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A surprise wedding invitation. A cliffside villa on the glittering Amalfi Coast. And a murdered guest before the celebrations even begin. Posie Parker has just landed in her most glamorous case yet. Amalfi Coast, Italy, Spring 1926. Posie Parker—London’s premier female sleuth—is abroad and moments from boarding her train home when an urgent telegram stops her in her tracks. An old friend is getting married in Italy, and Posie heads to the sun-soaked, secretive Villa Amalfi, a clifftop paradise with a dark past and a dazzling roster of American guests.

Rok 1957. Młoda kobieta zostaje znaleziona martwa w domu położonym milę od pałacu Buckingham. Kiedy ktoś jej bliski zostaje wplątany w sprawę, młoda królowa Elżbieta II nie ma wyjścia i potajemnie bierze śledztwo w swoje ręce. Wie jednak, że nie może stawić czoła temu wyzwaniu sama. Potrzebuje wsparcia kogoś sprytnego, dyskretnego i lojalnego, kogoś, komu może zaufać.

Na plaży nieopodal królewskiej posiadłości w Sandringham zostaje znaleziona odcięta ludzka dłoń. Wprawdzie Elżbieta II przyzwyczaiła się do rozwiązywania nawet najbardziej skomplikowanych zagadek kryminalnych, lecz tym razem znalezienie mordercy może nie być łatwe. Jej Królewska Mość identyfikuje ofiarę na podstawie charakterystycznego sygnetu–jest nią stary znajomy rodziny królewskiej–Edward St. Cyr. Ale kiedy kolejny mężczyzna zostaje znaleziony martwy, a jedna z mieszkanek niemal ginie w wyniku potrącenia, sprawy przybierają jeszcze mroczniejszy obrót.

Dezember 1137, vor einer erbärmlichen Hütte in einem Dorf in Tirol: Kaiser Lothar ist tot. Dies ist der Auftakt für ein raffiniertes Intrigenspiel um den Thron, in dem Welfen, Askanier und Wettiner mitmischen und keine Skrupel haben, von ihren Schwertern Gebrauch zu machen. Und nicht nur Fürsten und Geistliche ringen erbittert um die Macht im Reich, sondern auch so manche Frau – mit ganz anderen Mitteln.

1564: Catholic herald William Harley, Clarenceux King of Arms, is the custodian of a highly dangerous document. When it is stolen, Clarenceux immediately suspects a group of Catholic sympathisers, the self-styled Knights of the Round Table. Soon Clarenceux enters a nightmare of suspicion...

'You frighten me,' the Gypsy said. 'Never have I seen my crystal ball so filled with darkness.' For Flavia de Luce, the old gypsy's words open up old wounds and new possibilities. Is she a faker, or is there some truth to her powers? And when the village is rocked by another ghastly murder, how...

A taut and gripping thriller: King Edward VIII is on the throne and keen to broker peace at any cost - WWII could turn out very differently... As the storm clouds gather over Europe and German troops are amassing, a clandestine 'King's Party' of fascist peace campaigners is stealthily...

Fear haunts the streets of London after the assassination of a protestant Prince, and the recurrence of the plague. Giordano Bruno suspects someone is following him, but on confronting his stalker, he realizes it is the woman he once loved – she is on the run, accused of murder. Bruno travels...

May, 1937, and London prepares to crown a new king. At the height of the Coronation celebrations, Detective Chief Inspector Archie Penrose is called to the BBC to investigate the murder of a famous broadcaster, a death which Josephine Tey suspects is linked to a decade-old scandal. With Archie's...

Exeter, 1195. When a prominent burgess and guild-master falls dead across his horse, Crowner John declines to hold an inquest as the man had been complaining of chest pains and shows no signs of injury. Events take a sinister turn, however, when a straw-doll is discovered hidden under the man's...

April 1933. Eddie Pettit was a gentle soul with a near-magical gift for working with horses. When Eddie is killed in a violent accident, there is skepticism about the cause of death. Who would want to kill Eddie, and why? Maisie Dobbs is determined to offer her help. As Maisie uncovers lies and...

It's 1938 and Maisie Dobbs is back in England. The German government has agreed to release a British subject from prison, but only if he is handed over to a family member. Because the man's wife is bedridden and his daughter has been killed in an accident, the Secret Service wants Maisie - who...

It's March 1934, and Josephine Tey is travelling from Scotland to London to celebrate what should be the triumphant final week of her celebrated play, Richard of Bordeaux. However, a seemingly senseless murder puts her reputation, and even her life, under threat...

When torrential summer rains uncover a bizarrely tattooed body on a Lake District hillside, old wives' tales also come swirling to the surface. For centuries Lakelanders have whispered that Fletcher Christian staged the massacre on Pitcairn so that he could return home. And there he told his...

Paris, 1585: Giordano Bruno has come to Paris, a city on the edge of catastrophe. Alone and near destitute, Bruno turns to old friend and zealous preacher, Paul Lefevre. But when the priest is murdered, Bruno is pulled into a dangerous world. If Bruno can’t uncover the truth, not only is the...

Summer, 1585: As English ships are held captive in Spain, fear mounts of King Philip’s Invincible Armada, ready to invade English shores Sir Francis Drake prepares to embark on an expedition by royal commission to cross the Atlantic and seize major Spanish ports, diverting Philip’s American...

Twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is back at Buckshaw at last, but her homecoming is overshadowed by news of her father's illness. Forbidden from visiting him in hospital, Flavia busies herself in the village, but she soon makes a macabre discovery: the corpse of a reclusive woodcarver, in an empty...

It's 1914, and a bold, young American called Mary Russell is about to experience a rather dynamic change of life. Deep in the rural English countryside, she meets a retired beekeeper by the name of Sherlock Holmes. Although many years have passed since he astonished Watson by solving Scotland...

Award-winning author Laurie R. King writes mysteries featuring Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell. In this short story, King explores their very first meeting... Sherlock Holmes is fending off a particularly dark mood as he roams the Sussex Downs, in search of wild bees. The Great War may be...

In 1924, San Francisco is booming. The great fire and earthquake of 1906 cleared the ground for a modern city, but the closer she comes to the place she used to call home, the more troubling Mary Russell's dreams become. As Russell and her husband, the great detective Sherlock Holmes, attempt to...