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"Listening to Grover Gardner narrating a David Rosenfelt novel is like sliding into favorite slippers at the end of a long day: One feels the joyful gratification of a perfect fit."—AudioFile on Bark of Night The next installment in David Rosenfelt’s bestselling Andy Carpenter series brings...

"Listening to Grover Gardner narrating a David Rosenfelt novel is like sliding into favorite slippers at the end of a long day: One feels the joyful gratification of a perfect fit." —AudioFile on Bark of Night In National Bestseller David Rosenfelt’s ‘Twas the Bite Before Christmas, all...

A RUSA Award-winning novel! The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes—one that might just be killer.... When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com tropes. She's...

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER Tender at the Bone meets Finlay Donovan is Killing It in this hilarious, fast-paced mystery about a feisty food critic in 1970s NY who finds her chef friend murdered and realizes she might be the only one to find the killer. Nobody in Manhattan eats better than Bernice...

In a cute new culinary cozy from USA Today bestselling author Sarah Fox, budding chocolatier Becca Ransom must solve a murder before she meets a sticky end. Winter has arrived in Larch Haven, Vermont, bringing with it holiday cheer, lots of snow, and freezing temperatures. Becca Ransom is...

The husband-and-wife sleuth team is back in five tales of holiday mystery and mayhem. "Holly, Jolly Roger" takes Belle and Rosco to sunny St. Lucia in the Caribbean as they try to decipher the clues to a legendary buried treasure. "The Mystery of Wordsworth House" may remain just that unless Belle and Rosco can turn their stay at a snowy Montreal inn into a chance for a family to solve the riddle of their past... with the help of a ghost.

Welcome to Normal, Kentucky, a small town in the Daniel Boone National Forest and Happy Trails Campground, where the annual Christmas activities are in full swing. But behind the twinkling lights and festive cheer lies a sinister secret. When a local delivery driver is found murdered in Seymore's Candy Cane Factory, suspicion quickly falls on the eccentric cast of characters who call Normal home. From the grumpy old man who owns the candy cane factory, to the bubbly town fiddle player, Otis Gullett, who is secretly in a rendezvous with the factory owner's wife. No one is above suspicion.

Christmas is just around the corner, and Sarah Booth and Tinkie are preparing for a festive holiday season. After a turbulent season of solving cases, they're ready for some holiday cheer. Sarah Booth and Sheriff Coleman Peters have finally gotten together, and this is the first holiday they're celebrating as a couple. Sarah Booth busies herself with decking the halls and daydreaming about romantic Christmas nights with Coleman. Then her friend Cece Dee Falcon shows up needing Sarah Booth's help.

Lilien, Leichen und Lemon Curd. Die junge Gärtnerin Mags Blake begleitet als Expertin eine Reisegruppe zu den spektakulärsten Gärten in Südengland. Zwischen atemberaubender Natur und außergewöhnlichen Unterkünften könnte das Leben kaum schöner sein, doch irgendetwas stimmt nicht mit dieser scheinbar harmlosen Gruppe aus Garten-Enthusiasten. Bald häufen sich die seltsamen Vorfälle, bis einer von ihnen tödlich endet... Nun ist es an Mags herauszufinden, wer in der Reisegruppe nicht das ist, was er zu sein scheint.

Zuerst sind es nur Abermillionen von Mücken, die über Lochdubh herfallen. Doch dann sucht ein noch größerer Plagegeist das schottische Dorf heim: Trixie Thomas. Die laute, aufdringlichen Frau hat hier eine Pension gekauft und wird bleiben, wie Hamish Macbeth mit Schrecken erfährt. Während die Dörflerinnen bald bewundernd zu Trixie aufsehen, gehen die Männer auf die Barrikaden. Denn Trixie will das Rauchen und den Alkohol aus Lochdubh verbannen und sorgt damit für viel Ungemach. Als Trixie schließlich vergiftet wird, spuckt auch Hamish Gift und Galle.

Kate Osborne, a divorcée, reappears with a fortune and a strange story about how she obtained it. Meanwhile, a terrible car crash involves tortoiseshell Kit and her elderly housemates, Lucinda and Pedric Greenlaw. The accident is terrifying enough, but then two mysterious men steal the car - and the secret treasure hidden inside its doors. When one of the thieves ends up dead, Joe must discover if the events are connected - and why. With the investigation in trouble, will they find the killer…or be left chasing their tails?

Murder is afoot among the footmen of Britain's Royal Household: a servant girl, Amy Macpherson, has been brutally slaughtered. And so our hero, Sholto Lestrade of Scotland Yard, is once again on the trail of mystery. As he tries to untangle a villainous web of conspiracy, the superintendent must venture north to Scotland. His investigations take him from Balmoral Castle to the Isle of Skye to the North British Hotel, where he narrowly escapes an inferno in Room 13. The intrepid investigator contends with the most baffling clues he has yet encountered.

Meg’s running Caerphilly’s Helping Hands for the Holidays project, in which neighbors help each other with things they can’t do and can’t afford to have done. Her hopes for a relatively peaceful (if busy) Christmas vanish when someone murders Harvey the Hoarder, whose house the Helping Hands were decluttering. Was there any truth to the rumor that he had something valuable hidden beneath all his junk? Was one of his friends, neighbors, or relatives greedy enough to murder him for the rumored treasure?

Ein Gartenkrimi, der die Lachmuskeln trainiert. Weg mit dem Speck! Das sagt sich auch die Oberdistelbrunner Seniorenrunde und begibt sich zum Basenfasten in ein Wellnessresort. Doch statt Falten und Fettzellen verlieren zwei Teilnehmer ihr Leben, heimtückisch getötet durch Pflanzengift. Ein Fall für Berta und Pauline, die Hobbygärtnerinnen mit Miss-Marple-Gen. Gemeinsam verfolgen sie die mörderischen Spuren der mysteriösen "Liga zum Schutz pflanzlicher Gefühle" – und erkennen beinahe zu spät, dass die große Liebe oft ein Todesurteil ist.

Zwei Hobbygärtnerinnen auf der Jagd nach Maulwurfsgrillen, Meuchelmördern und dem Mann fürs Leben. Im idyllischen Oberdistelbrunn geht ein Giftmischer um. Seine mörderische Bilanz: eine nüchterne Alkoholleiche, ein Pfarrer in Teufels Küche und zwei Tote auf der Gartenschau. Während die Polizei auf der Stelle tritt, verfolgen zwei Pensionistinnen mit grünem Daumen und schwelender Ehekrise eine gefährliche Spur – und legen sich statt mit Maulwurfsgrillen erstmals mit einem echten Mörder an.

Samson O'Briens problematische Vergangenheit im Polizeidienst scheint ihn einzuholen: Die ehemaligen Kollegen vernehmen ihn hart in einem Mordfall, und Delilah Metcalfe hat alle Hände voll zu tun, um ihn im ansonsten beschaulichen Bruncliffe in Schutz zu nehmen - bis ihr Neffe von zu Hause wegläuft und es zu einer verzweifelten Suchaktion kommt. Und so, bei all den Ablenkungen, mit denen das Dorf nun zu kämpfen hat, kommt es, dass allein einem Tierarzt auffällt, dass immer mehr Hunde im Dorf vergiftet werden. Alle verdächtigen Samson.

Seth, the seven-year-old Earl of Woodridge, is spending Christmas at Halton House and he would like nothing better than to help trim the tree with the Christmas decorations his father had carved for him. But no one has any idea where these decorations are. Determined to make the young Earl's wish come true, Evie and her bodyguard, Tom Winchester, set out to a nearby village where the young Earl had lived in the hope that they might recover the lost decorations. They find themselves among a group of people who might all be suspects in the murder of a local villager.

'Fiendishly clever and highly addictive.' Ian Moore The perfect Christmas gift for armchair detectives – Agatha Christie meets Murdle. 12 murderous mysteries to read. 20 perplexing puzzles to solve. 1 mystifying murder to unravel… Mastermind Puzzlemaster Sarah Dunnakey cordially invites...

“Murder Takes a Vacation has all Laura Lippman's trademark razor-sharp insight and effortlessly absorbing writing, plus huge amounts of warmth and fun. Mrs. Blossom is a pure joy, and I'm already hoping for more.” –Tana French Highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Laura...

An hilarious and gripping festive whodunnit, perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Agatha Christie It's Christmas Eve at the Merry Monarch. Nestled amongst the Yorkshire Dales, the pub is preparing to host its annual scavenger hunt for its rabble of regulars. There's the landlord, Mickey, his...