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Londra, 1925. Per impedirle di combinare ulteriori guai, Leonida Bernabò individua finalmente la sistemazione ideale per la vivace e scapestrata secondogenita Beatrice: un solido impiego presso l'ambasciata italiana. Miss Bee si trova dunque a barcamenarsi fra impegni segretariali ed eventi prestigiosi, come il ricevimento in onore di una delegazione proveniente proprio da Firenze, la città natia dei Bernabò. Due membri del comitato scientifico degli Uffizi vengono accolti insieme a Edoardo, figlio dell'ambasciatore italiano, e la sua fidanzata, Elisa.

Derbyshire, dicembre 1924. È un freddo Natale ad Alconbury Hall, la residenza di campagna della nobile famiglia Lennox. Così freddo che nemmeno generose dosi di sherry riescono a riscaldare la mente e il cuore di Lady Millicent Carmichael, mentre detta le sue scandalose memorie alla nuova segretaria. Beatrice però ancora non riesce a cogliere il sottobosco di ten­sioni che attraversa quella conturbante atmosfera natalizia.

Twelve-year-old Rocco Fanelli is a spelling bee champ in the making. He's the odds-on favorite to win the local middle-school bee and go on to the regionals, the state, and ultimately the nationals. Which is why someone is trying to intimidate him to drop out with a threatening note in his locker. Rocco's concerned parents hire Maya and Sandra to uncover the culprit and ensure their son's safety.

Londra, anni Venti del Novecento. Beatrice Bernabò, detta Miss Bee, è una ventenne italiana che vive nella capitale inglese da qualche anno. Insieme alle sorelle, Beatrice si è trasferita al seguito del padre Leonida, docente di italianistica all’Università. Il mandato del padre gode della protezione dell’ambasciatore italiano in UK, che non può che essere fascista. Invitata a cena dalla nobile dirimpettaia, Mrs Ashbury – vedova e madre di un unico e affascinante figlio, il conturbante Christopher detto Kit – Beatrice si trova suo malgrado in mezzo a un giallo che è al contempo un triangolo amoroso.

The small town of Humble Hills, Colorado, is abuzz with excitement over the upcoming annual Bee Festival, sponsored by Bailey’s Granny Bee and the Honeybuzz Mountain Ranch. The long weekend of festivities includes a beauty pageant, beekeeping demonstrations, a local restaurant bake-off, and a 3K Bear Run where all the participants are dressed as bears. The bake-off brings in a television crew from California to film, so it’s the most drama-filled part of the weekend, especially when the famous celebrity host winds up dead.

With her Let It Bee honey boutique buzzing along nicely, life is as sweet as nectar for Wren Johnson - until she takes a morning walk along the Pacific beach with her Havana Brown cat, Everett, and stumbles upon the body of Agnes Snow, the cranky queen of the local craft fairs, stiff as driftwood. More unfortunate? Clutched in the victim's fist is a label from Wren's homemade beeswax-and-honey lip balm. Which makes Officer Jim Hampton focus his dreamy-blue Paul Newman eyes on Wren as suspect number-one.

After Architrave's will reveals that he bequeathed his ramshackle old house to the Grub-and-Stakers, with instructions for it to be turned into a museum, Dittany resigns herself to weeks of cleaning out the mansion and sorting through donated town "artifacts". The task turns interesting, however, the minute bodies start falling from the sky. The new curator is airing out the house's attic when he takes his tumble off the roof.

Evelyn Chambers zieht nach einer langen Haftstrafe zu ihrer Schwester Mary nach South Pendrick. Ihr Mann Walter will sich von ihr scheiden lassen und auch ihre Kinder warten schon lange nicht mehr auf sie. Doch der ersehnte Neubeginn soll Evelyn einfach nicht gelingen: Sie fühlt sich verfolgt und erhält Geschenke von einem heimlichen Verehrer. Als Evelyn verschwindet und Walter tot in ihrem Keller aufgefunden wird, beginnt Bee, eigene Ermittlungen durchzuführen und stößt auf eine furchterregende Wahrheit über Evelyns Leben ...

Bei Renovierungsarbeiten im Herrenhaus wird eine sechzig Jahre alte Baby-Mumie gefunden. Mit gewohntem Scharfsinn nimmt sich die pensionierte Hobbydetektivin Bee Merryweather dieses Falls an. Wer im idyllischen Cornwall könnte ein Mörder sein? Verdächtige gibt es unter den eigentümlichen Bewohnern des Dorfes mehr als genug. War es eines der ehemaligen Stubenmädchen oder hat doch die berüchtigte Dorfhexe ihre Finger im Spiel? Skandale werden aufgedeckt und Bee Merryweather weiß: Geheimnisse lassen sich nicht verscharren.

Reduce da un evento inatteso e imprevedibile che le ha certamente stravolto l'esistenza, la giovane Miss Bee, alias Beatrice Bernabò, a poco più di vent'anni si trova in una situazione inedita. Una nuova vita le si spalanca davanti agli occhi. Miss Bee si ritroverà invischiata in un enigma dai contorni ancor più foschi del solito, così come fosco le appare il suo presente sentimentale, per tacer del futuro.

Georgie Johansen's return to the coastal haven of Twilight Cove has been a dream come true: she gets to work with Auntie O at the animal sanctuary, has adopted two very adorable dogs who have very special abilities and even has a blossoming romance with the gorgeous farmhand Callum. It's August and the town is buzzing with anticipation for the annual Dead Eye Days pirate festival. The excitement reaches a fever pitch when long-term resident Jasper, a pirate fanatic, declares he is in possession of a treasure map!

It's been years since screenwriter Georgie Johansen last visited her Aunt Olivia's farm in the coastal town of Twilight Cove, and things have certainly changed. First of all, it's now an animal sanctuary, and then there's the new farmhand who's as mysterious as he is handsome. Her first day on the farm, Georgie encounters the eccentric Dorothy Shale, an older woman who lives in a cabin in the woods. There are rumours that Dorothy's a witch, but Georgie doesn't believe that. Although, Dorothy does have an unusual magical presence around her.

Fall is in full swing and the town of Twilight Cove is preparing for its annual Pumpkin Glow! Georgie Johansen, her gorgeous boyfriend Callum and her Auntie O are also getting ready for their animal sanctuary’s Trail of Terror. But when a new, and rather unpleasant, resident stops at nothing to take over the town, the enemies she makes are numerous...and lethal!