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Lara Kerouac, journaliste à la carrière stagnante, est envoyée en Bretagne pour écrire un article sur la célèbre chanteuse Maryse Maddox. Son séjour à l'hôtel isolé de La Lavandière de Nuit, sur l'île de Kareg, devait être une simple mission. Mais la disparition de bijoux, une tempête qui isole l'île du continent et, surtout, bientôt une mort suspecte, transforment sa mission en véritable roman d'Agatha Christie.

On a quiet street, one house is burning to the ground. By the time sign language interpreter Paige Northwood arrives, flames have engulfed her client’s home. Though Lukas is safe, his wife is still inside. But she was dead before the fire started. Lukas signs to Paige that he knows who killed his wife. But then he goes silent - even when the police charge him with murder. Is he guilty, or afraid? Only Paige can help him now.

Aos 13 anos, Maisie Dobbs começa a trabalhar como criada em uma residência da aristocracia londrina. Sua patroa, a sufragista lady Rowan Compton, logo descobre a sede de conhecimento da menina e resolve patrocinar seus estudos. Seu tutor é o famoso investigador Maurice Blanche, que percebe os dons intuitivos da moça e a ajuda a ser admitida na prestigiosa Girton College, em Cambridge.

Four babies have been kidnapped from four different maternity wards in Tel Aviv. With not a single lead to follow, all investigators can do is wait patiently for the suspect they call ‘The Babysitter’ to make their next move. Four weeks earlier, on a quiet street, a medical student went out for a run and was killed by a hit-and-run driver. Then a second student went out and never returned. Daphne Dagan, a young, talented police officer, is first to realize that the hit and run and the kidnappings are related.

Rasende Wut, kaltblütiger Mord. Es herrscht beinahe gespenstische Ruhe am spätsommerlichen Morgen im elsässischen Eguisheim, als Jean-Marie Knopfer aus dem Fenster stürzt. Er ist augenblicklich tot. Niemand kann sich erklären, wie es dazu kam. Dann werden Wanderer von einem Reh attackiert. Eine Untersuchung ergibt: Das Tier hatte Tollwut.