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2014.
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Based on the popular blog of the same name, this guide focuses on creating a homemade atmosphere that reflects your family, without spending a fortune. Instead of throwing away old shirts and boring dishes, or passing up thrift store finds that aren't quite right, author Blair Stocker teaches how to remake, adding special touches to make them work for her home--and yours.
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Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 6
Description
A constant worrier, Franklin Endicott earns a fresh cause for alarm when he accompanies Eugenia Lincoln to her favorite thrift shop and leaves with a mystery to solve.
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Big Thrift Energy will teach you everything you need to know about shopping for affordable vintage home decor and styling it in a modern home. Antiquing can be intimidating: how do you know if a piece is worth salvaging? How do you navigate the piles of merchandise at a thrift store or estate sale? Part resource, part inspiration, Big Thrift Energy is a comprehensive guide that offers tips for thrifting that you never knew you needed: How to shop...
5) The charity shop detective agency: an absolutely gripping cozy mystery filled with twists and turns
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Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"A serial killer is stalking the elderly of Southbourne. The only clue left behind is a domino in the hand of each victim - with a name scratched on the back. Eighty-six-year-old Sarah Brown is found dead in her hallway one morning by her delivery man. She was stabbed in the back. Fiona, Sue and Daisy, volunteers at the local charity shop, Dogs Need Nice Homes, can't belive their favourite customer is dead. The ladies vow to bring the killer to justice....
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Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Hitomi, the inexperienced young woman who works the register at Mr. Nakano's thrift shop, has fallen for her coworker, the oddly reserved Takeo. Unsure of how to attract his attention, she seeks advice from her employer's sister Masayo, whose sentimental entanglements make her a somewhat unconventional guide. But thanks in part to Masayo, Hitomi will come to realize that love, desire, and intimacy require acceptance not only of idiosyncrasies but...
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Mysteries of Lancaster County volume 24
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
When Martha accepts an invitation to teach a cooking class at the Lancaster Senior Center, she meets the eccentric and enthusiastic Lucy Hill, who used to fly top-secret missions during the Cold War. Somewhere between boiling pasta and making cheesecake, Lucy confides in Martha that there糠one mission that has haunted her for years. The problem is, the only memory she has from the mission is waking up in a hospital bed, and the words, 䨥 gray lady.רo...
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Mysteries of Lancaster County volume 07
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
When Elizabeth purchases a beautiful porcelain pitcher for Secondhand Blessings from a mysterious man and his canine companion, she soon realizes that the pitcher is worth far more than what she paid for it. And when she finds what looks like the pitcher’s matching basin in an auction held at a nearby Amish farm, she wonders if the seller could have a connection to the Amish family. Determined to find the mystery man who sold her the piece and give...
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Mysteries of Lancaster County volume 19
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Elizabeth Classen has always loved the close-knit community of Bird-in-Hand, especially because, in times of trouble, neighbors come together to care for one another or lend a helping hand. So when Moses Troyer, an Amish dairy farmer, is injured in a buggy accident and is left unable to work, Elizabeth and her sisters, Martha and Mary, help out by purchasing milk from his daughter. However, things take a sour turn when the Classen sisters start getting...
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Mysteries of Lancaster County volume 17
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Mary's childhood friend Jake Miller has returned to Bird-in-Hand to visit his brother Caleb and meet Caleb's new wife, Anna.Caleb is elated to see Jake after so many years, but Anna is not so welcoming. When Caleb's workshop is set on fire with Caleb inside, Jake's suspicions fall on his brother's unhappy bride--especially when other Amish businesses in the area have been set ablaze, and Anna seems to have motive for each. Jake recruits Mary and...
11) Bird's eye view
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Series
Mysteries of Lancaster County volume 18
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"What better way to enjoy the scenic splendor of Lancaster County than from the sky? When Martha and her sisters, Elizabeth and Mary, attend the annual Lancaster County Hot Air Balloon Festival, they're excited about getting a bird's-eye view of Bird-in-Hand. But as their balloon drifts across the idyllic landscape, Martha is shocked to witness what looks like a kidnapping taking place in a parking lot below. When the Classen sisters finally make...
12) In plain sight
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Series
Mysteries of Lancaster County volume 23
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
After the sad loss of the Classen sisters’ dear friend, Bertha Shetler, Mary finds herself drawn to comfort Katura Stolfuz, a shy young woman who had been taken in by Bertha for the past few months. Mary knows the pain of losing a mother, and she hopes she can comfort Katura during this difficult time. But when Dan Bontrager suddenly returns to Bird-in-Hand after turning his back on the Amish life years before, Mary finds it strange that he seems...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Rosie finds a beautiful dress at the local thrift shop and discovers a name handwritten on the label: Mila, who must have loved the sparkly dress as much as Rosie--and when Rosie outgrows the dress, she adds her name to the label and returns it to the thrift shop for another girl to find and love.
14) Claw enforcement
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Pub. Date
2021
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"Local squabbles about property development have the town of North Harbor, Maine, in quite a state of drama--and it seems like someone may even be upset enough to kill. When a local man involved in the real estate quagmire falls over dead at a reception to celebrate the harbor front's redevelopment, Sarah Grayson gets roped in to investigate by her own IT expert, who has long known the victim's stepfather. Between Sarah, her rescue cat, Elvis, and...
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Series
Mysteries of Lancaster County volume 21
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Join Martha as she takes her family on this delightful train ride to celebrate the holidays. But as they enjoy the festive ride and drink hot chocolate, things come to a screeching halt when they realize that a little Amish girl -- Addie Wilson -- is missing! As everyone frantically searches for the missing girl, clues lead them to wonder ... did she simply wander off? Or was she taken? With the help of her sisters, Elizabeth and Mary, Martha will...
Author
Series
Mysteries of Lancaster County volume 21
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Join Martha as she takes her family on this delightful train ride to celebrate the holidays. But as they enjoy the festive ride and drink hot chocolate, things come to a screeching halt when they realize that a little Amish girl -- Addie Wilson -- is missing! As everyone frantically searches for the missing girl, clues lead them to wonder ... did she simply wander off? Or was she taken? With the help of her sisters, Elizabeth and Mary, Martha will...
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Series
Mysteries of Lancaster County volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"When Mary rekindles her love of painting, using the picturesque local cemetery as her backdrop, she stumbles on a personal family mystery. " -- from publisher.
18) Not her type
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Series
Mysteries of Lancaster County volume 20
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"When a vintage typewriter comes into the shop, Mary is delighted to take a closer look at such a fun treasure. As she unspools the ribbon cartridge, Mary finds a clue to a fifty-year-old mystery! With the help of her sisters, Elizabeth and Martha, Mary looks into the cold case and makes some unexpected discoveries. With a long list of suspects, the Classen sisters soon realize that someone desperately wants these long-buried secrets to remain hidden....
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Mysteries of Lancaster County volume 25
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"As the much-anticipated date approaches for the double wedding of Elizabeth to John and Mary to Bill, the Classen sisters are trying their best to get everything just right. While Martha deals with the picky wedding-cake baker, who just can't seem to make up her mind, the sisters receive a flurry of incoming mail. To their delight, most of it consists of congratulations and RSVPs for the wedding ceremony. However, one letter in a bright red envelope...
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Series
Mysteries of Lancaster County volume 22
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"After a near accident on icy roads in Lancaster County, Elizabeth Classen watches as a furniture truck slides through a slippery intersection and crashes! As the driver is rushed to the hospital, the police open the truck to check the damage and soon discover that the compartments of a desk inside have opened, revealing a secret stash of drugs. Could the Amish furniture store be a front for drug smuggling? Or was someone else using the store for...