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Frank Grasby’s father, the Reverend Cyril Grasby, is getting married at Rowntree Hall on Christmas Day 1954. And to make matters worse – Frank is best man. The guests include important clergymen, and Inspector Arthur Juggers, Frank’s boss. As they gather at Rowntree Hall, the snow begins to fall, cutting them off from the outside world. But shortly after the knot is tied, Dean Welling is found dead, poisoned by mistletoe. In his hand is a crumpled piece of paper – on which is written only the letter ‘G’.

50 years since Agatha Christie’s last Marple novel, Sleeping Murder, was published, Christie devotee and thriller author, Lucy Foley, reimagines the most famous fictional female detective of all time in a brand new mystery…

From the multi-award-winning author of Winter Counts comes the second thriller featuring Native American Reservation enforcer Virgil Wounded Horse.

World famous author Arthur Fletch is dead. His final novel, the most anticipated book in history, remains unfinished. But the ending won’t write itself. Fletch’s publisher, Merriweather Press, has invited six authors to Fletch’s private island in Scotland. Authors whose books have never had the big marketing budgets or publicity opportunities. In other words, midlist. And they’re about to be presented with the opportunity of a lifetime.

Avalon Dale is a masterful grifter. She researches her victims thoroughly, kidnaps and sedates them, cleans out their bank accounts, and uses injections and hair clippers to change their appearance so that when they wake up, they can't easily prove who they are. It gives her a head start and a new identity to get away. She's targeted Primrose Meath for her last big score, and then she'll fade away to a life of ease and luxury--something she's dreamed of since a very tough childhood.

After a lengthy leave of absence, DCI Jane Phillips is back in Major Crimes, neck deep in the most macabre murder investigation of her career. The naked body of a famous sportsman has been laid out in a churchyard, wrapped in a white shawl, surrounded by flowers. Stranger still, his heart is missing. With such a high profile victim, the pressure to find the murderer is instant and extreme. And it only increases when the killer strikes again—leaving behind another mutilated body, posed in exactly the same way.

In diesem Haus ist nichts so, wie es scheint: Nr.-1-Bestsellerautorin Freida McFadden ist die Queen der packenden Twists! Sylvia Robinson wird im Haus der Barnetts als private Pflegekraft eingestellt. Nach einem Unfall benötigt Victoria Barnett rund um die Uhr Betreuung. Sie kann weder gehen noch sprechen und ist an ihr Bett im obersten Stockwerk des Hauses gefesselt. Daher hat ihr Mann Sylvia als Unterstützung hinzugeholt. Doch schon bald hat Sylvia das Gefühl, dass Victoria nicht so hilflos ist, wie sie scheint. Dann entdeckt sie Victorias Tagebuch versteckt in einer Kommode.

In diesem Haus ist nichts so, wie es scheint: Nr.-1-Bestsellerautorin Freida McFadden ist die Queen der packenden Twists! Sylvia Robinson wird im Haus der Barnetts als private Pflegekraft eingestellt. Nach einem Unfall benötigt Victoria Barnett rund um die Uhr Betreuung. Sie kann weder gehen noch sprechen und ist an ihr Bett im obersten Stockwerk des Hauses gefesselt. Daher hat ihr Mann Sylvia als Unterstützung hinzugeholt. Doch schon bald hat Sylvia das Gefühl, dass Victoria nicht so hilflos ist, wie sie scheint. Dann entdeckt sie Victorias Tagebuch versteckt in einer Kommode.

When mysterious symbols appear as graffiti around Oxford, lexicographer Martha Thornhill recognises them from a runic alphabet created by a deceased fantasy writer whose papers she once worked on. But this is no publicity stunt, and tensions intensify when further graffiti is found near the body of a university lecturer. Martha is not the only one to have doubts when the suspicious death is ruled by police as suicide. Called upon to lend their linguistic expertise to the case, Martha and her colleagues begin to unearth a tragedy that extends beyond the ancient walls of the university.

Buddy Mack has been caught in the middle of two worlds at war. As an English teacher at a South Side, Chicago, high school lauded for its football team, but at risk in every other way, he tries to instill a love of literature. While all of his students face challenges, he’s especially concerned with a trio of boys who test him to no end but are full of promise and heart: Zeke, the football star; Truth, the sweet-talking charmer; and Dontell, Buddy’s most promising student.

Der Täter: ein gnadenloser Mörder. Die Opfer: scheinbar wahllos gewählt. Die Ermittler: persönlich betroffen … Die packende SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Reihe aus Norwegen geht weiter. Ein Heckenschütze versetzt Oslo in Angst und Schrecken. Scheinbar wahllos schlägt er in der Sommerhitze zu. Eines seiner ersten Opfer ist eine Frau, die Blix und Ramm gut kennen: Umso entschlossener sind sie, den Mörder zu stoppen. Während die Temperaturen immer höher klettern und der Schütze die Stadt weiter terrorisiert, versucht die Polizei ein Muster zwischen den Anschlägen zu finden.

Boisen & Nyborg machen Jagd auf einen Serienmörder - von Nr.-1-Bestsellerautorin Anette Hinrichs. Eine schreckliche Mordserie zieht sich vom deutsch-dänischen Grenzland bis nach Kopenhagen: Ein Pferdezüchter im nordfriesischen Süderlügum wird kreuzförmig aufgehängt im Stall entdeckt, ein Gastronom im dänischen Tøndern sitzt tot an einem gedeckten Tisch, in Kopenhagen treibt die Leiche eines Geschäftsmanns nackt im Hafenbecken. Alle Opfer sind qualvoll erstickt. In ihren zugeklebten Mündern findet sich ein Foto mit einem fremden Gesicht.

Boisen & Nyborg machen Jagd auf einen Serienmörder - von Nr.-1-Bestsellerautorin Anette Hinrichs. Eine schreckliche Mordserie zieht sich vom deutsch-dänischen Grenzland bis nach Kopenhagen: Ein Pferdezüchter im nordfriesischen Süderlügum wird kreuzförmig aufgehängt im Stall entdeckt, ein Gastronom im dänischen Tøndern sitzt tot an einem gedeckten Tisch, in Kopenhagen treibt die Leiche eines Geschäftsmanns nackt im Hafenbecken. Alle Opfer sind qualvoll erstickt. In ihren zugeklebten Mündern findet sich ein Foto mit einem fremden Gesicht.

Robert West has had five wives, but they've never all been in a room together—until now. Summoned to the ageing movie star's house in the Highlands, they expect a weekend of grandstanding and perhaps some clue about who will inherit his vast fortune one day. They don't expect Robert to announce that he's dying, and penning a memoir that will dish the dirt on each of his notorious marriages.

When a group of friends rent a converted farmhouse in the Yorkshire Dales, they have little idea that this one weekend may change the course of their lives forever. While out on a walk, a storm descends and the friends take shelter in the mouth of an old lead mine. Inside, they discover a backpack filled with more money than they've ever seen. Of course, they agree, they will hand the money to the police at the first opportunity. But as the storm continues and time passes, some of the party begin to think again.

Minnow Greenwood, previously known for stealing her way into the hearts of viewers as Melbourne’s number one morning show host, is now back in her small hometown of Kangaroo Bay. After a horrifying and unexpected episode, she has no choice but to join her estranged brother in their family business of shark fishing. For an insomniac like Minnow, the work is strangely thrilling. And maybe it’s not even so bad reconnecting with her brother, who’s the only person who ever saw her for herself. But the last thing she expects to surface on the beach is a human body.

The Girls Before by Kate Alice Marshall is a forthcoming title from Pine & Cedar Books.

Horror author Jill has just moved to suburban New Jersey, hoping to fit in with the new PTA moms and maybe not weird everyone out with her Final Girl coffee mug. You know. Make some real friends. But then a plastic face-masked serial killer begins slashing their way through town, one overly made-up mom at a time. The police are incredulous. The moms are indignant. And Jill is slowly wrapped into a killer’s murderous spree, until she might just be the last woman standing.

A mission for stolen art turns dire when one of Freya and Aunt Carole’s team members, Bella, disappears into the shadows of the frozen, snow-tipped and mysterious Scottish hills. Until the discovery of ancient Scottish silverware, linked to a laird’s murder with their colleague as the prime suspect, deepens the intrigue. Surrounded by snow and secrecy, they must unravel a cunning plot and find their friend before isolation – or the killer – claims them all.

When former serial killer Carol takes her place in a luxury retirement home, she begins to find her feet with a small new group of friends. If she can only keep her past hidden, maybe she has a chance at happiness. That's when she discovers that, absurdly, every other one of Sheldon Oaks residents was involved in the law somehow. It's not long before her true identity is leaked, and when a former police commissioner resident is murdered, naturally all eyes turn to her...