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The Reinvented Detective presents stories that complicate law and order as well as the concept of criminals, detectives, punishment, and justice for all by showing how shifting technology, the rise of sentient AIs, and shifting social attitudes may affect what is not only acceptable, but expected, within both real world and digital communities—and everything in-between. These stories reinvent detective and true crime tropes, recasting them for the 21st century, and above all, experimenting, astonishing, and entertaining.

A superb collection of dramas guaranteed to thrill and entertain from best-selling author Peter Ackroyd. Set in the heart of London, these star-studded adaptations feature parallel investigations into killings across two centuries, black magic, haunted houses, holy ghosts and a stunning performance by Simon Callow as the magnificent Charles Dickens. Novelist, biographer and critic Peter Ackroyd has cemented his place at the heart of the culture and history of London. This fantastic collection is full of vitality from a world-class author and stellar cast.

Jack's a retired ex-cop from New York, seeking the simple life in Cherringham. Sarah's a Web designer who's moved back to the village to find herself. But their lives are anything but quiet as the two team up to solve Cherringham's criminal mysteries. This compilation contains episodes 37 - 39.

Es ist Faschingszeit und ein frischer Wind weht durch Bayerisch Öd! Ein neues Kaffeehaus hat seine Türen geöffnet - und die Besitzerin ist eine Neu-Zugezogene aus Wien. Und dann schwirrt auch noch eine mobile Yogatrainerin im Dorf herum. Nach dem feucht-fröhlichen Faschingsmontag gibt es jedoch ein böses Erwachen: Denn es liegen nicht nur Schnapsleichen herum, sondern auch die tote Yogalehrerin! Sie wird ausgerechnet im neuen Kaffeehaus gefunden.

A collection of suspenseful standalone radio thrillers by Edward Boyd Scottish writer Edward Boyd was well known for his TV and radio plays, including The Corridor People and The View from Daniel Pike, and he also penned several episodes of Z-Cars. He specialised in the thriller genre, and this...

„Kottan ermittelt: Inspektor gibt’s kan II“ ist der zweite Band in dem sich der Hörer direkt mit dem Major Kottan messen kann. Zehn Kriminalrätseln, in denen nur Adolf Kottan den Überblick behalten kann.

„Kottan ermittelt: Inspektor gibt’s keinen III“ ist der dritte Band, in dem sich der Hörer direkt mit dem Major Kottan messen kann. Zehn Kriminalrätseln, in denen nur Adolf Kottan den Überblick behalten kann.

„Kottan ermittelt: Inspektor gibt’s kan I“ ist der erste Band, in dem sich der Hörer direkt mit dem Major Kottan messen kann. Zehn Kriminalrätseln, in denen nur Adolf Kottan den Überblick behalten kann.

Jack's a retired ex-cop from New York, seeking the simple life in Cherringham. Sarah's a Web designer who's moved back to the village to find herself. But their lives are anything but quiet as the two team up to solve Cherringham's criminal mysteries. This compilation contains episodes 40 - 42. "Cold Case": It's winter in Cherringham, and petty thief Charlie Topper's life is in danger. Desperate, he reaches out to Jack and Sarah for help: last summer - during a robbery - he witnessed a cold-blooded murder, and now he fears the killer is after him.

McDermids allererste Weihnachtsanthologie: winterlich, festlich, tödlich! Val McDermid zeigt sich als Meisterin der kurzen Form. Von St. Petersburg über Sarajevo bis zu den schottischen Highlands – von vergangenen Jahrhunderten bis heute – jede Geschichte ist anders als die vorherige. Von einem verantwortungslosen Baron, dessen Leiche neben einer Sandbirke gefunden wird, zu einem Autor, der vom bösen Geist eines neidischen Co-Autors verfolgt wird: die Charaktere, die Val McDermid heraufbeschwört, sind rätselhaft und gefährlich.

Welche Rolle spielt ein Hund in einem Mordfall, eine Brille bei einem Verbrechen im Doberaner Münster, eine neugierige Hauswirtin, die das Verhalten ihres Mieters bespitzelt oder ein Stempel in einer Berliner Geisterbahn? Vierzehn Kurzkrimis geben Auskunft. Humorvoll, brillant, überraschend gut. Ein absolutes Hörvergnügen. Geschrieben von Sabine Bürger, gesprochen von Helmut Stiglbauer, bei audioparadies.

Sherlock-Holmes-Geschichten von Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Doyle verzichtet ebenso auf eine übermäßig komplexe Rätselkonstruktion und theoretische Fundierung der Lösungsstrategien; an die Stelle einer eher spröde wirkenden Darstellung tritt überwiegend ein szenischer Erzählmodus mit Hilfe von Dialogen. Die gattungstypische Figurenwelt wird in den Sherlock-Holmes-Geschichten ebenfalls ausgebaut und zugleich vereinfacht.

Two breathtaking tales from the Amazon all-star, best-selling author Willow Rose: Where the Wild Roses Grew and Waltzing Mathilda.

Two engulfing tales from the Amazon All-Star best-selling author Willow Rose: There's No Place like Home and Slenderman.

Veteran scriptwriter Vincent McInerney draws on his lifelong knowledge of Liverpool and his background in the Merchant Marine in these engaging thrillers, in which the gruff, indomitable John Crust and his sidekick Minty probe the circumstances surrounding a missing husband, a stolen sculpture and a hidden treasure.

"The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1893, by Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle had decided that these would be the last collection of Holmes's stories, and intended to kill him off in "The Final Problem". Reader demand stimulated him to write another Holmes adventure - "The Hound of the Baskervilles". In "The Return of Sherlock Holmes", Holmes relates the aftermath of "The Final Problem", and how he survived.

"The Adventure of the Devil's Foot" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of eight stories in the cycle collected as "His Last Bow". Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot" ninth in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves at Poldhu in Cornwall one spring for the former's health, but the holiday ends with a bizarre event.

"His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes", later titled "His Last Bow: An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes", is one of 56 short stories about Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in September 1917 in Strand Magazine, and, amongst six other stories, was collected in an anthology titled "His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes". The narration is in the third person, instead of the first person narration usually provided by the character of Dr. Watson, and it is a spy story, rather than a detective mystery.

"The Adventure of the Red Circle" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is included in the anthology "His Last Bow". Mrs. Warren, a landlady, comes to 221B Baker Street with some questions about her lodger. A youngish, heavily bearded man, who spoke good but accented English who came to her and offered double her usual rent on the condition that he get the room on his own terms. He went out the first night that he was there, and came back after midnight when the rest of the household had gone to bed.

"His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes", later titled "His Last Bow: An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes", is one of 56 short stories about Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in September 1917 in Strand Magazine, and, amongst six other stories, was collected in an anthology titled "His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes". The narration is in the third person, instead of the first person narration usually provided by the character of Dr. Watson, and it is a spy story, rather than a detective mystery.