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Jennifer Branch

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Jennifer Branch weaves cozy mysteries with the vibrant flair of her watercolor paintings, inspired by her renowned ability to capture joyful scenes from the Georgia coast, Maine, Venice, and beyond.
Her debut, Ms. Mia and Murder at the Grand Island Hotel, sweeps readers to a Georgia Sea Islands paradise. It's followed by Ms. Mia and Murder on Moose Isle, set on a secluded Maine island, and Ms. Mia and Murder at the Desert Sunrise Resort, which unfolds in a Southwest desert oasis.

As a modern landscape painter, Jennifer infuses her stories with vivid settings, inspired by her artist’s eye. When not writing or painting, she roams Georgia’s coastal shores, Maine's coast, and beyond with her husband, Roger, sons, Edwin and Owen, and dogs, Scout ...more

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	Ms. Mia and Murder at the Grand Island Hotel (Ms. Mia Murder Mysteries, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 139 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ms. Mia and Murder at the Desert Sunrise Resort (Ms. Mia Murder Mysteries Book 3) 4.45 avg rating — 55 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ms. Mia and Murder at the Spinel Reef Resort (Ms. Mia Murder Mysteries Book 4) 4.40 avg rating — 50 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ms. Mia and Murder on Moose Isle (Ms. Mia Murder Mysteries Book 2) 4.28 avg rating — 47 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ms. Mia and Murder at the Italian Villa (Ms. Mia Murder Mysteries Book 5) 4.43 avg rating — 42 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ms. Mia and Murder at the Maison Vieux Carré (Ms. Mia Murder Mysteries Book 6) 4.68 avg rating — 28 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ms. Mia and Murder at Bluegrass Run (Ms. Mia Murder Mysteries Book 7) 4.55 avg rating — 20 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Everlasting Man: Original, Complete & Unabridged 1925 Edition with Exclusive Annotation and Author Biography (G.K. Chesterton Collection)

by G.K. Chesterton

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The Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie

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Leonardo da Vinci

by Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author)

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“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
― C.S. Lewis

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“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”
― C.S. Lewis

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“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

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“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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“Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon.”
― G.K. Chesterton, Tremendous Trifles