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One night changes everything in Gianna Phillips' seemingly perfect world. She's in love, months away from having their first child, and rising in her career as a designer. Nothing could be better in her eyes. Tragedy distorts her perception, and in the middle of the dense fog, she collides with a mountain.

Burnt-out social worker Amalie Holmes thinks she's finally caught a lucky break in the form of a free cottage from her mystery great aunt. With nothing to lose, Amalie heads for the hills, or, in this case, the mountains. Turns out the cottage comes with a big family secret: Amalie is from a long line of witches. She quickly discovers that living in a new town isn't easy, especially when lightning strikes whenever she loses her temper! When an orphaned 11-year-old stands accused of murder, Amalie's social worker instincts compel her to solve the case and clear the child.

""A pure delight from start to finish! Williams, White and Willig are in top form in this clever, engrossing whodunnit with a heart.” —Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of The New Couple in 5B Three beloved New York Times bestselling novelists, one marvelously entertaining...

Detective Sergeant Nick Vada thought he had left the past behind when he moved to the bustling streets of Sydney. But when his sister's wedding brings him back to the sleepy farming town of Milford, he's forced to confront memories he'd rather forget. What should have been a joyful family reunion quickly turns sinister when a body is discovered on the homestead of Warranilla, the largest farm in the region. The deeper Nick delves, the more he finds parallels in the 1992 murder of his own mother, and he feels that the victim's death is connected to events from his own past.

La última persona que vio a Silvia Blanch, desaparecida sin dejar rastro el verano de 2017, está muerta. Silvia era joven, guapa y estaba destinada al éxito. Alex, una joven periodista, será la encargada de ir hasta el pueblo de Montseny, donde vivía Silvia y donde se le perdió la pista, para hablar con su familia y escribir un artículo cuando se cumple un año de la desaparición.

From 21-Jump Street writer and series creator Patrick Hasburgh, a part thriller, part family novel about an ex-pat American living and surfing in Mexico, the family he loves, and the murder he witnesses, in the vein of Don Winslow’s The Dawn Patrol. “It’s rare to find a novel that’s so...

Ten years ago, Summer Butler was television's most popular teenage sleuth. Since then, she's hit - what gossip sites just love to call - the gutter. Nearly bankrupt, betrayed, estranged from her greedy mother, and just about unemployable, she's coaxed into that desperate haven for has-beens: reality TV.

When a celebrity author dies under mysterious circumstances in a small Florida town, a vulnerable young woman is the only witness, and Willow Bay's new chief of police must begin the hunt for a ruthless serial killer who will stop at nothing to hide his true identity. As reporter, Veronica Lee investigates the breaking story: A local woman is brutally killed, exposing a disturbing connection to a dangerous con man who has eluded capture for almost a decade.

Eine Mordserie in Madeiras feinen Kreisen erschüttert die Atlantikinsel. Nach einem feierlichen Dinner im elitären Golfclub der Insel liegt die Organisatorin am Morgen tot auf dem Gelände. Hat sich die junge Frau durch ihr ausschweifendes Liebesleben Feinde gemacht? Oder war sie einem dunklen Geheimnis auf der Spur? Comissário Avila hat eigentlich Besseres zu tun: Sein erstes Kind ist auf dem Weg. Doch statt mit seiner Frau Leticia Babybücher zu wälzen, sucht er in der High Society von Madeira nach einem Mörder.

Greta Plank, library director in the small lakeside town of Larkspur, Wisconsin, prefers her rose-tinted glasses extra rosy, thank you very much. It's how she copes with the hard stuff in life . . . like her sister's death and her ex-boyfriend's deception. But Greta's cheery resolve takes a hit when she stumbles upon a dead body on her way home from work. What she assumes is a terrible accident Greta soon learns is something more sinister, and to make matters worse, a new-to-town detective cites her as not only his primary source for the case, but his top suspect.

Was würdest du tun, um dein Geheimnis zu bewahren? Ein Mann springt vor den Augen von Kriminalkommissar Jan Graf von den Klippen des Roten Kliffs auf Sylt. Stefanie Teufel eilt ihrem Kollegen zu Hilfe. Es war kein Selbstmord, so viel steht schnell fest. Wer hat diesen Mann in den Tod getrieben und warum? Ein altes Foto im Haus des Opfers bringt die Ermittler auf die Spuren längst vergessener Taten. Doch die Zeit drängt, denn während sie mit den Ermittlungen beschäftigt sind, ist schon das nächste Opfer in das Visier des Verbrechers geraten.

Shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger Award The Times Crime Book of the Month, April 2018 ‘A fascinating debut’ The Sunday Times ‘A touch of Agatha Christie, a dash of Ann Cleeves’s Vera and a suitably moody setting in the Peaks…bring a formidable newcomer to British crime writing.’...

Her husband was supposed to come back, but now Rossalyn must rebuild and raise their son alone. Leaving their old life behind, she takes 13-year old Ryan cross-country to the small town where she grew up. On the road trip home, she makes a discovery. An old building on Main Street catches her eye and sparks an idea. Rossie knew immediately that it would be a perfectly charming place for a business...but what kind? When Ryan brought home a library book on bacon, her course was set. She had to open a BBQ and bacon cafe, and call it Hawg Heaven.

Paige Palmer spent her entire adult life studying to earn her doctorate in philosophy, only to be passed over for the job of her dreams. Escaping academia, she takes a job as barista at a quirky and cozy shop, The Roastery on 33rd, feeling somehow drawn to the charming spot in the quaint New Hampshire town. But there are secrets in the Roastery that have been percolating for decades. When a body is discovered in a secret room in the building, Paige’s impatient and tough-as-nails boss becomes increasingly convinced that an in-house investigation will be necessary to catch the culprit.

Freelance artist Delaney Powers has just had a really bad breakup when she receives news that will change her life forever. Astonished to learn that her dearly departed grandmother has willed Delaney her once-popular tea room, the struggling artist boards a bus to Vermont. Facing a life of uncertainty and scratching out a meager living in New York City, she decides on the spot to reopen Grandma Marcy’s now-defunct tea room, which is conveniently located in a large Victorian house. In one fell swoop, Delaney now has a new home and business.

Key Lime pie shop owner Marilyn Hayes moved to the sublime paradise of Key West after her divorce to make a new life for herself and her daughter. With unshakable determination, and a killer recipe for Key Lime pie, she grew her home-based business into a thriving enterprise and opened a shop across the street from the beach. Life was sunny and sweet, until murder walked into Marilyn’s shop, bringing with it a whole heap of trouble. When a man is found dead, and her daughter is implicated, Marilyn reluctantly becomes an amateur sleuth, sniffing out clues and putting herself in danger.

Newly widowed, Macy Garson is doing her best to live a simple and secure life that her beloved Jake would have been proud of. She loves her volunteer work at the Happy Paws dog sanctuary, but if she doesn't find a way to make money, and fast, she may not be able to keep up with her mortgage payments in a month or so.