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Als ein großer TV-Sender einen heiß begehrten Serienvertrag für Nachwuchsautoren ausschreibt, ist der Konkurrenzkampf eröffnet. Die Finalisten reisen zu einem Workshop ins idyllische Cherringham, um ihre Ideen weiterzuentwickeln. Doch was als kreative Woche beginnt, wird bald bitterer Ernst: Drohungen machen die Runde, und schnell wird klar – hier geht es nicht nur um Geschichten, sondern um Leben und Tod. Jack und Sarah nehmen die Ermittlungen auf. Können sie den Täter rechtzeitig entlarven?

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 find herself. But their lives are anything but quiet as the two team up to solve Cherringham's criminal mysteries. This compilation contains episodes 1 - 3: MURDER ON THAMES, MYSTERY AT THE MANOR and MURDER BY MOONLIGHT.

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 34 - 36. "The Secret of Brimley Manor": Brimley Manor, home to an eccentric museum of oddities from its owner's lifetime of exotic travels also holds dark secrets. When a suspicious fire breaks out, the biggest question is... was it just an accident?

Lavinia's annual Masked Ball at Mydworth Manor is a highlight of the season, as locals mingle with the great and famous from London. But the lavish party comes to a full stop when one of the guests is found dead down by the lake. It seems it's a clear case of a heart attack. But Harry and Kat suspect that the dead man in a mask was in fact the victim of a clever case of murder. And the killer's work at the party is not yet done... Nathaniel Parker, born in 1962, graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and went on to join the Royal Shakespeare Company.

When a prominent family's daughter flees sleepy Sussex to seek a career on the stages of a glittering West End, Harry and Kat are asked to check in on the young woman. But the two of them soon discover that there is a much bigger danger to the woman and her family than mere acting dreams being crushed. Nathaniel Parker, born in 1962, graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and went on to join the Royal Shakespeare Company. His television career began in 1988 when he played Flying Officer 'Flash' Gordon in the LWT mini-series "Piece of Cake".

From the authors of the best-selling series Cherringham. A young poacher is found shot dead in the woods of a grand estate near Mydworth. A sad accident it would seem. But the boy's mother is convinced it is murder and when Harry and Kat investigate, they find the poacher's life was not as innocent as he made out... Nathaniel Parker, born in 1962, graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and went on to join the Royal Shakespeare Company. His television career began in 1988 when he played Flying Officer 'Flash' Gordon in the LWT mini-series "Piece of Cake".

Sussex, England, 1929. Mydworth is a sleepy English market town just 50 miles from London. But things are about to liven up there, when young and handsome Sir Harry Mortimer returns home from his diplomatic posting in Cairo, with his beautiful and unconventional American wife, Kat. No sooner have the two arrived, when a jewel robbery occurs at Harry's aunt's home - Mydworth Manor. The police are baffled and overwhelmed with the case. But Harry and Kat have an edge in the hunt for the dangerous culprit.

Here local priest Father Byrne meets his unexpected demise. Jack and Sarah investigate - who could harm the beloved Father? And what secrets did he take to the grave? The Cherringham Regatta is shaken when vandalism of boots turns into bloody murder. And when a murder suspect is freed from prison after 25 years, it's apparent someone in Cherringham wants him to continue serving his sentence - to death. But Jack and Sarah start to question... did he commit the crime in the first place?

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 19 - 21: "GHOST OF A CHANCE": Every Halloween, the supposedly haunted Bell Hotel hosts its famous 'Ghost-Hunters Dinner', complete with scary stories, spooky apparitions and things that go bump in the night. But this year's event ends in a terrifying accident, and suddenly everyone wonders... Is there a real ghost loose in the hotel?

When a major network offers a TV deal to a group of new writers, the stakes couldn't be higher. They'll have a workshop in Cherringham to shape their show ideas - and win the prized contract. But when the writers get ominous threats, it seems their lives are in danger. Can Jack and Sarah find the culprit in time ... before there's a real 'killer pitch'?

Very British - drei "Cherringham"-Hörbücher in einem Band! Folge 37: "Das vergessene Haus": Ein junger Mann stirbt auf mysteriöse Art und Weise in einem alten, verlassenen Haus, einem so genannten "Lost Place". Doch was hat er dort gemacht? Wollte er wirklich nur das einsam gelegene Gebäude erforschen und ist dabei verunglückt? Seine Freunde glauben nicht an einen Unfall und wenden sich an Jack und Sarah. Schon bald muss das Ermittler-Duo erkennen, dass es ziemlich gefährlich sein kann, an alten Geheimnissen zu rühren.

Very British - drei "Cherringham"-Hörbücher in einem Band! Folge 34: "Das Rätsel von Brimley Manor": Brimley Manor hat seine besten Tage hinter sich. Schon lange. Das einst prächtige Anwesen ist inzwischen ein Museum für allerlei verstaubte Kuriositäten des ehemaligen Eigentümers. Doch dann bricht ein Feuer aus - und Jack und Sarah entdecken immer mehr Hinweise, die auf Brandstiftung deuten! Die Angestellten von Brimley Manor scheinen allerdings nicht besonders interessiert, den Brand aufzuklären.

Folge 44 der britischen Erfolgsserie. Als der leblose Körper des Kriminaljournalisten Tom Pinder aus der Themse gefischt wird, vermuten alle, dass der stadtbekannte Trunkenbold versehentlich im Fluss ertrunken ist. Doch Pinders junge Kollegin glaubt nicht an diese Erklärung und bittet Jack und Sarah, Nachforschungen anzustellen. Während sie sich in die Geschichten vertiefen, an denen Pinder gearbeitet hat, entdecken Jack und Sarah bald, dass er sich einige sehr gefährliche Feinde gemacht hat, die bereit sind, vor nichts Halt zu machen, um eine gefährliche Wahrheit zu verbergen.

When the lifeless body of crime journalist Tom Pinder is fished out of the river near Jack's barge, it seems that the hardened old drinker may just have had one too many... and accidentally slipped to a watery death. But Pinder's young colleague doesn't buy that explanation, and asks Jack and Sarah to investigate. As they dig deep into the stories that Pinder was working on, Jack and Sarah soon discover that he had made some very dangerous enemies prepared to stop at nothing to keep a dangerous truth buried.

From the authors of the best-selling series "CHERRINGHAM". This compilation contains episodes 4-6: "MURDER WORE A MASK": Lavinia's annual Masked Ball at Mydworth Manor is a highlight of the season - but the lavish party comes to a full stop when one of the guests is found dead down by the lake. Harry and Kat suspect that the dead man was the victim of a clever case of murder. And the killer's work is not yet done... "DEADLY CARGO": Mydworth's Excelsior Radio Company is world-famous for its expensive radio-phonographs.

Als der beliebte Tennistrainer Todd Winters eines Nachts mit seinem Auto von der Straße abkommt und in den Fluss stürzt, scheint es sich um einen tragischen Unfall zu handeln. Aber Kat und Harry finden heraus, dass der attraktive junge Mann eine Menge Geheimnisse hatte. Wollte ihn jemand aus dem Weg räumen? Bald schon stoßen die beiden Detektive auf eindeutige Beweise für ein Verbrechen! Doch sie müssen auf der Hut sein - denn in der vornehmen Welt des Mydworth-Lawn-Tennis-Clubs könnte ein verzweifelter Mörder bereit sein, wieder zu töten.

From the authors of the best-selling series CHERRINGHAM. When heart-throb American tennis coach Todd Winters careens off the road in his speeding car one night and plunges in the river, it seems like a tragic accident. But Winters was a young man with many dangerous secrets, and Harry and Kat discover there's no shortage of people who wanted him out of the picture. Soon they discover clear evidence: the accident was no accident at all. And now Harry and Kat had best be careful too... even in the genteel world of the Mydworth Lawn Tennis Club, a desperate murderer could be ready to kill again.

Folge 43 der britischen Erfolgsserie. Lampenfieber in Cherringham: Der Chor des beschaulichen Ortes soll in der Londoner Royal Albert Hall gemeinsam mit anderen Chören aus dem ganzen Land Händels "Messias" aufführen. Doch nur wenige Tage vorher wird einer der erfahrensten Sänger, der zurückhaltende Musiklehrer Arthur Chisholm, mitten in der Nacht ausgeraubt und niedergeschlagen. Und es bleibt nicht bei diesem einen Vorfall - auch bei anderen Chormitgliedern wird eingebrochen.

When Cherringham choir stalwart Arthur Chisholm is robbed in the dead of night, ending up in hospital, it seems he's just the victim of bad luck. Bad timing too, since he will now miss the choir's special holiday performance of Handel's Messiah - to be performed with scores of other local choirs, in London's Royal Albert Hall. But as more of their fellow choir members are burgled, Jack and Sarah realise these crimes are no coincidence.

Facing boredom after his long-postponed knee surgery, Jack volunteers at Fitz Morton Manor to serve as steward, chatting with visitors about the long history of the house. And when the retired volunteer Cyril Roebuck is found dead in the Great Hall, one morning, it seems at first that the dear old man must have suffered a heart attack. But the room was locked from the inside - and it quickly becomes clear that Cyril could not have bolted it. Soon Jack and Sarah are confronting the odd mystery of the locked room... and what must be - in fact - a case of foul play.