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Lou & König geraten in die mörderische Jagd nach einem Diamanten – Teil 2 der historischen Krimibestsellerreihe Berlin, im Steppensommer 1947. Die viergeteilte Stadt ächzt unter einer Hitzewelle. Als die entstellte Leiche eines Sowjetoffiziers im Landwehrkanal gefunden wird, übernimmt...

As the twentieth century turns, widowed mother of two Minnie Harper's life takes a turn as well, of the romantic variety—yet even on holiday, sleuth-worthy scandals manage to find her . . . No sooner have Minnie and her former employer, author Stephen Dorian, finally confessed their feelings...

THE FINAL INSTALMENT IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING CASTLE KNOLL FILES Join Annie Adams as she returns to Castle Knoll to solve one last mystery . . . Praise for the Castle Knoll Files 'VERY funny' Jennie Godfrey 'Plenty of twists and red herrings' Guardian 'Smart, twisty, and original' Heat...

Philadelphia, 1874. James McParland, a young Pinkerton detective, is given a high-stakes mission. He must infiltrate the Molly Maguires, a violent secret society sworn to avenge injustice against the Irish. Dispatched to the Pennsylvania coalfields, McParland lives under a false identity for two...

Miss Dainty knows her place--and refuses to stay in it. When Clarissa Dainty, an impoverished governess, discovers the dead body of her friend and fellow lodger, she's thrust into a mystery that no one seems eager to solve. With Bow Street indifferent to the demise of a penniless single woman...

Dr. Lydia Weston must clear the name of a woman surgeon embroiled in an ever-deepening medical scandal, set against the backdrop of the 1876 World’s Fair, in this riveting next book from the author of Murder by Degrees. It is 1876 and the World’s Fair has come to Philadelphia. People stream...

THE COMPELLING NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF DANGEROUS WOMEN Edinburgh, 1901. Artist Phoebe Carmichael is celebrating the completion of an astonishing set of murals in Mansfield Chapel. The work has taken her ten years. Midway through the celebrations, something shocking happens: a woman...

Lemuria: an annual event when householders in Ancient Rome drive the spirits of the dead from their homes by shouting 'Ghosts of our fathers and ancestors be gone!' and clanging metal pots with sticks and utensils. Flavia Albia and her husband Tiberius Manlius have lived in their house for less...

In 1903 Philadelphia, new technologies and modes of transport are turning the city into an industrial powerhouse. Clara Shaw, a paid companion for wealthy ladies, is transforming too—and discovering a surprising aptitude for solving murder . . . Clara Shaw is uniquely equipped both by...

Globe-trotting married sleuths Jane and Redvers have no sooner discovered that he has a niece than they learn she’s in danger and hurry off to Spain . . . Madrid, 1927: Responding to the news that his brother has an illegitimate daughter who’s fallen into trouble, Redvers and Jane arrive in...

With the lush atmosphere and timeless appeal of WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, and the suspense of BROKEN COUNTRY, EMERALD LAKE tells the story of one halcyon summer that ends in tragedy, and the impact for one woman into the present day. ‘A gorgeous, heart-wrenching tale … Don't miss this one –...

Aloysius Archer returns to find himself at the heart of a conspiracy bigger than anyone could ever imagine. From the internationally bestselling author of The 6:20 Man, David Baldacci. A CRY FOR HELP. Private investigator and World War II veteran Aloysius Archer is no stranger to trouble, but...

Award-winning Russian historian Catherine Merridale turns her adept hand to fiction in this gripping and poignant thriller set on the eve of Stalin's Great Purge, for readers of Robert Harris and David McCkloskey. December 1934. Moscow is in ferment after the assassination of one of Stalin's...

From the internationally bestselling author of the Dales Detectives series, Julia Chapman, comes a vibrant new mystery featuring a mismatched detective duo. There’s danger at the bus depot . . . Coventry bus driver Errol Dexter finds himself in the crosshairs of the Serious Crime Squad as the...

For fans of bookish mysteries, with an intriguing story of a secret society, a mythical book and murder. ………. Read on, if you dare… Oxford, 1903. At Caxton & Delaney Fine Bookbinders, Lily Delaney has at last begun to shape a future of her own. But when her friend and mentor John Caxton...

If this pup doesn't get found fast, her feisty younger sister could be on the hook for a life-threatening crime . . . Manchester, England, 1960s. Miss Riddell has no taste for modern fashions. Which gives her yet another bone to pick with the youngest and wildest family member whom she blames...

Vermeers arv er en historisk spændingsroman af historiker og debattør Rami Zouzou. Den udforsker Johannes Vermeers kunstneriske virke og undersøger muligheden for, om han kunne have skabt flere malerier, som siden hen er gået tabt. For læsere af Dan Brown. Da maleren Johannes Vermeer ser...

When a celebrity bad boy is murdered in Jazz Age New York, a reporter, a detective, and a wife must navigate the dangerous gap between truth and power. Based on a real-life crime, The Ace of Spades is a gripping tale of genius, ambition, and deception. New York City, 1920. On a bright June...

A basement prison. A city ruled by ancient shadows. And a family hunted by Jimmy Hoffa’s mafia. Detroit, 1962. When ER nurse Georgia Owens vanishes on her way to work, it’s just another disappearance in a city that knows how to forget. But Georgia wasn’t supposed to disappear. The...

Lady Georgiana Rannoch ist wie jede andere frischgebackene Mutter: Sie muss die Kinderbetreuung mit den Aufgaben als 34. in der Thronfolge unter einen Hut bringen und gleichzeitig den schockierenden Tod mehrererGentlemen aufklären Der 19. Fall der humorvollen Krimi Reihe von New York...