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The Tattered Cover, November 2025
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The Little Lost Library, October 2025
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The Little Lost Library, November 2024
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Paper Cuts, April 2024
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Paper Cuts, May 2023
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The Vanishing Type, April 2023
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Murder on the Poet's Walk, October 2022
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The Vanishing Type, May 2022
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Murder in the Cookbook Nook, May 2021
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Ink and Shadows, February 2021
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The Book of Candlelight, January 2021
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Murder in the Storybook Cottage, May 2020
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The Book of Candlelight, February 2020
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Murder in the Reading Room, May 2019
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The Whispered Word, December 2018
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The Secret, Book & Scone Society, August 2018
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Murder in the Locked Library, May 2018
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The Secret, Book & Scone Society, November 2017
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Killer Characters, May 2017
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Murder in the Secret Garden, August 2016
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Breach of Crust, April 2016
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Writing All The Wrongs, November 2015
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Murder In The Paperback Parlor, August 2015
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Lemon Pies And Little White Lies, April 2015
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Lethal Letters, November 2014
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Murder In The Mystery Suite, August 2014
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Pecan Pies And Homicides, January 2014
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Poisoned Prose, October 2013
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Peach Pies And Alibis, March 2013
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Written In Stone, November 2012
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Pies and Prejudice, July 2012
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The Last Word, December 2011
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A Deadly Cliche, March 2011
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A Killer Plot, June 2010
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The Whispered Word, November 0000
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POISONED PROSE
By: Ellery Adams

Books by the Bay #5
Berkley Prime Crime
October 2013
On Sale: October 1, 2013
304 pages
ISBN: 0425262952
EAN: 9780425262955
Kindle: B00BC24M22
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Mystery

When Olivia Limoges and other Oyster Bay patrons of the arts sponsor a retreat for famous storytellers, one of them is going to have a very unhappy ending…

Olivia thought gathering some of the most renowned storytellers in one place would be a nice, simple way for herself and the Bayside Book Writers to appreciate their talents. But things take a dark turn when the most famous storyteller in the nation—the captivating performer Violetta Devereaux—announces onstage that she will meet her end in Oyster Bay.

When Violetta is discovered murdered after the show, everyone involved with the retreat becomes a suspect. There are rumors that Violetta, who grew up in extreme poverty in the Appalachian Mountains, possessed an invaluable treasure. Now Chief Rawlings and the Bayside Book Writers must work at a frenzied pace to solve the crime before someone closes the book on them.