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Leipzig, die Bücherstadt. 1930. In der Bibliothek ihres Stiefvaters stößt Amalia Lux auf sieben Exlibris mit der Darstellung mysteriöser Masken, signiert mit »L. Gora«. Als mehrere Morde geschehen, fällt der Verdacht auf Amalia, die als Kind gegen ihren Willen aus den Kolonien nach Deutschland gebracht wurde. Welche Verbindung gibt es zwischen den Exlibris und den Toten? Plötzlich selbst eine Gejagte, macht Amalia sich auf die Suche nach der verschollenen Künstlerin.

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...

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...

Young Jacob Fletcher, whilst unsure of his parentage, did know that as an apprentice he couldn't legally be seized by the press gang. But this particular gang couldn't actually read the rules. And didn't care anyway. Which was how he found himself risking life, limb and sea sickness on board His Majesty's frigate Phiandra, about to do battle with what looked like half the French fleet.

A Victorian historical mystery with paranormal intrigue, featuring London's most tenacious private detective, a missing heiress, a ransom note signed by the legendary Spring-Heeled Jack, and a secret courtship that refuses to stay out of the investigation. Private detective Matilda Wren's latest...

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 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...

DARK CORRUPTION AND THE PENITENCE OF DEATH . . . 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...

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...

“Hay’s tightly woven plot unfolds at an addictive pace, and the twists come in all the right places." —Publishers Weekly 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...

Ein stürmischer Abend am Riverside Drive: In Mrs. Myra Crabtrees Haus versammelt sich der exzentrische „Club des schwarzen Katers", um Edgar Allan Poe zu huldigen. Doch der literarische Grusel wird bittere Realität, als der Bankier Cecil Deakin tot aufgefunden wird – vergiftet! Wenig später entdeckt Professor van Dusen im Weinkeller des Hauses eine weitere angsteinflößende Überraschung.

Un apasionante y enrevesado misterio de asesinato perfecto para todos los aficionados a la novela negra. Serie Ryder y Loveday, Libro 2. Verano de 1960, Oxford. Bajo el glorioso sol de Oxford, en un día en el que todos deberían estar de celebración, la tragedia lo eclipsa todo cuando un...

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital. UNA PRECIOSA FINCA FRANCESA, UNA BODA, UN ASESINATO Y UNA DETECTIVE NOVATA DISPUESTA A RESOLVER SU PRIMER CASO. Tras dejar un prestigioso internado suizo donde trabajaba como profesora, Miss Atalanta Ashford se convierte de repente en la joven...

OXFORD, 1960. Un asesino anda suelto y dos héroes insólitos están dispuestos a resolver el caso. Trudy Loveday, agente de policía en prácticas, es inteligente y entusiasta, aunque siempre la subestiman. Con la esperanza de quitársela de en medio, su oficial superior la asigna para ayudar...

UNA PRECIOSA ISLA GRIEGA. UNA EXTRAÑA CON VELO. Y UNA CAÍDA FATAL DESDE LOS ACANTILADOS. Miss Atalanta Ashford está haciendo turismo cerca de Venecia cuando una enigmática dama con velo se le acerca con la petición urgente de que investigue la misteriosa muerte de su hija en la idílica...

He writes his own case notes. He just doesn’t call them that. London, 1888. Dr. John Carrow keeps a Mile End Road practice above a chemist’s shop and a pocket-book containing the names of patients he has failed to save. As women begin dying in Whitechapel and the newspapers reach for a name for their killer, Carrow begins writing something else: rules. Rules about mercy. Restraint. Selection. Procedure. Rules he tells himself prove he is still in control.

When Marin Halvorsen returns to her family’s farmhouse after years away, she expects to say goodbye to her dying mother and settle the future of the property. Instead, she finds a mystery. Hidden ledgers. Torn pages. Unfamiliar names. Photographs of strangers standing beside the old farmhouse decades ago. As Marin and her brothers Elias and Rowan begin searching through the house their father left behind, they uncover evidence that the farm was far more than a quiet family home. For years, people came to the Halvorsen property seeking refuge. Someone helped them disappear.

Der Industrielle Lance Ingram, den Dr. Mortimer aus seiner Zeit in London kennt, ist in seinen Geburtsort Falls zurückgekehrt, um den Familienbetrieb zu übernehmen. Zur Feier dieses Ereignisses veranstaltet er einen großen Maskenball, zudem er die Mortimers und Sir Henry Baskerville einlädt...