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Elspet is a spae-wife, a wise woman and healer from the isles of Orkney. Some might call her a witch. When the king's new bride, Anna of Denmark, summons her to deliver her baby and cast a binding spell over the child, Elspet is trapped between two impossible choices - for she cannot refuse the queen, and she cannot be discovered by the king. While Elspet struggles to hide her secret identity in a court that wishes her dead, another woman seeks her aid: Kitty Muirhead, outcast, persecuted and desperate to escape the shadows of her past.

Sisters Ellie and Meg Christie share a love of books, reading, and the Book Chalet - their family's historic bookshop tucked midway up a scenic Colorado mountain. But romance? That's another story. So when their cousin signs them up for her newest business venture - matchmaking based on bookish tastes - the sisters approach their blind double dates with foot-dragging dread. And while Ellie's date meets her low expectations, Meg's match, a book-loving romantic straight out of classic literature, is a charming surprise...until he turns up murdered the next morning.

The incomparable Inspector Alan Grant returns in the latest addition to our enormously popular Josephine Tey series. As well as all the usual delights of Tey’s writing and the Inspector himself, To Love and Be Wise also features one of the most cunning and surprising twists of any of Tey’s novels – making it an absolute must-listen for any Golden Age crime aficionado.

After a decade of exile precipitated by the tragic death of his mother, Will Seems returns home from Richmond to rural Southern Virginia, taking a job as deputy sheriff in a landscape given way to crime and defeat. But his attempts to start again are wrecked when a brutal homicide claims the life of an old friend and he is forced to face the true reason for his return—to pay an old debt.

Logan branched off and became his own boss while partnered with his uncle, while Lyric blossomed with her writing career and became a publisher who then moved into the movie industry. Busy with their careers, they never neglected their number one priority, their twin son and daughter, LJ and Legacy.

Drei mächtige Männer kommen zusammen und planen eine Verschwörung. Drei andere Männer wünschen sich nichts mehr als die Vernichtung ihrer Kontrahenten. Eine Konfrontation scheint unvermeidlich. Drei ungeklärte Todesfälle beschäftigen die Polizei. Und sie beschäftigen auch Pater Brown, der mal wieder ganz zufällig in die Sache hineingeschlittert ist.

Drei mächtige Männer kommen zusammen und planen eine Verschwörung. Drei andere Männer wünschen sich nichts mehr, als die Vernichtung ihrer Kontrahenten. Eine Konfrontation scheint unvermeidlich. Doch wer hätte dabei mit solcher Brutalität gerechnet?

In Amerika stehen drei Kommunisten im Verdacht drei Millionäre ermordet zu haben. Doch die Alibis der Verdächtigen scheinen hieb- und stichfest. Father Brown ist sich nicht sicher, ob alles wirklich so ist, wie es auf den ersten Blick scheint. Dann macht er auf der Suche nach dem einzig möglichen Täter eine überraschende Entdeckung.

Three unabridged readings of original novels from the creator of Paul Temple. Three unabridged readings of original novels from the creator of Paul Temple. In The Desperate People, read by Neil Pearson, Philip Holt is determined to uncover the truth about the death of his brother, Rex, and those who were responsible for it. In Dead to the World, also read by Neil Pearson, Philip Holt's skills are again in demand after he meets Robert Scranton, a wealthy American, on a plane returning to England from the USA.