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When American expat and bicycle tour company proprietress Sadie Greene guides a hard-to-impress group of sophisticated seniors on a stunning trip in northeastern France, she expects some twists, turns, and sudden stops to sip the Riesling. She doesn’t anticipate a detour leading straight to murder . . .

With snow dusting the ground and sauce sizzling on the stove, local chef Tessa Esposito is ready to serve up some holiday cheer. And with the annual Festival of Lights underway, it seems nothing can dim her spirits. Not even Mario Russo, the newest scrooge in town whose espresso bar has been quickly disrupting businesses and stealing customers from Harvest Park's favorite coffeehouse. But when Mario is discovered at the festival's opening, face down in a Santa suit, Tessa realizes the bah humbug runs deeper than she could have imagined.

With one solved mystery under their wooly belts, the time has come for the sheep of Glennkill to explore Europe. Together with their new shepherdess, Rebecca, they move into their winter quarters in the shadow of a French castle. But their new home is far from idyllic. Deer are dying an unnatural death in the forest. The goats from the neighboring pasture have a theory: a werewolf. Could that be real, or just a fantasy?

Es 1953 y una nueva reina está a punto de ser coronada. El pueblo de Londres está de celebración, sobre todo los residentes del hotel Blue Lion. Stella Donati, una joven fotógrafa italiana superviviente del Holocausto, vive en el Blue Lion mientras ocupa un codiciado puesto en la revista Picture Weekly. Londres en modo de celebración le parece un mundo diferente. A medida que aprende los entresijos de su nueva profesión, Stella descubre un propósito y una dirección que honran su pasado y le brindan esperanza para su futuro.

Two young women are found murdered in the heart of London. There are no answers, only a single red rose left on each young woman's body, the calling card of a cold-blooded killer. Could the Whitechapel murderer be stalking the streets of London once more? For Mikaela and Brodie, the crime is highly personal. The first victim was an accomplished musician who gave lessons to ladies of society, including their ward, Lily. She had become a close friend to the girl, and Lily asked them to take the case to find the killer.

Few stories captured the public’s imagination in the year 2000 like the friendly rivalry between the Teen Detectives of Edgar Mills, Massachusetts. Twin sisters Alice and Samantha VanDyne were thrust into the spotlight when they helped their father Sheriff Bill VanDyne bust a dangerous drug smuggling ring. Across town, bookish Joey O’Day proved himself to be a talented investigator of a different sort when he used his computer skills to expose an online grifter preying on elderly victims. As the two sets of teenage sleuths began jockeying to outdo each other, they became a sensation.

One calm night in Twickenham, a businessman named Tom Treadnor is shot off his barstool at The Queen Pub. Superintendent Richard Jury is called in to investigate and quickly realizes that everyone in Treadnor’s life—from his widow, Alice, to the staff at his manor, to his business partner—had differing opinions of him. And to complicate things further, Jury has just happened upon a photo in a newspaper of a man in the United States, who is a dead ringer for Treadnor.

Even in the quirky town of Wahoo, Florida, twenty-five-year-old Maggie Andrews is an anomaly—a petite but determined female gator trapper who isn’t afraid to get dirty. But to fulfill her father’s dying wish, Maggie left her job at the Boston Zoo to take over the family business and reunite with her twin sister Vera.

This collection includes books four through six of the Florida Keys Bed & Breakfast Cozy Mystery series: The Hunt for Hemingway, A Memoir of Mystery, and Murder and Misdirection.

On a normal Wednesday night, Claire Jacobson’s life changed forever. Two LAPD officers arrived at her condo and said her older brother was murdered. In the wake of this, she seeks guidance from James Reed—a lifelong friend and defense attorney in her brother’s law firm. James cautions against rash action, and she heeds this advice…until one of the homicide detectives updates her on the proceedings.

Jenny had never intended to return to the windy cliffside town of Innisard. But when her fiancé Richard suggests they marry in the Irish town she grew up in, the town where her parents were buried, she knows it's time to face the past so she can move on with her future. Faced with the prospect of her husband having a secret twin, Jenny feels the threads of her future begin to unravel, along with her wedding. How can she trust this man, for better or worse, when he's clearly hiding secrets? Why is his brother here in Innisard? And was the murderer intending to kill his twin, or Richard himself?

Ein abgelegener Bauernhof betreibt einen zwielichtigen Handel mit Neufundländer-Welpen, was vielen Eifelanern ein Dorn im Auge ist. Immer wieder kommt es vor dem Hof zu lautstarken Protesten, die zunehmend außer Kontrolle geraten. Die tierliebe Tilla will sich selbst von den anscheinend katastrophalen Zuständen überzeugen. Gemeinsam mit ihrer Mutter gibt sie vor, einen Welpen kaufen zu wollen. Doch als sie zum verabredeten Termin eintreffen, finden sie den Züchter tot vor. Schnell stellt sich heraus: Er wurde ermordet.

Franzosen und Engländer reichen sich die Hand - so ist es zumindest beim Friedensfest von Auciel Bas geplant. In diesem Stadtteil von Auciel Haute haben viele Briten eine Heimat gefunden. Doch zwischen dem englischen Initiator des Fests und seinem französischen Intimfeind kommt es zum Streit. Und kurze Zeit später werden beide tot aufgefunden. Haben sich die Streithähne gegenseitig getötet? Oder ist doch eine dritte Person verantwortlich? Cluzet und Sandrine Saidi ermitteln in der englischen Gemeinde von Auciel Haute und kommen einem Skandal auf die Spur.

Ein entspannter Sonntag im Karlsruher Zoo wird hektisch, als die Schimpansen Couscous, Fufu und Chickpea ausbrechen. Besonders Couscous, der älteste und rebellischste Schimpanse des Zoos, sorgt für Aufruhr. Im nahegelegenen Hauptbahnhof schnappt er sich in einem Imbiss ein Döner-Messer. Kurze Zeit später wird ein Tabakhändler mit dem Messer im Rücken tot aufgefunden. Ein Fall für Kommissar Jens Schiemann und Kira Mauerfuchs, die sich auf eine chaotische Verfolgungsjagd begeben - denn in Karlsruhe ist der Affe los, und offenbar hat er Mord im Sinn!

When cougar-shifter Lily Mason moves to Moonrise, Missouri, she wishes for only three things . . . to find a job, to find a place to live, and to live as a human. Lily gets more than she bargains for when a rescue pit bull named Smooshie rescues her from an oncoming car. Lily's new life as an integrator is threatened when Smooshie finds Katherine Kapersky, the local church choir leader and head of the town council, dead in the field behind the rescue center.

Miyagaki Yōtarō is one of Japan's most famed mystery writers, but several years ago he put down his pen and left the Tokyo literary world for a life of seclusion in the remote Labyrinth House, built by the notorious architect Nakamura Seiji. When four of the country's most exciting up-and-coming crime writers are invited to the house for Yōtarō's birthday party, they are honored to accept. But no sooner have they arrived than they are confronted with a shocking death, then lured into a bizarre, deadly competition with each other . . .

It’s Valentine’s Day in Badger’s Drift and love is in the air. Or is that another mystery? Abby Jennings, a burgeoning romance novelist faces a daunting writer’s block. Her stories of passion and love seem as distant as the stars. Abby grapples with the fear that her tales of love might forever remain confined to the pages of fiction. In the serene coastal town of Badger’s Drift, marine biologist Christopher “Kit” Johnson dedicates his life to the mysteries of the deep, far from the complexities of the heart.

Lucy Frampton lives amid the glitzy trappings of Los Angeles. Her friends enjoy intimate relationships with aroma therapists and body sculptors, and her neighbors' estates boast screening rooms and humidity-controlled wine cellars. The exclusive Windermere Academy, which her daughter, Chloe, attends, has a shrink on the payroll to lead "encounter sessions" when tiny tempests threaten the students' sunny days. And even bit players in the Windermere school pageants have publicists and agents.

Leta Parker is starting to feel comfortably at home. With life in the charming Cotswolds hills settling down and her boyfriend’s book about to launch, the fifty-something American ex-pat loves seeing everything come together. But her man’s publicity event ends disastrously when one of the guests is discovered dead. With a trail of clues that don’t line up and bitter rivalries causing tension, Leta and the Little Old Ladies Detective Agency struggle to find a clear path to the truth.

Eine Leiche auf Amrum – und viele Inselgeheimnisse. Polizeisekretärin Frau Scholle, Kapitän Behrendsen und Hündin Dolores ermitteln. Unterhaltsame Inselspannung von einer Bestsellerautorin, die mit ihren Wohlfühlromanen das zauberhafte Insel- und Küstenflair einfängt. Polizeisekretärin Gabriele Scholle und ihre Hündin Dolores machen Sommerurlaub auf Amrum. Um mehr über die Geschichte der Insel zu erfahren, besucht Gaby das Museum Öömrang-Hüs in Nebel. Dass eine sehr lebensecht aussehende Frauenpuppe in einem viel zu kurzen Alkovenbett sitzt, kommt ihr merkwürdig vor.