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Nach dem sensationellen Erfolg von Das Sanatorium der zweite Fall für Detective Elin Warner. Die Einheimischen nennen die Insel Reaper's Rock – Fels des Sensenmanns. Vor Jahren hatte hier ein Serienkiller eine Gruppe Jugendlicher getötet, und man munkelt, der Ort sei verflucht. Nun wurde hier vor der malerischen Küste Devons ein Öko-Wellness-Retreat eröffnet, das Ruhe und Entspannung verspricht. Nichts deutet noch auf die dunkle Vergangenheit.

A "gorgeously written and atmospheric thriller" following a woman on a long-awaited visit to a mountain arts retreat—where she soon finds herself trapped among strangers and in a deadly race to survive (Robyn Harding). “Magnificently absorbing and haunting . . . With a dabble each of...

Nach dem sensationellen Erfolg von Das Sanatorium der zweite Fall für Detective Elin Warner. Die Einheimischen nennen die Insel Reaper's Rock – Fels des Sensenmanns. Vor Jahren hatte hier ein Serienkiller eine Gruppe Jugendlicher getötet, und man munkelt, der Ort sei verflucht. Nun wurde hier vor der malerischen Küste Devons ein Öko-Wellness-Retreat eröffnet, das Ruhe und Entspannung verspricht. Nichts deutet noch auf die dunkle Vergangenheit.

Celebrant and accidental amateur sleuth Daphne Jones is thrilled to attend an opulent mountaintop retreat for a celebrants' conference. But the weekend turns deadly when a mysterious note lures Daphne to the hotel fountain, where she discovers a dead body, floating face down and wearing the distinctive red jacket of the society's president, Rupert Witherspoon.

Christmas Eve, 1989. A couple is found slumped in front of their twinkling Christmas tree in an apparent murder-suicide. Today. Librarian Pru Pearce is preparing for her wedding to police detective Andy Barnes. But after one of her Women's Institute friends suffers a suspicious accident at Rookery Grange, a home for the elderly and infirm, Pru and the other ladies are on alert. And when one of the residents is asphyxiated with a pillow, no one can rest easy. With her wedding taking a disastrous turn and a killer on the loose, the part-time detective makes another vow: to solve the mystery.

Six chefs are preparing to compete in an outdoor tent at Storyton Hall for prizes that will boost their careers - but is there someone who can't stand the heat? It looks that way when one of the contestants is found dead in a pantry packed with two centuries' worth of cookbooks, among other treasures and rarities. Could there be a connection to other recent events in town, like tampering with the costume of a local mascot? Jane isn't sure, but after someone serves a second course of murder, the kitchen must be closed and the killer must be found.

As Jane eagerly anticipates the wedding of her best friend Eloise Alcott, Storyton Hall is overrun with poets in town to compete for a coveted greeting card contract. They're everywhere, scrawling verses on cocktail napkins in the reading rooms or seeking inspiration strolling the Poet's Walk, a series of trails named after famous authors. But the Tennyson Trail leads to a grim surprise: a woman's corpse drifting in a rowboat on a lake, a crumpled copy of "The Lady of Shallot" in her lifeless fist.

Jane and her fiance, Edwin, are headed to the North Carolina coast for a much-needed vacation. Their harborside loft has floor-to-ceiling bookcases and breathtaking views, but Jane's hopes of exploring the town with her man are stymied when Edwin steps on a stingray. Things take an even less romantic turn when Jane stumbles across a dead body . . . Instead of taking leisurely beach strolls, Jane is suddenly on a literary chase through time, unearthing a dark secret in her family tree that threatens all she holds dear back in Storyton.