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After years spent mourning the death of her partner, Christine Kane, Minneapolis restaurateur Jane Lawless thinks she's ready to move on. That is, until she finds a gun among Christine's belongings. The night before Christine died of cancer, three members of the Simoneau family, Christine's real estate clients, were murdered. The timing of their deaths appeared coincidental and Jane always assumed Christine knew nothing of the family's secrets. But as she searches for clues to understand what really happened all those many years ago, the gun and a few other discoveries begin to convince Jane otherwise.

Taylor Gray has traded her badge for a fresh start. Alongside her husband Sam, she's launched Graystone Investigations—a private detective agency fueled by grit, intuition, and an unwavering pursuit of justice. Their latest case? A high-stakes cold case that could overturn a decade-old conviction. A man has spent years behind bars for a brutal crime—but did he do it? Or was he simply the easiest target in a town eager to close the file? Hired by the man's devoted sister, Taylor and Sam dig deep into a web of missing evidence, forgotten leads, and truths buried under years of silence.

Die Einladung des bekannten Schriftstellers Richard Mac Arthur führt Mimi Rutherfurt in den Norden Englands. Schon bei ihrer Ankunft warten einige böse Überraschungen auf sie. Zum einen ist ihr Gastgeber bereits am frühen Morgen verstorben und zum anderen hat sich noch eine Riege weiterer, illustrer Gäste in der abgelegenen Villa eingefunden. Durch einen Schneesturm von der Außenwelt abgeschnitten, müssen Miss Rutherfurt und die anderen feststellen, dass ein mysteriöser Killer im Gebäude sein Unwesen treibt. Und jeder könnte sein nächstes Opfer sein.

Alexandra wasn't delicate and petite like all the other girls. She did not want to wear dresses or play with dolls. In school, she was mocked, and people thought something was wrong with her. They all thought they were doing what was best for her. The pastor, the therapist, the doctors, and especially her parents thought they were only helping Alexandra when forcing her to wear dresses, act like a girl, and play with dolls instead of cars. Twenty years later, a string of strange deaths occurs in Rebekka Franck's hometown.

Ein Hochwasser spült nicht nur eine Leiche, sondern auch tief vergrabene Erinnerungen ans Tageslicht. Das bringt Maggie im 13. Teil von Harriet Mansfields Cosy-Crime-Reihe auf eine wichtige Frage: Wie gut kannte sie ihren verstorbenen Ehemann? Nach tagelangen Regenfällen steht den Einwohnern von Green Haven das Wasser bis zum Hals - buchstäblich. Im Hotel Old Butterdale Inn rücken alle zusammen. Nur einer bekommt unverhofft Auftrieb: ein bestens konservierter Toter mit einem mysteriösen Tattoo. Hat Maggie das Symbol an seinem Handgelenk nicht irgendwo schon mal gesehen?

Auf dem Weg zur traditionellen Cornwall Küstentrophy kracht deren Initiator mit seinem Oldtimer in einen Baum. Ein tragischer Unfall - oder hat jemand Sir Theodore Jones umgebracht? Seine Tochter Ellie ist jedenfalls davon überzeugt und engagiert Winterbottom Investigations. Maisie und Lavinia sollen getarnt als Rallye-Fahrerinnen ermitteln. Die beiden sind sofort Feuer und Flamme. Wenn doch nur Finley auch etwas begeisterungsfähig wäre! Der will zwar mit Maisie zusammenziehen, hat aber bei jeder Wohnungsbesichtigung etwas auszusetzen. Was ist nur los mit dem Mann?

Le Cap. 5h36 : une Américaine monte la côte de Lion's Head en courant. Elle est jeune, belle, et terrifiée. Parce que traquée. Comme une bête. 5h37 : l'appel réveille l'inspecteur Benny Griessel. Il y a eu meurtre. Une femme, la gorge tranchée, à deux pas de St. Martin, l'église luthérienne de Long Street. 7h02 : saoule, l'ex-sensation du chant Alexa Barnard découvre le cadavre de son mari volage par terre. Et un pistolet juste à côté d'elle. 9h00 : avec deux meurtres à résoudre et une insupportable envie de boire, Griessel comprend que former une nouvelle génération de flics risque d'être plus compliqué que prévu.

When the bodies of two teenage girls are discovered in a rundown New York City hotel room, Detective Maria Miller is called to the crime scene. The best friends were supposed to be at a sleepover miles away in the suburbs. With no record of the girls checking in and the room on the thirteenth floor closed off to guests, what were they doing there? Sinister messages on their phones suggest the girls were lured to the hotel, using its reputation for hauntings as bait. The killer left no DNA behind and Maria’s efforts to trace their identity leads to a dead end.

The saga continues with three more spell-binding Kate Gazzara murder case files: Book 13: Feathers, Book 14: Samson, and Book 15: Indigo. Greed, revenge, jealousy, money, love, and hate are all motives for murder and all in a day’s work for Lt. Kate Gazzara. If you love whodunits, police procedurals, realism, fast-paced nonstop action, and strong women detectives, you’ll love these three highly rated thrillers. If you’ve not yet met Kate Gazzara, a dedicated female detective in a world dominated by men, then this is where you can get to know more about her and her case files.

Le capitaine Daniel Magne enquête sur la mort de l'épouse d'un entrepreneur de BTP, torturée et sauvagement assassinée dans une villa cossue de la banlieue parisienne. Alors que ses investigations tournent court, il établit un lien avec la victime d'un deuxième crime, dans le nord de la France. Ces deux affaires l'amènent à remonter dans le temps jusqu'en 1944.

It started with a phone call. Just one word - ‘Jessica’ - and now Detective Inspector Jessica Daniel has a big problem. Her missing friend, Bex, called from a battered seaside payphone, and yet, by the time Jessica arrived, there was nobody there. One man claims he can help - but then he turns up on a beach stabbed to death. Jessica believes someone must be framing her. Someone who is always a step ahead. When she finds a boy whose tattoo matches Bex's, she becomes more desperate than ever for answers.

Things are going well for Emma Frost, for once. She has a sweet boyfriend and has just finished a new book. Her daughter Maya is doing well in high school and even her special-needs son Victor is thriving and playing with his new best friend, the strange girl who fell from the sky. But soon, a murder shocks the island of Fanoe when a woman is found dead in her bed with no apparent signs of having been killed. But as they find out she died by drowning, and more deaths like it begin to occur around the peaceful island, Emma finds herself following signs that lead to her own front door.

Ihr neuster Fall führt Privatdetektivin Molly Murphy nach Paris zwischen Schönheit und Hass. Der spannende Band aus der Cosy Crime-Reihe von NYT Bestseller-Autorin Rhys Bowen Molly Murphys Glück ist mit ihrem Mann, dem NYPD Captain Daniel und ihrem Sohn Liam perfekt, doch die Idylle wird erschüttert, als eine New Yorker Gang das Haus der kleinen Familie niederbrennt. Daniel will seine Liebsten in Sicherheit wissen und schickt Molly und Liam zu Mollys Künstlerfreundinnen Sid und Gus nach Paris.

Two FBI agents come looking for Kiki's nanny, and suddenly the household is turned upside down. Kiki and her husband must ask themselves the toughest question they'll ever have to face: Can we trust this person with our kids? The answer might say more about them than it does about their nanny, Brawny.

Two days before an auction of the contents of High Gates House in Borrowdale, Christopher Henderson bumps into Jennifer Reade, the heir to the entire estate, and the expected recipient of the proceeds of the house clearance sale. She discovers a dead man in the cellar of the house but threatens and cajoles Christopher into remaining silent about it until after the auction to avoid complications and delays. The auction begins but is soon halted by the police with the news that a murder has been committed.

The Chipmunk Chronicles, the local newspaper, has a new gossip column—and gossip is great for the Cozy Corgi Bookshop and Bakery. Though infuriated by the way people are treated by the column’s author, Winifred Page can’t help wondering about the outrageous revelations. Fred’s grumpy corgi, Watson, however, is more concerned with an endless search for treats than the rumors flying around town. When Gerald Jackson, a less-than-brilliant local lawyer, is featured in the column, people begin to suspect he’s working the town over in a quest for wealth rather than fighting for justice.

A long-lost Modigliani portrait, a grieving brother’s blood vendetta, a Soviet secret that's been buried for eighty years - Parisian private investigator Aimée Leduc's current case is her most exciting one yet. When Aimée’s long-term partner and best friend Rene leaves their detective agency for a new job in Silicon Valley, Aimée knows she can handle the extra workload. At least, that what she tells herself...repeatedly. But all bets are off when Yuri Volodya, a mysterious old Russian man, hires Aimée to protect a painting.

Guiding Rory through crocheting-for-beginners will have to wait, as Molly suddenly has to untangle the mysterious death of a new Tarzana Hookers member. Marianne Freeman and her live-in companion, Connie Richards, haven't exactly been gabby since they joined the Hookers, but Connie's voice is silenced permanently when she is electrocuted while walking on a wet lawn—electrified by an old radio plugged into a faulty extension cord.

The unique weekend-long event—a combination of a live-action role playing game and a theatrical production—draws competitors from all the neighboring towns, including Pine Hills' own Krissy and Rita. Although the actors, clues, and performances are spread across the community, somehow Krissy's team lands at the one location with an actual body . . . Police immediately call-off the competition while they conduct a real murder investigation, but soon it's clear some folks are playing by their own set of rules.

Eccentric 70-something Vivian Borne and company, amateur-sleuths-turned-pro, have a challenging case to solve as a series of creepy crimes plague an ill-fated Edgar Allan Poe festival, where a fiend is misguidedly dispensing Poe-etic justice. Small-town Antiqua, known for its quaint main street of antique shops, has set out to celebrate the gothic poet with food, fun, and rare memorabilia, only to have the Master of the Macabre's twisted tales come to deadly life.