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When a young nurse dies on her watch, Florence Nightingale must uncover the deep-hidden secrets someone will kill to keep buried. It is 1853. Lady of the Lamp Florence Nightingale has just accepted the position of superintendent of the Establishment for Gentlewomen during Temporary Illness in London. She has hardly had time to learn the names of the nurses in her charge when she suddenly finds one of them hanging in the establishment's library. Her name was Nurse Bellamy.

Kate Kinsella is in her office above Humberstones Funeral Directors, contemplating her first real murder case as a private investigator. Jacky Byfield, a nurse at rundown St. Dymphna's Hospital, was stabbed to death on the grounds while running an errand on her night shift. The police have hit a dead end. Jacky's family are desperate for justice, and it's up to Kate to get results — and catch a killer. Kate decides to go undercover at St. Dymphna's. But three more people die in suspicious circumstances while she's there — including her prime suspect. Will Kate become the fifth victim?

Maeve O'Reilly Kensington loves her job as a nurse-midwife at Creighton Memorial Hospital in the quintessential New England seaside town of Langford. Nothing could bring her more pleasure than helping women usher new life into the world...except possibly having a child of her own. In the meantime, she's happy to celebrate the families of those she treats, and content to support her husband in his newly formed catering business. However when Creighton Memorial's Chief Obstetrician suddenly drops dead at his daughter's extravagant wedding reception, catered by Will, Maeve's two worlds collide.

 Only a woman with an iron backbone could succeed as an undertaker in Victorian England, but Violet Morgan takes great pride in her trade. While her husband, Graham, is preoccupied with elevating their station in society, Violet is cultivating a sterling reputation for Morgan Undertaking. 

Fresh out of high school and off to college, Cassie thought she had the world by its tail, and then she met Mike. Tall, handsome, and a police detective to boot, he swept her off her feet and into a whirlwind relationship that led to an engagement ring. But things aren't always as they seem, and Cassie comes to discover that Mike has a dark side. When she learns just how dark it can be, she comes face-to-face with the greatest forward she could imagine, and it leaves her burned and scarred for the rest of her life.

Tief im dunklen Wald von Dalarna liegt Schwedens berühmteste Klinik für Forensische Psychiatrie. Hier werden Schwerverbrecher untergebracht, die zu krank sind, um ihre Strafe im Gefängnis zu verbüßen. Als die junge Psychologin Anna Varga in der renommierten Anstalt eine Stelle bekommt, freut sie sich über die Herausforderung: Endlich kann sie ihre Karriere voranbringen und Stockholm hinter sich lassen. Doch aus dem Traumjob wird bald ein Albtraum: Anna scheint verfolgt zu werden und erhält anonyme Briefe mit seltsamen Botschaften, die auf ein dunkles Geheimnis in Zimmer 55 hinweisen.

Der Auftakt der Erfolgsreihe "Kati Blum ermittelt", spannende und skurrile Bayreuth-Krimis: Als nach der alljährlichen stadtbekannten Bayreuther Weihnachtsfeier der Hausmeister Richard spurlos verschwunden ist und Kati Blum selbst ins Visier sonderlicher Ganoven gerät, beschließt sie, der Sache auf den Grund zu gehen. Ihr Weg führt sie nach Bad Bentheim, wo sie ihr Improvisationsvermögen unter Beweis stellt und nebenbei so manche kuriose Situation meistert.

Deuce Mora’s one tough cookie: a female sleuth with a conscience and an attitude; fiery, tough, athletic, a dirty fighter when she has to be. In Jean Heller’s first mystery featuring the scrappy newspaper columnist, Deuce finds out in short order that if you mess with organized crime, you have to be tough—and you’d better be as much detective as reporter. When she walks into a seedy neighborhood bar in a suburb of Chicago—all six feet of her, topped with auburn curls—she’s searching for a human-interest story.

In the summer of 1897, Fiona MacGillivray and her 11-year-old son, Angus, arrive in Vancouver in time to hear the news gold discovered in the Klondike! Fiona immediately sets off for Skagway, Alaska, intent on opening a theatre. After one encounter with infamous gangster Soapy Smith and his henchman Paul Sheridan, she decides to pursue her ambitions on the other side of the border in Dawson City. As a dying man breathes his last, he passes on to Sheridan a map pointing due north to the fabled Gold Mountain, where hills of gold keep the heat from hot springs contained in a valley as warm as California.

Chicago, 1881. The idea of a female detective is virtually unheard of. But when famed crime buster Allan Pinkerton opens his agency's doors to a handful of women, one intrepid actress with her own troubled past is driven to defy convention and take on a new and dangerous role. Since the age of 11, when her mother was murdered, the life of the theater is all Lilly Long has known. Now 22, she has blossomed into an accomplished Shakespearean actress.

Nurse Jenny Martin is found dead in a burned-out car. It looks like she was strangled and beaten to death before being unceremoniously crammed into the boot. The police believe Nick ‘the Ace’ Fenny to be the chief suspect. At nineteen years old, he has a reputation for being a joyrider and troublemaker. But Nick’s mum refuses to believe her son’s a murderer and seeks out Kate to help clear his name. In no position to be turning down work, Kate accepts her offer and takes the victim’s old job to find out who else might have a motive for killing.

Nelle aule del tribunale di Firenze si celebra il processo dell'anno. Attilio Bergamini, amministratore delegato della Safe Word, è accusato di bancarotta fraudolenta. Quel giorno a sostenere l'accusa c'è Valeria Parri, pubblico ministero divisa tra una professione che la consuma e la fragile salute del figlio appena nato. Con lei ci sono Giulia Gori, giornalista d'inchiesta pronta a tutto, Monica Giusti, commercialista brillante segnata da relazioni tumultuose, ed Erika Martini, poliziotta determinata a far luce sulla sparatoria.

Die Künstlerin Amelie betreibt in München einen Laden für Wollwaren. Mit ihrer kleinen Schafherde und dem Rauhaardackel Josef verbringt sie den Advent auf dem Künstlerweihnachtsmarkt im Englischen Garten. Die weihnachtliche Atmosphäre wird jäh unterbrochen, als am Nikolausmorgen ein Toter vor Amelies Schäferwagen liegt. Nur die Schafe haben gesehen, wer Sepp, den Wurstbrater vom Viktualienmarkt, dort abgelegt hat. Schnell fällt der Verdacht auf die Veganer, aber Amelie verfolgt eine andere Spur und greift dabei zu unkonventionellen Mitteln.

In Deadly Housewives, critically acclaimed mystery writer Christine Matthews has gathered 13 of the biggest names in women's mystery and suspense for an intriguing short story collection. These previously unpublished stories illuminate a different dark corner of the housewife-psyche, including sex, marriage, abandoned careers, jealousy, kids, and female friendship.

A drone mission gone awry just blew up one bride's special day, and she calls on celebrated war hero and justice-hungry lawyer Christine Sussman to bring the responsible parties to justice. But while court cases fought solely on US soil are tough, this international battle is near impossible to navigate. Especially when big oil spills into the mix.

Once a decorated soldier, now a hero in the courtroom, Christine Sussman doesn't back down from a fight. But can one lawyer secure victory when the whole system seems rigged against her client? That's exactly what Christine will find out when she agrees to represent a young woman who was assaulted at a college party and then forced to relive the event over and over again, thanks to a media firestorm.

Karen Hartley is a charismatic agent in the British Secret Intelligence Service. She and her fellow SIS agent, Fiona Mossop, are assigned to investigate and expose a powerful syndicate operating between England, South Africa and Far Eastern Countries engaging in illegal poaching of rhino horns, elephant tusk and lion bone "sets".

Maggie Riley has settled into her new life in Thailand, working aboard her sailboat and doing her best to leave the past behind. When she receives a letter from a World War II vet claiming to have served with her grandfather who went missing in action, Riley is once again pulled into the intrigue that tore her family apart and led to the disappearance of her former search partner - and the love of her life.

Der Geruch nach Asche liegt noch in der Luft, als Charlotte Schneidmann und Peter Käfer im Seniorenstift Sonnenschein ankommen. Einer der Bewohner, der demente Ludger Steinkamp, ist bis zur Unkenntlichkeit verkohlt. Alle Indizien deuten auf Brandstiftung, aber nicht nur das - das Opfer wurde regelrecht zu Tode gefoltert. Grausame Rache? Oder ein letzter Versuch, Informationen von Steinkamp zu erpressen? Die brandgefährlichen Spuren führen Charlotte und Käfer tief in die Vergangenheit des Münsterlandes.

Nathaniel hört einen Schrei, dann bricht die Verbindung ab. Gerade noch telefonierte er mit einer fremden Frau. Eine anonyme App verband die beiden, die Frau half Nathaniel dabei, das farblich passende Hemd zu seiner Hose zu wählen. Denn Nathaniel ist blind. Aber der Schrei klang eindeutig. Was, wenn der Frau etwas angetan wurde? Er ist sich sicher: ein Verbrechen ist geschehen. Doch keiner glaubt ihm, es gibt keine Beweise, keine Spur. Gemeinsam mit einer Freundin, der Journalistin Milla, macht sich Nathaniel selbst auf die Suche nach der Wahrheit.