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Margaret Maron
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Margaret Maron
Rituals of the season
by Margaret Maron
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25 editions published between 2005 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,398 libraries worldwide "Judge Deborah Knott, only days away from her wedding to Sheriff Deputy Dwight Bryant, investigates another murder"--Provided by the publisher.
Last lessons of summer
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23 editions published between 2003 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,379 libraries worldwide Inheriting her family's business, Amy Stedman reflects on her marriage to a man who loves her only for her money, her mother's apparent suicide, her grandmother's unsolved murder, and the possibility that she may be targeted next.
Winter's child
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18 editions published between 1984 and 2011 in English and held by 2,371 libraries worldwide One month after her marriage to Deputy Sheriff Dwight Bryant, judge Deborah Knott finds their union tested when Bryant's ex-wife takes flight with their eight-year-old son, forcing Bryant to launch a search for the boy before he comes to harm.
High country fall
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22 editions published between 2004 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,360 libraries worldwide Taking an out-of-town assignment to put distance between herself and her hyper-reactive family, recently engaged judge Deborah Knott finds her peaceful break disrupted by a local murder that she becomes determined to solve.
Slow dollar
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20 editions published between 2001 and 2011 in English and held by 2,335 libraries worldwide The case is routine, the sort that clogs dockets and causes yawns from court stenographers. Carnival owner Tally Ames has accused three local men of destroying one of his rides. Quite predictably, Judge Deborah Knott rules in favor of Ames, demands restitution from the culprits, and then moves on to the next case. But then, just a few weeks later, carnival misdemeanor escalates to carnival murder: Ames's son is battered to death, his bloody mouth stuffed with coins; and Judge Knott begins to wonder where this not-so-merry-go-round will stop.
Uncommon clay
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25 editions published between 2001 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,321 libraries worldwide In order to catch a killer, Judge Deborah Knott must unravel a local family's tragic, shameful past, but she may not be able to solve the mystery in time to prevent further bloodshed.
Storm track
by Margaret Maron
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19 editions published between 1992 and 2011 in English and held by 2,288 libraries worldwide Violent storms often hit Colleton County, North Carolina, but when a local attorney's promiscuous wife is killed, the murder blows the lids off more homes than last year's hurricane. As the victim's numerous lovers--including a handsome cousin of Judge Deborah Knott--scurry for cover stories, the judge begins her own investigation. What she finds is a tangled web of extramarital affairs and secrets linking half the county ... while a massive hurricane rages up the Carolina coast, and a very real human killer prepares to strike again.
Up jumps the devil
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22 editions published between 1996 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 2,257 libraries worldwide Judge Deborah Knott looks into the murder of Dallas Stancil and finds that several people could have something to do with his death now that his land is worth a fortune.
Bootlegger's daughter
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30 editions published between 1992 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 2,198 libraries worldwide Deborah Knott, an attorney attempting to infiltrate the old boy network of tobacco country by running for district judge, is distracted from the race, and almost eliminated, when she finds new evidence to an old small-town murder.
Home fires
by Margaret Maron
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23 editions published between 1998 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,181 libraries worldwide North Carolina judge Deborah Knott investigates the burning of four black churches. Suspects include one of her nephews and to clear his name she must find the real arsonists. By the author of Up Jumps the Devil.
Hard row
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19 editions published between 2007 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,131 libraries worldwide "As Judge Deborah Knott presides over a case involving a barroom brawl, it becomes clear that deep resentments over race, class, and illegal immigration are simmering just below the surface in the North Carolina countryside"--Provided by publisher.
Killer market
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19 editions published between 1997 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,111 libraries worldwide In North Carolina, Judge Deborah Knott's handbag is stolen with her penicillin tablets inside. When the bag is found by the side of a man who died from those tablets, the judge turns sleuth. The victim, a salesman attending a big furniture show, was a boyfriend in her youth.
Death's half acre
by Margaret Maron
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17 editions published between 2008 and 2011 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 2,104 libraries worldwide "Margaret Maron is back with a new mystery featuring her critically acclaimed sleuth Judge Deborah Knott"--Provided by publisher.
Shooting at loons
by Margaret Maron
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28 editions published between 1994 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 2,064 libraries worldwide In North Carolina, Judge Deborah Knott investigates the death of Tink Taylor, a local fisherman who was a voice of reason in the dispute between commercial fishermen and real estate developers. By the author of Bootlegger's Daughter.
Southern discomfort
by Margaret Maron
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23 editions published between 1993 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 2,053 libraries worldwide Deborah Knott is appointed to a government office. While she starts her appointment, a member of her family may have committed murder.
Sand sharks
by Margaret Maron
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16 editions published between 2009 and 2011 in English and held by 1,938 libraries worldwide When Judge Deborah Knott travels to WrightsvilleBeach for a summer conference for North Carolina District Court Judges, she stumbles upon the body of one of her colleagues. Meanwhile, Deborah's husband, Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Bryant, is in Virginia with his son, tying up loose ends left by the death of his first wife. When another judge is found murdered at the conference, it soon becomes evident that Deborah may be the killer's next target. Her relaxing trip to the seaside soon transforms into a harrowing experience, and she must summon all of her strength and investigative expertise to track down the culprit before she becomes the next victim.
Christmas mourning
by Margaret Maron
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11 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and held by 1,660 libraries worldwide North Carolina judge Deborah Knott and her husband Deputy Dwight Bryant are looking forward to Christmas until a traffic fatality turns out not to be an accident.
Fugitive colors
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10 editions published between 1995 and 1999 in English and held by 1,338 libraries worldwide Lieutenant Sigrid Harald of the NYPD, who inherited a fortune in paintings from the artist Oscar Nauman, investigates the death of gallery owner Hal DiPietro. DiPietro was organizing a show of Nauman's works which Harald is selling off. By the author of Past Imperfect.
Corpus Christmas
by Margaret Maron
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10 editions published between 1989 and 2009 in English and held by 957 libraries worldwide A relic of Manhattan's Gilded Age, when Edith Wharton and Henry James chronicled its inhabitants, the Erich Bruel House on Gramercy Park contained three floors of glorious art-and one Christmas corpse. While the mansion was being decorated with antique ornaments, and preparations were being made for a lavish holiday party, someone killed the obnoxious art historian Dr. Roger Shambley. Lieutenant Sigrid Harald of the New York Police Department comes up with a long list of suspects, and must sort through all sorts of motives, including academic rivalry, infidelity, art fraud, and good old-fashioned spite. Unless Sigrid can wrap up this homicide before the killer strikes again, her romantic white Christmas is going to be splashed with crimson.
Death of a butterfly
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9 editions published between 1984 and 2000 in English and held by 854 libraries worldwide 179 p. more
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Arson Art historians Audiobooks Audiobooks Child witnesses Christmas stories Christmas stories Circus Detective and mystery stories Detective and mystery stories Detective and mystery stories, American Detective and mystery stories, American Domestic fiction Family-owned business enterprises Fiction Harald, Sigrid (Fictitious character) Historic buildings Hurricanes Illegal aliens Inheritance and succession Knott, Deborah (Fictitious character) Large type books Legal stories Migrant agricultural laborers Missing children Missing persons Mothers--Death Mountain life Murder--Investigation New York (State)--New York New York (State)--New York--Gramercy Park North Carolina Police Policewomen Potters Race relations Sheriffs Sound recordings South Carolina Summer Summer resorts Talking books Traffic accidents Virginia Weddings Women Women construction workers Women detectives Women judges Women lawyers
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