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Diese Eifler Seniorinnen lassen sich nichts vormachen! Die Neuigkeit macht in Himmelrath schneller die Runde als man gucken kann: Der Verbandsbürgermeister Hubert Brandt ist tot. Erschlagen. Mit einem Stein. Tragisch, wirklich! Der Schrecken bei den vier Rommé-Freundinnen Evelyne, Barbara, Ingrid und Rosa sitzt tief. Darauf erst mal ein Schlückchen Wein … Schnell wird klar, dass Barbaras gemütlicher Bruder Hannes, Kriminalbeamter kurz vor der Pensionierung (gedanklich jedoch bereits seit vielen Jahren in Rente), mit diesem Fall maßlos überfordert sein wird.

Bangalore, 1922: Pregnant and confined to the house by her protective mother-in-law, Kaveri Murthy has resolved to take a break from detection. But when an elderly woman is stabbed at night and dies clutching a photograph of Kaveri while asking for her help—how can she refuse? Missing the assistance of her husband Ramu, who is working in Coorg, Kaveri investigates her new case with her able assistants, milk boy Venu and housemaid Anandi. They find a trail of secrets that lead them to suspect the killer may be in Coorg.

The Bellona Club is the picture of old-world respectability—a gentleman’s retreat where war veterans and aristocrats gather for quiet conversation, brandy, and a game of chess. But on Armistice Day, the peace is shattered when the body of General Fentiman is discovered slumped in his usual chair. At first glance, it seems the elderly war hero simply passed away, but something doesn’t add up. The time of death is unclear, his stiff posture is unnatural, and an inheritance worth half a million pounds hangs in the balance.

Summer has arrived along with a plethora of social events that keep Cleo and her cousins busy. Between balls, dinners, concerts and picnics, they attend the final match between two proud polo clubs. When the winning team’s captain is found murdered in the stables, everyone assumes the opposing team’s captain killed him. After all, he was found holding the murder weapon, and everyone knows they hated each other.

The Cypress Arete Society is one of the town's oldest and most exclusive clubs. When assistant librarian Trudell Becket is invited to speak to the group about the library, its modernization, and her efforts to bring printed books to the reading public, her friend Flossie invites herself along. Flossie has been on the book club's waiting list for five years, and she's determined to find out why she's never received an invitation to join. But not long after Tru and Flossie arrive for the meeting, they're shocked to find the club's president, Rebecca White, dead in the kitchen.

An Instant USA TODAY Bestseller! In this laugh-out-loud murder mystery, three women dating the same man band together to get revenge, but when they discover his body, they'll need to solve his murder before they go down for it. The body in the closet was going to be a problem. Kathryn Hu knew it...

“The perfect cocktail of well-plotted, good-hearted, murderous fun."" —Nina Simon, bestselling author of Mother-Daughter Murder Night THEY'D KILL TO BE WIDOWS. Three best friends turn to murder to collect on their husbands’ life insurance policies… But the husbands have a plan of their...

Prudence Davies is one of Ellison Jones's least favorite people on earth. She's vindictive. She's mean. And the two share a twisted history. Or, they did. When Prudence is murdered after a very public spat, Ellison finds herself a murder suspect. Worse, the investigating officer has it in for Ellison's homicide detective husband.

First published by Collins in 1928, this was the first of 22 mystery novels by Vernon Loder, one of the most popular British mystery-thriller writers of his generation. When a guest at Stowe House is found dead, killed by a lethal dart, suspicion naturally falls on the resident collector of...

Ha sido un año tranquilo para el Club del Crimen de los Jueves. Joyce está volcada en los preparativos del banquete y el primer baile. Elizabeth se muestra más reservada de lo habitual. Ron lidia con problemas familiares, e Ibrahim sigue prestando terapia a su criminal favorito. Pero cuando Elizabeth conoce a un invitado que teme por su vida, la emoción de la investigación vuelve a encenderse. Un villano quiere acceder a un código imposible de descifrar y no se detendrá ante nada. Sumidos en su caso más explosivo hasta la fecha, ¿logrará el grupo resolver el enigma —y un asesinato— a tiempo?

When Clio – a former actress and current struggling private detective – manages to score a key role in the town’s Christmas pantomime, she’s secretly delighted. At last, perhaps, her talents will be recognized? It’s all going dramatically well, until their esteemed director is found murdered on the opening night. And Clio knows it’s up to her to find out who the mistletoe murderer is. She knows her best chance of capturing the culprit is to bring her best friends Amber and Jeanie into the cast. Even if the best way to sneak them in is to carefully conceal them both in a pantomime cow costume.

Former homicide detective and recently widowed Sean Tanner has settled into Spartina Island's private retirement community, hoping to find solace after his wife's death in their chosen paradise. He soon finds himself drawn into the Mudflats Murder Club, an enthusiastic group of retired detectives, prosecutors, and forensic experts who are engrossed in solving the 38-year-old unsolved murder of Theresa Goldberg.

Si fanno chiamare “le cattive figlie” perché non si sentono mai abbastanza brave: una deve fare da madre alla propria madre, un’altra deve sfuggire alle manie di controllo, un’altra ancora deve vivere all’ombra di una primadonna. Come uscire da queste dinamiche? E come cambia il rapporto quando si tratta di figli maschi? Mónica avrebbe voluto diventare una detective ma non ne è stata – letteralmente – all’altezza, perciò si limita a addestrare cani poliziotto.

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The chief character, Lord Peter Wimsey, goes to the Bellona Club to have a meal with an old friend of his, ninety-year old General Fentiman. In great surprise, he finds the aged man fully dressed by the fire in full rigor mortis. A question arises concerning the time of death and the situation develops into a serious murder investigation. Wimsey sometimes seemed to have a supercilious attitude as a monocled aristocrat and sometimes became a sort of professional detective. His family motto was, “As my whimsy takes me.”

Lady Augusta Colebrook, "Gu", está aburrida de la vida de alta sociedad y cansada de ser rechazada. Buscando una distracción para ella y para su hermana Julia, decide rescatar a Caroline, la ahijada de una amiga, de su violento esposo. De camino, un bandolero aborda el carruaje en el que Julia y Gus viajan, y esta le dispara por accidente. El delincuente herido resulta no ser otro que lord Evan Belford, quien, acusado de asesinato, fue exiliado a Australia hace años.

With her Curiosity Shop open for business, Alice Carroll is finally settling into life in the picturesque Cotswold village of Little Pride. But then her old life comes knocking… Alice’s ex boyfriend, Steven, who dumped her to travel the world, has run out of money and asks Alice to sell off his collection of chess sets. Alice decides to host a tournament to showcase the boards, and her plan seems to be working. That is, until chess pieces begin to mysteriously disappear. And when a body is discovered outside the tournament, Alice realises that the victim was a pawn in another game.

Mattia Cattaneo, rampollo di una famiglia per bene, sparisce dalla sua villa di Alassio e viene ritrovato due giorni dopo con un proiettile in testa. Sequestro di persona finito male? Jacopo Bignone, giornalista della Ponente Press, non lo crede e segue una pista che porta in Spagna. A Valencia, proprio il giorno del rapimento, c'è stato un eccidio di narcos. Unico indizio, l'identikit di un italiano visto aggirarsi in zona: Luca Dolmetta, un agente immobiliare che, come Mattia, frequentava il più esclusivo night club di Alassio, l'Iguana Club.

Die Ballerina Katja Orlowa muss bei ihrem frauenliebenden Ehemann mit Vielem rechnen. Als er allerdings eines Abends durch einen Schuss in den Kopf ermordet wird, kann sie es kaum fassen. Obwohl er als Casinobesitzer häufig fragwürdigen Umgang pflegte, fällt der Verdacht zunächst auf seine Geliebte. Katja hat zwar keinen Grund, diese Frau in Schutz zu nehmen, doch irgendetwas lässt sie daran zweifeln, dass es wirklich diese stille Frau gewesen sein soll.