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From one of the bestselling western novelists of all time, comes another classic story. Templeton Lambeth had so desperately wanted a son - an heir to ride by his side through the vast, wild ranges just west of the Pecos River. But to his disappointment, his wife bore a girl. His hopes crushed and in denial, he decides to raise his daughter as if she were a boy. In honor of Lambeth's more successful brother, they named her: Terrill.

Detective Stephen Lavender's wife and children are spending a glorious summer in the picturesque village of Ealing. When the vicar's wife is poisoned, Lavender is asked to review the case. He soon realizes something rotten is festering at the heart of this rural idyll. Convinced the wrong man has been arrested and the killer is still at large, Lavender is also disturbed to discover someone is sending the local gentry vile letters containing outrageous accusations. Could the same hand that drips such poison from their quill also have administered that fatal dose of arsenic?

In 1962, opportunities are typically few for nice Jewish girls clacking away at ninety words per minute in a newspaper typing pool. Except Judy Greenberg isn’t typical. An aspiring reporter in DC, she’s aiming for journalistic greatness—not finding a husband. Just don’t tell her mother. Then one day she answers her boss’s private line. The message is curiously cryptic. It’s also delivered in a Russian accent. Judy is certain she has stumbled upon a scoop.

1873. Eliza Penrose arrives in the gold mining town of Maiden's Creek in search of her brother, planning to make a new life for herself. Instead she finds a tragic mystery – and hints of betrayals by those closest to her. Mining engineer Alec McLeod left Scotland to escape the memory of his dead wife and child. Despite the best efforts of the eligible ladies of Maiden's Creek, Alec is determined never to give his heart again.

1961 plant Queen Elisabeth gerade ihren Staatsbesuch in Italien an Bord der Britannia, als sie eine schockierende Nachricht erhält: Ein Mann behauptet, vom königlichen Zug aus einen Mord beobachtet zu haben. Nun ist der angebliche Zeuge kein besonders vertrauenswürdiger Zeitgenosse – andererseits wird aber just seit dem Tag des möglichen Mordes ein Freund von Prinzessin Margarets neuem Ehemann vermisst. Der jungen Queen bleibt nichts anderes übrig, als in dieser delikaten Angelegenheit selbst zu ermitteln.

Spain's Civil War has been raging for two years, the outcome still in the balance. But rebel General Franco is so confident of winning that he has opened up battlefield tourism along the country's north coast. Jack Telford, a left-wing reporter, finds himself with an eccentric group of tourists on one of the War Route's yellow Chrysler buses. Driven by his passion for peace, Telford attempts to uncover the hidden truths beneath the conflict.

'There was a history in this house, secrets he hadn't even got close to scratching the surface of' Something peculiar is going on at The Lloyd Estate. The enormous house and its vast grounds are rarely seen by outsiders. Only Audrey Lloyd the cantankerous elderly owner and only daughter to the...

Devon, 1929. Members of the Pedhurst and de Reve families gather to hear unpopular matriarch Julia Pedhurst (nee de Reve) read from her late husband's will. One of the house guests is fighter pilot Fred Willets, now an inspector in the Kalgoorlie Gold Squad, who has come to the UK as a beneficiary of the will. When Julia dies before the reading, and another death follows soon after, everybody in the manor house is a possible suspect.

Persuaded by Mrs Bennet to sponsor a London social season for Elizabeth's sister Kitty, the Darcys reluctantly return to the glittering ballrooms and parlours of the fashionable world. There, Kitty meets Harry Dashwood, the handsome young owner of Norland, and they quickly fall in love. But, for the Bennet sisters, it seems the course of true love simply cannot run smooth. No sooner do Harry and Kitty announce their engagement than Harry begins to change.

Award-winning historical novelist James Y. Bartlett has reimagined the great German composer and keyboard virtuoso Johann Sebastian Bach as a cross between Sherlock Holmes and Keith Richards in this imaginative new historical mystery. During a visit to the German city of Kassel to inspect the church’s newly constructed pipe organ, (based on an actual event in his life) Bach, his wife Anna Magdalena and his cousin and personal secretary Elias Bach (who serves as Dr. Watson to Bach’s Sherlock) discover that the pastor of the church may have murdered his young wife.

Four full-cast stories of suspense and mystery from the creator of Dr Gideon Fell This collection of vintage dramatised stories offers a captivating journey through mystery, suspense, and the supernatural. Fire, Burn! transports listeners to the 19th century, where Detective Superintendent John...

Queen Victoria may sit on the throne and Robert Peel's bobbies walk the street, but London is still haunted by the spectre of Spring-heeled Jack. The demons of vice and poverty rule the capital: ruffian gangs, pickpockets, prostitutes and vagrants clog the streets with their iniquity. But in one particular Gower Street residence – home to the famous personal investigator Sidney Grice – order presides. Until, that is, the arrival of his ward March Middleton and the vicious Whitechapel murder that follows hard on her heels...

'Intricate, compelling and intriguing...I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. A triumph of a debut novel' KATE KEMP, author of The Grapevine IN A HOUSE BUILT ON LIES, THE TRUTH WILL GET YOU KILLED. London, 1953. One foggy night, in the dead of February, a diffident young man arrives unannounced...

En junio de 1922, cuando la histórica situación de pobreza y abandono de Las Hurdes está en el centro de la opinión pública española por la inminente visita a la comarca del rey Alfonso XIII, una niña pequeña es secuestrada y asesinada en el monte de La Corderina, cerca de la aldea hurdana de Cambroncino. Para evitar que el rey cancele su visita y con ello se pierdan las inversiones que seguirían a esta, tan necesarias para mejorar la vida de los hurdanos y terminar con la Leyenda Negra de la comarca, las autoridades deciden dar carpetazo a la investigación del crimen.

Primera Guerra Mundial. Mientras las principales ciudades europeas se desangran en el conflicto, Barcelona es una de las grandes perlas del Mediterráneo. A pesar de su condición de territorio neutral, nadie ignora que en la costa hay puertos donde proveerse ilegalmente de combustible y víveres, con el beneplácito de las autoridades locales, y que en el cabo de Ixent llegan submarinos alemanes donde se cuecen todo tipo de intereses y conflictos con servicios secretos, agentes dobles y espías de ambos bandos.

"You're the most famous railroad detective that nobody ever heard of," says railroad tycoon Henry Plant when in May of 1887 he hires Jimmy Lee "Choctaw" Parker to investigate the murder of his head surveyor and geologist Leon Skarvo. In a story that ranges from Tampa to Ybor City and along the Florida Southern Railroad line to Arcadia, Choctaw Parker and his colleagues battle deceitful politicians, bolita gamblers, and ruthless cracker cowboys to uncover the truth in this fast-paced mystery set in Florida during the Gilded Age.

Jack Brogan earned his nickname 'Blood' on the icy shores of the Falkland Islands, a name forged in a conflict he'd rather forget. Now, in the quiet cathedral city of Norwich, 1987, he's just a Detective Constable hoping for a peaceful life. But peace is a luxury a serial killer won't allow. A shadow is stalking the streets, leaving a trail of bodies and a chilling calling card: a perfectly sharpened piece of flint. Each victim is a mystery. Each shard of stone, a silent accusation.

ظن الجميع أن حادث سقوط اميلي أرونديل على كرة من المطاط تركت على السلالم قد تسبب فيه كلبها ولكنها كلما فكرت في سقوطها أكثر زاد اقتناعها بأن أحد أقاربها كان يحاول أن يقتلها، في السابع عشر من شهر ابريل كتبت شكوكها في خطاب وأرسلته الى المحقق هيركيول بوارو، الغريب في الأمر أنه لم يتلق الخطاب حتى الثامن والعشرين من شهر يونيو.. بعد وفاة اميلي بالفعل.

Ein Schriftsteller wird mit seiner Vergangenheit auf mystische Art konfrontiert: Eine Wiedergängerin und ihre Tochter tauchen in seinen Träumen auf und geben ihm Hinweise auf verschiedene Morde in seiner Heimatstadt. Er reist zu seinen Wurzeln und beginnt zu ermitteln. Dabei stößt er auf Todesfälle, die anscheinend mit der Stasi und getarnter Fluchthilfe zu tun haben. Doch dann geschehen weitere Morde und alles deutet auf Rache!

When young Tyballis discovers her husband has been arrested for murder, she is delighted. As a young orphan coerced to marry her abusive neighbor, she was horribly used. Now is her chance to be rid of him for good and find the confidence she never had. When Tyballis joins forces with the motley network of Andrew’s informers and thieves, they are lured into the dark and dangerous world of medieval London’s political intrigue and back alley slums.