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"Hotel Evidence" is a brilliant new collection of short stories from the award-winning master of the form, Helen Simpson. With her signature wit, sharp observation, and profound empathy, Simpson explores the quiet complexities, sudden fractures, and unexpected truths embedded in everyday life and human relationships. Moving from the comical to the poignant, these finely crafted narratives offer a powerful, kaleidoscopic look at modern existence, shifting identities, and the invisible ties that bind us together.

A meticulously crafted Golden Age detective story from the legendary Dorothy L. Sayers. When a prominent figure is found dead inside a hermetically sealed study—with doors locked from the inside and no weapon in sight—the local police quickly rule it a tragic suicide. However, the brilliant and aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey notes minute anomalies that others miss. Guided by sharp wit, deductive reasoning, and psychological insight, Wimsey must unravel an ingenious method of murder and expose a killer hidden within a highly deceptive circle of suspects.

In 1969, Bernard Calloway Shute was acquitted of incitement to riot. In 1971, he filed to have his name removed from Indiana’s criminal index. The request was received. It was never cleared. More than fifty years later, Bernard’s daughter discovers the still-active record during a nursing program background check—uncovering a forgotten correction queue buried inside the state’s records system.

Puedes cambiar de aspecto, pero nunca tu esencia. Falcon Island es un refugio de riqueza donde sus influyentes residentes viven bajo la ilusión de seguridad. Sin embargo, todo cambia cuando Eleanor Vance, la reina de la exclusiva Regata Halcón, una competencia que atrae a la isla a miles de turistas cada año, desaparece sin dejar rastro. La situación se vuelve más extraña cuando la familia de Eleanor empieza a recibir cada primero de mes fotografías de ella encerrada en una habitación.

Seeking relief from a sweltering New York summer, Dr. Charles Fortescue witnesses a series of highly peculiar activities through his neighbor's window at the Rosemere apartment building. When a mysterious death occurs shortly after, the quiet neighborhood is plunged into a web of suspicion where...

Ein junger Polizeibeamter aus Oxford, Sergeant William Pittlewith, wird in die ländliche Gegend rund um den berüchtigten Wychwood Forest gesandt, um einen Fall zu untersuchen, der seinen Kollegen kaum der Mühe wert erscheint. Als sich herausstellt, dass dabei deutlich mehr auf dem Spiel steht, als zunächst angenommen, sieht sich Pittlewith der enormen Verantwortung kaum gewachsen. Er erinnert sich jedoch an einen achtzehnjährigen Universitätsstudenten, von dem er weiß, dass dieser ein außergewöhnliches Talent besitzt, selbst den schwierigsten Problemen auf den Grund zu gehen.

A mysterious séance. A brutal murder. A race against time to uncover the truth. When a group of friends gathers for a winter evening at the remote village of Sittaford, a harmless séance takes a chilling turn. The spirit board reveals a shocking message: Captain Trevelyan has been murdered. As suspicion falls on the captain's closest associates, one determined young woman refuses to accept the obvious explanation.

A family breakfast. A casual remark — "the only husband I ever had." And a man whose heart, by lunchtime, will have stopped for reasons that have nothing to do with his heart. Reggie Fortune doesn't investigate. He drawls, he sighs, he says "my dear chap" — and somewhere underneath all that languor, he's already counting the lies. There were two victims that morning. Only one of them was found in the wood.

The Elusive Bullet by John Rhode is a finely crafted Golden Age detective story that showcases the author's hallmark precision, ingenuity, and methodical approach to crime-solving. Featuring the meticulous Dr. Lancelot Priestley, one of classic detective fiction's great analytical minds, the story presents a baffling case in which science and logic are the keys to the truth. When a seemingly straightforward shooting results in a death under circumstances that defy explanation, the physical evidence tells an impossible story: the bullet that should solve the crime appears to have vanished.

In this classic Golden Age mystery by the masterful E. C. R. Lorac, happenstance becomes the ultimate driver of intrigue and justice. When a baffling crime occurs in a seemingly cozy English town, the investigation quickly stalls due to a lack of obvious motives and flawless alibis. However, a chain of unpredictable coincidences and chance discoveries begins to unravel the killer's perfectly orchestrated plot.

La nuova indagine del "Tomba", il solitario vicequestore milanese con la passione per gli Eagles, lo porterà a remare contro le apparenze e contro i suoi colleghi. La cena del Tomba viene interrotta quando un giovane con ferite da arma da fuoco entra nel ristorante e racconta al vicequestore di essere stato aggredito nel vicino Parco Lambro. Il Tomba, però, non è convinto del resoconto del ragazzo.

A refined collection of classic mystery fiction featuring Sherlock Holmes in three memorable cases of stolen jewels, strange injuries, missing persons, and Victorian intrigue. Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary detective returns in suspenseful adventures filled with deduction, danger, and timeless...

Step into a world of hidden identities, royal intrigue, political conspiracies, and murder in The Secret of Chimneys, one of Agatha Christie's most entertaining early mystery novels. When a seemingly ordinary diplomatic mission leads a young adventurer to the magnificent Chimneys estate in the English countryside, he finds himself caught in a dangerous web of international secrets, priceless jewels, suspicious deaths, and unexpected romance. As the mystery deepens, every guest becomes a suspect, and every clue leads to another shocking revelation.

Parigi, cinque del pomeriggio di un venerdì d'agosto, Jules Maigret avrebbe voglia di una birra fresca, invece è costretto ad attendere una chiamata. Il giorno prima si è concretizzata la minaccia. Un certo Mascouvin, impiegato in un'agenzia immobiliare, dice di essere entrato in un bar e di aver letto casualmente un messaggio rimasto impresso sulla carta assorbente: qualcuno ha scritto che ucciderà un'indovina, e si è firmato Picpus.

Eher lustlos löst Oscar Wilde sein Versprechen ein, sich auch weiterhin um die ungelösten Fälle zu kümmern. Doch dann weckt eine Akte sein Interesse. In einem kleinen Ort in der Nähe von Glastonbury wurde vor Jahren die blutleere Leiche einer jungen Frau gefunden.

Süß, garantiert nicht glutenfrei – dafür tödlich gut: Zusammen mit der Dogge ihrer Schwiegermutter ist Kati Blum zur Fastenzeit neuerdings sportlich unterwegs. Dass sie ausgerechnet am Bayreuther Hundestrand über eine Leiche stolpert, ist für die Hobbydetektivin eine willkommene Abwechslung. Das Opfer: ein Konditor, dessen berühmtes Törtchen-Rezept mit ihm verschwunden ist. Während Kripo-Hauptkommissar Lars Winkelmann eine Spur ins Drogenmilieu verfolgt, glaubt Kati, dass Liebe das Tatmotiv gewesen sein muss.

In the competitive world of academia, it’s publish—or perish. When the controversial head of the Animal Science Department at a local university is found dead in her lab, it looks like a tragic accident. But retired detective Mike Atwell knows better. Dr. Valerie Andrews had enemies—plenty...

Discover the writer who readers are describing as unmissable! A businessman found hanged. A tortured and mutilated loaner. High finance has never been so deadly… DI Nathaniel Caslin is spiralling toward a professional crisis. His biggest case in years has collapsed amid accusations of police...

From Stuart MacBride, the Sunday Times bestselling author of the smash-hit Logan McRae series. Move Over Miss Marple . . . The great and the not-so-good are gathered at Skirivour Castle Hotel, in the heart of the Highlands, for the wedding of the year – but they weren’t expecting Detective...

The system is broken - and it wants you dead! An elderly ex-soldier is found dead in his home starved, alone and long forgotten. No one notices. No one cares. The same day, a man walks into a Manchester police station and calmly confesses: "I just killed my father." DI Thomas Ridpath is called...