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The medical profession’s faith in electric shock therapies for treating female nervous conditions is shaken after a patient dies while connected to one such device. Harry Armitage is hired by the doctor arrested for her murder, and he invites Cleo to help him uncover the truth. After all, the doctor is the same one who tried—and failed—to treat Cleo’s aunt. As they dig deeper, it becomes apparent the doctor has failed other patients too, and those patients’ loved ones want revenge.

When poor little New Hampshire rich girl Mindy Hollis gets lost in Los Angeles, her big sister hires private detective Ed Traynor to find her. Traynor and Hollis's security chief, Jack McMahon, take off for Tinseltown to track down the aspiring actress - but they discover the only part she ever got was the one that killed her. Their hunt for her killers takes them from the bowels of Mexico City to the glitz of Los Angeles, north to the set of The Black Orchid in Vancouver, and then back again to Hollywood, where the angels are dying.

Cleo is hired by the housekeeper at a Mayfair residence after the police rule the sudden death of the butler was the result of natural causes. Not convinced by the verdict, she wants Cleo to prove foul play was involved. Considering he was acting mysteriously around some of the guests, and they were equally mysterious when they saw him, murder is a possibility. When the investigation leads Cleo to another decades-old murder and the sudden disappearance of the primary suspect, she’s even more determined to uncover the truth.

A wedding, a murder, and a retirement community full of suspects... what could possibly go wrong? Sophie “Phee” Kimball thought moving to Arizona to work for a private investigator would bring some peace and quiet. Instead, she's wrangling her seventy-four-year-old Aunt Ina’s over-the-top wedding and her mother Harriet’s nonstop meddling. But when a celebrity chef turns up dead on the golf course outside Harriet’s front door, things really start to heat up.

Werwölfe - nein, die gibt es nicht. Schon vormals bekamen es Holmes und Watson scheinbar mit dieser Spezies zu tun. Doch immer entpuppten sich die vermeintlichen Bestien als normale Menschen. In diesem Fall aber scheint alles anders zu sein. Auf Blackwood Castle stehen sie plötzlich einem leibhaftigen Monster gegenüber.

Es gibt ungewöhnliche Fälle – und dann gibt es Fälle, die man nie wieder vergisst … Die Geschichte, die Privatdetektivin und Ex-Polizistin Kinsey Millhone von ihrem neuesten Klienten aufgetischt wird, klingt so abenteuerlich wie abwegig: Ein mörderischer Angriff auf einer einsamen Landstraße, ein Aufprall am Fuß einer 100 Meter tiefen Schlucht, zwei Wochen Koma und das Gedächtnis voller Lücken; der angehende Arzt Bobby Callahan ist überzeugt, dass er nur mit knapper Not einen Mordanschlag überlebt hat.

Ana Bacon, a beautiful young wife and mother, tumbled off a cruise ship into dark and deadly waters. Ana is gone—leaving behind her wealthy husband and adorable daughter—but not everything about her disappearance adds up. What secrets did she leave behind? Investigator Ryan Monahan is a numbers man. So when his company sends him the Bacon case, which could net a ten-million-dollar payout, Monahan doubts that her death is just a tragic accident. But the husband has a substantial alibi and a number of witnesses claim to have seen Ana fall, and the official ruling seems to hold up.

Sommersonnenwende auf der Insel Rügen: In einem einsamen Waldgebiet überfährt ein Sportwagen ein junges blondes Mädchen. Hauptkommissarin Gretchen Larssen und ihr Team stellen fest, dass es sich bei der Toten um die seit Wochen vermisste 17-jährige Karolina aus Polen handelt. Der Fall wird immer rätselhafter, als Gretchen entdeckt, dass schon ein Jahr zuvor ein anderes blondes Mädchen auf der Insel als vermisst gemeldet wurde.

Dive into the world of Maddie Castle, a retired K9 handler turned private investigator, in this heart-pounding collection of the first three novels in the bestselling series. From gripping mysteries to life-threatening pursuits, Maddie and her canine partners battle danger, corruption, and their own pasts to bring justice to those who need it most.

One small handwritten letter, sent from a dark, remote corner of the planet and lost in the system for 60 years, is about to change the entire human race. Outside Denver, Colorado, Joe Rickards stands over a small aircraft wreckage, studying burnt remains still smoldering in a field of freshly fallen snow. He's an investigator for the NTSB, working to carefully roll back the last several hours and identify the cause of the accident. But this time, he can't.

In questa seconda indagine di Galeazzo Trebbi, Bologna torna a tingersi di quell'inquietudine che ha caratterizzato, nell'immaginario collettivo, gli Anni di Piombo. È a un banale distributore di caffè che l'investigatore privato incappa casualmente in un personaggio che condivide con lui frustrazione e rimpianti: si tratta dell'educatore Pietro Ricci, impegnato nell'assistenza ai pazienti psichiatrici e organizzatore di un seminario sulle Brigate Rosse. Incaricato, parallelamente, di vegliare su un giovane rampollo della Bologna bene.

Auf Aldebaran c befindet sich ein Archäologen-Team, welches prophetische Steintafeln gefunden, aber auch Tote zu beklagen hat. Daflon, der wissenschaftliche Leiter der Ultimo-1, will zusammen mit Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson daher Licht in die mysteriöse Sache bringen. Bald gibt es einen weiteren Toten.

Auf Aldebaran c befindet sich ein Archäologen-Team, welches prophetische Steintafeln gefunden, aber auch Tote zu beklagen hat. Daflon, der wissenschaftliche Leiter der Ultimo-1, will zusammen mit Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson daher Licht in die mysteriöse Sache bringen. Bald gibt es einen weiteren Toten.

I begli occhi verdi di un fascinoso vedovo, George Selby, convincono Agatha a dare una mano nella promozione di una festa di paese. Peccato che un innocuo concorso di marmellate dia il via a una serie di omicidi e violenze. Agatha decide di prendersi un periodo di stacco dal lavoro presso la sua agenzia investigativa. Ma il ritorno alla quiete domestica significa anche... non sapere che cosa fare durante il giorno. Il sacerdote di un villaggio vicino a Carsely; però, coinvolge subito Agatha nella promozione di una festa parrocchiale, incarico che lei accetta al volo.

After going overboard and nearly drowning, Kayli regroups and joins Axel, Corey, Brandon, Marc, and Raven back on board the Lucienda. This time, she's brought reinforcements. Liam and Henry join the team in an all-out hunt for a killer. It can't be too hard; there's only so many places to hide on a cruise ship. But the number of suspects is climbing. Tensions are high, and everyone is on alert, but along the way, there's way too many distractions - very hot distractions. Kayli's done hiding her feelings. She's showing her hand, come what may.

In one of Edgar Allan Poe’s most brilliant detective tales, C. Auguste Dupin faces a crime that is as much about intellect as it is about cunning. When a highly sensitive letter is stolen from the royal apartments by a shrewd and unscrupulous minister, the police search tirelessly—yet fail to find it. Called upon for help, Dupin applies his unparalleled powers of observation and deduction, proving that the best hiding place may be in plain sight.

Der Meisterdetektiv aus der Baker Street muss diesmal gleich drei Fälle hintereinander lösen: ein raffinierter Betrug um ein Diamantengeschenk im Umfeld des englischen Königshauses, ein kunstverständiger Einbrecher und das Geheimnis der Roten Maske. Sherlock Holmes begibt sich mit gewohnter Akribie an die Entschlüsselung dieser höchst merkwürdigen Delikte, die Edgar Charles Watson, ein direkter Nachfahre des einstigen Chronisten, hiermit erstmalig veröffentlicht.

Retired detective Arn Anderson never thought he'd be broke enough to take on a cold murder case. Or desperate enough to team up with a TV reporter. Or pathetic enough to go back to his rundown childhood home after he swore he'd left Cheyenne for good. But here he is, hunting a serial killer who also appears to have come out of retirement. On the anniversary of the Five Point Killer's crimes, Arn's only option is to survive the carnage of a murderer who may be too twisted - and too brilliant - to catch.

Dylan Thomas, a former Maine State Police officer who obtained a private-investigator license to support himself while attending law school, receives a phone call from his sister, Caitlin, telling him that her youngest daughter, Sandra, has gone missing.

L'apparente serenità dei fiabeschi villaggi dei Cotswolds viene spezzata dall'ingombrante presenza di John Sunday, impiegato dell'Ufficio Salute e Sicurezza di Mircester. Negozianti, luci natalizie, persino i bambini cadono vittima della sua cocciuta applicazione delle norme. In breve, Sunday si ritrova con più nemici che capelli in testa. Una sera, durante la riunione di un vero e proprio comitato di protesta nei suoi confronti, i presenti - tra cui Agatha - assistono a uno spettacolo orribile, quello di Sunday agonizzante in un bagno di sangue nel giardino della canonica.