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Geraldine Atkins, die reiche und betagte Lady, lädt zum Höhepunkt der Saison eine Festgesellschaft in ihr Anwesen „Beauregard House" am Meer. Doch als sich kurz nacheinander zwei grausame Morde ereignen, ist es mit der Ferien-Idylle aus und vorbei. Margaret Rutherford ist fest dazu entschlossen, den Schuldigen zu entlarven. Schon bald steht der Täter fest: Mr. Julian Bradford, der Sohn der Gastgeberin scheint hinter den blutigen Taten zu stecken.

Es brennt im Harz. In der Gartenkolonie Grüner Daumen stehen Lauben in Brand. Polizeihauptmeister Andreas Anton aus dem idyllischen Düsterode ist nicht allzu alarmiert. Der Yogafan ist einfach nicht der Typ für Alarm. Als eine Leiche in einer der Hütten gefunden wird, macht er sich doch Sorgen. Denn der 14-jährige Sohn seiner neuen Partnerin ist verschwunden. Andreas rollt seine Yogamatte ein, nimmt Hündin Frau Krause an die Leine und ermittelt.

Brought to you by Penguin. THE DEVIOUS NEW MYSTERY FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ERNEST CUNNINGHAM SERIES TEN HEISTS. TEN SUSPECTS. A PUZZLE ONLY ERNEST CUNNINGHAM CAN SOLVE... My name is Ernest Cunningham. I’ve spent the last few years solving murders. But a bank heist is...

Après avoir mis sa vie entre parenthèses plusieurs mois pour s'occuper de son frère malade, Morgane est de retour aux Agapanthes, la villa normande dont elle a hérité avec ses cousines. Alors qu'elle se bat pour sauver la librairie familiale située dans le village, un mystérieux paquet déposé devant sa porte vient bouleverser tous ses plans. À l'intérieur, une lettre, un kaléidoscope et une photo trouvée dans un livre pour enfants la poussent à enquêter sur le passé de sa grand-mère Juliette. Discrète et courageuse, Juliette semble avoir minutieusement entretenu son jardin secret.

Florence conosce bene il fallimento. Dopo la fine disastrosa della sua carriera in una girl band degli anni 2000, si trascina per West London, single, al verde e insoddisfatta. Le uniche cose di cui è orgogliosa sono le sue scelte sempre più elaborate di nail art e suo figlio di dieci anni, il sensibile e intelligentissimo Dylan. Ma quando Alfie Risby, il bullo della classe e giovane erede di un impero alimentare di surgelati, scompare misteriosamente durante una gita scolastica, Dylan diventa il principale sospettato.

Kate Isaksson a tough, single, retired private eye from the Midwest is called into action again when she visits her nephew and his wife in Tennessee. After traveling to Nashville, she inadvertently gets drawn into a world of deceit, corruption, and murder when she agrees to help a local man find his missing brother. Ultimately, a decapitated, mutilated body is discovered, turning dysfunctional family members and co-workers into challenging, potential suspects.

Life in Little Shaw is as nice as pie for librarian Ginny Cole. She’s got a tentative truce with her grumpy neighbor Detective Inspector Wallace, and Sunday quiz nights at The Lost Goat with her friends (team name: The Merry Widows). Until the young quizmaster is found dead in the cellar. The police call it an accident; Ginny suspects murder. But with Wallace strangely impossible to locate and convince, she and the other widows must step—carefully, mind—into the breach.

London, 1816: When a notorious young aristocrat is burned alive on a windswept hill popular with neo-Druids, former cavalry officer Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, finds himself plunged into a murder investigation shadowed by tales of ancient human sacrifices and long-buried secrets. The victim, Marcus Toole, was the only son and heir of a prominent nobleman. His closest friend—Sebastian’s own nephew, Bayard—claims to have passed out drunk before the attack and remembers nothing.

In the fourth book in the series, Dr. Peter Bannerman’s brother Sam takes in three Bengal kittens after the previous owner, his neighbor in a Winnipeg north end apartment building, is found dead. The death was originally thought to be due to accidental autoerotic asphyxiation, but after investigation, Sam is arrested and charged with his neighbor’s murder.

When I, Dove Agnew, set off for Scotland with Dean, I’m dreaming of misty castles, strawberry scones, and uninterrupted romance. What I don’t expect? The Harland Creek Mystery Quilters—and Petunia—following close behind. Our plans take a deadly turn at Thistlebrae Castle when a guest is found murdered. Suddenly, our dream vacation becomes a real-life whodunit. With whispers of a priceless Scottish Thistle Quilt on display at the castle and being the motive of the murder, suspicion runs high. And how far would someone go to keep the castle secrets buried?

When a giant inflatable Halloween witch goes missing in the Pineapple Port retirement community, amateur sleuth Charlotte Morgan's eager to nab the culprit. But before she can lift a fingerprint, someone threatens to kill a new neighbor who looks like an adorable Pomeranian but possesses a disturbing talent for revenge. Moments later, a stranger demands the return of a mysterious wooden box… or else.

I clienti eccentrici non sono una novità per Cormoran Strike. Ma la donna che lo accoglie nella sua fatiscente e isolata casa nel Kent, Decima Mullins, sembra un po' più che eccentrica. Visibilmente agitata, vuole che Strike indaghi sul cadavere dell'uomo che mesi prima è stato trovato, nudo e orribilmente mutilato, nel caveau di un negozio di argenti a Covent Garden. Il corpo è stato subito identificato dalla polizia, ma lei è convinta che si tratti di un'altra persona, più precisamente del suo fidanzato, di cui aveva perso le tracce proprio in quei giorni.

In the sleepy, lakeside community of Pine Haven, where murder is a foreign word, a gruesome discovery in a lakeside boathouse throws the town into chaos. Jessie Night, a former military investigator seeking solace from her haunting past, finds herself in the center of the storm. Recruited by local officer Alex Thomas, her investigative prowess might be Pine Haven's only hope. Yet, every clue unearths darker questions—from dubious real estate ploys to ties with notorious biker gangs and whispers of the victim's clandestine lover.

Als ihre Schäferin Rebecca urplötzlich die Europareise abbricht und die Herde rund um Miss Maple zurück in irische Gefilde führt, sind die Schafe zunächst optimistisch wie Frühlingslämmer. Denn wo könnte es schöner sein als auf der Heimatweide? Auch der jüngste Zuwachs ist gespannt – Madouc, offiziell Ziege, inoffiziell »Schaf auf Probe«, hofft auf viele neue Einblicke in die geheimnisvolle Welt der Schafe.

Competition at an elite Connecticut kennel club has a sharp and deadly bite in this "masterful" mystery (The Plain Dealer). As if raising her son Davey, training her rambunctious Poodle for the show ring, and grooming fellow handler Sam Driver for romance aren't enough, Melanie Travis's entrée...

What do you have to lose when you go searching for the mother who walked out of your life thirty-four years ago? I mean besides your pride, your nerves, and your sanity? Odelia finds herself up to her ears in trouble when she reunites with her mom in a corn maze at the Autumn Fair in Holmsbury...

In this cozy novella, Quinn Daly and Eric Olafson, the co-proprietors of The Shakespeare Shop, are still processing the fact that they met and befriended Shakespeare's ghost the previous spring. Now it is fall, and they are planning fun activities for the shop, including a Halloween party in...

Julie Mulhern presents a new book in the Country Club Murders series...

Investigative reporter Sarah Newton specializes in debunking myths and superstitions—especially when they’re used to cover up horrific crimes. When a teenage girl is ritualistically murdered and another girl goes missing, Sarah heads to the coastal village of Youngstown, Maine, to find her next story. The locals are convinced these events are the work of a legendary curse. After all, no human in this close-knit community could do something so dreadful. But Sarah knows the truth—one of their own is a cold-blooded killer.

Murder Among SupervillainsAs a professor of popular culture in his day job, amateur sleuth Sebastian McCabe knows a bit about superheroes, supervillains, and the various graphic novel universes. But that's not much help when murder strikes at the Tri-State Comic Book Expo. Potential suspects number in the thousands, including some A-list Hollywood actors as well as comic book professionals and a collector. It all begins with Erin, Ohio-based artist-writer Parker Williams, creator of the superhero Red Falcon, being accused of plagiarizing the character of his newest supervillain, Queen Bee.