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Private investigator Matilda Wren's new client is a woman seeking evidence to divorce her husband. She is also the former fiancée of her last client—and dear friend—Lord Ravenhurst. Though he has enthusiastically offered to aid Tilda with future investigations, she can't very well accept his help in this matter. Especially when her client's husband is murdered, and Ravenhurst is a suspect.

Christmas time in Vienna: for the two Master Sleuths, sled dog Athos and cat diva Pearl, it was supposed to be a relaxing vacation in the Austrian capital. But instead of getting comfortable in front of the fireplace and enjoying some delicious Christmas cookies, the two four-pawed detectives suddenly find themselves at the center of a murderous intrigue.

When Det. Stan Foster shows up at Mandy Dyer’s dry cleaning shop, Mandy hopes her one-time boyfriend has come back to win her heart. Instead, he soothes her ego by asking for her help with his homicide investigation. But if Stan thinks she’ll walk away from the case after answering his inquiry, he’s dead wrong. Because these days, Mandy is as famous for her amateur sleuthing skills as she is for her freshly pressed clothes. Mandy’s investigation puts her in touch with a colorful cast of characters, from Betty the Bag Lady to Harpo the Mime.

Jennifer "Jen" Dalton is an author and educator at Clarion University in Virginia. She loves her job, but some of her petty coworkers look down on her for writing genre fiction. As members of the English department, they wish to encourage students to pursue higher literary aspirations. When a humiliating confrontation between an uppity professor and one of Jen’s students, Mia, escalates, no one thinks much of it. Until his dead body is found along with evidence incriminating Mia.

Young, ambitious and single in New York City in the late ’80s, Faith Sibley is energized by the early success of her Have Faith catering enterprise. But she’s cast into an unexpected new role when she runs into old high school friend Emma Stanstead at a swanky uptown party: sleuth!

I'm Ellie Hart. I never dreamed that a new dog walking job would drop me in the middle of a drama. But here I am with my black Lab, Marley, and my newest client, Honeybee, the local diva's beagle. Mysterious accidents follow the celebrity like a crazed fan and when poisoned custard almost kills her, drips of the sweet filling lead right to my sister's donut shop. I'll do anything to clear her name which puts the lid on my simmering romance with the handsome detective in town.

Still reeling from the dangers of a recent case, forensic genealogist RaeJean Hunter takes on a supposedly routine case to locate the missing heir of a woman she met in Central Park a year ago. Tantalized by a hefty income, she accepts. But there's a catch—she must find the heir within six months, or the forty-million-dollar estate is donated to a local university. With the tight deadline comes the chance of a sizeable bonus, a series of unforeseen obstacles, and the unexpected connection to a cold case from 1910, when perfume heiress Dorothy Arnold disappeared without a trace.

¿Y si la esencia de un buen whisky fuera el secreto que guardan sus barricas? El patrimonio y la historia escocesas se convierten en un crimen sangriento. Cuando un negocio en ruinas sale a la venta en Campbeltown, que en su día fue la «Capital Mundial del Whisky», Eilidh y su esposa Morag aprovechan la oportunidad para hacerse con él y conver­tirse en las primeras mujeres en dirigir una destilería en Escocia. Sin embargo, en plena celebración descubren algo aterrador: dos cadáveres que parecen haberse conservado perfectamente en dos barricas durante varias décadas.

When staffing shortages continue to hamper the Union County homicide squad, Detective Sam Spader once again turns to his secret weapon, reluctant amateur sleuth Anastasia Pollack. How can she and husband Zack Barnes refuse when the victim is their new neighbor?

Miss Marple meets Oscar Wilde in this series of cosy mysteries set in the picturesque Cotswolds village of Bunburry. Wedding bells are ringing in the picturesque village of Bunburry with the community coming together in joyful celebration. But the festive atmosphere takes a dark turn when the home of Rakesh Choudhury, the respected owner of Bunburry's popular Indian restaurant, is viciously attacked.

Clémence Damour wollte mit ihrem Hund nur einen entspannten Spaziergang durch den Park machen, als sie plötzlich eine schreckliche Entdeckung macht: Im Gebüsch liegt die Leiche eines Mannes - und neben ihm ein angebissenes Pistazien-Éclair aus ihrer eigenen Patisserie. Der Schock sitzt tief, als bald darauf einer ihrer Mitarbeiter ins Visier der Polizei gerät. Entschlossen, die Unschuld ihres Angestellten zu beweisen, nimmt Clémence die Ermittlungen selbst in die Hand.

Lord Sebastopol is in trouble again! Arrested in relation to a murder he supposedly solved years before, Victorian England's finest amateur detective has to persuade the police that he didn't falsely accuse the wrong person.

Maggie Flynn isn’t your typical 1960s mum. She’s a spy, an unsuspecting operative for MI5, stalking London’s streets in myriad disguises. Widowed and balancing her clandestine career with raising a Beatles-mad teenage daughter, Maggie finds comfort and purpose in her profession – providing a connection to her late husband, whose own covert past only surfaced after his death. But Maggie’s world spins out of control when a chance encounter with a mysterious Russian agent triggers a chilling revelation: he knew her husband.

When my quirky Aunt Rose asks me, an American barista, to help open a hip espresso café near the Welsh and English border, I jumped at the chance. What better way to celebrate my 36th birthday and try to ignore the second anniversary of my boyfriend’s death? Misty Valley isn’t just your average Welsh village. This one is full of fae like pixies, orcs, and leprechauns, and now me. My special power, other than making great espresso? I can see and hear ghosts.

Matty Iapen is the most average bounty hunter and investigator you can hire in Cleveland. He graduated college with a journalism degree only to find work chasing criminals and solving B-rate mysteries. Alongside his colleagues Mariah and Alison, Matty is determined to solve any mystery, primarily because he needs to pay his bills. Matty is shocked when his colleague Mariah is arrested and accused of murder. Mariah claims it was self-defense, but her innocence is in question. To protect Matty and the rest of the office, Mariah goes on the lamb.

In a small town, rests a hallowed estate shrouded in secrecy… Mystery and horror surround a long-abandoned estate, seemingly forgotten by the town. What was thought to be a new beginning for Beth Claymont soon devolves into an endless nightmare of hidden secrets and a troubled past best left unturned. Uncover the chilling secrets hidden in the depths of Claymont Cove, the historic estate in the heart of Redwood, North Carolina. Beth must fight to keep her family united in the wake of a devastating tragedy. But something more sinister stalks the halls of their sprawling estate.

When Lydia Wickham is struck down in the middle of the day, everyone turns to her husband, George Wickham, for answers, but he has nothing to tell them. He has no idea what happened to his wife. The task of investigating the matter falls to Kitty, Lydia’s sister, and Mr. Andrew Selkirk, a neighbor who is recuperating from an injury sustained while working as a member of the Bow Street Horse Patrol. Is George Wickham as innocent as he claims? Or did he hurt his wife and hope to get away with it?

Cornwall, 1905: Emily steht für ihre Überzeugungen als Suffragette ein und muss dafür sogar eine Nacht in der Zelle verbringen. Das wird ihrer Mutter zu viel. Sie schickt ihre Tochter zu einem entfernten Verwandten nach Cornwall aufs Land – in der Hoffnung, dass sie dort die richtige Partie für eine Heirat findet. Bei Emilys Ankunft im Herrenhaus Higher Barton wird die Leiche eines Dieners entdeckt, woraufhin sich die energische junge Frau in die Ermittlungen stürzt. Sehr zum Leidwesen des örtlichen Vikars, dem diese Vorkommnisse in seiner Kirchgemeinde gar nicht gefallen.

Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung - Mord. In Shaftesbury ist es wieder einmal Zeit für den Wettbewerb um den schönsten Liebesbrief. Den hat in den letzten Jahren stets die rüstige Greta Huntington-Dillinger gewonnen. Doch daraus wird in diesem Jahr nichts: Greta stürzt von der Leiter an der Liebeseiche, in deren Astloch die Teilnehmenden ihre selbst verfassten Briefe hinterlegen. Schnell ist klar, dass es kein Unfall war: Jemand hat die Leitersprossen angesägt. Wer wollte der alten Dame Böses? Penelope St. James nimmt sich der Sache an.

Editor Susan Ryeland has left her Greek island, her hotel and her Greek boyfriend, Andreas, in search of a new life back in England. Freelancing for a London publisher, she's given the last job she wants: working on an Atticus Pünd continuation novel called Pünd’s Last Case. Worse still, she knows the new writer. Eliot Crace is the troubled grandson of legendary children’s author Miriam Crace who died twenty years ago. Eliot is convinced she was murdered—by poison.