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When Mary Russell was a child, she adored her black sheep Uncle Jake. But she hasn’t heard from him in many years, and she assumed that his ne’er-do-well ways had brought him to a bad end somewhere—until he presents himself at her Sussex door. Yes, Jake is back, and with a load of problems for his clever niece. Not the least of which is the reason the family rejected him in the first place: He was involved—somehow—in the infamous disappearance of the Irish Crown Jewels from an impregnable safe in Dublin Castle.

Ever since a man was found dead in Vera's teahouse, life has been good. For Vera that is. She’s surrounded by loved ones, her shop is bustling, and best of all, her son, Tilly, has a girlfriend! All thanks to Vera, because Tilly's girlfriend is none other than Officer Selena Gray. The very same Officer Gray that she had harassed while investigating the teahouse murder. Still, Vera wishes more dead bodies would pop up in her shop, but one mustn't be ungrateful, even if one is slightly...bored.

ما مدى معرفتنا بأولئك الذين نعتبرهم الأقرب إلينا؟ أصدقاؤنا وشريك حياتنا وعائلتنا. هل نعرف حقًا أسرارهم؟ هل يمكننا معرفة ما إذا كانوا يخفون أشياء عنا؟ أم أن حبنا...

For twenty years, Sciona has devoted every waking moment to the study of magic, fuelled by a mad desire to achieve the impossible: to be the first woman ever admitted to the High Magistry at the University of Magics and Industry. When Sciona finally achieves her ambition and becomes a Highmage, she finds her challenges have just begun. Her new colleagues are determined to make her feel unwelcome – and instead of a qualified lab assistant they give her a janitor. What neither Sciona nor her peers realize is that her taciturn assistant was not always a janitor.

Aleksandra Daniels is settling into her new home in Bellamy Bay, North Carolina. She loves her apothecary job, and is enjoying getting to know her boyfriend, local detective Jack Frazier. But she’s still trying to figure out her magical powers. Leaves are changing, pumpkins are being picked, and the small coastal town is caught in the excitement of the approaching Oktoberfest. Alex’s friend Pepper is more excited by the anniversary of a cold case she’s helping her boss, Jonah, investigate.

Born mute, twenty-two year-old Alice has never known a normal life. Kept from the outside world by her cruel mother and overbearing father, her only friend is her neighbor Hailey with whom she communicates through sign language. When Alice's father is diagnosed with terminal cancer, Alice must attend and care for him, all the while listening to his feverish drug-induced ramblings. That is until, in his final days, he reveals something Alice never expected. He confesses to murdering several women.

It’s a steamy, restless end of the school year in New Orleans. Sister Holiday is finishing her music classes and preparing for her permanent vow ceremony, a pivotal moment in her journey of faith. But when one of her favorite students is found dead of a fentanyl overdose, Sister Holiday and her partner-in-PI, Magnolia Riveaux, are determined to track down the drug dealers. As students continue to fall prey to this sinister drug, Sister Holiday becomes more desperate to stop the epidemic—while facing her own past with addiction, a demon that is never too far.

The steel mills are in decay and work is tenuous. Eleanor and Josh have accepted an opportunity for an interview, the last for four with a power plant in Texas. But there is a problem at the plant that no one confesses to, leaving the Bats mutated and used as lab specimens. The project is called the EchoLocation Project. Eleanor has nightly visitors from the BAT kingdom seeking help from her. She needs to find out what's going on at the Plant. Her involvement puts the family in harm's way and needs rescue.

The Historical Lady Detectives introduces us to two lady detectives. The first long story, "The Disappearing Mr Fox," is about Victorian novelist, Mrs Hogarth. The second long story, "Bicycles, Bloomers and Blackmail," is about Edwardian, Dulcie Starkadder who sets up a detective agency.

The roads around Dingle are whisper-quiet in the small hours of a rainy night, empty of the tourists who throng the town by day. As she and her assistant, Patrick, drive home after an already traumatic day, Dimpna Wilde isn’t expecting to see anyone, let alone her employee, Niamh, standing in the road, dressed in a nightgown and soaked to the skin. Dazed and distraught, Niamh passes out after muttering incoherently, and at her apartment, Dimpna and Patrick make a grisly discovery.

It’s a ticket to paradise. Flight 868 with nonstop service to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Over a dozen tipsy passengers are off to a destination wedding. A team of high school baseball players are headed to a tournament. The plane is packed with people eager to escape their lives, and others who can’t wait to return to their beloved home. But sweet anticipation turns to terror when a lightning strike short-circuits the avionics and plunges the plane into darkness.

Nancy Drew meets P-Valley in a unique blend of thrilling crime fiction, timely social commentary, and the power of sisterhood in this captivating homage to the “lesser dead” for fans of Rachel Howzell Hall, Kellye Garrett, Wanda M. Morris, and Denise Mina. When former Atlanta stripper-turned-reporter Keke McCoy finds fame after solving the gruesome ritualistic murder of a fellow dancer, she’s tapped to investigate the unsolved disappearance of underage dancers from her teenage stomping grounds, The Pimp Palace.

Lust darauf, die gesellschaftlich erwünschte Mama-Fassade zu kultivieren, hat Finja keine. So gar keine. Denn der Alltag mit schulpflichtigen Drillingsmädchen ist alles andere als häusliche Idylle. Wenn die anderen Eltern wüssten, dass Finja beruflich zu allem Überfluss auch noch Schmuddelromane schreibt, könnte sie ihren Ruf komplett in die Tonne treten. Warum sie trotz alledem im Elternverein der Klasse ihrer Töchter sitzt, kann sie sich selbst nicht so genau erklären. Das muss so eine „Ich gebe euch den kleinen Finger … und schwupps, weg ist komplette Arm-Sache gewesen sein.

Oxford private detective Zoë Boehm turns up dead in Newcastle, launching her friend Sarah Tucker into an investigation with several leads—but no one she can trust. When a body is hauled from the River Tyne, Sarah Tucker heads to Newcastle for a closer look. She identifies the dead woman as private detective Zoë Boehm, but putting a name to the corpse only raises further questions.

Far from England and their beloved Morrington Hall, Viscount “Lyndy” Lyndhurst and his American wife, heiress and equestrian Stella Kendrick—now Lady Lyndhurst—find fossils and murder in Montana. Led by his passion for paleontology, Lyndy’s father, Lord Atherly, has traveled all the way to Montana, to explore the fossil-rich horse ranch owned by Stella’s mother, Katherine, and her second husband, Ned Smith. Urged by Lady Atherly to look after her husband, Stella and Lyndy follow in his wake. Stella is excited to be reunited with her mother, and Lyndy is eager to experience the real Wild West.

When successful Rhode Island real estate agent Lucy Mendoza vanishes, leaving her baby behind in a grocery store parking lot, the news quickly makes national headlines. Lucy’s best friend, Michelle, is devastated, and terrified that Lucy’s life is at stake. But she knows something that could complicate the police investigation.

Mercy and Troy are looking forward to baby Felicity’s first holiday season, and they’re determined to make it a Christmas to remember. At Northshire’s annual Solstice Soirée, hosted by Northshire’s finest and funded by Mercy’s billionaire pal Feinberg, Amy’s little girl Helena is sitting on Santa Claus’s lap. She’s telling him she’d like a Bitty Baby doll just like little Felicity when the bearded man leaps up, thrusts the toddler at her mother Amy, and staggers away from the festivities.

In Wien sorgt die verschwundene Leiche eines Millionärs für Schlagzeilen ... Nun, da ihre Kolumne über Aberglauben ein voller Erfolg ist, will die junge Journalistin Sarah Pauli eine neue Serie über das mystische Wien starten. Spannende Informationen dazu erhofft sie sich von der Fremdenführerin Erika, die Führungen zu den geheimnisvollen Orten der Stadt veranstaltet. Doch kurz vor ihrem Treffen verschwindet Erika spurlos.

Escape Game im Museum? Man könnte fast denken, man wäre mitten in einem–allerdings ohne der üblichen sechzigminütigen Zeitbegrenzung–als während der Pressekonferenz zu einer aufsehenerregenden Ausstellungseröffnung mit Artefakten aus dem Alten Ägypten ein Museumsmitarbeiter nach dem anderen spektakulär zu Tode kommt. Es stellt sich die Frage: Gibt es eine logische Erklärung für die Ereignisse, oder ist etwas weitaus Unheimlicheres im Gange? Geht etwa eine Mumie im Blutrausch um? Kann man seinen eigenen Sinnen eigentlich noch trauen?

Es war eine rauschende Feier. Am nächsten Tag liegt Kira Westerlund ermordet im Ehebett, geknebelt und mit einer Plastiktüte erstickt. Der Mord an der beliebten Moderatorin versetzt das friedliche Finnland in einen Schockzustand. Kriminalkommissarin Leena Victor hat bei Gewaltdelikten gegen Frauen landesweit die beste Aufklärungsquote, die eingerichtete Sonderkommission braucht sie eigentlich. Doch sie war Gast auf der Party und hat außerdem Urlaub.