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Jago Trevithick KC has been busy in London with the complicated and lengthy trial of an underworld criminal. After a disastrous result, he returns to Penbartha to be with Olivia, seeking refuge and peace and to reassess his life choices. The morning after the long-awaited and eventful launch party Jago and Olivia discover a dead body and he immediately fears that his troubles in London have followed him home. As their professional lives collide, will Olivia and Jago be able to work together again to uncover the dark forces that are threatening the success of her latest venture...

'Down Under's funniest detectives shoot from the lip with a wit as dry as their martinis' Kathy Lette A brand new mystery featuring Nick and La Contessa, the beloved characters from Matthew Benns' smash hit nationwide newspaper serial. 'Time for a martini, darling?' Wise-cracking...

When the truth is poisoned, everyone's a suspect. Reading minds should make life easier, but Shelby Nichols knows better. Between poisoned pastries, cyber-attacks, and killers on the loose, her so-called “psychic” gig is turning deadly. Everyone’s lying and the truth is more dangerous than she ever imagined. Good thing Shelby’s got sass, smarts, and zero plans to die anytime soon. Psychic consultant. Mob asset. Mom. Multitasking has never been this deadly.

En el corazón del edificio Parnaso, una mujer aparece ardiendo sin fuego. Su cuerpo, consumido por completo, se convierte en el centro de un enigma que desafía toda lógica. A partir de este hallazgo, comienza una investigación tan delirante como precisa, conducida por Patricia Olea, una detective marcada por un pasado brutal y una mente entrenada para detectar lo imposible. Pero Patricia no está sola. La acompaña el profesor Fuenmayor, un criminólogo tan excéntrico como brillante, cuya obsesión con los límites de la materia y la conciencia...

Un misteriós robatori a Sant Pere de Rodes desvela la desaparició d'unes restes arqueològiques de valor incalculable, per això el monjo de Montserrat Bernat Balaguer i la mossa d'esquadra Berta Bosch s'endinsen en una investigació que els arrossegarà molt més enllà del que mai s'haurien imaginat. La pista d'un llibre sagrat, robat a la Biblioteca Nacional de França, al bell mig de París, posarà al descobert una conspiració ancestral capaç de sacsejar els fonaments de la fe.

"The world is big enough for us," Sherlock Holmes once told Dr. Watson. "No ghosts need apply." But amateur sleuth Sebastian McCabe and his chronicler Jeff Cody don't have a choice when a popular TV reality show comes to Erin, Ohio, to record a Halloween special about the entity disturbing a local gastropub known as The Speakeasy. Jackie O'Brien was a bootlegger and speakeasy owner gunned down in 1920. Ever since, his unquiet spirit has been said to haunt the building where it happened — one which, after many transformations over the years, is once again a speakeasy of sorts.

When his best friend Thad is arrested for a series of murders he didn’t commit on the wrong side of the planet, the young Scottish adventurer, Ridge Walker, must find the real killer in order to prove his innocence. But as Ridge crosses swords with a merciless adversary and the savage ethos of centuries of warrior culture, the death toll speeds up and the seemingly random slayings take on a laser-sharp accuracy slicing ever closer to those he loves.

Oliver Holmes is summoned to help the police solve a case in which an old security dog is the only witness to murders in a museum. When nothing appears to have been taken, clues unite this crime to the previous one, creating dangerous conditions in which no one is safe.

May Morrigan was hoping for mulled wine and minimal drama this festive season. But when your eccentric mother asks you to hide a bloody knife, your estranged twin sister moves in, and your housemate is staging a chaotic pantomime starring a washed-up TV actor with a stalker . . . a quiet Christmas is off the cards.

In Concord, Massachusetts, Ellie Harper has crafted a peaceful new life—running her beloved bookshop, leading the quirky Gumshoe Gang mystery club, and tolerating her black cat Agatha’s demands. But when Ellie’s mentor, Professor Arthur Pearson, collapses during their weekly meeting, her world of fiction collides with a very real murder. The police write it off as natural causes. Ellie knows better. With her knowledge of mystery fiction, the loyal Gumshoe Gang, and Agatha’s knack for sniffing out trouble, Ellie begins to peel back layers of academic deceit at Bellingham University.

Prudence Davies is one of Ellison Jones's least favorite people on earth. She's vindictive. She's mean. And the two share a twisted history. Or, they did. When Prudence is murdered after a very public spat, Ellison finds herself a murder suspect. Worse, the investigating officer has it in for Ellison's homicide detective husband.

A wedding, a murder, and a retirement community full of suspects... what could possibly go wrong? Sophie “Phee” Kimball thought moving to Arizona to work for a private investigator would bring some peace and quiet. Instead, she's wrangling her seventy-four-year-old Aunt Ina’s over-the-top wedding and her mother Harriet’s nonstop meddling. But when a celebrity chef turns up dead on the golf course outside Harriet’s front door, things really start to heat up.

“Urban fantasy, unexpected romance, and mythology all collide in King's latest. A must for V.E. Schwab and Katee Robert fans.” –Booklist In this stunning contemporary fantasy novel for fans of V. E. Schwab and Kaliane Bradley, a historian’s dream job in Italy takes a dark turn when she...

Arthur’s Boatyard is a jewel in the crown of Saxford St Peter, a famous firm that’s been fixing barges and boats for a hundred years. But their centenary celebration shows it’s not all plain sailing… The owner, Anthony Mottram, seems to be at daggers drawn with half the village. So when he turns up dead in his own workshop, Eve Mallow knows she needs to chart her path carefully if she’s to find his killer.

Julio, un policía con varios casos sin cerrar y Margarita, una cocinera de caterings a domicilio, atraviesan una crisis matrimonial, tras casi 20 años juntos. Martina, su hija adolescente, tampoco es de gran ayuda en esta etapa de sus vidas. Con ánimos de salvar su relación, acuden a una psicóloga matrimonial quien les aconseja que se involucren más en la vida del otro. Antes de que Julio se dé cuenta, su mujer se habrá convertido en su mejor aliada para no dejar ni un caso sin cerrar.

Four amateur sleuths muck and muddle their way through mysterious disappearances and deaths in the barnyard.

Weihnachten steht vor der Tür! Im Gegenteil versetzt eine Adventsrallye ganz Hirschlingen in Aufruhr. Der Hauptgewinn: Ein Porsche! Doch kurz vor der Zielgeraden bricht er plötzlich zusammen und stirbt. War es ein Unfall? Oder ein Mord? Und was haben die Pralinen damit zu tun, die plötzlich überall auf dem Campingplatz und im Dorf auftauchen? Die Spürnasen der Hirschgrundis jucken ganz gewaltig: Denn um doch noch ein ruhiges Weihnachtsfest zu genießen, müssen sie sich wieder mal selbst auf die Suche nach dem Mörder machen.

Ein rätselhafter Fall kommt dem ermittelnden Briefträger ins Haus geflattert ... Sullys Cousin Serge hat ein neues Hobby: Hühner! Doch wer, verflixt nochmal, schmuggelt ständig weiteres Federvieh ins Gehege? Sully hat allerdings keine Zeit, sich darum zu kümmern, denn in der nahegelegenen Ferienanlage wird eine junge Frau ermordet aufgefunden. Sie trug einen blutroten Drohbrief bei sich ... Ehrensache, dass Sully als Briefträger Claires Ermittlungen unterstützt!

As private investigators go, Callie Munro is tougher than most. She’s had to be. Abandoned as a baby and raised by a succession of strangers, she knows a thing or two about surviving… …but she never expected to find herself hunting a serial killer. After uncovering a string of missing women—women no one seems to care about—Callie refuses to look away. With police ignoring the evidence, her only ally is an organised crime boss with his own agenda.

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.