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Lady Emily Hardcastle is an eccentric widow with a secret past. Florence Armstrong, her maid and confidante, is an expert in martial arts. The year is 1908 and they've just moved from London to the country, hoping for a quiet life. But it is not long before Lady Hardcastle is forced out of her self-imposed retirement. There's a dead body in the woods, and the police are on the wrong scent. Lady Hardcastle makes some enquiries of her own, and it seems she knows a surprising amount about crime investigation...

LA, 1946. Private eyes Katherine "Kit" Comfort and Henry Richman, operators of the struggling Comfort & Company detective agency, have their hands full when a simple missing person case turns into a deadly clash with traitors and killers. While trying to locate a wayward army doctor, notorious ex-cop Henry and his ambitious young partner Kit become entangled with both a Nazi underground and the government agents who are stalking them.

It is 1946, and war-weary young ex-intelligence officer Lane Winslow leaves London to look for a fresh start. When she finds herself happily settled into a sleepy hamlet in the interior of British Columbia surrounded by a suitably eclectic cast of small-town characters, she feels like she may finally be able to put her past to rest. But then a body is discovered, the victim of murder, and although she works alongside the town's Inspectors Darling and Ames to discover who might have possibly have motivation to kill, she unknowingly casts doubt on herself.

Rare-book dealer Ashlyn Greer’s affinity for books extends beyond the intoxicating scent of old paper, ink, and leather. She can feel the echoes of the books’ previous owners—an emotional fingerprint only she can read. When Ashlyn discovers a pair of beautifully bound volumes that appear to have never been published, her gift quickly becomes an obsession. Not only is each inscribed with a startling incrimination, but the authors, Hemi and Belle, tell conflicting sides of a tragic romance.

Georgie is excited for her first Christmas as a married woman in her lovely new home. She suggests to her dashing husband, Darcy, that they have a little house party, but when Darcy receives a letter from his aunt Ermintrude, there is an abrupt change in plans. She has moved to a house on the edge of the Sandringham estate, near the royal family, and wants to invite Darcy and his new bride for Christmas.

Hadrian Becket, the Earl of Ravenhurst, has always scorned the supernatural—until a head injury left him with the unnerving ability to see visions through touch. Though he loathes the curse, it's proven invaluable in solving murder investigations alongside Miss Matilda Wren. When Hadrian's mother hires Tilda to investigate a medium who claims she can contact her late son, Tilda and Hadrian are drawn into a deadly game. Mediums across London are falling victim to the "Levitation Killer," and the murderer's chilling focus soon shifts to them both.

In all her 25 years, Venetia Lanyon has never been further than Harrogate. Nor has she enjoyed the attentions of any man aside from her two wearisomely persistent suitors. Then, in one extraordinary encounter, she meets a neighbour she knew only by reputation - the infamous Jasper Damerel. Before she realises it, Venetia is encouraging a man whose way of life has scandalised the North Riding for years.

The Lake District, 1957. DS Ruth Rambler, recently promoted to CID, has her first murder case. The body of a well-dressed young man has been found, shoeless, in a cave. Who was he, and how did he get there?

England, 1758: Vor siebzehn Jahren wurde Lord Johns Vater tot mit einer Pistole in der Hand aufgefunden. Nun erwacht die Erinnerung an die Vergangenheit, als Johns Bruder von einem unbekannten Absender eine Seite aus dem Tagebuch ihres Vaters zugeschickt wird. Um herauszufinden, wer dahinter steckt, wendet Lord John sich an den einzigen Mann, dem er noch vertrauen kann: Jamie Fraser. Aber der Siebenjährige Krieg, eine verbotene Affäre und Jamies eigene Geheimnisse erschweren Lord Johns Bestrebungen, endlich die Wahrheit über den Tod seines Vaters herauszufinden.

Ein mysteriöses Hotel, ein alter Zug und ein längst vergessener Unfall: Die Shadow Chasers untersuchen das rätselhafte Verschwinden von Mr. Davidson. Was verbirgt sich in den Waggons? Geheimnisse, die Jahrzehnte überdauerten, kommen ans Licht - und mit ihnen die düstere Wahrheit einer schicksalhaften Fahrt.

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In this locked-room mystery set in 1960, a washed-up actor puts his on-camera detective skills to the test when a suspicious death shatters the quiet peace for a group of strangers staying at an isolated Greek island resort. Perfect for fans of White Lotus, Benjamin Stevenson, and Anthony...

목숨을 걸고 전쟁터에 뛰어든 이름 없는 영웅들의 숨겨진 미스터리 1946년, 뉴욕. 출근길에 오른 그레이스는 자동차 사고로 앞뒤가 꽉 막힌 도로를 피해 그랜드센트럴역으로 향한다. 그리고 기차역 벤치 아래에서 '엘레노어 트리그'라는 이름이 적힌 갈색 여행 가방을 발견한다. 그레이스는 호기심을 참지 못하고 가방을 열었다가 레이스로 가지런히 묶어 놓은 사진 한 묶음을 찾아낸다. 10여 장에 가까운 사진은 전부 젊은 여자들의 독사진으로 스물다섯 살이 채 넘지 않은 앳된 모습이다.

“A pleasure from finish to start.” —Anthony Horowitz “Fresh and exciting, with both humor and thrills, Griffiths’ first book in her new series knocks it out of the park!” —Shari Lapena Some murders can’t be solved in just one lifetime. Ali Dawson and her cold case team...

Brought to you by Penguin. It's 1965, and the world lives on a knife edge. After the nuclear standoff in Cuba, and with Vietnam even now becoming a major conflict zone, the Cold War is colder than ever. The Circus, home of British intelligence, has one formidable clandestine asset in Moscow: a...

Brought to you by Penguin. *A perfect cozy mystery to curl up with this Christmas* A luxury party sets sail on New Year's Day. But festivities will take a deadly turn… New Year’s Day 1939. The luxurious ocean liner The Midnight Star is partway through its voyage from London to New York. On...

Brought to you by Penguin. The irresistible sequel to The Murder at World's End, where beloved detective duo, Stockingham & Pike, must catch a killer in a city teetering on chaos. London, 1911. Coronation fever. Suffragette unrest. A city crackling with tension. When a policeman is found...

After enduring the court's suspicion, Lord Peregrine Fitzroy has finally earned back his standing—and Charity's heart. But the arrival of her family in London threatens to reopen old wounds and reignite a bitter feud that once made their love impossible. Charity, Duchess Atholl, is ready to stand beside the man who was once her enemy. Yet just as they begin to build a future together, foreign royals descend on London with secrets, schemes—and ties to a powerful adversary thought to be in hiding.

An all-female crime gang runs havoc in 1920s Glasgow. The first policewoman is determined to bring them down. FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE UNPICKING When whispers of abuse at Arrol's department store reach Mabel, a determined policewoman, she knows she must act. Enlisting the help of Johnnie, a...

Three generations of ‘hysterical women’ take on systemic corruption and injustice, despite all odds. Open-hearted but naive Lillias Gilfillan is sixteen when she elopes with an older man with ulterior motives. When her expectations of married life are shattered, Lillias must hold onto her...

It is 1928, and the future is unwritten. When widowed Professor Horace Jennings reluctantly volunteers to search for a missing student, he trades Rhode Island for the West Coast. This isn’t Providence; this is Los Angeles. And as his hired detective warns him, bootleggers, museum thieves, and crooked cops are no company for a sherry-sipping professor and his precocious protégé, Helen Parker. But the truly dangerous characters aren’t criminals. In fact, they aren’t even human. Shila Ghiss, a scientist from a subterranean race, desires only to experience daylight.

'A wonderfully clever historical novelist' - DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Leonora Nattrass is a master storyteller' - JANICE HALLETT Leicestershire, 1774. Following a minor royal scandal, Susan Bell's father has lost his post as Dean of Westminster, and the two find themselves exiled to the family's country...

Sheriff Zachariah Fitch doesn't believe in pirate stories like the ones his daughter's nursemaid, Nairnie spins so well. But his beliefs change quickly when Nairnie's ex-pirate husband, Bear, and his crew arrive at his door one night. After solving several murders with the help of his good friend (and love interest), Lady Vivienne Harlowe, Zachariah wants nothing more than time to unwind. However, when Bear suggests a day of high seas adventure aboard his ship, Vivienne accepts the invitation for all of them. Against the sheriff's will, of course.

Poznań, wiosna 1924 roku. Całe miasto żyje rozpoczynającym się właśnie Czwartym Targiem Poznańskim, z którym władze wiążą spore nadzieje. Atrakcją imprezy ma być maszyna zdolna wykrywać jednostki pływające z dużej odległości. Problem w tym, że zarówno urządzenie, jak i sam jego twórca, inżynier Kazimierz Puchała, znikają w tajemniczych okolicznościach. Sprawa szybko nabiera znamion afery szpiegowskiej. Do akcji wkracza porucznik Karol Sianecki z kontrwywiadu wojskowego, wspierany przez rubasznego komisarza poznańskiej policji, Leona Ratajczaka.

Suffolk, England, 1936. The Reverend Alwyn Jones has made several enemies since becoming Rector of Addenham Magna. But nobody expected he would be so unpopular as to be bludgeoned to death in his own vestry during a church fete. And nobody noticed the disappearance of an old painting from the church on the same day as the murder.

London. 1925. Now settled into their new married lives, Kitty Worthington and her husband Robert are thrilled to host their first formal dinner. Among their guests is an antiquities dealer who hints at a groundbreaking discovery, a document so important it’s bound to ruin lives. Days later, the dealer is bludgeoned to death on London Bridge.

London, 1945. The capital is the backdrop for many struggling with demons unleashed by the recent World War. Maisie Dobbs is drawn into the story of a group of squatters, including an ill demobbed soldier, who have set up camp in the Belgravia mansion of her former in-laws Lord and Lady Julian Compton. Her attempt to help brings to light a decades-old mystery that concerns her first husband, James Compton, who was killed while flying an experimental fighter aircraft.

"Wildly inventive, twisty tour de force"—BookPage The lush Gothic drama of Crimson Peak meets the murderous intrigue of Knives Out with an LGBTQIA+ love story to die for from award-winning author KJ Charles. WHO WILL SURVIVE LACKADAY HOUSE? When Zeb Wyckham is summoned to a wealthy...

Действие романа развивается параллельно в современной России и в России конца семнадцатого века. Английский историк Николас Фандорин, потомок знаменитого детектива Эраста Петровича Фандорина, идёт по следам своего предка, Корнелиуса фон Дорна.

Maurice Leblanc, a writer of detective fiction during the same period as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, created Arsene Lupin, a sort of French Robin Hood. An inventive genius, a master of disguise, and an accomplished actor, Lupin operates in the choice chateaux and salons. He scorns sham and with great disdain leaves his card in a baron's residence. The card reads, "Arsene Lupin, gentleman-burglar, will return when the furniture is genuine."

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson receive a visit from an elderly lady demanding help for a seemingly small problem. Holmes is intrigued by her case because he senses some greater evil lies beneath. Together, the two travel to the small hamlet of Firwick where Holmes hopes to unravel a tangled mystery.

London's social season is in full swing, and Victorian aristocracy can't stop whispering about a certain gentleman who claims to be the direct descendant of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. But he's not the only topic of wagging tongues. Drawing rooms, boudoirs, and ballrooms are abuzz with the latest news of an audacious cat burglar who has been systematically stealing valuable items that once belonged to the ill-fated queen. Light gossip turns serious when the owner of one of the pilfered treasures is found murdered, and the mysterious thief develops a twisted obsession with Lady Emily Ashton.

Amelia Peabody embarks on her first Egyptian adventure armed with unshakable self-confidence, a journal for her thoughts, and, of course, a sturdy umbrella. On her way, she rescues Evelyn Barton-Forbes, who has been "ruined" and abandoned on the streets of Rome by her lover. With a typical disregard for convention, Amelia promptly hires her fellow countrywoman as a companion and takes her to Cairo, where strange visitations and a botched kidnapping convince Amelia that there is a plot afoot to harm Evelyn.

Set Norse-inspired world, and packed with myth, magic, and vengeance, The Shadow of the Gods begins an epic fantasy saga from bestselling author John Gwynne. A century has passed since the gods fought and drove themselves to extinction. Now only their bones remain, promising great power to those...

1786, Jerusalem College, Cambridge. The ghost of Sylvia Whichcote is rumoured to be haunting Jerusalem, since disturbed fellow-commoner, Frank Oldershaw, claims to have seen the dead woman prowling the grounds. Desperate to salvage her son’s reputation, Lady Anne Oldershaw employs John Holdsworth, author of The Anatomy of Ghosts a stinging account of why ghosts are mere delusion to investigate.

There’s no one and nothing the great detective Nero Wolfe wouldn’t take on if the price was right. That’s something wealthy society widow Rachel Bruner is counting on when she writes him a check for a whopping hundred grand. But even Wolfe has a moment’s doubt when he finds out why the...

1979. It is the winter of discontent, and reporter Allie Burns is chasing her first big scoop. There are few women in the newsroom, and she needs something explosive for the boys' club to take her seriously. Soon Allie and fellow journalist Danny Sullivan are exposing the criminal underbelly of respectable Scotland. They risk making powerful enemies - and Allie won't stop there.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “It’s Lovecraft meets the Brontës in Latin America, and after a slow-burn start Mexican Gothic gets seriously weird.”—The Guardian ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM...

England, Summer 1926. When Lord Edgington receives a letter from Hugo Templeton-Swift, a famously rich old man who believes he’s being poisoned, the renowned detective fetches his assistant, his golden retriever, and a full staff of servants and heads off to the countryside to investigate. But when the bodies start falling in the enigmatic manor of Riverside Keep, anyone could be guilty.

Brought to you by Penguin. Florence, New Year’s Day 1557. As dawn breaks, a painter is discovered lying on the floor of a church, stabbed through the heart. Above him, the paintings he laboured over for more than a decade. At his home, a hidden painting scandalously depicting Maria de Medici...

A sparkling romance by the author of the Albert Campion detective series with a similar wit, mystery, and romance. Similar to Georgette Heyer's early romance, The Black Moth.

It's the early 1980s in Belfast. Sean Duffy, a conflicted Catholic cop in the Protestant RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary), is recruited by MI5 to hunt down Dermot McCann, an IRA master bomber who has made a daring escape from the notorious Maze prison. In the course of his investigations Sean discovers a woman who may hold the key to Dermot's whereabouts; she herself wants justice for her daughter who died in mysterious circumstances in a pub locked from the inside.

Enola Holmes is being hunted by the world’s most famous detective—her own brother, Sherlock Holmes. But while she is on the run in the world’s biggest, darkest, dirtiest city, she discovers a hidden cache of charcoal drawings and feels as if she is a soul mate to the girl who drew them. But that girl, Lady Cecily, has disappeared without a trace. Braving the midnight streets, Enola must unravel the clues to find this left-handed lady, but in order to save her, Enola risks revealing more than she should.