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The River Lee has always been a part of life – and death – in Cork. Now the bodies of five young men have been found by divers, locked in their car on the riverbed. As the volunteer divers begin the macabre task of extracting the bodies, DCI Katie Maguire investigates a crime where all is not as it seems...

Die Haushälterin Mrs. Emery hat für ein paar Tage frei bekommen und wird durch ihre Nichte vertreten, die junge Miss Turner. Deren Kochkünste sind ausgezeichnet, allerdings bleibt zu viel Essen übrig. Es wird entschieden, die Reste einem Armenhaus zu spenden. Sherlock und Victor begleiten Miss Turner dabei und begegnen dort der verarmten Mrs. Hudson, die einen rätselhaften Schicksalsschlag erlitten hat.

One of a series of exciting adventure stories featuring Leroux's criminal mastermind Chéri-Bibi. When the story starts the "astonishing bandit", Chéri-Bibi, is languishing in a penal colony, somewhere in the darkest regions of the French empire. In the colony he has befriended a more noble type of prisoner, Raoul de Saint-Dalmas, known colloquially as the Nut. The dastardly forces of the Parisian, the Burglar, the Joker and the Caid get their enjoyment from interfering in our heroes' lives.

Nazi London 1936. Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Watson, and Mrs Hudson, marked for death and relentlessly pursued by Inspector Lestrade and the Gestapo as the trio seeks to destroy the fascist occupiers. A labyrinthine plot with a supporting cast including the likes of the Baker Street Irregulars, Professor Moriarty, Sebastian Moran, and Irene Adler will introduce the listener to Sherlock Holmes as he has never been seen before.

Rowan Jackman and Marie Evans are the detectives who take on the toughest cases on the Lincolnshire fens. This time trouble comes in threes. 6 a.m. on a dark autumn morning. Retired detective Bob Ruston is about to feed the dog when the doorbell rings. The man on the doorstep has blood running down his cheek and a look of terror on his face. 'Please! Let me in! They're going to kill me!' Bob sees a handcuff dangling from the man's lacerated wrist.

For 16 år siden blev Caroline Crale henrettet for giftmordet på sin mand, kunstmaleren Amryas Crale, og nu opsøger parrets datter Hercule Poirot for at finde ud af, om hendes mor var så uskyldig, som hun selv påstod. Poirot dykker ned i den splittede families fortid, hvor han møder Carolines lillesøster, der stadig er blind på det ene øje, efter Caroline som barn kastede en saks efter hende i vrede, Amryas' smukke elskerinde, der hævder, at Amryas var parat til at forlade Caroline til fordel for hende, og familiens ven Meredith Blake, som Caroline angiveligt stjal giften fra.

DCI Lesley Clarke has promised her new wife that their Scottish honeymoon won’t be spoiled by murder investigations. But when she’s out for a walk on the first day and finds a body, she can’t help but be dragged into a case. The investigation is taken on by DI Jade Tanner and Dr Petra McBride of the Complex Crimes Unit, along with Lesley’s old colleague DS Mo Uddin. Can the team discover who killed the woman floating in the loch? And will Lesley’s marriage be jeopardised by her obsession with the job before it’s even begun?

221B is more than an address on Baker Street...it is also the code-name for special agents of Her Majesty's Secret Service who are called upon to combat extreme threats to the Realm-Sherlock Holmes, Loveday Brooke and Dr. John Watson. Now they face their most deadly challenge-a shadowy futurist organization called the Hephaestus Ring conspires to subvert the Paris World's Fair and use the opening of the Eiffel Tower to unleash a new terror weapon.

Two cousins, Derek and Nigel Burtell, famously detest one another. Derek Burtell stands to inherit £50,000 under the will of his grandfather at age 25—unless his drug-taking and dissolute lifestyle kill him first, in which case Nigel inherits instead. Dismayed by the latter possibility, Derek's many creditors insure his life with the vast Indescribable Insurance company, and Derek is advised to take a river trip for his health; and curiously it is Nigel whom he chooses to accompany him.

Alma Lee isn’t expecting much at the party she has been invited to. The host is one Baron Edmund Inglethorpe, a rather conventional Victorian aristocrat. Things get more exciting when a gruesome murder unfolds and Alma is forced into a central role in the investigation, uncovering secrets and deceit. With her own freedom at stake, Alma is willing to do anything to prove her innocence to the world.

After a summer spent off the grid in the Colorado Rockies, Detective Jack Martin returns to Telluride and finds the sheriff looking for him. Local school boys have found a body in an abandoned mine with a long history of betrayal and greed. Law enforcement needs Jack’s help to find the killer. But when the number of murder suspects mounts, Jack finds himself in the dark, struggling to piece together the clues. And as his investigation intensifies, so does the danger. Will an avalanche of small-town secrets bury him alive?

Mesterdetektiven Hercule Poirot har trukket sig tilbage til en engelsk landsby for at nyde sit otium i nærheden af sin gode ven Roger Ackroyds gods. Der går dog ikke længe, før Ackroyd bliver myrdet, og mistanken falder på hans søn. Ofrets niece beder Poirot om hjælp til at finde den skyldige, så hendes fætters navn kan blive renset.

An Bord eines nagelneuen Kreuzfahrtschiffs soll sich eine Bombe befinden. Wenn die Reederei nicht 50 Millionen Euro an die Erpresser zahlt, werden über 3.000 Menschen in den Tod gerissen. Die Zeit ist knapp und die Chancen, eine versteckte Bombe auf dem riesigen Schiff rechtzeitig zu finden, sind nahezu aussichtslos. Jeremias Voss ist die letzte Hoffnung für den verzweifelten Reeder.

Kaptajn Hastings opholder sig på godset Styles, da Emily Inglethorp, godsets stenrige ejer, bliver forgivet med stryknin. Heldigvis er Hastings' ven mesterdetektiven Hercule Poirot på besøg i landsbyen, og der bliver straks sendt bud efter ham. Det kommer hurtigt frem, at Emily efter et skænderi med et familiemedlem har tegnet et nyt testamente – et testamente, som ingen kan finde. For at løse mordgåden må Poirot først og fremmest få fat det forsvundne testamente… Hercule Poirot Hercule Poirot er Agatha Christies belgiske privatdetektiv, der er lige så genial, som han er sær.

Den pensionerede politimand Luke Fitzwilliam falder i snak med den ældre dame Lavinia Pinkerton i toget til London. Han tager det ikke alvorligt, da miss Pinkerton fortæller ham, at hun er på vej til Scotland Yard for at anmelde en seriemorder, som allerede har dræbt tre mennesker og snart også vil myrde dr. John Humbleby. Det er først, da han nogle dage senere læser i avisen, at ikke blot miss Pinkerton men også dr. Humbleby er blevet dræbt, at han fatter interesse for sagen og giver sig til at grave i den.

The Ryukyu Islands, a center of diverse cultures, have absorbed martial arts techniques from various nations, giving birth to the distinctive and deadly Okinawan martial arts. This fusion, a product of centuries of trade and cultural exchange, has created a unique style forbidden for use except in self-defense. However, the question arises as to whether this tradition still holds relevance in Japan's current occupation of the island, especially in light of the Meiji Restoration.

Una donna scompare nel nulla, lasciando dietro di sé un marito pittore e una tela incompiuta. Prisco indaga tra silenzi, ossessioni e verità sepolte, in un racconto che mescola arte e dolore. Nel piccolo commissariato de La Bella Napoli, immerso nell'Appennino umbro, il commissario Andrea Prisco affronta la quotidianità con ironia e malinconia, tra colleghi eccentrici e paesaggi sospesi.

Le Club des amateurs de romans policiers s'apprête à délaisser ses débats passionnants sur les mérites comparés des reines du polar anglais, et le thé qui les accompagne, pour fêter au champagne l'anniversaire de l'un de ses membres : Ronnie. L'événement s'annonce d'autant plus mémorable qu'il se tient dans un manoir gothique isolé, Westeraview, perché en haut d'une falaise face à l'océan. Et plus encore lorsque l'un des convives, Sebastian, le neveu de Ronnie, disparaît mystérieusement.

Irene Adler wird in einer großen Zeremonie ein Ring überreicht als Anerkennung für besondere schauspielerische Leistungen. Wenige Tage später erreicht Arsène Lupin erneut ein anonymer Brief, in dem ihn der unbekannte Verfasser dazu auffordert, Irene Adler den Ring zu stehlen. Lupin, der Irene Adler bei ihrer ersten Begegnung äußerst reizvoll fand, lässt sich mit Freude auf diese Aufgabe ein, die er zudem sehr leicht zu bewältigen scheint. Umgehend macht er sich auf den Weg nach London.

¿Qué relación hay entre un intento de suicidio fallido, una acusación de robo injusta contra una alumna y la vida sentimental de un famoso tenista? Cuando se celebra una fiesta en Gull's Point, la casa costera de una anciana viuda, los acontecimientos anteriores alcanzan un punto dramático. Como descubre el superintendente Battle, todo forma parte de un plan cuidadosamente trazado… para cometer un asesinato.