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Rosemary Lillywhite is over the moon about her budding romance with handsome detective inspector Max Whittington, and she can hardly wait for their first official date! When she's invited to an art exhibition opening, Rosemary thinks a night out on the town in London will be just the ticket. What she doesn't expect is to run into one of Max's old flames or to get caught up in another murder investigation.

Spies, secrets, and a splash of tea—another mission for the Homefront Sleuths! England, 1941: When a factory security guard dies under suspicious circumstances and a Spitfire test flight ends in disaster, the quiet village of Crofter’s Green is abuzz with questions. With the local police stretched thin by the war effort, it’s up to the *Homefront Sleuths * to uncover the truth. Leading the charge is Evie Harris, village tea shop owner and amateur detective, who bravely goes undercover at the aircraft factory—despite a cryptic warning from a shadowy German spy.

A former First World War field hospital, the spooky old mansion at Devil's Neck attracts spirit-seekers from far and wide. Illusionist-turned-sleuth Joseph Spector knows the house of old. With stories spreading of a phantom soldier making mischief, he joins a party of visitors in search of the truth. But the house, located on a lonely causeway, is quickly cut off by floods. The stranded visitors are soon being killed off one by one.

Meet Paige: professional milliner, amateur baker and… detective? The holidays have come to the picturesque seaside town of Sea Glass Beach, California. Paige Andrews is embracing her new life with her rescue beagle and a charming (and possibly haunted) hat shop. Just as she begins to settle in, tragedy strikes at a dog-surfing fundraiser: a multi-millionaire known as the Avocado King is found dead. As rumors swirl and secrets unravel, Paige and the Beachside Dining Club can't stand idly by.

Nach einer Razzia wird die Rechtsreferendarin Anne West brutal erschlagen in ihrer Wohnung aufgefunden. Keinerlei Spuren geben Aufschluss über den Hergang, geschweige denn das Motiv, dieser unerklärlichen Tat. Die Dresdner Mordkommission tappt im Dunkeln und auch der private Umkreis der Toten gibt rätselhafte Fragen auf. Allein macht sich Lissy Santhen, eine enge Freundin der Toten, auf die Suche nach dem möglichen Mörder. Bei ihren Nachforschungen muss sie erfahren, dass Anne Geheimnisse vor ihr hatte und auch der ausbildende Staatsanwalt Dr. Martin scheint etwas zu verbergen.

The victim was a loan shark who had plenty of other people who wanted him dead—but everyone else has an ironclad alibi. Until Elsie can prove the chupacabra’s innocence, the entire paranormal menagerie at FLAME Farms is under house arrest. The basilisks are nesting in the dresser drawers, the griffin is clawing up the furniture—and you don’t even want to know what Moonbeam is complaining about.

The summer of ’88 in Wildcat Springs, Indiana, was supposed to be thoroughly boring. But when Bobbi Sue Baxter’s friend enters her into a sweepstakes (without her knowledge) to make a guest appearance on daytime drama, The Cute and the Cunning, and she wins, the season starts to get complicated. Then, her friendship with Hemingway “Hemi” Miller evolves into something more, and things slide toward complex.

В безмятежной деревне произошла трагедия. Жестокая и деспотичная старуха убита одним из тех, над кем она издевалась. Дочь боялась ее, внуки презирали, соседи ненавидели. Но кто из них решился на убийство? Поначалу дело кажется простым. Но, столкнувшись с ним ближе, частные детективы Макар Илюшин и Сергей Бабкин понимают, что их ждет одно из самых сложных расследований. О том, какие черные тайны скрывает тихая дачная жизнь, читайте в детективном романе Елены Михалковой "Темная сторона души".

Nothing exciting EVER happens in the tiny town of Alamo, Texas. But that doesn't stop feisty fifteen-year-old Crystal O'Mally from dreaming of becoming a top notch detective, just like her hero. She gets her chance when her dad, the local jeweler, is accused of stealing the town's treasure, a giant pink diamond. However, things quickly get out of control as clues don't add up, the suspect list grows rapidly, and a mysterious shadow always seems to be one step ahead of her.

Sue and Mal Eastwood run an isolated rural pub called The Case is Altered where a weekly trivia game has revived its flagging fortunes—that is, until a body is found in the nearby river. Soon after, a mysterious new team arrives and shakes up the diverse field of regulars by scoring top marks in every round...every week.

When Flora finds a murder victim in the back room of the boutique one morning, Scarlett decides to let the police handle the case this time. She can’t help but notice, though, how many people actually have a motive for killing Flora. Could the murderer have made a mistake? The boutique was closed at the time of the murder, and the victim shouldn’t have even been there. Was Flora the intended target?

A wedding day turned deadly. The groom is dead, and the vineyard whispers of secrets. This wasn’t just a tragedy—it’s the start of something bigger. I thought I was here to plan the perfect wedding, not investigate a murder. But the more I dig, the more I realize the vineyard is hiding something sinister. Old rivalries, hidden agendas... And now my best friend is in the crosshairs. If I don’t figure this out, there won’t just be one body in the vineyard. And the next victim might be me.

Vince Corso, biblioterapeuta e detective di enigmi letterari, sul treno che dovrebbe portarlo a un appuntamento con la fidanzata, si accorge di aver sbagliato direzione ma un originale compagno di viaggio lo esorta a non cambiare. E così che vivrà la sua indagine più importante, la ricerca del padre. Per cinque anni Corso gli ha spedito una cartolina al giorno, lasciando vuoto il nome del destinatario e indirizzandole all’unico luogo dove sapeva che almeno per una notte suo padre era transitato: l’Hotel Le Negresco a Nizza.

When barrister Gabriel Ward steps out of his rooms at exactly two minutes to seven on a sunny May morning in 1901, his mind is so full of his latest case—the disputed authorship of bestselling children’s book Millie the Temple Church Mouse—that he scarcely registers the body of the Lord Chief Justice of England on his doorstep. But even he cannot fail to notice the judge’s dusty bare feet, in shocking contrast to his flawless evening dress, nor the silver carving knife sticking out of his chest.

La libreria Les Chats Noirs di Marzio Montecristo è stata scelta come “libreria galleggiante” per un evento esclusivo: il celebre giallista Aristide Galeazzo, uno degli autori più amati e discussi del panorama italiano, scriverà i capitoli finali del suo nuovo romanzo Maestrale di sangue proprio a bordo di una nave da crociera. La casa editrice Polpicella ha organizzato un tour che circumnavigherà la Sardegna, facendo tappa nei principali porti. A ogni sosta, i lettori saliranno a bordo per assistere a presentazioni sotto le stelle e tornare a terra con una copia autografata.

It is 1901, and Dr Gallagher has just pronounced Murray Hall dead. New York politico, gambler, womaniser - Hall is all these things, but when the press break the news of his death to the world, they reveal a side to his identity he never wanted known, a secret no one could have guessed. One journalist is determined to uncover the truth of Hall's past, but his search leads him down winding alleys of fact and fiction. From humble beginnings in Glasgow's tenements to a life spent rubbing up against New York's political elite, Murray Hall is the definition of a self-made man.

When Quinn, her kids, and best friend travel across the county to visit family, their vacation becomes an investigation into the disappearance and possible murder of an offbeat neighbor with an outlandish claim. But that's not all that's amiss. Something is causing Quinn's daughter-in-law to act like she's losing her marbles. And Quinn's aunt isn't her normal self and is suddenly afraid of a faery visitor. Top it off with a suspicious-acting ghost and Quinn's parallel-life twin who may have unleashed a superpower she can't control—one that throws Quinn's life into turmoil, yet again.

With her new café thriving, Quinn is trying to keep up with the bizarre twist her life has taken. But when her best friend Toni's cousin shows up with a suitcase, a mysterious man, and a risky request, Quinn makes a decision that lands her in hot water. Things take a turn for the worse when the police arrest the cousin for murder. Faced with a slack sheriff, a growing list of suspects, and a missing fortune, the two midlife friends dive into the investigation while Quinn grapples with the moral implications of enlisting her unpredictable ghostly companions to uncover the truth.

Jade’s new life in Spain is quickly unravelling. Homeless, broke, and out of options, she’s struggling to make it as a real estate agent. But Jade isn’t just hiding from the truth of her situation. She’s hiding from her past. And maybe, from a particular person. Someone who knows exactly what she did that fateful day at Casa De Astrid. When journalist Hayley stumbles across a story that could make or break her career – a suspicious death, a murderous widow and a personal invite to the scene of the crime – she jumps on the first plane to Marbella.

Chloe Webster is supposed to be dead. She vanished twenty-five years ago—the night her two friends were brutally murdered at an isolated hot springs. At least…that’s what everyone believes. Everyone except Chloe’s cousin, Frankie, who never gave up hope that she was alive. When Chloe unexpectedly shows up at her own annual memorial event, Frankie is overjoyed. But this isn’t the reunion she had imagined. Chloe has no memory of that night in 1999—or her life before her disappearance.