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Two dead students. A coded reference to Shakespeare. And the promise of darker things to come. Near a small college campus, a student is found strangled in an abandoned barn on the outskirts of town. She's been posed to look like a painting of Ophelia from Shakespeare's Hamlet, the scene taunting the police with a message they don't understand.

Die Einladung des bekannten Schriftstellers Richard Mac Arthur führt Mimi Rutherfurt in den Norden Englands. Schon bei ihrer Ankunft warten einige böse Überraschungen auf sie. Zum einen ist ihr Gastgeber bereits am frühen Morgen verstorben und zum anderen hat sich noch eine Riege weiterer, illustrer Gäste in der abgelegenen Villa eingefunden. Durch einen Schneesturm von der Außenwelt abgeschnitten, müssen Miss Rutherfurt und die anderen feststellen, dass ein mysteriöser Killer im Gebäude sein Unwesen treibt. Und jeder könnte sein nächstes Opfer sein.

Jette Johannsen soll für das Sylter Inselblatt einen Artikel über das exklusive Kostümfest im angesagten Restaurant Jameika schreiben. Ein Gewaltverbrechen in einer Ferienwohnung, bei dem die getötete Merle Pieper ein Kleidungsstück trägt, das nur vom Kostümfest stammen kann, ruft Hauptkommissar Falk Richter, Jettes Ex, auf den Plan. Tatverdächtig ist Daniel Decker, der blutverschmiert neben der Toten aufgewacht ist und ebenfalls Teilnehmer des Festes war.

When a young woman falls to her death from a central London bridge, the police rule it suicide—until a witness comes forward with shocking footage of the moment she was pushed. The attacker is identified as Bradley Aspen, the son of an attaché to the US Embassy in London—giving him diplomatic immunity from prosecution. CPS lawyer Eve Wren knows the victim’s family and is determined to bring Aspen to justice. And when further victims come to light, she realises he’s no ordinary murderer: he’s a serial killer. S

Die junge Deutsch-Schwedin Stina Forss verlässt Freund und Berlin und tritt eine Stelle in Växjö an, im schwedischen Småland. Kaum hat sie ihre neue Chefin, die gerade frisch beförderte Ingrid Nyström, kennengelernt, wird der greise Engländer Balthasar Frost grausam verätzt und verstümmelt in seinem Gewächshaus aufgefunden. Als die besonnene und erfahrene Nyström und ihre impulsive junge Kollegin die Ermittlungen aufnehmen, ahnen sie nicht, wie weit diese sie führen werden: tief hinein in die bewegte schwedische Geschichte, in die höchsten Stockholmer Kreise und Forss sogar bis nach Jerusalem.

In den schattigen und kostspieligen Gemäuern von Rosewood Manor lebt die eigenwillige Lady Agnes Blackwood ein zurückgezogenes Leben. Das ändert sich, als ihr Gärtner mit einer Gartenschere in der Brust aufgefunden wird. Kommissar Edward Sterling wird mit dem Fall betraut.

For MI5 officer Liz Carlyle, the nagging complications of her private life are quickly forgotten at Monday’s counter-terrorism meeting. An invisible may have entered mainland Britain. An ‘invisible’ is a terrorist who is an ethnic native of the target country, who can cross its borders unchecked and move about unnoticed – the ultimate nightmare. By the time they're identified, it may be too late. The intelligence operation that follows will test Liz to the limit. Who or what is the target? Where and who is the invisible? With each passing hour the danger increases.

Ein Mord ohne Opfer. Eine stumme Zeugin. Am Strand unterhalb des Holnis Kliffs wird eine stumme junge Frau aufgefunden, blutverschmiert und nackt. Ohlsen und sein Team entdecken auf der einsamen Halbinsel eine geheime Kultstätte und jede Menge menschliches Blut, aber kein Opfer. Die Spur führt zu einer spirituellen Gruppe, die nach dem frühmittelalterlichen Völven-Kult lebt. Ohlsen holt sich Rat bei Archäologin Fria Svensson, die aber gerade eine andere Sorge umtreibt: Der nette neue Lebensgefährte von Mitbewohner Marten scheint ein gefährliches Doppelleben zu führen ...

Thieves have broken into the Federal Reserve and made off with millions in gold. The catch? They were dressed like leprechauns, and by all accounts, used magic to do it. Cue up a fresh case for Sergeant Chloe Mayfield, but if she thought the last one was fraught with danger, she’s going to have to redefine her terminology. If it were not bad enough that she has to negotiate rogue gunmen, sword-wielding mercenaries, and a famous monster hunter, she has enemies within Boston PD to contend with, at least one of whom thinks their life would be easier if she were dead.

New Year’s Day. A dog walker is enjoying the early morning calm in Birmingham’s Woodgate Country Park. At first he thinks it’s some old rubbish. His dogs are always digging up trouble. But it’s a mummified body. The victim is Nathan Troy, an art student who disappeared twenty years ago. Days later, a second body is found. This time it’s a fresh kill. And the ligature marks on the victim’s neck are identical. It’s been twenty years, but after all this time, forensic psychologist Kate Hanson knows that Nathan’s killer is back.

The ninth instalment of Sarah Painter's incredible Crow Investigations series.

Naomi Cranston's five years in jail for something she didn't do were the worst of her life. Now the former NOPD cop is being targeted again by the people who framed her for stealing evidence. If she doesn't comply with their demands to deliver drugs, they'll hurt her teenage son, Everett. When she arrives at the Burke Broussard Investigation Agency asking for help, Burke is reluctant to assist a convicted cop. But her story and her courage in standing up to the criminals touch him to the core. Even if taking on the case on puts him and the rest of his team in grave danger.

In the dim morning light, Orkney’s Skaill Bay is the backdrop for a calamity of nature’s making. When forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod joins the rescue efforts as a volunteer, she uncovers more than she bargained for: a human skeleton entombed in a stone crypt. The grave is believed to hail from the Viking Age, but Rhona's analysis of the content points to more recent and sinister evil. And a shadow is thrown over the investigation when the skeleton is finally identified, as unsettling connections between the victim and the very people trying to solve the case come to light.

Salem Wiley is a genius cryptanalyst. She’s also a loner who prefers a safe and familiar path. Until her mother disappears in the wake of a brutal murder, leaving behind a cryptic warning of threats to come. Forced out of her safe zone, Salem embarks with her best friend, Bel, on a dangerous quest that reaches back centuries into America’s hidden history.

Lenore Calder threw herself into her work three years ago as a historian at Briarport's local museum and never looked back. Aside from her day-to-day tasks, she uses her resources to continue her research on the infamous Coastal Killer, hopeful that one day the victims will see justice. When the cold case draws an FBI agent to town, Lenore can't pass on the opportunity to see this project through to the end.

Zoë Boehm has harbored a distinct aversion to death ever since she shot the man intent on killing her. So when Caroline Daniels takes a deadly fall in front of a train and her lover fails to turn up at the funeral, Zoë wants nothing to do with the case. But Caroline’s boss is persistent, and as Zoë attempts to unlock the secrets of a woman she’s never met while in search of a man who could be anywhere, she starts to wonder if he’s found her first. And if he has, will that make her the next victim, or prove to be her salvation from a paralyzing fear?

It's an evening like any other when an explosion rips through the leafy Oxford suburb Sarah Tucker calls home. In the aftermath, a house now stands devastated, with two adults dead and a young girl missing. With the police more interested in keeping the neighbors from rubbernecking than in searching for the missing child, Sarah becomes obsessed with finding her, and enlists the help of Oxford private investigator Zoë Boehm. But Sarah's and Zoë's search reveals more secrets than answers.

It's 1892, and Amelia and her now-husband Radcliffe Emerson have settled down in Victorian England after their escapade in Egypt. They're raising their young son Ramses and everything seems normal–until they are approached by a damsel in distress. Lady Baskerville's husband, Sir Henry, has died after uncovering what might be a royal tomb in Luxor. Despite rumors of a curse haunting all those involved with the dig, Amelia and Radcliffe proceed to Egypt and realize that Sir Henry did not die a natural death.

When a body turns up on the grounds of Liggan Manor, Malachite Peck is called in. The lady of the manor swears her family has nothing to do with it—and she wants Mal to prove it. Mal isn't convinced, but with too much time on her hands, she agrees. What starts as a simple case quickly unravels into a tangle of family secrets, a whispered new will, and a surprising new heir no one saw coming. As generations clash over the sprawling estate, another second body is discovered, and it's clear—a killer is hunting the Liggan heirs one by one. Now, Malachite is in a race against time.

Tim Chawaga’s sci-fi mystery debut, in which a diver searching for nostalgic salvage discovers the body of the most infamous man in flooded Florida and must avoid suspicion from both feds and corporate mafias. Reminiscent of Kim Stanley Robinson's New York 2140 and inspired by John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee series.