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England, 1914. The world is at war. Captain Hastings, injured and shaken, is invited to Styles Court to recover. It’s a grand old country house - the family home of his old friend - and a perfect haven. Or so it seems. But in the blistering summer heat, trouble is afoot. Simmering tensions are tearing the family apart, and it all comes to a head in the most horrifying way.

Many others in the village have said that they would like to see the colonel dead, but a number of people have a more specific interest in his death: the colonel’s young wife, Anne; her lover, the artist Lawrence Redding; Archer, a local man given a harsh sentence by the colonel for poaching. Even the colonel’s daughter, Lettice, desperate for money, says, “If only father would be decent and die, I’d be all right.” These complexities lead to any number of dead ends for investigators. The only one able to see through the blinds and obscurities is Miss Marple, an elderly but sharp-eyed spinster.

A hugely enjoyable, must-listen murder mystery sure to appeal to fans of Elly Griffiths, Anthony Horowitz, and Agatha Christie, with one of the best and most satisfying conclusions you'll ever hear. A classic in Japan, available in English for the first time.

One missing passenger. One dead body. Is it murder on the Cornish train? It is a dark and stormy night when Jeff boards the Cornish sleeper train at Paddington station. As they make their way down the dark British coast, waves crash over the carriages and the wheels rattle in the gale. Arriving...

Van Dusen und Hatch haben die Hoffnung nicht aufgegeben, den mysteriösen Schriftsteller Robert P. Halverson ausfindig zu machen. Doch ein unerwartetes Ereignis trifft die beiden vollkommen unvorbereitet. Mentor und Schülerin werden getrennt und müssen die traurige Erfahrung machen, eigene Wege zu gehen. Diese sind mit Gefahren gespickt, und alle Spuren scheinen auf der Mayflower Farm zusammenzulaufen.

A Hitchcock movie screening turns fatal when Audrey Sullivan—recent transplant to New England—discovers a dead body on opening night of the movie palace she's just inherited in this thrilling first entry in a cozy mystery series by Turner Classic Movies host Alicia Malone. ​When Audrey...

Quando Lupo Corsalti, un noto imprenditore fiorentino, scompare nel nulla, il caso sembra lontano dai soliti guai della celebre editrice in giallo. Peccato che Firenze sia ormai una seconda casa per lei, da quando Ettore lavora all’Accademia della Crusca. Così il duo Paciotti & Baldon, ora unito sia nelle indagini che nella vita privata, si ritrova alle prese con un nuovo mistero da risolvere.

Als ihre Schäferin Rebecca urplötzlich die Europareise abbricht und die Herde rund um Miss Maple zurück in irische Gefilde führt, sind die Schafe zunächst optimistisch wie Frühlingslämmer. Denn wo könnte es schöner sein als auf der Heimatweide? Auch der jüngste Zuwachs ist gespannt – Madouc, offiziell Ziege, inoffiziell »Schaf auf Probe«, hofft auf viele neue Einblicke in die geheimnisvolle Welt der Schafe.

Sam Reeves has worked the overnight desk at the Meridian Hotel long enough to know one thing: hotels don’t sleep—they just get quieter. When a regular guest is found dead in her room, police rule it natural causes and move on. But Sam can’t. Small details from the night before refuse to line up—timed movements, unexplained activity, patterns only someone who watches everything would notice. As questions grow and official answers fall short, Sam is drawn into an investigation he was never meant to lead, where silence hides intent and truth lives in the margins.

Non è certo colpa sua se Debora Camilli, in arte Siena 23, tassista per necessità e detective per vocazione, continua a imbattersi in morti ammazzati. È una sera di novembre e Debora si trova in attesa di clienti davanti alla stazione Termini quando le giunge voce che a pochi metri da lì, di fronte all'ostello della Caritas, è appena stato ritrovato un cadavere.

If you like twisting, turning mysteries set in villages you’ll never want to leave (despite the dead bodies), get ready to fall in love with Jayne O’Shea. She called off her engagement, quit the job she loved, and escaped to the Northwoods. Now she's in a quirky village full of witches and her dog just found a dead body in the backyard. Will life ever be normal again?

A couple hunting for a bargain finds something far darker, a thick liquid oozing from a car’s trunk. One call to the cops, and the lid pops open to reveal a corpse. No ID. No answers. Just a dead man waiting to ruin someone’s day. The dealer can’t produce a title, and suspicion spreads fast. Cari’s boss insists the man is innocent and sends her to clear his name. Brenington PD detectives Genevieve and Alex dig for answers, but the trail is already going cold. Cari’s newlywed life is pulling her focus, and the deeper she digs, the more tangled the lies become.

Nancy Hunter is on a mission to find her mother. Samantha Hunter walked out on her family and left the village of Dedley End over twenty years ago. For two decades, Nancy has thought her mother was dead…until she discovered she was spotted at a party at a country estate five months ago. As Nancy delves into the mystery in her own family, the village of Dedley End is rocked by the appearance of Sebastian Holmes, recently released from a long stretch in prison for his part in a jewellery robbery in London.

The latest thrilling installment in Paula Munier's USA Today bestselling Mercy Carr series. Autumn in Vermont is all about apples. Mercy Carr is in the woods with her husband Troy, their toddler Felicity, and the dogs, Elvis and Susie Bear, hunting for heirloom apple trees worthy of their...

In the most remote spot of the hills surrounding Loch Tay, a woman’s remains were found. She had lay there a while, but any evidence of who she was had long gone–or never existed. Crime podcaster Cal Lovett seeks to put ‘Hillside Jane’ to rest, but is he merely running from his own troubles? With the wife of his sister’s alleged killer missing and a sense that any chance he had of getting justice for Margot is slipping from his grasp, Cal is at a crossroads.

“Diabolically clever.”—New York Times ""Horowitz dazzles with the brilliant third entry in his Susan Ryeland series . . . . [He is] is at the top of his game here, linking past and present in a virtuoso finale worthy of Agatha Christie.""—Publishers Weekly (starred review) Murder links...

When a group of friends gathers at a remote Dartmoor estate for an evening of ancient rituals and playful mystery, the night takes a deadly turn. A man lies dead, struck down as if by some unseen force. Is it murder or something far more sinister? In The Idol House of Astarte, Agatha Christie delivers a gripping blend of intellect and eeriness, where superstition meets cold logic and every guest hides more than they reveal.

Trudell Becket, known to her friends as Tru, finds herself in a bind when her library in lovely Cypress, South Carolina, is turned into a state-of-the-art bookless "technological center". A library with no books breaks Tru's book-loving heart. Then the town manager, who was behind the big push for the library's transformation, is crushed by an overturned shelf of DVDs. Tru becomes the prime suspect as she hadn't hid the fact that she hated having all of those wonderful books replaced by tablets and computers.

Step into a world of danger, intrigue, and espionage with The Secret Adversary, Agatha Christie’s thrilling introduction to the adventurous duo Tommy and Tuppence. After World War I, these two spirited friends find themselves broke and in search of excitement. They soon stumble upon a shadowy conspiracy tied to a missing woman and a mysterious document that could change the course of history.

When Darcy runs off on another secret assignment, I am left to figure out how to travel to Italy sans maid and chaperone to help my dear friend Belinda, as she awaits the birth of her baby alone. An opportunity presents itself in a most unexpected way - my cousin the queen is in need of a spy to attend a house party in the Italian lake country. The Prince of Wales and the dreadful Mrs. Simpson have been invited, and Her Majesty is anxious to thwart a possible secret wedding.