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Someone wants Niall Kier's secrets exposed—even if they lead to scandal, unrest . . . and murder. Miss Kara Levett has discovered a talent for unearthing secrets and truths, but she's vowed not to turn it on her friend—and more—Mr. Niall Kier. His secrets are his own, until he chooses to share them. Unfortunately, someone else is not so patient. Niall needs to find who is digging so furiously into his past—and why they are so eager to unleash the scandal that could follow.

England, 1925. After years shut away from the world, former detective Lord Edgington of Cranley Hall plans a grand ball to celebrate his seventy-fifth birthday. But when someone starts bumping off members of his scheming family, the old man enlists his teenage grandson to help find the killer, before one of them is next.

Ever since she drove her best friend's fiance to kill himself, Isabel Drew has been nicknamed Jezebel. She is domineering, arrogant, vain—and beautiful enough to get away with it. She is starring as a princess in a medieval pageant when her past catches up to her. On tiny slips of paper, threats appear, promising death to Isabel and those around her. Fearing she may be attacked, she invites the brilliant Inspector Cockrill to keep her safe after the performance. But her precautions come too late. During the first show, Isabel falls from her tower and is dead before she hits the ground.

Early one morning, a body is found lying next to the railway tracks just outside of Kuki Station in Saitama Prefecture, shot dead. It is identified as belonging to the owner of a local mill which is embroiled in a labour dispute. Suspicion initially falls on the workers' union, then on a new religious sect that has been gaining followers recently. Chief Inspector Onitsura and his assistant Tanna are called in to investigate, and soon set off in a journey across Japan, from Tokyo to Kyoto and Osaka, and finally to the island of Kyushu, in a hunt for the killer.

Kurz vor der Eröffnung seiner Weihnachtsausstellung erhält Sir Edmund Vane, Direktor des South Kensington Museums, einen anonymen Drohbrief: Blut werde die zwölfte Nacht zeichnen. Im Verborgenen sollen Holmes und Watson klären, wer hinter der Drohung steckt, bevor die Krone des Kaspar, der Stolz der Schau und eine Leihgabe aus dem Kölner Dom, am Dreikönigstag heimkehrt.

Kurz vor der Eröffnung seiner Weihnachtsausstellung erhält Sir Edmund Vane, Direktor des South Kensington Museums, einen anonymen Drohbrief: Blut werde die zwölfte Nacht zeichnen. Im Verborgenen sollen Holmes und Watson klären, wer hinter der Drohung steckt, bevor die Krone des Kaspar, der Stolz der Schau und eine Leihgabe aus dem Kölner Dom, am Dreikönigstag heimkehrt.

Folge 10: Der Pilger Kurz vor der Eröffnung seiner Weihnachtsausstellung erhält Sir Edmund Vane, Direktor des South Kensington Museums, einen anonymen Drohbrief: Blut werde die zwölfte Nacht zeichnen. Im Verborgenen sollen Holmes und Watson klären, wer hinter der Drohung steckt, bevor die Krone des Kaspar, der Stolz der Schau und eine Leihgabe aus dem Kölner Dom, am Dreikönigstag heimkehrt.

Folge 21: Pembertons Geständnis Kurz vor der Eröffnung seiner Weihnachtsausstellung erhält Sir Edmund Vane, Direktor des South Kensington Museums, einen anonymen Drohbrief: Blut werde die zwölfte Nacht zeichnen. Im Verborgenen sollen Holmes und Watson klären, wer hinter der Drohung steckt, bevor die Krone des Kaspar, der Stolz der Schau und eine Leihgabe aus dem Kölner Dom, am Dreikönigstag heimkehrt.

October 1851. After millions of visitors and months of success, the Great Exhibition is winding down. Mr. Niall Kier and Miss Kara Levett are busy with the celebrations planned for the last weeks—and with all the commissions their involvement has brought them. Their artistic works stall, though, when the closing ceremonies are interrupted by a murder.

Kurz vor der Eröffnung seiner Weihnachtsausstellung erhält Sir Edmund Vane, Direktor des South Kensington Museums, einen anonymen Drohbrief: Blut werde die zwölfte Nacht zeichnen. Im Verborgenen sollen Holmes und Watson klären, wer hinter der Drohung steckt, bevor die Krone des Kaspar, der Stolz der Schau und eine Leihgabe aus dem Kölner Dom, am Dreikönigstag heimkehrt.

With its posh clientele in the country for the summer, Georgie's housecleaning business has fizzled. So she tries hiring herself out as a dinner and theatre companion. But her first client has quite the wrong idea. To avoid further scandal, Georgie's shipped home to Castle Rannoch, where her summer plans include honoring a promise to Her Majesty to keep Castle Rannoch's divorcedhouseguest from seducing the Prince of Wales.

As Europe buckles under Nazi occupation, Maisie Dobbs investigates a possible murder that threatens devastating repercussions for Britain's war efforts in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling mystery series. September 1941. While on a delivery, young Freddie Hackett, a...

His name, they tell him, is William Monk, and he is a London police detective. But the accident that felled him has left him with only half a life; his memory and his entire past have vanished. As he tries to hide the truth, Monk returns to work and is assigned to investigate the brutal murder of a Crimean War hero and man about town. Which makes Monk’s efforts doubly difficult, since he’s forgotten his professional skills along with everything else.

Late October 1909, and the season of ghouls and things that go bump in the night has descended on the village of Littleton Cotterell. Lady Hardcastle and her trusted lady’s maid, Florence, find themselves hosting a colourful cast of actors whose spooky moving picture, The Witch’s Downfall...

The second Maisie Dobbs mystery Jacqueline Winspear’s marvelous debut, Maisie Dobbs, won her fans from around the world and raised her intuitive, intelligent, and resourceful heroine to the ranks of literature’s favorite sleuths. Birds of a Feather, its follow-up, finds psychologist and...

London: 1968. Liz Houghton is languishing as an obituary writer at a London newspaper when a young girl’s disappearance captivates the city. If Liz can break the story, it’s her way into the newsroom. She already has a scoop: Her best friend Marisa is a police officer who is assigned to the case. Liz follows Marisa to Dorset, where they make another disturbing discovery. Over two decades earlier, three girls disappeared while evacuating from London. One was found murdered in the woods near a train line. The other two were never seen again.

Another exquisite regency murder mystery from your new favourite author, Beth Andrews. Anthea Halliwell’s once-bright future is cruelly taken from her the moment she is accused of stealing a necklace dripping with rubies and diamonds and attempting to sell it. Her beloved Captain Crispin...

ANOTHER EXQUISITE REGENCY MURDER MYSTERY FROM YOUR NEW FAVOURITE AUTHOR, BETH ANDREWS. Returning from their honeymoon, John and Lydia Savidge have another mystery on their hands. As a favour to an old friend, they agree to help uncover who killed Sir Benedict Stanbury, master of Fallowfield...

First published in 1926, The Benson Murder Case relates the murder of a wily womanizer found shot dead in his home, and behind locked doors. Amateur Detective Philo Vance makes his first appearance in this work and assists the New York District Attorney in tracking down the murderer.

England 1928. Mystery writer Marius Quin receives alarming news from his sleuthing partner Lady Bella Montague that their childhood friends are in danger. Back in their charming village of Hurtwood, the three Heaton cousins have all been sent identical death threats. When the local constable refuses to help, it’s up to Marius and Bella to stop the would-be killer. But they arrive too late, and Marius finds his former best friend dead in his kitchen with a knife through the heart.