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A 17-year-old sets out to meet her secret lover by an Ottawa waterfall. Three days later, her body washes up in the shallows. The public fears a sexual predator is on the loose, but Inspector Green suspects a more personal connection. His search for answers draws him into the world of elite young athletes, drugs and teenage sexuality. Then a social worker who knows too much disappears, and blood is found in the house of a star with NHL prospects. Unless Green can unravel the truth, how many others will pay the ultimate price for a young mans dreams?

A winter getaway in the Blue Ridge Mountains should be wonderland bliss for pre-wedding festivities. Instead, it’s a blizzard of suspicion as the groom’s Texas relatives arrive with secrets as deep as the falling snow. Just when Dakota thinks she can’t handle one more wedding disaster, the officiating priest takes a fatal plunge from the fourth floor, with a bullet through his heart and Dakota’s boyfriend Sheriff Charlie Strong becomes the prime suspect. With Charlie behind bars and the wedding hours away, Dakota must clear his name while ensuring her best friend gets her perfect day.

For years her explorer father promised Dr. Lauren Westlake she'd accompany him on one of his Egyptian expeditions. But as the empty promises mounted, Lauren determined to earn her own way. Now the assistant curator of Egyptology for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lauren receives two unexpected invitations. The first is her repentant father's offer to finally bring her to Egypt as his colleague on a new expedition. The second is a chance to enter the world of New York's wealthiest patrons who have been victims of art fraud.

As one of the first female reporters on 1880s Fleet Street, Penny Green has her work cut out. Whether it's investigating the mysterious death of a friend or reporting on a serial killer in the slums, Penny must rely on her wits and determination to discover the truth. Fortunately she can rely on the help of Inspector James Blakely of Scotland Yard, but will their relationship remain professional?

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?

Standing in the old farmhouse, Special Agent Nikki Hunt holds her breath as the smell of bleach overwhelms her. She can’t take her eyes off the blue baby toys scattered around the floor as her team examine the remains. A housekeeper and her three children disappeared from the property ten years ago. Do the bones belong to two of them? Did the other two survive? But before Nikki has a chance to investigate further, she receives a panicked call from the local sheriff begging for her help.

Living busily on Planet Earth, we rarely remember that we actually inhabit only a miniscule part of the universe. In The Planets and the Solar System, Jen Green paints the wider picture, and takes us on a journey across billions of kilometers in our galaxy, from our Sun to near and distant planets. Some, like Mercury, have a molten core surrounded with crust and spins quickly; Jupiter, on the other hand, is a big ball of gas.

When Walter Mosley burst onto the literary scene in 1990 with his first Easy Rawlins mystery, Devil in a Blue Dress—a combustible mixture of Raymond Chandler and Richard Wright—he captured the attention of hundreds of thousands of readers (including future president Bill Clinton). Eleven...

The Green Mummy by Fergus Hume is a novel likely written during the late 19th century. The story revolves around a young couple, Archie Hope and Lucy Kendal, as they navigate romance against a backdrop filled with mystery and intrigue, particularly centering on a rare mummy that Lucy’s archaeologist stepfather, Professor Braddock, is eager to acquire.

The first three books in the White Haven Hunters series in one binge-worthy volume!

News reporter Penny doesn't believe in spirits, so she's unimpressed with the young medium who claims to communicate with the dead. Is it harmless entertainment or something more sinister? When the spiritualist's performance is interrupted by a protestor, Penny finds an ally. Two days later, her new friend is dead. As Penny investigates, the mystery deepens. Could family money lie behind the murder? Or an affair?

Some say the Hotel Tempesta is cursed, but its owner, Mr. Gallo, refuses to believe it. When he's brutally murdered one night, the suspicion falls on his guests. Ten suspects in total. And Penny Green is one of them. Does Mr Gallo's murder have anything to do with the criminal mastermind on the run from America? Penny and Inspector James Blakely must negotiate a world of courtesans, stolen paintings, and secret codes to prove Penny's innocence and uncover the truth.

In A Strange Disappearance, we have a small cast of characters, richly described and all engaged in discovering how and why a servant woman has disappeared from Mr Blake’s mansion in the middle of the night. A classic mystery!

Green witch Rhianne Alkenn is trading city lights for country nights. Well, more like a hinterland mystery—she's teaming up with Grandpa to untangle a thorny situation: a murder within the dryad community and a vanished teen. Add to that the sparky tension between Isobel, the pathologist with secrets, and Nel, Rhianne's incubus best friend. Their dynamic is about to explode, revealing truths that might just be too hot for Nel to handle. Oh, and murderous trees? It’s a thing. Welcome to the countryside—where the scenery is breathtaking and the mysteries deadly.

Transport yourself back in time to 1920s England and meet the delightful young duo Tommy and Tuppence. They exude a zest for life and hunger for work in post war Britain. Rebranding themselves as The Young Adventurers Ltd., they are promptly hired to embark on their first mystery—Where is Jane Finn? This is not your typical "whodunnit" as we encounter international espionage, abduction, a mysterious death and meet plenty of colourful characters on the way. Only Tommy and Tuppence can decide who they really trust as they navigate the various plot twists and turns.

In the remote forests of Stillwater, Minnesota, you can scream for days and no one will hear you. So when the bodies of two 15-year-old girls are discovered frozen in the snow, Special Agent Nikki Hunt is sure the killer is local: Someone knew where to hide the girls and thought they would never be found. Though Nikki hasn’t been home in 20 years, she knows she must take over the case.

Sixteen years after a murder on Chicago's Green Line went unsolved, exiled detective Sam Laska returns to the city to confront the broken promise that has haunted him. As he delves into the dormant investigation, Laska discovers a former partner's suspicious death and narrowly escapes an attempt on his own life. With danger lurking around every corner, Laska must navigate a treacherous web of corruption and deceit to uncover the truth binding the two cases together.

It's winter in Blue Lake, and Lena's wedding is weeks away. Before she can focus on the final plans with her fiancé, Sam, she must attend a much-publicized promotional event: a sleuthing competition between Camilla and three other bestselling mystery writers. The event will take place at Green Glass Manor, a mansion belonging to the wealthy Hardwick family, located just outside Blue Lake. The family estate happens to be the home of the publicist running the event, a long-time friend of Camilla's.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR IS BACK! Her dream home will become her worst nightmare… A strange encounter Neve comes across a troubled woman called Isabelle on Waterloo Bridge late one night. Isabelle forces a parcel into Neve’s hands and jumps to her death in the icy Thames below. An...

A brand new detective series with a supernatural twist! ‘Eerie, original and compelling’ C.L. Taylor ‘Tense and twisted’ Susi Holliday ‘A brilliant, clever murder mystery’ Jane Casey Even in your dreams you’re not safe… The nightmare is only just beginning… When DC Rose Gifford...