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Folge 10: Ganz Palinghuus ist in heller Aufregung: Das Watt'n'rennen findet wieder statt! Der traditionelle Lauf durchs Watt lockt Teilnehmer aus der ganzen Umgebung an. Natürlich läuft James auch mit. Sarah feuert ihren Ehemann kräftig an, und kurz sieht es sogar aus, als würde er gewinnen - bis den Zuschauern klar wird, dass nicht James schneller, sondern alle anderen langsamer werden. Der Grund ist schnell gefunden: Alle Läufer zeigen Vergiftungserscheinungen! Will jemand den Lauf sabotieren? Doch dann entdeckt Sarah eindeutige Beweise, dass das Gift nur einen der Teilnehmer treffen sollte.

In this second collection in the Music and Murder Mystery series, nine award-winning, bestselling authors have written their own interpretations of the Thriller song list. With original work from some of the best mystery authors out there, the anthology includes stories from Heather Graham, Jeffery Deaver, William Kent Krueger, Dahlia Rose, and David R. Slayton, among others. With poignant, frightening, and intriguing stories from some of the best writers in the genre, this eerie collection is sure to keep you up at night—and maybe even haunt your dreams.

Two hitmen in a depressed rust belt town struggle with a job gone wrong. A girl witnesses a horrifying accident and carries it with her for the rest of her life. Medical students bring a severed foot to a college party. Five-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Joyce Carol Oates has made a career of exploring the forbidden corners of human experience, and the stories collected here, spanning her first three decades as a writer, are among her most unsettling and unforgettable works to date.

Johnny Dollar was America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator! Enjoy sixteen of his greatest cases from radio’s Golden Age!

Jane Stuart and Ivy Benson were once best friends. Ever since Ivy's daughter Marlene was murdered, things have been rocky. To patch up their friendship, Jane invites Ivy to the writer's retreat Jane organized. Off-season Mt. Munsee Lodge is a mountain-top hotel which is perfect for relaxing and having fun. But Ivy brings Johnny, her new man, who turns out to be on the run. And when an unexpected blizzard leaves everyone marooned in the snow, there's no chance for escape.

The collected BBC Radio 4 crime dramas featuring Inspector Coleman and Sergeant Astor Like his actor namesake, Ronald Coleman is a suave, well-spoken English gentleman. But although he's a movie buff, Coleman is no film star - he's a copper, and a Detective Inspector to boot. Together with his...

Part-time reporter Lucy Stone is writing a piece for the Courier about four Irish step dancing students from Tinker's Cove on the cusp of making it big. But the story becomes headline news for all the wrong reasons when one girl's mother is found dead in her bathtub. Did a stage mom take rivalry too far, or is some other motive at play?

Comprising 10 short stories, The Confessions of Arsène Lupin first appeared in 1913. Each story features the eponymous gentleman-burglar, who deploys his remarkable wit and skill to plot a path through aristocratic society, outwitting both police and criminals along the way. This collection contains tales of romance and mystery, with Lupin himself never above performing the occasional good deed, while pocketing his own rewards, in the course of his adventures.

Book agent extraordinaire Jane Stuart finally crawls out from under a stack of unread manuscripts. She starts a much-needed vacation, when her late husband's cousin, Stephanie, calls. She's about to start a new job in Shady Hills and wants to stay with Jane for a few days. Stephanie's new job as book editor is at the hot new publishing house in house. No sooner does Stephanie unpack her file folders at the publisher than it's obvious something fishy is going on. 

Ah, the pleasures of Christmas: the hanging of lights, the traditional feasts, the gathering of families, and...a bit of murder, conspiracy, and theft. The holiday season seems to inspire the imagination of the best mystery writers, and their talents shine here in these delightful tales of Yuletide crime. In this busiest of seasons, seize a few hours to enjoy a sleigh—or slay—full of mysterious treasures, served with the finest of flair.

After Jane's last brush with a murderer landed her with a feature in People magazine, she is eager to get back to her literary life as a book agent - reading book proposals, making deals, talking to authors. She's glad to put fame aside and now that her beloved son Nick's birthday is coming up, she's busy planning a birthday party for him. She selects one of her favorite spots, a local inn, but before anyone can sing Happy Birthday and say "make a wish," the body of a young woman is found hanging from a tree in the woods back behind the inn.

This drive through the dark streets of the Motor City “is one of the best in Akashic Books’ noir series. You cannot go wrong with this anthology.”—Reviewing the Evidence From cri….

The last thing a working mom like Jane needs is a call from her young son's school saying his nanny never arrived to pick him up. Now Jane's wondering what happened to pretty, blonde Marlene, the daughter of an old friend she recently hired on a trial basis. It looks as if the nineteen-year-old has left without giving notice, and no one seems to know where she's gone. Her mother can't track her down. The police figure she's run away. Jane thinks she'd better start snooping around.

A sociopath cuts a path of destruction across the rural Midwest. In pursuit: a vigilante detective and a prosecutor, one bent on revenge, the other on virtue. And in the wrong place at the wrong time: a doctor in a life-and-death moral struggle. Barreling toward justice, their fates converge in these four interlocking short stories of cunning misdirection by internationally bestselling author Jeffery Deaver.

This superb collection of nine detective stories focuses on the police procedural genre where crime investigation takes on a sense of reality.

Murder for Love: Murder for Women is a collection of wickedly witty crime-of-passion short stories by some of the best women writers inside and out of the mystery field.

Hanna Walsh continues to suffer post-traumatic stress following her deadly encounter with a crazed killer during a drug bust led by her husband, Charleston County Deputy Alex Frank. A week away in the Florida Keys on a friend's sailboat seemed the best therapy to aid in her recovery. When the wife of Alex's friend is abducted in Key West, Alex and Hanna join local law enforcement and the FBI to secure her release.

USA Today bestselling author Tonya Kappes brings you southern and quirky characters in her mystery series. Her stories are charged with humor, friendship, family, and life in small southern towns. Welcome to Normal, Kentucky, where NOTHING is normal.

Hornung published this second volume of the adventures of genius cracksman A.J. Raffles in 1901. Raffles is always casing rich homes to burgle, and is always accompanied by his trusted friend and confidant 'Bunny.' While they generally score, their escapades are never without a certain degree of risk, but Raffles seems always prepared.

Mystère dans le B-14, le train de luxe qui relie de façon hebdomadaire Marseille à Calais pour permettre aux voyageurs du paquebot en provenance de l'Inde de rejoindre l'Angleterre. Lors d'une courte escale à Valence, le sous-chef de gare, intrigué par une traînée de sang, repère dans un compartiment un homme égorgé. L'employé a la présence d'esprit de faire détacher le wagon ensanglanté afin de faciliter le travail des enquêteurs sans retarder, outre mesure, l'ensemble des riches passagers dormant dans le train.