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When Arthur Cotton sees a body washed up on the beach, difficult memories come flooding back. He kept the books for the Brighton mob back in the day and got out on friendly terms. It's up to Arthur's daughter, Susan, a carer for the elderly, to find out what her father knows. What he's been saying and to whom.

When a New York City literary agent returns to her small hometown to bury her father, murder is the one plot twist she didn't see coming. Allie Cobb thought she'd left Rushing Creek, Indiana, behind for good, carving out a name for herself in Manhattan's literary world, far from her famous father's shadow. But when his sudden death brings her - and her feisty rescue cat, Ursula - back home, Allie's barely unpacked before tragedy strikes again. Her father's bestselling client is found dead under the town's historic bridge, and Allie's childhood friend is the prime suspect.

Summerview Secondary School is holding its annual charity auction. Margery and Clementine Butcher-Baker are on hand to prepare delicious baked goods for the big day - with the assistance of Clementine's mysterious sister, Maria. As the auction begins, chaos erupts when Eleanor Black, the owner of Dewstow Museum, is found murdered in the stage storeroom. Maria has vanished. Her fingerprints cover the crime scene. Clementine refuses to believe her sister is capable of murder and is sure they need to widen the search – Eleanor has a long list of enemies.

In The Sisters Graves, a shocking murder rocks the tranquil property of Coo Blackstone. The victim, a beautiful woman, is discovered in a grotesque state, sending shockwaves through the community. All eyes turn to Angus, her lover and Coo's own brother, as a prime suspect in this heinous crime. However, as the layers of the victim's life are peeled back, it becomes evident that she was not innocent. In fact, she led a covert existence, manipulating and blackmailing the townspeople.

Dealing with her father’s recent death, Laura Meehan decides to move back to her New Jersey hometown and take over the paint and wallpaper store he opened after quitting his straining job in the police. Knowing that she is uprooting her own and her supportive husband Roy’s lives, she’s determined to continue her father’s legacy and keep the business alive. But that doesn’t seem to be the only thing alive when Laura discovers that her store is haunted by none other than her deceased father! Either that or Laura has finally lost her mind and developed Ghost Traumatic Stress Syndrome. . .

Five chilling words flashed on Jack Stevens' screen—an anonymous message that shattered his fragile world. Again. A year has passed since his wife, Lisa, was brutally murdered—a case abandoned by the police due to lack of evidence. The lone clue: a haunting photograph found pinned to her lifeless body. Jack, an investigative journalist teetering on the edge of despair, finds new fire in those cryptic words. Determined to uncover the truth, Jack must wrestle with uncomfortable truths: Could these words hold the key to uncovering why Lisa was killed?

Fall is in full swing and the town of Twilight Cove is preparing for its annual Pumpkin Glow! Georgie Johansen, her gorgeous boyfriend Callum and her Auntie O are also getting ready for their animal sanctuary’s Trail of Terror. But when a new, and rather unpleasant, resident stops at nothing to take over the town, the enemies she makes are numerous...and lethal!

A lonely hut in the woods. A murder house. A hidden chamber. A mysterious shrine. A home in flames. A nightmarish prison. . . . Each of the buildings in this book tells a chilling story. Each one is part of a puzzle. Look closely . . . and you'll see that everything is connected. All leading to a revelation so horrifying you won't want to believe it.

Misty Divine is bold, beautiful and back in action. She’s barely settled into her new role as the glamorous hostess of Lady’s Bar when a private detective arrives out of the blue. He’s been stabbed. With what might be his final breath he whispers a cryptic message. “You’re in danger, Misty… you must find Jeremy.”

Molly and her husband, John, are living their dream life as horse trainers on a North Carolina Farm. But the dream turns into a nightmare when Molly finds a body on the trail... She must work to uncover the culprit before her friends are arrested and someone else dies.

Chris Landrum answers an early morning call and the first words he hears from his best friend Charles Fowler are, “Called the police chief yet?” The retiree didn’t have to be a psychic to know nothing good was coming next. He learns that an acquaintance on his adopted island of Folly Beach, South Carolina, has been murdered and according to the police, suspects are nowhere to be found, which, of course, leads Charles, a self-proclaimed private detective, to declare that it was up to Chris and him to solve the crime.

For years, Sia’s hidden herself in the gnashing forest, dodging her father’s bounty hunters and ignoring the nameless magic in her veins. When she receives a letter from an estranged lover, she returns to the coast she used to call home, within reach of her father’s magical city hovering above the smog and the arranged marriage waiting for her. This place is not somewhere Sia wishes to linger—the land is noxious and filled with rebels, witches, and other humans who become walking corpses when they die.

Margot Bennett thought she was leaving the past behind when she moved to Mount Dora, Florida. A fresh start, a charming old house, and the promise of peace—until she unearths something sinister buried beneath the floorboards of Hawthorn Manor. As Margot digs deeper into the manor's history, she finds herself tangled in the chilling legacy of George and Cecilia Hawthorn, a once-beloved couple whose presence still lingers in ways no one dares to explain. Nightmares bleed into reality. Puzzles stretch throughout the sleepy city. And the deeper she searches, the more she realizes the truth.

The Beavers Bend Craft Show and Folk Festival is in full swing. Mystery writer Anne Marie and her RV road family enjoy the booths, games, shows, and food trucks. But when a suspected thief is found dead at the horseshoe tournament, it gives a whole new meaning to the phrase dead ringer.

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.

Once a globe-trotting anthropologist, Harry Lancaster is now certain that all his grand adventures are behind him. Recently widowed and suffering from a fractured hip, Harry spends his days and nights behind a pair of binoculars, nose-deep in his neighbors’ affairs. His millennial caregiver, Emma, is determined to get him out of his armchair and back into the world.

Samma dag som Juno Brownes skåpbil står i lågor träffar hon Jamie Westershall, ägare till Moorworthy house, en stor herrgård vid Dartmoorheden. Han bjuder in Juno att sälja sina antikviteter på familjens kommande trädgårdsfest och hon beger sig dit i sällskap med det brokiga gänget på antikhandeln. Men när en av Junos arbetskamrater hittas död i skogen verkar det som om han har blivit offer för en hemsk och bisarr olycka. Juno är dock övertygad om att han blivit mördad. Så hon inleder en egen utredning. Snabbt blir hon varse att detta inte är det enda dödsfallet som skett på Moorworthys ägor.

Juno Browne ger sig in i antikviteternas värld när hon börjar arbeta för "Gamle Nick", en säljare med grumligt förflutet och skumt rykte. Men när Nick blir brutalt mördad framgår det att Vlad inte varit den enda med motiv att döda den gamle skojaren. När Juno upptäcker att hon har ärvt Nicks nedgångna antikaffär och när en annan återförsäljare också dödas, inser att hon måste hitta Nicks mördare och det snabbt – innan hon själv blir nästa offer.

Professor Dr. Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, besser bekannt als „The Thinking Machine", ist kein gewöhnlicher Detektiv. Mit scharfem Verstand, eisiger Logik und einer gehörigen Portion Arroganz löst er selbst die verzwicktesten Rätsel. Ob scheinbar unlösbare Gefängnisausbrüche, mysteriöse Morde oder raffinierte Rätsel – Van Dusen beweist, dass jedes Problem lösbar ist, wenn man nur denkt.

When Liz, a down-on-her-luck director stuck working as a chaperone for a reality TV music show, picks up a new contestant from a psychiatric hospital, dubbed “The Singing Patient” by fans online, things take an unexpected turn. The contestant disappears at the airport, and Liz finds herself under police suspicion, accused of helping the woman flee in exchange for money. Across the country, Norma, an obsessive viewer of The Underdog, is captivated by one contestant's story. Feeling an intense connection, she travels to Los Angeles to watch the show filmed live and meet her.