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• Murder, She Knit

  Ehrhart, Peggy

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  Angela Lansbury never wrote it like this- but thankfully, this cat did!

• A View to a Kilt

  Dunnett, Kaitlyn

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  The names Bond- James Bond, and we're soaring over mid 1980's San Francisco with Christopher Walken and Grace Jones in a .... kilt? Is there a martini, at least?

• A Farewell to Arfs

  Quinn, Spencer

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  Hemingway said it best, "The cafe had a dog bowl. The water was delicious. The kibble was edible, and we ate much of it, and it was good. And we watched the cats fighting outside by the electric light, and then returned to our dog house to nap."

• It's a Wonderful Knife

  Wenger, Christine Anne, 1952-

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  Mary! Mary! Every time a knife stabs someone...... Wait! We read this book at the Bailey Savings & Loan while we wait for our money.

• The Cakes of Wrath

  Brady, Jacklyn

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  The Joads said, "There's just stuff people do. And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed." Wait a minute... this one doesn't have knitting in the title, though!

• Knit of the Living Dead

  Ehrhart, Peggy

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  This one, however, is a knit you will remember! George Romero's famous walking sweaters live. They're coming to get you, Barbara!

• The Walking Bread

  Archer, Winnie

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  You must stale alive in this crazy world of Walking Bread. Grab some jammies (or jam) and a butter knife, and also, some butter, and you too, will survive the Walking Bread!

• If Books Could Kill

  Carlisle, Kate, 1951-

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  You have to go back to a 1991 Richard Grieco movie to reference "If Looks Could Kill." Okay, it's a stretch.

• Silence of the Flans

  Bradford, Laura

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  Say, Clarisse... would a nice flan go over well for dinner?

• From Beer to Eternity

  Harris, Sherry (Mystery writer)

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  Frank Sinatra appeared in From Here to Eternity, and we think he'd probably invite his buddies in the Rat Pack over for a few beers. I can't think of a better beach movie scene to pair with a beach book and a beer.

• I Know What You Bid Last Summer

  Harris, Sherry (Mystery writer)

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  And its sequels- we need to know what they bid every summer!

• Primer and Punishment

  Kelly, Diane

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  "Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart... so you need a cat on a duck life preserver, to make it more tolerable." -Not Fyodor Dostoevsky.

• Diners, Drive-ins, and Death

  Wenger, Christine Anne, 1952-

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  Guy Ferrari? Fieri? Firey? Feary? I'm not sure I want to eat at this diner, though- the egg platter will kill ya!

• The Fast and the Furriest

  Ryan, Sofie, 1958-

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  Dom and Brian return for another round of high speed zooms, chases, and knocking over everything breakable in sight- such as my coffee mug!

• It Came Upon a Midnight Shear

  Pleiter, Allie, 1962-

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  I know this is a Mickey Rooney movie. That's about all I know.

• Cremains of the Day

  Simon, Misty

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  Fresh off his starring role in The Silence of the Flans, Sir Anthony Hopkins is back for more!

• The Legend of Sleepy Harlow

  Logan, Kylie

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  Johnny Meow stars in this new Tim Burton... wait a minute, this isn't Sleepy HOLLOW!