title: Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Book store
author:  Suzanne Strempek Shea 
description: Suzanne Strempek Shea, winner of the 2000 New England Book Award for Fiction, is the author of four novels, <i>Selling the Lite of Heaven, Hoopi Shoopi Donna, Lily of the Valley,</i> and <i>Around Again,</i> and the memoir <i>Songs from a Lead-Lined Room: Notes-High and Low-from My Journey through Breast Cancer and Radiation.</i> She lives in Bondsville, Massachusetts, and sells books at Edwards Books in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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  Praise for the Good Buy Girls Mysteries
  
  
  Buried in Bargains
  
  
  “A character-driven series, filled with people you’d like to meet . . . and
  stores in which you’d love to shop . . . I think you’ll want to read all
  three.”
  
  
  — _Kings River Life Magazine_
  
  
  “[A] fun and fast read, well paced and plotted.”
  
  
  —MyShelf.com
  
  
  “In this economy, who doesn’t need . . . a good bargain? Belle enchants
  readers with the cozy town of St. Stanley and the ladies of the Good Buy Girls
  group . . . A great addition to the series!”
  
  
  — _Debbie’s Book Bag_
  
  
  “Another dynamite read.”
  
  
  — _A Prairie Girl Reads_
  
  
  A Deal to Die For
  
  
  “A great cozy with a wonderful balance of humor, tension and romance. Maggie
  and the rest of the Good Buy Girls create a wonderful core group of characters
  who are each interesting in their own way . . . A great book.”
  
  
  — _Fresh Fiction_
  
  
  “With her wry humor, Maggie and her friends return to entertain the reader
  with their shopping strategies, unwavering frie