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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.

In Affeln ist was los! Die Schützenhalle platzt aus allen Nähten, denn Spinnen, Frösche und exotische Schmetterlinge locken mehr Besucher an, als man dem kleinen Dorf je zugetraut hätte. Doch die Freude währt nicht lang: In der Nacht nach der Eröffnung findet Kneipenwirtin Hubbi Dötsch den Nachtwächter – tot! Gebissen von einer giftigen Spinne, die nun frei durchs Dorf krabbelt.

Miss Marple meets Oscar Wilde in this series of cosy mysteries set in the picturesque Cotswolds village of Bunburry. A wealthy developer has turned up in the picturesque Cotswolds village of Bunburry with the aim of building a luxury golf course. It will mean buying up nearby farmland, and the locals are bitterly divided over the scheme. Then one of the leading opponents is found dead in a murder staged to look like an accident.

Betti Bryant knows she’s not supposed to be a barista five years after graduating from college, but her life is actually super adorable—except for the part where she has to endure her ex-boyfriend’s musical rendition of their breakup at the coffee shop’s Open Mic Night every Friday. When an entire local art collection is stolen from the cafe during his performance, Betti sees her chance to persuade her panicked boss to cancel Open Mic Night, at least until the crime is solved. Instead, he announces plans to sell the beloved cafe to a real estate developer, who will demolish it.

Montagues, Magic and Murder! Life in Brookhaven has settled down for Darcy. She's gained more control over and confidence in her magic. And she's happily dating Maggie. When she discovers she has family in the area, Darcy can't imagine things going any better. But when a night out at the theater for her cousin's production of Romeo and Juliet turns deadly and Darcy 's new cousin looks like a prime suspect, she's bound up in another murder investigation. Proving her family's innocence seems simple enough but the more Darcy digs, the more she unearths a twisted obsession and dangerous magic.

SOME THINGS RUN IN THE BLOOD… A darkly twisted and wonderfully original debut thriller for fans of Riley Sager and Jessica Knoll – at an annual weekend getaway for the adult children of serial killers, the participants begin to wonder if somebody's continuing the family tradition when one of...

In 1939, Amelia Hartley is slinging hash at Schwab’s Pharmacy, but a girl can’t live on soda fountain shtick forever. When she learns of the revival of a long-forgotten film gem, Amelia seizes her chance for stardom—if she can convince the right people to believe in her. At Selznick International, opportunity comes knocking when she’s offered the role of stand-in. But as Amelia works to make her mark, she uncovers an unexpected web of corruption stretching from Sunset Boulevard to Palm Springs. At its center stands a woman Hollywood cast aside—one whose secrets could upend Tinseltown.