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Der gewitzte Pater Brown hat ein gefährliches Hobby: Er löst mysteriöse Kriminalfälle durch Intuition und Einfühlungsvermögen. Vor allem sein hellsichtiger Blick auf die Seelenzustände der Täter lässt den gewitzten katholischen Priester bei seinen Ermittlungen ein ums andere Mal die verzwicktesten Fälle lösen.

Bradley Montgomery, dessen Familie ein großes Landgut in Windsor besitzt, bittet Pater Brown, seinen Sohn in der Familienkapelle zu taufen und an den daran anschließenden Feierlichkeiten teilzunehmen. Am Morgen der Taufe erscheint Bradley Montgomerys Schwägerin Clara Montgomery, die als Patin vorgesehen war, nicht in der Kapelle. Die junge Frau wird schließlich erschossen im Garten des Anwesens aufgefunden. Für die Polizei in Windsor deutet alles auf Selbstmord hin.

Once again, the master detective must solve three tricky cases. What's behind the School of Crime in London? No one believes in a werewolf at Blackwood Castle? But what secret lies hidden there? Although the case of the Black Abbot is supposed to be over three hundred years old, a sinister monk is once again up to no good in the old abbey.

Sir Reginald Musgrave zuckt darüber nur die Achseln und hält dies alles bloß für eine etwas schrullige Familientradition. Doch als zwei Bedienstete auf dem Stammsitz der Musgraves unter geheimnisvollen Umständen spurlos verschwinden, ist Sir Reginald sich nicht mehr so sicher, ob hinter dem unheimlichen Schriftstück nicht vielleicht doch etwas mehr steckt als zunächst vermutet. So wendet er sich um Rat an einen alten Bekannten aus Studienzeiten am College.

Jim Grant is in Boston on temporary assignment from England and his instructions are simple: don’t get involved and keep out of trouble. But for Grant, keeping out of trouble isn’t an option. Never was and never will be.

Saving a senator’s daughter from LA’s porn industry is one gig that needs serious discretion. But discretion is not Jim Grant’s specialty. Los Angeles, CaliforniaIt’s not long before Grant finds himself on live television busting an armed robbery, spreading his arms wide to show he’s unarmed—the same pose that earned him the nickname “Resurrection Man” in Boston. The spotlight may be good for Grant’s profile, but it’s bad for his health. The Dominguez drug cartel is looking for him, and his work for the senator has uncovered a ring of dirty cops who want him out of the way.

An elderly French artist is found dead in his rooms in London clutching a miniature portrait of a little girl. Intrigued, Constable Sam Plank delves into the world of art dealing and finds himself navigating the fragile post-war relationship between England and France. What is the link between this and the recent attacks on customs officers in London Docks? And will a beautiful mademoiselle put paid to Martha Plank’s matchmaking?

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook. Around the dinner table, Mrs Bantry recounts the tale of a dinner where everyone became ill and one young lady died from poisoning, after foxglove leaves had been mixed in with the sage and fed to...

Lucian Reeve never meant to reopen the past—but a single key demands its keeper. When a tarnished key is left mysteriously on his desk, archivist Lucian Reeve is drawn into a chilling mystery he thought he’d sealed away forever. As he investigates its origins, he uncovers a name long erased from the records, an ominous bell that rings only at dusk, and a silence too deliberate to ignore. Haunted by the past and driven by the need to understand the present, Lucian's search leads him to a collector with dark motives, an enigmatic estate, and a chilling connection to a long-forgotten case.

Step into the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian London with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle—a timeless collection of twelve masterfully crafted mysteries that first captivated readers in 1892. Narrated by the loyal and observant Dr. Watson, these iconic short stories introduce the world to the brilliant consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, whose razor-sharp logic and unconventional methods forever changed crime fiction.

A priceless royal treasure. A desperate father. A broken coronet with three missing beryls. In The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, Sherlock Holmes is drawn into one of the most emotionally charged and high-stakes cases of his career. When a distinguished gentleman seeks Holmes’s help after a glittering coronet is mysteriously damaged in his own home, suspicion falls on his own son — but nothing is as simple as it seems.

Step into one of the most unsettling and atmospheric cases in the Sherlock Holmes canon with The Adventure of the Copper Beeches by Arthur Conan Doyle.

When sisters Rachel and Jennifer Murdock receive a letter from Miriam Hamilton, the daughter of the man who, decades earlier, swindled their father, inviting them to her luxurious home and offering financial amends, the sisters accept and head off with their beloved cat, Samantha, in tow. Shortly after they arrive, they meet their host―or rather, her body. Miriam has been murdered in her bed, and two things become clear: their invitation came with strings attached, and around the many corners of Miriam's capacious home, strange things are afoot.

On a culinary tour of the British Isles, retired Detective Superintendent Albert Smith and snarky former police dog Rex Harrison find something quite unexpected waiting for them at their B&B... it’s the almost-dead body of their landlady.

In allen Fällen, in denen der bücherlesende Polizist ratlos oder überfordert ist – Philip Maloney klärt alle haarsträubenden und schockierenden Verbrechen auf: ganz gleich, ob es sich um eine verschwundene Leiche, eine ermordete Dame, einen verschollenen Zwillingsbruder oder eine komplexe Ehescheidung handelt. Und das lapidare Fazit ist immer gleich: So geht das!

Every journey might start with a single step, but where does it end? Albert Smith and his faithful dog, Rex Harrison, have been on the road for far longer than they ever expected, but they can’t go home yet. Not until they solve one final case. Following a near-invisible breadcrumb trail of clues to find a character they know only as ‘The Gastrothief’, the man and dog duo find themselves in a remote village on the Welsh coast. Miles from home and without a friend in sight, do they really stand a chance against this invisible enemy and his merciless agents? Of course they don’t.

On the southeast coast of England, three wines growers have just gone missing and a fourth was found dead at the scene. Could this be the work of the master criminal Albert Smith has been chasing all over the country? You'd better believe it. Rushing back to his home county, Albert hopes to pick up the trail once more. With trusted former police dog, Rex Harrison, at his side, the duo begins to snoop …… but they have no idea the perpetrators are still there. Worse yet, the criminals know who Albert is and they’re not about to let him spoil their plans again.

Arriving in the famous English seaside resort, Albert plans only to reminisce about a childhood holiday more than seventy years in the past. While there he will eat the town's most famous creation - the sugary treat known as rock. But when he walks into a shop being shaken down by heavies enforcing a protection racket, all thoughts of relaxation go out the window.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson help an old friend search for a missing family member. Weeks later, Inspector Lestrade calls them to a suspicious death. Finally, a telegram summons the pair to Paris. These three seemingly unrelated incidents lead the detective to uncover an international mystery that stretches across the borders of three countries, dominated by deception and death. Holmes and Watson join forces with the Paris police to investigate a series of arson fires and three deaths that lead them to murder.

Snoozing on the train ride into Dundee, a horrified scream tears both Albert and Rex from their dreams and back to reality …… where they discover a woman has just witnessed a murder. It would be easy to dismiss her claim; she saw something in the window of a house as the train went by, but when there are dangerous men waiting for her at Dundee station, Albert has to accept she might be onto something.