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2017.
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"When 92-year-old poet/sleuth Victoria Trumbull takes her city-bred tenant Zack Zeller on a nature walk on one of Martha's Vineyard's conservation areas and shows him a mushroom she calls black trumpet of death, he's sure he's found the way to rid himself of his troublesome girlfriend, Samantha. But the mushrooms he's given Samantha end up on her daddy's dinner table, and Zack, one of the invited guests, is sure he's doomed the diners to an untimely...
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[2003]
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When islanders clash with Saberfox, a powerful development agency, year-round residents J.W. Jackson and his wife Zee become embroiled in the conflict. After someone tries to kill a top company executive, J.W. begins to scrutinize the inner workings of Saberfox
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Martha's Vineyard mysteries volume 13
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[2002]
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Meeting the mysterious Mahsimba, who is searching for two priceless artworks missing from his African homeland, J.W. Jackson is alarmed when his wife becomes infatuated with the stranger, whose search pits him against dangerous forces in the local art world.
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Martha's Vineyard mysteries volume 12
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2001.
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Returning home from a clamming expedition, J.W. Jackson finds that his wife Zee and young daughter had been attacked by intruders, and later discovers that the crime has ties to Tom Rimini, the troubled husband of J.W.'s first wife, Carla
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Martha's Vineyard mysteries volume 11
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[2000]
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J.W. Jackson's investigation into some mysterious arson fires on Martha's Vineyard becomes personal when one of the fires takes the life of his old friend, African American bluesman Corrie Appleyard, who was in town to play a few shows
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Martha's Vineyard mysteries volume 9
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[1998]
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"J.W. Jackson has much to be thankful for this particular August: the early arrival of bluefish, certainly, but also beautiful wife Zee and an addition to their family, three-month-old Joshua, who screams loudly and looks like a cross between Edward G. Robinson and Winston Churchill."--BOOK JACKET. "Life is good, except for the intrusion of several outsiders from "America." Perhaps it's just as well that a distraction arrives in the person of one...
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Martha's Vineyard mysteries volume 8
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[1997]
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"When the President of the United States vacations on Martha's Vineyard, his daughter, sixteen-year-old Cricket Callahan, yearns for a Roman holiday of sorts, far from the Secret Service agents who regulate her every move."--BOOK JACKET. "While fishing alone on South Beach early one August morning, sometime investigator and full-time food and fishing enthusiast J. W. Jackson sees a teenage girl strolling along the shore. They chat, and he lets her...
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Martha's Vineyard mysteries volume 18
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[2007]
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Tiring of his temporary solitude while his wife and children are away visiting relatives, J. W. Jackson accepts a job tracking down the stalker of a reclusive man who is being harassed for not wanting to sell his valuable home property.
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Martha's Vineyard mysteries volume 19
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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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Martha's Vineyard mysteries volume 10
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[1999]
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In Martha's Vineyard, former policeman and philosopher J. W. Jackson is hired to protect an actress, famous for protesting sexism by baring her breasts at the Academy Awards. The actress is receiving threatening letters from a killer.
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Martha's Vineyard mysteries volume 17
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[2006]
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When the body of a radical environmentalist is discovered in a golf course sandtrap, J. W. Jackson finds himself named a prime suspect and sets about identifying the killer from among a horde of developers, golfers, and other potential culprits.
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[2020]
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A Beautiful Place to Die: After being forced into early retirement, former detective Jeff Jackson returns to a quiet life on Martha's Vineyard. Quiet, at least, until a body washes up and he's drawn back into crime solving.
Riddled with Deceit: Former detective Jeff Jackson teams up with Dr. Zee Madeiras to track down their friend's missing emerald brooch, a thief, and also...a murderer.
Ships in the Night: When an art gallery robbery leads to...
20) Widow's Wreath
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[2018]
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A wedding on picturesque Martha's Vineyard promises to be the affair of the season when Penny Arbuthnot asks her cousin, feisty 92-year-old poet Victoria Trumbull, if she can use her property for the reception. Victoria agrees-but she has no idea what's in store for the hapless couple. For one, Penny is seriously in debt and desperate to marry money. She thinks she's on the road to riches when she hooks Rocco Bufano, whose father is a multi-billionaire....
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