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Miss Penelope Monckton, just returned from nursing with Florence Nightingale's in Crimea, has come to the country estate of one of the most scandalous men in England, Lord Rickarby—nicknamed Rakerby—to collect a bequest from his late wife, her childhood friend Millie. But something about Millie's death doesn't sit right with Penny. A celebrated painter, Joss, Lord Rickarby, knows Miss Penelope Monckton only from the letters she sent to his late wife during her time nursing in a war zone.

Mit der Idylle ist es vorbei, als im La Quercia nahe der Proseccostraße mysteriöse Unfälle geschehen. Doro Ritter, Tochter von Sternekoch Sascha Ritter und selbst leidenschaftliche Köchin, ist viel zu neugierig, um ihre Nase nur in Kochtöpfe zu stecken. Stattdessen wühlt sie in einer tragischen Familiengeschichte, die bald mörderische Blüten treibt. Verdächtige gibt es genug und auch für Doro wird es gefährlich. Aber das hält sie nicht auf – sie will die Wahrheit wissen.

Every time a guy breaks my heart, I write him a eulogy in my journal. It’s kind of my thing—closure through creative mourning. They don't actually die... or, at least, they didn't. Now? These guys aren’t just dead to me, they’re dead to everyone. And I’m the prime suspect. With my senior year at Pembroke College—and my entire future—on the line, I’ve got no choice but to play detective. Unfortunately, that means teaming up with my long-standing frenemy, Asher, who is insufferable and somehow always there when I need him the least.

Sam Pritchard, the Highway Killer from Utah, tried to kill her…but failed. Robin Hood, the winter serial killer who terrorized most of the Midwest, did kill her, and technically, Carolyn Ryder, for almost five minutes, was dead. But the woman who surgeons brought back to life on the operating table is not the same woman who was wheeled into the ER without a heartbeat. She has changed. But one thing hasn’t changed. Carolyn Ryder has some unfinished business, and it’s called Sam Pritchard. She wants to find him real bad.

Salamanca, otoño de 2019. A través de un potente programa informático que permite cruzar datos de los diversos cuerpos policiales, seis estudiantes universitarios tutelados por el catedrático de Criminología Salomón Borges acaban de descubrir la existencia de un misterioso homicida, oculto durante tres décadas, cuyo modus operandi consiste en escenificar composiciones renacentistas encolando los cuerpos de sus víctimas.

Things haven't been easy for Louise with her three-year-old son, Alfie. Unlike the other women in her NCT, for whom motherhood seemed to come so naturally, she never felt that all-important bond. And she can't help but feel that it's her fault that he now acts out like he does. So when Alfie becomes friends with another boy, Isaac, Louise relieved to see his behaviour improve. But as Louise starts to spend more time with Isaac and his mother, Harriet, she notices things about Isaac—similarities with her and her husband—and feels a bond with him that she has never felt with Alfie.

On a hot midsummer day in the Surrey countryside, close friends Kristin, Vee, Bibi and Hailey are celebrating their Ladies' Team victory at the exclusive Royal Oaks Tennis Club. But when their oh-so-charming coach, Jeremy, collapses after tucking into a carefully decorated sponge cake, it seems the season isn't just ending with a championship trophy—but with a murder.

L’Ombra della Stella è un romanzo giallo/noir, il primo nel quale appare la nuova protagonista Stella Spada. Stella passa da una comoda vita da segretaria ad un impiego presso una società di investigazioni, di cui diventa socia. Da questo momento la sua vita prende una piega estremamente avventurosa. Sullo sfondo Bologna. Una città sempre più misteriosa e pericolosa.

When a freak blizzard descends on Manhattan, Erin O’Reilly plans to take shelter and wait for it to blow over. But Irish mobster Evan O’Malley has other ideas. He’s heard there’s an undercover cop in his organization and wants Erin to unmask the infiltrator. Phil Stachowski, Erin’s handler, is in danger, and he’s gone missing. Erin finds herself plunging into the heart of the storm. She finds one dead cop and another clinging to life. And that’s not the worst of it.

After a family tragedy, a tough Chicago cop returns to her hometown in rural Pennsylvania. Now a detective on the local police force, she investigates the murder of a teenage Amish girl. Soon, her and her son’s lives are in danger as she uncovers the dark underbelly of the picture-postcard town where anyone can be the killer. Book One in the Detective Beth Gould, AMISHLAND, murder mystery thriller series.

The British Museum gets one more corpse than they bargained for as doors open for their new Egyptian exhibit.

Eva ha 36 anni, ama il rock, rifugge il matrimonio e da ragazza mai avrebbe immaginato che si sarebbe guadagnata l'indipendenza lavorando in Polizia. Nel primo episodio della trilogia, la troviamo fresca di trasferimento a Rimini, nella squadra investigativa del nuovo commissariato Marina. Insieme al ruvido commissario Scaringella, al fascinoso collega Nico e agli altri ragazzi della squadra, Eva è chiamata a vegliare sulla tranquillità di una città che d'estate si trasforma in una vera e propria metropoli costiera, più popolosa di Roma e Milano.

Chi era Kenichi Takaoka? Tutto ciò che resta di lui è la piccola impresa edile che gestiva nei sobborghi di Tokyo, il suo minivan, abbandonato sulla sponda del fiume Tama, e una mano. Mozzata e ritrovata per caso in un parcheggio. È la detective Reiko Himekawa della polizia di Tokyo a occuparsi del macabro ritrovamento, e della probabile indagine per omicidio che ne conseguirà, insieme all'ispettore Kusaka, suo nemico giurato. Le cose non sono facilissime per Reiko: troppo giovane e bella per non subire fastidiose discriminazioni in polizia, troppo talentuosa per non attirarsi le antipatie dei colleghi.

Special Agent Constant Marlowe is tasked with taking over the investigation of an obsessed serial killer trolling the small town of Clark Valley in the quiet—and eerie—plains of the Midwest. Two female victims in quick succession, the same brutal MO, and every indication that victim number three is only days away. Also in the killer’s scope is Constant herself. When she interviews a local family who may be potential witnesses, she leads the devil to their doorstep, throwing their lives into chaos.

Divorced, broke, and broken down in the old mining town of Nightmare, Arizona, Olivia Kendrick is desperate for a job. At forty-two years old, she never thought she would be starting over like this, let alone in a tucked-away town filled with tourists, offbeat residents, and an outspoken UFO hunter. Olivia takes a job at a year-round haunted house, but when she arrives for her first day, she faces real horror: a local man's body has been dumped at the front entrance.

It seems Carole Morganwick, the town vet, is from the old school of pet care. But when Stan swallows her pride and brings a very unwilling Nutty in for a checkup, she not only finds Carole dead under a pile of kibble...but also learns that she's in the dog house as the prime suspect! Finding the real killer and clearing her name will require some seriously surreptitious sniffing around...and hopefully, curiosity won't kill this innocent cat.

As bogus corruption charges loom over her, DS Kat Ballantyne finds herself deskbound and stuck with cold cases. Her hated boss, DI Carver, has given her just one week to explain how £50,000 found its way into her bank account. If she can’t, she’ll be lucky to have a desk at all. Then a close friend calls her from a murder scene, claiming to have strangled a local gangster’s wife. Kat has no choice but to disobey orders and investigate. Despite overwhelming forensic evidence supporting her friend’s confession, something still doesn’t add up…

While Geneva Bay’s upper crust gets ready to party down at a Prohibition-themed fundraiser, pizza chef Delilah O’Leary is focused on seeing her struggling restaurant through the winter slow season. The temperature outside is plummeting, but Delilah’s love life might finally be heating up, as hunky police detective Calvin Capone seems poised to (finally) make a move. But Delilah’s hopes of perfecting a new “free-from” pizza recipe for a charity bash are dashed when a dead body crashes the party.

For Melanie Drake, school guidance counselor in a small Virginia town, the day’s challenges typically involve a playground scuffle or a student skipping school. It’s worlds away from her previous career as a vital part of the Office of Special Investigations. There, she devoted herself heart and soul to covert operations, the riskier the better.

In a cave near Weston, potholers discover what they think are human remains. The bones are identified as belonging to Hugo Latchford, a boy who went missing a decade ago, and whose parents belonged to a quasi-religious cult masquerading as environmental activists. It’s not long before rumours that he was sacrificed in a midsummer ritual resurface. Returning to duty from maternity leave, DI Louise Blackwell finds herself leading the investigation, soon discovering that Hugo’s parents are still alive and the cult very much still active.