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December 1899. After the death of her beloved grandmother, Cleopatra Fox moves into the luxury hotel owned by her estranged uncle in the hopes of putting hardship and loneliness behind her. But the poisoning of a guest on Christmas eve throws her new life, and the hotel, into chaos. Cleo quickly realizes no one can be trusted, not Scotland Yard and especially not the hotel’s charming assistant manager.

Two people have been targeted. Shots have been fired. Who stands to inherit? Who has the most to lose? Evangeline "Evie" Parker, Countess of Woodridge, thinks it's nothing but an accident, but then an attempt is made on her host's life. Suddenly, all the guests attending the Duke of Hetherington's house party think they are being targeted. Who will be next? Evie and her new chauffeur form an unlikely alliance to discover as much as they can before the killer can get it right.

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?

She was admired by women and desired by men, until jealousy and past secrets took center stage. Help Cleo and her friends solve the murder of one of London’s leading actresses. When a hotel guest’s mistress is found dead in the stalls of the Piccadilly Playhouse, a verdict of suicide is given. Convinced his lover didn’t kill herself, Lord Rumford wants the truth uncovered. Against his better judgement, he hires Cleo Fox to find the murderer. Cleo needs to solve this case if she wants to make a living from being a private detective.

Rosalind Thorne's quick wits and discretion have proved invaluable to London's haut ton. Success has at last brought her financial stability and a new home, which she shares with her best friend, Alice Littlefield. But now trouble has infiltrated Rosalind's sanctuary, and the reputations in danger include her own.

Maisy Malone went to Hollywood to become a star in motion pictures. Instead she became a sleuth, not by choice but by chance when she stumbled into a murder. Los Angeles Police Detective Ed Browning intended to write off the death of actor Leslie Clover as an accident until Maisy said she could prove the man was murdered. To top that off, she bet him she could solve the murder before he could. Browning took the bet and the contest was on to catch a killer.

Magic is real, and hungry—trapped in ancient texts and artifacts. Only a few who discover it survive to fight back. Join Detective Sal Brooks, newest recruit to a black-ops magic hunting team backed by the Vatican, as she travels the world to keep the supernatural in check.

Still reeling from the dangers of a recent case, forensic genealogist RaeJean Hunter takes on a supposedly routine case to locate the missing heir of a woman she met in Central Park a year ago. Tantalized by a hefty income, she accepts. But there's a catch—she must find the heir within six months, or the forty-million-dollar estate is donated to a local university. With the tight deadline comes the chance of a sizeable bonus, a series of unforeseen obstacles, and the unexpected connection to a cold case from 1910, when perfume heiress Dorothy Arnold disappeared without a trace.

A young girl—a mudlark—is found dead on the muddy bank of the Thames in her best dress, a crystal perfume bottle clutched in her lifeless hand . . .Fearing foul play, widow Amelia Greystone sends for Scotland Yard Inspector Henry Field—the man still haunted by his failure to solve her husband's murder. Though the trust between them is fragile, Amelia believes Henry is the only one capable of delivering justice.

Miss Phoebe Astin of The Economic Undertaker is not just a talented mortician, but a medium for the spirit world and often enjoys the company of her clients before they move on to the next world. When her funeral director brothers, Julius and Ambrose, bring the deceased Mrs. Henriette Tochborn to her workroom, there is much interest as the lady was quite well known for her tragedy—twenty years prior, her child was kidnapped and never found.

In 1903 England, Vita Carew searches for the truth after a boxer dies in a match against her brother and tries to prove herself to a disdainful professor at Cambridge.

La seconda indagine del commissario Stefania Valenti, pubblicata originariamente con il titolo Omicidio alla Stazione Centrale, si apre, al termine dell’estate più calda del secolo, con lo schianto di un’auto nei pressi di Villa D’Este, sul lago di Como. Un’utilitaria distrutta, quattro spari di pistola, un uomo in coma, dei documenti falsi: ma chi è davvero la vittima? E perché la moto dei sicari lo inseguiva a folle velocità? Qual è l’oggetto misterioso che gli aggressori cercavano, e perché sono disposti a uccidere per impossessarsene?

When a German pilot bails out into the town square, members of the Housewives League are more intent on salvaging the parachute than capturing the enemy. The pilot escapes, and shortly after, the body of a Land Army girl is discovered. Blame falls on the missing pilot, but Lady Elizabeth believes otherwise and sets out to prove it. Meanwhile, her forbidden attraction to the charming American major, and her attempts to placate the hostility between the Yanks and the Brits, complicate her already challenging life.

Expat Zoe Barlow has settled well into her artist's life among the Lost Generation in 1920s Paris. When a too-tipsy guest at her weekly poker game breaks Zoe's favorite clock, she's off to a Montparnasse flea market to bargain with the vendor Laurette for a replacement. What Zoe didn't bargain for was the lost Chagall painting that's been used like a rag to wrap her purchases! Eager to learn whether Laurette has more Chagalls lying about like trash, Zoe sets off to track her down at her storage shed. With no Laurette in sight, Zoe snoops around and indeed finds several additional Chagalls.

Suspicion. Lies. Murder. Barbara Hollis didn't expect to encounter any of these in small town life. With a murky past to hide from, moving to quiet little Cobbsville was supposed to be a perfect escape. But a neighbor who has her own dangerous secret to conceal soon becomes as big a threat as the crazed lunatic who is setting fire to houses around town . . . Even as a terrible new doubt surfaces against her brother, Barbara is intrigued by an attractive new acquaintance who happens to be the local mayor. But will one more distraction prove welcome . . . or deadly?

Hamburg 1929: Ein Kind ist verschwunden. Verzweifelt bittet die wohlhabende Signe von Arnsberg die Polizei um Hilfe bei der Suche nach ihrer Tochter, die nach einem Spaziergang mit ihrer Kinderfrau nicht ins Hotel Atlantic zurückgekehrt ist. Doch die Männer der Kripo nehmen sie nicht für voll - denn es ist nicht das erste Mal, dass Signe hysterisch bei der Hamburger Kriminalpolizei auftaucht. Nur Paula Haydorn glaubt der Frau. Seit einem Jahr ist sie als eine der ersten weiblichen Beamtinnen im Polizeidienst.

Ein ungesühnter Mord unter Schauspielern - Nell Drury ermittelt wieder. Der 20er Jahre Cosy Crime für Fans von Rhys Bowen. Kent, 1926: Auf Wychbourne Court herrscht Trubel als Lady Ansleys alte Theatergruppe für eine kleine Aufführung im Herrenhaus zusammenkommt. Chefköchin Nell Drury wird schnell klar, dass Lady Ansley nicht nur wegen der Reaktion der Gäste nervös ist, denn nicht alle sind erfreut darüber, sich wieder zu sehen.

Berlin, 1923. Hebamme Hulda Gold wird zu einer Geburt ins Scheunenviertel gerufen. Die jüdische Familie lebt nach ihren ganz eigenen, strengen Regeln, aber Hulda gewinnt das Vertrauen der jungen Mutter. Und als das Neugeborene nach wenigen Tagen verschwindet, wird sie unvermittelt in die rätselhafte Suche verstrickt. Denn wie kann ein Kind in dieser engen Gemeinschaft einfach so verschwinden? Bald zeigt sich, dass auch die Berliner Polizei nach Kinderhändlern fahndet. Kann Kommissar Karl North helfen, das Neugeborene zu finden?

The legacy of literary icon Sherlock Holmes is alive and well in 1912 Canada, where best friends Merinda Herringford and Jem Watts continue to develop their skills as consulting detectives. The city of Toronto has been thrown into upheaval by the arrival of radical anarchist Emma Goldman. Amid this political chaos, Benny Citrone of the Royal North-West Mounted Police arrives at Merinda and Jem's flat, requesting assistance in locating his runaway cousin - a man with a deadly talent.