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This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Brighton, Winter 1884. An invitation to dinner with murder on the menu . . . When formidable spinster Lavinia Rathbone, her loyal companion Rose Vale and their devoted spaniel Pip, are invited to the townhouse of eccentric collector Oswald Greene, they...

After losing everything, Katie Wilk is starting life over in Columbia, Minnesota, with a new career—giving up cryptanalysis in favor of teaching school—and a canine companion, Maverick, a black Labrador retriever. But on one of their first outings, Katie and Maverick discover a dead body in a nearby marshland. Doctor Pete Erickson enters her life. As the county coroner, he’s one of the first on the scene; as the doctor that day in the ER, he’s the one who stitches up Katie’s head; as the son of the police chief, Pete is also in on the investigation.

Dorfkommissarin Mary wird jäh aus ihrem ruhigen Job gerissen, als eine Babyleiche aus dem Altwasser des Rhein-Main-Donaukanals geborgen wird. Als die Presse davon Wind bekommt, ist es vorbei mit der idyllischen Ruhe in der kleinen Gemeinde Essing im unteren Altmühltal. Außerdem brodelt die Gerüchteküche. Mary und ihr Partner Hauptwachtmeister Markus Bärnreuther, wegen seiner Leibesfülle und seiner Behäbigkeit von allen nur "Bär" genannt, merken bald, dass sie der Fall überfordert.

'I thoroughly enjoyed this intriguing mystery set in a beautiful location with deliciously menacing undercurrents.' Frances EveshamIt was meant to be a safe place to start again... In need of an escape from her failing marriage, Nia agrees to house-sit her aunt’s cottage on the Isle of Wight...

Unter den Augen eines Mörders … Vor dreizehn Jahren kam Winter Black, die bei einer Freundin übernachten wollte, verfrüht nach Hause zurück und fand ihre Eltern brutal ermordet im Bett vor, während ihr kleiner Bruder verschwunden war – entführt von einem Serienmörder, dem man den...

When the beloved Reverend Playfair is found stabbed in his study, along with his housekeeper, the polite residents of Brighton do what they do best: pretend that nothing is wrong and return to their tea. But not Miss Lavinia Rathbone. She may be a lady of leisure, but the razor-sharp spinster has no patience for sloppy conclusions, or for Inspector Chubb, who seems more interested in pork pies than motive. With her loyal companion Miss Rose Vale, Lavinia sets out to discover what really took place.

A unique collection of the finest Golden Age mystiers - puzzling whodunnits that have entertained and delighted readers for centuries. With Edgar Award-winning Otto Penzler as guide, delve into an irresistible collection of the finest Golden Age American whodunits, including household names and...

Elizabeth Bell runs a quiet household, with no family and no more than the usual number of servants. She passes her time thinking about crime and working on her biography of a relative. When a young cousin comes to stay, life in the house becomes uncharacteristically lively. First, cousin Judy burns a hole in Miss Bell's desk. Next, they spy a burglar on the staircase—a shadowy figure who vanishes without a trace. And finally, Sarah, the nurse, takes the dogs for a walk and never returns. She is found savagely murdered, and she will not be the last to die.

Mary Stewart, one of the great British storytellers of the 20th century, transports listeners to rural Northumberland for this tale of romance, ambition, and deceit - a perfect fit for fans of Agatha Christie and Barbara Pym. Whitescar is a beautiful old house and farm situated in Roman Wall...

Als der erfolgreiche Anwalt Jean-Marc Sauvet, bester Freund des Untersuchungsrichters Antoine Verlaque, eine kleine Rolle in der Sommeraufführung von Cigalon in Aix-en-Provence übernimmt, ahnt er nicht, worauf er sich einlässt. An der Seite der legendären Schauspielerin Liliane Poncet sollte es ein besonderes Erlebnis werden, doch schon bald weicht die anfängliche Begeisterung blanker Ernüchterung. Der Hauptdarsteller ist schwierig, der zerstreute Regisseur sorgt für ständiges Chaos, und hinter den Kulissen scheint jeder ein Geheimnis zu haben.

Für Truly bricht eine Welt zusammen, als sie nach einem kleinen magischen Unfall aus ihrem geliebten London nach Westedge, ins ländliche Cornwall, geschickt wird. Dort soll sie unter der strengen Aufsicht der höchst humorlosen Oberhexe Ophelia die Hexerei von der Pike auf lernen. Statt hipper Chili-Karamell-Latte gibt es nur noch Kräuter-Basen-Tees und das einzige Wesen, das sie zu verstehen scheint, ist Ophelias depressiver Rabe. Kein Wunder, dass sich Truly nichts sehnlicher als etwas Abwechslung wünscht.

From the NUMBER ONE bestselling author of A Christmas Murder, Mary Grand It was meant to be a safe place to start again... In need of an escape from her failing marriage, Nia agrees to house-sit her aunt’s cottage on the Isle of Wight. She feels sure the cosy close in a quaint harbour town...

Kate is back with more weddings, more teenage angst from her daughter, Ellis, and another murder. Kate's good friend from high school, Charlie Wentworth, has asked her to plan his wedding to Remley, the fiancé no one in town knew about. It's no secret that Charlie has carried the torch for Kate...

Major Robert Kurland has returned to the quiet vistas of Kurland St. Mary to recuperate from the horrors of Waterloo. However injured his body may be, his mind is as active as ever. Too active, perhaps. When he glimpses a shadowy figure from his bedroom window struggling with a heavy load, the tranquil façade of the village begins to loom sinister....

Baseball may be America’s official favorite pastime, but for Martha Rose and her friends, quilting is far more fun… and a lot less dangerous. A diamond brocade pattern is more quilter Martha Rose’s style than a baseball diamond - especially when it comes to the new eyesore of a stadium ruining her lovely San Fernando Valley neighborhood. Martha doesn’t know a bunt from a bundt cake, but when she stumbles upon the battered body of baseball coach Dax Martin, she doesn’t need a scorecard to know it’s foul play.

Mary Stanton’s popular Beaufort & Company mysteries about a haunted law firm in Savannah, Georgia, have won her a loyal fan base. Bree Winston-Beaufort is happy for a break from her job as an advocate for the otherworldly when she finally gets a living, breathing client. But aging actress Justine Coville didn’t walk into Beaufort & Company just to change her will. Soon Bree’s investigating the set of Justine’s latest film for clues regarding an infamous 1950s murder.

Acclaimed author Mary Stanton is highly regarded for both her fantasy and her mystery novels. In Avenging Angels, Bree takes the late banker O’Rourke—who was rumored to have committed suicide—as a client. But as Bree and her team of angels investigate, evidence mounts that O’Rourke was actually murdered. And soon, Bree realizes someone wants her to join her client on the other side.

Wedding Planner Kate Ludlow is back with her fun circle of small-town New England friends. Life is clipping along well for Kate. Her wedding season is off to a great start; she has reconnected with her former high school boyfriend, and her teen daughter is happy and looking forward to a fun...

Countess by day, secret advice columnist by night, Amelia Amesbury has life happily balanced on a quill's edge . . . until her sister Margaret shows up in London under a blanket of scandal and Amelia is catapulted out of mourning and into the ton's unforgiving Season. However Madge's Season debut is marred by a rather inconvenient death at the dining table as the infamous Mr Radcliffe takes ill and is later confirmed dead by poisoning. With Madge being the last person to have cross words with the soon-to-be baron, the ton's gossip mill—and the police—are looking to pin the murder on her.

The South Dakota Gold Rush might be long over, but Zo Jones feels like she's hit the mother lode when she and her friends browse an estate sale, where a rare old book about the history of Spirit Canyon is causing quite a commotion. In addition to local stories and secrets, the book may even contain the location of a famous stash of gold-a treasure worth killing for.