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The Discoveries Of Sherlock Holmes is a series of Sherlock Holmes stories that give fans the opportunity to sample Sherlockian writers from all over the world. One story per writer will appear each month. Number IX is Paula Hammond.

A body in the harbour. A yacht full of secrets. And a race against the tide to find the truth. With her ice cream shop thriving, Lily feels at home in the close-knit Isles of Scilly. And now that she’s uncovered the shop’s true owner, she hopes the long-held mystery of her unconventional childhood will soon be solved. But when her friendship with the charming PC Grainger hits troubled waters, she has little time to dwell—especially after a customer is found floating lifeless in the harbour.

Poirot’s peace is disturbed when a local gentleman, Roger Ackroyd, is found murdered in his study. Clues include a vanished letter, a scrap of cambric cloth, a goose quill, and an elaborately tooled Tunisian dagger. We follow Poirot, aided by the village doctor, James Sheppard, as he traces his way through a tangle of suspects that include Ackroyd’s sister-in-law, niece, secretary, adopted son, and housemaids—all of whom appear to have motives for killing him.

Thóras klient Markús Magnússons barndomshjem er et af de huse, der skal graves ud, men han har gjort indsigelse og forlangt at få lov til at gå alene ned i husets kælder, inden arkæologerne tager fat. I kælderen ligger et hoved og ligene af tre mænd, der er blevet banket til døde. Markús' veninde findes snart efter død i sit hjem. Det formodede selvmord viser sig hurtigt at være mord, og de to mordgåder flettes nu sammen i en forrygende opbygget intrige.

Gereon Rath, en ung, desillusioneret kriminalassistent fra Køln, bliver overflyttet til Berlin, efter at han i selvforsvar har dræbt en psykopatisk massemorder. I Berlin opdager han liget af en mand i en bil i floden Spree. Offeret, en russer, er helt tydeligt blevet både tortureret og myrdet, før han blev kørt i vandet. Inden Rath når at se sig om, er han dybt involveret i at optrevle en kontrarevolutionær plan om at smugle guld for en værdi af 80 millioner rigsmark fra det kommunistiske Rusland til Berlin.

Ein bereits vor Monaten Verstorbener dringt in ein angesehenes Londoner Anwesen ein - dessen Hausherr wird daraufhin tot aufgefunden. Eine Geistergeschichte und damit Stoff für die Klatschpresse oder doch ein Fall für Sherlock Holmes? Könnte es sich beim Tod des Verdächtigen um einen Irrtum handeln? Holmes, Watson und Adler ermitteln, aber alle Spuren verlaufen zunächst im Sande...

From the author of The Woman in the Garden, Jill Johnson is back with another gripping Professor Eustacia Rose Mystery... Betrayal is a bitter poison . . . After getting caught in the middle of a murder investigation involving her very own poisonous plants, Professor Eustacia Rose was sure...

DI Tom Janssen is currently suspended pending the outcome of the events at the close of his previous case. Using the time away from the office to consider his future, and how this will impact on his family life, Tom is invited to attend a school reunion which he reluctantly agrees to. Coming face to face with people he hasn't seen in years leads to more than a reunion of old friendships. Some people find it hard to let go of the past while others foster long-held grudges. It isn't long before Tom finds old feuds rekindled and scores that aim to be settled... one way or another.

In 2012, Mike and Christine Hawker disappeared. Vanished without a trace. Christine while making breakfast for the children, Mike, less than two hours later. They were never seen again. Described by all who knew them as the perfect family, the Hawkers were devoted to each other and had no known personal or financial issues. So why disappear? Mike Hawker’s body is discovered twelve years later, and DCI Meredith’s cold case review team take on the case.

Когда Джорджа Эббершоу приглашают на уик-энд в Блэк-Дадли, он видит в этом шанс сделать предложение Мегги Олифант. Но безобидное развлечение гостей превращается в смертельную игру, и поиск преступника теперь занимает Джорджа больше, чем будущая помолвка.

Til en ungdomsfest praler den unge Joyce Reynolds af at have været vidne til en forbrydelse: ”Jeg så et mord,” siger hun … Hercule Poirot tror dog ikke på hendes historie. Og heller ingen andre tror tilsyneladende på hende, men det koster hende livet, og da festen er slut, finder man hendes lig. Poirot bliver overtalt til at påtage sig opklaringen, og han opdager snart, at livet i denne lille forstad til London ikke er nær så fredeligt som først antaget.

Der sker mærkelige ting på plejehjemmet Ömheten: Et mystisk indbrud efterfulgt af et dødsfald vækker mistanke hos den pensionerede politimand Tore Lindahl. På Norrtelje Dagblad keder ferieafløseren, journalist Veronika Wiklund, sig, så da Tore kontakter hende om sin mistanke, begynder de straks at efterforske sagen sammen. Dødsfaldet på Ömheten fører dem ind i et virvar af forbrydelser. Spørgsmålene vokser i takt med, at de graver dybere i sagen.

In Shelby's Zirkus, der gerade in London gastiert, findet ein Raubtierdompteur auf grausame Weise den Tod - sein eigener Schützling, ein Weißer Tiger, reißt ihn in Stücke. Bloß ein schrecklicher Unfall oder steckt mehr dahinter? Holmes und Watson ermitteln - bis eine Spur schließlich in weite Ferne führt.

The oldest bonds are the hardest severed. When Fabio’s aunt Lucretia flexes her match-making muscles, he seeks escape from a marriage to shy, bored Adriane. Luckily, his friend Petros needs help investigating a possible rebellion in Vademlutra. All Fabio has to do is pretend to be poor and keep his wits about him. Certain there’s nothing to investigate, Fabio settles down for a week in the tavern until a lost young woman in the woods captivates him. Where is she from and why is she so keen to die?

During a sultry London summer, the capitol is stricken by an outbreak of what newspapers soon dub “Sleepwalking Hysteria.” Strangely, nearly all the somnambulists are lissome young ladies from good homes. Stranger still, many of the sleepwalkers are committing crimes including burglary and arson, while others simply vanish into the night, never to be seen again. Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde are swept up in the case when they try to rescue one such somnambulist only to watch her plummet to her death.

Het is 1799. Als rekruut van het Britse leger belandt Sharpe in India, waar hij het moet opnemen tegen een lokale potentaat, de Tippoo van Mysore, een man die zich steeds laat omringen door tijgers. Maar het gevaar schuilt niet alleen in vijandige rangen. Sharpe's gevaarlijkste tegenstander is sergeant Hakeswill, zijn meerdere.

Centraal staat de botsing tussen religies in Engeland aan het einde van de 5de eeuw. Heidenen en Christenen staan met getrokken wapens tegenover elkaar, maar ook de godin Isis speelt nog een rol. Arthurs wijze raadgever, Merlijn, is dan weer op jacht naar de laatste mystieke schat van Engeland: de Ketel van Clyddno Eiddyn… oftewel de Heilige Graal.

It’s Tamsyn Poldhu’s first day as a police constable in her home town of Penzance in Cornwall. She already knows that life can be cruel, but she has no idea how tough it’s going to be. Detective Inspector Rob Rego has just transferred to the coastal southwest from Greater Manchester Police, and he gets seasick just looking at a boat. When a body washes up on a remote Cornish beach, Tamsyn’s involvement in the case goes deeper than she could ever have imagined.

Frankrijk, Gascogne, de 14de eeuw. Thomas van Hookton is een uitzonderlijk begaafde boogschutter in het leger van de Engelse koning Edward. Thomas redt een jonge vrouw van de brandstapel en wordt daardoor beschuldigd van de misdaad die voor haar tot de doodstraf leidde: ketterij. Thomas en Vrouwe Geneviève slaan op de vlucht. Heel ver wegvluchten wil Thomas echter níet, want in Gascogne hoopt hij de moordenaar van zijn vader te vinden.