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Als die Leiche eines jungen Mannes im Grabmal eines mittelalterlichen Ritters gefunden wird, wird Gemeindepolizist Daniel Haze mit seinem ersten eigenständigen Mordfall betraut. Der Verdacht fällt sofort auf den einzigen Fremden, der kurz vor der Tat im Dorf Birch Hill angekommen ist, doch der amerikanische Captain erweist sich als eine unerwartete Hilfe. Als ehemaliger Soldat und erfahrener Chirurg ist Jason Redmond nicht nur bereit, Haze bei den Ermittlungen zu unterstützen, sondern riskiert auch seine eigene Sicherheit, um den Mörder zu fassen.

An inquisitive bachelor. A mysterious widow. A dangerous partnership in Regency London. Idle heir to an earldom, Viscount Northwood drifts through life with little purpose—until a shocking murder shatters the calm of his quiet London square. His prime suspect? The beautiful but enigmatic widow...

Can two women get the lowdown on high society? In 1913, a society writer and a former lady's maid join forces to find the truth and avenge the wrongful death of a friend. Louisa Delafield and Ellen Malloy didn't ask to be thrown together to bring the truth to light, but the unlikely pair...

The Pennyfoot hides many secrets, and its downstairs staff keeps a tight lip, even when the Edwardian aristocrats are spotted dallying with damsels in the boudoirs or gambling in the card rooms hidden below the floorboards. Should now and then one of the hotel guests fall prey to a dastardly...

Hanna and Alex face-off with dangerous crime elements in the Low Country of South Carolina and Islamorada in the Florida Keys. Sheriff Pepper Stokes and Deputy Alex Frank come to the aid of local ranchers in the area who are being victimized by big corporate interests and a local enforcer using...

Cold-case detective Raquel Laing faces new threats and long-buried secrets in this gripping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series. SFPD Homicide Inspector Raquel Laing had what might politely be termed a “difficult childhood...

Gerechtigkeit unter schwarzer Flagge – zwischen Intrigen, Ehre und der tödlichen See KLAR SCHIFF ZUR HÖLLENFAHRT: Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts verliert der aufstrebende Admiral Harry Ludlow nach einem Skandal seine Stellung bei der Royal Navy und segelt fortan als Freibeuter im Auftrag der...

Ein verborgenes Verbrechen erschüttert ein friedliches Dorf. Und nur zwei ungewöhnliche Ermittler erkennen die Gefahr, bevor es zu spät ist. Nach dem Schrecken von Waterloo kehrt Major Robert Kurland in sein Heimatdorf zurück, entschlossen, Ruhe und Heilung zu finden. Doch als er eines...

Mord auf Rügen! Ein ranghoher Kriminalbeamter wird tot aufgefunden! Im Stadtzentrum von Binz finden spielende Kinder die Leiche von Hauptkommissar Bauer, einem früheren Kollegen von Lydia Westphal. Zunächst sieht es nach Suizid aus, doch die forensische Untersuchung lässt Zweifel aufkommen … Kaum sind die erfahrene Westphal und der Kommissarsneuling Jung auf Rügen angelangt, überschlagen sich die Ereignisse.

The map is wrong. The mountain made it that way. And somebody used it to kill a man. Silas Thorne measures the world for a living. His partner Linus reads the men who own it. Together they take the commissions other surveyors won't touch—the plats that don't close, the claims that move overnight, the boundaries drawn by men with a reason to be off by a degree.

London, 1774. Charlotte is a renowned London actress who has the world at her feet. Until one day she disappears, never to be seen again. London, Present Day. Hazel has the job she has always dreamed of: writing plays in an iconic theatre in London. But when a secret room is discovered, and a ghostly presence begins to haunt the theatre, she finds herself drawn into the centuries-old mystery. Piecing together the clues from fragments of memory and madness, Hazel must find out the truth or be driven mad by it... A gothic novella of tragedy, loss, and ghosts on the London stage.

Westchester County, NY, February 1934. Seeking a fresh start, Clara Dawson accepts a position at Sablehurst Manor, assisting her writer friend Vincent as he documents the estate’s infamous haunting. Ten years earlier, a young woman drowned in the manor’s pond, and now her presence is said to linger on the property. Her death was ruled an accident. But in the months leading up to it, rumors spread through the town of a darkness within her, and some even whispered of demonic possession.

1891. At dawn on the Boulevard Montmartre, the body of a barefoot young woman wearing a lavish red dress is found brutally murdered. That same day, a single red shoe is delivered to the Elzévir Bookshop, owned by amateur sleuth Victor Legris. Victor and his team of booksellers feel compelled to...

January 1670. London is enduring its worst winter in decades. But for Samuel Pepys, the darkest days are yet to come. Reimagining one of Britain's greatest historical figures through a 21st century lens, Seething Lane sees the return of infamous diarist Samuel Pepys, complete with his trademark...

A brutal murder, a complex investigation, a safe conviction. Or so everyone thinks until D.C.I. Mowbray hears the condemned man's last words just before he is hanged. Now he needs Dr Jack Cuthbert to reopen the forensic investigation and prove that they have not been responsible for a tragic miscarriage of justice.

Bloomsbury presents The Last Telegram of Mrs Hudson by Mattea Orr, read by Rebecca Norfolk. The first in a new mystery series that reimagines Sherlock Holmes’s mother and her lady’s-maid-turned-investigative-partner. ‘Some problems simply merit solving, Mrs Hudson’ Heartbroken, widowed...

Spring 1884Kat Holloway's employer abruptly decides the family will spend Easter dinner at a friend's house in Portman Square, where Kat will substitute for that home's cook, who has fallen ill. Kat strongly objects but has no choice but to obey. Intrigue and sudden death in that household, however, catches Kat off-guard and plunges her, Daniel, and their friends into yet another dangerous mystery.

Aristide Leonides é um empresário milionário e proprietário de uma mansão conhecida por sua arquitetura peculiar. Nela, reside junto à esposa — cinquenta anos mais nova —, à irmã da falecida ex-esposa, aos netos, aos filhos e às noras — todos sustentados com o dinheiro do...

63 vor Christus, eine Zeit des Friedens und des Wohlstands: Die Legionen der mächtigen Römischen Republik haben alle Feinde in die Knie gezwungen. Doch auf den Straßen Roms fließt das Blut. Während die Obrigkeit wegsieht, führt Decius Caecilius Metellus der Jüngere, Hauptmann der Vigiles, einen einsamen Kampf gegen die grassierende Gewalt. Als ein Silberwechsler und ein Bauunternehmer ermordet aufgefunden werden, erkennt Metellus die bedrohlichen Vorzeichen einer großangelegten Verschwörung – einer Verschwörung, die ihre Wurzeln im Zentrum der Macht selbst hat.

Där Gamla Stan möter Whitechapel Här befinner sig detektivkonstapel Emanuel Liljefelt i sin jakt efter såväl huvudstadens mördare som nästa karriärsteg. Drivhjulen i Sveriges industrialisering har precis börjat rotera. Människor söker sig till Stockholm från landsbygden för att...