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Long ago, Lily's grandmother Rose worked as a kitchen maid at Thornecroft Castle, and now Elizabeth, dowager countess of Frockmorton, is celebrating her hundredth birthday. Rose still has fond feelings for her onetime employer, so a group trip to Yorkshire is planned. It's also an opportunity for Lily to visit her boyfriend, who's currently working in England. Much has changed, however, and the ancestral home is now a luxury hotel, which will be closed for a week to accommodate the big bash, much to the chagrin of Elizabeth's grandson, Julien.

New York City, 1936. In the midst of the Great Depression, the Big Apple is defiantly striving toward an era infused with art, architecture, and economic progress under dynamic Mayor La Guardia. It’s been six months since Lane Sanders was appointed Mayor Fiorello “Fio” La Guardia’s new personal aide, and the 23-year-old is sprinting in her Mary Janes to match her boss’ pace.

Robert Langdon, un éminent spécialiste de symbologie de Harvard, est convoqué au Louvre pour examiner une série de pictogrammes en rapport avec l'œuvre de Léonard de Vinci. En déchiffrant le code, il met à jour l'un des plus grands mystères de notre temps... et devient un homme traqué.

Everything is going smoothly as Emma prepares for the grand opening of the spa. The therapy rooms are painted. The sales shop and café are stocked with meditative and delicious goodies, from essential oils to avocado masks and prickly pear massages. The fountain in the Courtyard of Peace is burbling with good vibrations. In fact, there isn’t a whiff of trouble until that morning when Emma is shocked to learn that a rival spa owner has been bludgeoned . . . with an item from the goodwill basket Emma gave her. Worse, a witness is pointing the finger at Emma.

Questa è la storia di come Agatha Raisin, figlia dei bassifondi di Birmingham, sia arrivata a dirigere una prestigiosa agenzia londinese di pubbliche relazioni. Non aspettatevi una favola, però, dato che in questa storia c’è tutta la determinazione e la rabbia di una giovane donna in fuga da una complicata situazione familiare, sposatasi solo per scoprire che il marito era un ubriacone, e che ha dovuto lavorare sodo per sbarcare il lunario.

Just as a murderer dumps his corpse into the lake across Valley View in Lily Dale, Bella Jordan happens to be at her window, not quite realizing what she's seeing. Jiffy Arden, a neighborhood kid looking for the black cat and stumbling across the killer, begins to have premonitions of being kidnapped during the season's first snowstorm. Sure enough, he vanishes. A body shows up in the lake. Now everyone is pulling out all the stops to find the missing child, identify the victim, and collar the killer - and fast, because he's coming for Bella next in Dead of Winter.

La prima esperienza con "Miss Marple" non partì sotto i migliori auspici. Avevo la febbre e, quando mia madre era uscita, le avevo chiesto di portarmi un Asterix; quindi mi aspettavo un fumetto. Appena lo vidi, con sospetto, chiesi che libro fosse. "Un giallo di Agatha Christie" rispose lei "di quelli che piacciono tanto a tuo fratello". Di bene in meglio. "Sai, il protagonista non è un poliziotto, e nemmeno un investigatore privato. È una vecchietta che risolve i casi mentre lavora a maglia". E mi lasciò il libro sul comodino. Dalla prefazione di Marco Malvaldi.

Fleeing some unsavory doings in her hometown of Charlotte, Jenna accepts her uncle's gracious invitation to stay with him in small-town Hokes Folly, North Carolina. In exchange, she'll help him out in his antiquarian bookstore. But soon after she arrives, Jenna finds her uncle's body crumpled at the base of the staircase between his apartment and the bookstore. Before the tragedy even sinks in, Jenna learns that she's inherited almost everything her uncle owned...which adds up to more than a million dollars.

Journalist Joe Talbert investigates the murder of the father he never knew, and must reckon with his own family's past, in this "brilliant sequel" to the national bestseller The Life We Bury (Publishers Weekly) Joe Talbert, Jr. has never once met his namesake. Now out of college, a cub reporter...

When recently divorced Chloe Canton is gifted her grandmother’s house in Bermuda in her will, it seems a perfect time for a fresh start. Her chance at paradise comes with a rundown business, a neighbour who is putting pressure on her to sell up for development and another who quickly makes herself comfortable in Chloe’s house. Chloe discovers a dead body on the local riding trail soon after she arrives and finds herself dragged into a murder investigation.

Singapore is agog with the news of King Edward VIII's abdication to marry American heiress Wallis Simpson. Chen Su Lin, now Chief Inspector Le Froy's secretarial assistant in Singapore's newly formed detective unit, still dreams of becoming a journalist and hopes to cover the story when the Hon Victor Glossop announces he is marrying an American widow of his own, Mrs Nicole Covington, in the colony. But things go horribly wrong when Victor Glossop is found dead, his body covered in bizarre symbols and soaked in betel nut juice.

Deandra Hendricks works her fingers to the bone at two jobs to keep her Los Angeles apartment. With a rapidly dwindling savings account, the prospects for her future are bleak. So when her cousin invites her to visit Axia—the hidden, magical hub their grandparents retired to—she agrees. Deandra doesn’t possess a stitch of magic herself, but a long weekend vacation in a strange, new town might be just what she needs. Her first day in Axia is so bizarre, though. Just when she thinks her day can’t get any stranger, she finds a baby dragon trapped in a dumpster.

Brought to you by Penguin. Six thriller authors. One writing retreat. You’d die to be on the guest list . . . The Host Legendary mystery author J. R. Alastor’s books are sold all over the world, but no one knows his real name. After years hiding in the shadows, he has sent out six...

Der gemütliche Dorfpastor Klaas Heiland wagt einen Neuanfang im bayrischen Touristenidyll Sonntal am See. Dabei muss er nicht nur mit seiner resoluten Haushälterin, dem überambitionierten Bürgermeister und den eigenwilligen Traditionen der Sonntaler zurechtkommen: Nein, hier in der Provinz geben sich die Mörder die Klinke in die Hand! Und im Gegensatz zum sympathischen Dorfpolizisten Tobias Kern hat der friedliebende Heiland ein Talent zur Lösung von Kriminalfällen...

Toda quinta, em um retiro para aposentados no sudeste da Inglaterra, quatro idosos se reúnem para—segundo consta na agenda da sala de reunião—discutir ópera japonesa. Mas não é bem isso que acontece ali dentro. Elizabeth, Ibrahim, Joyce e Ron usam o horário para debater casos policiais antigos sem solução, confiantes de que podem trazer justiça às vítimas e encontrar os responsáveis por algumas daquelas atrocidades do passado.

Summer has arrived along with a plethora of social events that keep Cleo and her cousins busy. Between balls, dinners, concerts and picnics, they attend the final match between two proud polo clubs. When the winning team’s captain is found murdered in the stables, everyone assumes the opposing team’s captain killed him. After all, he was found holding the murder weapon, and everyone knows they hated each other.

Bei Abbrucharbeiten im Londoner Stadtteil Houndsditch stoßen die Arbeiter auf einen seltsamen steinernen Quader, der tief in der Erde verborgen ist und mehrere hundert Jahre alt zu sein scheint. Da sich Professor van Dusen gerade in London aufhält, wird er um Rat gebeten. Die Denkmaschine findet schnell einen Zugang und entdeckt einen ganz in Rot gehaltenen Raum, in dem sich ein Tisch und sieben Stühle befinden. Er und die anderen Gelehrten müssen erkennen, dass sie ein schreckliches Geheimnis aufgespürt haben, das schon bald erste Todesopfer fordert.

Alice Ascher, a poor, elderly shopkeeper, is murdered in Andover. Betty Barnard, a young waitress, is strangled with her own belt at Bexhill-on-Sea. Next comes Carmichael Clarke, collector of Chinese art, clubbed to death in Churston. Only in Doncaster does the pattern vary: the man found...

La rutina de Andrea, una escritora de thrillers traumatizada por un horrible suceso del pasado y un matrimonio que está a punto de romperse, se ve interrumpida por la inesperada llegada de su cuñado. Víctor es un tipo silencioso y extraño al que apenas conocen. Su manía de fisgonear a través de la ventana de la cocina la vida de sus vecinos, llevará a Andrea a descubrir que una madrugada estival cualquiera, en la calle de la urbanización en la que vive y donde nunca pasa nada, su vecina María se sube en el coche de su cuñado. Él vuelve, pero María no.

Let Ellery Queen clue you in on his special brand of high tension, brain-teasing mystery! This collection consists of novelettes and short stories from Queen's many escapades.