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Julia and her family head to the seaside town of Blackpool for a long weekend in the sun, leaving the village behind for once.\n\nThe holiday is quickly disrupted when the son of the bed and breakfast owner is found murdered, and Julia finds herself investigating a killing far from home.\n\nA light cozy mystery with a cat-loving, cafe-owning amateur sleuth and a cast of quirky characters. It can be read as a standalone but is enjoyed more as part of the series. 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Lila works the connections between them while the town watches, and the killer keeps a step ahead.\n\nThe fifth Novel Idea Mystery is a traditional small-town cozy — an amateur sleuth, a bookish setting and a closed circle of suspects — written under the Lucy Arlington name by Susan Furlong.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kxek5sp2c3m8m5b12mkm3e6r.jpg?v=732d4635b4","LOKU7r%gngs.~Xx]M{r?4:x]aKRj",2016,292,[192],{"id":193,"slug":194,"name":195},"01kxek5snwkgctffrcxa84084f","lucy-arlington-kzzb","Lucy Arlington",[197,198,202,203,204],{"id":34,"name":35,"slug":36,"is_fiction":20},{"id":199,"name":200,"slug":201,"is_fiction":20},33,"Contemporary Romance","contemporary-romance",{"id":38,"name":39,"slug":40,"is_fiction":20},{"id":30,"name":31,"slug":32,"is_fiction":20},{"id":42,"name":43,"slug":44,"is_fiction":20},[206],{"id":207,"slug":208,"name":209,"position":210,"is_main_entry":20,"parent_id":7,"parent_slug":7,"parent_name":7},"01kxeqkm18kmry1mf2kp9kq75c","novel-idea-mystery-hhqz","A Novel Idea Mystery","5.00",{"pace":79,"complexity":7,"audience":81,"mood":212,"themes":213,"setting_period":7,"summary":214,"content_warnings":7},[83,84,85],[],"Literary agent Lila Wilkins finds a body face-down in the frosting at a bridal expo, and the victim's connections all lead back to her own agency's authors. 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What her father recorded doesn't match the story the town settled on, and Jules starts pulling at a thread thirty years old.\n\nIt is one of the more personal entries in the series — the cold case is her father's — while keeping the cosy shape readers come for: Ashland, the festival, the bakeshop, and no gore.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kxejr9ppmqpbtf5ewkz79fd6.jpg?v=a9b1aa94dd","LZOy5]%LIptQ{dV@WEV[+Eaejwae",2020,320,[225],{"id":226,"slug":227,"name":228},"01kptevvdq3b14q984x3b59rzj","ellie-alexander-qxgu","Ellie Alexander",[230,231,232,233,234],{"id":199,"name":200,"slug":201,"is_fiction":20},{"id":34,"name":35,"slug":36,"is_fiction":20},{"id":38,"name":39,"slug":40,"is_fiction":20},{"id":42,"name":43,"slug":44,"is_fiction":20},{"id":30,"name":31,"slug":32,"is_fiction":20},[236],{"id":237,"slug":238,"name":239,"position":240,"is_main_entry":20,"parent_id":7,"parent_slug":7,"parent_name":7},"01kpteztv3sze95hcqmyrpxza3","bakeshop-mystery-bdhz","A Bakeshop Mystery","11.00",{"pace":79,"complexity":7,"audience":81,"mood":242,"themes":245,"setting_period":7,"summary":247,"content_warnings":7},[83,85,243,244],"nostalgic","emotional",[246],"mystery-box","Bakeshop Mystery #11. 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One of them is a killer, and Krissy must read between the lies to save her store and see how the story ends.\n\nDeath by Coffee is the first Bookstore Cafe Mystery by Alex Erickson.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kxf643fg8ac68knxsknxwjnx.jpg?v=61360ef3f2","LOHd?RazS|WFIoRjjFof_MWAxHj]",2015,[314],{"id":315,"slug":316,"name":317},"01kxf4jj0htfrpacm1ja34tcj5","alex-erickson-idzp","Alex Erickson",[319,320,321,322],{"id":38,"name":39,"slug":40,"is_fiction":20},{"id":34,"name":35,"slug":36,"is_fiction":20},{"id":42,"name":43,"slug":44,"is_fiction":20},{"id":30,"name":31,"slug":32,"is_fiction":20},[324],{"id":325,"slug":326,"name":327,"position":147,"is_main_entry":20,"parent_id":7,"parent_slug":7,"parent_name":7},"01kxf643fzsg3e2b59bzt0gvz5","bookstore-cafe-mysteries-gsig","Bookstore Café Mysteries",{"pace":79,"complexity":7,"audience":81,"mood":329,"themes":330,"setting_period":7,"summary":331,"content_warnings":7},[83,84,85],[],"Krissy Hancock and her best friend open a bookstore cafe called Death by Coffee — and on opening day a customer with a peanut allergy dies over his cup. 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