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It is 1956 in Levi City, Florida. Vivien Sheffield, renowned bridal gown designer and consultant for Wynton's Department Store, is facing the greatest challenge of her career. Someone has been killing brides who wore one of her custom gowns in their wedding! Vivien's fellow employees and close friends—Audrey, Mary Jo, and Gigi—and her assistant Mirette spring into action to save Miss Vivien and the young brides of Levy City before the murderer succeeds at destroying Vivien's business at Wynton's. . .and her reputation.

As war rages in Europe, the citizens of London flee to the country. At Pigeonsford, a group of guests plays cards - but Grace Morland knows the strong emotions that lurk beneath the placid social surface. She's painfully in love with Stephen Pendock, the squire of Pigeonsford, but Pendock's smitten with young beauty Francesca Hart. One afternoon, Fran debuts a new hat, and Grace's jealousy gets the better of her. She exclaims, "I wouldn't be seen dead in a ditch in a thing like that!" She will soon be proven wrong. Grace is found dead with the hat on her head.

Maisie Jacobs kriminalistischer Spürsinn ist erneut gefragt: Im dritten Teil der exklusiven Cosy-Crime-Reihe Maisie, Mord und Meer von Fiona Wilder geht ihr ein dicker Fang ins Netz - im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes. Eine Story über den cornischen Sardinen-Fischfang - so etwas kann auch nur Flachpfeife Tom einfallen. Vom neusten Auftrag ihres Chefs ist die Journalistin Maisie gar nicht begeistert. Zumal es nur noch einen einzigen hauptberuflichen Fischer in Littleport gibt: Liam. Notgedrungen geht Maisie an Bord seines übelriechenden Kutters.

After Plum Lockhart's job as a travel magazine editor is eliminated in corporate cuts, she decides she's sick of cold winters in NYC and fruitless swiping on dating apps. On a whim, she accepts a job as a villa broker and moves to a beautiful Caribbean island. However, paradise isn't as perfect as it seems: The slow pace of island life, the language barrier, and a cutthroat office rival make Plum question leaving her old life behind. But when a client is found dead in the jacuzzi of Casa Mango - a property Plum manages - she knows she's really in a jam.

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook. A prima donna soprano is commissioned to give a command performance at a country estate. It sets off a chain of tragic events – but are they accidents or an act of revenge?...

Septuagenarian librarian Cleo Watkins won’t be shushed when an upstart young mayor threatens to permanently shelve her tiny town’s storm-damaged library. She takes to her bookmobile, Words on Wheels, to collect allies and rally library support throughout Catalpa Springs, GA. However, Cleo soon rolls into trouble. A major benefactor known for his eccentric DIY projects requests all available books on getting away with murder. He’s no Georgia peach, and Cleo wonders if she should be worried. She knows she should when she finds him murdered - and evidence points to her best friend.

Im Naturschutzgebiet in der Nähe von Camaret-sur-Mer brennt in der flirrendes Sommerhitze ein Ferienhaus aus. Mit der Instandsetzung betraut wird Isidore Breonnec, allseits bekannter Handwerker und Herzensbrecher. Als er tot auf der Baustelle aufgefunden wird, sitzt der Schock tief. Commissaire Mahon ermittelt, und ausgerechnet eine treue Mitarbeiterin von Buchhändlerin Tereza Berger gerät unter Verdacht. Auf der Suche nach dem wahren Täter dringt Tereza tief in die Scheinidylle der Ferienhausvermietung ein. Zu tief?

När Juno Browne återvänder till Ashburton i Dartmoor efter en kort semester är hon lättad över att inget dramatiskt hänt under hennes frånvaro. Men det dröjer inte länge förrän en lokal journalist, Sandy Thomas, blir mördad och hamnar på löpsedlarna. När Juno upptäcker att en av hennes vänner fångat mordet på kamera dras hon in i en ny mordgåta. Vad var det egentligen Sandy utredde natten då hon blev dödad?

These stories are cozy mysteries. By that terminology, it is meant mystery stories that lack profanity, blood and gore, gratuitous violence, and depictions of sexual activity. Frequently in such stories, the mystery solvers are neither police nor private detectives. The sleuths generally use their knowledge of human nature and perhaps knowledge from their own fields to solve these mysteries.

Im sonst so beschaulichen Cherringham herrscht Ausnahmezustand: Es ist Sommer-Karneval! Das ganze Dorf feiert den 500. Jahrestag, an dem der König dem Ort seine Stadtrechte verliehen hat. Doch zwischen bunten Kostümen und fröhlichen Umzügen bahnt sich Unheil an. Als eine kostbare Urkunde spurlos verschwindet, sollen Jack und Sarah für das Karnevalskomitee ermitteln und geraten mitten hinein in ein gefährliches Spiel.

Murder is a high stakes gamble … Amateur sleuth and tour hostess Betty Chance is on a winning streak in Deadwood, South Dakota, a town famous for gambling, gold, and ghosts. Her good fortune shifts when a married man’s body turns up dead in a hot tub and her clients’ hotel rooms are being...

Im Tannental wird wieder munter gemeuchelt! Feinste Cosy-Krimi-Kost aus Süddeutschland! Jäger leben neuerdings sehr gefährlich in Bad Killingen. Zwei ereilt der Tod und ein Dritter ringt mit seinem Leben. Emma Kirsch, die clevere Cafébesitzerin, glaubt nicht an Unfälle und nimmt die Ermittlungen auf. Doch dieser Fall ist größer, als sie denkt und bald stecken sie und Lucy, die resolute Dame aus dem Chalet Holms, knietief in Schwierigkeiten. Auch der sechste Fall der ungewöhnlichen Ermittlerinnen fesselt mit viel Spannung, Humor und überraschenden Wendungen.

Brought to you by Penguin. As the aftermath of their first discovery pulls Effy and Preston on a final adventure and brings their haunting love story to its end in this stunning sequel and final book in the duology. RETURN TO THE DREAMLIKE WORLD OF THE INSTANTLY BESTSELLING DARK ACADEMIA FANTASY...

Juggling her family's literary agency, her best friend's wedding, and a stubborn rescue cat who refuses to befriend her boyfriend's golden retriever, Allie doesn't have time for scandal. But when her former prom date - now a known drunk and troublemaker - is found dead in a pile of mulch at her late father's memorial park, the finger points straight at her. Now, with the park's grand opening days away, Allie must dig into a tangled web of politics, long-held secrets, and high-profile enemies. The deeper she gets, the more dangerous the truth becomes.

När antikhandlare Kalle Jäger hittar den pensionerade kantorn Einar Frisk död över ett piano i sin butik skakas den sommaridylliska småorten Mariannelund i grunden. Vännerna i tornhuset, med Ragnhild Stork i spetsen, är förstås inte sena med att ta på sig sina imaginära detektivhattar och undersöka fallet. Men snart nog visar det sig att det inte bara är ett fall de utreder, utan två. För vad hände med den unga körsångerskan som försvann den där kvällen i juni trettio år tidigare?

Police Chief Delaney Reed can handle supernatural disasters. With gods vacationing in her little town of Ordinary, Oregon, and monsters living alongside humans, she’s had plenty of practice. But trying to handle something so normal, so average, so very ordinary as planning her own wedding to the man she loves? Delaney is totally out of her depth. When a car falls out of the sky and lands on the beach, Delaney is more than happy to push guest lists and venue dates out of her mind. The car appears empty, but someone has slipped into Ordinary with stolen weapons from the gods.

A stormy evening of olive and silver was closing in, as Father Brown, wrapped in a grey Scotch plaid, came to the end of a grey Scotch valley and beheld the strange castle of Glengyle. It stopped one end of the glen or hollow like a blind alley; and it looked like the end of the world. Rising in steep roofs and spires of sea-green slate in the manner of the old French-Scotch chateaux, it reminded an Englishman of the sinister steeple-hats of witches in fairy tales; and the pine woods that rocked round the green turrets looked, by comparison, as black as numberless flocks of ravens.

Emily is living happily in the quaint village of Ashton Mead, where every household is friendly – with one exception. Unlike the other villagers, Silas Strang and his mother are rude and aggressive. The other residents of Ashton Mead live in fear of upsetting the Strangs. When Silas attacks Emily's beloved dog, she decides it is time to confront the bully. Shortly after she threatens Silas, he is murdered. To Emily's dismay, the police regard her as a suspect. The only way she can prove her innocence is by discovering the real killer and proving their guilt.

"The Perishing of the Pendragons" by G.K. Chesterton is a Father Brown story where Father Brown is invited on a boat trip around the Cornish coast, where he encounters a family called the Pendragons, who are plagued by a mysterious curse tied to a local legend about a Spanish prisoner and a treacherous coastline.

Father Brown (Chesterton's sharp-witted detective priest) and Flambeau (the reformed master-thief and Brown's constant companion) are on a little vacation in Norfolk, invited to visit the mysterious Prince Saradine. It doesn't go well. Sure, Flambeau gets some good fishing in, but there's also a duel with rapiers, a couple of murders, a hanging, a case of mistaken identity, an awkward family reunion, and a gang of surly Sicilians.