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എഡ്ഗ്വയര്‍ പ്രഭുവിന്റെ കൊലപാതകം പോലീസിനെ ആശയക്കുഴപ്പത്തിലാക്കി. പ്രഭുവുമായി അകന്നു കഴിയുന്ന ഭാര്യയും നടിയുമായ ജെയ്ന്‍ വില്‍ക്കിന്‍സന്റെ നേര്‍ക്കാണ് സംശയത്തിന്റെ മുനകള്‍ നീണ്ടത്. പ്രഭു കുത്തേറ്റു മരിക്കുന്നതി നു തൊട്ടു മുന്‍പ് ജെയ്ന്‍ അദ്ദേഹത്തെ സന്ദര്‍ശിച്ചിരുന്നതായി പ്രഭുവിന്റെ ഭൃത്യന്‍ മൊഴി നല്‍കി. പക്ഷേ, അതേസ മയംതന്നെ ജെയ്ന്‍ ഒരു വിരുന്നില്‍ പങ്കെടുത്തതായും തെളിവുകള്‍ ലഭിച്ചു. ഒരാള്‍ക്കെങ്ങനെയാണ് ഒരേസമയം രണ്ടു സ്ഥലങ്ങളില്‍ പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെടാന്‍ സാധിക്കുന്നത്? പൊയ്‌റോട്ടിന്റെ തലച്ചോറിലെ ചാരകോശങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് കനത്ത വെല്ലുവിളി ഉയര്‍ത്തിയ കേസ്.

17th May 1899. Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone on the site of a new museum being built in South Kensington, which she names as The Victoria and Albert Museum. Shortly after, Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton are called to the site because the dead body of a man, Andrew Page, has been found in one of the trenches. The more Wilson and Fenton dig, the more they discover other potential motives for Page's murder, some with potentially explosive implications for the royals and the government.

Surgeon Getorius Asterius, his wife Arcadia, the eunuch archpriest of a pagan fertility cult, the female head of a heretical Arian church, and an ambitious senator in league with a Chinese merchant: These are the prime movers in this mystery set in Ravenna, Italy, in A.D. 440. When Getorius is summoned to examine the castrated body of a youth found by Thecla in her Arian church, who is the sobbing "Vestal Virgin" nearby? Is there any connection between this crime and the fact that a senator is smuggling counterfeit Western coins to the Eastern Empire, and contraband Chinese products back to Ravenna?

The brutal secret war to win Kosovo’s freedom from Serbia is in full swing when The Rendition takes listeners behind the headlines for an inside look at the United States’ involvement. Alex Klear, a veteran intelligence officer, is sent to the Balkans on a hastily planned rendition which goes terribly bad. Alex decides it is time to retire until he is persuaded to go to Germany as part of an operation connected to the rendition. In Munich he finds himself caught between two dynamic women.

Ella und Johann Schores haben, seit die Kinder aus dem Haus sind, ein Zimmer zu viel und, im Vergleich zu den Nachbarn, einen Fernseher zu wenig. "Holt euch doch einen Untermieter ins Haus," rät die dicke Frau Birkel vom Beutelweg, "da habt ihr Abwechselung und Zubrot noch dabei." Doch wie wird man einen Untermieter wieder los, der sich als rücksichtsloser Ganove entpuppt, der einem das Leben zur Hölle macht, den Aufgesetzten wegsäuft und dem geliebten Hundchen ans Leben will? Wenn gutes Zureden nichts nutzt, wird eine Mordgeschichte daraus.

It looks like the music has ended for Darling's favorite barbershop quartet, the Lucky Four Clovers, just days before the Dixie Regional Barbershop Competition. Another unlucky break comes when there's a serious foul-up in Darling's telephone system - and not a penny for repairs. And while liquor is legal again, moonshine isn't. Sheriff Buddy Norris needs a little luck when he goes into Briar Swamp to confront Cypress County's most notorious bootlegger - and what he finds upends his sense of justice.

When a local festival comes to a bloody end, Ruby must use her powers of seeing into the future to help the local sheriff find the killer before it's too late.

Ruby Wilcox, owner of the Crystal Cave, Pecan Springs’ only New Age shop, has always tried to downplay her psychic gift - until she experiences a horrifying nightmare that just won’t stop. Again and again, she dreams that a woman is abducted on the hike-and-bike trail and knows that the victim is in deadly danger. Prodded by her friend and partner, China Bayles, Ruby goes to the police - only to find that her dream has already become far too real.

In search of respite, China takes off to St. Theresa's Monastery with her friend Maggie, a former nun. The goal is a brief, tranquil retreat—but there's a conflict at the convent. The Mother Superior has recently died, and a battle over the future of St. Theresa's suggests that her sudden demise might not have been accidental. Now, China's quest for a replenished spirit takes second place to a more earthbound pursuit: catching a killer.

Baking. It can get a guy killed. When a retired detective superintendent chooses to take a culinary tour of the British Isles, he hopes to find tasty treats and delicious bakes...what he finds is a clue to a crime in the ingredients for his pork pie. His dog, Rex Harrison, an ex-police dog fired for having a bad attitude, cannot understand why the humans are struggling to solve the mystery. He can already smell the answer - it’s right before their noses. He’ll pitch in to help his human and the shop owner’s teenage daughter as the trio set out to save the shop from closure.

Campion investigates once more, but this time he is on the run from the police - classic British crime writing at its best. Celebrated amateur detective Albert Campion awakes in hospital accused of attacking a police officer and suffering from acute amnesia. All he can remember is that he was on a mission of vital importance to His Majesty's government before his accident. On the run from the police and unable to recognise even his faithful servant Lugg or his own fiancée

The Gyrth family had guarded the Chalice for hundreds of years. It was held by them for the Crown. Its antiquity, its beauty, the extraordinary legends that were connected with it, all combined to make it unique of its kind. It was irreplaceable. No thief could hope to dispose of it in the ordinary way. And indeed no ordinary thief would dream of trying. But there are others besides those who make their living by robbery, others whose immense wealth and passion for collecting render them less immune to the practical considerations that must guide even the less honestly minded citizens.

Cuando dos jóvenes británicas desaparecen en su año sabático en Tailandia, su caso pasa a copar el foco de la atención mediática internacional. La periodista Kate Waters está lista para informar sobre la historia: como siempre, quiere ser la primera en conseguir la exclusiva y descubrir la verdad, y esta vez no será una excepción. Sin embargo, a medida que se van conociendo más detalles de la investigación, Kate no puede dejar de pensar en su propio hijo, a quien no ha visto en dos años.

En el momento en que conoce a Spencer Cosgrove, Dawn sabe que tendrá en problemas. Spencer es sexy. Gracioso. Encantador. Es su tipo. O lo que solía ser su tipo, antes de que ella jurara alejarse de las relaciones. Las cosas sólo empeoran cuando Spencer comienza a coquetear con ella, atrayéndola con su ternura. Pero ella lo rechaza. Porque Dawn se siente herida: sabe lo que significa confiar en alguien con todo el corazón, sólo para que te lo rompan después en un millón de pedazos.

Un escueto párrafo en el periódico anuncia el hallazgo de unos restos antiguos de un bebé en una zona en construcción de Londres. Muy pocos lectores siquiera le echarán un vistazo. Para tres mujeres, sin embargo, la noticia es imposible de ignorar. Para la primera, es el recuerdo de lo peor que le ha pasado en la vida. Para la segunda, la peligrosa posibilidad de que su secreto más oculto sea revelado. Para la tercera, la periodista Kate Waters, la primera pista en una carrera para descubrir la verdad.

La sospechosa muerte de un joven hace cuarenta años nunca fue resuelta, y hay alguien que no desea que caiga en el olvido Cuando el estudiante Marcus Nielsen es hallado muerto en su apartamento, todo parece indicar que se trata de un suicidio, pero su madre está segura de que ha sido...

Dopo anni di galera, Fernand il Messicano è tornato perché in punto di morte vuole congedarsi dai suoi amici più fedeli Max e Pierrot, a cui affida la gestione di due delle sue attività: la roulette in rue de Courcelles e la chiatta. Ma la volontà del moribondo suscita l’indignazione dei fratelli Raoul e Paul Volfoni, che cercano di convincere Max e Pierrot a cedergliele. Il rifiuto di questi ultimi dà inizio a una serie di problemi: prima un furto che vede i nostri protagonisti impegnati a recuperare dei gioielli rubati e poi il caso di un uomo che sta sbancando alla chiatta.

Albert Campion is summoned to the village of Kepesake to investigate a particularly distasteful death. The body turns out to be that of Pig Peters, freshly killed five months after his own funeral. Soon other corpses start to turn up, just as Peter's body goes missing. It takes all Campion's coolly incisive powers of detection to unravel the crime.

Im München der Wilden Zwanziger riskieren eine Autorin und ihr Bruder Kopf und Kragen: ein rasanter Historienthriller der Drehbuch- und Romanautorin Katharina Lang und den Machern der Podcast-Sitcom JOUR FIXE – Die Startupper, Albert Bozesan und Robert Sladeczek.

Aquel sofocante verano de 2002, Lucía Romasanta, astróloga, madre soltera y redactora de la sección del horóscopo con más éxito del país, recibe una perturbadora carta de un admirador anónimo. Un texto manuscrito que la hace directamente responsable de la muerte de una desconocida en caso de que no tome partido. A esta primera carta le seguirán otras, cada vez más violentas, más amenazadoras, más personales… Una historia que pasará a formar parte de las investigaciones de la Policía Judicial como el famoso «Caso del horóscopo».