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The third in the thrilling Marbeck mystery series by John Pilkington! Perfect for fans for S. J. Parris and Andrew Taylor England, 1604. All eyes are on London as a high-powered delegation arrives to initiate vital treaty talks, to bring an end to almost twenty years of bitter warfare with Spain...

Discover a spellbinding novel from Jenni Keer – an unmissable gothic mystery with a love story you’ll never forget. Perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley, Laura Purcell and Stacey Halls. Scotland, 1880. Two years after the body of a beautiful, unidentified young woman is found floating in a loch...

Bill Nighy stars as Charles Paris in a witty, twisty mystery by Jeremy Front, based on a story by Simon Brett Charles’ enthusiastic but inept agent, Maurice, is always on the lookout for a quick, easy and lucrative commission. Keen to jump on the latest bandwagon, he’s now aiming to move...

Aus dem Benediktinerkloster Saint Gabriels Hide im Süden Englands wird ein Mordfall gemeldet: Ein Novize, ein attraktiver junger Mann aus gutem Haus, bricht unmittelbar nach Empfang der Kommunion tot zusammen. Der charismatische Abt wendet sich an Holmes, der mit dem nächsten Zug anreist. Wer ist der Mörder? Was ist das Motiv? War die Hostie vergiftet? Wer hat beobachtet, dass der Novize des Nachts die Gemächer des Abtes aufsucht? Ist es religiöser Fanatismus oder Eifersucht? Holmes und sein Chronist Dr. Watson finden es heraus.

Una rica coleccionista encarga a un encuadernador que reúna tres manuscritos con una única condición: que no los lea. Pero, tras la misteriosa muerte de la mujer, decide romper su promesa.

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...

Spring, 1909, and Lady Hardcastle, amateur sleuth and all-round eccentric, is enjoying a well-deserved rest. But a week after a trip to the cattle market, Spencer Caradine, a local farmer, turns up dead in the pub, face-down in his beef and mushroom pie. Once again, it is up to Lady Hardcastle...

When James Denis is arrested for murder and lands himself in Newgate, it falls to me to prove his innocence. I have nowhere to start but in a dark street in Seven Dials and the name of the unknown man Denis is supposed to have killed. I soon find myself beleaguered by enemies from Denis’s past, secret societies, and a host of people who want Denis to hang. In addition I receive word from a mysterious young woman I haven't heard from in years who now seeks my help.

Amateur sleuth Queen Elizabeth II investigates on the high seas in the sixth installment of this historical mystery series the New York Times Book Review calls "sheer entertainment," perfect for fans of Rhys Bowen and Richard Osman. 1966, Caribbean Sea. The Queen is touring the islands of the...

The FINAL gripping instalment in the thrilling Martin Marbeck mystery series by John Pilkington! Perfect for fans for S. J. Parris and Andrew Taylor London, 1605 With the new King James on the throne, England is still fiercely divided between Catholic and Protestant. Ordered to keep watch on...

A thrilling mystery in Jacobean England! Perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, Robyn Young, Alison Weir and Anthony Riches.Not everyone is ready to welcome the new king of England…Nottingham, England, 1603Queen Elizabeth’s long reign has finally come to an end and the Tudor era is over...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Some places keep secrets. Kildarran was built to bury them. Edinburgh, 1874. When solicitor Euan MacKinnon is summoned north to investigate a lingering family legend at a remote Scottish castle, he expects little more than inheritance disputes and...

For readers of Nekesia Afia, Jacqueline Winspear, and Avery Cunningham's The Mayor of Maxwell Street, a thrilling, Harlem Renaissance–set mystery featuring a liberated, educated Black woman in Jazz-Age New York . . . and the Prohibition-era gangsters and dangerous rivals she must confront...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A classic psychological thriller and early serial-killer novel, set in foggy Victorian London. A quiet, respectable London landlady begins to suspect her mysterious, reclusive lodger is responsible for the string of brutal "Ripper" murders terrorizing...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A wealthy New York businessman is found shot dead in his locked library on a snowy night. The beautiful young niece who discovered the body is the prime suspect, but a young lawyer's relentless investigation uncovers a web of hidden marriages, secret...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Set in the sleepy cathedral town of Cloisterham, this is Charles Dickens' final, unfinished mystery novel, left incomplete at his death in 1870. The story follows John Jasper, the troubled choir master who is secretly addicted to opium, his young nephew...

„Das Geheimnis von Zelle 13“ (im Original: The Problem of Cell 13) ist eine berühmte Detektivgeschichte von Jacques Futrelle aus dem Jahr 1905, in der Professor Augustus van Dusen – genannt die „Denkmaschine“ – eine scheinbar unlösbare Wette eingeht. Professor van Dusen wettet, dass er allein mit der Kraft seines Verstandes und reiner Logik innerhalb einer Woche aus einer Todeszelle eines Hochsicherheitsgefängnisses ausbrechen kann.

Carolyn Marie Wilkins presents Book 3 in the Psychics and Soul Food series...

Bloomsbury presents The Canary Keeper by Clare Carson, read by Sarah Cullum. 'Historical fiction at its very best' ELLY GRIFFITHS. A Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month. They will see me hang for this. London, 1855. In the grey mist of the early morning a body is dumped on the shore of...

Jessica Watson, Nachfahrin von Dr. John H. Watson, und ihre Freundin Lina Miller nehmen in ihrem True‑Crime‑Podcast einen der ungewöhnlichsten Fälle des legendären Duos unter die Lupe: Der Bund der Rothaarigen. Während die klassische Holmes‑Erzählung entfaltet wird, unterbrechen Jessica und Lina immer wieder die Handlung, ordnen Hinweise ein, entlarven falsche Fährten und kommentieren Holmes’ brillante Schlussfolgerungen. So entsteht ein Hörspiel, das viktorianische Spannung mit moderner Podcast‑Dynamik verbindet – und zeigt, warum dieser Fall bis heute fasziniert.