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Put out to pasture / by Flower, Amanda.;
"Shiloh Bellamy saved her father's farm and is finally scraping by as a sustainable and organic farmer in Michigan. Since moving back, she has reconnected with old friends, including her best friend Kristy Brewer and Kristy's husband, Caine. Caine runs the farmer's market with an iron fist, and no one is surprised when he's killed except for Kristy who loved her husband despite his many faults. But when it's discovered that Caine was having an affair, Kristy becomes the number-one suspect in the crime. Shiloh must root out the real killer to save her best friend from prison in this cozy mystery for fans of food, country living, and devious murder"--
Subjects: Cozy mysteries.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Organic farmers; Farmers' markets; Family farms; Murder; Adultery;
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Booking the crook / by Cass, Laurie.;
Minnie Hamilton and her rescue cat, Eddie, cruise around lovely Chilson, Michigan delivering happiness and good reads in their bookmobile. But the feisty librarian is worried that the bookmobile's future could be uncertain when a new library board chair arrives and doesn't seem too friendly to her pet project. Still, she has to put her personal worries aside when she and Eddie are out on their regular route and one of their favorite customers doesn't turn up to collect her books. Minnie, at Eddie's prodding, checks on the woman and finds her lying dead in her snow-covered driveway. Now it's up to Minnie and her friends--feline and otherwise--to find the perpetrator and give them their due.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Murder; Librarians;
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The gardener's guide to native plants of the southern Great Lakes region / by Gray, Rick(Native plant gardener),author.; Booth, Shaun,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Gardening with native plants is perhaps the fastest-growing sector in the gardening world. More and more gardeners are discovering the pleasure and benefits of growing native plants, particularly for our dwindling pollinator and bird populations. The Gardener's Guide to Native Plants of the Southern Great Lakes Region is unique in that it distills all the information essential for growing 150 species of garden-worthy native plants into a single, at-a-glance guide. For each profiled plant, this informative guide tells you: What conditions the plant needs for soil type, moisture and light; How big the plant will get, when the plant will be in bloom and what color the flowers will be; How to propagate the plant; Which pests a plant may be susceptible to; Which USDA Plant Hardiness Zones it grows in; The Species At Risk status of the plant in Ontario, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and; What the wildlife value of the plant is, including whether it is a host for butterfly and moth caterpillars. A detailed description of the plant along with photos of the flower, leaf and seed head or berry help you to easily identify each plant and, unique to this book, a detailed map of the native range of the plant within the southern Great Lakes region - including Ontario, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania - helps to ensure success in the garden. A thorough introductory section covering subjects like shade requirement, naming conventions, plant hardiness zones and more, as well as a common name index and handy tables for quick reference, round out this comprehensive volume. Perfect for both armchair reading and trips to the nursery, The Gardener's Guide to Native Plants of the Southern Great Lakes Region will be your go-to reference on native plants"--
Subjects: Endemic plants; Endemic plants; Native plant gardening; Native plant gardening;
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Death in the dark woods / by Ryan, Annelise,author.;
"Business has been booming since Morgan Carter solved the case of the monster living in Lake Michigan. The Odds and Ends bookstore is thriving, of course, but Morgan is most excited by the doors that were opened for her as a cryptid hunter. Recently, there have been numerous sightings of a Bigfoot-type creature in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest area of Bayfield County, Wisconsin. After a man is found dead from a vicious throat injury in the forest, the conservation warden asks Morgan to investigate. When Morgan and her dog, Newt, go there to investigate, they uncover a trail of lies, deception, and murder. It seems a mysterious creature is indeed living in the forest, and Morgan might be its next target"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Bookstores; Cryptozoology; Murder;
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She regrets nothing : a novel / by Dunlop, Andrea,author.;
"When Laila Lawrence becomes an orphan at twenty-three, the sudden loss unexpectedly introduces her to three glamorous cousins from New York who show up unannounced at her mother's funeral. The three siblings are scions of the wealthy family from which Laila's father had been estranged long before his own untimely demise ten years before. Two years later, Laila has left behind her quiet life in Grosse Pointe, Michigan to move to New York City, landing her smack in the middle of her cousins' decadent world. As the truth about why Laila's parents became estranged from the family patriarch becomes clear, Laila grows ever more resolved to claim what's rightfully hers. But will Laila ever, truly, belong in their world?"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Orphans; Cousins; Rich people; Identity (Psychology); Young women;
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Here comes the fudge / by Coco, Nancy.;
Fudge shop owner Allie McMurphy never expected her maid of honor duties to include clearing the groom of murder... THE BODY OF A CRIME It's late spring on picturesque Mackinac Island, Michigan. Allie is prepping her Historic McMurphy Hotel and Fudge Shop for the start of the tourist season and her best friend Jenn's wedding. But when Jenn's fiance Shane, a crime scene investigator on the island, misses a dinner date, the two friends go looking for him. Led by Allie's bichonpoo Mal into an alley, they come upon Shane standing over a body with a bloody knife in his hand. Shane won't say what's happened, just tells them to call 911. As the CSI is taken into custody by his colleagues, including Allie's beau Rex Manning, the fudge maker vows to prove her friend's fiancé is not a killer--before the ceremony turns into a jailhouse wedding...
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Women merchants; Weddings; Murder;
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Statue of limitations / by Collins, Kate,1951-;
After her divorce, Athena has returned to coastal Michigan to work in her family's garden center and raise her son, while also caring for a mischievous wild raccoon and fending off her family's annoying talent for nagging. Working alone at the garden center one night, Athena is startled by a handsome stranger who claims to be the rightful owner of a valuable statue her grandfather purchased at a recent estate sale. But she has even bigger problems on her plate. The powerful Talbot family from whom her pappoús bought the statue is threatening to raze the shops on Greene Street's "Little Greece" to make way for a condo. The recent death of the family's patriarch already seemed suspicious, but now it's clear that a murderer is in their midst. Athena will have to live up to her warrior goddess namesake to protect her family from a killer and save their community from ruin.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Divorced women; Single mothers; Garden centers (Retail trade); Murder; Real estate developers; Detective and mystery stories; Greek Americans;
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The Mediterranean dish : 120 bold and healthy Mediterranean recipes you'll make on repeat / by Karadsheh, Suzy,author.; Bensel, Caitlin,photographer.; Puckett, Susan,1956-author.;
"The highly anticipated debut cookbook from Suzy Karadsheh, founder of the blog The Mediterranean Dish, with more than 120 recipes for bright and flavorful Mediterranean diet-inspired meals. What began as one of the first online Mediterranean food blogs in 2014 has now blossomed into the long-awaited cookbook from Suzy Karadsheh who now has the most visited Mediterranean food blog. The Mediterranean Dish brings cross-culturally inspired dishes from throughout the Mediterranean into American home kitchens. Suzy's approach is practical and weeknight easy-a mom of two teenage daughters, Suzy is well versed in having to make dinner on the fly. Born in Egypt, Suzy lived in Michigan and Des Moines with her Palestinian husband before moving to Atlanta. Suzy's recipes reflect the rich and complex history of the Mediterranean and the Middle East from Tunisia to Greece and Jordan to southern Spain. Her winning combination of approachable instructions, friendly voice, reliable recipes, and simple assemblies create a package that is sure to thrill her hungry followership"--
Subjects: Cookbooks.; Recipes.; Cooking, Mediterranean.;
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Back to the prairie : a home remade, a life rediscovered / by Gilbert, Melissa,1964-author.;
Known for her childhood role as Laura Ingalls Wilder on the classic NBC show Little House on the Prairie, Melissa Gilbert has spent nearly her entire life in Hollywood. From Dancing with the Stars to a turn in politics, she was always on the lookout for her next project. She just had no idea that her latest one would be completely life changing. When her husband introduces her to the wilds of rural Michigan, Melissa begins to fall back in love with nature. And when work takes them to New York, they find a rustic cottage in the Catskill Mountains to call home. But "rustic" is a generous description for the state of the house, requiring a lot of blood, sweat, and tears for the newlyweds to make habitable.When the pandemic descends on the world, it further nudges Melissa out of the spotlight and into the woods. She trades Botox treatments for DIY projects, power lunching for gardening and raising chickens, and soon her life is rediscovered anew in her own little house in the Catskills.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Gilbert, Melissa, 1964-; Country life; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; Television actors and actresses;
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A death in Door County / by Ryan, Annelise,author.;
"A Wisconsin bookstore owner and cryptozoologist is asked to investigate a series of deaths that just might be proof of a fabled lake monster in this first installment of a new mystery series by USA Today bestselling author Annelise Ryan. Morgan Carter, owner of the Odds and Ends bookstore in Door County, Wisconsin, has a hobby. When she's not tending the store, she's hunting cryptids-creatures whose existence is rumored but never proven to be real. It's a hobby that cost her parents their lives but one she'll never give up on. So when a number of bodies turn up on the shores of Lake Michigan with injuries that look like bites from a giant unknown animal, police chief Jon Flanders turns to Morgan for help. A skeptic at heart, Morgan can't turn down the opportunity to find proof of an entity whose existence she can't definitively rule out. She and her beloved rescue dog, Newt, journey to the strait known as Death's Door to hunt for a homicidal monster in the lake, but if they're not careful, she just might be its next victim"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Cryptozoology; Murder;
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