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In 19th century Bombay, Captain Jim Agnihotri channels his idol, Sherlock Holmes, in Nev March’s Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award-winning debut. In 1892, Bombay is the center of British India. Nearby, Captain Jim Agnihotri lies in Poona military hospital...

Die Light-Novel-Vorlage zum Manga-Hit endlich als Hörbuch – eine gewitzte Apothekerin, ein mysteriöser Eunuch und spannende höfische Intrigen! Maomao ist eine unscheinbare Dienerin am Kaiserlichen Hof. Zumindest bemüht sie sich, so gesehen zu werden. Denn seit sie in den Dienst des Kaisers...

Hercule Poirot und Arthur Hastings müssen sich gemeinsam einem teuflisch kniffligen Fall stellen. Poirot hat einen Brief erhalten, der einen Mord durch die Hand seines mysteriösen Absenders, „A.B.C.“, ankündigt. In einem Wettlauf gegen die Zeit müssen die beiden Freunde die komplizierte Logik des Täters durchschauen, bevor am nächsten Ort in alphabetischer Reihenfolge jemand sein Leben verliert. Doch mit jedem Mord kommen mehr und mehr Verdächtige in Frage.

“Robert Harris is, simply put, masterful.”—Karin Slaughter A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the Great War from the bestselling author of Act of Oblivion, Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, and Conclave. Summer 1914. A world on the...

Lizard Village, 1903. It's the beginning of a new century, and wireless telegraph companies around the world are scrambling to develop the new communications technology. But Italian prodigy Guglielmo Marconi beats them to the punch by sending the first wireless signal across the Atlantic from...

A sinister case of deadly poisoned chocolates from Sodbury Cross's high street shop haunts the group of friends and relatives assembled at Bellegarde, among the orchards of 'peach-fancier' Marcus Chesney. To prove a point about how the sweets could have been poisoned under the nose of the shopkeeper, Chesney stages an elaborate memory game to test whether any of his guests can see beyond their 'black spectacles'; that is, to see the truth without assumptions as witnesses.

London, 1851, and the Great Exhibition is on. A soaring success despite months of dour predictions, it is the event of the year, on front pages and wagging tongues the world over—and Miss Kara Levett is thrilled to be in the middle of it. The daughter of a baron and an exhibitor herself, she happily demonstrates her elaborate automatons and case clocks to the crowds. But her situation grows perilous when a man is murdered in the Crystal Palace and she becomes the prime suspect.

Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959. At the end of a scorching hot day, a local deliveryman makes a terrible discovery. A police investigation is called, and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most shocking and perplexing murder cases in the history of South Australia. Many years later and thousands of miles away, Jess is a journalist in search of a story. Having lived and worked in London for nearly two decades, she now finds herself laid off from her full-time job and struggling to make ends meet. Until a phone call out of nowhere summons her back to Sydney.

It’s the autumn of 1890, and a spate of bombings has hit London. The newspapers are full of fevered speculation about anarchists, antimonarchists and Fenians. But one man suspects an even more sinister hand behind the violence. Sherlock Holmes believes Professor Moriarty is orchestrating a nationwide campaign of terror, but to what end? At the same time, a bizarrely garbed figure has been spotted on the rooftops and in the grimy back alleys of the capital.  

Julian Raines was one of the first Englishmen to volunteer for the international brigade in Spain. The British Secret Service suspect that the flamboyant Raines was recruited for the KGB by the Bolsheviks during his student days at Oxford and send Robert Florry, a struggling young writer, to Spain after Raines with orders to eliminate him. Florry was an old school chum to Raines and had every reason to hate him. But. the British are not alone on Raines' trail.

Eigentlich muß Hercule Poirot rasch mit dem Luxuszug von Istanbul nach London, doch bleibt der Orientexpress im Schnee stecken. Als einer der Passagiere erstochen wird, bleibt dem belgischen Meisterdetektiv nicht viel Zeit, den Mörder zu entlarven. Die kleinen grauen Zellen arbeiten auf Hochtouren, denn der Zug rollt bald wieder.

Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2015. Read by actress Emilia Fox, The Lie Tree is a wonderfully evocative and atmospheric novel by Frances Hardinge, award-winning author of Cuckoo Song and Fly By Night. When Faith's father is found dead under mysterious circumstances, she stumbles upon a...

Based on some of literature’s horror and science fiction classics, this “tour de force of reclaiming the narrative, executed with impressive wit and insight” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) debut is a Victorian fantasy mystery about a remarkable group of women who come together to...

Firenze, ottobre 1966. Non fa che piovere. Un bambino scompare nel nulla e per lui si teme il peggio, forse un delitto atroce. Il commissario Bordelli indaga disperatamente, e durante le indagini arriva l'alluvione... La notte del 4 novembre l'Arno cresce, si ingrossa, va a lambire gli archi di...

Read by David Suchet Escape from isolation and broaden your horizons with this audio collection of murder mysteries by Agatha Christie, read by David Suchet, television’s iconic Poirot for more than two decades. Train journeys through rolling countryside and cruises across the open ocean might...

The basis for the blockbuster motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Shutter Island by New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane is a gripping and atmospheric psychological thriller where nothing is quite what it seems. The New York Times calls Shutter...

Шпигунський ретро-роман про Київ 1907 року та таємну школу для дівчат. Київ, початок XX століття. Місто розважається під канкан у кафешантанах, але за лаштунками...

A young man died, consumed by fire. There was no evidence of crime, but suspicions persist. Julian Courtauld had raised hackles, not that he cared. Rich, confident and handsome, he saw a glittering future for himself. He was a budding playwright, he had girls swooning at his feet despite just becoming engaged to a dazzling heiress. And then the fire ended it all. Five years later a parcel arrives on Miss Busby's doorstep. The anonymous letter begs for her help.

Dunhaven Castle has secrets. Some of them are buried in the past. When Cate Kensie inherits a crumbling Scottish estate, she expects history, eccentric residents, and the occasional mystery hidden in the walls. What she doesn't expect is to discover that Dunhaven Castle doesn't just remember the past—it opens doors to it.

Nick Harkaway's bestselling take on George Smiley is back, and this time the iconic spy is on the trail of a traitor right at the top of American intelligence… It is 1965, and the Cold War has never been colder. The Circus – the secret centre of British intelligence – has one prize asset...