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It is the Olympics of 460 BC. Nico's best friend, Timodemus, is a competitor in the pankration, the deadly martial art of ancient Greece. Timo is the hot favorite to win. His only serious rival is Parmonos, from Sparta. When Parmonos is found beaten to death, it is obvious Timodemus must be the killer. The Judges of the Games sentence Timodemus to be executed in four days' time. Complicating everything is the fact that Athens and Sparta are already at each other's throats. If an Athenian is found to have cheated by murdering a Spartan, it will be everything the hawks in Sparta need to declare open war.

Just when she thought she'd seen everything... Detective Lieutenant Anita McElone is one of Harbor Haven's finest. She's also a hard-boiled ghost skeptic. So when she shows up on the doorstep of Alison Kerby's Haunted Guesthouse to ask for supernatural help in solving the murder of her former partner, it's hard to tell which woman is more flabbergasted. But McElone is dead serious, so Alison promises to help in any way she can - even asking her resident ghosts, Paul and Maxie, for help with the case.

Embark on a journey across Europe with Agatha Christie and some of her most iconic creations in this collection of short stories. From the mountainous landscapes of Switzerland to the glamourous streets of Cannes, each story immerses you in a world of mystery, intrigue, and clever solutions...

Ngaio Marsh returns to her New Zealand roots to transplant the classic country house murder mystery to an upland sheep station on South Island - and produces one of her most exotic and intriguing novels. One summer evening in 1942, Flossie Rubrick, MP, one of the most formidable women in New Zealand, goes to her husband’s wool shed to rehearse a patriotic speech - and disappears.

As much as Beatrice Hyde-Clare relished the challenge of figuring out who murdered a fellow guest during a house party in the Lake District, she certainly does not consider herself an amateur investigator. So when a London dandy falls dead at her feet in the entryway of a London Daily Gazette, she feels no compulsion to investigate. It was a newspaper office, after all, and reporters are already on the case as are the authorities.

Cuando un funcionario del gobierno británico hace escala en Nueva York mientras lleva un magnífico elefante blanco como regalo del rey de Siam para la reina de Inglaterra, se ve repentinamente envuelto en una serie de alocadas situaciones en las que intervienen muchos ladrones y cientos de policías y periodistas.

It’s spring, Easter is fast approaching, and Samantha Sweet has been so busy at the bakery that she hadn’t quite realized that a lot of the yards in Taos are looking a little ragged. It isn’t until she overhears the gossip in Sweet’s Sweets that she realizes the popular neighborhood gardener and handyman, Victor Martinez, has not come around to do his annual spring cleanup and no one has seen or been able to reach him in months.

When Libby Madsen hosts her first big family-and-friend Thanksgiving, she’s prepared for the usual chaos that comes with relatives, last-minute surprises, and juggling a house full of guests. But when her boyfriend Greg’s family finds a dead body upon checking into their vacation rental, a peaceful holiday becomes anything but. If only it stopped there, but of course one thing after another continues to test Libby's patience as she prepares for the big day.

Eine trauernde Mutter nimmt Rache in dieser rasanten Vorstadt-Vendetta. Auftragskillerin goes Hausfrau: originelle Kombination aus Familiendrama und Actionthriller. Olivia hat schreckliche Dinge getan – damals, als sie für ein spanisches Verbrechersyndikat arbeitete –, bis sie vor diesem Leben geflohen und nach Australien gezogen ist. Nun ist sie Mutter und rechtschaffene Bürgerin in einer Hippie-Gemeinde in den Dandenong Ranges. Bis eine schreckliche Tragödie alles ändert und ihre Vergangenheit sie wieder einholt – denn so etwas wie eine Ex-Killerin gibt es nicht.

Schönbrunn bei Regen und eine der immergleichen Jagdgesellschaften – Kaiserin Sisi kann sich nichts Langweiligeres vorstellen. Als auch noch Kater Carl zu viel Schaumrolle nascht und erkrankt, scheint der Tiefpunkt erreicht. Doch plötzlich fallen Schüsse, und Sisi ist wieder ganz in ihrem Element. Ein Verbrechen ist aufzuklären und das Reizvolle daran: Der Täter stammt aus ihren eigenen Reihen.

Une escapade à la campagne… qui tourne au drame. Été 1933. À la faveur d'une révélation familiale, Kitty Underhay boucle son sac et entraîne avec elle Alice, la fidèle employée du Dolphin — peu coutumière des séjours dans les grandes demeures aristocratiques. Direction le somptueux Enderley Hall, où l'attendent une tante, un oncle, une cousine… et toute une galerie d'invités aussi charmants qu'énigmatiques. Mais lorsque la vieille Nanny Thoms est retrouvée morte au bas de l'escalier, peu après la disparition de documents sensibles, le séjour prend une tournure autrement plus sombre.

The Keys is a great place to hide a seashell bucket full of secrets. Creole . . . shot . . . dead. Three words Madison Westin never thought she’d hear in the same sentence. Creole promised. He pinky swore on it. But even through a blur of tears fed by prescription-strength margaritas, Madison...

Niemand kennt die Macht der Drei so gut wie eine Fairfield-Hexe... Katherine Fairfield ist keine typische Frau – und auch keine typische Hexe. Früher arbeitete sie als Agentin für Hex Support, eine geheime Abteilung des Federal Bureau of Magic. Nach dem tragischen Tod ihres Mannes kündigte...

A murder in a locked room… can Nancy and Jane find the key to the case? Nancy Hunter is on a mission to find her mother. Samantha Hunter walked out on her family and left the village of Dedley End over twenty years ago. For two decades, Nancy has thought her mother was dead…until she...

Welcome to Bitter End, Florida, where Piper and her gran, former members of an illicit motorcycle gang and current members of witness protection, are struggling to adapt and maybe stay out of solving murders for a change.

"MAY GOD STRIKE ME DOWN WITHIN THE HOUR!" To the guests at the mourning feast for Thomas Chaucer, the last words of Sir Clement Sharpe had been enough to damn him in the eyes of God. Detested by all who knew him, his final blasphemy had turned even God's anger against him and his death would be...

Capitaine Roger Blanc ist von Gadet ins benachbarte Salon-de-Provence versetzt worden, wo er ab jetzt vor allem rätselhafte Cold Cases aufklären soll. Sein erster Fall ist ein Mord, der vor sechs Jahren stattgefunden hat: Damals wurde eine Familie in ihrem Auto auf einem entlegenen Parkplatz in den Alpilles nahezu vollständig ausgelöscht. Ebenso starb dort ein Radfahrer, der scheinbar nichts mit den anderen Opfern zu tun hatte. Blanc und seine Kollegen ermitteln in Eyguières und in Aureille, zwei malerischen Kleinstädten, deren Bewohner jedoch dunkle Geheimnisse mit sich herumtragen.

'An absolute delight!' Janice Hallett, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Appeal 'A zany, madcap murder mystery' Nita Prose, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Maid A luxury hotel in the Bahamas. A world-renowned writers’ conference. A killer on the loose . . . Eleanor Dash can never...

Harriet Smith investigates...A murder most Austen. A witty debut whodunit that reimagines Harriet Smith, the gullible sidekick of Jane Austen’s Emma, as a spitfire con woman, hired to break off an engagement and uncover a murderer in the genteel village of Highbury. “Seldom, very seldom...

A Kirkus Reviews Earphones Award Winner Kausar Khan returns to dispense more vigil-aunty justice in the second installment of the critically acclaimed Detective Aunty series—and this time, the crime Kausar is investigating is dredging up memories she buried long ago . . . When Kausar Khan...