim DeRogatis, author of Let It Blurt, for example, describes hanging out with Al himself at Al Rocky's Music Store, while Colson Whitehead explains how three summers at a Long Island ice cream store gave him a lifelong aversion to all things dessert-like. This book not only shines a light on the absurdities of retail culture but finds the delight in it as well.]]> 600318 3.13 90 42 47517 3.32 443 160 36483 3.52 648 112 51038 3.53 577 143 445848 3.33 166 57 262084 3.60 3468 452 252053 3.41 215 91 111012 3.61 534 147 335573 3.23 132 48 316318 3.20 96 42 1021440 3.09 87 41 2580354 3.08 86 41 10029 3.57 3278 665 634465 3.10 107 49 70162 3.21 239 79 2580353 3.08 86 41 183493 3.54 243 77 2580355 3.08 86 41 823555 3.08 86 41 634835 4.37 310 83 41185 3.37 905 225 150768 3.26 126 49 2580352 3.08 86 41 2008 5982253 0451226860 9780451226860 11 <![CDATA[Killer Cuts (Dead-End Job Mystery, Book 8)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5982253.Killer_Cuts 3.58 72 The national bestselling author who turns “minimum wage into maximum hilarity”( Nancy Martin, author of Murder Melts in Your Mouth) presents a hair-raising murder mystery of do or dye…

Helen Hawthorne’s latest dead-end job is in Miguel Angel’s Fort Lauderdale hair salon, where a trim can cost as much as a car payment and a blowout can wipe you out. But when one of the salon’s most famous clients, gossip blogger and cable-TV show host Kingman “King” Oden is murdered at his own wedding, things get a little hairy and King becomes the prime suspect. To save her boss—and her job— Helen is determined to find the murderer. When she finds herself the target of threatening notes, it’s more imperative than ever that she figure out who at the wedding was dressed to kill.]]> 262084 3.60 3468 452 2009 6321924 0451228421 9780451228420 4 <![CDATA[The Fashion Hound Murders (Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper, Book 5)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255661420m/6321924.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255661420s/6321924.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6321924.The_Fashion_Hound_Murders 3.74 23
]]> 262084 3.60 3468 452 2009 716029 0440224454 9780440224457 2 <![CDATA[The Pink Flamingo Murders]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223637452m/716029.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223637452s/716029.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/716029.The_Pink_Flamingo_Murders 3.53 19
The rehabilitation of North Dakota Place is a feel-good story--the kind St. Louis City Gazette columnist Francesca Vierling likes to write. Grand houses restored to former glory. Pride in a neighborhood--and, like all good stories, this one has a hero, the woman who made it all happen, the city's guardian of good taste. Some call her a rehabbing saint, others a fanatic.

The first death on North Dakota Place was certainly shocking but not entirely unwelcome--after all, the victim was a cranky old man who had been painting his house purple. The second death, of a drug dealer, brings tacit approval--and growing suspicion. But all bets are off when another victim is found, a socialite unceremoniously whacked with a pink lawn flamingo. Now the neighbors want Francesca to investigate. But her boyfriend wants her to commit to marriage, not crime. Soon the gutsy reporter is experiencing a deepening personal crisis--and something more heinous than vinyl siding: the dark secrets of heart, home, and blighted dreams.]]> 262084 3.60 3468 452 1999 988030 0440224314 9780440224310 1 <![CDATA[Back Stab]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180025142m/988030.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180025142s/988030.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/988030.Back_Stab 3.60 15


Gazette columnist Francesca Vierling takes these deaths personally--reliable sources are hard to find--and Francesca's search for the killer takes her into the strange side streets of St. Louis, including a visit to the Miss Gender Bender Pageant, a beauty contest for female impersonators. Along the way Francesca must determine if her own blood soaked past is clouding her view of the future.]]> 262084 3.60 3468 452 1997 716143 0440236207 9780440236207 1 <![CDATA[Doc in the Box]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177601015m/716143.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177601015s/716143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/716143.Doc_in_the_Box 3.75 12
It takes a truly sneaky person to keep a secret in a newsroom. St. Louis City Gazette columnist Francesca Vierling is just the woman to do it-especially to help hide her editor's bout with breast cancer. Now she's surreptitiously shuttling the editor to chemotherapy while finishing a column on gorgeous male stripper Leo D. Nardo. And it's all going without a hitch. . . .

Until Leo disappears and somebody starts shooting the worst doctors in St. Louis. The first M.D. to go has a callous bedside manner that gives all his patients the urge to kill.

The next victim is a master of misdiagnosis. As long as bad doctors are targets, the public isn't shedding a tear. But when Francesca herself is nearly gunned down, is it because she's hunting for Leo's hot body or a cold-blooded killer? Either way she has an adverse reaction to dying. The antidote?  Discover the truth . . . ]]> 262084 3.60 3468 452 2000 988031 0440224446 9780440224440 1 <![CDATA[Rubout]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180025143m/988031.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180025143s/988031.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/988031.Rubout 3.73 11
The victim is a woman who lived well, married bad, and divorced hard.  For Sydney Vander Venter, going from high-society wife to tough-talking biker chick was only a phase.  One she didn't survive.  Now Francesca must find out who ruined the annual Leather and Lace Ball by killing Sydney.  But with her career crashing, her love life sputtering, and another murder waiting down the road, Francesca finds out firsthand how dangerous it can be when you're born to be wild--and dare to live that way too.  .  .  .]]> 262084 3.60 3468 452 1998 1816305 0826206972 9780826206978 1 <![CDATA[Images of St. Louis]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188744962m/1816305.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188744962s/1816305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1816305.Images_of_St_Louis 3.00 1 262084 3.60 3468 452 1989 988033 1881096181 9781881096184 0 <![CDATA[St. Louis: Home on the River]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/988033.St_Louis_Home_on_the_River 0.0 0 262084 3.60 3468 452 1995 7364684 1101090634 9781101090633 0 <![CDATA[Dying to Call You (Dead-End Job Series #3)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7364684-dying-to-call-you 0.0 0 262084 3.60 3468 452 2004 6522725 1882467000 9781882467006 0 <![CDATA[Censored Viets]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6522725-censored-viets 0.0 0 262084 3.60 3468 452 1998 1311012 0935284729 9780935284720 0 <![CDATA[Viets Guide to Sex, Travel and Anything Else That Will Sell This Book]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1311012.Viets_Guide_to_Sex_Travel_and_Anything_Else_That_Will_Sell_This_Book 0.0 0 262084 3.60 3468 452 1993 988032 0836227239 9780836227239 0 <![CDATA[How to Commit Monogamy: A Lighthearted Look at Long-Term Love]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180025168m/988032.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180025168s/988032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/988032.How_to_Commit_Monogamy_A_Lighthearted_Look_at_Long_Term_Love 0.0 0 262084 3.60 3468 452 1997 7248431 0451229894 9780451229892 0 <![CDATA[Half-Price Homicide: A Dead-End Job Mystery]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7248431-half-price-homicide 0.0 0 262084 3.60 3468 452 2010 988034 0935284656 9780935284652 0 <![CDATA[Urban Affairs: Tales from the Heart of the City]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/988034.Urban_Affairs_Tales_from_the_Heart_of_the_City 0.0 0 262084 3.60 3468 452 1988 988036 0886469023 9780886469023 0 <![CDATA[How to Survive the Happiest Day of Your Life]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/988036.How_to_Survive_the_Happiest_Day_of_Your_Life 0.0 0 262084 3.60 3468 452 1997 3111637 0 <![CDATA[Vampire Hours]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3111637.Vampire_Hours 0.0 0 262084 3.60 3468 452 2008 7298318 1588070514 9781588070517 0 <![CDATA[Doc in the Box (4 Cassettes)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7298318-doc-in-the-box 0.0 0 262084 3.60 3468 452 2000 7302644 0451228545 9780451228543 0 <![CDATA[Killer Cuts: A Dead-End Job Mystery]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7302644-killer-cuts 0.0 0 The national bestselling author who turns "minimum wage into maximum hilarity"( Nancy Martin, author of Murder Melts in Your Mouth) presents a hair-raising murder mystery of do or dye...

Helen Hawthorne's latest dead-end job is in Miguel Angel's Fort Lauderdale hair salon, where a trim can cost as much as a car payment and a blowout can wipe you out. But when one of the salon's most famous clients, gossip blogger and cable-TV show host Kingman "King" Oden is murdered at his own wedding, things get a little hairy and King becomes the prime suspect. To save her boss-and her job- Helen is determined to find the murderer. When she finds herself the target of threatening notes, it's more imperative than ever that she figure out who at the wedding was dressed to kill.]]> 262084 3.60 3468 452 2010