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c1999
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219 p. : map ; 22 cm.
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Martha's Vineyard is home to ex-Boston cop J.W. Jackson, his adored wife Zee, their toddler Joshua, and newborn daughter Diana. For others, the picturesque vacation spot is a relaxing escape from a world filled with trouble. But there is no escap for Julia Crandel and Ivy Holiday, two Hollywood actresses staying in the Vineyard town of Oak Bluffs. Their arrival has incurred the wrath of a pair of local gangsters, and a deadly stalker from out of the...
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Martha's Vineyard has been home to Victoria Trumbull for most of her ninety-two years. Its magic, history, and picture-perfect calm are part of her very being. But one evening, Victoria hears something that doesn't quite belong: a scream followed by a splash and a sound of a car speeding away. She investigates and discovers a body on the outgoing tide. Victoria concocts a scheme to trap the killer, but she'll need to act quickly-victim number two...
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Victoria Trumbull may be ninety-two, but she is as sharp as the proverbial tack. So when she is the only one to spot something amiss in the town cemetery, the police chief listens. Something is indeed amiss. First comes a request to disinter a coffin for reburying elsewhere. Then things go wrong from there.
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Cynthia Riggs gives us the story of how Victoria Trumbell, the energetic nonagenarian amateur sleuth, first came to be a police deputy. While a conflict ensues between the town's retiring minister and his successor, both named Jack, four parishioners have unexpectedly died after being sent anonymous food baskets.
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Philip Craig's best-selling mystery series reveals a side of Martha's Vineyard that summer folk rarely see. A retired policeman, J.W. lives a quiet life on the Vineyard with his wife and children. But he can't resist investigating the unusual crimes that occur in this quaint land of prime real estate.
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2004, c1993
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254 p. : map ; 18 cm.
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After former cop Jeff Jackson saves Geraldine Miles from her abusive boyfriend, an unknown stalker--possibly the boyfriend--makes several mysterious attempts on Jeff's life. Originally published as Cliff Hanger. Reissue.
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A small town has its share of unpleasant residents. When a developer with an unhappy wife, a bullish attitude toward women, and a much-frowned-upon plan is murdered, not many tears are shed. The case naturally falls to Victoria Trumbull, the ninety-two-year-old, sharp-witted sheriff's deputy. Served by her in-depth knowledge of the island of Martha's Vineyard and her indomitable drive, Victoria is on the trail again: bunions, lilac-bough cane, and...
15) Vineyard prey
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Spending the winter at Martha's Vineyard with his family, retired cop J.W. Jackson is asked to help an old friend sneak back into his Vineyard home and discovers that the friend has been targeted for a past involvement in a dangerous mission.
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Victoria Trumbull is a feisty ninety-two-year-old who refuses to let her age stop her from having fun—or investigating crime. Phoebe Eldridge, a short-tempered woman who lives alone, has sold the family land to a developer who made an offer that seemed to good to resist. When the Conservation Trust enlists Victoria to search that land for an endangered plant, she and her eleven-year-old after-school assistant are rewarded with the discovery of a...
17) Indian pipes
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A man hired as a consultant in the building of a controversial new casino is found dead at the top of a cliff, the first in a series of baffling deaths. Victoria Trumbull, the feisty ninety-two-year-old deputy sheriff, is on the case.
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2008
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With two friends in trouble and his own family receiving threats, J.W. Jackson must summon all of his investigative skills to try to restore order to his beloved Vineyard island home, where fishing and good food should always take precedence over murder.
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