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It’s the autumn of 1890, and a spate of bombings has hit London. The newspapers are full of fevered speculation about anarchists, antimonarchists and Fenians. But one man suspects an even more sinister hand behind the violence. Sherlock Holmes believes Professor Moriarty is orchestrating a nationwide campaign of terror, but to what end? At the same time, a bizarrely garbed figure has been spotted on the rooftops and in the grimy back alleys of the capital.  

Cass is having a hard time since the night she saw the car in the woods and the woman who was killed. Since then she's been forgetting everything: where she left the car, if she took her pills, the alarm code, why she ordered a pram when she doesn't have a baby.... What she can't forget is the woman she might have saved, the terrible nagging guilt, the silent calls she's receiving and the feeling that someone's watching her.

Late one night, two teachers investigate a mysterious flashing light in the sports pavilion, while the rest of the school sleeps. There, among the lacrosse sticks, they stumble upon the body of the unpopular games mistress, shot through the heart from point blank range.

After a party in New York, Lieutenant Eve Dallas rides home with her billionaire husband, Roarke, happy to be done with cocktails and small talk. After another party, not far away, a woman retires to her bedroom with her husband - and walks into a brutal nightmare. Their paths are about to collide....

A millionaire strikes a deal on the seedier side of Paris and a priceless cache of rubies becomes destined for his beloved daughter Rachel. Two days later Rachel is dead - murdered on a train on her way to the Riviera to meet her scoundrel lover: a mysterious, dark man. The suspects line up... only master slueth Hercule Poirot can unravel the mystery and find the truth. Maurice Denhham stars as the great Belgian detective in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation.

Do you love a good whodunit? Detectives and mobsters, newshawks and murderers–all ingredients for disaster in this murder mystery collection. Whether it was sending a detective after zombie killers on the prowl or chasing down grisly headhunters at a carnival, Ron knew how to thrill readers and keep them guessing until the end.

Rain Christiansen, cold-case detective and reluctant medium, is very aware of that fact. But when infamous serial killer Thomas Kane wants to meet, there's no way Rain can say no. He also can't refuse Kane's offer - find his missing wife, Delilah, and he'll reveal the location of his victim's bodies. Rain has never turned down a good quid pro quo, and he doesn't intend to start. The hunt for Kane's wife leads to yet another cold case, three copycat murders, and an investigation where nothing is as it seems. Soon, Rain is dealing with a ghost unlike any he's ever dealt with before.

When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com tropes. She's tasked with saving her Tita Rosie's failing restaurant, and she has to deal with a group of matchmaking aunties who shower her with love and judgment. But when a notoriously nasty food critic (who happens to be her ex-boyfriend) drops dead moments after a confrontation with Lila, her life quickly swerves from a Nora Ephron romp to an Agatha Christie case.

Antonia Scott is special. Very special. She is not a policewoman or a lawyer. She has never wielded a weapon or carried a badge, and yet, she has solved dozens of crimes. But it's been awhile since Antonia left her attic in Madrid. The things she has lost are much more important to her than the things awaiting her outside. She also doesn't receive visitors. That's why she really, really doesn't like it when she hears unknown footsteps coming up the stairs. Whoever it is, Antonia is sure that they are coming to look for her. And she likes that even less.

Cece had everything—looks, brains, and money galore. Her love of life was legendary, as was her rampant fear of heights. Leaping off a building was the last thing she would ever do. When she dies that way, Eja and Deming know it was neither suicide nor an accident. Partnering to catch her killer plunges the pair into a major relationship shift. Gone is the exasperating big-brother figure from Eja’s girlhood; now she’s confronted with an irritating, irresistible grown man.

Захватывающий и динамичный ретро-детектив Юлии Яковлевой в атмосфере Петербурга 1812 года. Ротмистр Матвей Мурин, получив боевое ранение, возвращается в столицу. Но ему, хлебнувшему в Бородинском сражении настоящего солдатского огня и ада, непросто найти свое место среди блестящих, но жалеющих его салонных дам и бравирующих патриотизмом штатских. Внезапно к нему обращается за помощью сестра его товарища по оружию Прошина, которого арестовали в игорном доме за жестокое убийство женщины.

Een onmisbare standalone, voor de fans van M.J. Arlidge en Karin Slaughter.Drie mensen kunnen best een geheim bewaren. Zolang twee van hen dood zijn. Toen dokter Maggie trouwde met een zoon uit de invloedrijke familie Kendall, wist ze dat het gezin geheimen had – alle families hebben die. Maar ze had niet verwacht dat het grootste geheim zou worden bewaard door de man van wie ze hield. Wanneer haar echtgenoot Will wordt doodgeschoten in hun huis in Londen, denkt Maggie dat hij het slachtoffer is van een fataal afge­lopen inbraak.

Within the confines of this gripping audiobook, you will accompany Detective Nora Larsen on a relentless pursuit against the relentless ticking of time, striving to untangle a labyrinthine web of corruption and deceit spun by the elusive mastermind, "The Architect." With each intricate twist and suspenseful turn of the narrative, you will find yourself irresistibly drawn deeper into a world where uncertainty reigns supreme and peril lurks ominously at every corner.

In a Paris newspaper, there appears a report of an extraordinary crime committed on the Rue Morgue. The police are unable to solve the case. Intrigued, Dupin decides to conduct his own investigation.

"Рейгэтские помещики" - рассказ английского писателя Артура Конан Дойла (англ. Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930). Полковник из Рейгэта рассказывает Шерлоку Холмсу о странном происшествии: в доме его соседа воры совершили кражу со взломом, но ничего ценного не забрали. Другими популярными произведениями автора являются "Этюд в багровых тонах", "Собака Баскервилей", "Его прощальный поклон", "Знак четырех", "Пестрая лента", "Общество рыжих", "История голубого алмаза" и "Сиятельный клиент".

Giovanni ha ventiquattro anni e ha coronato il suo sogno, quello di lavorare nella redazione di un quotidiano. Intorno a sé, però, ha soltanto colleghi più anziani, ormai apatici, storditi da un mestiere sempre più in crisi. Tranne uno, Sergio Fabiani, caposervizio della cultura, che gli affida il compito di scrivere un pezzo su Donato Carretta, direttore del carcere di Regina Coeli, linciato in modo selvaggio dalla folla nel settembre 1944.

Im beschaulichen St. Peter-Ording ist das Unfassbare passiert: Schauspieler Titus Frank, der gerade noch die Premiere seines jüngsten Films gefeiert hat, wird tot in der Sauna seines Ferienhauses aufgefunden. Dass es Mord war, steht schnell fest – schließlich kann der Mann die Tür von außen ja nicht selbst verriegelt haben. Zu allem Überfluss bekommen Ernie, Fred und Ilva auch noch Konkurrenz – Freds Vater, ein Kommissar im Ruhestand, mischt sich ein und stößt auch prompt auf eine erste Spur ... und die ist ganz schön heiß.

L'uccisione di un autore ebreo americano in visita a Venezia porta il commissario Enzo Fellini a dover risolvere un nuovo mistero che, questa volta, affonda le sue radici nel cuore del ghetto ebraico e nella storia dei suoi abitanti... È Kippur, il “Giorno dell’espiazione”. La comunità ebraica di Venezia, chiusa nei suoi spazi sacri, celebra la festività più importante. Leon De Donno, scrittore ebreo americano, autore di romanzi storici ambientati a Venezia, viene assassinato apparentemente senza un perché.

La seconda inchiesta del commissario Wallander. Sulle coste svedesi, in un freddo mattino d’inverno, da un peschereccio che si fa strada tra i ghiacci viene avvistato un gommone di salvataggio. A bordo ci sono due cadaveri. Le indagini portano il commissario Wallander a est: la polizia di Ystad ha le prove che i due uomini sono stati uccisi e che l’imbarcazione veniva dalla Lettonia. Kurt Wallander parte così per Riga, dove si trova coinvolto in una cospirazione legata ai drammatici cambiamenti politici dei Paesi Baltici.

Festtagsstimmung im Périgord und ein mysteriöser Mord. Es ist Sommer in Saint-André-du-Périgord, und das mehrtägige Traditionsfest Félibrée steht bevor. Dieses Mal will auch Kommissarin Marie Mercier daran teilnehmen. Doch während ihre Großtante Léonie sich als begnadete Köchin auf kulinarische Highlights freut, gibt es für Marie plötzlich einen ernsten Anlass: Die 16-jährige Tochter der dort ausstellenden Winzerin Jeanne Laroussine ist verschwunden. Kurz darauf erhält Marie eine weitere Hiobsbotschaft: Der Vorsitzende der Félibrée wurde ermordet aufgefunden.