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It’s the perfect getaway. Until there’s no way out. You have been dreaming of an unforgettable weekend escape, and Black Tarn Lodge seems to offer everything—a magnificent Gothic mansion with towering turrets nestled in the misty Lancashire hills. Expecting elegant dinners, vintage wines and a screening of a legendary lost film in the private cinema, all seems perfect. Until night falls and a thick fog isolates you from the world. Your phones go missing. Guests start vanishing. And then you find the body.

As an investigative journalist, she’s faced corruption, lies, and relentless threats. But nothing could prepare her for the real terror. Her husband Adrian Holloway, a charming psychology professor, hides his cruelty behind a mask of care. Their marriage is a battlefield, and Harper is losing ground.

Two days ago, the Wilson family checked into the imposing, glass-fronted Lodge, surrounded by snow and perched perilously on the edge of a cliff looking out to a gray sea. Not everyone was looking forward to the family get-together. But mother-in-law Angela insisted the winter trip would help heal their rifts....

A mansion, a title, and marriage to a wealthy Lord, Lady Eveline Cartwright has it all. Unfortunately, it's not enough to prevent her from being bludgeoned to death one night in the study of Merisham Lodge, the family's country estate in Derbyshire. Suspicion quickly falls on her ne'er-do-well son, Peter, but not everyone in the household is convinced of his guilt. Head kitchen maid Joan Hart and lady's maid Verity Hunter know that when it comes to a crime, all is not always as it seems.

Ever since Avery Hawthorn left small town Frisco, Colorado for college at UCLA, her parents have visited her in sunny California for the holidays. When a freak accident at her father’s hardware store derails their plans, Avery must find a way to spend Christmas with them. As a big fan of Christmas, Avery knew this wouldn’t do. She needed to see her family. But, there was one thing standing in the way of her taking time off… The chance for a big promotion at work.

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After archaeologist Cherie Hope makes a gruesome discovery on the grounds of a local cemetery, she's desperate to know more—and wonders why caretaker Ash Black is being so guarded. Delving deeper, and liaising with the police, Cherie is drawn into a story that spans back fifty years. Entangled in a web of deceit, she soon uncovers a missing person, a mysterious heirloom, and hidden cemetery logbooks.

On the longest night of the year, Jenny Majesky loses everything in a devastating house fire. But among the ashes she finds an unusual treasure hidden amid her grandfather's belongings, one that starts her on a search for the truth, and on a path toward a life that she never imagined. The Winter Lodge, a remote cabin owned by her half sister on the shores of Willow Lake, becomes a safe refuge for Jenny, where she and local police chief Rourke McKnight try to sort out the mysteries revealed by the fire.

As the Masonic Lodge Ladies' Night comes to a close and the guests drift away, a man is found in the car park, garroted at his steering wheel. Murder is no laughing matter, of course, but why look a gift horse in the mouth? DI Percy Peach has always taken a special pleasure in taunting his superior, Superintendent Tucker, about the indiscretions of his fellow Masons - now he's been given a free hand to dig up any amount of dirt about the secret order.

Jacklyn Stone's husband dies in front of her on their anniversary. Bereft and alone, her children betray her, lock her in a psych ward, cut her off from her friends, and rapidly dismantle her life. Blood is the tie that binds, but can she cut the bonds and regain her freedom?

Mark the days till Christmas with this feel-good cozy mystery set at a quaint family inn in the snowy mountains of Norway—structured as an advent calendar for your daily reading pleasure. An old mystery. A tragic accident. Secrets. Confessions. A new beginning. After a traumatic climbing...

Eigentlich steht eine Auszeit an. Ein leichter Herzinfarkt verschlägt mich in Colorados verschneite Berge. Aber mit der Ruhe ist es hier nicht weit her. Der Bewegungsmelder im Garten springt ständig an, dann sind da auf einmal Fußspuren im Schnee und andere, wirklich gruselige Dinge passieren. Letztendlich lande ich bei der örtlichen Polizei, um die Sache zu melden. Dass der Cop ausgesprochen heiß aussieht und definitiv schwul ist, sorgt für Herzstolpern. Dieses Mal jedoch auf gesundheitlich unbedenkliche Art und Weise.

The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge is one of the fifty-six Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. One of eight stories in the volume His Last Bow, it is a lengthy, two-part story consisting of "The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles" and "The Tiger of San Pedro", which on original publication in The Strand bore the collective title of "A Reminiscence of Mr. Sherlock Holmes". Holmes is visited by a perturbed proper English gentleman, John Scott Eccles, who wishes to discuss something "grotesque".

In the waning days of the Wild West, Texas rancher Charles Abner Sunday wants to leave a legacy of the Old West to his grandson Henry-Ellis. Sunday buys 300 head of Texas longhorn cattle and leads his grandson - along with a ragtag crew of cronies and misfits - on an old-fashioned cross-country cattle drive. As the drovers struggle to push their 300 charges across a swiftly changing American frontier, they butt heads with a Colorado meatpacker hell-bent on living in the wild, wild past.

Charley Sunday, a sensible, sober-minded Texas grandfather, imparts the American Cowboy legacy to his only grandchild as he and several of his grizzled cronies concoct a 1,000-mile longhorn cattle drive across 21st Century America. Four leathery cowboys, one insightful Indian, two strong-willed women, a two-gun oddball, a dog, and a little boy make an unlikely team as they trek from Colorado to Texas, continually running up against the forces of corruption.

Eine Nachricht, die alles verändert: Mein Bruder ist tot. Seine sechsjährige Tochter Zoe ist die Einzige, die mir von meiner Familie bleibt. Es kommt noch dicker. Ich fühle mich beobachtet, verfolgt und meine Wohnung wird durchsucht. Jetzt reichts! Wir müssen hier weg - Ich brauche Hilfe.

Wo beindruckende Berge auf glitzernde Seen und gemütliche Pubs treffen, entspinnen sich die romantischsten und spannendsten Geschichten ... Nina Bilinszkis neue Reihe Glencoe View entführt an einen der schönsten Flecken Erde und lässt die Herzen aller Romance-Fans höher schlagen! Er ist ihr bester Freund – doch ihr Herz macht Purzelbäume, wenn sie ihn sieht. Bis er bei einem Einsatz in den wilden Highlands spurlos verschwindet. Kyleen liebt Finlay, doch er sieht in ihr nicht mehr als seine beste Freundin.