Lee Hollis
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When Poppy goes from complacent retiree to penniless Palm Springs widow in a matter of weeks, she decides to use her obesession with true crime shows to start a career as a private eye. But after opening the Desert Flowers Detective Agency with help from her two best friends. Poppy realizes that age brings wisdom, not business--until she convinces her daughter's handsome boyfriend, Matt, to pose as the face of the agency ... It's not long before Matt...
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Single mum Hayley Powell is barely keeping her leaking roof over her head when her boss at the "Island Times" gives her a new assignment - taking over the paper's food column. Hayley's not sure she has the chops--she's an office manager, not a writer, even if her friends clamor for her mouth-watering potluck dishes. But the extra income is tempting, and Hayley's chatty first column is suddenly on everyone's menu - with one exception. When rival food...
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"If Poppy didn't believe she was in too deep as the only female juror in a high-profile assault case involving an infamously hot-tempered crooner, she's sure of it upon meeting blast-from-her-past Rod Harper. A former TV co-star from her short-lived acting days, Rod is as dashing as ever, and now he wants to partner again-this time to locate his missing daughter . . . Returning a pampered songstress with a penchant for running away back home unscathed...
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2014.
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"Fed up with dating after a disastrous setup, the only thing Hayley wants to snuggle up to is a box of made to order chocolates from plus sized, plus mouthed chocolatier Bessie Winthrop. But when Bessie is found dead in her kitchen, only Hayley suspects that Bessies "heart attack" might actually be a candy coated murder. Turns out Bessie had more enemies than a boxful of chocolates, each one a suspicious flavour. Its sticky business juggling a job,...
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Food and drink writer and single mom Hayley Powell figures it's up to her to save country music superstar Wade Springer's reputation after Wade's tour bus is burned and a roadie named Mickey Pritchett is found in the remains--shot, and with one of Hayley's trademark chicken legs stuffed in his mouth.
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Hayley Powell, food and cocktails columnist for Bar Harbor's Island Times, is ... well, kind of broke. So when she's selected for that extreme coupon-clipping reality game show coming to town she's thrilled, especially when her competition is nasty nurse Candace Culpepper. But when Haley stumbles across a face-down-in-the-snow Candace--scissors gleaming between her shoulders--she knows the next thing she'll be selected for will probably be a police...
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2015.
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"As the food and cocktails columnist for the Island Times, Hayley Powell attends a lot of events--but this one will be murder. . . On the eve of her high school reunion, Hayley dreads seeing the trio of mean girls who used to torment her: Sabrina Merryweather, Nykki Temple, and former prom queen Ivy Foster. These days Ivy wears a different crown as the cupcake queen--and flaunting her success is just the icing on the cake. But maybe the prom queen...
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2017.
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"The quaint fishing village of Salmon Cove, Maine, seems like the ideal location for a girls weekend with Hayley's gal pals, Liddy and Mona. Liddy's on the rebound from a breakup, but when she meets a handsome tourist, it looks like a little romance might liven things up. Unfortunately, Liddy's new sweetheart is found dead on the beach the next morning at the towns Lobster Bake, next to an overturned cooking pot. The liberated lobsters may be scrambling...
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2014.
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"Office Christmas parties can sometimes mean career suicide--but they rarely lead to murder. Hayley thought Garth Rawlings would be the perfect caterer for this year's bash, but when the gourmet sees her budget, he goes galloping. Unfortunately his run is short-lived. Garth is found dead on the floor of his kitchen, with his delectable creations burning in the oven. Faced with a spread of suspects, Hayley is determined to discover who would want to...
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"Food and cocktails columnist Hayley Powell doesn't know what to believe when Lydia Partridge, the put-together owner of gourmet Bar Harbor Ice Cream, suddenly reveals fears that her husband may be having an affair. There's no other way to explain why Jamie, a respected professor, was spotted in a remote part of town with a much younger woman. But instead of learning the truth about the secret meeting, Lydia opens her freezer truck to find another...
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"Food and cocktails columnist Hayley Powell usually reserves judgement for local cuisine, not the people who serve it. But staying neutral isn't so easy when caught between the biggest seafood rivals in town--her BFF Mona Barnes and the successful Leighton clan. Adding to a bitter decades-old surf-turf war between family businesses, a modern Romeo and Juliet story unfolds as Mona's son gets engaged to the daughter of her sworn enemy ... Spiteful patriarch...
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2024.
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Twelve-year-old Rocco Fanelli is a spelling bee champ in the making. He's the odds-on favorite to win the local middle-school bee and go on to the regionals, the state, and ultimately the nationals. Which is why someone is trying to intimidate him to drop out with a threatening note in his locker. Rocco's concerned parents hire Maya and Sandra to uncover the culprit and ensure their son's safety. But the competition turns killer when a high school...
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Maine Clambake Mystery
Lucy Stone mystery volume 28.5
Hayley Powell food and cocktails mystery volume 15.5
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Lucy Stone mystery volume 28.5
Hayley Powell food and cocktails mystery volume 15.5
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"Irish Coffee Murder by Leslie Meier: Part-time reporter Lucy Stone is writing a piece for the Courier about four Irish step dancing students from Tinker's Cove on the cusp of making it big. But the story becomes headline news for all the wrong reasons when one girl's mother is found dead in her bathtub ..." -- Back cover.
"Death of an Irish Coffee Drinker by Lee Hollis: As owner of Bar Harbor's hottest new restaurant, Hayley Powell offers to cater...
16) Yule log murder
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"Yule log murder -- Lucy Stone is thrilled to be cast as an extra in a festive period film--until the set becomes a murder scene. Returning to her role as sleuth, Lucy dashes to restore peace to Tinker's Cove, unwrap a cold-hearted criminal's MO--and reveal how one ornate Yule log cake could possibly cause so much drama."
"Death by Yule -- Hayley Powell's holidays aren't off to a very merry start. Not only has her daughter brought Conner--an infuriatingly...
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Kensington Books
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2020.
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Christmas card murder - In the midst of holiday home renovations, Lucy Stone accidentally unwraps a murder mystery decades in the making when she discovers an old Christmas card with a nasty message belonging to one of her farmhouse's previous residents.
Death of a Christmas carol - The Island Times Christmas soiree gets off to a scroogey start when Hayley Powell, Mona Barnes, and Rosana Moretti receive a Christmas card from the town flirt, Carol...
18) Eggnog murder
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Kensington Books
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2016.
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Enjoy 3 holiday inspired stories.
Death by eggnog: Food and cocktails columnist Hayley Powell has never cared much for Bar Harbor’s grouchy town librarian, Agatha Farnsworth. But after the Scroogy senior has a fatal—and suspicious—allergic reaction to supposedly non-dairy eggnog, it’s up to Hayley to ladle out some justice.
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2021.
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HALLOWEEN PARTY MURDER: Tinker's Cove newest residents Ty and Heather Moon turn their Victorian home into a haunted house to raise funds for charity. But the Halloween fun turns to horrific fright when Heather overdoses on tainted drugs--and Ty finds himself accused of murder. DEATH OF A HALLOWEEN PARTY MONSTER: Everyone attending Island Times Food and Cocktail columnist Hayley Powell's Halloween bash is dressed as their favorite movie monster from...
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2023
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"In Death of a Christmas Mitten Knitter by Lee Hollis, food writer Hayley Powell discovers the dead body of a local knitter with a homemade mitten stuffed in her mouth. In Two Christmas Mittens by Lynn Cahoon, Mia Malone finds a dead body near one red mitten in the snow. Learning that an ancient curse is at play, Mia must find the missing mitten and solve the murder before someone she loves is the next victim. In Murderous Mittens by Maddie Day, after...