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In Depression-era Chicago, private eye Nathan Heller is caught between the Mob and City Hall in a battle for control of the 1933 World’s Fair while he attempts to find a lovely actress’ missing brother. Along the way, Heller meets an array of famed heroes and villains from Eliot Ness to Al Capone, climaxing with the detective dangling off a beam of the Fair’s sky tower.

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A young landscape painter, finds himself stranded by a fierce snowstorm near the Scottish Border and seeks refuge at the ancient, isolated house. He is taken in by the graceful young mistress, and her eccentric, ascetic guardian, an antiquary and collector. He quickly falls in love. He realizes that his host is at the center of a profound and potentially dangerous mystery tied to this single object, The Copper Box, compelling him to stay and investigate.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a duke in possession of no fortune must be in want of a rich wife. Miss Kalina Little is not the debutante that Nathanial, Duke of Hereford, needs for his wife. What he needs is someone with a dowry hefty enough to pay off the debts left to him by his late father and skilled enough to help repair his family’s reputation and guide his sisters through the ton. As the head of his household, it’s his duty to provide that stability for his family, and the sisters who rely on him.

In 1888 Paris, American bookseller Emma Greene opens a small shop in the Latin Quarter, only to become the prime suspect when a department-store magnate dies under suspicious circumstances. To clear her name, she joins forces with a guarded inspector from the Sûreté and enters a glittering world of ambition, blackmail, and deadly secrets. For fans of Rhys Bowen and Deanna Raybourn.

Im Paris des 17. Jahrhunderts wird eine Reihe mysteriöser Morde verübt. Die angesehene Dichterin Madeleine de Scuderi gerät unvermittelt in einen gefährlichen Fall voller Intrigen, geheimer Machenschaften und düsterer Abgründe. Mit feiner Psychologie, Spannung und gesellschaftskritischen Elementen erschafft Hoffmann ein zeitloses Meisterwerk der Schauerliteratur und Kriminalliteratur.

Der Hopfenhändler Grant Munro bittet Sherlock Holmes um Rat: er führt ein sehr glückliches Eheleben, doch seit kurzem scheint seine Frau ihm etwas zu verheimlichen. Dies korrespondiert mit der Tatsache, dass ein lange unbewohntes Haus in der Gegend neue Bewohner hat, eine alte Frau Munros Hilfsangebot für die neuen Nachbarn jedoch barsch ablehnte. Dennoch zeigt Mrs. Munro großes Interesse an dem Haus, besteht jedoch ihrem Mann gegenüber darauf, keinerlei Aussagen dazu machen zu müssen. Bis Munro ein grässlich entstelltes Gesicht an einem der Fenster des Hauses erblickt...

Neither is his young assistant, Abigail Platford, immune to Dr. Rome's persuasive charm. Abigail once dreamed of becoming a doctor, though of a much different sort. That dream ended with her father's tragic death from a medical error for which she holds herself responsible. But Dr. Rome, who proudly displays his medical degree from Johns Hopkins, seems to believe in her. If he were willing to act as her mentor, might there still be a chance to fulfill her dream of someday becoming a doctor serving New York City's poor?

Winter 1887: Ein grausamer Mord in Soho erschüttert London und versetzt Scotland Yard in Alarmbereitschaft. Inspektor Lestrade setzt alle Hebel in Bewegung, um die abscheuliche Bluttat aufzuklären und den Schuldigen dingfest zu machen. Auch der beratende Detektiv Sherlock Holmes bietet seine Hilfe und Unterstützung an. Bald steht fest, dass der Mord nicht unbeobachtet geschah. Holmes kommt dahinter, dass es eine unfreiwillige Augenzeugin gegeben haben muss.

Greece, 1960. Rough weather at sea leaves a group of strangers stranded on the idyllic island of Utakos, all guests of the only local hotel. Nothing could prepare them for what happens next: Edith Mander, a quiet British tourist, is found dead inside the beach cabana. At first it appears to be a clear suicide, but Ormond Basil, an out-of-work actor best-known for playing Sherlock Holmes in his glory days, suspects foul play.

The Boscombe Valley Mystery is a classic Sherlock Holmes short story that blends murder, buried secrets, and psychological tension into a tightly wound mystery set in the English countryside. When a wealthy landowner is found dead under suspicious circumstances, all evidence points to his own son—yet Holmes quickly senses that the truth runs far deeper than appearances suggest. As Watson observes closely, Holmes unravels a web of hidden histories, colonial guilt, and long-suppressed motives that challenge conventional ideas of justice.

El verano de 1936 en España. Un país al borde del abismo. Un secreto que podría destruirlo todo. Entre los dolorosos meses de mayo y junio de 1936, se cierne sobre España la sombra de la guerra. La maquinaria que busca encender la mecha del conflicto está orquestada por el cabecilla de los nazis en todo el territorio, Hans Hellermann, quien deberá reunir a sus partidarios para poner en marcha el plan que conducirá a la destrucción de la República. El escenario elegido para su siniestra reunión no podría ser más engañoso: El Milano, una apacible casa de baños en La Mancha, refugio de descanso.

Violet Hamilton ist eine Lady, die ihren eigenen Kopf kennt. Während er ihr Heiratskandidaten vorstellt, lehnt sie einen nach dem anderen mit beeindruckender Kreativität ab. Denn Violet will nicht heiraten. Sie will arbeiten und ihren eigenen Weg in der Welt gehen. Aber mehr als alles andere, will sie ihre Mutter Lily finden, die 10 Jahre zuvor von Hastings spurlos verschwand. Da feine Damen sich nicht mit Ermittlungen abgeben sollen, engagiert Violet einen Detektiv.

In post-war Britain, Avonby estate is a crumbling relic hiding deadly secrets. Lady Melinda 'Mel' Greenway, a former army mechanic and the family’s poor relation, seeks solace in its overgrown gardens—until she unearths a body beneath the roses. The discovery drags Mel into a tangled web of lies, resentments, and buried truths, forcing her to clash with Inspector Derrin Bradley, her wartime lover turned investigator.

From the brothels of Covent Garden to the oppressive society of the eighteenth century, discover the enthralling historical masterpiece from Louise Hare. ‘The sharp-witted, courageous heroine is the perfect narrator of the atmospheric, enthralling story that Hare has woven … a fantastic...

When Mira Blayse agreed to be a personal secretary to an amnesiac detective, she never expected to be invited to Buckingham Palace. Yet here she is meeting with the Prime Minister. Assigned to protect the British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, the two don’t realize this assignment will lead to murder, espionage, and not one, but three mysteries.

Supernatural comedy capturing the feel of, and nostalgia for, the 1990s, while looking forward to a world where everyone can share a laugh and even the dead are enjoying life... Springtime, 1994. Grunge. The Kremlin Accords. Cool Britannia is on the way! For Gary Stone, Rookstone Castle is just another lucrative restoration project, and a welcome one, until its owner shows him a sixty-year-old photograph of his own brand-new van. Unsettled, he gets to work, but is soon terrorised at 02: 17 each morning by an ancient spirit with an urgent message.

Berlin im Jahr 1948: Captain Matthew Wallet wird in die amerikanische Besatzungszone strafversetzt. Gemeinsam mit seiner Einheit soll er die Bandenkriminalität in der durch den Krieg völlig zerstörten Stadt unter Kontrolle bekommen. Wallets schlimmste Erwartungen werden noch übertroffen. Er sieht sich mit den »Brandenburgern« konfrontiert, Angehörigen einer ehemaligen Wehrmachtseinheit, die ihr Unwesen in allen vier Sektoren treiben.

Madrid 1945. El doctor Diego Rumbao fallece en un accidente de tráfico. Su mujer María está convencida que fue un asesinato y que el verdadero objetivo era ella.Afirma que la investigación que su marido llevaba a cabo en relación a unas extrañas muertes, acontecidas en el psiquiátrico El Retorno es la responsable de su fallecimiento. Encontrar su casa revuelta fechas después del entierro de Diego y su posterior ingreso en el psiquiátrico, por orden del juez, sin que haya motivo médico alguno, le persuaden de que la razón está de su parte. Aunque nadie la escucha.

When FBI-agent-turned-time-traveler Kendra Donovan is asked to investigate the suspicious death of Lady Westford, she finds herself on a harrowing journey through Regency England's most taboo traditions. Every layer she peels back uncovers more puzzles, including Lady Westford's interest in a dead woman who'd been mysteriously drained of all her blood. This isn't the first time Kendra has battled a ruthless madman . . . but one mistake, one misstep, and it may be her last.