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It’s not all rock and roll in Yesteryear. With Elvisfest all wrapped up, it’s time for the town’s next big event. The Country Jamboree! Up-and-coming country singers have descended upon Yesteryear ready to pay tribute to great country stars of the ‘50s through ‘70s. It’s going to be a great time full of good music, amazing food, and… oh no. Someone vandalized Jolene Smollett’s dressing room and threatened the singer many are calling “the hottest new act out of Nashville?” It looks like there’s a new case for me and Elvis Purrsley…with a little help from our new friend, Dolly Pawton.

Secret Echoes in the Cascadia Deep is a tense, intricately plotted conspiracy thriller that blends elements of military fiction, investigative journalism, and Cold War history into a compelling narrative about truth, sacrifice, and institutional secrecy. The story follows sonar technician Sarah Chen, historian Michael Torres, and journalist Rebecca Wu as they unearth a decades-long naval conspiracy—the existence of a secret submarine base beneath Puget Sound, covered up since World War II and protected at the cost of numerous innocent lives.

In the jubilant aftermath of Japan’s surrender in World War II, San Francisco erupts in celebration. But for Sandy Zimmer, the thirty-two-year-old widow publisher of the Prospect newspaper, the revelry masks a darker truth. In the chaos of the VJ-Day Peace Riot, eleven deaths and six rapes take place. Driven by journalistic integrity and battling her own instincts to maintain peace, Sandy directs her paper to investigate the riot.

A booksellers conference in the charming town of Seaside promises the perfect mix of business and pleasure for Saffi Graywood. She’ll deliver a keynote speech, sign copies of her latest Bedside Reader and enjoy a romantic getaway on the windswept Oregon coast with her favorite fisherman from Last Chance Cove. But Saffi’s bookish weekend gets an unwanted plot twist when her obsessive online stalker shows up at the convention threatening to destroy her career.

Life has handed lemons to Eloise Worthington, so she does what she's always done—made herself a margarita. When a villager is discovered dead on the Gods Complex golf course, Eloise wipes off her tanning oil and sets her marshal hat at a jaunty angle, determined to solve the crime and earn enough brownie points to make it through the pearly gates. During the investigation, she tries her best to ignore her growing attraction to Cole, son of Zeus and her self-proclaimed deputy.

Millbrook House senior editor Keiran Chandler has spent years curating the best voices in crime lit, but when an unsolicited manuscript is handed to him at the Noir at the Shore mystery conference, truth collides with fiction. I Know What You Did is more than just another slush pile submission—it’s a direct threat.

After a disappearance at the pier, five regular people who all have one thing in common, mysteries, decide to investigate. They start off solo but realise working as a team is better. They become The Ravenwood Detectives.

This is the eleventh audiobook of the Trailer Park Travails Series. Patty Decker is a true curmudgeon. She just tries to get along writing her novels and living in polite southern society. Unfortunately, every time someone dies unexpectedly, or disappears, she has to figure it out — she is a newcomer, you know. Beliefs can be polarizing in a small community. The subject of Big Foot comes up. Then someone mentions UFOs. Before long the park is divided. Then someone disappears. Aliens? Beasties? Pick a side and enjoy this latest audiobook.

Der mittlerweile sechzehnjährige Billy Wheatley hat alle Gedanken an kindische Detektivarbeit aufgegeben und sich stattdessen seiner aufstrebenden wissenschaftlichen Karriere verschrieben. Er ergattert einen begehrten Platz auf einem Forschungsschiff, das hundert Meilen vor der australischen Küste Weiße Haie untersucht. Doch als er sogar hier draußen Hinweise auf ein Verbrechen findet, kann er nicht anders, als Nachforschungen anzustellen. Das einzige Problem: In diesen von Haien bevölkerten Gewässern hat er sich schnell mehr aufgehalst, als er bewältigen kann.

A winter getaway in the Blue Ridge Mountains should be wonderland bliss for pre-wedding festivities. Instead, it’s a blizzard of suspicion as the groom’s Texas relatives arrive with secrets as deep as the falling snow. Just when Dakota thinks she can’t handle one more wedding disaster, the officiating priest takes a fatal plunge from the fourth floor, with a bullet through his heart and Dakota’s boyfriend Sheriff Charlie Strong becomes the prime suspect. With Charlie behind bars and the wedding hours away, Dakota must clear his name while ensuring her best friend gets her perfect day.

Eigentlich wollte Dr. Hays der Witwe Sutton nur eine Aufbauspritze setzen, doch bei seinem regelmäßigen Hausbesuch findet er sie mehr tot als lebendig vor. Der stets misstrauische Arzt hegt sogleich eine düstere Vermutung und schleust seine Bekannte Mimi Rutherfurt unter einem Vorwand in das Mietshaus ein. Da sich die Nachbarn als überaus redselig erweisen, stößt Mimi schon sehr bald auf die Leichen in diversen Kellern. Insbesondere Mrs. Suttons Untermieter erscheint verdächtig. Was er eigentlich den ganzen Tag lang treibt, weiß niemand so genau.

'Utterly captivating. Perfect for fans of The Marlow Murder Club Mysteries' Michael Wood, bestselling crime fiction author 'A humorous, gripping cosy mystery story that every crime fiction lover will really enjoy' Fiona Leitch, bestselling cosy crime author Nothing is deadlier than angry...

The longest day. The deadliest sins. *From the bestselling author of Dark Island* All of Daniel Aubrey's books can be read as standalones. The residents of Orkney can’t sleep. Through 18-hour summer days, the islands are drenched in unrelenting sunshine. But a killer with a shadowy past is...

June Munrow, an elderly resident of Annie’s home town, Redwood Grove, is convinced that young Kelly Taylor’s recent drowning wasn't the tragic accident everyone believes it to be. Despite the police ruling, June is determined to prove there’s more to the story and hires the Novel Detectives to uncover the truth.

A cozy Irish mystery with a twist of yarn, a touch of tech—and one very nosy terrier. When Maeve Lynch’s scruffy Westie unearths a body during a walk in the Dublin Mountains, it’s not just any corpse. The victim is wearing a distinctive hand-knit cowl, one Maeve designed for a local knit-along.

Welcome to Bitter End, Florida, where Piper and her gran, former members of an illicit motorcycle gang and current members of witness protection, are struggling to adapt and maybe stay out of solving murders for a change.

Colt’s first case as a newly hired county detective is anything but routine. A shocking murder, a web of buried secrets, and three long-forgotten cold cases left behind by his predecessor collide in ways Colt never saw coming—and solving the present crime may depend on unlocking the past.

Harriet White is settling into life in the post room of the Baker Street building society. Until she discovers a letter in The Times challenging Sherlock Holmes to prove his status as the world’s greatest detective by solving an impossible mystery. The letter, signed Professor James Moriarty, advises Holmes that the crime will be committed within the next seven days. Holmes himself must deduce which crime is the correct one to investigate. Dismissing the letter as a prank – after all, Sherlock Holmes isn't real – Harry goes about her business.

Translator Rick Montoya is looking forward to a quiet weekend away with his girlfriend, Betta, an art fraud investigator for the Italian Culture Ministry. Their destination: the beautiful village of Urbino, home to Renaissance masters Rafael and the lesser-known Piero della Francesca. While Betta does have official business to attend to—namely, collecting a priceless Piero drawing from a wealthy Spanish collector on the ministry's behalf—she asks Rick to join her "in case she needs an interpreter," but with other, less-official intentions in mind.

The Pennyfoot hides many secrets, and its downstairs staff keeps a tight lip, even when the Edwardian aristocrats are spotted dallying with damsels in the boudoirs or gambling in the card rooms hidden below the floorboards. Should now and then one of the hotel guests fall prey to a dastardly murderer, however, it is up to Cecily Sinclair to restore order before Scotland Yard steps in and shuts down her infamous seaside hotel.