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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.

Ishmael Jones is someone who can’t afford to be noticed, someone who lives under the radar, who drives on the dark side of the road. He’s employed to search out secrets, investigate mysteries, and shine a light in dark places. Sometimes, he kills people. Invited by his employer, the enigmatic Colonel, to join him and his family for Christmas, Ishmael arrives at the grand but isolated Belcourt Manor in the midst of a blizzard to find that the Colonel has mysteriously disappeared.

The CEO of a promising start-up company is found dead in a luxurious hotel room. Two men who underwent what were supposed to be simple surgical procedures died on the operating table in two different hospitals. Are the deaths related? Ronnie Saar, a newly promoted partner in a leading venture...

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?

When Kester fulfills his mother's dying wish and meets his father, he is thrown headlong into the family business: catching supernatural spirits. 

Orphaned at 18, a naïve and solitary Chris Pritchard joins the Metropolitan Police in search of a family, friends and a regular income. He is posted to Stoke Newington police station in London’s tough East End. Despite barely concealed contempt for her hapless new charge, his experienced instructor, WPC Dawn Matthews, puppy walks him through a journey, which is regularly amusing, frequently sad and occasionally bizarre. You will not listen to a more accurate account of how London was policed a generation ago.

Dolly Stone mag blind sein, taub ist sie nicht: In Maggies turbulentem 20. Fall wird die alte Dame zur Ohrenzeugin in einem aufsehenerregenden Kriminalfall. Als auch noch das erste "Slow Dating" von Green Haven eine rasante Wendung nimmt, herrscht im Ort endgültig helle Aufregung.

Tratsch, Mobbing und Psychoterror bedrohen den dörflichen Frieden im 17. Teil von Harriet Mansfields Cosy-Crime-Reihe Green Haven - und diesmal ist Maggie eines der Opfer. Maggie versteht die Welt nicht mehr. Erst wird sie von Hannahs und Jims Hochzeit ausgeladen, dann scheinen auch die drei Ps sie zu meiden. Doch sie ist nicht die Einzige, die sich plötzlich in der Außenseiter-Rolle wiederfindet: Die neue Schulleiterin Heather Hartley wird bedroht. Steckt Hannahs Jugendfreund, ein chaotischer Biker, hinter den perfiden Aktionen?

Ein Museumswächter wird ermordet - welches Geheimnis hütete der Mann? Im fünften Teil der Cosy-Crime-Reihe "Green Haven" von Harriet Mansfield, gesprochen von Cornelia Meinhardt, ermittelt Maggie Mirren im Boxclub-Milieu. Trubel in Green Haven: Eine Gruppe Touristen und eine Horde Fußballfans kommen zeitgleich am Bahnhof des verschlafenen Nests im Lake District an. Doch auch eine Leiche sorgt für Wirbel. Kurz vor seinem gewaltsamen Tod rief Tommy Biggs in Maggie Mirrens Antiquariat an - aber warum? Gut, dass sich Maggie bei ihren Ermittlungen auf die Unterstützung von Alice O' Kelly und Oliver verlassen kann.

A young African boy has been murdered in a back alley. Despite running low on empathy, social worker Stella Hardy heads into the night to comfort the grieving mother. But when she gets there, she makes a discovery that has the potential to uncover something terrible from her past. Enlisting the help of Senior Constable Phuong Nguyen, Stella's investigation draws her further and further into a dark world of drug dealers, sociopaths and killers.

Ein Pfarrer taucht ab, ein anderer taucht auf und Maggie wird zum Ziel unerwarteter Avancen - im 14. Teil von Harriet Mansfields Cosy-Crime-Serie "Green Haven", gesprochen von Cornelia Meinhardt. Phoebe ist verzweifelt: Der Pfarrer ist verschwunden - und der Neue passt so gar nicht nach Green Haven! Die drei Ps gehen der Sache auf den Grund und entdecken, dass ihr Reverend ein tierisches Laster hatte. Maggie hat inzwischen andere Sorgen: Der gerissene, aber äußerst charmante Spekulant Joe Fox interessiert sich auf einmal auffällig für ihren Laden. Oder gar für Maggie selbst?

Ein Dieb geht um in Green Haven - und der hat nicht nur flinke Finger, sondern auch das Talent, sich unsichtbar zu machen. Kommt Maggie Mirren ihm im neunten Teil von Harriet Mansfields Cosy-Crime-Reihe auf die Schliche? Laue Abend auf der Seeterrasse, tiefe Blicke über das Rotweinglas hinweg - Maggie genießt die Zweisamkeit mit Oliver. Doch ist ihr Herz wirklich bereit für eine neue Liebe?

Ein gruseliger Fund, ein Mord aus Eifersucht und ein schockierender Verdacht: Maggie Mirren ermittelt im sechsten Fall der Cosy-Crime-Reihe von Harriet Mansfield, gesprochen von Cornelia Meinhardt. Maggie Mirren organisiert mit Olivers Hilfe eine Schnitzeljagd für ihre Enkelin Minette. Doch bei der Vorbereitung macht sie eine schaurige Entdeckung. In einer Ruine liegen Knochen - menschliche Knochen. Sie erinnern Maggie an einen spektakulären Mordfall: Vor zwanzig Jahren erschoss Felix "the Finger" aus Eifersucht seine Freundin Camilla. Kurz darauf verschwand Camillas Liebhaber Oswald spurlos.

Wieder ist Maggie Mirrens kriminalistischer Spürsinn gefragt: Im dritten Teil der exklusiven Cosy-Crime-Reihe "Green Haven" mit Sprecherin Corneila Meinhardt. Moment mal - gerade lag doch noch eine Leiche am Rand der Landstraße? Doch als Maggie Mirren Constable Charly Hargreaves zum Fundort führt, ist der Tote verschwunden. Handelte es sich um Maddox Whittaker, der halb Green Haven mit dubiosen Anlagegeschäften in den Ruin trieb? Verdächtige gäbe es dann genug: Trailer-Bill, der Barmann Alex und selbst Maggies Freundin Pauline hatten mit Whittaker noch eine Rechnung offen.

The Circular Study By Anna Katharine Green Anna Katharine Green is considered a pioneer in American detective fiction, known for her legally accurate plots and the invention of the "girl detective" trope. Classic detective novel The Circular Study features New York Police Detective Ebenezer Gryce, who is drawn out of a melancholic pre-retirement by a bizarre murder. Set in a New York brownstone, a man is found stabbed in a secured, unique, circular study, involving a mute servant, hidden metal barriers, and a mysterious woman. BOOK I.

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?

A millionaire is taken suddenly ill, and sensing his mortality, he asks his attorney to do him one last favor - to find and secretly watch over his missing niece, the daughter of his profligate deceased sister. This niece at the appropriate time would become heir to his millions. However, the millionaire is mysteriously murdered, stabbed to death in his sick bed.

Special Agent Nikki Hunt feels her chest tighten as she looks down at the body sprawled beside the lilac bushes. This morning, her ten-year-old daughter Lacey witnessed the murder of local mother Elle Harper. Out riding her bike, Lacey saw the killer escape from the house and rushed inside to protect Elle’s daughters Maisy and Maya. Nikki promises Lacey she’ll do whatever it takes to help the poor innocent girls who now sit in her house clutching their teddies. But before she has a chance to return them to the safety of their stepfather Tim, he’s reported missing.

As German V-1 rockets rain down on the English countryside, the men and women of the military hospitals fight to stay calm. The morning after a raid, Doctor Barnes prepares for a routine surgery to repair a postman's broken leg. But with general anesthesia, there is always danger. Before the first incision is made, the postman turns purple. Barnes and his nurses do what they can, but the patient is dead in minutes. The coroner calls for an inquest. Barnes has a history of lost patients, and cannot afford more trouble.

How far would you go to protect your child? Can you really keep them safe? What if who they are puts them at risk? And what if they have blood on their hands?Teenager Allie Kennaway heads off for prom night, cheered on by dad Steve and her little sister, Teagan. But Allie never comes home, beaten to death in an apparent hate crime because of her transgender identity. As police investigate the brutal murder, a crime that has appalled the country, one parent is at her wits' end with her son's behaviour. Are his outbursts and silences hiding something dark?