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Elizabeth Spann Craig
Full Series List in Order
A Myrtle Clover Mystery
1 - Pretty is as Pretty Dies (Aug-2009)2 - Progressive Dinner Deadly (Aug-2011)
3 - A Dyeing Shame (Dec-2011)
4 - A Body in the Backyard (Nov-2012)
5 - Death at a Drop-In (Aug-2013)
6 - A Body at Book Club (Apr-2014)
7 - Death Pays a Visit (Sep-2014)
8 - A Body at Bunco (Apr-2015)
9 - Murder on Opening Night (Feb-2016)
10 - Cruising for Murder (Aug-2016)
11 - Cooking Is Murder (May-2017)
12 - A Body in the Trunk (Jan-2018)
13 - Cleaning is Murder (Aug-2018)
14 - Edit to Death (Apr-2019)
15 - Hushed Up (Nov-2019)
16 - A Body in the Attic (May-2020)
17 - Murder on the Ballot (Dec-2020)
18 - Death of a Suitor (Aug-2021)
19 - A Dash of Murder (Feb-2022)
20 - Death at a Diner (Jul-2022)
21 - A Myrtle Clover Christmas (Oct-2022)
22 - Murder at a Yard Sale (May-2023)
23 - Doom and Bloom (Nov-2023)
24 - A Toast to Murder (Apr-2024)
A Sunset Ridge Mystery
1 - The Type-A Guide to Solving Murder (Apr-2024)A Village Library Mystery
1 - Checked Out (Apr-2019)2 - Overdue (Nov-2019)
3 - Borrowed Time (Jun-2020)
4 - Hush-Hush (Dec-2020)
5 - Where There's a Will (Jun-2021)
6 - Frictional Characters (Feb-2022)
7 - Spine-Tingling (May-2022)
8 - A Novel Idea (Feb-2023)
9 - End of Story (Jul-2023)
10 - Booked Up (Jan-2024)
Book List in Order: 36 titles
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Pretty is as Pretty Dies
- Aug-2009
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Parke Stockard was certainly sitting pretty. Blessed with good looks and business sense to boot, she should have been content. Instead, Parke makes trouble in her small town.When retired octogenarian schoolteacher Myrtle Clover discovers her body, no...
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Progressive Dinner Deadly
- Aug-2011
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Retired octogenarian schoolteacher Myrtle Clover is fit to be tied when her book club votes to change to a supper club. Who wants chips and dip when they can have Dickens and Twain?The first supper club is a progressive dinner...where Myrtle loses in...
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A Dyeing Shame
- Dec-2011
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When Beauty Box beautician Tammy Smith is discovered with a pair of hair shears in her back, there are suspects and secrets aplenty in her small Southern town.Octogenarian Myrtle Clover, bored by bingo and bridge, is intrigued by the crime...and her ...
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A Body in the Backyard
- Nov-2012
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It’s just an ordinary day for octogenarian sleuth Myrtle Clover -- until her yardman discovers a dead body planted in her backyard. This death isn’t cut and dried -- the victim was bashed in the head with one of Myrtle’s garden gnomes.Myrtle’...
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Death at a Drop-In
- Aug-2013
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Cosette Whitlow is a society matron…if tiny Bradley, North Carolina, has one. She kindly volunteers for all the town's charities, but isn’t nearly as kind to her own family, neighbors, and friends. In fact, Cosette is emphatically disliked by muc...
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A Body at Book Club
- Apr-2014
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When octogenarian sleuth Myrtle Clover discovers Naomi Pelter’s dead body during a book club meeting, the other members seem shocked. But Myrtle can read between the lines. Naomi had riled everyone up by flirting with other people’s husbands, arg...
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Death Pays a Visit
- Sep-2014
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When psychic (and hubcap retailer) Wanda Alewine pays a late-night visit to Myrtle Clover, she urges the octogenarian sleuth to head straight to Greener Pastures Retirement Home. But Wanda doesn't want Myrtle to consider the Home's dubious amenities-...
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A Body at Bunco
- Apr-2015
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Octogenarian sleuth Myrtle Clover has never heard of the dice game Bunco. Regardless, she steps in as her daughter-in-law’s sub and reluctantly puts her game face on. Bunco turns out to be child’s play. But when a body is discovered, Myrtle reali...
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Murder on Opening Night
- Feb-2016
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When Myrtle Clover and her friend Miles attend a play in their small town, there’s a full house on opening night. It’s clear to Myrtle that one of the actresses is a stage hog who loves stealing the spotlight. Nandina Marshall certainly does upst...
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Cruising for Murder
- Aug-2016
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Loose lips sink ships…and result in murder. When Myrtle and her friend Miles set out for adventure on the high sea, they assume most of the trip’s excitement will result from shore excursions to charming Alaskan villages. They feel as if their sh...
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Cooking Is Murder
- May-2017
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Myrtle has decided that she’s actually a very good cook. In fact, she feels she’s such a good cook that she elects to hone her skills at a cooking school. She persuades her reluctant friend Miles to join her, convinced they both could use some in...
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A Body in the Trunk
- Jan-2018
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Sometimes taking a spin makes you crash and burn. When a neighbor disappears, Myrtle and Miles shift gears and hit the road to search for him. They discover their neighbor slightly off the beaten track -- murdered with a tire iron. Myrtle has no inte...
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Cleaning is Murder
- Aug-2018
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It’s easy for fellow citizens to get on your nerves in sleepy Southern towns like Bradley, North Carolina. Particularly when one of the citizens is something of a cheapskate. Amos Subers isn’t one to tip waiters, pay back a loan, or behave genero...
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Checked Out
- Apr-2019
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There are no renewals when you’re permanently checked out.
When librarian Ann Beckett finally reluctantly agrees to being set-up on a blind date by one of her over-eager patrons, she figures the worst that could happen would be th...
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Edit to Death
- Apr-2019
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This book goes from ‘tell-all’ to ‘dead men tell no tales.’
Retired English teacher Myrtle Clover is frequently asked to proofread for friends. So she wasn’t totally surprised when her friend Pearl asked her to take...
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A Body in the Attic
- May-2020
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Attics can be full of surprises.Who could have murdered Darren Powell? He was a very pleasant man fond of puttering around in his garden and playing chess. He didn't seem at all the type of person who'd find himself murdered in his own attic.Myrtle a...
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Borrowed Time
- Jun-2020
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Sometimes a weekend trip is stressful, especially if you're on borrowed time. Fall is beautiful in the small mountain village of Whitby, North Carolina. The leaves are changing color on the mountainsides, the sky is a bright blue, and the air is cris...
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Murder on the Ballot
- Dec-2020
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If you can't beat them, join them.Octogenarian Myrtle Clover is so annoyed by the infighting at tiny Bradley, North Carolina's town council meetings that she decides on a radical course of action: she'll run for the open seat on the council. After al...
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Where There's a Will
- Jun-2021
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No good deed goes unpunished.The Whitby Library is a hive of activity. The basement of the old building is under construction and there are smaller projects on the main floor, too. The work is being done practically pro-bono by Cornelius, a Friends o...
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Death of a Suitor
- Aug-2021
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The course of true love never did run smooth. According to Myrtle, Eloise Crane set her cap for Miles long ago. Although Miles is now dating Eloise, he doesn't seem overly enthusiastic about it. Myrtle figures he's simply given in after running ...
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A Dash of Murder
- Feb-2022
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Food for thought: seasoning with these berries results in a dash of murder. It's been a quiet autumn so far in the small town of Bradley, North Carolina. Or, as Myrtle would put it, a boring one. The slow pace and lingering post-summer...
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Frictional Characters
- Feb-2022
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Small towns + gossip = friction No one in the town of Whitby, North Carolina was excited when Jonas Merchant returned to town. Jonas was an effective muckraker; an expert at uncovering secrets, rumors, and undercurrents. Even worse, he'd fallen ...
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Spine-Tingling
- May-2022
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Unintended snooping can mean getting into someone's bad books.The Whitby Library has been a busy place lately, between book clubs, children's storytimes, and students working on research projects. Ann has been busy, too, which is why she's so glad to...
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Death at a Diner
- Jul-2022
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Diners can prove hazardous to your health.Although Palmer Baxter hasn't lived in the small town of Bradley long, she's already become a force to be reckoned with. She's joined all the clubs in town and has effected a takeover of many of them. Palmer ...
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A Myrtle Clover Christmas
- Oct-2022
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Someone will be getting coal in his stocking . . . It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the small town of Bradley, North Carolina. Wreaths adorn doors, halls are decked, and candles cheerfully glow in windows. Adding to the ...
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A Novel Idea
- Feb-2023
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Sometimes a novel idea can turn out to be a bad one. Sally Simmons was rather misunderstood in the small town of Whitby, North Carolina. An awkward woman with a sly countenance, she became a regular at the library, spending a good deal of ...
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Murder at a Yard Sale
- May-2023
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You never know what you'll find at yard sales. Myrtle's friend Georgia finally reached a breaking point with the knick-knacks and collectibles in her cluttered home. Georgia decided the time had come to pare down her possessions at long las...
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End of Story
- Jul-2023
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A novel way to die.When Ann's boyfriend Grayson inherits a surprise legacy, the couple heads to historic Charleston for a much-needed vacation. Not only does Grayson adore the city, but Ann's college roommate, now a librarian, has extended an invitat...
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Doom and Bloom
- Nov-2023
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There's some shady business at the garden club event. Spring has sprung in Bradley, North Carolina, and the town is buzzing as the local garden club prepares for their annual Festival of Flowers. Octogenarian Myrtle Clover is eager to showcase h...
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A Toast to Murder
- Apr-2024
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Uncorking secrets, one grape at a time.Myrtle Clover had quite a fondness for getting things for free. So she was delighted when a former student and current winery owner invited her and a friend to a free tasting. When Myrtle and Miles visited the c...
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The Type-A Guide to Solving Murder
- Apr-2024
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Sam turns murder into her most challenging project yet.Samantha Prescott has a knack for getting things done. Whether it's organizing a bake sale, hosting a book club, or volunteering at the local animal shelter, she always has a plan and a smile. Bu...
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Assassinato em alto-mar
Falar demais pode causar grandes desastres e afundar navios... ou resultar em assassinato.Quando Mirtes e seu amigo Miles partem para uma aventura em alto-mar, presumem que a maior parte das emoções da viagem serão as excurs&otil...
