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O podcast Welcome to Night Vale' conta as histórias da cidade de Night Vale, uma amistosa comunidade no meio do deserto onde todas as teorias da conspiração são reais. No formato de um programa de rádio, Cecil Palmer, locutor da rádio comunitária, informa a todos as pequenas estranhezas dessa pacata cidadezinha — onde fantasmas, anjos, alienígenas e agências governamentais misteriosas e ameaçadoras fazem parte do cotidiano dos cidadãos.

Duas décadas após uma série de estranhos assassinatos assolar a cidade de Vitoria, no País Basco, os bizarros crimes voltam a acontecer justamente quando Tasio Ortiz de Zárate, antiga celebridade local e o homem preso pelas mortes, está prestes a sair da cadeia. Casais começam a aparecer mortos em locais históricos da cidade, e o especialista em perfis criminais Unai López de Ayala, que vinte anos antes era apenas um jovem obcecado pelos misteriosos homicídios, é chamado para ficar à frente do caso.

Em uma noite de dezembro, o sofisticado hotel Palace de Verbier, nos Alpes Suíços, é palco de um assassinato sem solução, já que a investigação do crime nunca é concluída pela polícia. Anos depois, o escritor Joël decide tirar alguns dias de férias e se hospeda nesse mesmo local. Lá, uma surpresa o aguarda: seu quarto é o 621 bis, a nova nomenclatura do agora estigmatizado 622, e a curiosidade o leva a mergulhar em uma investigação sobre o caso emblemático.

Marcus Goldman teve uma juventude inesquecível em Baltimore, ao lado dos primos e dos tios, a parte bem-sucedida de sua família e que ele tanto admirava. Mas a felicidade aparente não condizia com a realidade e o dia do “drama” marcou o destino fatídico e inesperado de todos aqueles que ele mais amava. Oito anos depois, Marcus ainda tenta montar o quebra-cabeça do “drama”, lidar com as consequências e entender o que aconteceu.

Becky Keller and Sam Granger’s romance has cooled. He is busy teaching at the vet school, and she’s busy with her restaurant and antique shop. What Sam hasn’t told her is his PTSD, which manifests mostly with nightmares, makes him believe he’s damaged goods. But that is about to change when he meets Vvolt, a Belgian Malinois retired military working dog. When a tornado hits Brenham, there is damage in the downtown area as well as in nearby Round Top where Becky’s restaurant is situated.

After a violent home invasion, Neve Maguire returns with her daughter to Black Lake, her childhood summer home, hoping for a fresh start. But when the body of a woman is found floating among the reeds in the lake behind her house, she fears she has made a horrible mistake. Neve is hiding secrets, though. Detective Jess Lambert can tell. Recently back after her own personal tragedy, Jess knows what it’s like to live with skeletons in your closet, and she’s sure Neve has a few of her own.

DCI Matilda Darke has been kidnapped and her nemesis, Steve Harrison, appears to be behind it. He’s currently residing in the supermax of Wakefield Prison and spends twenty-three hours a day in his cell, so how could he possibly be responsible? As Matilda’s team race to find her, they’re alerted to a body found in an abandoned car on the outskirts of Sheffield. With forensics scouring the woodland for clues, the last thing they expect is for the body count to rise. Meanwhile the search intensifies for the DCI when a video of her kidnapping is leaked to the media.

Steeped in a history of award-winning Yorkshire ale, the town of Markham boasts not one but two breweries. Richard Foster runs one; his sister, Emily, along with her partner, Janice, runs the other. And not without some resentment. The unwelcome return of the town’s former bad boy, Brendan Scholes, threatens to ignite the sibling rivalry further. Scholes claims to have found the long-lost secret recipe to the beer that made Richard and Emily’s father famous, and he wants money.

‘Peter James is one of the best British crime writers, and therefore one of the best in the world’ - LEE CHILD, author of the Jack Reacher series Discover the darkness that lurks around every corner in the latest instalment of the award-winning Grace series by Peter James, now a major ITV...

In this New York Times bestselling installment of the "outrageously entertaining" Strike series (Financial Times), detective duo Cormoran and Robin must rescue a man ensnared in the trap of a dangerous cult.​ Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will...

THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER'S MOM: A brilliant young Cambridge University engineer is carrying out secret research for the Admiralty. It will lead to the building of the world's most powerful battleship, The Dreadnaught. His adventuress mother is kidnapped and having been spurned by Scotland Yard he seeks the help of Sherlock Holmes. Was she taken by German spies, or an underhanded student, or by someone else? Whoever it was is prepared to commit cold-blooded murder to get what they want.

THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE BELT BUCKLE: AN AMERICAN ARTIST WAS MURDERED AND THE CROWN JEWELS MAY BE AT RISK. A young street urchin, one of the Baker Street Irregulars, discovers a man's belt and buckle under a bush in Hyde Park. He brings it to Sherlock Holmes, hoping for a reward. The buckle is unique and stunning, gleaming turquoise stones set in exquisitely carved silver; a masterpiece from the native American west. A body of an American Indian is found in a hotel room in Mayfair. Scotland Yard seeks the help of Sherlock Holmes in solving the murder.

Berlin, Hauptstadt der DDR, 1987. Die Stadt ist von einer Unruhe erfasst, die sich kaum noch kontrollieren lässt. Da werden an einem Tag zwei Leichen gefunden, und nur die tote Frau war Republikbürgerin. Oberleutnant Otto Castorp bekommt es daher gleich mit den Kollegen von der Staatssicherheit zu tun. Der Tod des Westbesuchers verweist auf politische Hintergründe. Und auf fremde Geheimdienste. Die Spur führt nach Südafrika. Und dann ist da noch Erika Fichte. Ihr Chef, verantwortlich für die Unterstützung des ANC durch die DDR: spurlos verschwunden. Erika macht sich auf die Suche.

Mästerdetektiven Sherlock Holmes är tillbaka i en samling spännande berättelser som utspelar sig från Dartmoor i England till Reichenbachfallen i Schweiz. Här får vi bland annat följa fallet med den försvunna kapplöpningshästen och dess avlidne tränare, just som prestigefyllda Wessex Cup står för dörren. Holmes berättar även för sin följeslagare Watson om sina mest minnesvärda fall från tiden innan de båda träffades. Och sist men inte minst skildras hans möte med ärkefienden professor Moriarty – i en bokstavlig kamp på liv och död.

Some of the independent shops in this sleepy town are barely hanging on financially—and that includes Sarah's Sweets, Abbey's aunt's bakery. The shop's advantage—aside from the deliciousness of its products—is the fact that it's the only bakery in the area. But it looks like that's about to change. The second wife of a wealthy businessman wants her own bakery—and money is no object. When murder unravels the plans for the competing shop, Aunt Sarah is an immediate suspect.

Dorothy Martin isn’t overly enthusiastic when her husband, retired police detective Alan Nesbitt, invites her to accompany him to a conference in Cambridge, picturing cramped student accommodation. But St. Stephen’s turns out to be recently renovated, and, bolstered by ensuite facilities, Dorothy is looking forward to exploring the historic and beautiful city. It is not long, though, before disaster strikes. Lost in the maze of college buildings, Dorothy stumbles into a laboratory—and is shocked to find what looks like a pool of blood on the floor.

When a dead fisherman rolls up on shore, Madison cannot resist jumping into her new role as Private Investigator. But she soon discovers the people in The Cove who normally gossip about everybody's business are unusually tight-lipped. With the bad tenant radar still not working, the cottages continue to be full of riffraff. Madison gets arrested, shot at, and outsmarted. She teams up with her best friend, the Glock-carrying Fabiana. Together, they take on cases no other investigators would ever touch!

Forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme investigates his strangest case yet in this diabolical new story. A serial killer in the making? Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are called upon to tackle a crime unlike any they’ve ever faced. An unknown subject is using his formidable skills to work his way...

Evidence that an aristocrat has gone missing—and was possibly murdered—near Sandringham House sets Queen Elizabeth II on the path to discover unsavory family secrets and much more in this new installment of the series the New York Times Book Review calls “sheer entertainment.” Queen...

Eigentlich hätte es ein gemütlicher Samstagvormittag für Holmes werden können. Um sieben Uhr morgens hatte er schon einen Spaziergang durch die Häuserschluchten New Yorks hinter sich und war nun drauf und dran sich wieder mit seiner Stradivari anzufreunden. Aber der Ruf von Sergeant Travis vom New Yorker Polizei Department machte auch vor diesen Annehmlichkeiten nicht halt. Er wollte Holmes unbedingt an seinem nächsten Tatort mitten im Central Park dabei haben. Dann war da noch Ruth Hampton, die Witwe des ermordeten Bankiers Benjamin Hampton, die eigentlich nur ihr Erbe retten wollte.