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Attorney Grace Reagan is determined to renovate the decaying mansion in Mallard Bay, Maryland, but before she can buy the first can of paint, a sinkhole turns out to be a grave. Her past unravels as lies are revealed and the little village on the Chesapeake Bay becomes a sinister place of secrets and betrayal.

Der Tod der Weinkönigin. Gestern noch strahlende Siegerin bei der Wahl, heute findet man die fränkische Weinkönigin tot in einer Würzburger Diskothek, gestorben an einer Drogenüberdosis. Motiv und Hergang der Tat geben der Polizei Rätsel auf. Nicolas Hollmann hat sich seinen Urlaub in Franken eigentlich anders vorgestellt. Mit seiner Familie auf Verwandtenbesuch in Würzburg wollte er, Besitzer eines Weinguts am Rio Douro, während der Ferien mehr über Weißwein und dessen Anbau erfahren.

Dante has come to the small coastal town of Te Kohe, New Zealand, for a fresh start in life. But he doesn't want to open a B&B, or save a charming bookshop, or start a romance with a single mother in need of rescuing. He just wants to forget about his past career (which involved a lot of dead bodies) and have everyone leave him the heck alone. Unfortunately for Dante, life has other plans...

USA TODAY bestseller! In the first book in Colleen Coble's Hope Beach series, inheriting a beautiful old hotel on the Outer Banks was a dream come true for Libby . . . until her newfound siblings accuse her of stealing their birthright, her friend is kidnapped, and she's blamed for the crime...

All Dante wants is to be left alone in the small New Zealand town no one's heard of. But then, of course, the orchid convention comes to town, and Dante is knee deep in suspects, intrigue, and red herrings. On top of all this, Dante must navigate a mysterious woman from his past, cat issues, and the terrifying prospect of a first date.

When Just Cause hero Orb is murdered using a new kind of nanotechnology, Mustang Sally will stop at nothing to find and bring to justice his killer. Not even her longtime mentor Juice's dismissal from his position as team leader can distract Sally from her mission.

In the isolated village of Lambourn there is great excitement when a family of itinerant bell-founders arrives to forge a new church bell. Thomas the Falconer is charged by his master to find answers, but instead finds himself trying to restore order in the community when the village constable is also found dead. As panic ensues, Thomas does what he does best - following the trail and hunting his prey.

When Thomas Cardwell, an upstanding man-of-business, is murdered, Roscoe enlists the aid of the best investigators in London—namely Barnaby and Penelope Adair and Inspector Stokes of Scotland Yard—to solve the puzzle of why anyone would want to kill a man as honest as Cardwell. Dispatched by Roscoe, London’s gambling king, to learn what “nefarious activity” an upstanding man-of-business has stumbled upon, Jordan Draper—Roscoe’s own man-of-business—arrives at Thomas Cardwell’s office to discover Cardwell very recently murdered.

"When you combine two brilliant storytellers such as Coble and Acker, the result is a beautiful, well-crafted legal thriller that keeps the reader utterly riveted." --Lynette Eason, bestselling author "Coble and Acker have forged a seamless partnership with a singular voice." --Charles Martin...

When invited to attend the Barrowhill Pleasures at the seat of the extravagant and pompous Earl of Reigate, Sir Robert Vicary of Petbury brings Thomas, his trusted falconer along with him to enjoy the festivities. But things take a very deadly turn when three of the Earl's guests are murdered, and the Earl seems eager to cover the deaths up at all costs. As the festivities continue, a killer is on the loose, and Thomas must keep a keen eye on the guests. One of them is not what they seem, and he must discern who before the Earl himself becomes the next target.

When Nathaniel Pickering, Lady Margaret's older brother is found murdered, Thomas takes her away to London, in search of gyrfalcons. Thomas's astute mind is unable to ignore the clues, and in uncovering some dark secrets, he places himself - and his mistress - in grave danger. Now a target himself, Thomas must face some of London's most notorious criminals, in a battle of both brain and brawn.

Benjamin, prestes a se tornar pai, decide investigar a fundo um importante segredo familiar. Através dos relatos de Isabel, Haroldo e Raul, as três pessoas ainda vivas mais próximas dos acontecimentos, Benjamin, junto aos leitores, recompõe, fragmento por fragmento, a história de sua família. Romance polifônico, em que diferentes perspectivas se encontram e colidem, Antonio articula a narrativa familiar dos personagens à história das últimas décadas no Brasil, dando a ver, de maneira nuançada e complexa, conflitos de classe, raça e gênero.

Solen skiner på semesterön Fuerteventura och eremiten Erhard Jörgensen lever ett lugnt liv och pysslar om sina getter. Han kan inte längre köra taxi eller spela piano, så han försörjer sig genom att hitta bortsprungna hundar och stulna mopeder. Men för att fly ensamheten tar han ett jobb som ingen annan vill ha, och riskerar då allt. Kontinenten Afrika kämpar med ekonomisk instabilitet och tusentals flyktingar försöker ta sig till Europa, många genom Fuerteventura.

When Hedda Hellberg fails to return from a retreat in Italy where she has recently been grieving for her dead father, her husband discovers that her life is tangled in mystery. Hedda never left Oslo, the retreat has no record of her and, what's more, she appears to be connected to the murder of an old man gunned down on the first day of the hunting season in the depths of the Swedish forests....

Theo Marquardt ist Anfang 20 und lebt in einer Berliner Wohngemeinschaft für Menschen mit Behinderung. Ohne seinen Rollstuhl kommt er nicht weit, denn er leidet an Kongenitaler Muskeldystrophie. Als er eines Morgens erfährt, dass ein Mitbewohner die Nacht nicht überlebt hat, sitzt der Schock tief. Doch offenbar sind in der Nacht seltsame Dinge geschehen. Warum ist der Autist Keno wie aufgelöst und spricht immer wieder von einem Taucher? Was hat die kleine Wunde am Arm des Verstorbenen zu bedeuten, und warum hat es dessen Familie so eilig, ihn unter die Erde zu bringen?

In a momentous period of British history, Donald Thomas' latest Sherlock Holmes adventure pits the great detective and his faithful biographer, Dr. John Watson, against an international conspiracy led by a disgraced English officer. Colonel Hunter Moran bears upon him the "Mark of the Beast"; his satanic ingenuity leaves a spectacular trail of devastation. It runs from the annihilation of a British armored column by Zulu tribesmen - armed only with shields and spears - to a life-and-death struggle on the sinking passenger steamer Comtesse de Flandre.

Someone has to die.... Henning Juul sits in a boat on a dark lake. A man with a gun sits opposite him. At the man's feet is a body that will be soon be dumped into the water. Henning knows that the same fate awaits him. And he knows that it's his own fault. Who started the fire that killed Henning's young son? How is his sister, Trine, involved? Most importantly, who can be trusted?

Theo Marquardt ist Anfang 20 und lebt in einer Berliner Wohngemeinschaft für Menschen mit Behinderung. Ohne seinen Rollstuhl kommt er nicht weit, denn er leidet an Kongenitaler Muskeldystrophie. Die Menschen, die für den Tod seines besten Freundes verantwortlich sind, scheinen es nun auf Theo abgesehen zu haben. Sie glauben, dass er der Schlüssel zu etwas ungeheuer Wertvollem ist. Theo selbst hat nicht die leiseste Ahnung, warum.

Es brennt im Harz. In der Gartenkolonie Grüner Daumen stehen Lauben in Brand. Polizeihauptmeister Andreas Anton aus dem idyllischen Düsterode ist nicht allzu alarmiert. Der Yogafan ist einfach nicht der Typ für Alarm. Als eine Leiche in einer der Hütten gefunden wird, macht er sich doch Sorgen. Denn der 14-jährige Sohn seiner neuen Partnerin ist verschwunden. Andreas rollt seine Yogamatte ein, nimmt Hündin Frau Krause an die Leine und ermittelt.

This quartet of crime stories about deadly books, penned by award-winning contemporary mystery writers, includes The Little Men, What's in a Name?, The Book of the Lion, and From the Queen.