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The dreaded words: “We have to talk.” Sleuth-with-a-big-secret Sheila Mackey says that to Teague O’Donnell just before this book starts. Will she spill her hidden background to the guy she’s dating? It’s even more complicated since he’s working for the local sheriff’s department as an investigator. And what about her sleuthing partner, Clara? Is it time to let her in on all of Sheila’s secrets? But what if Clara says anything at their favorite hangout spot – the dog park. The dogs will hold their tongues, but not the humans. One slip there and it’s all over North Bend County.

Rachel Pemberton, a refined widow turned reluctant sleuth, is drawn into a scandal when her close friend is found dead under suspicious circumstances. With the town gossip mill in overdrive and whispers of long-held secrets resurfacing, Rachel enlists the help of her sisters—fierce and fashionable Rosa, and delightfully eccentric Lucy—to get to the bottom of it.

Alfred Sanktjohanser ist beunruhigt, denn seine Lehrbrauerei »Sternbräu« soll an ein norddeutsches Molkerei-Imperium veräußert werden. Kurz vor dem Abschluss des Geschäfts wird der Inhaber der Molkerei jedoch tot an der Bavaria aufgefunden. Weil sie auch um ihr eigenes Leben fürchtet, bittet dessen Frau Regula den Sanktus um Personenschutz. Als sich der kaufmännische Leiter der Molkerei auch noch als der leibliche Vater seiner Stieftochter Martina herausstellt, ist das Chaos für den Sanktus perfekt …

After witnessing a terrifying episode of violence, she escaped the wilderness to forge a new life for herself halfway across the globe. Now, when she learns that the only witness to a murder is a little girl who looks just like her, Effie is compelled to return to the scene of her troubled childhood, where the secrets of her upbringing and the terrors of her past come rushing back to the surface. In order to find out once and for all what became of her family - and possibly help this mysterious girl who could be her younger self - Effie must face her greatest fears once more.

After Professor Moriarty survives Reichenbach Falls and Sherlock Holmes dies, Moriarty finds himself caught up in a locked-room mystery Holmes couldn’t solve. This time, it’s up to Moriarty to crack the mystery, perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes ingenious retellings like the ones by Anthony Horowitz and Laurie R. King.

Der Fund eines alten Fotos in den Unterlagen ihrer Tante Sheila deckt ein lang gehütetes Familiengeheimnis auf, das Junes Leben auf den Kopf stellt. Warum haben ihre Eltern ihr die Umstände ihrer Geburt verschwiegen und sie belogen? Ein zerknickter Flyer vom Glastonbury Festival 1984 führt die drei zu einer legendären Rockband und einem Mann, der möglicherweise Junes Vater ist. Ein Journalist, der an einem Buch über ihn arbeitete, wird ermordet.

Nikki Jackson-Ramanathan is struggling to get her pet behaviorist business off the ground, making ends meet as a dog walker while keeping her eyes peeled for greener pastures. An appointment in a rich suburb of Saint Louis seems to be her ticket to success. The wealthy Mrs. Van Meer wants Nikki to help the family’s old hound dog who is grieving the loss of his owner. But then Mrs. Van Meer turns up dead.

As Christmas descends on Mistletoe, Maine, Holly White has an extra gift for the season: a new baby on the way. Her husband, Sheriff Evan Gray, has been worried about her elevated blood pressure, and Holly has agreed to take this year easy. Being idle has never been one of Holly’s gifts, so when Evan surprises her with tickets to the town-wide dinner, she and her many cravings thank him. But when a thief tries and fails to steal an antique ornament from the dinner’s holiday display, it’s clear that someone is on the naughty list.

New mother Corey Tracey-Lieberman wakes up to nightmarish news: two teenage girls found hanged in a nearby park. Even more unsettling is how the news casually casts the tragedy as the result of increasing street crime, as if the victims’ lives didn’t really matter. Corey knows better. In the six years she’s lived in Highland Park, she’s seen gentrification but no uptick in criminal activity. A former broadcast journalist, she knows all about spin—and not just the media kind.

Delia Dickens has come home to Dickens Island, a small island in the Long Island Sound, after a twelve-year stint in Manhattan. She’s looking forward to helping her father revitalize the general store that the family owns as well as curating a small book nook. Most importantly, she wants to reunite with her fifteen-year-old son. But Dickens Island isn’t the peaceful town Delia remembers–and she might be in more danger here than she ever was in the big city. Delia’s Aunt Reenie and Uncle Brad, both prominent community leaders, are at odds over the sale of a farm and its future use.

Der gewitzte Pater Brown hat ein gefährliches Hobby: Er löst mysteriöse Kriminalfälle durch Intuition und Einfühlungsvermögen. Vor allem sein hellsichtiger Blick auf die Seelenzustände der Täter lässt den gewitzten katholischen Priester bei seinen Ermittlungen ein ums andere Mal die verzwicktesten Fälle lösen. Wenn du einmal ein Mitglied jenes auserlesenen Klubs »Die zwölf echten Fischer« triffst, welches anläßlich des jährlichen Klubdiners das Vernon-Hotel betritt, wirst du, wenn er seinen Überzieher abnimmt, bemerken, daß sein Frack grün und nicht schwarz ist.

Art and artifact investigator Axel Webb is asked to investigate a lawyer, A. Barton Bailey. The lawyer claims he represents a client willing to sell a portfolio of paintings by 20th-century bad-boy, Welsh portrait painter, Augustus John. Bailey approaches the Art Gallery of Ontario, owner of what is arguably John’s best work, a portrait of the flamboyant Marchesa Luisa Casati. The bohemian excesses of Augustus John and Luisa Casati, his occasional sexual partner, friend, and muse for over forty years, are legendary.

In the heat and heart of New Orleans, secrets fester like wounds. Dr. Benjamin “Doc” Brash, a brilliant forensic pathologist haunted by personal tragedy, uncovers a chilling truth at a Tulane Medical School reunion: his former classmates are dying in suspicious, calculated ways. Thrust into a heart-pounding hunt for a killer, Doc must confront his past to save his future.

After a busy summer carnival season, Robin Wildwood is trying to take it easy. Her job as Head Witch tends to make that challenging, but she's keen to focus on her budding relationship with Harvey and her hopes of getting her dad and brother back in touch with one another. When a sinister new enemy shows up in Wildwood Heath and attacks a group of camping badger shifters, the peace is shattered. Faced with an invisible adversary, Robin is forced to turn to outside help in the form of the mysterious Reaper who just showed up in town.

Jane Roland and her painter friends are looking forward to a busy, fun-filled holiday season at the town's art center—watercolor exhibits, concerts, and a festive gala. But, when the screams of a child pierce the gaiety at the Halloween reception, Jane discovers a skeleton in the art closet. There's a dark history lurking below the center's charming exterior, and the deeper Jane digs into the secrets of the past, the more she realizes that art can be a deadly obsession.

When a string of idiotic decisions lands Bobbie in a boatload of trouble, she’s got to keep a lid on her temper before she winds up on the next episode of Snapped! With her cousin Earl’s hand in one pocket and partner Grayson picking the other, Bobbie’s cash is disappearing faster than banana pudding at a Baptist pot luck. Oddly, so are the folks in the tiny fishing village of Astor, Florida. Then again, it’s the middle of gator-hunting season. And with horrendous tales of a murderous beast trolling the riverbanks, just who’s the angler and who’s the bait is as blurry as swamp gas at midnight.

Maggie Andrews is swamped—literally—as she tries to balance running her family's gator trapping business, "defining the relationship" with tattooed professor Jack Bianchi, and helping her twin sister Vera with her bookstore. When she's invited to speak at a conference about the dangers hunting for cryptids in gator-infested waters, she assumes it's a joke she doesn't have time for. But it's all too real....

Als der Schuhmachermeister Daniel Hanson eines Morgens seinen Laden betritt, findet er an der Stelle, an der sonst immer eine goldene Schuhstatue stand, einen Brief. Da der Entführer außerdem von ihm verlangt, die Polizei nicht einzuschalten, wendet sich Mr. Hanson auf den Rat seines Neffen hin an Mimi Rutherfurt. Gemeinsam versuchen die beiden herauszufinden, wer hinter der gemeinen Tat steckt. Doch das entpuppt sich als weitaus schwieriger als am Anfang angenommen und ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt.

Sie sind Mitglied der Londoner High Society und benötigen qualifiziertes Hauspersonal? Dann sind Sie bei Alice Beeton genau an der richtigen Adresse. Das weiß auch ihre langjährige Kundin, Camille Messent, die dringend eine neue Haushälterin benötigt, denn sie erwartet eine große Festgesellschaft. Miss Beeton schickt ihr die etwas forsche Enya, die gerade erst aus der Schweiz gekommen ist. Einige Tage später wird Enya in den frühen Morgenstunden tot aufgefunden.

Pater Brown reist auf Bitten seiner Nachbarin nach Cornwall, wo die Vermisste in einem Sanatorium gearbeitet hat. Mit Hilfe der jungen Lucy Paxton startet er seine Recherchen und macht kurz darauf eine grausige Entdeckung. Ab diesem Zeitpunkt scheint niemand in dem Sanatorium hoch über Manderley Cove mehr sicher zu sein. Die Legende der schwarzen Nonne ist plötzlich wieder in aller Munde, und tatsächlich wird die geisterhafte Erscheinung gleich von mehreren Personen gesehen. Doch Pater Brown glaubt nicht an Gespenster.