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Nina’s investigation into an unsolved murder takes her on a dark journey strewn with old crimes, bitter truths, and heart-stopping danger.

July 1912. Lady Hardcastle and her tenacious lady’s maid, Florence Armstrong, are enjoying a convivial gathering at the home of their dear friends, the Farley-Strouds. The only fly in the idyllic ointment seems to be the lack of musical entertainment for the forthcoming summer party—until, that is, Lady Hardcastle’s brother Harry calls with news of a murder.

Recht oder Gerechtigkeit – der neue Nr. 1-Bestseller von Nele Neuhaus. Hinter einem Marienaltar im Feld bei Schwalbach wird die Leiche eines jungen Mädchens gefunden. Der Körper ist mit einer Eisschicht überzogen, nachts hatten Temperaturen um die -10° C geherrscht. Die 16-jährige Larissa Jansen wurde erdrosselt. Pia Sander und Oliver von Bodenstein nehmen die Ermittlungen auf. Durch eine DNA-Analyse gerät Farwad M. unter Mordverdacht, ein abgelehnter afghanischer Asylbewerber, der erst kürzlich zu fünf Jahren Haft verurteilt wurde.

While Siobhán studies for her Detective Sargeant exams, her brother, Eoin, prepares for the grand opening of his new restaurant, The O’Sullivan Six, and concocts a plan to enter Kilbane’s Top Garden Contest to boost business. But trouble brews when Eoin hires a mercurial landscape designer known for her killer designs. His new partner’s unflattering reputation and questionable practices nearly eclipse her talents—and plunge the prestigious competition into chaos.

In December 1923, the formidable Dowager Viscountess Dalrymple has decided that for Christmas the family will all gather at Brockdene in Cornwall at the invitation of Lord Westmoor. Her daughter - Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher - is somewhat less than pleased but yields to the demands of her mother, especially as she'll be there just before the holidays working on another article for Town and Country about the estate itself. But the family gathering quickly goes awry.

In der Main-Metropole zwischen den Bollwerken der Hochfinanz und dem legendären Rotlichtbezirk ermittelt Hannah Rosenbaum bei der Mordkommission. Doch während sie im Job alles im Griff zu haben scheint, ist ihr Privatleben eine einzige Katastrophe. Denn die Rosenbaums, eine moderne, aufgeschlossene, jüdische Familie sorgen immer wieder für Chaos und Reibereien in Hannahs Leben. Es ist ein Spagat zwischen zwei Welten: Beruflich steht Hannah genau da, wo sie sein will, privat versucht sie einen gesunden Abstand zu ihrer zwar liebenswerten, doch reichlich neurotischen Mischpoche zu schaffen. Das Erste meistert Hannah mit Bravour. Das Zweite … nun ja …

Everybody hates Mondays. This Monday is particularly bad for the residents on Blegevej, in the northern part of Denmark. Just before eight o'clock Monday morning, the entire neighborhood sinks into the ground in a matter of seconds when a giant sinkhole opens up underneath it. Rebekka Franck is visiting a dear friend when she is swallowed up by the hole and ends up trapped inside a limestone mine. But when the body of one of the survivors turns up inside the mines, they suddenly know that not only do they face starvation and thirst, they also have a killer among them.

Eine Leiche, ein Haufen Schafswolle und ein Blutfleck, der nicht vom Opfer stammt: Wie passt das zusammen? Maisies Menschenkenntnis ist gefragt - doch was nach einer fiesen Masche aussieht, entpuppt sich als moralisches Dilemma. Eindeutig: Der Mann, den Sunny wenige Kilometer vor Littleport am Straßenrand findet, ist mausetot. Aber warum trägt er eine Maske über den Augen und ein Dietrichbesteck bei sich? Wie gut, dass Chief Inspector Ethan Surley nicht alleine ermitteln muss.

Im elften Teil von Harriet Mansfields Cosy-Crime-Reihe zieht Maggie Mirren einen dicken Auftrag an Land - und angelt sich unbeabsichtigt gleich einen Verehrer dazu. Ob das gut geht? Auch wenn es zwischen ihnen langsam ernst wird: mit Olivers Faible für Rockmusik kann Klassik-Fan Maggie leider gar nichts anfangen. Wie schön, dass der elegante Theodore Merchant ihr nicht nur einen lukrativen Auftrag beschert, sondern sie gleich noch in die Oper entführt.

When Eleanor Wooley's best friend Rette suddenly disappears, Eleanor abandons her job as a crime reporter for the Gold Strike Tribune in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and sets off in desperate pursuit. What begins as a search and rescue operation quickly becomes an obsession and a personal quest for truth. Spurred by gut instinct, Eleanor scours Northeastern Nevada during the worst heat wave in recorded history. Obscure signs appear-an intruder's dire warning, a casino's mysterious graffiti, a random sighting of a killer on the run.

Minister’s wife Faith Fairchild is excited about catering her church’s restoration campaign kickoff at historic Ballou House. But when a beautiful young woman dies moments after finishing dessert, Faith is suddenly in serious trouble. Not only is her business in jeopardy—but Aleford’s wagging tongues are suggesting that Faith herself laced the goodie with cyanide, having discovered her husband Tom’s perhaps overly pastoral interest in the victim.

DS Karen Hart’s happy world is shattered the moment she finds her fiancé Mike’s mother murdered on what should have been a night of celebration. And even worse, someone has sewn the soft skin around Lorraine’s eyes shut… Karen’s entire soul aches to uncover Lorraine’s killer. But her team cannot let her be a part of the investigation, and she is forced to watch from the sidelines.

Private investigator Maisie Dobbs receives her first assignment from the British Secret Service in A Lesson in Secrets, the eighth book in Jacqueline Winspear’s award-winning mystery series. Sent to pose as a junior lecturer at a private college in Cambridge, she will monitor any activities...

Él la dio por muerta. Pero ella sigue aquí. Cuando la detective de homicidios de Boston Jane Rizzoli y la médica forense Maura Isles llegan a la escena de un crimen brutal, se encuentran con una matanza digna de la bestia más feroz; incluso hay marcas de garras en el cadáver. Allí, el renombrado cazador y taxidermista Leon Gott ha sido grotescamente exhibido como si fuera uno de los magníficos animales cuyas cabezas adornan las paredes de su propia casa.

Welcome back to Beechwood Harbor, the small town where witches, vampires, shifters, and werewolves all work, play—and mostly—get along! This boxed set includes Books 10–12 in the Beechwood Harbor Magic Mysteries by Danielle Garrett.

Two breathtaking tales from the Amazon all-star, best-selling author Willow Rose: Where the Wild Roses Grew and Waltzing Mathilda.

When the call comes in about Lucy, a 17-year-old girl murdered after the secret party she held in her parents’ home, Detective Lottie Parker is first on the scene. As Lottie breaks the news to Lucy’s heartbroken parents and the devastated partygoers, she discovers that hours before her death Lucy had revealed a terrible secret about her friend Hannah. And when Lottie finds Lucy’s bloodstained clothing hidden in Hannah’s bedroom, she has no option but to bring the shy, frightened girl into custody. But Hannah claims to have no memory of the night Lucy died.

When 12-year-old Holly Mitchell’s fragile little body is found on the steps of a mountainside church in the small town of Denton, a doll made from pine cones clasped tightly to her chest, Detective Josie Quinn rushes to attend the scene. She knows this little girl’s angelic face; her mother had offered Josie help when she’d needed it most. Searching the girl’s house, Josie is devastated to find that Holly’s mother is dead, too, and her little sister is missing.

Faye has traveled to Memphis, a city steeped in music, poverty, history, and the smoky tang of barbecue. She's there working alone to do an assessment of a site, welcome work for her small archaeological consulting firm. When Faye spies a child too young to be wandering along a creek alone, she follows the girl. A day later she uncovers a dying woman, buried alive near a spot where Kali might well be hiding. Nobody would blame Faye for running hard, but she can't make herself leave Kali, the woman's now-orphaned daughter, who might be in danger.

Fashion designer Maddie Springer is a huge fan of the Lord of the Throne books by J. R. Ravensberg. So when her best friend, Dana, gets cast as the lead actress in the upcoming movie version, she's giddy with fandom! Even more so when she's invited for a girls' weekend on the set—currently being filmed in the wilds of Moose Haven, Saskatchewan. But what starts out as a fangirl's dream quickly turns into something out of a horror movie, when the demanding director of the film shows up dead . . . stabbed with a prop sword!