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'Eske Litle. Byfoged i Assens' er første bind i en kriminalromanserie fra den danske middelalder. Året er 1330, og Danmark er i panthavernes vold. Greverne af Holsten, Den kullede Gerd og Johan den Milde, kroner og afsætter konger efter forgodtbefindende, og Kristoffer den Anden intrigerer...

An aviation disaster. A body with a bullet wound. And a mystery that begins where the accident ends. On a seemingly ordinary morning in 1919, young artist Philip Esdaile is entertaining friends at his Chelsea studio when an extraordinary catastrophe shatters the gathering: an aeroplane crashes...

Adelina ist zurück! Die lang ersehnte Fortsetzung der erfolgreichen Romanreihe aus dem mittelalterlichen Köln. Diesmal gehen Mutter und Tochter gemeinsam auf Verbrecherjagd. Katharina Burka, die wissbegierige Tochter der angesehenen Apothekerin Adelina und des Medicus Neklas, hegt eine...

A twisty mystery set in Elizabethan England! Perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, Robyn Young, Alison Weir and Anthony Riches. Is a curse plaguing Nottinghamshire…? Nottingham, England, 1596. A routine hanging at Gallows Hill is disrupted when a wild woman begins screaming a curse on the execution site, calling down nightly visitations from the undead to claim the souls of the living. County Bailiff Edward Mountsorrel attempts to pursue her, but she vanishes into thin air. Nightly thereafter, Gallows Hill is the scene of ghastly happenings that Edward is ordered to investigate.

A 5,000-year-old murder. A frozen body. A prehistoric world brought vividly back to life. What really happened to Ötzi the Iceman more than 5,000 years ago? The Brutal Murder of ÖTZI, The Ice Man, More Than 5,000 Years Ago by Leslie Michael, narrated by Gary Middleton and produced and published by Panda Publishing Agency, transforms one of archaeology's most fascinating mysteries into a gripping journey through prehistoric life, survival, betrayal, and revenge.

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.

At the heart of The America Codes (Phase One : Apollo to Artemis) are two extraordinary young twins whose lives are swept into a mystery hidden in plain sight inside the Declaration of Independence. What begins with lucid dreams, strange clues, and an irresistible curiosity soon becomes a...

“Questa famiglia raggiungerà la pace e la serenità solo quando il diavolo sarà schiacciato. Non fidarti di chi ti è più vicino, non è mai quello che sembra.” - A trovare il sinistro messaggio nascosto dietro un quadro è la baronessa Giacinta Luce Di Gregorio. Nell’isolamento della...

Don't miss the second in a gripping series of post-WW1 mysteries, from international bestselling author Michael Ridpath. An absolute must-read for fans of Robert Harris, Alan Furst and Robert Goddard.'The perfect marriage of thriller and whodunit' Simon Brett In a city on the brink of ruin, a...

"[] the merriest collection of detective stories it has been our good fortune to encounter." The New York Times Book Review, September 1929 This short story collection from Queen of Crime Agatha Christie features her detectives Tommy and Tuppence Beresford solving mysteries one after the other...

In The Seven Dials Mystery, Queen of Crime Agatha Christie reintroduces characters from her earlier novel, The Secret of the Chimneys. This time, it's the murder of Gerald Wade, as well as the seven alarm clocks found in his room the next morning, that set Bill Eversleigh and Eileen "Bundle"...

From the exceptionally original mind of CWA Gold Dagger Award winner and Booker longlisted author Belinda Bauer comes this sweeping tale of obsession, greed, ambition, and a crime that has remained unsolved for a hundred years. How do you find something that doesnt exist? 1926. On the cliffs of...

After witnessing a murder, a small-town librarian is forced to act when the local police arrest the wrong man, perfect for fans of Dervla McTiernan and Carlene OConnor. 1988, West Cork, Ireland. Emma Daly has returned to her home in Castlefreke, a small and peaceful village where everybody knows...

Hotel heiress Evelyn Murphy is on the hunt for a cunning killer and a mysterious thief in the third Pinnacle Hotel mystery, perfect for fans of Rhys Bowen and Ashley Weaver. New York, 1958. When Evelyns mail is delivered during a luncheon in the Gold Room, shes surprised to find she has received...

*Winner of the CWA Historical Dagger 2023* 'A great insight into Renaissance Florence. What I love about these books is the seamless weaving of factual history with a great story' – Abir Mukherjee Florence. Spring, 1537. When Cesare Aldo investigates a report of intruders at a convent in the...

Combining the best of Golden Age crime fiction with the pacing of a modern thriller, the next installment of the beloved Rachel Savernake Golden Age Mysteries will hook readers immediately with its shocking and gruesome first twist, then keep them turning pages almost faster than the bodies drop...

This beautifully written, immersive, and unique crime story is a tête-bêche novel—two intertwined stories printed back-to-back. Open the book and the first novella begins. It ends in the middle of the book. Flip the book over, head to tail, and read the second story in the opposite direction...

Next in the Rachel Savernake series comes Mortmain Hall, perfect for fans of the Golden Age of mystery and readers of Anthony Horowitz and Sherry Thomas. Framed for murder and with nowhere to go, Jacob Flint turns to an eclectic group of people on a remote estate to save him… 1930. A chilling...

Two murders in Chelsea plague amateur detective Queen Elizabeth II in the fourth book in the charming series, perfect for fans of Rhys Bowen and Jacqueline Winspear. 1957, England. Young Queen Elizabeth II is finding her way in postwar Europe, trying to repair friendships with foreign...

The first Golden Age-style mystery in the Rachel Savernake series… How close can one person get to a cruel justice system before falling victim to it? London, 1930 Sooty, sulfurous, and malign: no woman should be out on a night like this. A spate of violent deaths—the details too foul to...