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Miss Marple, Agatha Christie’s deceptively mild spinster sleuth, is being treated to a few days’ holiday by her niece, staying at Bertram’s Hotel, a dignified, unostentatious establishment tucked away in a back street of busy Mayfair. Here is a place where sedate upper class ladies, retired military gentlemen and the higher echelons of the clergy can indulge in the comforts of a bygone age. But Miss Marple begins to feel uneasy. Something sinister lurks beneath the polished veneer.

December 1899. After the death of her beloved grandmother, Cleopatra Fox moves into the luxury hotel owned by her estranged uncle in the hopes of putting hardship and loneliness behind her. But the poisoning of a guest throws her new life, and the hotel, into chaos. Cleo quickly realizes no one can be trusted, not Scotland Yard and especially not the hotel’s charming assistant manager. With the New Year’s Eve ball approaching fast and the hotel’s reputation hanging by a thread, Cleo must find the killer before the ball, and the hotel itself, are ruined.

At Bertram’s Hotel the intrepid Miss Marple, on holiday in London, must solve a deadly mystery at the end of a chain of very violent events. An old-fashioned London hotel is not quite as reputable as it makes out to be.… When Miss Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she...

Leaving behind tragedies surrounding their wedding at Morrington Hall, travel-worn Stella and Lyndy arrive at the grand Majestic Hotel in York to more misfortune-their stately honeymoon suite has been given away to Horace Wingrove, owner of England's largest confectionery. Stella refuses to let an innocent booking mistake spoil the mood, but her optimism vanishes when Horace suffocates in the room where she and Lyndy should have stayed . . .

An invitation from a hotel owner to stay at his new seaside hotel provides Evie, Countess of Woodridge, with the perfect opportunity to fulfill her maid's dream of vacationing by the seaside. However, the prospect of spending an entire week strolling along the pier makes Evie realize she is no longer cut out for a life of leisure. Clearly, she is missing the exhilaration she experienced during the last few murder cases she had become involved in. When a young woman dies right outside their hotel, Evie finds the perfect opportunity to distract herself.

The whole village of Badger's End is mourning the death of their beloved doctor, so imagine their shock and horror at the funeral when the open casket reveals a stranger’s murdered body. Who is the victim, who killed him—and most important of all, where is the doctor's body?

The Pennyfoot hides many secrets, and its downstairs staff keeps a tight lip, even when the Edwardian aristocrats are spotted dallying with damsels in the boudoirs or gambling in the card rooms hidden below the floorboards. Should now and then one of the hotel guests fall prey to a dastardly murderer, however, it is up to Cecily Sinclair to restore order before Scotland Yard steps in and shuts down her infamous seaside hotel.

When a mysterious figure shows up in the photograph an architect takes of the derelict Seabrink Hotel, ghostly encounters and murder are unleashed. Aubrey Spencer loves photographing classic old buildings and abandoned places that hold old secrets. The Hotel Seabrink, perched overlooking the sea...

'I loved Glenda's book and her characters - perfect for all fans of dance, mystery and cosy escapism. Absolutely smashing!' ANTON DU BEKE The fourth in the page-turning cosy crime series from Glenda Young, this unputdownable whodunnit is perfect for fans of Julia Chapman's Dales Detective Agency...

After the death of her husband, Helen Dexter is contemplating her future as the now-sole proprietor of the Seaview Hotel. There's an offer from a hotel chain developer to consider, but also a booking from a group of 12 Elvis impersonators, a singing troupe called Twelvis. Tom loved Elvis, and for Helen, this is a sign that she should stay. But the series of mysterious events that follows suggests that the developer is not going to give up easily. Then, shortly after Twelvis arrive, one of the group disappears. His body is found floating in a lake, with his blue suede shoes missing.

Helen Dexter is enjoying the new four-star status of the Seaview Hotel. But she begins to wonder if this accolade is cursed when a series of disasters strike. It starts when a crazy golf team arrive to play in a Scarborough tournament. Their odd behaviour heightens when the rival team captain turns up. Yet, there's worse to come for Helen when one of the guests is murdered playing crazy golf. Then the Seaview's prize-winning cook Jean quits, leaving Helen devastated. And so, as Helen's fiftieth birthday approaches, the last thing she's in the mood for is a celebration.

In the charming Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough, the stage is set for murder. When a troupe of actors arrive in Scarborough to perform a murder mystery play and book into the Seaview Hotel, it's only a matter of time before amateur sleuth Helen Dexter and her trusty greyhound, Suki, are playing the roles of detectives once again.

Eigentlich hat Delphine Gueron der Verbrecherjagd nach ihrer Pensionierung adieu gesagt und ist in ihre alte Heimat an die Atlantikküste gezogen. Als ihre schwerreiche Freundin Aurélie vom Balkon ihrer Suite im noblen Hôtel Atlantique stürzt, ist Delphines alter Spürsinn geweckt. Zusammen mit dem jungen Halbalgerier Karim beginnt sie zu ermitteln. Auch Karim, den Delphine und Aurélie vor einer Einbrecherkarriere bewahrt haben, glaubt nicht an einen Unfall.

Chi ha ucciso Antonio Roveda, usuraio della Milano che conta? E soprattutto, dove si nasconde l'archivio nel quale Roveda ha accumulato informazioni e segreti su tutti i potenti della città? È quello che dovrà scoprire Anna Bellini, commissario di polizia milanese, coinvolta suo malgrado nei misteri legati alla morte del pericoloso latitante. Insieme al suo fidanzato, il sovrintendente Gillo De Francisci, Anna Bellini proteggeva le notti di Roveda al Lovers Hotel.

When Abbie Coleman is asked to host a relaxing wellbeing retreat at the Hummingbird Hotel after a stressful photoshoot on board celebrity fashion designer Pierre Fontaine's luxury yacht, she knows it's the perfect opportunity to showcase the peace and tranquility on offer. But when a member of the local goat fraternity is discovered in a guest's room munching on a pair of his paisley boxer shorts, and a delicious avocado and kale smoothie has unexpected soporific properties, Abbie must once again join forces with local vineyard owner to unravel the mystery and save the hotel.

Sussex, 1957: When Flora Steele and handsome crime writer Jack Carrington attend the grand re-opening of the Priory Hotel in the beautiful little village of Abbeymead, their day out is cut short when the flame-haired female singer in the band suddenly drops dead before their eyes. Flora is stunned by the unexpected turn of events and immediately deduces foul play. Beverly Russo was a spirited young woman with a big voice, and Flora is determined to get to the bottom of her untimely demise—especially as the detective sergeant leading the investigation is so hopeless.

Twenty floors above the shimmering lights of the Hamburg docks, public prosecutor Chastity Riley is celebrating a birthday with friends in a hotel bar when 12 heavily armed men pull out guns and take everyone hostage. Among the hostages is Konrad Hoogsmart, the hotel owner, who is being targeted by a man whose life - and family - have been destroyed by Hoogsmart’s actions. With the police looking on from outside - their colleagues’ lives at stake - and Chastity on the inside, increasingly ill from sepsis, the stage is set for a dramatic confrontation.

Eine unterkühlte Hotelbar am Hamburger Hafen. Unten an den Docks glitzern die Lichter, oben sind die Tische eher dünn besetzt. Plötzlich gehen die Türen auf, zwölf schwerbewaffnete Männer kapern die Bar, nehmen Gäste und Personal in Geiselhaft. Mittendrin: Chastity Riley, die sich eigentlich auf ein schmerzhaftes Wiedersehen mit alten Freunden eingestellt hatte, jetzt aber gemeinsam mit allen anderen Geiseln lernen muss, dass es Verletzungen gibt, die sich einfach nicht mehr reparieren lassen... Der Kiez in den 80ern, ein junger Mann will raus.

A Natale siamo tutti più buoni. E, nel caso di Malù Ferrari, archeologa con la passione per il giallo, anche più testardi e perspicaci del solito. Può un corso di pasticceria aprire le porte di un'indagine? Certo, se gli investigatori sono i quattro coinquilini di via Atri 36. L'innata curiosità di Malù la porta a seguire un laboratorio di cake design al Vomero Hill, un lussuoso albergo napoletano, ed è qui che Emiliano, un compagno di corso, la coinvolge in un'indagine non ufficiale sulla morte della madre, ex direttrice dell'hotel.

Miss Marple schwelgt in alten Erinnerungen und will ein paar ruhige Tage in Bertrams Hotel in London verbringen. Doch plötzlich verschwindet ein ehrenwerter Stammgast des Hotels: Kanonikus Pennyfather wollte zu einem Kongress nach Luzern, ist dort aber nie angekommen. Chief-Inspector Fred Davy bittet Miss Marple um Hilfe, hat sie doch den Verschwundenen zuletzt gesehen. Und schon bald sind sich die beiden Ermittler einig: die Idylle des komfortablen Hotels ist nur Fassade.