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Ein Frühling im Veltlin, der alles verändert: Eigentlich wollte Reisejournalistin Mira Belgusto nur über Wein, leckeres Essen und die italienische Lebensart berichten. Doch als sie gemeinsam mit dem charmanten Ex-TV-Moderator Claudio Bertani über die Leiche der Winzerin Lucrezia Bianchi stolpert, ist es vorbei mit la dolce vita! Zwischen malerischen Weinbergen und köstlichen Antipasti geraten Mira und Claudio mitten in einen Mordfall.

Die Familie Brunner aus Wien freut sich auf eine Auszeit in den Tiroler Bergen. Doch noch bevor die Koffer ausgepackt sind, stolpern die Brunners über eine Leiche: Der naturverbundene Felix Kofler ist beim Wandern ausgerutscht und in eine Schlucht gestürzt. Doch die Brunners haben Zweifel. Und weil sie sich sowieso nun nicht mehr recht entspannen können und gerne gemeinsam etwas unternehmen, stürzen sie sich mit tatkräftiger Unterstützung der Pensionswirtin Mili in die Ermittlungen.

Alfie McAlister nimmt an einem Schreibkurs in dem abgelegenen Herrenhaus Hallwood Hall teil - dem Ort, an dem er einst einen verschollenen Oscar-Wilde-Text entdeckte. Was als literarische Auszeit beginnt, entwickelt sich bald zu einem undurchsichtigen Spiel: Eine Teilnehmerin verschwindet spurlos und die Atmosphäre wird zunehmend unheimlicher. Alfie beginnt zu zweifeln, ob wirklich jeder den Kurs aus rein kreativen Gründen besucht. Je näher er der Wahrheit kommt, desto riskanter wird es - denn plötzlich schwebt er selbst in tödlicher Gefahr.

Für Emma stehen monumentale Veränderungen an, und sie tut ihr Bestes, um sich dafür zu wappnen. Emma Hart landet durch eine Reihe misslicher Umstände in dieser zauberhaften Stadt voller übernatürlicher Wesen. Doch es gibt ein Problem: Wegen eines Fluches können die magischen Bewohner die Stadt nicht mehr verlassen. Nicht der beste Zeitpunkt für Emma, um zu erfahren, dass sie eine Hexe ist! Die Anwältin macht das Beste aus der Situation und übernimmt den Job des Pflichtverteidigers, der kürzlich ermordet wurde. Denn auch in Spellbound gibt es Ganoven und Mörder.

Der große japanische Bestseller über die junge Lehrerin Kaede und ihren demenzkranken Großvater geht in die zweite Runde. Zusammen lösen sie wieder allerlei große und kleine Rätsel mithilfe von Kriminalliteratur und werden am Ende selbst verstrickt in einen Fall. In einer Reihe neuer spannender Fälle versuchen Kaede und ihr Großvater, mit fantasievollen Geschichten den Geheimnissen der Menschen auf die Spur zu kommen. Mal geht es um das Verschwinden eines Weihnachtsmanns, mal um eine mysteriöse Suizidserie.

Until 1989, the wildest thing to happen in the sleepy town of Sheboygan Bay was surfers catching waves on frigid Lake Michigan. Then one summer morning, Lorraine Highsmith wakes up to find a corpse on her lawn. Detective Michaela “Mike” Zenoni is on the case immediately, eager to make a name for herself in a male-dominated precinct. And Lorraine is close behind—as the local advice columnist, she’s always looking for a scoop. What they don’t know is that Lorraine once had ties to the mob, and those connections could be coming back to haunt her.

Her modern-day life turns into a tangle of secrets when a fall lands her back in time. When a mundane mishap propels Ellie into a bygone era – the Roaring Twenties, she’s not only stuck in time, but she lands smack dab in the middle of another mystery. Steeped in history, a local landmark’s haunting becomes Ellie’s prime objective as she navigates a society of guys and dolls in the hopes of finding her way home. As she delves deeper, she finds out that not all is as it seems and the past is filled with secrets, puzzles, and intrigue she didn’t expect.

Amidst the smell of sherry trifle and the sound of lively music, the guests raise their glasses. But as a loud scream interrupts the toast, amateur detectives Flora Steele and Jack Carrington learn that not everyone is in the party spirit....

Eine junge Frau, tot in der Gischt am Fuße schroffer Klippen! Irmis Mitbewohnerin kannte Anja, das Opfer, und glaubt nicht an einen Unfall. Sie bittet Irmi um Hilfe. Diese reist widerwillig nach Irland; erst als sie erfährt, dass auch noch die Tochter der Verstorbenen spurlos verschwunden ist, erwacht ihr Ermittlergeist. Sie und Student Malcolm stoßen auf viele Verdächtige, darunter die Schwiegereltern und skrupellose Greyhound-Züchter. Und was hat ein schwer verletzter Flüchtling mitten in einem Steinkreis damit zu tun?

After suffering a brutal and random attack, Daniel Henderson is left fighting for his life. As he embarks on the long road to recovery, he begins experiencing disturbing visions. Fleeting and half-glanced, they are visions of women being murdered, women who are victims of the Tallyman, the notorious serial killer whose reign of terror began forty years ago. As Daniel’s family start to put back together the pieces of their life, Daniel dismisses his visions as traumatic hallucinations. But as they become more vivid, he finds himself haunted by details that only the killer could know.

Haunted by the ghosts of his past, computer forensics tech, Rich Willis, returns to the small farming town of Black River, in Eastern Idaho, to close out his late mother’s estate. Battling to overcome his own depression and grief after the death of his wife, he is determined to uncover the truth behind a childhood friend's brutal murder. But as he delves into the dark secrets of his hometown, he realizes that he may have put himself and others in the crosshairs of a dangerous killer.

Visiting a small Lancashire town to learn their culinary secrets, a retired detective and his former police dog dream of delicious dishes …… what they get is the dead body of a famous TV chef. Instantly plunged into a mystery that threatens to test their limits, Rex and Albert must stay one step ahead of the killer. However, it seems that everyone around them had a motive for wanting the TV chef to meet an untimely end. With no end of suspects, who can they turn to for help? Everyone around them could be the killer and it quickly becomes clear that someone does not want this mystery solved.

On a culinary tour of the British Isles, a retired detective and a failed police dog intend to taste the smoked fish that made the town famous …… but when the first person they meet turns up dead a few hours later in an apparent suicide neither one of them believes, both man and dog must accept they’ve stumbled into another mystery. All too soon, they wish they hadn’t poked their noses in because what they have uncovered could be truly sinister.

Murder's off the scale! Ginger Gold and her husband, Chief Inspector Basil Reed, enjoy a night out at the popular jazz club, the Cave of Harmony, run by the captivating Elsa Lanchester—a name well-known in London’s society pages in 1928. But after an evening of dancing and celebration, a band member plays a sour note and drops dead. What initially seems like a sudden, natural death soon turns sinister. A murderer is on the loose, and the Cave of Harmony is anything but harmonious.

It’s not every day you get to sit on pristine blue water holding a beautiful, first edition Nadine Gordimer novel and wonder if you’ll survive the day. Poe Baxter has always wanted to visit Cape Town, and when she hears that a rare book by a famous South African novelist has come on the market, she jumps at the chance. But as she and her best friend Beattie begin tracking down the literary treasure, they stumble into a far more dangerous mystery—one that puts them directly in harm’s way.

'Cathy Cole drops an unforgettable cast into an atmospheric location and leads them through a twisty plot that keeps you guessing until the end. Thoroughly enjoyable!' N.R. Daws, author of MURDER AT THE PALACE There's no good time to discover a dead body. But in the middle of your wedding day...

Ghost hunter Verity Long has forty-eight hours to plan her sister's dream wedding on a budget that wouldn't even cover the cake. The venue? A stunning Irish manor in Jackson, Tennessee—enemy territory for any self-respecting citizen of Sugarland. But the place is perfect, the photos are free, and Melody is over the moon. There's just one tiny catch. Two dead grooms, fifty years apart. And Alec's timing? It couldn't be worse.

Ari Wilburn can’t forget what she did. One terrible decision. One tragic event. One sister dead. Now years later, she’s barely holding her life together—until a cryptic clue surfaces that makes her question everything she believed happened. Then she meets Tina, a desperate mother searching for her missing daughter. Tina believes her own father took the child. There’s just one problem: He’s dead.

When a woman went missing years ago, the official report claimed she was a victim of Deadman's Falls. But her family is convinced there's more to the story. Enter Ellie — back in Cliff Haven after an enlightening trip to Argentina — who finds herself caught up in a new mystery when new evidence is revealed in the case. Ellie's sleuthing partner, Xander, joins her on what was supposed to be a simple hike in the state park. But as they venture deeper into the wilderness, the sparks between them begin to fly.

Melton Mowbray is world famous for its pork pies, but beneath the façade lies an undercurrent of lies and deceit, and Albert Smith just saw something that made him curious. The operation hiding in plain sight is worth a lot of money. The kind of money people will kill to protect and now they need to make him vanish. Quietly. Permanently. Good luck with that. Albert spent decades taking down criminals and his mind is as sharp as it ever was. Get ready for pandemonium.