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Tyrannical millionaire Simeon Lee has been estranged from most of his family for years. But now, on Christmas Eve, the old man calls them all together once more. Unable to disobey, the children gather uneasily and wonder what their father's intentions are. Does he want to clear up past...

A classic Christie mystery. Read by Hugh Fraser who plays Hugh Fraser in the popular TV series. At a Hallowe’en party, Joyce – a hostile thirteen-year-old – boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no-one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find the ‘evil presence’. But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double-murderer…

To distract himself from his fear of flying, Hercule Poirot observes his fellow passengers on the noon flight from Le Bourget to Croydon. On his right sits a pretty young woman, clearly very aware of the handsome man opposite her; ahead of him is a nervous aristocrat and her maid; and across the...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A festive gathering, a poisoned pewter goblet, and a historic San Francisco publishing house under siege. Snow rarely falls on Jackson Square, but this December, the atmosphere inside The Clayton Press is as crisp and chilly as winter frost. The...

From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes another deliciously deadly culinary mystery...Spring has officially arrived, and while the weather outside may still be frightful, Sally Muccio is feeling especially delightful as she prepares a homemade family dinner in honor of her...

Eine Bürgerversammlung zum Küstenschutz und mittendrin ein Toter. Journalistin Jantje Janßen entdeckt die Leiche als Erste und steckt schneller in den Ermittlungen, als ihr lieb ist. Gemeinsam mit dem attraktiven Kommissar Ole Rickmers folgt sie den Spuren, die sie über verschlungene Umwege...

Grace Walden is barely five feet tall, but she's the watchful heart of her neighborhood. A retired teacher known for her cookies and her careful eye on children walking home from school, Grace seems harmlessuntil the day a forest-green car begins circling the block. When a stranger follows her...

Eine verschwundene Frau. Ein tödliches Geheimnis. Ein Mord, der nie ans Licht kommen durfte. Der fesselnde zweite Fall für Privatdetektiv Christopher Diecks Nach seinem ersten großen Erfolg will Christopher Diecks seine Detektei in Hamburg endlich etablieren. Der Auftrag der Unternehmerin...

Kaksoset Mercy ja Lizzie McCarthy ovat alkaneet kotiutua Irlannin länsirannikolla sijaitsevaan idylliseen Shamrock Coven rantakylään. Lizzie järjestää innokkaana kirjallisuusfestivaaleja, ja dekkaristi Mercy taipuu tulemaan ihmisten ilmoille työhuoneensa uumenista. Sitten festivaalin...

'My new favorite slasher novel' Stephen Graham Jones A serial killer? She's SO over it. Barbra Jacobs is exhausted after twenty years playing the 'final girl', the only one that survives till the end of the movie. She's sick of creepy guys at backwater horror conventions asking her to sign...

It's 1966 and Queen Elizabeth II is touring the Caribbean aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia. Her schedule is measured in ten-minute increments for five weeks, and nothing can afford to go wrong. But something does. Early in the trip, the Queen's new diary secretary, Pamela Sinclair, is found dead...

The final novel in the highly acclaimed and beloved Thursday Next series. Will Thursday find her happy ending? Swindon-based Literary Detective Thursday Next is embarking on her eighth and final adventure: 'Dark Reading Matter' and she is well aware of the fact. The problem is, others are too...

Brought to you by Penguin. From the author of A Separation, a taut and electrifying story about a woman caught between many truths. An interpreter has come to The Hague to escape New York and work at the International Court. A woman of many languages and identities, she is looking for a place to...

The most famous of all locked-room mysteries - a classic in the crime genre. 'The first deadly walking of the hollow man took place when the side streets of London were quiet with snow and the three coffins of the prophecy were filled at last...' The murderer of Dr Grimauld walked through a...

In the Chizurui family mansion, a haunting presence casts a shadow over its residents. By night, an eerie figure, clad in a sinister Hannya mask is seen roaming around the house. An amateur murder mystery writer, Akimitsu Takagi, is sent to investigate—but his investigation takes a harrowing turn as tragedy strikes. Within the confines of a locked study, the head of the family is found dead, with only an ominous Hannya mask lying on the floor by his side and the lingering scent of jasmine in the air.

Framed in the doorway of Poirot’s bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man’s gaunt face stared for a moment, then he swayed and fell. Who was he? Was he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what was the significance of the figure 4, scribbled...

St. Thomas, the small college north of New York City where Professor Alison Bergeron teaches, has had its share of scandals - on and off campus; among both students and staff; and, lo and behold, with Alison herself. So when one of St. Thomas’ resident directors goes mysteriously, scandalously missing, the administration wants to keep a lid on it. With only five weeks left in the semester and no time to interview replacements, Alison is tapped for the job.

Katie LeClair has finally settled down as the new doctor in Baxter, Michigan. After years of moving, schooling, and training, she wants nothing more than to find a place she can call home, and a small town outside of Ann Arbor seems perfect. Katie quickly gets to work in building a life for herself in Baxter, and beyond reviving her love life, she also finds a pair of business partners in a team of father and son family practitioners. But that idyllic dream is immediately shattered when one of her patients is found dead.

The students of Royal Hastings University's new Multimedia Art course have been trouble from day one. The year-long course is blighted by accusations of theft, students setting fire to one another's artwork, a rumoured extra-marital affair and a disastrous road trip. ut finally they are given their last assignment: to build an interactive art installation for a local manufacturer. With six students who have nothing in common except their clashing personal agendas, what could possibly go wrong? The answer is: murder. 

The Priory may look ramshackle in appearance, but Peter, Margaret and Celia are totally charmed by their newly inherited country house. But there's more to The Priory than meets the eye. Left empty for years, hardly a single person has set foot inside, and down in the village, the locals whisper of a ghostly figure that roams the halls. When a murder is committed, the new owners start to fear the rumours are true - but is their new home really haunted, or is someone trying to scare them away?