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The Adventures of Ellery Queen is a radio detective program broadcast between June 1939 and May 1948. The program invited a panel of armchair detectives to solve cases during its broadcast. Adapting a technique that had been used earlier in the Author! Author! radio program, when an episode's script reached a point at which all of the clues had been revealed, the scripted portion stopped, and the panel was challenged to identify the culprit.

On the muddy banks of the Calumet River, a body has been found posed next to a series of mysterious glyphs and bearing wounds from a ritualistic slaying. Chicago detective Addie Bisset knows only one man who can decipher the message left by the killer: her friend Dr. Evan Wilding. A brilliant forensic semiotician, Evan decodes the etchings as Viking Age runes. They suggest either human sacrifice or righteous punishment. But to what god? And for what sins? Only one thing is clear from the disturbing runic riddles: there are more victims to come.

Art curator Val Caruso is not a happy camper. His promotion has just been nixed, his divorce has become final, and he’s dug himself into a nice little rut for his fortieth birthday. The uplift? A trip to Milan to help Holocaust survivor Sol Bezzecca recover a pair of cherished sketches by Renoir. They’d once been given to Sol’s family by the artist, looted by the Italian Fascist militia, and now after decades in hiding have turned up for auction. It’s Val’s job to get them back. Unfortunately, his Italian adventure takes a dangerous turn when he becomes trapped in an intricate web.

Trapped in a dead-end town, Justin Warren has had his life defined by the suspicious deaths of his grandparents. The unsolved crime happened long before Justin was born, but the ripple effects are still felt after thirty-eight years. Justin always knew he wouldn’t have much of a future. He just never imagined that his life might take him backward.

Fifty-something librarian Shona is a proud former pupil of the Marcia Blaine School for Girls but has a deep loathing for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, which she thinks gives her alma mater a bad name. Impeccably educated and an accomplished martial artist, linguist and musician, Shona is selected by Marcia Blaine herself to travel back in time for a crucial mission involving Macbeth, the weird sisters and a black cat.

After breaking off his engagement with Agnes Lockwood, Lord Montbarry marries the eccentric Countess Narona before embarking on a whirlwind honeymoon tour of Europe culminating in Venice. There they reside in the decaying Palace Hotel with the Countess' brother, Baron Rivar, and their courier, Ferrari. Lord Montbarry later dies of bronchitis and upon hearing of this from Henry Westwick, Montbarry's brother, Agnes agrees to meet with Henry at the newly renovated Palace Hotel to investigate the insurance claim that was purchased prior to his death.

Kater Brown zieht ins malerische Südengland! Alexandra Berger fährt nach England, um einen Reiseführer über den idyllischen Süden der Insel zu schreiben. Als sie Kater Brown in ihrem Gepäck entdeckt, ahnt sie schon, dass dies wieder eine Reise von Tatort zu Tatort werden könnte. Und sie soll recht behalten: Gleich nach der Ankunft im hübschen Städtchen Grayman's Hollow findet Kater Brown einen angespülten Toten an der Küste. War das etwa Mord? Als der findige Kater kurz darauf sein Frauchen auf den nahegelegenen Landsitz eines Scheichs führt, geht Alexandra einer heißen Spur nach.

Eighteen years ago, Ken Allen played the famous fictional superspy in Near Death, a movie so bad it was never meant to be seen. Since then, Ken has faded into cult obscurity, but when his celebrated successor is killed in the same ghastly fashion as the villain in Near Death, Ken is cast as the prime suspect.

After two hit reality TV shows brought ex-detective Georgia Thornton into America's living rooms, audiences can't get enough of her quest for love and justice. Now producers have come up with an all-new show set in a haunted castle in Golden, California. Georgia and nine other contestants will need to solve the mystery of a young woman who disappeared at the castle in 1960. Except there's a problem waiting for everyone when they arrive: a groundskeeper is found drowned at the bottom of the castle's empty pool.

Talented actress Diana and young bishop Alistair, her partner in crime-solving and supernatural sleuthing, face the terrifying curse of the Scottish Play in this witty, creeptastic paranormal mystery from New York Times bestselling British fantasy author Simon R. Green.

When the actors who play iconic superheroes in big screen blockbusters start dying on set, Ken Allen, failed actor and neophyte detective, answers the call after the blame falls on effects expert Ray Ford, Ken’s oldest friend. But the deaths are not accidental. Someone is killing heroes. Maybe for love, maybe for money. Maybe for both. Ken Allen finds himself outmatched and outgunned when he learns that Ray Ford’s banished apprentice makes weapons that are anything but props.

On a stormy Chicago night, renowned semiotician Dr. Evan Wilding and his brother, River, who’s back from an archaeological dig, reunite in a mystery. A package addressed to both of them contains a hand-drawn maze, an ancient Cretan coin, and a cryptic greeting: Let the game begin. The opening move is murder. In a downtown alley, a man has been found nearly cleaved in two, a symbol drawn on his forehead and a savage rip in his throat. Given the clues, Evan sees a parallel to a fearsome Greek myth. Which means his friend Detective Addie Bisset is on the trail of a legendary flesh-eating monster.

Die britische Regierung versteigert die kleine Insel Croll Island. Der Käufer ist der geheimnisvolle Rocamir. Dieser lebt von nun an auf dem Eiland. Doch eines Tages glaubt seine ehemalige Nachbarin Miss Gill, dass Rocamir zurück ist. Jeden Abend um zehn Uhr nimmt sie aus seiner alten Wohnung ein vertrautes Klingelzeichen wahr. Da ihr die Sache nicht geheuer ist, bittet sie Professor van Dusen um Hilfe. Als das Klingeln am nächsten Abend wieder ertönt, finden van Dusen und Hatch einen Toten in der nachbarlichen Wohnung.

Pater Brown ist bei seinem alten Bekannten Sir Kerrington auf Ravenstone eingeladen, wo ihm dieser eine haarsträubende Geschichte erzählt. Er glaubt, von einem Gespenst heimgesucht zu werden, das sich für eine längst vergangene Tat rächen will. Doch Sir Kerrington ist sich keiner Schuld bewusst und seine Ehefrau scheint den Spuk nicht allzu ernst zu nehmen. Allerdings verhält sich der Gärtner des Anwesens mehr als verdächtig und scheint mehr zu wissen, als er vorgibt. Pater Brown beginnt zu forschen und findet tatsächlich Hinweise auf ein Verbrechen in der Vergangenheit des Adeligen.