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*********************** The third book in the Millennium series featuring Lisbeth Salander - the global publishing phenomenon Salander is plotting her revenge - against the man who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. But it is not going...

**A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER BOOKS OF 2026 PICK** 'A deeply atmospheric tale' The Times 'A race against time, in every sense. A beautifully written crime thriller set against an atmospheric Brighton backdrop' Elly Griffiths Arthur Cotton is losing his once sharp mind to dementia. But when a...

Not many people knew Old Dan Malone. The grizzled barkeep's social circle was limited to the rough-hewn lobstermen who frequented his bar. But when Dan's body is found bobbing in the icy harbor, Lucy Stone makes getting to know more about Old Dan a priority. Rumors abound: Old Dan conned a winning lottery ticket worth five grand from a local musician, Old Dan stiffed a handyman for repair work done to the bar. The confusion is compounded by the arrival of Dylan Malone, Old Dan's brother.

When the last fare of the night turns up dead in her backseat, a Sri Lankan American taxi driver works off the clock to clear her name in this mystery novel by debut author Yosha Gunasekera. Siriwathi Perera doesn’t quite know where she’s going in life. She never expected to be a taxicab...

Robbie is just weeks away from giving birth. While her husband Abe scrambles to get the house ready for their baby's arrival, Robbie makes last minute arrangements to keep her shop and restaurant, Pans 'N Pancakes, up and running when she's on maternity leave. And it seems Robbie and Abe aren't the only ones grappling with anxiety—a stranger is causing a stir in town and Robbie's Aunt Adele appears unusually preoccupied at the baby shower . . .

Late October 1909, and the season of ghouls and things that go bump in the night has descended on the village of Littleton Cotterell. Lady Hardcastle and her trusted lady’s maid, Florence, find themselves hosting a colorful cast of actors whose spooky moving picture, The Witch’s Downfall, is being shown to mark Halloween. But things take a macabre turn when the first night’s screening ends with a mysterious murder, and the second night with another. One by one the actors turn up dead in ways that eerily echo their film.

Attaccarsi alla bottiglia è il miglior modo con cui Gary Thorn riesce a ottenere qualunque risultato, che sia passare una serata o risolvere casi impossibili. Ma andiamo con ordine: Gary, il nostro protagonista, non è proprio un tipo anonimo, ma è anche vero che raramente qualcuno si sofferma più di tanto a guardarlo. Una sera, va a bere una birra con il suo (unico) amico Brendan. Il quale, però, lo molla a metà pinta; a quel punto una brunetta si avvicina a Gary (strano!), comincia a flirtare (ancor più strano!), finché, appena lui si volta dall'altra parte... anche lei sparisce.

Step into a world of danger, intrigue, and espionage with The Secret Adversary, Agatha Christie’s thrilling introduction to the adventurous duo Tommy and Tuppence. After World War I, these two spirited friends find themselves broke and in search of excitement. They soon stumble upon a shadowy conspiracy tied to a missing woman and a mysterious document that could change the course of history.

When Rebecca is accused of murder - all over Amish sour cream spice cupcakes - it’s the start of another thrilling mystery for Jane Delight. Jane is eager to clear Rebecca's name, but with brooding Detective Damon McCloud wanting to whisk her away from the suspects, she’s in for the adventure of a lifetime. Can Jane, Mr. Crumbles the cat, and Jane's meddlesome octogenarian roommates, Matilda and Eleanor, cook up a plan save the day? Or is this mystery going to end in heart-bake?

Queen's Bureau of Investigation is now open for business - and in each department of this new enterprise Ellery finds ample opportunity to exercise the brilliant, ingenious, and at times startling talents of his crime-lab mind. For to the bureau come some of the most plaguey cases in Queen's career.

Start a BRILLIANT cozy mystery series from Debbie Young A picturesque village. A quaint highstreet... And a murder to solve. Alice's new life is off to a deadly start. When Alice Carroll steps into Curiosity Cottage, a picture-perfect former bric-a-brac shop in the Cotswold Village of Little...

January 1910. A journalist has been killed in a suspicious blaze. Everything points to a group of suffragettes, but the apparent culprit insists she is innocent. When Lady Hardcastle receives a letter from a suffragette requesting her urgent help, the retired spy turned sleuth knows only she stands between an accused young woman and the gallows. Evidence at the scene makes Lizzie Worrel’s innocence difficult to believe, and with the police treating it as an open-and-shut case of arson, Lady Hardcastle faces a barrage of resistance as she tries to dig out the truth.

Two women are dead inside a room locked from within. There is no clear escape route, no believable suspect—and no agreement about the strange voice heard at the scene. When news of the brutal Rue Morgue murders grips Paris, the police are overwhelmed by a crime that appears to defy reason...

W biurze życie toczy się rytmem wyznaczanym przez trzy „takty" – absurdalne guidelines, które mają doprowadzić zespół do upragnionego rocznego targetu. Ale kiedy podczas nudnego zebrania jedna z menedżerek pada trupem na oczach całego działu, korporacyjna nowomowa przestaje wystarczać. Służby orzekają zgon z przyczyn naturalnych, ale Zenek – pracownik, który o śledztwach wie znacznie więcej, niż sugerowałoby jego stanowisko – ma co do tego poważne wątpliwości.

When Matt Moreno’s close friend, Blake Brady, accepted an internship in Utah, some of his new associates were cagey about their private lives. But then again, the world had just changed. In the late 1970s, folks in Utah—who had once felt safe—found new anxiety in things as simple as walking alone in their own neighborhoods. For good reason. The serial killer Ted Bundy had come to Utah, brutally killing girls and women, and as the newspapers of the day put it, he had stolen everyone’s innocence. There was a new, sinister tint on everything.

Veronica Mars meets The Golden Girls as event planner Cassidy Jamison and her four sixty-year-old employees race to solve a rocker’s murder before the curtains close on their show and their business. When Cassidy Jamison inherited her late grandmother’s event planning business, she also inherited her grandmother’s friends—four sixty-year-old women known around town as the Pearly Girls—as part-time employees. Now Cassidy barely has time to breathe between spending every waking hour trying to keep her business afloat and the Pearly Girls out of trouble and focused on event planning.

Cari and Bob stop by a picturesque lake to take a selfie in the middle of their morning run. A second glance at the lake reveals a car bobbing to the surface. When the dive team arrives to pull the car from the lake, they discover the driver inside, his wrist tied to the steering wheel. Cari is immediately pulled into the suspicious death and starts investigating the dead man's background. Genevieve and Alex aren't far behind her on the trail. Who was Evan Turanski and how did he end up dead in the lake? Cari's dogged pursuit of the answers takes her into a new unsafe arena.

Charlotte et ses copines sont fans de Kdramas, les séries coréennes qui déferlent sur nos plateformes de streaming. Elle est donc aux anges quand une équipe de tournage venue de Séoul débarque dans le Gers pour tourner quelques scènes, avec la star Lee Do-yeong à la beauté légendaire. La chance est du côté de notre héroïne et elle se retrouve aide à tout faire auprès du cuisinier de l'équipe, le sympathique Park Jong-su. Elle parvient même à caser les quelques mots de vocabulaire durement appris dans des conversations trilingues ! Le bonheur...

Bloomsbury presents The Playground Murders by Lesley Thomson, read by Anna Bentinck 'A class above' IAN RANKIN. Forty years ago, in the dark of the playground, two children's lives were changed for ever. The case of six-year-old Sarah Ferris, killed in an empty playground, haunted Hammersmith...

Murder, Mayhem, and a Scandal in the Spotlight! Hampton Cove’s premier reporter Odelia Poole is ready for her moment in the spotlight, having landed the lead role in this summer’s Bard in the Park production. But when her understudy is murdered, Odelia must swap her acting cap for her detective’s hat and uncover the killer lurking behind the curtain. Meanwhile, drama isn’t just brewing on stage —it’s exploding in the cat world. Brutus has been caught in a scandalous affair with one of the cat choir’s flirtatious redheads, and Harriet is out for revenge.