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1	After Glow more books like this by Jayne Ann Krentz, Jayne Castle The "New York Times" bestselling author's sequel to "After Dark" returns readers to the world of Harmony. Trying to salvage her career as a para-archaeologist, Lydia Smith stumbles over a dead body and discovers her new lover has a secret past that could get him killed. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Night Train to Memphis more books like this by Elizabeth Peters Vicky Bliss, assistant curator of the National Museum in Munich, is asked by an intelligence agency to join a luxury Nile cruise because information has come their way concerning the planned theft of some Egyptian antiquities. Vicky suspects that the villain concerned is a man she already knows. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.19! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Tumbling Blocks more books like this by Earlene Fowler Investigating the death of a local socialite, Benni Harper will need to crack an exclusive circle of suspects before one more gourmet goose gets cooked in the Agatha Award-winning series. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Fool's Puzzle more books like this by Earlene Fowler Introducing a delightful new mystery series featuring Benni Harper--ex-cowgirl, quilter, folk-art expert, and crackerjack sleuth. When an artist is found dead on the eve of a quilt exhibition, Benni must piece together the clues to clear her cousin of murder. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Seven Sisters more books like this by Earlene Fowler When a member of the wealthy Brown family is murdered, quilter Benni Harper investigates alongside her husband, policeman Gabe Ortiz. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.37! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Broken Dishes more books like this by Earlene Fowler In this 11th book to feature Benni Harper, the quilter and amateur sleuth pitches in to help some friends make the opening of the Broken DIS dude ranch a success. But that help takes on a new dimension when she finds a murdered man's skeleton on the property, and Benni must both investigate the crime and hide it from the paying guests. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Goose in the Pond more books like this by Earlene Fowler Benni Harper tracks down the killer of a library storyteller found face down in a lake. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.53! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Steps to the Altar more books like this by Earlene Fowler Sleuthing folk-art historian Benni Harper investigates an unsolved murder from long ago. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Sunshine and Shadow more books like this by Earlene Fowler In this tenth book in the Agatha Award-winning series, Benni goes back to 1978 to take a closer look at her college days, and her first husband, Jack, as she stitches together an event from her past and a crime in the present. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Irish Chain more books like this by Earlene Fowler Quilter and ex-cowgirl Benni Harper is taking time out from her job as curator of a folk art museum to organize a "senior" prom at San Celina's retirement home. At the dance she finds herself waltzing with Clay O'Hara, the Colorado cowboy she had a crush on when she was a teenager. When Clay's uncle and an elderly woman are found dead in one of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.30! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Mariner's Compass more books like this by Earlene Fowler The sixth novel in the Benni Harper mystery series finds the spunky San Celina Folk Art Museum curator scoping out family secrets and their possible link to an inheritance she's recently received from a mysterious stranger. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Ice Blue more books like this by Anne Stuart A priceless artifact is about to ignite a global power struggle. International operative Takashi OUBrien has received his directive: everybody is expendable. What he doesn't count on is museum curator Summer Hawthorne's passion for the artifact and her determination to get it back. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	A Scientific Romance more books like this by Ronald Wright It is 1999, in London, David Lambert, jilted lover and reluctant museum curator, is about to discover the startling news of the return of H.G. Wells' time machine to London. Motivated by a host of unanswered questions and innate curiosity, he propels himself deep into the next millennium. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.76! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Museum at Purgatory more books like this by Nick Bantock Nick Bantock's many fans have come to expect strange and wonderful experiences as they enjoy his beautifully illustrated books, and this newest work will not disappoint. An otherworldly mixture of surreal drawings, photographs of invented and actual objects, fake documents, altered engravings, and fictions, it follows the post-death journey of Non ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Beyond the Grave more books like this by Marcia Muller The bestselling author of The McCone Files teams up with the creator of the "Nameless Detective" for collaborative a mystery that bridges the San Franciscos of 1894 and 1986. Muller and Pronzini masterfully parallel the investigations of turn-of-the-century detective Quincannon and Chicana amateur sleuth Elena Oliverez. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
16 view cover	Delectable Mountains: 6 more books like this by Earlene Fowler Dragooned into helming a children's musical production at the First Baptist Church, Benni Harper has her hands full dealing with the chaos...and that's before the church handyman's bloody corpse is found inside. This is the 12th mystery starring the California quilter and folk art curator who can't quite keep her nose out of her police chief ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Old Scores more books like this by Aaron J. Elkins Featuring art curator/detective Chris Norgren, this marvelous mystery by an Edgar Award-winning author is a masterpiece of murder. Is a newly discovered Rembrandt a fake? Chris Norgren wonders, because the bullet found in its collector's head is genuine. . . . see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.34! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	The Conquest more books like this by Yxta Maya Murray Sara Gonzales is a Latina who restores manuscripts at a California museum. When she discovers that her boyfriend is engaged to someone else, she seeks solace in her work on a 16th-century manuscript that tells the story of an Aztec princess who is kidnapped, ends up in Rome raised as a Catholic, and becomes Titian's model (and lover). Sara seeks ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Bestiary more books like this by Robert Masello A manuscript illuminated with fantastical creatures said to have roamed the Garden of Eden, the bestiary has been handed down throughout the centuries by one of the Arab world's most prominent families. A paleontologist finds himself led by the bestiary into a living, breathing menagerie of wonders and horrors. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Outlaw lovers more books like this by Pat Warren see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.30! \| first editions
21 view cover	A Short Life of Trouble: Forty Years in the New York Art World more books like this by Marcia Tucker, Liza Lou (Editor) This engrossing memoir brings to vivid life the behind-the-scenes struggles of Marcia Tucker, the first woman to be hired as a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the founder of the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City. Tucker came of age in the 1960s, and this spirited account of her life draws the reader directly into ... see all copies from $19.63! new only from $19.63! \| SVS
22 view cover	Golden Child more books like this by Penelope Fitzgerald Beautiful re-issue of this wonderful Fitzgerald backlist title -- her first novel The Golden Child, Penelope Fitzgerald's first work of fiction, is a classically plotted British mystery centred around the arrival of the 'Golden Child' at a London museum. Whilst the new exhibit lures thousands of curious spectators, it also becomes the sinister ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
23 view cover	Dead as a Scone more books like this by Janet Benrey, Ron Benrey When Dame Elspeth falls over dead, presumably poisoned by a suspect creme brulee, can two pretentious prima donnas work together to solve this classically English crime--or will they end up victims of a tainted high tea themselves? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	La Conquista: Una Novela more books like this by Yxta Maya Murray, Liliana Valenzuela (Translator) Sara Rosario Gonzáles lleva una existencia relativamente tranquila, como restauradora de libros y manuscritos antiguos en el Getty Museum de Los Ángeles. Pero cuando se encuentra ante la tarea de restaurar un manuscrito del siglo XVI sobre una princesa azteca que fue esclavizada por Cortés y enviada a Europa para divertir al Papa y ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.63! \| SVS
25 view cover	Rattle His Bones: A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery more books like this by Carola Dunn In the eighth mystery featuring the dauntless Daisy living in 1923 London, Daisy finds herself exhuming a murderer who's hiding among the bones at London's esteemed Natural History Museum. Martin's Press. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.01! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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