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Theophilos and Claudia, jesters with the Guild, are sent to enlist the help of a former guild member - the minstrel Folquet, now the abbot Folq at a Cistercian monastery - to intercede with the pope on their behalf.

It's Christmas time in Caerphilly, and the town is preparing for their live nativity. During rehearsals, Meg discovers a real baby in the manger, with a note attached that says the mother is leaving the baby girl there so that her father can take care of her, and the wording of the note implicates Meg's brother, Rob, as the father. Rob protests that he can't possibly be the father, but the town's suspicion creates a rift between him and his new girlfriend. Rob asks Meg to investigate on his behalf‚ to clear his name and to find the real parents of the baby.

When the body of Jen’s teenage son, Eli, is found at the edge of a lake, her shock and grief are overwhelming—and so is the activity swirling around her as the police investigate. The guilt she feels because she was not at home the night her child was killed weighs heavy on Jen’s heart. But while she hides a secret, Jen yearns to know what happened—are Eli’s friends telling the truth? After she learns that Eli had a girlfriend, something his friends say he’d kept hidden from everyone, it becomes more and more difficult to separate the fiction from the facts.

No nine-to-five cubicle career will suit Stacie Calder—the naturalist much prefers working in the great outdoors. Specifically, the spacious and spectacular Alaskan wilderness, whose rugged charms she shares with sightseers on the top deck of the tour boat where she works. But one May afternoon, Stacie’s passengers see more than glittering glaciers, frolicking harbor seals, climbing bears, and soaring seabirds…they also witness a man lying dead in the frigid Alaskan waters. And it seems likely that someone gave him a fatal push.

Band drei der humorvollen Krimireihe: Ein Wanderer wird erschlagen aufgefunden und das Ermittler-Trio Hansi, Karl und Simone machen sich auf die Suche nach dem Täter. Sehr schnell stellt sich heraus, dass das Opfer mehr Feinde als Freunde hatte und selbst die Familie ihm nicht wirklich nachtrauert. Den wahren Mörder unter der Flut von Verdächtigen zu finden, ist gar nicht so einfach.

Band zwei der heiteren Krimireihe: Der pensionierte Polizist Karl Ramsauer wird aus seinem Ruhestand zurück ins Revier geholt und soll da nun als Berater tätig sein. Im Dorfweiher wurde unter der Eisdecke eine Leiche entdeckt und nun gilt es herauszufinden, was dem armen Kerl zugestoßen ist. Was ist geschehen, dass ihm ein solch eisiges Grab beschert hat? Hat es etwas mit dem Gewinn aus seiner Schafkopfrunde zu tun?

Der erste Band der humorvollen Krimireihe aus der bayerischen Provinz: Eigentlich hatte sich der frisch pensionierte Polizist Karl Ramsauer vorgenommen den Ruhestand in vollen Zügen zu genießen. Doch dann wird die Metzgerei seines Freundes Xaver Leitner geschlossen, weil angeblich der Leberkäse für Erkrankungen und sogar einen Todesfall verantwortlich sein soll. Ausgerechnet jetzt befindet sich auch noch Ramsauers Ehefrau auf einem Gesundheitstrip und setzt ihm nur noch Grünzeug vor.

A short story from British Library Crime Classic The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories. Car trouble and poor weather lead John Bradley to Lark Cottage, the home of Lucy Shaw and her young daughter, Julia. Her husband, serving a life sentence for murder, has escaped from Lanforth Prison, and she implores her unexpected visitor to stay the night. Listeners will love this rare short story from John Bingham and the unexpected twist.

Each short story is a self-contained experience — tight, twisty, and impossible to pause — written by acclaimed thriller author Sam Johnson and brought to life by the immersive voices of Lucy Walker and James Goodwin. Whether it's the woman trapped in an elevator with someone who remembers what she forgot… the man whose new phone begins syncing surveillance photos of himself… or the late-night confession that reveals the priest's own darkest sin, every tale is a psychological maze with no guaranteed way out.