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Bei einer glanzvollen Operngala im Château Savigny in Frankreich genießt Cass Lynch den Erfolg ihrer Mutter, der gefeierten Sängerin Eugénie. Doch als auf den Shetlandinseln ein alter Wikingerschatz entdeckt wird und Cass in ihre Heimat zurückkehrt, mischen sich Glanz und Gefahr.

An NPR "Book of the Day" In this one-of-a-kind mystery with heart and humor, a hilariously grumpy pony must save the only human he’s ever loved after discovering she stands accused of a murder he knows she didn’t commit. Pony has been passed from owner to owner for longer than he can...

Jane must return to the one place she fears most. Her family home. Jane's father was murdered in cold blood at the family home. The killer was never found. In the years since, Jane has done everything in her power to stay away from that house. To forget the nightmare and get on with her life. But now she has to go back. Her mother is ill and Jane must care for her. Her husband Joe goes with her but soon after they arrive at her family home, he begins to act strangely. Adding to her unease, Jane's brother Dan is openly hostile.

Six people find a thick cream envelope on their doorstep. Inside is an invitation to spend 24 hours in a crumbling manor house and be in with the chance to win a portion of one million dollars. The catch: Beechwood Castle was the site of one of the most horrific murders in modern history. The smell of blood, decay and death still hangs heavy in the air. Six people walk into the house. One of them is an imposter, all of them are traitors, which of them will survive the night?

Twister Malone and Chuckaluck Thompson are making their way through a West Texas canyon when they smell death. Finally, the two emerge onto the mesa, where they encounter the site of a massacre. A whole family of deer lies dead around a small pond, their skeletons bleached by the Texas sun. Someone has poisoned the water hole. Then a rider comes around the corner, rifle in hand, and gets the drop on Twister and Chuckaluck.

Nine physicists are dead. The medical examiner has determined that the victims died from drinking coffee laced with rat poison. The owner of the house, Professor Thaddeus Huntgardner, isn't suspected, but his claim that a piece of the debris from Roswell's 1947 UFO crash was hidden in Flagler might be true. Enter Luther "Luke" Stephens McWhorter, a Yale Divinity School-educated West Texas sheriff with all the right questions. Is the fragment real? If so, who's trying to locate it? And what has fueled the byzantine activities of Abbot County's two secret societies for the past 70 years?

Deputy District Attorney Paige Callen is being stalked, and the man stalking her is motivated, methodical, and relentless. The police aren’t merely one step behind Paige’s stalker; they’re stumped. So Paige’s father, retired Judge ‘Iron Gene’ Callen, instead hires retired San Francisco P.D. Inspector turned private investigator Bob Farrell, to the dismay of the local police. The cops know all too well Farrell’s reputation as a reckless wild card.

It's time to finish what he started... A young girl is snatched in broad daylight from outside her school and later found brutally murdered and hanging from a tree. When recently retired San Francisco Police Inspector, Bob Farrell, sees this on the news, he realises his worst nightmare has just come true. The same brutal killer a government agency stopped him from putting away twenty years before is once more on the loose....

Lily was last seen being tucked into bed by her adoring mother, Nova. But the next morning, the bed is empty except for a creepy toy rabbit. Has Nova’s abusive ex stolen his 'little bunny' back for good? At first, Officer Ellie James assumes this is a clear custody battle. Until she discovers that there are no pictures of the girl and her drawers are full of unused toys and brand-new clothes that have never been worn...Is Ellie searching for a missing child who doesn’t actually exist?

DI Kelly Porter is back. But will this new case push her beyond her limits? On a peaceful summer's morning in the Lake District, a woman's body is discovered outside a church. She's been murdered and a brutal, symbolic act performed on her corpse. DI Kelly Porter is in charge of the team investigating the crime, and is determined to bring the killer to justice. But as more deaths occur it is clear this is the work of a disturbed, dangerous and determined individual. Can Kelly put the puzzle pieces together before the danger comes closer to home?

Thirlmere hides a deadly secret... Drought hits the Lake District, uncovering a skeleton at the bottom of Thirlmere reservoir. The case quickly becomes personal for DI Kelly Porter when she discovers it's the remains of an old classmate, missing for over twenty years. Then a day later, another body is found in a caravan park, its head broken and bloody. Kelly suspects these two crimes are linked. But if she's right, that means there's a ruthless killer somewhere in her community – someone who will do anything to keep the truth buried.

There's a long list of victims but who was the killer's true target? When a helicopter loses controls over the Lake District, the crash comes tragically close to a fell running competition. Runners and bystanders are caught in the devastation. DI Kelly Porter attempts to coordinate the rescue efforts. Three of the passengers are dead, and the fourth is badly injured.

This detective story set at the World's Fair follows Carl Masters as he is in pursuit of international criminals Greenback Bob and Delbras. Conmen, lost handbags, jewel robberies, an adventuress...not to mention two missing young men and a murder, all come under the detective's eye.

Locked up with the enemy and there's no way out… When two former inmates of Highton prison turn up dead, DI Kelly Porter is tasked with finding out why. As Kelly digs into their life behind bars she finds more questions than answers. A tangled web of corruption and deceit emerges within the prison walls.

Der Tote am See. Auf einem romantischen Spaziergang in den schottischen Highlands entdecken Detective Inspector Gavin Macrae und die begeisterte Seglerin Cass Lynch eine Leiche. Ein Fuhrunternehmer, dem man Unterschlagungen vorwirft, ist seit längerer Zeit verschwunden. Doch offenbar hat jemand etwas dagegen, dass sich Cass nach ihm erkundigt. Ihr Boot wird von den Halteleinen losgeschnitten, in stürmischer Nacht treibt sie hinaus aufs Meer.

Teuflischer Tod. Es ist kurz vor Halloween, und die Teenager in Scalloway auf Shetland scheinen den Hexenkult etwas zu ernst zu nehmen. Es gibt einen Hexenzirkel, geführt vom Teufel persönlich. Cass Lynch, leidenschaftliche Seglerin, hält das alles für Aberglaube, bis sie die Tochter von Bekannten tot auffindet. War es Mord? Es wird ziemlich hart für Cass, sich des Hexenwahns zu erwehren und die realen Hintergründe der Geschichte aufzuklären. Zum Glück ist Gavin, der Detective Inspector mit dem Kilt und den freundlichen meergrauen Augen immer zur Stelle, wenn es zu gefährlich wird.

Tödlicher Segeltörn. Zwei Luxusboote legen im Hafen von Brae auf den Shetland-Inseln an. Cass Lynch, leidenschaftliche Seglerin und Hobby-Ermittlerin, kann es sich nicht verkneifen, dem seltsamen Treiben der Besitzer dieser Schiffe nachzuspüren. Sie ahnt nicht, in welche Gefahr sie sich begibt. Da wird einer ihrer begabtesten Segelschüler tot aufgefunden. Ein Unfall war das wohl nicht. Doch zum Glück greift Detective Inspector Gavin Macrae aus dem schottischen Hochland ein.

Rückkehr auf die Insel. Nach langer Zeit auf See kehrt Cass Lynch als Skipper eines nachgebauten Wikingerbootes zu Filmaufnahmen auf die Shetland-Inseln zurück. Eines Abends findet sie auf dem Wikingerboot eine Frauenleiche, die Schwester der Hauptdarstellerin des Films. Der Star selbst hat bereits mehrere anonyme Drohbriefe erhalten, die Videokopien der gedrehten Szenen wurden gestohlen und am Strand verbrannt. Cass muss beweisen, dass ihr Vater unschuldig ist und dass auch sie nicht die Mörderin ist. Doch das fällt ihr nicht leicht, denn sie hat ein dunkles Geheimnis.

It is six years since special agent Samuel Lynch left the FBI following the disappearance of his son, Daniel. Lynch believes an underground organisation known as The Railroad is responsible and has never stopped searching.

When a young woman is kidnapped, Donal is brought in to deliver the ransom money. But the tightly planned drop off goes wrong, Julie Draper is discovered dead, and Donal finds his job on the line - a scapegoat for the officers in charge. But when Donal is delivered a cryptic message in the night, he learns that Julie was killed long before the botched rescue mission.