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Throughout many years, Dr. John H. Watson accompanied his friend and companion Sherlock Holmes in solving countless mysteries and crimes. There were times, however, when Watson would refrain from publishing his writings during his lifetime. The New Adventures brings to the public for the very first time some of Watson's accounts of Sherlock Holmes cases previously kept under lock and key.

Die alte Pfarrersköchin Susan Glasbone ist spurlos verschwunden. Stunden später wird sie tot in der Kirche gefunden. Doch Susan Glasbone passt nicht in das Muster des Täters.

Bei einer Auktion auf Monroe Manor entpuppt sich ein wertvolles Whiskyfass als Sarg für einen Mann, der dort seit den 1870er Jahren ruht. Wer war der Mann im Fass? Und warum musste er sterben? Detective Wilson will den Fall schon abschreiben, doch dann zeigen plötzlich Verstrickungen aus viktorianischer Zeit bis heute ihre Wirkung.

Der Kriminalautor Vincent Vernier wird tot am Grund eines Brunnens gefunden, der zu einem verlassenen Gehöft gehört. Das Merkwürdige, Verniers letzter Roman handelt von einer Verbrecherbande, die sich nach einem brutalen Raubüberfall auf einem Gehöft verschanzt und ihre Beute in einem Brunnen versteckt. Dupin und Poe treten die Ermittlungen an, um die Wahrheit hinter dem Roman aufzudecken.

When a major network offers a TV deal to a group of new writers, the stakes couldn't be higher. They'll have a workshop in Cherringham to shape their show ideas - and win the prized contract. But when the writers get ominous threats, it seems their lives are in danger. Can Jack and Sarah find the culprit in time ... before there's a real 'killer pitch'?

Paris, 1938: Hierher hat sich die begabte junge Malerin und reiche Erbin Juliette Willoughby vor ihrer Familie geflüchtet, zusammen mit ihrem 20 Jahre älteren verheirateten Geliebten. Als beide bei einem Brand ums Leben kommen, verbrennt auch Juliettes Meisterwerk, das surrealistische Gemälde Selbstporträt als Sphinx. Cambridge, 1991: Die Kunst-Studenten Caroline und Patrick stoßen auf Hinweise, dass Juliettes Tod kein Unfall war, und kommen sich dabei näher. Dubai, heute: Patrick, mittlerweile Kunsthändler wie sein Vater, fädelt ein sensationelles Geschäft ein.

When Sherlock Holmes finds Doctor Watson dead in their shared apartment, he is arrested by the London police. He is suspected of murdering his best friend. A seamless chain of evidence points to this, and even Mrs. Hudson is convinced of the master detective's guilt.

Layla's dad loves his new community, and the feeling seems mutual. So why is one of them blackmailing him? It's a mystery almost as baffling as the assignment Layla receives from her former Commissioner: look into the brutal murder of a mild-mannered school teacher.

When a prominent landowner goes missing, private investigator Atticus Priest is drawn into a web of secrets that stretch from the rolling fields of Wiltshire to the darkest corners of the past. The ancient estate of Brookmere—seat of the once-mighty Ainsley family—is crumbling, its future threatened by inheritance disputes, hidden debts, and buried scandal.

A junior high janitor. A kidnapped pop star. And a talking guinea pig who saw too much. Oliver Holmes was content with his life as a janitor until the day he wakes to find a guinea pig on his bed adamant that he investigate a murder that might not be what it seems. Throw in a captivating veterinarian and an officer who knows the secrets of Oliver’s past, and he has his work cut out for him.

Josie, nicknamed the Maneater, is part of an elite group of private investigators who use their beauty, brains, and society's habit of underestimating women to get the intel they need to solve crime and investigate for clients. Her particular strength is in her ability to seduce men and convince them to tell her whatever she wants to hear. She often goes on dates with high-profile men to find out what she needs to know, be it cheating, embezzlement, or the sharing of trade secrets.

Die Haushälterin Mrs. Emery hat für ein paar Tage frei bekommen und wird durch ihre Nichte vertreten, die junge Miss Turner. Deren Kochkünste sind ausgezeichnet, allerdings bleibt zu viel Essen übrig. Es wird entschieden, die Reste einem Armenhaus zu spenden. Sherlock und Victor begleiten Miss Turner dabei und begegnen dort der verarmten Mrs. Hudson, die einen rätselhaften Schicksalsschlag erlitten hat.

Sydney Whitmore is already up to her ears in wedding plans, wine tastings, and wendigos when her best friend, Kelly Green, scores them invites to an exclusive Halloween bash at a long-abandoned monastery.

A wedding, a murder, and a retirement community full of suspects... what could possibly go wrong? Sophie “Phee” Kimball thought moving to Arizona to work for a private investigator would bring some peace and quiet. Instead, she's wrangling her seventy-four-year-old Aunt Ina’s over-the-top wedding and her mother Harriet’s nonstop meddling. But when a celebrity chef turns up dead on the golf course outside Harriet’s front door, things really start to heat up.

Der junge Lord Holloway wendet sich mit einem besonders makabren Fall an Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson. Der kopflose Körper seines Onkels wurde im Wald gefunden! Hat der Mord etwas mit einem als exklusives Internat getarnten Sanatorium für verhaltensauffällige jüngere Mitglieder der Hohen Gesellschaft zu tun, wie in den umliegenden Dörfern gemunkelt wird?

Dr. Watson und Sherlock Holmes besuchen zum ersten Mal ein türkisches Bad. Bald ist klar, dass es sich nicht um einen Unfall, sondern um Mord handelt. Dr. Watsons Beobachtungen, der das Opfer als Letzten noch lebend gesehen hat, führen Holmes schließlich auf die Spur eines dunklen Geheimnisses.

Eine mutmaßliche Mörderin bricht aus der Strafvollzugsanstalt Lübeck aus: Karina Pohl soll ohne erkennbares Motiv ihren Ex-Freund umgebracht haben und nun bei Wismar untergetaucht sein. Die dort ansässige Privatdetektivin Emma Klar hilft der zuständigen Staatsanwältin bei der Suche nach der Flüchtigen.

Tatiana Petrovna, coraggiosa giornalista d'inchiesta, ha lasciato Mosca per dedicarsi a un misterioso incarico. Arkady Renko, leggendario investigatore e suo amante, sa che deve preoccuparsi, perché conosce troppo bene i nemici della donna e quello che sono disposti a fare per tenerla buona. Renko inizia quindi un lungo e pericoloso viaggio in Siberia per trovare Tatiana.

AUGUST 1891. Prudence has her heart set on wearing her mother's wedding gown on the happy day, but she soon discovers the material has deteriorated so badly that it cannot be refurbished. With time running out, she decides to seek out a new American designer, a woman who trained in the House of Worth, the makers of the original dress in Paris, who now has a shop in New York City.

As a child, Theo absorbed, among other things, a belief in the immortality of the soul. Her mother often said that if her daughter believed in it sincerely and zealously, she would never be alone. More often than not, these words were frightening. They made Theo think about the inevitability of death. But in a way, they also brought comfort. She knew that she would never be alone, no matter what happened. Poison in plastic cups, and stray bullets became the best teachers there ever were within the walls of that small church. They spelt it out. Death was just death and nothing else.