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Egyptologist Harold Barnaby has just made the discovery of the century. While retranslating some old hieroglyphs, he has found clues to the location of a pharaoh's lost tomb. But this discovery leads him to make the ultimate choice: rather than share his find with the rest of the world, Professor Barnaby is determined to locate the tomb and keep whatever treasure he finds inside for himself. But to pull off the greatest heist in the archaeological history, Barnaby will need help. Enter Robert Pierce, a transient freelance writer looking for excitement.

'The queen of crime . . . You-jeong Jeong is shaking up the world of suspense' Glamour 'For fans of Jo Nesbo and Patricia Highsmith' A. J. Finn, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window 'South Korea's answer to Stephen King' Cosmopolitan 'Ingeniously twisted' Entertainment...

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.

Tokyo, 1947. At the first post-war meeting of the Edo Tattoo Society, Kinue Nomura reveals her full-body snake tattoo to rapturous applause. Days later, she is gone. A dismembered corpse is discovered in the locked bathroom of her home, but her much-coveted body art is nowhere to be found. Kinue's horrified lover joins forces with the boy detective, Kyosuke Kamizu, to try to get to the bottom of the macabre crime, but similar deaths soon follow. Is someone being driven to murder by their lust for tattooed skin, and can they be stopped?

Brought to you by Penguin. *DETECTIVE HOLE IS SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES** Discover the addictive first book in the bestselling Harry Hole series. Harry is out of his depth. Detective Harry Hole is meant to keep out of trouble. A young Norwegian girl taking a gap year in Sydney has been...

When magistrate Matteo Arconti’s namesake, an insurance man from Milan, is found dead outside the court buildings in Piazza Clodio, it’s a coded warning to the authorities – a clear message of defiance and intimidation. Commissioner Alec Blume, all too familiar with Rome’s criminal underclass, knows little of the Calabrian mafia currently under investigation by the magistrate.

Clive Merrison and Michael Williams star as Holmes and Watson in this collection of stories from the unique fully dramatised BBC Radio 4 canon, based on Arthur Conan Doyle's original short stories. The twelve dramatisations are A Scandal in Bohemia; The Red-Headed League; A Case of Identity; The...

The critically acclaimed international bestselling novel by one of Japan's premier storytellers, Keigo Higashino's The Devotion of Suspect X marks the first book in his beloved Detective Galileo mysteries. "One of the great mystery and thriller books of all time!" (Time) Yasuko Hanaoka is a...

When a six-year-old girl is found dead, hanging from a tree, the only clue the Oslo Police have to work with is an airline tag around her neck. It reads ‘I’m travelling alone’. Holger Munch, veteran police investigator, is immediately charged with re-assembling his homicide unit. But to...

Special Agent Will Robie left his hometown in Mississippi when he was a teenager. Its residents remember him as a wild sports star and girl-magnet. He left a lot of hearts broken, and a lot of people angry. Now, over twenty years later, he's back. His estranged father, Dan, who is the local...

Greece, 1960. Rough weather at sea leaves a group of strangers stranded on the idyllic island of Utakos, all guests of the only local hotel. Nothing could prepare them for what happens next: Edith Mander, a quiet British tourist, is found dead inside the beach cabana. At first it appears to be a...

Brought to you by Penguin. In the Burning Ghats of Calcutta where the dead are laid to rest, a man is found murdered, his throat cut from ear to ear. The body is that of a popular patron of the arts, a man who was, by all accounts, beloved by all: so what was the motive for his murder? Despite...

Kriminalroman Ein atmosphärischer Cosy-Krimi am See mit einer ermittelnden Maklerin und ihrer treuen Berner SennenhündinSie fand ein hundert Jahre altes Tagebuch, verborgen in einem herrschaftlichen Anwesen am See. Wenige Tage später war ein junger Mann tot.Die Immobilienmaklerin Lily Morgan...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Een lichaam tussen de rotsen. Een terugkeer die oude wonden openscheurt. Kan inspecteur Macleod het verleden loslaten voordat het opnieuw een leven kost? Twintig jaar nadat hij zijn vrouw verloor, keert inspecteur Macleod terug naar het eiland Lewis...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Een rollenspelweekend op een afgelegen landgoed. Ongelukken die geen ongelukken zijn. Wie speelt er een spel waarin niemand veilig is? Op het eiland Harris nemen inspecteur Macleod en rechercheur McGrath op het laatste moment deel aan een excentriek...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Een propvolle veerboot. Een man die dood achter het stuur zit. Welke passagier neemt zijn geheim mee aan wal? Op een grauwe dag bij Cromarty zet een kleine veerboot haar laatste auto af. Achter het stuur zit een dode man. Iedereen aan boord kan iets...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Twee doden in een uitgebrande hut. Een familie onder verstikkende controle. Ontmaskert inspecteur Macleod de dader voordat er opnieuw vonnis wordt geveld? De winter valt over de Black Isle wanneer inspecteur Macleod wordt geroepen naar een afgelegen...

Siamo a Genova, è l’inizio di un nuovo anno, ma per Tito Laremi e Serafino, il suo inseparabile cane, è cominciato male. Tito, single e quasi ex magazziniere di Le Roy Taten, tornando a casa carica Melita, una bellissima prostituta che viene poi trovata morta sugli scogli di Varazze e tutti gli indizi portano a lui. Interrogato dalla polizia, passa in un attimo da persona informata sui fatti a presunto colpevole.

In Maigrets 56. Fall wird der pensionierte Botschafter Comte Saint-Hilaire in seinem Arbeitszimmer erschossen. Das Außenministerium fordert höchste Diskretion. Maigret ermittelt zwischen Standesdünkel, strengen Erbgesetzen und verborgenen Liebschaften in der verschlossenen Welt des französischen Hochadels – und lässt sich von Rang und Namen nicht einschüchtern. Große Kriminalliteratur voller Atmosphäre, feiner Beobachtungen und menschlicher Abgründe: Walter Kreye liest die Maigret-Fälle 56 bis 62 in bester Simenon-Tradition.

1893. A deadly fire engulfs a Parisian bookbindery. Then, a celebrated artist is stabbed to death in the street. As panic spreads the police struggle to keep pace with a killer growing ever bolder. Soon amateur sleuth Victor Legris and his bookselling team are on the case. But the murderer seems...