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Mindy Starns Clark delivers a unique spin on inspirational fiction with her Million Dollar Mystery series featuring private investigator Callie Webber. When philanthropist Wendell Smythe is murdered shortly after Callie meets him, she is forced to investigate. Soon she discovers that his family is hiding a few unsightly secrets, and motives for murder are abundant. Only by turning to God can Callie hope to solve this mystery.

Chicago, 1881. The idea of a female detective is virtually unheard of. But when famed crime buster Allan Pinkerton opens his agency's doors to a handful of women, one intrepid actress with her own troubled past is driven to defy convention and take on a new and dangerous role. Since the age of 11, when her mother was murdered, the life of the theater is all Lilly Long has known. Now 22, she has blossomed into an accomplished Shakespearean actress.

As one of the first female reporters on 1880s Fleet Street, Penny Green has her work cut out. Whether it's investigating the mysterious death of a friend or reporting on a serial killer in the slums, Penny must rely on her wits and determination to discover the truth. Fortunately she can rely on the help of Inspector James Blakely of Scotland Yard, but will their relationship remain professional?

'Deliciously exotic' Sunday Post 'A beautifully painted picture of a woman's life in 1920s India' M W CRAVEN ---- Death stalks the streets of Bangalore when the Circus comes to town . . . January 1922. The Bangalore Constabulary is on high alert as The Prince of Wales is scheduled to visit the...

When a neighbour’s lodger is found dead, Vita Carew, a sharp-witted science student, is the first on the scene. The police pronounce it an accident, a fatal fall, but Vita remains unconvinced. Her access to the post-mortem reveals the truth: Albert Flett was murdered. As Vita investigates, she uncovers a trail of evidence that suggests Albert’s quiet, unassuming ways were hiding a complex and dangerous secret life. When a prominent, eccentric old lady is also found dead under suspicious circumstances, Vita finds herself entangled in a deadly game of cat and mouse with a ruthless killer.

Penny Kingston schreibt Liebesromane und liebt Krimis. Darum ist sie auch nach Willow Grove gezogen, schließlich spielt hier ihre Lieblingskrimiserie. Als erste gute Tat rettet Penny das örtliche Café vor dem Ruin und ist nun stolze Teilhaberin des Büchercafés Sweet Crime. Doch dann stolpert sie im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes über Kartons voller geheimnisvoller Bücher – und über eine Leiche! Und anders als die Polizei ist Penny fest davon überzeugt, dass es sich um einen Mord handelt. Kurzerhand stellt sie selbst Nachforschungen an.

REVEREND CLARE BRAKESPEAR RETURNS IN THIS CHARMING AND DELIGHTFULLY COSY CRIME NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF TILL DEATH US DO PART. THE PERFECT RETREAT IS ABOUT TO GET DEADLY . . . When Reverend Clare Brakespear is invited to lead the Morva Hotel's annual 'Refresh and Renew' retreat, she's excited...

Ghostwriter Carissa Blackwood is having the worst year of her life. After leaving her cheating husband, she finally takes up the offer to help her two eccentric aunts manage the Blackwood Bed ’n’ Breakfast Inn in Pelican Point, California—a house they only recently inherited from their deceased father, Bram Blackwood.

Kaum auf die Insel Oahu zurückgekehrt, muss sich Penny den Geistern ihrer Vergangenheit stellen. Ihr früherer Erzfeind scheint von den Toten auferstanden zu sein und sinnt nach Rache. Um dem Geist des Psychopathen Einhalt zu gebieten, will Penny in einer Séance Kontakt mit ihm aufnehmen. Dabei kommt sie einer schockierenden Wahrheit auf die Spur, denn offenbar will sich noch jemand an ihr rächen.

Forgot to include AI for Penny For Your Secrets by Anna Lee Huber (design): The Great War may be over, but for many, there are still obstacles on the home front. Reconciling with her estranged husband makes Verity sympathetic to her friend Ada's marital difficulties. Bourgeois-bred Ada, recently...

Welcome back to Cherrywood! Preparations are underway for Cherrywood's annual celebration of Guy Fawkes Night, but when the sleepy village is struck by murder, Tess and her friends are forced to team up once again as they investigate a tale of murder and vengeance that could go all the way to the top.

It has been a year since Tess had to trade the hustle and bustle of London life for pulling pints and moonlighting as a Cher impersonator in a backwater country pub. The sleepy Yorkshire village of Cherrywood would always be home, but a return to rural life wasn't quite the path she'd paved for herself. Still, being back with her oldest friends, Raven and Oliver, was a definite upside and she was beginning to settle into the slower pace. That is until Clemmie Ackroyd, a stalwart member of the community, is brutally murdered.

Chicago, 1881. Assigned to her second case as a Pinkerton, Lilly still needs to prove herself - both as a detective and as a woman in a man's world. Ordered to again work with Lilly, Cade needs to redeem himself for conduct unbecoming to a Pinkerton - a grief-driven drunken brawl. As if their forced partnership wasn't bad enough, the agents must pose as husband and wife servants in the troubled household of a wealthy New Orleans family. An acting challenge if ever there was one.

Archaeologist and explorer Annja Creed's fascination with the myths and mysteries of the past leads her to a crypt in the caves of France, where the terrifying legend of the Beast of Gevaudan hints at the unimaginable. What she discovers is shattering: an artifact that will seal her destiny; a brotherhood of monks willing to murder to protect their secret; and a powerful black-market occultist desperate to put his own claim to centuries-old blood money.

Now available in audio, the Anthony Award-winning short story that started it all. In Lucky Penny, award-winning author Linda Barnes introduces the red-headed, jazz-loving, cab-driving Bostonian and Private Investigator Carlotta Carlyle. As Carlotta lounges in her cab one night while waiting for a fare, the part-time cabbie is accosted and robbed at gunpoint. When she is unable to get any assistance from the police, Carlotta sets out on her own to recover the stolen goods and bring the perp to justice.

'A new star in the crime-writing firmament' Elly Griffths The charming and delightfully cosy debut crime novel from Reverend Penny Stephens. Weddings can be murder . . . Reverend Clare Brakespear is used to a challenge. With a young family to wrangle, a parish to manage and a particularly...

Statt an der Detektivakademie für ihren Abschluss zu pauken, verschlägt es die ambitionierte Jungschnüfflerin diesmal an einen Lost Place, in ein ehemaliges Grandhotel nahe dem Zauberberg Semmering. In den alten Mauern wohnt seit vielen Jahren nur noch die Erinnerung – und neuerdings ein besonders hinterhältiger Mörder. Und dann ist da noch dieses seltsame Gerücht über ein Geheimversteck voller Diamanten ...

The residents of Llanelen are brimming with excitement as a popular antiques show is coming to their Welsh town. People are flocking from miles around, hoping their treasures turn out to be worth a fortune. On the day of filming, quiet local sheep farmer Haydn Williams brings a generations-old long-case clock for evaluation while the woman he's always admired from afar, Catrin Bellis, turns up with a cherished handmade quilt. But by the end of the day, Catrin turns up dead, her quilt missing.

Axel Sandorf, Wirtschaftsmagnat und Visionär, hat erreicht, wovon andere nur zu träumen wagten: An Bord der größten privaten Unterseeyacht, die die Welt je gesehen hat, durchkreuzt er die Ozeane. Penny kann ihr Glück nicht fassen, als ausgerechnet sie eine Einladung des menschenscheuen Milliardärs ergattert. Eine Vergnügungskreuzfahrt unter dem Meer soll es werden – doch wo Penny ist, da lässt der erste Mordanschlag nicht lange auf sich warten. Anstelle exotischer Fische jagt die ambitionierte Jungdetektivin bald einen Giftmischer, der ihr in jeder Hinsicht überlegen scheint.

Local artist and amateur sleuth Penny Brannigan has been spending her summer painting views of the once-lovely Gwrych Castle, which is now in a heartbreaking state of disrepair. So when she hears that one of the locals, Mark Baker, is leading a team of enthusiastic volunteers to restore the castle, she is thrilled. However, after disagreements over how the work should proceed break out, the body of an overbearing volunteer is discovered and Mark is implicated.