Amateur Sleuth

What begins as a routine journey on the luxurious Orient Express soon unfurls into Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery....

The Honjin Murders is Japan's greatest classic murder mystery, translated into English for the first time....

Beth Rivers is on the run - she’s doing the only thing she could think of to keep herself safe. Known to the world as thriller author Elizabeth Fairchild, she had become the subject of a fanatic’s obsession....

A full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of an Agatha Christie story....

When pop megastar Zach Crystal dies in a fire at his remote mansion, his mysterious demise rips open the bitter divide between those who adored his music and his endless charity work, and those who viewed him as a despicable predator who manipulated and abused young and vulnerable girls....

Poppy never planned on speaking to her old acting rival Serena Saunders again, let alone accepting her as a client. But familiar drama barges back into her life when Serena requests an urgent background check on Ned Boyce, her fiance, before tying the knot....

June Whitfield returns as the deceptively mild spinster sleuth in three full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisations. Specially broadcast to mark the 125th anniversary of Agatha Christie's birth....

Max Rupert has left his position as a Minneapolis homicide detective to live in solitude. Mourning the tragic death of his wife, he's also racked by guilt—he alone knows what happened to her killer. But then the former local sheriff, Lyle, arrives with a desperate plea....

Chyna Shepard, twenty-six, gazes out a moonlit window, unable to sleep. Instinct proves reliable. A murderous sociopath, Edgler Foreman Vess, has entered the house, intent on killing everyone inside....

Mrs Farrars is found dead of an apparent overdose one year after the death of her husband. The villagers of King's Abbot are suspicious....

The Inugami Curse is a fiendish, intricately plotted classic mystery starring the legendary Detective Kosuke Kindaichi. In 1940s Japan, the wealthy head of the Inugami clan dies, and his family eagerly await the reading of the will....

As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine, she felt mildly discontented with life....

Miss Marple, Agatha Christie’s deceptively mild spinster sleuth, is being treated to a few days holiday....

Intrigued by a legend concerning a hollow needle that supposedly holds a secret connected to the French monarchy–a secret that could potentially change the course of history–Lupin embarks on a quest to find the needle and unravel its mystery....

England's prestigious Plumtree Press is about to release a shocking book that exposes coded messages in a famous novel - codes alleged to be printer's errors....

Paris is aghast at the news that of one of Lupin’s victims was discovered murdered. As the bodies continue to pile up, Lupin demonstrates his indefatigable tenacity - on a mission to clear his name and discover the shattering secret of 813....

It's almost summer in Southbourne, and the ladies of the Charity Shop Detective Agency are ready for another season of sun, sea, and... murder....

One thing about me: I HATE flying. It’s my worst nightmare. That’s why I book seat 2A every time I fly. Since my big win, I've been booking seats 2B and 2C as well. They’re my comfort seats, they cushion the claustrophobia, and at last I can afford them....

The yearly visit to the remote castle-like Water Mill House, home to the reclusive disfigured Fujinuma Kiichi, son of a famous artist, is disrupted by an impossible disappearance, the theft of a painting, and a series of baffling murders....

Lady Emily Hardcastle is an eccentric widow with a secret past. Florence Armstrong, her maid and confidante, is an expert in martial arts. The year is 1908 and they've just moved....

A millionaire strikes a deal on the seedier side of Paris and a priceless cache of rubies becomes destined for his beloved daughter Rachel. Two days later Rachel is dead....

Murder in a conservatory of carnivorous plants. Bewitching topiary terrors. A sabotaged tea shop. The seventh installment in the Accidental Alchemist Mystery series finds Zoe and Dorian battling carnivorous plants and a killer hiding in the wicked weeds of this closed circle whodunit....

Shabby and lumbering, with a face like a Norfolk dumpling, Father Brown makes for an improbable super-sleuth. But his innocence is the...

When a guest dies in the B&B she helps her aunts run, a young witch must rely on some good old-fashioned investigating to clear her aunt's name in this magical and charming new cozy mystery....

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple....

Per l'avvocato David Ransom è solo l'ennesimo caso di negligenza, un'anestesista che ha sbagliato nel somministrare un farmaco letale. Per Kate Chesne, invece, quel caso potrebbe essere la fine della carriera, un sospetto e un'accusa infamante a cui non si rassegna. Per questo irrompe nell'ufficio - e nella vita privata - di David, determinata a convincerlo della propria innocenza.

In Barbara Ross's award-winning series featuring sleuth Julia Snowden and her family's coastal Maine clambake business, Morrow Island is a perfect spot for a wedding—and a Snowden Family Clambake. Julia Snowden is busy organizing both—until a mysterious wedding crasher drops dead amid the festivities . . .

The Fourth of July always means endless celebrations in Cranberry Cove, and this year Monica and Greg have the added pleasure of spending it with Monica's college roommate, Kelly Cargill. When they join Kelly and her family to watch the fireworks, it's all very exciting-until the elderly matriarch of the family dies on the spot. Then evidence comes to light that she was poisoned, and Monica promises to do what she can to catch the culprit.

When local college student, Jaden Pierce, disappears one night playing "Manhunt in the Woods" with his fraternity brothers, Nicole, an empathetic stay-at-home mom living a blissful life, joins the search party. Combing through the wooded area, Nicole unearths her son Kyle's license and withholds this potential piece of evidence. She trusts him, but a sliver of doubt festers below the surface, thanks to one unresolved incident from middle school and his shady pastime.

When a server is found with a stake through her heart onstage at Nightmare Saloon, everyone at Nightmare Sanctuary Haunted House worries a vampire hunter is in town. After all, the murder happened just before the curtain rose for Allie Nunes, a vampire singer traveling through Nightmare.

Liv mieszka w Sandefjord w Norwegii. Jest zwyczajną, samotną matką, która próbuje wiązać koniec z końcem. Nigdy nie powiedziała synowi o sekretach, które w sobie nosi ani o życiu, jakie wiodła przed tym, jak go urodziła. Zrobi wszystko, by zapewnić mu bezpieczeństwo. Gdy Anastasia przeprowadza się z Rosji do Mediolanu, by pracować jako modelka, jej życie ulega całkowitej zmianie. Jest bogata. Ludzie jej pożądają.

Als Philipp Greenbush an einem Sommerabend die anonyme Nachricht erreicht, dass seine Ehefrau und seine kleine Tochter entführt wurden, beginnt für ihn ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Den Entführer kennt Philipp ganz genau: Es ist der schwarze Jerome Williams, sein ehemals bester Freund, der für den brutalen Akt, der sich damals in den Sümpfen Louisianas abgespielt hat, zu einer 25-jährigen Haftstrafe verurteilt worden war. All die Jahre hat Philipp geglaubt, ruhig leben und endlich vergessen zu können, muss nun aber, um die Forderungen des Entführers zu erfüllen, an jenen grausamen Ort zurückkehren, den er niemals wieder betreten wollte.

Lena just moved to Mandalay Close. She needed a new start, since her boyfriend cheated her out of the happy-ever-after she’d believed they were always going to share. But on the day Lena moves in, letters begin to arrive for all her new neighbours. Letters that promise to expose everyone’s deepest, darkest secrets. Every house has received one - except for Lena’s. Someone clearly wants to implicate her, to ruin her new life and turn everyone against her. She’s made an enemy, but who, and why?

Florence Butterfield has lived an extraordinary life full of travel, passion and adventure. But, at eighty-seven, she suspects there are no more surprises to come her way. Then, one midsummer's night, something terrible happens - so strange and unexpected that Florrie is suspicious. Was this really an accident, or is she living alongside a would-be murderer? The only clue is a magenta envelope, discarded earlier that day. And Florrie - cheerfully independent but often overlooked - is the only person determined to uncover the truth.

In this second Harrie McKinsey Mystery, Harrie goes out to retrieve her morning newspaper and she discovers a small child sitting next to her flower beds. The little girl's pajamas and teddy bear are smeared with blood, and Harrie's journey to find the child's parents involves her in a grisly murder investigation.

When suspicious deaths befall a whitewater rafting expedition through Cataract Canyon in Canyonlands National Park, archaeologist Chuck Bender and his family recognize evil intent lies behind the tragedies.

A baker opens up a new pastry shop exclusively for pets—but has to do a sleuthing job on the side when a chef turns up dead....

Newly retired Jayne Marple and Arnolda "Arnie" Palmer met playing Scrabble, and it was love at first tile. While this is their second chance at love, they're also working together to make the Elsinore Detective Agency a success.

Die gebürtige Berlinerin Ulla Sonnenberg reist zur Reha auf die wunderschöne Ostseeinsel Usedom. Ihre Erholung wird allerdings jäh unterbrochen, als an ihrem ersten Tag eine junge Frau aus der Klinik verschwindet. Die Polizei geht davon aus, dass Leni einfach weggelaufen ist. Ulla glaubt keine Sekunde daran. Doch wenn sie von den eigenwilligen Ückeritzer Bewohnern Informationen bekommen will, braucht sie Unterstützung. Diese rennt sie am Strand in Form der riesigen, aber sanftmütigen Bernhardinerhündin Gundula geradewegs um.

»Finde mich!« Noemis Auftrag ist so absurd, dass Privatdetektiv Vijay Kumar ihn ablehnt. Stattdessen springt er im Cateringservice seiner Freundin Manju ein, als diese einen indisch aussehenden Kellner benötigt. Unverhofft trifft er auf der Party Noemi wieder. Erst jetzt versteht er das Problem des Mädchens: Es will unbedingt wissen, wer seine leiblichen Eltern sind.