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In Newton geschehen merkwürdige Dinge: Vögel fallen tot vom Himmel, Gegenstände und Tiere verschwinden und alle Gemälde der renommierten Malerin Liz Bennett wurden des Nachts schwarz übermalt! Als auch noch der selbstgefällige Mr. Darcy einen schweren Unfall erleidet, weil jemand die Bremsen seines Wagens manipuliert hat, beginnt Pater Brown auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln. In letzter Minute kann er einen weiteren Einwohner Newtons davor bewahren, an einer Vergiftung zu sterben. Wie hängen all diese Geschehnisse bloß zusammen?

Isabella, l'amata figlia di Shasa Courtney, gode di tutte le libertà che la Londra degli anni Sessanta può offrire. E quando conosce un uomo affascinante e bellissimo, che le fa una corte spietata, non ha dubbi: perché resistergli? Ma quell'uomo non è un semplice ammiratore: è Ramon de Santiago y Machado, una spia del KGB nota come Volpe dorata, e la sua missione è reclutarla come agente segreto e carpirle preziose informazioni sugli affari segreti di suo padre.

July, 1941. When Evie Harris vanishes after visiting her late fiancé's parents, the Homefront Sleuths of Crofter's Green vow to find her. But their investigation takes a bizarre turn when Nigel's police superiors send him to nearby Clarion Castle. There, the first under-butler has just taken his final bow in the castle's wine cellar. Could there be a connection with Evie's disappearance? Or with a hush-hush VIP visit to the castle?

When cook Kat Holloway and the kitchen staff maintain the empty Mayfair house while the family resides in the country, Lord Clifford, Lady Cynthia’s confidence-trickster father arrives in London and asks Kat and Daniel McAdam for help. Lord Clifford might be accused of murder but won't go to the police because his involvement with the victim will implicate him in another crime.

Im botanischen Garten von Singapur geht ein mörderischer Kopfjäger um - so hat es jedenfalls den Anschein, bis Prof. van Dusen sich auf der Durchreise des Falles annimmt. Durch seine kriminalistischen Fähigkeiten, vor allem auf dem Gebiet der Daktyloskopie, überführt er den wahren Mörder und enthüllt die sensationellen Hintergründe.

Gerüchten zufolge im Zweiten Weltkrieg versenkte Goldbarren, Kriegsschätze und Waffen liegen am Ufer des österreichischen Toplitzsees! Die Nazis betrachteten sie als eiserne Reserve und nicht umsonst war die Gegend gegen Ende des Kriegs Fluchtpunkt vieler aus der Nazielite. Viele Jahre später, im Jahr 1963, kommt ein neunzehnjähriger Sporttaucher aus München dort ums Leben. Die Umstände sind mysteriös und ungeklärt.

When lawlessness sweeps across Sun Dog County, Sheriff Brick Davidson faces his toughest challenge yet. A string of daring robberies, a wrecked stagecoach, and mounting political pressure threaten to derail his re-election—and his control of the frontier town he’s sworn to protect.

Братьев из Монтаны Густава и Отто Амлингмайеров, более известных как Старый Рыжий и Верзила Рыжий, жизнь не балует: все их родичи погибли, а им самим приходится браться за самую тяжелую работу ради пары долларов, которых едва хватает на пропитание. Но однажды безрадостное существование двух ковбоев озаряет свет: они знакомятся с рассказами о Шерлоке Холмсе.

Действие романа начинается в 1880‑е годы в трущобах Нью-Йорка, где человек человеку — волк и где нет места состраданию, честности и христианской морали. Когда Уну ложно обвиняют в убийстве, ей удается скрыться и под чужим именем устроиться в недавно открывшуюся школу медсестер при больнице Бельвью, основанную на принципах Флоренс Найтингейл. По мере работы в больнице характер Уны меняется, и она открывает в себе способность к состраданию и даже самопожертвованию.

Cassie Woods is eager to prove herself as a journalist after her first big investigation. But in 1880s New York City, the men still don't take her seriously. Not even handsome but infuriating Detective O'Neill who benefited from her assistance last time. This time, she takes over an investigation into forged artwork, only to discover a much deeper plot. Will she be able to solve the case and earn the respect she deserves?

At last, Tabitha and Wolf can relax and settle into newlywed bliss…or so they think. Just as they prepare to leave London for a quiet summer at the Pembroke Estate, an unexpected—and rather cryptic—invitation arrives. The notoriously flamboyant Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey, has personally requested their presence at Plas Newydd, his ancestral estate, accompanied by a desperate plea for their investigative skills. Intrigued, the couple agrees to a detour—with the ever-formidable dowager in tow, of course.

Herbert Levin n'est plus que l'ombre du Grand Nivelli, brillant et célèbre magicien qu'il était avant la guerre. Séparé de sa femme et de son fils, il tente de garder un semblant d'espoir et de survivre dans l'enfer d'Auschwitz. C'est dans ce même camp que Francisco Latino a réussi à se faire engager ; caché derrière son uniforme SS il fait tout pour protéger sa fiancée russe, prisonnière elle aussi. Rien ne lie ces deux hommes, si ce n'est un instinct de survie inébranlable et le besoin de voir la lumière gagner.

When a body is discovered in a picturesque South Devon village, DI Wesley Peterson is called in to investigate. The victim, Barry Brown, is a celebrity ghostwriter and the theft of his laptop suggests that the motive for murder may lie in his work. While Wesley investigates Barry's famous clients, Wesley's teenage son Michael joins family friend, Dr Neil Watson, on an intriguing excavation of a crashed World War Two plane on Dartmoor.

Cassie Woods yearns to be a real journalist. But in 1880s New York City, her only assignments are women's interest stories. Until, that is, a cookbook author she's meant to interview goes missing and Cassie finds herself in the midst of a police investigation involving one of the city's major crime families. Surly but handsome Detective O'Neill threatens repercussions to her career if she continues to interfere. Will Cassie get in over her head or will she save the day and solve the mystery?

Доротея Трулав молода, богата и собирается замуж за любимого человека. Рут Баттэрхэм молода, бедна и ждет суда за убийство. Добродетельная Доротея посещает заключенных в тюрьме, утешая их душеспасительными беседами. Она увлечена френологией и пытается подтвердить на узницах свою гипотезу о том, что по форме головы можно распознать преступные наклонности и попытаться их исправить.

Hot-tempered and a warrior to the bone, Shannon is the most daring of "Merlin's Mauraders." Her assignment: stop the fiendishly cruel assassin who is targeting a top British ballistics expert's family. Marshalling her intelligence, fighting skills, and weapons is easy. Being forced to work with the rakishly handsome Russian spy she loathes is something else.

Who hated Christy Henshaw enough to shoot her in the throat with an arrow, slash her corpse with hundreds of crisscrossing wounds and deposit her naked body in Roanoke Sound? The answer is no mystery to an immortal man named John Savage, whose gift and whose curse is to recognize the dead among the living. In Henshaw’s murder, Savage divines the echoes of the ancient crime that claimed the life of his soul mate, Mary Colman, one of Sir Walter Raleigh’s famous lost colonists. Savage chases Mary, and her murderer, a Native American named Wanchese, across the pages of history.

Miss Penelope Monckton, just returned from nursing with Florence Nightingale's in Crimea, has come to the country estate of one of the most scandalous men in England, Lord Rickarby—nicknamed Rakerby—to collect a bequest from his late wife, her childhood friend Millie. But something about Millie's death doesn't sit right with Penny. A celebrated painter, Joss, Lord Rickarby, knows Miss Penelope Monckton only from the letters she sent to his late wife during her time nursing in a war zone.

Clinton Salter is the sheriff who never wanted to be sheriff. A World War II veteran and widower, he is elected due to the political machinations of his brother. His new territory is the fabled Madison County, North Carolina—a place of the steepest mountain ridges and most isolated coves and valleys. A place where the seasons matter more than the calendar and the past is as real as the present.

Der Richter-Clan wurde immer mächtiger. Er trat vielen auf die Füße, waren doch die Pfründe der Hauptstadt längst verteilt. Aristokraten, Gangster und bestechliche Beamte – alle wollten die Heiler vernichten. Max begab sich auf die Suche nach denjenigen, die ihm bereits einmal nach dem Leben getrachtet hatten.