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“Simenon was fascinated by peculiarities of human personality, which he described in elegant, simple prose . . . as pure as running water.” —Roger Ebert It’s the height of spring, and Maigret is grappling with doubly unfamiliar circumstances. He’s in the surreal new village of...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown delivers a new signature sexy suspense about a detective seeking justice for his murdered wife with the help of a psychotherapist … while fighting an undeniable attraction to her. Two years ago, Detective Mitch Haskell lost his wife to a...

Omicidi e misteri nascosti tra le colline e le coste del Devon e della Cornovaglia sono al centro di questa antologia con i migliori racconti di Agatha Christie ambientati in campagna. Cresciuta a Torquay, nel Devonshire, la celebre giallista ha sempre amato quei luoghi, tanto che molte delle sue storie più belle sono ambientate nelle brughiere e sulle scogliere che circondano la sua città natale. Questa raccolta ne comprende dodici, con un cast di personaggi tra i più iconici della scrittrice: Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Parker Pyne, Tommy e Tuppence.

Agatha Christie è riconosciuta come autrice di straordinari gialli ambientati in fascinose dimore di campagna o in paesi lontani. Eppure molti dei suoi romanzi e racconti hanno come sfondo la città che per anni ha chiamato casa: Londra. Dall'appartamento di Poirot a Scotland Yard, dall'Old Bailey alle linee della metropolitana, la scrittrice conosceva e amava la capitale britannica e ne sfruttava le ricche opportunità narrative. Questa raccolta include dodici gialli londinesi con tutti gli amatissimi detective: Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Harley Quin, Parker Pyne e Ariadne Oliver.

Dieses Hörbuch versammelt sechs raffinierte Erzählungen des legendären Gentleman-Gauners Arsène Lupin aus der Feder von Maurice Leblanc. Zwischen spektakulären Diebstählen, skandalösen Zwischenfällen und überraschenden Manövern zeigt Lupin einmal mehr seine Meisterschaft in Kombinationsgabe, Täuschung, Verkleidung und psychologischer Spitzfindigkeit. Seine charmante und stets spöttische Seite haben ihn zu einer der beliebtesten Figuren der Kriminalliteratur werden lassen. Ein besonderes Glanzstück ist das Duell mit Sherlock Holmes: Logik trifft auf elegante Maskerade.

Detective Constable Tom Kessler has spent his career hunting drug dealers, liars, and violent men. But nothing prepares him for John Falstead, a ruthless crime boss who threatens Tom’s wife and children after a surveillance job goes catastrophically wrong. When Tom realises he can’t protect his family through the system, he turns to the last man anyone would expect: Pete Johnson, a sharpwitted cocaine dealer with a talent for survival and a grudge of his own. Tom should arrest him. Instead, he warns him. And in that single decision, an unlikely alliance is born.

In einer kalten Winternacht gelingt Rockdale die Flucht aus der Nervenheilanstalt in Colney Hatch. Der Ausbruch sorgt für Entsetzen. Schließlich ist das Interesse groß an dem Serienkiller.

L'hydrologue britannique Winston Updown pense avoir enfin trouvé la solution pour résoudre le problème crucial du manque d'eau potable dans le monde. Mais, alors qu'il convoque à Londres, dans le plus grand secret, les meilleurs spécialistes internationaux, il disparaît subitement. Le nouveau directeur du MI5, le service de sécurité intérieure britannique, fait appel à Higgins pour tenter de résoudre au plus vite cette étrange affaire. Curieusement, parmi les invités de la conférence avortée, plusieurs ne sont pas rentrés dans leur pays.

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Mrs. Hudsons Nichte, eine Haushälterin in Ashcroft Manor, berichtet Holmes von den mysteriösen Todesumständen ihres Hausherrn Sir Charles. Angeblich habe ihn der Fluch einer mumifizierten Affenpfote aus Indien getroffen. Er sei aus purer Angst gestorben. Doch Holmes findet schnell einige Ungereimtheiten. Steckt hinter der alten Spukgeschichte ein perfider Mord? Doch wer ist der Mörder? Oder ist am Ende doch der unheimliche Fluch eines Fakirs aus dem Himalaya dafür verantwortlich?

"Adiós, mundo cruel." El famoso escritor Ian O'Shelley se ha suicidado - o al menos eso parece, con una carta de despedida a su lado. Nathalie, que es una gran admiradora del autor, empieza a investigar el caso más concienzudamente y se da cuenta de que O'Shelley era un hombre de muchos secretos. ¿Podría ser que uno de estos le costara la vida? Mientras tanto, la vida privada de Nathalie se está desmoronando - todo por culpa de su traslado a Earlsraven.

Der Versicherungsgründer und Börsenspekulant Charles Tremaine stürzt vom Balkon seiner Villa in den Tod. Anwohner und Polizei wissen: Es war ein Unfall. Wie unangenehm, dass ein Zeuge allerdings Charles' Sohn Jack auf dem Balkon gesehen haben will. Denn Jack hat ein wasserdichtes Alibi … und das ist nicht die einzige Ungereimtheit, auf die Sherlock Holmes und John H.

Cassandra Patton Conover is about to become an outlaw. Searching for her wayward dog in Maine's dense woods, she finds her best friend Shannon crushed under a tree. Nearby she finds tracks larger than any animal she knows. Before she can mourn her friend, Patton is hired to guide a surly reporter seeking proof of the wolves' return into Maine and a forest that's become lethal. A timber company plans to exterminate the entire pack.

A murderess seeking revenge. Can a dedicated detective discover her next prey even though she's targeting child predators? Tampa, Fl. Mike Ash is living the good life. With everything going well in his marriage and career, the seasoned detective confidently reviews video of a recent death and to profile the murderer. And while his gut tells him the assassin is female, the dogged detective fears she's just getting started.

When a reckless pilot named Giles Ducroy accuses Frank and Joe Hardy of destroying his plane, the brothers suddenly find themselves in big trouble—right in the middle of exam week! But that’s just the beginning. Soon, a string of daring robberies rocks the local airport, and all the clues point straight to the Hardys. Framed and running out of time, the brothers must clear their names and uncover the real criminals before the gang’s biggest heist takes off.

DI Henley faces her darkest challenge yet... When a string of grisly murders begins painting the city in terror, DI Henley soon realise a vigilante killer is scalping their victims before leaving them for dead. Henley is thrust into a web of secrets, unravelling connections between the victims...

Sir Augustus Wall, antiquities dealer and amateur sleuth, is hired to track down a blackmailer who threatens the reputation of an American millionaire. When blackmail turns to murder, he must travel up the Nile by steamboat to find the killer.

On a refreshingly cool summer evening in North Carolina, a hog farmer was stunned, then horrified when a light airplane crashed into his hog pens and erupted into flames. The ensuing FAA investigation convinced the small town that the crash was an accident. Except for one person. Ted Grant was an academic colleague and good friend of Dr. David Lanmore', and Ted knew that Dr. Lanmore had just discovered a cure for cancer.

Step into the warm, whiskered world of Whiskers and Whispers, the purr-fectly charming cosy mystery by Penny Bramble. When librarian Tansy Merrow discovers a scruffy ginger cat sneaking into her quiet village library, she assumes he’s just after a saucer of milk. But Whisper has other ideas—and a nose for mystery. When a local historian is found dead and coded messages begin turning up inside library books, Tansy and her feline sidekick are drawn into a trail of secrets, symbols, and long-buried village scandals.

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson werden kurzfristig von einer böhmischen Adelsfamilie engagiert, um einem seltsamen Diebstahl auf den Grund zu gehen. In der Kirche der fürstlichen Residenzstadt wurde eine Grabstelle zerstört, wobei auch zwei mumifizierte Herzen aus ihren Urnen verschwunden sind.