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Duftender Lavendel, ein Mann ohne Vergangenheit und ein Mord am Mont Ventoux. Im Provence-Krimi Lavendel-Wut löst die junge Kommissarin Lilou Braque ihren 7. Fall: Cosy Crime zum Wohlfühlen mit jeder Menge Südfrankreich-Flair! Der Lavendel blüht, und die örtliche Rennrad-Community von Carpentras ist in Aufruhr: Das berühmte Gipfelschild des Mont Ventoux ist verschwunden! Anstatt auf das gestohlene Schild stößt ein Suchtrupp auf die Leiche eines Radfahrers – offenbar ist dieser schon vor Tagen im unwegsamen Gelände des Berghangs zu Tode gekommen.

DS Karen Hart’s happy world is shattered the moment she finds her fiancé Mike’s mother murdered on what should have been a night of celebration. And even worse, someone has sewn the soft skin around Lorraine’s eyes shut… Karen’s entire soul aches to uncover Lorraine’s killer. But her team cannot let her be a part of the investigation, and she is forced to watch from the sidelines.

Less than a day of peace, of calm, of comfort before the white rabbit returns to tear Malcolm and Seong-Jae's lives apart. An eerie video presents them with a deadly ultimatum, which leaves our intrepid pair racing to discover the identity of the latest victim—and desperate to protect their families from the threat hanging over their heads. As tension rises to a screaming point and conflict comes to a head between Mal, Seong-Jae, and Aanga Joshi, the detectives dive deeper into the pasts of their remaining suspects, searching for the clue that will unmask the white rabbit once and for all.

Nachdem es Hauptkommissarin Rike Lorbeer gelingt, den zugereisten Touristen Wagner in letzter Sekunde vor einem mordlüsternen Todeskult zu retten, erfährt sie, dass er auf die Hallig 11 gekommen ist, weil es hier zu dubiosen, tödlichen Unfällen kam. Sie tun sich zusammen, doch sie stehen, ehe sie sich versehen, einer übermächtigen Geheimgesellschaft gegenüber, die über geradezu teuflische Kräfte verfügt.

Nachdem Rike Lorbeer und Richard Wagner nebst Töle Utz aufgrund des Blutbades der Vornacht getrennt wurden, müssen sie eigene Wege gehen. Rike findet Unterschlupf bei einer unerwarteten Allianz, während sich Wagner sich mit ungekannten Herausforderungen durch ein über dreißig Jahre altes Grab und einen kannibalischen Schimmelpilz konfrontiert sieht. Zudem kommen unsere Helden dem Fluch der Hallig auf die Schliche und werden mit dem unausweichlich nahenden Armageddon konfrontiert, das endgültig entscheiden wird, wer die Sache überlebt und wer nicht.

Die von Nebelwänden umgebene Hallig 11 liegt weitab von den anderen Marschinseln. In dieses Idyll verschlägt es die Hamburger Kommissarin Rike Lorbeer, die, von Burnouts geplagt,. als Leiterin der dortigen Polizeiwache auf ein friedliches Berufsleben bis zur Verrentung hofft. Die Kriminalitätsrate liegt auf dem fünfunddreißig Bewohner fassenden Eiland praktisch bei Null. Es könnte alles so schön sein, wäre da nicht der geheimnisvolle Wagner. Ein älterer Tourist, der viele Fragen stellt,. vor allem den unter mysteriösen Umständen verstorbenen Vorgänger Rikes betreffend.

Fritz und Erich Sass, zwei Brüder, deren Leben bisher von Misserfolgen geprägt war, entwickeln eine unkonventionelle Methode, um Banktresore zu knacken: Sie nutzen einen Schneidbrenner. Ihr erster großer Erfolg kommt, als sie durch einen eigens gegrabenen Tunnel in die Stahlkammer einer Bank eindringen und 179 Schließfächer ausräumen. Obwohl der Kriminalkommissar Zach und sein Assistent Lück ihnen hartnäckig auf den Fersen ist, gelingt es nicht, ihnen konkrete Straftaten nachzuweisen.

Barely a year before, Le Fontainebleau opened to little fanfare in downtown Columbus. A lifetime passion project of an immigrant from the French countryside, it was meant to fill a glaring hole in the local dining scene. Simple peasant dishes offered in a modest setting. Clean cooking that soon developed an avid following, helping to elevate it to one of the must-eat locations in the city. And the site where, at just after noon on a dreary spring Wednesday, a hooded gunman entered, raised the automatic weapon hidden under his jacket, and opened fire.

È un romanzo composto da una serie di dodici racconti legati da un filo narrativo e interdentale. A causa di un ascesso terribile, un uomo si reca al Pronto Soccorso dentistico notturno. Sulla poltrona il protagonista della storia, mentre sta cercando di vincere il dolore del trapano, fa volare la fantasia. Ecco allora le storie raccontate da Pinketts: dall'horror al noir, dal surreale al fantastico, i racconti si muovono tutti sul livello del paradosso e della metafora. Per ogni dente un racconto, in un caleidoscopio di immagini, di giochi di parole, di invenzioni fantastiche.

公安外事・倉島警部補シリーズ第6弾！ベトナム人殺害の容疑者のロシア人を追う倉島だが、なぜか中国担当の公安捜査官にも動きが─。試される公安エースとしての資質。

London, 1988. Royal fever sweeps the nation as Britain falls in love with the ‘people’s princess’. Which means for Scotland Yard, the focus is on the elite Royalty Protection Command, and its commanding officer. Entrusted with protecting the most famous family on earth, they quite simply have to be the best. A weak link could spell disaster.

A serial killer is burning people alive in the Lake District's prehistoric stone circles. He leaves no clues, and the police are helpless. When his name is found carved into the charred remains of the third victim, disgraced detective Washington Poe is brought back from suspension and into an investigation he wants no part of. He is reluctantly partnered with brilliant but socially awkward civilian analyst Tilly Bradshaw, and the mismatched pair uncover a trail that only he is meant to see. The elusive killer has a plan, and for some reason Poe is part of it.

Colin Dexter’s Chief Inspector Morse - the cranky, heavy-drinking, and exasperatingly brilliant sleuth of the Thames Valley Police - has become one of the most beloved detectives in fiction. Now, with this collection of 11 short stories, we can savor choice examples of his dry wit, devious cunning, and psychological insight at its best. Colin Dexter tantalizes us with six Inspector Morse adventures, ranging from bite-size morsels of intrigue to longer stories for listeners to sink their teeth into.

When a practical joke at the manor house of Chimneys takes a deadly turn, the discovery of a murdered guest and a strange clock point to a deeper conspiracy. Bundle Brent, a spirited and clever heroine, sets out to unravel the enigma of the Seven Dials Club—a shadowy group whose motives remain shrouded in mystery. As Bundle pieces together cryptic clues and faces growing peril, she discovers that the truth may come at a shocking price.

Detective Kyochiro Kaga of the Tokyo Police Department has just been transferred to a new precinct in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo. Newly arrived, but with a great deal of experience, Kaga is promptly assigned to the team investigating the murder of a woman. But the more he investigates, the greater number of potential suspects emerges. It isn’t long before it seems nearly all the people living and working in the business district of Nihonbashi have a motive for murder.

Acclaimed best-selling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is found brutally murdered in his home on the night before he’s planning to leave Japan and relocate to Vancouver. His body is found in his office, a locked room, within his locked house, by his wife and his best friend, both of whom have rock solid alibis. Or so it seems.

Yoshitaka, who was about to leave his marriage and his wife, is poisoned by arsenic-laced coffee and dies. His wife, Ayane, is the logical suspect—except that she was hundreds of miles away when he was murdered. The lead detective, Tokyo Police Detective Kusanagi, is immediately smitten with her and refuses to believe that she could have had anything to do with the crime. His assistant, Kaoru Utsumi, however, is convinced Ayane is guilty. While Utsumi's instincts tell her one thing, the facts of the case are another matter.

Washington Poe has a story to tell. And he needs you to listen. You'll hear how it started with the robber birds. Crows. Dozens of them. Enough for a murder. He'll tell you about a man who was tied to a tree and stoned to death, a man who had tattooed himself with a code so obscure, even the gifted analyst Tilly Bradshaw struggled to break it. He'll tell you how the man's murder was connected to a tragedy that happened fifteen years earlier when a young girl massacred her entire family. And finally, he'll tell you about the mercy chair.

Renée Ballard and the LAPD’s Open-Unsolved Unit get a hot shot DNA connection between a recently arrested man and a serial rapist and murderer who went quiet twenty years ago. The arrested man is only twenty-four, so the genetic link must be familial: His father was the Pillowcase Rapist, responsible for a five-year reign of terror in the city of angels. But when Ballard and her team move in on their suspect, they encounter a baffling web of secrets and legal hurdles. Meanwhile, Ballard’s badge, gun, and ID are stolen.

Detective Sergeant Washington Poe can count on one hand the number of friends he has. And he'd still have his thumb left. There's the guilelessly innocent civilian analyst, Tilly Bradshaw of course. Insanely brilliant, she's a bit of a social hand grenade. He's known his beleaguered boss, Detective Inspector Stephanie Flynn for years as he has his nearest neighbour, full-time shepherd/part-time dog sitter, Victoria. And then there's Estelle Doyle. Dark and dangerous and sexy as hell.