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With a big crowd descending on her Northern Virginia home, it's a good thing event planner Sophie Winston is an expert at entertaining. Whipping up patriotic pastries is as easy as pie for her, though meeting the man her widowed Aunt Melly just impulsively married in Las Vegas is a little more awkward. Especially when Melly's longtime, now-heartbroken secret admirer is there too, which could lead to some fireworks. But the house party really gets explosive when Sophie's favorite tour guide falls victim to a killer—and evidence points to Sophie's own father.

The fabulous Oregon coast is a scenic getaway to behold, but for a gay, autistic travel writer and amateur sleuth, there is no such thing as a vacation from murder… Though sparks flew between travel writer Oliver Popp and extroverted photographer Ricky Warner on their last assignment together, when they're teamed up again for a road trip, they agree to keep things low-key. But that's a little at odds with Oliver's new assignment: finding romance on the Oregon coast. The destination is a picturesque inn overlooking the Pacific.

Ever since Halibut Cove's popular eatery, The Chowder House, started serving matriarch Maggie Holbrook's famous clam chowder it's been in high demand. Cooked up at the restaurant by Maggie's ambitious nineteen-year-old granddaughter, Audrey, the dish even has a regular nightly customer, retiree Chips Hogan . . . until one fateful Sunday night.

In Paris, murder is a dish best served with chocolate éclairs. Starting over in Paris was supposed to be the opportunity of a lifetime for American sommelier Olivia Beech—until her dream job ends in murder. Once a rising star in the wine world, Olivia was one of a handful of women in the...

Convalescing after his recent injuries, Albert Smith is taking it easy … until a face from his past appears on his TV screen and everything changes. There’s an old score to settle and this time his quest for justice will take him from his quiet English home to the foot of the Alps. With Rex faithfully at his side, they hunt for a criminal no one else on the planet even knows exists.

'Few crime writers are so enchantingly gifted' Sunday Times 'One of British crime's most assured craftsmen . . . Crime writing just like in the good old days, and perfect entertainment' Guardian _______________________ For Major Bricket, attending church in his village of Stunston Peveril in...

‘I read it in one sitting!’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review SHE’S A FAN Melody runs a fan account for TV’s hottest regency romance actor, Griff Beckett. But when one of the photos she posts shows Griff in a romantic position with an unknown woman, angry fans turn on Melody and accuse...

Steph Williams and her inimitable dog Mouse are in picture-perfect Greenhaven, Essex - an Art Deco village built for factory workers in the 1920s. Tasked with designing a Centenary Garden, Steph is about to dig up more history than she bargained for. Because Greenhaven's charm hides more than a few tangled roots. From the poison pen of the Green Raven to the prickly Heritage Society, village gossip, rivalries and resentments run as wild as the weeds Steph's here to tame.

Isabel Flores wundert sich. Wer bitte stiehlt in Sant Martí den Nachbarn die Haustiere? Als sie gerade die Neugier packt, ruft Tolo Cabot an, ihr Freund und ehemaliger Kollege bei der Polizei. Er bittet sie erneut um Hilfe in einem Entführungsfall, doch keine Hunde und Papageien, sondern die junge Floristin Paloma Crespí ist spurlos verschwunden. Wieder einmal ist Isabels ganzes Können gefragt – und die Unterstützung des halben Dorfes.

Sam joins Nana Jo and her Shady Acres Retirement Village friends Irma, Dorothy, and Ruby Mae on a weeklong trip to London, England, to experience the Peabody Mystery Lovers Tour. The chance to see the sights and walk the streets that inspired Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle is a dream come true for Sam—and a perfect way to celebrate her new publishing contract as a mystery author.

The second book in the sexy, spicy, hilarious paranormal romance TOTAL CHAOS series! Ava McGuire should be dealing with moving on after her devastating breakup. Instead, she’s been thrust into the world of paranormal. As if learning that your best friend is mated to a serial killer vampire...

Leta Parker has rest and relaxation on her social agenda. Arriving at a luxurious Cotswold estate with her friends for a winter retreat, the recently engaged fifty-something is happily scouting for a wedding venue. But her peaceful trip takes a shocking turn when a viscount's brother winds up dead. Stepping in to assist the lead inspector on site, Leta and the Little Old Ladies Detective Agency discreetly follow clues, track down family tensions, and draft an alarming list of suspects. And as a snowstorm rages outside, she hopes to swiftly snare the killer hiding in the household.

When his bride is discovered lifeless mere hours after their wedding vows, D. I. George Carter's wedding takes a sinister turn. Reluctant guest, Tanya Bowe, an investigative journalist turned local sleuth, who also happens to be George's ex-wife, finds herself at the center of a murder investigation.

For readers of Shark Heart and Hollow Kingdom, a funny, magical, and tender novel following a lonely, conflict-averse man whose sudden ability to understand animals sends him on a wild romp around NYC, and ultimately helps him discover his own voice. Strolling through Central Park on a blind...

Der Gardasee: Lago della morte? Eine Wiener Ermittlerin mit Biss soll eine Auszeit nehmen – und landet bei der italienischen Polizia. Als im Fundbüro eine Schlange abgegeben wird, ist das idyllische Leben in Bella Italia endgültig vorbei. Der Schlangenfinder wird am nächsten Morgen tot aufgefunden. Schnell spricht sich herum, dass es sich um den bekannten Eistüten-König von Sirmione handelt. Selbstverständlich heuert Edwina nun bei der Polizia an und mischt sich – ohne den Commissario Adriano Alceste immer in ihre Unternehmungen einzuweihen – tatkräftig in die Ermittlungen ein.

Cleo St. Clair übernimmt die Leitung von Nizzas Mordkommission. Ihr erster Fall führt sie ausgerechnet in die Parfümfabrik ihrer Eltern, deren Chefparfümeurin Matilde Ducasse getötet wurde. Ein Verdächtiger ist schnell gefunden, das Geständnis unterschrieben. Doch Cleo hegt Zweifel. Welche Rolle spielt der Staatsanwalt, der mehr als nur Interesse an ihr zeigt? Und was haben die Lavendelblüten in Mund, Nase und Lunge der Toten zu bedeuten?

Capitaine Roger Blanc ist von Gadet ins benachbarte Salon-de-Provence versetzt worden, wo er ab jetzt vor allem rätselhafte Cold Cases aufklären soll. Sein erster Fall ist ein Mord, der vor sechs Jahren stattgefunden hat: Damals wurde eine Familie in ihrem Auto auf einem entlegenen Parkplatz in den Alpilles nahezu vollständig ausgelöscht. Ebenso starb dort ein Radfahrer, der scheinbar nichts mit den anderen Opfern zu tun hatte. Blanc und seine Kollegen ermitteln in Eyguières und in Aureille, zwei malerischen Kleinstädten, deren Bewohner jedoch dunkle Geheimnisse mit sich herumtragen.

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Harriet Smith investigates...A murder most Austen. A witty debut whodunit that reimagines Harriet Smith, the gullible sidekick of Jane Austen’s Emma, as a spitfire con woman, hired to break off an engagement and uncover a murderer in the genteel village of Highbury. “Seldom, very seldom...

Im brandneuen Band der erfolgreichen Gardasee-Krimireihe steht die Familie Pitti vor einem scheinbar unlösbaren Rätsel, das in die pompöse Villa Feltrinelli und tief in die dunkle Vergangenheit Italiens führt. In der Redaktion der soeben neu aufgestellten Seezeitung Messaggero del Garda wird die Leiche eines unbekannten Mannes gefunden. Erschossen. Es stellt sich heraus: Der Unbekannte war Gast im besten Haus am Westufer in Gargnano: der Villa Feltrinelli.