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1930: Miss Clara Vale, chemistry major turned detective, is taking a night off from sleuthing to attend the launch party of a new exhibition at the Hancock Museum in Newcastle. But when the piece de resistance, a rare ornate sarcophagus, is finally opened and it turns out the mummy inside it is a fake it looks like there is no rest for Clara after all... Later that night, she is summoned back to the museum and asked to investigate a series of stolen Egyptian artefacts.

The Pennyfoot hides many secrets, and its downstairs staff keeps a tight lip, even when the Edwardian aristocrats are spotted dallying with damsels in the boudoirs or gambling in the card rooms hidden below the floorboards. Should now and then one of the hotel guests fall prey to a dastardly...

When a man is found dead on the banks of the Edward River, Detective Sergeant Nick Vada is forced to return to Milford – the farming town he swore he'd left behind for good. The victim is someone Nick knew from school. Teaming up with his partner, the unflinching Detective Joanna Gray, together they dig into the dead man's life – and his own past. But Milford isn't just a town with long memories. It's a place where the truth gets murky fast, and the river has a habit of hiding more than just bodies.

Italy, 1929. No sooner have master sleuth Lord Edgington and his grandson-apprentice begun their grand tour of Europe than a wealthy landowner turns up dead. On arriving at the palatial Castello di Montegufoni, the duo must uncover the owner’s secrets and pick from a host of dubious suspects to find out who did him in.

Der Fund eines Hundeskeletts setzt eine mysteriöse Mordserie in Gang – ein Mensch nach dem anderen wird vergiftet. Und wieder einmal müssen Berta und Pauline, die beiden Hobbygärtnerinnen mit Miss-Marple-Gen, einem Serienmörder das Handwerk legen. Nur kommen sie ihm dabei gefährlich nahe … Schwarzhumorig, charmant, spannend: eine fesselnde Mischung aus Cosy Crime, Pflanzen-Know-how und Mörderjagd.

IT'S BEEN 25 YEARS SINCE THEY GRADUATED...BUT REVENGE NEVER GETS OLD. The Class of 2000. The Actress. The Techie. The Bimbo. The Sportsman. The Bad Boy. The Writer. The Singer. The Lecturer. The Musician. The Mature Student. The Weirdo. But who is The Murderer? It's Bathory University's 25-year...

C’est le retour très attendu de la série à succès Meurtres sous le gui, un Audible Original, avec Léane Labrèche-Dor (Les hommes de ma mère) qui reprend le rôle de la fascinante et unique Émilie Lavoie dans Meurtres sous le gui 3.

Jill’s store, Coffee, Books, and More, is co-sponsoring a charity dart tournament on Thanksgiving weekend with Chip's Bar, where toys and cash will be collected. She and her new husband, Greg, will be competing as well—that is, if Greg's brother and his girlfriend don't ruin the evening. But the event leads to something much worse than a family squabble when the bar owner is found dead the next morning after being used as a human dartboard . . .

When a local heiress goes missing, Danielle discovers it's not always possible to distinguish the living from the dead. To complicate matters, it seems Danielle is not the only one who communicates with spirits. Her new guest claims to hear Walt. But, something's not quite right with Marlow House's newest medium. Danielle must move quickly before her best friend joins the spirit world.

Es ist 13 Jahre her, seit Angelica Nightingale ihren Heimatort Silverlake mit gebrochenem Herzen verließ und sich schwor, niemals zurückzukehren. Doch als ein Familiennotfall sie wieder zurück nach Silverlake ruft, wird alles anders: Ihre Tante, eine mächtige Hexe, liegt angeblich im Sterben. Doch statt einer Abschiedsszene erwartet Angelica ein baufälliges magisches Hotel und ein Poltergeist. Plötzlich steht ihre Tante unter Mordverdacht, nachdem sie einen Freund mit Magie heilen wollte und dieser kurz danach tot aufgefunden wird.

Murder’s on the menu, and no one is safe from playground gossip . . . classic Tuesday. From cocktails to cold tea, and swanky dinners to school-gate antics, Rachel Walker has lost her old life—and her identity. But when the new term begins, and she’s swept into the Parent WhatsApp group...

When a violent storm forces Ryan Hoffman and his young son to take shelter in the picturesque mountain town of Aspen Notch, Sue Jaworski and her husband, Alan—the local police chief—gladly offer their help. But when Sue learns Ryan has ties to a decades-old unsolved murder, her curiosity is immediately sparked. That intrigue deepens when Sue, along with her daughter and granddaughter, buys an antique cameo necklace from Trinkets and Treasures—one with a surprising connection to the long-forgotten crime.

In Melbourne for a passing visit for a friend's birthday, Detective Sergeant Nick Vada meets the beautiful Evie Gibson. Twenty-four hours later, he is sitting in the lock-up of the Victorian police headquarters, arrested for murder. Detective Sergeant Eli Roberts is brought onto the case to investigate just what would cause the detective to snap and commit such a horrible crime. Detective Joanna Gray is sent in to assist the investigation and soon finds that not all is what it seems.

Book conservator Tory Van Dyne and a woman claiming to be Agatha Christie on holiday from the Great Beyond join forces to catch a killer in this spirited mystery from Amanda Chapman. Tory Van Dyne is the most down-to-earth member of a decidedly eccentric old-money New York family. For one thing...

Brought to you by Penguin. As the snow falls, the haunting begins... Get ready for the most gripping cosy murder mystery debut of the year. A grand country estate. On her last day as a Detective, Midge McGowan is given the retirement present from hell: a ticket to take part in a haunted house...

Agatha Raisin ist empört: Jill Davent, die neue Therapeutin im Dorf, scheint es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht zu haben, pikante Geheimnisse aus Agathas Vergangenheit hervorzukramen. Als Jill kurz darauf erdrosselt in ihrer Praxis aufgefunden wird, gerät Agatha zunächst selbst unter Mordverdacht. Entschlossen, dem wahren Mörder auf die Spur zu kommen, findet sie heraus, dass mindestens das halbe Dorf ein Mordmotiv gehabt hätte.

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook. A personal advertisement written in code attracts the attention of Tuppence Beresford. When Tuppence suspects that the code involves the Three Arts Ball, she persuades Tommy to attend dressed in costume...

'Perfect for fans of Richard Osman' Guardian 'Slough's answer to Miss Marple’ S.J. Bennett 'A dollop of cosy crime goodness' Vaseem Khan 'I found myself turning page after page after page' J. M. Hall It's the most glamorous event of the year Mrs Sidhu has snagged the contract of her life...

A murder in the science lab shatters a woman’s quiet and ordered life when she decides she must solve the crime herself in this entertaining and uplifting mystery. Plenty of people consider Margaret Finch odd. Six-feet-tall and big-boned, she lives alone in a small cabin in the woods, drives a...

Jemima Primrose wollte gerade damit beginnen, endlich ihren vom Grünspecht heimgesuchten Garten mit ihrer Freundin Cassie Bannister und deren Bekannten Tom Hardy auf Vordermann zu bringen, als sie in einem der Beete auf eine gut isolierte Verpackungs-Röhre aus Kunststoff stoßen. In ihrem Inneren: ein sehr altes Blatt Papier! Zusammen mit ihrem guten Bekannten Basil Kingcade versucht sie hinter das Geheimnis des Fundes zu kommen. Und tatsächlich – die gefundene Handschrift könnte von enormem Wert sein!