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Welcome to the Hotel Artemis - and an opening night to remember. The White Lotus meets Peaky Blinders in this page-turning new mystery from the bestselling author of The Housekeepers. 'Wildly entertaining, twisty, and elegant (with a modern twist)... Alex Hay is a rare talent' WILL DEAN 'The...

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...

'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...

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.

An inquisitive bachelor. A mysterious widow. A dangerous partnership in Regency London. Idle heir to an earldom, Viscount Northwood drifts through life with little purpose—until a shocking murder shatters the calm of his quiet London square. His prime suspect? The beautiful but enigmatic widow...

Can two women get the lowdown on high society? In 1913, a society writer and a former lady's maid join forces to find the truth and avenge the wrongful death of a friend. Louisa Delafield and Ellen Malloy didn't ask to be thrown together to bring the truth to light, but the unlikely pair...

The Pennyfoot hides many secrets, and its downstairs staff keeps a tight lip, even when the Edwardian aristocrats are spotted dallying with damsels in the boudoirs or gambling in the card rooms hidden below the floorboards. Should now and then one of the hotel guests fall prey to a dastardly...

Hanna and Alex face-off with dangerous crime elements in the Low Country of South Carolina and Islamorada in the Florida Keys. Sheriff Pepper Stokes and Deputy Alex Frank come to the aid of local ranchers in the area who are being victimized by big corporate interests and a local enforcer using...

Cold-case detective Raquel Laing faces new threats and long-buried secrets in this gripping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series. SFPD Homicide Inspector Raquel Laing had what might politely be termed a “difficult childhood...

Ein verborgenes Verbrechen erschüttert ein friedliches Dorf. Und nur zwei ungewöhnliche Ermittler erkennen die Gefahr, bevor es zu spät ist. Nach dem Schrecken von Waterloo kehrt Major Robert Kurland in sein Heimatdorf zurück, entschlossen, Ruhe und Heilung zu finden. Doch als er eines...

Gerechtigkeit unter schwarzer Flagge – zwischen Intrigen, Ehre und der tödlichen See KLAR SCHIFF ZUR HÖLLENFAHRT: Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts verliert der aufstrebende Admiral Harry Ludlow nach einem Skandal seine Stellung bei der Royal Navy und segelt fortan als Freibeuter im Auftrag der...

Mord auf Rügen! Ein ranghoher Kriminalbeamter wird tot aufgefunden! Im Stadtzentrum von Binz finden spielende Kinder die Leiche von Hauptkommissar Bauer, einem früheren Kollegen von Lydia Westphal. Zunächst sieht es nach Suizid aus, doch die forensische Untersuchung lässt Zweifel aufkommen … Kaum sind die erfahrene Westphal und der Kommissarsneuling Jung auf Rügen angelangt, überschlagen sich die Ereignisse.

Westchester County, NY, February 1934. Seeking a fresh start, Clara Dawson accepts a position at Sablehurst Manor, assisting her writer friend Vincent as he documents the estate’s infamous haunting. Ten years earlier, a young woman drowned in the manor’s pond, and now her presence is said to linger on the property. Her death was ruled an accident. But in the months leading up to it, rumors spread through the town of a darkness within her, and some even whispered of demonic possession.

1891. At dawn on the Boulevard Montmartre, the body of a barefoot young woman wearing a lavish red dress is found brutally murdered. That same day, a single red shoe is delivered to the Elzévir Bookshop, owned by amateur sleuth Victor Legris. Victor and his team of booksellers feel compelled to...

The map is wrong. The mountain made it that way. And somebody used it to kill a man. Silas Thorne measures the world for a living. His partner Linus reads the men who own it. Together they take the commissions other surveyors won't touch—the plats that don't close, the claims that move overnight, the boundaries drawn by men with a reason to be off by a degree.

London, 1774. Charlotte is a renowned London actress who has the world at her feet. Until one day she disappears, never to be seen again. London, Present Day. Hazel has the job she has always dreamed of: writing plays in an iconic theatre in London. But when a secret room is discovered, and a ghostly presence begins to haunt the theatre, she finds herself drawn into the centuries-old mystery. Piecing together the clues from fragments of memory and madness, Hazel must find out the truth or be driven mad by it... A gothic novella of tragedy, loss, and ghosts on the London stage.

January 1670. London is enduring its worst winter in decades. But for Samuel Pepys, the darkest days are yet to come. Reimagining one of Britain's greatest historical figures through a 21st century lens, Seething Lane sees the return of infamous diarist Samuel Pepys, complete with his trademark...

A brutal murder, a complex investigation, a safe conviction. Or so everyone thinks until D.C.I. Mowbray hears the condemned man's last words just before he is hanged. Now he needs Dr Jack Cuthbert to reopen the forensic investigation and prove that they have not been responsible for a tragic miscarriage of justice.