Clean, Light Mysteries

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The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
By Dorothy Gilman
MYSTERY GILMAN
The grooviest grandma ever to turn C.I.A. agent, Mrs. Pollifax is now assigned to spring a double agent, one Magda Ferenci-Sabo, from Istanbul. As usual, Mrs. Pollifax manages to pick up a number of unlikely helpers along the way. First in series.

Blueberry Muffin Murder
By Joann Fluke
MYSTERY FLUKE
Bakery owner and sleuth Hannah Swensen is on the case when Connie Mac, the pompous host of a cable TV cooking show who has been chosen to bake this year's official Winter Carnival cake, is murdered while eating one of Hannah's famous blueberry muffins.

The War against Miss Winter
By Kathryn Miller Haines
MYSTERY HAINES
It’s 1943, and Rosie Winter is a struggling actress in New York City, making ends meet by working days pushing papers at a detective’s office. When she discovers her boss murdered in his closet, she’s pressured by his former clients to continue investigating his last case–the one that led to his untimely death. She must rely on her skills as an actress to charm those who hold the information she needs.

The Cat Who Blew the Whistle
By Lilian Jackson Braun
MYSTERY BRAUN
When the discovery of embezzlement at the Lumbertown Credit Union in Sawdust City (aka Mudville, population 5,000) coincides with the disappearance of its wealthy president, Moose County's best-known philanthropist, columnist, and amateur detective, Jim Qwilleran, decides to investigate the mystery--with the help of his two Siamese cat sleuths, Koko and Yum Yum.

Book of a Thousand Days
By Shannon Hale
YA F HALE
When Dashti, a maid, and Lady Saren, her mistress, are shut in a tower for seven years for Saren’s refusal to marry a man she despises, the two prepare for a very long and dark imprisonment. The arrival outside the tower of Saren’s two suitors—one welcome, and the other decidedly less so—brings both hope and great danger, and Dashti must figure out what it is about Saren’s refused suitor that terrifies Saren so much—and brings so much danger to any of his enemies.

Creeps Suzette
By Mary Daheim
MYSTERY Daheim
Laughter and humor are the order of the day in this witty, light-hearted murder mystery. Once again Mary Daheim has given us a twisted tale of mystery and mayhem, filled with a cast of suspicious characters, dark secrets, and endless revealing clues. In need of a break, Judith McMonigle Flynn decides to accompany her cousin Renie to Creepers, the estate of kindly old Leota Burgess, but she soon ends up embroiled in a murderous intrigue involving the old lady and her disreputable relatives.

April Fool Dead
By Carolyn Hart
MYSTERY Hart
Annie Darling, bookstore owner, works with her husband, Max, to unmask an interfering prankster who caused her clever book promotion to backfire, but her search is complicated by her unpredictable mother-in-law, a troubled friend, and a killer.