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Au sud de l'Australie s'étend une immense plaine désertique, inhospitalière baptisée Nullarbor. C'est dans ce décor hostile que Napoléon Bonaparte dit Bony, inspecteur de la Police de Brisbane, part à la recherche de Myra Thomas, une jeune femme portée disparue depuis plusieurs semaines. Selon une légende aborigène, Ganda, un esprit malin, enlève les jeunes femmes pour les dévorer. Homme de terrain à la double culture occidentale et aborigène, Bony va explorer toutes les pistes pour percer ce mystère.

Hat April May eine neue Karriere als Geisterdetektivin? Ein paar Geister aus der Vaudeville-Ära haben Aprils Teezimmer heimgesucht und bestehen darauf, dass sie nach Lavender Falls reist, um einen verschwundenen Mann zu finden.

Jeri Westerson presents Book 4 in the Irregular Detective series...

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.

Boston PI Sunny Randall investigates a popular book critic on a mean streak . . . only for her to wind up dead, in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parker’s bestselling series. World famous author Melanie Joan Hall asks for Sunny's help in tracking down Book Babe, the screen-name of an...

A religious scandal. A deadly homecoming. Moustafa Ghani El Souwaim has come far in life. Raised illiterate in a remote village in the Soudan, he set out at sixteen to better himself. His journey took him to the great archaeological sites of Africa, where he became a leading researcher versed in...

When the police reach a dead end and witnesses swear they heard terrifying voices speaking in unknown languages, C. Auguste Dupin steps in. The Murders in the Rue Morgue is not merely the first detective story in literary history — it is an intellectual duel with the darkest side of human nature. Edgar Allan Poe masterfully combines Gothic horror with crystal-clear logic. In audio format, the tension becomes almost tangible: every rustle in the night streets of Paris and every piece of the puzzle leads toward a solution that shocks with its unimaginable brutality.

The Murder at the Vicarage introduces Miss Jane Marple, Agatha Christie’s quietly formidable observer of human nature. When Colonel Protheroe is found dead in the vicarage, the village of St Mary Mead becomes a web of suspicion, secrets, and motive. Through careful observation and a deep understanding of character, Miss Marple uncovers the truth where others see only confusion.

Therapeutinnen sind die besten Detektive – das Krimidebüt der internationalen Bestsellerautorin Mit Toten ist man in Westlinke vertraut; die Seven Sisters, weiße, ziemlich hohe Kalksteinklippen, ein Hotspot für traurige Seelen, die ihrem Leben ein Ende setzen wollen. Ermordete hingegen –...

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook. Mr Davenheim, a wealthy financier, leaves his home to mail a letter, then fails to return. The story fills the newspapers and intrigues Hercule Poirot, who challenges Inspector Japp that he can solve...

Squire Vane, a noble man from Cornwall, has three 'peacock trees' in his local village, imported by his ancestors. However, a sinister legend hovers around these trees: it is said that they are destined to spread disease and bring severe misfortune to those who cross them. A rationalist to his core and allergic to any form of superstition, Squire dismisses these rumours as nothing but foolish whispers. But when some local village people raise the topic with Squire, he can take no more – angered, he insists on spending the night sleeping beneath the trees to prove their harmlessness.

Eigentlich möchte Carol nur in Ruhe ihren Lebensabend genießen. Doch das ist nicht so leicht – für eine Serienmörderin. Als sie ins Seniorenheim Sheldon Oaks einzieht, ist Carol selig: endlich ihre eigenen vier Wände. Endlich Freiheit. Denn die letzten 35 Jahre hat sie im Gefängnis verbracht. Wegen siebenfachen Mordes. Carol ist Serienmörderin. Na ja, war Serienmörderin. Jetzt ist sie im Ruhestand. Und froh, in Sheldon Oaks etwas für sie gänzlich Neues zu finden: Freundschaft. Bis genau vor Carols schönem neuen Balkon jemand ermordet wird.

Orlando Pearson takes up his pen once more to give us six more accounts of how Sherlock Holmes altered the course of history. Alma takes Holmes and Watson to Vienna where they meet a famous musician and his famous wife; The Tsar, the Pince-Nez, and the Six-Foot Scowl is the final resolution of The Golden Pince-Nez plus a petition from Sergei Rachmaninov; and The Queen, the Dame, and the Left-Footer sees encounters with three famous women of Holmes's time.

Three eminent chiropodists have been abducted and Holmes is called in to rescue them. His search for them involves Holmes exploring the world of amateur musicians, and, with Watson's help, uncovering the nefarious activities of those involved in the taking and selling of pornographic photographs. In this adventure he has to use his musical skills in addition to his well-known talents for obtaining data and reasoning from those data. He is ably assisted in his investigations by a visiting detective from Glasgow, Superintendent MacPhail, who shares many of Holmes's abilities.

Everyone's watching. Someone's killing. A reality TV show. A two million pound prize. A contestant who'll kill to win. Ex-DCI Luke Sackville thought he'd seen it all-until he's called to investigate 'Shadow Chasers', a ratings juggernaut where contestants chase historical mysteries for the ultimate reward. Luke sends two of the Ethics Team undercover as contestants. While they struggle with cryptic clues, dramatic eliminations and the horrors of communal living, whispers of cheating escalate to murder and Luke realizes someone isn't playing by the rules.

When rising digital creator Sienna Hale is found dead in her luxury condo seated beneath studio lights, camera still recording; the scene feels less like a tragedy and more like a performance interrupted. Detective Alina Varga is assigned to the case, but what begins as a contained investigation quickly fractures into something far more complex. The room is too controlled. The timeline doesn’t hold. And the life Sienna presented online begins to unravel into something carefully constructed; and deeply unstable. As Varga moves through the people closest to her, a pattern emerges.

"Samia's life in Jersey City is a relentless cycle of expectations and invisibility, until a mysterious discovery in her family's attic reveals a legacy steeped in dark rituals and manipulative magic. As her world unravels, Samia must confront the truth about her family's sinister past and the dangerous powers she has inherited. Caught between the weight of generations and her own yearning for freedom, she embarks on a perilous journey of self-discovery. Allies are scarce, and betrayal lurks in every shadow as she battles the forces seeking to control her.

From the internationally bestselling author of Hedshot and Mugshot comes a new Dugan Heywood mystery, HOTSHOT! A Messiah performance is threatened. But who may abide such treachery? Ex-journalist turned church musician Dugan Heywood thought the biggest challenge he’d be facing lately was preparing his choir and that of another nearby church for a combined performance of Handel’s beloved oratorio Messiah.

Un asesino mata siguiendo un patrón oculto en películas emblemáticas. El cadáver de un hombre aparece en un cine para nostálgicos en el corazón de Los Ángeles. Lo encuentran en plena noche sentado en el escenario, con las piernas amputadas y un peculiar pañuelo en la cabeza. A los investigadores la escena les resulta extrañamente familiar. El detective Luca Bruzzo está frente al caso más extraño de su carrera, y también el que ha desenterrado sus miedos más íntimos.

Als Dr. Watson zufällig auf Inspektor Lestrade trifft und ihm bei den Ermittlungen zu einem Mordfall behilflich sein möchte, entsteht eine Kette seltsamer Ereignisse. Falsche Identitäten, Missverständnisse und Verwechslungen verdecken ein älteres Verbrechen, das gesühnt werden will. Sherlock Holmes muss eingreifen.