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London, 1941: Miss Jane Treen is at her desk, strong black coffee in hand and fluffy ginger cat by her side, when her top-secret government work is interrupted by an urgent call to Devon. A woman has been found dead in a lake in a place where she shouldn’t have been. Jane needs to gather the clues and find the killer before someone else from the agency gets hurt… Shy and handsome code-breaker Arthur Cilento is bewildered by the arrival of the efficient Miss Treen and her cat Marmaduke.

When a young woman comes forward saying she’s the reincarnation of Riya Kaur, a wife and mother who vanished during the bloody 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Puri is dismissive. He’s busy enough dealing with an irate matrimonial client whose daughter is complaining about her groom’s thunderous snoring. Puri’s indomitable Mummy-ji, however, is adamant the client is genuine. How else could she so accurately describe under hypnosis Riya Kaur’s life and final hours?

The Cat Who Caught a Killer by L T Shearer is a charming cosy crime listen for fans of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club and S. J. Bennett’s The Windsor Knot. 'Charming and original. This book is the cat’s whiskers' - Anthony Horowitz, author of The Twist of a Knife Meet Conrad...

Herrlich atmosphärisch und voller schwarzem Humor: Der Auftragskiller und das Hochlandrind sind zurück! "Schottenschuss" ist der vierte Schottland-Krimi von Gordon Tyrie um den einäugigen Ex-Scharfschützen Hynch und das eigenwillige Hochlandrind Thin Lizzy. Auch auf der idyllischen Hebriden-Insel Mull kommt Ex-Auftragskiller Hynch nicht zur wohlverdienten Ruhe: Ein eigentlich harmloses Date mit der Graphologin Frances verwickelt ihn prompt in einen mysteriösen Fall. Anscheinend hat sich ein Immobilienhai im Meer das Leben genommen.

The Euganean Hills golf community in northern Italy is a golfer's paradise. With a perpetual smell of freshly cut grass, rolling green plains, and bright blue skies, it seems nothing could go wrong for the tight-knit group that lives there. But the normally laid-back residents are shaken to their cores when one of their own turns up at the club brutally murdered. After discovering his friend's body, investigative journalist Riccardo Ranieri makes it his mission to track down the perpetrator of the heinous crime.

In het vierde deel van de Achterhoekse detectiveserie Islasec-Detectives heeft de half-IJslandse Laufey Gísladóttir met haar beveiligingsbedrijfje een opdracht aangenomen bij manege De Sterrehoeve. Er komen steeds duurdere paarden te staan en de paardenrijschool moet daarom beter beveiligd worden. Maar als er kort na aankomst een peperduur springpaard wordt vergiftigd en Laufey een opvallende vondst doet bij de dierenkliniek in het dorp lijkt er meer aan de hand te zijn. Daarnaast gaan er vreemde verhalen rond over een watergeest bij de Zwarte Kolk in het nabijgelegen Sterrebos.

Er will Kirkby ruinieren – dann ist er tot! Der amerikanische Großinvestor Ronald Trumpleton weiß, was er will: Aus dem beschaulichen Highland-Dörfchen Kirkby soll ein luxuriöses Golf-Resort für die Schönen und Reichen dieser Welt entstehen. Die Einheimischen stören dabei nur. Ganz Kirkby geht auf die Barrikaden und schmiedet Ideen, wie dieses Schicksal abzuwenden ist. Nicht alle davon sind friedlich. Dann finden Fanny König und ihr Dackel Rudi eines Morgens die Leiche des Investors im Wald. Ein Alibi für den Tatzeitraum hat sie keines, genauso wenig wie die meisten anderen Dorfbewohner.

Springtime on the Cornish coast and Porthpella’s artistic community are throwing open their doors, welcoming visitors to the annual Arts Trail. And this year, celebrity artist Harrison Loveday is the guest of honour. However, the light mood soon darkens when there’s a dramatic death at the opening-night party, and after threatening messages start appearing around the village, fear takes over. Before long, Porthpella is shocked by a second brutal murder, and whisperings of a ‘serial killer’ start to circulate.

The bursts of orange, yellow, green, and red pop on the falling leaves, creating a colorful path along the trails for all guests at Happy Trails Campground is a real life picture that could never be captured by a camera. It's a dead body that chills everyone to the bone! When Hanks asks Mae and the Laundry Club Ladies to snoop, they are the first to put on a costume to bring this haunting tale to an end.

Music legend Baz Carson is ready to welcome his closest friends and family to celebrate his seventieth birthday at Rockpool House, his stunning mansion set high on the cliffs on the Cornish coast. But the festivities come to an abrupt end when Baz is found dead, floating fully clothed in his infinity pool. Tallulah, a boho-chic Californian and Baz’s first love, is convinced that his death wasn’t an accident. He’s just published his tell-all memoir, and the list of those who might wish him harm is long. But with just eight guests at Baz’s luxury, gated home, who could have killed him—and why?

Ein Brandanschlag auf den Direktor der Landwirtschaftsschule entfacht ein Feuer der Intrigen, bei dem Hauptkommissar Toni Hinterdobler in einem Netz aus Lügen, Geheimnissen und persönlichen Racheakten ermittelt, um die Wahrheit ans Licht zu bringen. "Feuertod", der neue Bayernkrimi von Martina Schmid Klappentext: Als Hauptkommissar Hinterdobler diesmal zum Schauplatz eines Verbrechens gerufen wird, bleibt ihm buchstäblich die Spucke weg - eine Seltenheit für den hartgesottenen Ermittler.

Dr. Kate is once again on the case (not to mention thin ice) after discovering a young engaged couple frozen to death in the lake. To make matters worse, her temporary receptionist appears to have overdosed from a recreational sedative used at the animal hospital. Kate barely has time to dread Valentine's Day (and the fact that she’s alone on this holiday, once again) as the police investigation shows that all three fatalities are in fact homicides.

The instant Sunday Times bestseller. 'A deftly-written whodunnit' Jennie Godfrey There's a killer on the airwaves… and they're calling for you. Darkness looms over sunny Sidmouth, when an unsolved murder comes to the attention of late-night radio talk show host Edward Temmis. Recently sacked...

Maisie Cooper is looking for peace and quiet. But the arrival of a troupe of actors for a new production at the local theatre turn her best laid plans upside down. Among them is the young French actress, Adélaïde Amour, who appeals to Maisie for help as she struggles to prepare for her new role. As opening night approaches, a terrible crime is committed, and a body is found concealed behind the scenes in the theatre. Can Maisie unravel a real-life plot worth of a great play? Or will the killer strike again?

SOON TO BE ADAPTED FOR TV! 'Glorious fun, packed with puzzles and twists. An absolute riot’ Tom Mead, author of The Murder Wheel A gripping new mystery featuring Detective Tess Fox and her con-artist sister Sarah Jacobs. Members of the Lewes Bonfire Society would say afterwards that the event...

The lead-up to Christmas sees the Connection private investigation team planning their festive season. Until a new case arrives. Catapulted into their biggest mystery yet, they are tasked with finding a killer who has been released on parole, and subsequently disappeared. Has he returned to finish the murder he tried to commit before his capture? As he targets his intended victim, his attention is also focused on the private investigators and their police colleagues with devastating effect. With families torn apart, Doris must seek assistance from a colleague from her past.

Prunella Pearce, Bree, and the other ladies of the Winterbottom Women’s Institute are planning to spend Halloween at the Montgomery Hall Hotel murder-mystery weekend, just as the Hall’s past comes back to haunt it. The hotel is now in the incapable hands of Tarragon Montgomery, with its faltering finances overseen by elderly matriarch Cecily. Meanwhile, the local actress hired to play Psychic Selma for the weekend has been replaced by an impostor. But who is she and what is her agenda?

The life of a magician isn't all kiddie shows and card tricks. Sometimes it's murder. Especially when magician Eli Marks very publicly debunks a famed psychic, and said psychic ends up dead. The evidence, including a bloody King of Diamonds playing card (one from Eli's own Ambitious Card routine), directs the police right to Eli. As more psychics are slain, and more King cards rise to the top, Eli can't escape suspicion. Things get really complicated when romance blooms with a beautiful psychic, and Eli discovers she's the next target for murder, and he's scheduled to die with her.

Only a few weeks into her new job as a private investigator, Lexi Graves thinks she may have bitten off more than she can chew with her first solo cases. In between going undercover as a plush pony at a "Bronie" conference and following her cheating brother-in-law, she's got a saboteur-turned-killer to catch and a missing woman to find. Two of her cases may be connected, but how? Her boss, the mysterious Solomon, meanwhile, hopes to get her between the sheets....

It’s December in Cornwall, and Mousehole harbour is illuminated with its famous Christmas lights. Ally Bright is among the crowd listening to the carol singers—and then to the piercing screams that rip through the darkness. A body has been found, brutally murdered and dumped in a fisherman’s boat.