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Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Daisy bakes a little murder into every pie she creates, and she and her dog, Zoe, deliver them to the town's worst cads. Now, Daisy's entered a televised, elimination-style competition and has a shot at $100k in prize money--but she still has a murder pie to deliver between filming. In a completely unexpected turn of events, she discovers that her intended victim is one of the competition judges, and he turns up dead before the pie even arrives....
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 640L
Physical Desc
422 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When the king and his closest allies are poisoned at a banquet, Freya finds herself on the throne and must uncover the identity of the murderers if she hopes to survive.
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mariposa is a beautiful butterfly fairy who loves to read and dream about the world outside her home in the land of Flutterfield. Flutterfield is protected by the Queen's glimmering magical flower lights. But when the Queen is poisoned by the evil fairy Henna, the special lights begin to go out one by one. It's up to the brave Mariposa and her friends to journey beyond the safe borders of the city in search of a hidden antidote that will save the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The first time Daisy Ellery killed a man with a pie, it was an accident. Now, it's her calling. Daisy bakes sweet vengeance into her pastries, which she and her dog Zoe deliver to the men who've done dirty deeds to the town's women. But if she can't solve the one crime that's not of her own baking, she'll be out of the pie pan and into the oven" -- Provided by publisher.
45) Poison study
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
361 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. She'll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace -- and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia. And so Yelena chooses to become a food taster. But the chief of security, leaving nothing to chance, deliberately feeds her Butterfly's Dust -- and only by appearing for her daily antidote will she delay an agonizing death from the poison. As Yelena...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
St. Martin's Paperbacks edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Jules Capshaw has too much on her plate--and she's feeling the pinch: the whole town of Ashland, Oregon, is in on the surprise Elizabethan-themed wedding she's planning for her mom and soon-to-be stepdad. But is her secret scheme half-baked? She's hiding racks overflowing with sweet treats while Torte is topsy-turvy with a major remodel and the return of Jules's estranged husband, Carlos. And until now, Jules had no clue about the bitter family feud...
48) Fierce poison
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Private Enquiry agent Cyrus Barker has just about seen it all--he's been attacked by assassins, his office has been bombed, and evil-doers have even nearly killed his dog. But never before has a potential client dropped dead in his office. When Roland Fitzhugh, Member of Parliament arrives to consult Barker and his partner Thomas Llewelyn, he falls to the floor, dead, upon entering. As they soon learn, he's been poisoned with a cyanide laced raspberry...
49) Cloud warriors
Author
Publisher
Roundfire Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
299 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The discovery of the century... Anthropology professor Terry Castro, leading a summer-school program in the Peruvian rain forest, stumbles upon the remnant of a nation of tall, white-skinned warriors from the time of the Incan empire. But, when a simple accident leaves Castro poisoned, a series of events are set in motion that threaten his life, and the extinction of the tribe. With the help of a young medium, Carrie Waters, Castro tries to find a...
50) The fallen star
Author
Series
Nocturnals volume 3
Publisher
Fabled Films Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
193 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dawn, Tobin, and Bismark awaken one evening to a disaster: all of the forest's pomelos have been mysteriously poisoned! As the Nocturnal Brigade sets out to investigate, they encounter Iris, a mysterious aye-aye, who claims monsters from the moon are to blame. While the three heroes suspect a more earthly explanation, the animals of the valley are all falling ill. And then Tobin gets sick, too! The Nocturnal Brigade must race to find answers, and...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
When magic itself has been poisoned and her undead father may have left the only cure in the hands of a madman, Allie Beckstrom and her fellow renegades must elude the Authority to find the cure before they are no longer able to stop the sickness from spreading.
53) Frequency
Author
Series
Fallout volume 3
Publisher
Lisa Harris
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In today's world, law enforcement agencies across the country rely on forensic tools, DNA testing, and crime labs. But what if that technology was suddenly no longer available? No one in the small, west Texas town of Shadow Ridge knows what took down the power grid, or when it's going to be back up, but everyone knows exactly where they were the moment it went down. And now, with no electricity, no internet, and no modern technology, the men and...
54) The night market
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's late Thursday night, and Inspector Ross Carver is at a crime scene in one of the city's last luxury homes. The dead man on the floor is covered by an unknown substance that's eating through his skin. Before Carver can identify it, six FBI agents burst in and remove him from the premises. He's pushed into a disinfectant trailer, forced to drink a liquid that sends him into seizures, and is shocked unconscious. On Sunday he wakes in his bed to...
Author
Series
Flower House mystery volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
St. Martin's Paperback edition.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sierra Ravenswood has embraced her role as owner of Flower House floral shop and companion to her former boss's pet, Gus the Corgi. Sierra's team are enjoying their new jobs too. At least until everyone realizes their lack of experience might be contributing to their lack of customers... Sierra decides they need a change in luck, so she creates a special window display featuring lucky bamboo and auspicious flowers. It seems the new arrangement has...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Kensington trade paperback printing.
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the year 1543 of King Henry VIII's turbulent reign, the daughter of a notorious alchemist finds herself suspected of cold-blooded murder...Bianca Goddard employs her knowledge of herbs and medicinal plants to concoct remedies for the disease-riddled poor in London's squalid Southwark slum. But when her friend Jolyn comes to her complaining of severe stomach pains, Bianca's prescription seems to kill her on the spot. Recovering from her shock,...
57) Shadowscent
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
362 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the Aramtesh Empire scent is all important, and seventeen-year-old Rakel has a way with perfumes which she hopes to use to delay her father's inevitable death. Ash is a member of the imperial bodyguard, assigned to the crown prince Nisai's bodyguard. Now they are all brought together on a caravan to an outer province, seeking a rare flower that can cure the poisoned emperor--but when Nisai himself is poisoned, Rakel and Ash smell like the chief...
58) Lies like poison
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 720L
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Poppy, Lily, and Belladonna would do anything to protect their best friend, Raven. When they discovered he was suffering abuse at the hands of his stepmother, they came up with a lethal plan: petals of poppy, belladonna, and lily in her evening tea so she'd never be able to hurt Raven again. But someone got cold feet, and the group fell apart. Three years later, on the eve of Raven's seventeenth birthday, his stepmother turns up dead. When belladonna...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Kensington trade edition.
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Good deeds build good character, and good character is what the Haverleigh School for Young Ladies is all about. Lady Phoebe--with the tireless assistance of Eva--has organized a luncheon to benefit wounded veterans of the Great War, encouraging the students to participate in the cooking and the baking. But too many cooks add up to a recipe for disaster when the school's headmistress, Miss Finch, is fatally poisoned. The girls at Haverleigh all come...
60) In a jam
Author
Series
Sugarcreek Amish mysteries volume 19
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
252 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When rat poison is discovered in the jars of Naomi's strawberry jam sold at the Swiss Miss, Cheryl sets out to prove her friend is not the one responsible for poisoning anyone. But first, she needs to figure out who did it and why. After several people in Sugarcreek end up in the hospital due to the contaminated conserve, Cheryl follows the trail to the perpetrator of the crime and ends up in an unexpected place. As she and Naomi's stepson, Levi....