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After the death of 'Eumenides', a former police student who was sending 'death notices' to unpunished criminals before brutally murdering them, the Chengdu Police Department assumed that the killing spree would stop. But the murders continue, leading the 4/18 task force to the terrifying truth: Eumenides had a protégé. Captain Pei Tao and his task force redouble their efforts to catch this new opponent, but relationships become fraught. Can they trust each other?

TWO BESTSELLING MYSTERIES IN ONE GREAT PACKAGE! BY THE PRICKING OF MY THUMBS Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, Agatha Christie’s delightful sleuthing duo, investigate the strange and troubling doings behind the scenes at a gothic British nursing home in By the Pricking of My Thumbs When Tommy and...

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford return in Agatha Christie’s classic Postern of Fate, to investigate a deadly poisoning sixty years after the fact. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited...

Continua il racconto delle peripezie di un personaggio che vale la pena di conoscere: Rocco Schiavone, un coriaceo malinconico che evolve e cambia nel tempo, mentre lavora, ricorda, prova pietà e rabbia, sistema conti privati e un paio di affari. E in questo romanzo, duro, inquietante, ad altissima tensione, l'omicidio di un pensionato del casinò di Saint-Vincent lo spinge nel mondo della ludopatia e del gioco d'azzardo.

Ein Mord in Londons High Society. Zwei intensive Liebesgeschichten. Drei Monate, um den Schuldigen zu finden. Teil 1 von Josi Wismars New-Adult-Suspense-Reihe als Hörbuch. Isabelle hat drei Monate Zeit, um ihre beste Freundin aus dem Gefängnis zu holen. Vee wird für den Mord an ihrem Chef – und ihrer heimlichen Affäre – Maxwell Davenport, einem Sprössling der Londoner High Society, verantwortlich gemacht. Verzweifelt beginnt Isabelle unter dem Namen Holly nachzuforschen und trifft auf Carter, Max‘ attraktiven Bruder, dessen Nähe sie nutzt, um an die dunklen Geheimnisse seiner Familie zu kommen.

Alaska the final frontier? When Clara Avery, an entertainer working on the Fate, an Alaskan cruise ship, goes to nearby Bear Island, she comes across a scene of bloody mayhem. She also comes across Thor Erikson, who will soon be a member of the FBI's elite paranormal unit, the Krewe of Hunters...

Prepare for thrills and chills as three acclaimed authors unite in Twisted Fate, a spine-tingling collection of stories: Hunted by Traci Hunter Abramson; Death House by Gregg Luke; and Haunting Reminders by Stephanie Black.

Quando un’indovina rivela ad Agatha Raisin che il suo destino – e il suo vero amore – si trova nel Norfolk, lei non ci pensa due volte e affitta una casa nel pittoresco villaggio di Fryfam. Ma, non appena arriva, cominciano a succedere strane cose: vari oggetti sembrano scomparire nel nulla e bizzarre luci “danzano” nei giardini e nei cortili. Ben presto iniziano a circolare voci sulla presenza di fate nella zona, ma Agatha non ci bada e, per darsi un tono, inizia a scrivere un romanzo giallo: Omicidio al maniero.

edding Planner Kate Ludlow is back with her fun circle of small-town New England friends. Life is clipping along well for Kate. Her wedding season is off to a great start; she has reconnected with her former high school boyfriend, and her teen daughter is happy and looking forward to a fun summer. At the town's traditional kick-off to summer party, "Strawberry Moon," Jack Malone, the town's parodical son, surprises the population with his appearance. He's the best baseball player the whole of New England has ever produced, and he now plays professional baseball in Los Angeles.

When a local bluegrass musician disappears and a jug of her shop’s corn liquor is implicated, moonshiner Hattie Hayes must stop further trouble from brewing in this delightful cozy mystery series. It’s August in Chattanooga, Tennessee and moonshiner Hattie Hayes has collaborated with a...

When a retired colleague dies of an apparent suicide, ex - Secret Service agent Joe Reeder knows there must be far more to the story. Why did the man leave a desperate message for Reeder moments before dying? And what could possibly make such a seasoned veteran fear for his life? FBI Special Agent Patti Rogers has a mystery of her own to solve: she's leading a task force investigating a brutal series of similar but seemingly unconnected murders across the DC area.

Late one evening, as the final church bell rings out, Sandra Deakin’s cold and lifeless body is found in the overgrown graveyard with multiple stab wounds. When Detective Kim Stone rushes to the scene, the violence of the attack convinces her that this murder was deeply personal. What could have caused such hate?

When the members of a remote monastery are struck down by a mysterious illness, they enlist the aid of a former demon hunter and a man known as the Sage of Blackfell House. Setting out to find a cure, they soon find themselves caught in a web of danger from ruthless crime lords, vengeful assassins, and evil magic users who draw their power from the realm of demons. But why should a mission of mercy attract such grave and dangerous threats? Because the Sage of Blackfell House was once a feared and notorious sorcerer, and his name is Decimus Fate.

Obwohl Miss Marple ihre Jugendfreundin Carrie Louise besucht, um nach dem Rechten zu sehen, kann sie drei Morde nicht verhindern. Und außerdem - versucht da wirklich jemand, Carrie Louise langsam zu vergiften? Erst nach und nach gelingt es der Meisterdetektivin, die schicksalhaften Ereignisse zu durchschauen.

Cooper Lee and her friends in the Hope Street Bible Study Group are enjoying a glorious summer day in the park, complete with a picnic, hiking, swimming, and a local bluegrass band. But Cooper knows that no good day goes unpunished, and when a man turns up dead in the nearby woods - and the sister of Cooper's fiancé is named as the prime suspect - the group may have to trade in their prayers of thanks for pleas of divine intervention.

The end is near. Detective Danielle DeMarco is challenged with her most intense case yet, and along with it, she inherits a host of personal problems. When a sorcerer is found dead in The Emporium, a spell shop brimming with magical potions, elixirs, and tinctures, Dani and her new tagalong, Primrose, are on the case. However, work turns personal when someone close to Dani is poisoned. To make matters worse, another of Detective DeMarco’s closest friends vanishes, her boyfriend is hiding something, and there is a new threat to the borough more dangerous than any in history.

Raised by preppers, survivalist and FBI agent Mercy Kilpatrick has a deep-rooted need for a safe place. Her getaway in the Cascade Foothills is her secret. But when skeletal remains are unearthed - those of a murdered man linked to a notorious heist - Mercy realizes she isn’t the only one with something to hide. Thirty years ago, an armored-car robbery turned deadly. The mastermind was captured. Four conspirators vanished with a fortune. One of them, it appears, never made it out of the woods alive.

Brandy Borne's exceedingly eccentric mother, Vivian, has been invited to perform her one-woman interpretation of the Scottish play (sometimes called Macbeth) at the neighboring town of Old York's annual fete. As soon as they arrive, tragedy strikes: the theater owner drops dead onstage while giving Vivian the grand tour. Before they know it, Brandy and Vivian are entangled in a progressively perilous murder plot.

Obwohl Miss Marple ihre Jugendfreundin Carrie Louise besucht, um nach dem Rechten zu sehen, kann sie drei Morde nicht verhindern. Und außerdem - versucht da wirklich jemand, Carrie Louise langsam zu vergiften? Erst nach und nach gelingt es der Meisterdetektivin, die schicksalhaften Ereignisse zu durchschauen...

أعادت السيدة توبينس قصة ساعة الوقواق" إلى الرف الثالث من الأسفل، حيث كانت قد اختارت مساحة به لتضم مؤلفات الكاتبة موليسورث، والتي من بينها تلك القصة، لتصبح معًا في ذاك المكان، ثم جذبت قصة "حجرة الزخارف"، وأمسكتها بين أصابعها وأخذت تفكر: أتقرؤها أم تقرأ قصة "مزرعة الرياح الأربعة"؛ فهي لم تكن تتذكرها بالقدر الذي تتذكر به قصتي "ساعة الوقواق" و"حجرة الزخارف"، فكانت أصابعها تجول بين الكتب... أوشك تومي على العودة.