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The brand new Miss Marple novel from Lucy Foley, the No.1 bestselling author of The Guest List and The Midnight Feast. AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW *** High in the Swiss Alps, with glorious mountain views and exclusive access to powdery slopes, the Grand Alpine Hotel draws guests from far and wide...

London, 1888: Angesichts der Zustände in den Armenvierteln werden die Mittel der Metropolitan Police aufgestockt. Ein neues Hauptquartier wird errichtet, das mächtige Kellergewölbe steht bereits. Doch der Bau gerät ins Stocken, als einer der Arbeiter eine grausame Entdeckung macht. Im frisch fertiggestellten Tresorraum findet er ein seltsames Paket. Darin eingeschlagen: der entsetzlich zugerichtete Rumpf einer Frau. Von ihrem Kopf fehlt jede Spur. Eine höhnische Botschaft an die Polizei?

Brought to you by Penguin Jane Austen is preparing for the summer season. As guests of their wealthy relatives Mr and Mrs Leigh-Perrot, Jane and her sister Cassandra will be holidaying in Bath Spa – the world-famous health resort, and more importantly, the epicentre of the marriage mart. For...

Northern Michigan is a land of ghosts and sweeping vistas. In a small town, an ancient oak stands heavy with grief, its twisted limbs hung with shoes like eerie gravestones. The town whispers about Colwyn Cueny—the child murderer, the woman who sees specters in the woods and locked her own sister away. The curse of the ancient forest witch carved into flesh and bone. But when embattled Chicago attorney Marcus Lenarsic arrives to board with her, he doesn't find a monster. He finds a haunted woman, bound by secrets and buried beneath a decade of fear.

Adapted into a major motion picture starring Colin Firth and Kevin Bacon! From the New York Times bestselling author of Murder Your Employer comes Where the Truth Lies, a tour de force of sinister mystery, sly comedy, grand cuisine, and all-consuming desire—“a narcotically addictive...

From the bestselling author of The Housekeepers comes a glossy, dark, page-turning mystery to rival The White Lotus–unfolding over twenty-four fateful hours in London's most lavish hotel. 1926. Diana Gold, owner and impresario, throws open the doors to the most opulent new hotel in London. As...

Wien 1923, eine Stadt zwischen Elend und Hoffnung. Als der ehemalige Unterweltboss Veit Kolja spurlos verschwindet, beginnt für seinen Weggefährten, Inspektor August Emmerich, eine fieberhafte Suche. Kurz darauf werden zwei frühere Schwarzmarkthändler ermordet – stehen die Taten mit Koljas Verschwinden in Verbindung? Eine Spur führt Emmerich zu einem frisch aufgeworfenen Grab auf einem Wiener Friedhof, das ein düsteres Geheimnis birgt.

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...

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,” until...

The first in a new mystery series that reimagines Sherlock Holmes’s mother and her lady’s-maid-turned-investigative-partner. ‘Some problems simply merit solving, Mrs Hudson’ Heartbroken, widowed, and penniless, Katherine Hudson never intended to become a lady’s maid; especially not to...

Lovers and loyalties are tested when scandals come to light. Memoirist Professor Gavin Nash and his friend Oscar Barratt travel to the picturesque shores of Italy’s Lake Como in search of a rare book said to contain the spell for a magical tattoo. It’s been hidden for centuries in the...

In this witty historical murder mystery set in a San Francisco hotel, an unlikely trio of amateur sleuths must uncover a killer before another guest checks out for good. This first book in the Murder Most Fowl Mysteries is perfect for fans of Only Murders in the Building. In 1905, the Grand...

Es ist ein heißer Sommer, als Dora nach vielen Jahrzehnten in ihren Heimatort Hausen zurückkehrt. Stundenlang wandert sie durch die fremdvertrauten Straßen – zu ihrem Elternhaus, aber auch zu dem Fachwerkhaus, in dem einst ihre beste Freundin wohnte. Als sie entdeckt, dass vor diesem Haus Stolpersteine verlegt wurden, ist Dora fassungslos. Denn dort liegen nur vier Steine, doch sie weiß genau, dass es fünf sein müssten: Der ihrer ehemals besten Freundin Fanny fehlt.

Originally published in 1929, DETECTIVE DUFF UNRAVELS IT gathers eight short stories by Harvey O'Higgins featuring the titular detective doing what no literary detective had done previously—namely, using psychology to solve cases. This novel approach helped the book take its place as a major...

Like a moth transforming into a butterfly, Lady Harriet must shed her past insecurities to reveal the grace and confidence within. After Lady Harriet’s less-than-ideal debut into society, her parents decide it would be best for her to spend some time with her cousin and his wife. They hope...

London, 1941. Polly Hope is bravely working as an air raid warden during the Blitz when she saves the life of the charming Freddie Fairbank. Over a thank-you breakfast at the Ritz, he asks Polly to help requisition a sprawling English country house for the war effort. Petherbridge Hall has grand rooms, lovely views and will be a perfect nursing home for injured troops, if they can only persuade the family to give up their house. But then they find the lord of the manor dead behind the gardener’s shed.

To solve a double murder in Cuba, US Army Captain Billy Boyle will need to build unlikely alliances with Havana’s underworld and British intelligence, including Lieutenant Commander Ian Fleming, whose naval wartime service would later inspire the James Bond novels. This installment of James R...

Set against the backdrop of post-WWII Oxford University, The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies is the irresistible debut from Kate Westbury that seamlessly layers mystery, romance, and a dash of academia to introduce the Crown’s newest undercover operatives. Oxford, England, 1951 - The...