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When a decades-old severed leg is discovered buried on Bonita Key, local Gazette reporter Rose Banatelli is drawn into an investigation the island would rather keep forgotten. Teaming up with retired detective Frank Caprio, Rose begins following a trail that leads far beyond a single long-buried victim. Their search uncovers a hidden network of illegal land filings, stolen properties, and quiet financial manipulation operating beneath the surface of the seemingly peaceful island community. At the center of it all stands Mayor Grant Ellis — respected, powerful, and seemingly untouchable.

A mysterious ninja kidnaps a lonely senior citizen and places him with a family in need of a grandparent. Barry Strong, a seventy-year-old bodybuilder and widower, isn’t ready for romance. When his New Year’s Eve dance partner leads him away from the party, he attempts to resist her charms. Until a bag drops over his head. Thorne Bramble, self-proclaimed Best Private Investigator in Colorado Springs, is determined to find his missing friend. After all, Barry owes Thorne a free celery juice. Bodybuilder Barry promised to help Thorne fulfill his resolution to whip his dad bod into shape.

When a wealthy couple dies in what appears to be a tragic car accident, Steve Levitan and his golden retriever Rochester are drawn into a mystery that reaches far beyond the quiet streets of Stewart's Crossing. The victims' twenty-year-old son, Daniel Farahani, seems more comfortable navigating a post-apocalyptic survival game than facing the devastating reality of his parents' deaths. As Steve helps the young man through his grief, disturbing questions begin to emerge. Was the crash really an accident? Or was someone determined to make sure the Farahanis never reached home?

"Pure enjoyment" (The New York Times) for cozy mystery lovers is in store when a killer strikes at the surprise bridal shower Nana Jo and the lively ladies of Shady Acres Retirement Village have organized for Michigan bookshop owner, mystery writer, and amateur sleuth Samantha Washington. Fans...

Wer glaubt heutzutage schon noch an die Macht einer Prophezeiung? Als die Turmkugel der Altusrieder Kirche im Jahr 1985 geöffnet wird, findet sich darin eine düstere Botschaft. Kurz darauf segnet der ehemalige Landrat von Altusried unter seltsamen Umständen das Zeitliche. Und so beginnt die beherzte Stammtischrunde von Tisch Sieben mit ihren Ermittlungen: Ex-Chefredakteur Herrmann Bruckner, Ex-Friseurin Dietlinde Herb sowie Ex-Pfarrer Peter Schneider und Ex-Lehrerin Martina Kropke aus der DDR setzen all ihre Talente ein, das Geheimnis um den Tod des Landrats zu lüften.

A young woman is found dead in the Seine. The newspapers are filled with theories, contradictions, and sensational claims. C. Auguste Dupin believes the truth is hidden among them. In this sequel to *The Murders in the Rue Morgue*, Edgar Allan Poe’s brilliant detective turns his powers of...

Victoria Fanning is done with murder. After surviving her first brush with a killer, she and her best friend Maxine are determined to spend their weekend at the luxurious Ravenswood Manor with nothing more dangerous than a stale canapé. But the estate has other plans.

After two decades trapped in a gilded prison in Sweden, Laura escapes to Dublin with damning evidence that could destroy her husbands political career and set her free. But before she can act, she's brutally murdered. Then she wakes up... With no memory of her final moments, Laura is stuck between worlds unseen, unheard, and unrelenting. She's determined to find out who killed her and turns to her childhood friends for help, even if they think they're losing their minds.

Festive glee is everywhere in the charming Cotswold village of Wendlebury Barrow. But the holiday mood quickly goes from merry to messy when Sophie Sayers' ex-boyfriend arrives and steals the spotlight as the director of the nativity play that Sophie herself has written. Then, during the live performance at St Bride's Church, a young woman rushes up the aisle in panic, claiming her baby has vanished from the manger.

Eigentlich wollte Krimi-Autor Kaleu nur sein erstes Hörbuch aufnehmen. Doch statt Mikrofon erwartet ihn im Tonstudio ein grausiger Fund: Ein toter Mann. Mit einem Messer in der Brust und einem Kopfhörerkabel um den Hals! Aufnahme verschoben – auf unbestimmte Zeit.

The Pearly Girls return to solve a high school reunion murder in this sequel to Murder Strikes a Chord. Event planner Cassidy Jamison and her not-so-helpful sexagenarian staff of Roxie, Kate, Aileen, and Ruthanne are up to their elbows with a high school reunion committee’s constantly changing requirements for an event that must be the most elaborate and memorable at all costs. When well-known reporter, Darcy Branch, and former cheerleader, Brittany Mahoney, are found dead on her property, Cassidy and the gang have to find the killer before the party’s over.

Thanks to an unfortunate quirk of my family tree, I’m stuck serving a dangerous vampire who looks like a luxury menswear ad and thinks humans are livestock. Lately, though, he’s been looking at me like I might be something more than his latest Renfield. When a new body turns up—death by crossbow bolt—I’m relieved. Not that death is good. But at least now there’s a killer for Alexandru and me to hunt… which means he’ll have someone to drain who isn’t a friend. The investigation should be straightforward. It isn’t. Every pattern falls apart. Every lead points somewhere new.

Deborah is a successful crime writer whose life is upended by her sister Gail's suicide. She receives an unexpected inheritance – taking her back to South Africa, where she confronts long-buried family secrets, political corruption, and the complexities of memory and forgiveness. Moving between London and a country still negotiating the legacy of apartheid, this is a gripping and psychologically rich story about memory, inheritance and the moral weight carried from one generation to the next.

Seven ticking clocks. One dead body. And a sinister conspiracy whispered in the shadows of the British elite. When a harmless weekend prank at the grand Chimneys estate ends in cold-blooded murder, a group of high-spirited young aristocrats is plunged into a deadly web of espionage. The victim...

Gardening is dirty work—but should it be deadly? When a corpse turns up in the community greenhouse, Gill Swanley discovers her new hobby might be more dangerous than she imagined. When Gill Swanley decides to take up gardening to fight a bad case of midlife malaise, she never expected it to...

Bloomsbury presents The Road to Grantchester by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. The captivating prequel to the treasured Grantchester series follows the life, loves, and losses of young Sidney Chambers in postwar London. It is 1938, and eighteen-year-old Sidney Chambers is dancing the...

'I thoroughly enjoyed this intriguing mystery set in a beautiful location with deliciously menacing undercurrents.' Frances EveshamIt was meant to be a safe place to start again... In need of an escape from her failing marriage, Nia agrees to house-sit her aunt’s cottage on the Isle of Wight...

Bloomsbury presents Sidney Chambers and The Persistence of Love by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. The sixth installment in the Grantchester Mysteries series, now a major PBS television series as well. The sixth book in the James Runcie’s much-loved Granchester Mystery series, which has...

Bloomsbury presents Sidney Chambers and The Dangers of Temptation by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. The fifth installment in The Grantchester Mystery Series, and the inspiration for the primetime PBS/Masterpiece television series, Grantchester. It’s the summer of love in late 1960s. The...

Bloomsbury presents Sidney Chambers and The Forgiveness of Sins by James Runcie, read by Joe Jameson. The fourth in The Grantchester Mystery Series, and the inspiration for the primetime PBS/Masterpiece television series, Grantchester. The loveable full-time priest and part-time detective, Canon...