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Stockholm, Silvester 1895/96: In der klirrenden Kälte der Neujahrsnacht entdeckt die junge Näherin Hildur die Leiche einer Frau im Hinterhof ihres Mietshauses – neben ihr ein toter Fötus. Die Tote ist Emma Josefina, gerade einmal 16 Jahre alt und Dienstmädchen im Haushalt des angesehenen Bauherrn Johan Henrik Creutz. Hildur kann das grausame Bild der jungen Toten nicht vergessen. Gemeinsam mit drei Mitbewohnerinnen – der wohlhabenden Witwe Olga, deren Dienstmädchen Edit und der scharfsinnigen Vollwaise Fredrika – beginnt sie, Fragen zu stellen, die niemand hören will.

Stockholm, Silvester 1895/96: In der klirrenden Kälte der Neujahrsnacht entdeckt die junge Näherin Hildur die Leiche einer Frau im Hinterhof ihres Mietshauses – neben ihr ein toter Fötus. Die Tote ist Emma Josefina, gerade einmal 16 Jahre alt und Dienstmädchen im Haushalt des angesehenen Bauherrn Johan Henrik Creutz. Hildur kann das grausame Bild der jungen Toten nicht vergessen. Gemeinsam mit drei Mitbewohnerinnen – der wohlhabenden Witwe Olga, deren Dienstmädchen Edit und der scharfsinnigen Vollwaise Fredrika – beginnt sie, Fragen zu stellen, die niemand hören will.

「かわいそうに。あの人、今日死ぬね」 心の闇には、魔が棲む。 明治後期、神戸で起きた凄惨な怪事件。 帝大心理学者と県警警部、そして千里眼の女が迫る、 戦慄の怪異ミステリー、開幕!! 明治三十四年の神戸市――。 実業家・渋沢栄一を後ろ盾とする敷島家の屋敷で、娘たちが始めた「こっくりさん」。

Brought to you by Penguin. Munich, 1931. A young woman is found dead in Adolf Hitler's apartment. The official verdict is suicide. Detective Inspector Thomas Bauer knows it's murder. The victim is Geli Raubal – Hitler's niece, prisoner, and secret shame. Within hours, Bauer's investigation is...

A festive murder mystery novella featuring Ali Dawson No-one is more surprised than time-travelling detective Ali Dawson when Charles Dickens suddenly turns up on her doorstep a few days before Christmas. The Great Writer is as baffled as she is as to how he got there. Ali takes him in, despite...

Miss Sampford ist verzweifelt. Jemand will sie tot sehen, und sie ist überzeugt, dass die Gefahr aus den eigenen Reihen kommt. In ihrer Angst wendet sie sich an Clara Fitzgerald, um sie vor ihrer Familie zu schützen, die sich ausgerechnet zu den Feiertagen zu Besuch kommen. Clara ist immer bereit zu helfen, doch was sie im Haus der Sampfords erwartet, übersteigt selbst ihre schlimmsten Befürchtungen.

Like its predecessor, Death on the Pearl River, this thrilling murder mystery promises to "deliver a multitude of pleasures!" (The New York Times). Ben Canaan is riding high on the recent string of cases he has solved successfully on the payroll of Her Majesty's Executive. Then a notorious crime...

THE FINAL NOVEL FROM THE MASTER STORYTELLER November 11th, 1918. As the guns of the Great War fall silent, two babies draw their first breath. Eve is the daughter of an Earl. Adam, a shepherd's son. Yet from their first meeting they form an extraordinary bond that neither privilege nor prejudice...

April 29, 1585. Coroner John Derrick is summoned to the cozy village of Bramley to investigate a naked dead man found beneath a waterwheel. An unfortunate drowning, by all indications. But upon closer inspection, the case takes a macabre turn: The deceased is missing a certain piece of his anatomy.

A killer stalks the streets of London, murdering Christmas-hating misers, a mystery only reformed penny-pincher Ebenezer Scrooge can solve. But Scrooge's chief witness is dead, his prime suspect is a mystical spirit that can walk through walls and his two faithful friends, Tiny Tim and the Widow...

A country Christmas in Victorian England takes a murderous turn in Agatha and Lefty Award winning author Dianne Freeman’s delightful mystery featuring Frances Hazelton, the former Countess of Harleigh, and her husband, George. Frances and George are looking forward to a Christmas season...

A family, their liquor store, and the clash of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Amendments in 1920s St. Paul The Kaner brothers were getting by well enough running Kaner’s Fine Wine and Spirits in St. Paul, Minnesota, until Prohibition took effect in January 1920. With their liquor store...

Lord Wrexford and Charlotte's growing family ensures that life is a source of constant adventure. The addition of Wrexford's half-sister to their household is proving an unexpected delight. But some surprises are less welcome—and trouble strikes when Hawk, one of the young boys in their care...

Under the harsh hand of its newly elected prioress, St. Frideswide's has become a place of deadly sin. The corruption has grown subtly and slowly, but it has found fertile soil in the rage and greed of Domina Alys, who has turned the priory into a boarding house for her relatives, the Godfreys. Dame Frevisse is horrified to discover that the modest stores of the priory—desperately needed if the nuns are to survive the coming winter—are being completely consumed by the rapacious Godfrey clan.

Charlotte Holmes—aka Sherlock Holmes—becomes entangled in a puzzling missing person case that hits close to home for her beloved Mrs. Watson in this Victorian-set mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of A Ruse of Shadows. It’s been three years since Charlotte Holmes struck a...

The sequel to the Wodehouse Prize nominated Murder Most Foul. The second novel by the multi BAFTA, RTS and Emmy awardwinning writer, director and producer of iconic TV shows like Outnumbered and Drop the Dead Donkey. The murder-solving duo are back, famed playwright Will and the sister of...

À Narbonne, un chasseur de trésors est retrouvé assassiné chez lui, le crâne fracassé. La veille, il avait confié à Pierre Cavaignac et Marjolaine Karadec, archéologues et francs-maçons, un extraordinaire rouleau de cuivre gravé en araméen et en grec ancien. Cavaignac et Karadec...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Turnglass. Perfect for fans of Anthony Horowitz and Stuart Turton. A dazzling, puzzle-box mystery of secrets, power and hidden truths 1804, Isle of Ray, Essex. Lysander Rose has spent his life searching for the truth about his mother, abducted when...

Der Vorteil, wenn man im Strudel von Kleideranproben und Hochzeitsvorbereitungen gefangen ist: Charlotte Sloane hat kaum Zeit für irgendwelche Bedenken. Als bei einem Symposium in den Royal Botanic Gardens ein Botaniker zusammenbricht, haben Sloane und Wrexford jedoch ganz andere Sorgen. Denn die Spuren von weißem Pulver in der Nähe des Mundes offenbaren die dunkle Wahrheit – der Botaniker wurde ermordet. Sloane und Wrexford werden in die Ermittlungen hineingezogen und erfahren, dass das Opfer an einer bedeutenden medizinischen Entdeckung beteiligt war.

A Victorian country-house murder mystery introducing Isabella Hartwell, a Gilded Age American heiress whose sharp mind, sharper tongue, and taste for adventure place her at the centre of a deadly aristocratic scandal. Isabella Hartwell has crossed the Atlantic for reasons entirely unrelated to...