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The Sign of the Broken Sword is a short story by G. K. Chesterton featuring his famous characters Father Brown and former criminal Flambeau. At the centre of the story is the mysterious death of General Sir Arthur St. Clare, who was hanged on a tree with his broken sword hung round his neck. It is a detective story and throughout it Father Brown reveals the mystery of General St. Clare.

While Wolf contemplates whether or not to continue investigating, it seems that the dowager has taken matters into her own hands and is investigating a case independently. But why has she gone missing from her home for two nights, and what mischief has she gotten herself into? Tracking down the elderly woman takes Tabitha and Wolf into some of the darkest, most dangerous corners of the city. What on earth is the exasperating dowager caught up in that she seems to have become entangled with London’s prostitutes?

When the dowager countess receives her first assignment as a private inquiry agent from Tuchinsky, an East End gangster, she immediately throws herself into the case with gusto. Meanwhile, Lord Langley hires Tabitha and Wolf for an assignment that takes them deep into London's Jewish neighbourhood. Is there a connection between the two investigations? More importantly, can the two investigative teams work together?

On the island of Jamaica, people have started disappearing without trace. Have they run away, trying to start new lives in the British colony under assumed names, or is something darker afoot? Some of the missing had taken out large life insurance policies before leaving England, and so word of the vanishings reaches Bristol when relatives try to collect their payouts. With suspicion of a grand fraud in the air, ambitious Black barrister’s clerk Isaiah Ollenu is thrown together with pious insurance agent Ruben Ashby and ordered to the Caribbean to investigate.

Findet die Oblatenbäckerin Burgl ihr Glück? Das mitreißende Finale der Saga von Ada Caine 1896: Burgl ist der Neuanfang in Karlsbad geglückt: Die Oblatenbäckerei floriert und Burgl erwartet ihr erstes Kind. Durch die Schwangerschaft braucht sie dringend eine weitere Hilfskraft. Doch in Karlsbad verschwinden plötzlich junge Frauen, auch das Mädchen, das bei Burgl einspringen wollte. Schließlich arbeitet die Gouvernante Hanna mit, die auf eine Anstellung bei einer Gräfin wartet. Als Burgl erfährt, dass es diese nicht gibt, wird sie misstrauisch.

Morderstwo z cieniem Stalina w tle… W letniskowej miejscowości Wyręby zostaje zamordowany starszy mężczyzna Kazimierz Łyczuk. Redaktor lokalnej gazety wyrusza w podróż, by czegokolwiek dowiedzieć się o zmarłym i być może trafić na ślad mordercy. Rozmawiając z ludźmi, którzy znali Łyczuka, odkrywa, że przed laty nierzucający się w oczy staruszek był ważną postacią ocierającą się o szczyty ówczesnej władzy.

Venezia, 1753. In una gelida primavera, una serie di delitti e sparizioni colpisce importanti esponenti della nobiltà veneziana. La vicenda prende subito i contorni di un grande complotto internazionale per colpire il cuore della Serenissima. Marco Leon, agente segreto dell'Inquisizione di Stato, è chiamato a indagare, ma la posta in gioco è altissima: i nuovi magistrati dell'Inquisizione sono infatti decisi a sciogliere gli Angeli Neri, il corpo di agenti segreti che lo affianca da sempre nelle indagini.

The Monastery at Whitby is ruled over by the powerful and independent Abbess Hild. But when she needs someone to confide in, she turns to the honest warmth of her friend Fridgyth, the half-pagan herb-wife. A divisive and life-altering decision taken at the Great Synod is swiftly overshadowed as the monastery is ravaged by a deadly plague. As she tends the sick, Fridgyth starts to suspect that not all the deaths are natural. Despite Hild's stern warnings "not to meddle" she sets out to investigate.

Sia Fitzgerald che Moriarty si recano a Innsmouth, la roccaforte del culto dei Grandi Antichi. Holmes e Watson li seguono attraverso l'oceano e scoprono una struttura progettata per consentire a questi demoni di penetrare nel nostro mondo e provocare orrori a causa dei quali, se non annientati, tutta l'umanità verrà soggiogata. Tuttavia, quando viene distrutta, le persone continuano a trasformarsi e a impazzire.

1903. A darkness has descended on London. A series of grisly murders are uncovered, trophies taken, bodies arranged and soon there are whispers of Jack the Ripper’s return. A new client arrives at Baker Street seeking Sherlock Holmes’s help: Dr. Jekyll claims his friend has been wrongfully accused of the hideous crimes, a friend called Mr. Edward Hyde, whose very existence relies on a potion administered by the doctor himself. But the case becomes more complicated, more unsettling than simply proving Mr. Hyde’s innocence.

In this thrilling supernatural mystery, Sherlock Holmes and Count Dracula must join forces to banish a terrible enemy. Sherlock Holmes is dead. His body lies in a solitary grave on the Sussex Downs, England. But Dr. Watson survives and is now given permission to release tales in Sherlock’s “classified dossier”, those cases that are, dear listener, unbelievable - for their subject matter is of the most outré and grotesque nature.

Sebastian Cynster knows time is running out. If he doesn't choose a wife soon, his female relatives will line up to assist him. Yet the current debutantes do not appeal. Where is he to find the right lady to be his marchioness? Then Drake Varisey, eldest son of the Duke of Wolverstone, asks for Sebastian's aid.

After the old gods warred and drove themselves to extinction, the cataclysm of their fall shattered the land of Vigrio. Now, power-hungry jarls carve out petty kingdoms, and monsters stalk the shadow-haunted woods and mountains. A world where the bones of the dead gods still hold great power, promising fame, and fortune for those brave - or desperate - enough to seek them out. As whispers of war echo over the plains and across the fjords, fate follows the footsteps of three people. All three will shape the fate of the world, as it once more teeters on the edge of chaos.

. Mister Slaughter opens in the emerging metropolis of New York City in 1702, and proceeds to take both Matthew and the reader on an unforgettable journey of horror, violence, and personal discovery. The journey begins when Matthew, now an apprentice problem solver for the London-based Herrald Agency, accepts an unusual and hazardous commission. Together with his colleague, Hudson Greathouse, he agrees to escort the notorious mass murderer Tyranthus Slaughter from an asylum outside Philadelphia to the docks of New York.

Maurice Leblanc, a writer of detective fiction during the same period as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, created Arsene Lupin, a sort of French Robin Hood. An inventive genius, a master of disguise, and an accomplished actor, Lupin operates in the choice chateaux and salons. He scorns sham and with great disdain leaves his card in a baron's residence. The card reads, "Arsene Lupin, gentleman-burglar, will return when the furniture is genuine."

On assignment for the Bureau of Investigation in the summer of 1927, Trey Ramsey seeks information regarding the disappearances of young Sioux women from their reservations in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Meanwhile, young rancher Kate Connolly is at the right place at the right time to thwart an assassination attempt on the president of the United States, who has made the State Game Lodge in South Dakota his "Summer White House".

Lane Sanders and her fiery boss, Mayor Fiorello “Fio” La Guardia, have managed to contain the explosive underground conspiracies of New York’s most sinister schemers. But after a seemingly harmless pinball racket claims the life of a trusted ally, a new ringleader signals the rebirth of an all-too-familiar crime network at home and across the pond.

The story you’re about to hear is the second Charlie Chan novel, and it features a parrot named Tony who is witness to a crime. The unusual bird spoke Chinese and had a less-than-perfect use of English grammar but was killed by the criminals as a precaution. Chan himself was a friend of a family selling jewels and agreed to deliver them on his first trip to mainland California. While there he masquerades as a pidgin-speaking cook during his undercover investigation. His profound and original intelligence offers genial humor and witty dialogue.

The monsoon has started and as Bombay grapples with rain-induced chaos, a new case arrives at Malabar House. A man has been found frozen in the foothills of the Himalayas, near the town of Dehra Dun, his face crushed. The case is handed to the unflappable Inspector Persis Wadia and the man is christened 'The Ice Man' by the national media. Who is he? How long has he been there? Why was he killed?

Das tief in den nebelverhangenen Bergen gelegene Dorf der acht Gräber verdankt seinen Namen einer blutigen Legende: Im sechzehnten Jahrhundert wurden acht Samurai, die dort mit einem geheimen Schatz Zuflucht gesucht hatten, von den Bewohnern ermordet, was einen schrecklichen Fluch über ihr Dorf brachte. Jahrhunderte später kommt ein mysteriöser junger Mann namens Tatsuya in die Stadt und hat eine Reihe von tödlichen Giftmischungen im Gepäck. Der unnachahmlich verschrobene und brillante Kosuke Kindaichi nimmt die Ermittlungen auf.