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January 1901. Abigail and Daniel Wilson, often lauded as 'The Museum Detectives', are on their way to the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza. Their explorations of the pyramid, including the Robbers' Tunnel, take a very sinister turn when they come upon the dead body of a man who has been brutally garrotted. Investigations by the local police reveal him to be Simeon McGruder, a wealthy American who is financing an excavation of the pyramids. When Daniel and Abigail return to Cairo they are asked by the American Embassy if they can take on the case, but they have a difficult path to tread.

When a gunman breaks into South Oxford Nursery School and takes a group of hostages, teacher Louise Kennedy fears the worst. But Jaime Segura isn’t there on a homicidal mission, and he’s just as scared as those whose lives he holds as collateral. As a police presence builds outside the school’s gates, the only person Jaime will talk to is Ben Whistler, an MI6 accountant who worked with Jaime’s lover, Miro. Miro’s gone missing, along with a quarter of a billion pounds allotted for reconstruction work in Iraq. Jaime refuses to believe that Miro is a thief—though he’s always had his secrets.

“Simenon was fascinated by peculiarities of human personality, which he described in elegant, simple prose . . . as pure as running water.” —Roger Ebert It’s the height of spring, and Maigret is grappling with doubly unfamiliar circumstances. He’s in the surreal new village of...

When former MI6 agent Selwin Birks is found dead in his Costa Blanca villa, police call it a suicide. A few days later, MI5 agent Chris Kane is also found dead, killed on his boat. But the local police can see no connection. Maverick Government agent Sam Taylor knows better....

Jake Adams finds himself on his isolated Montana ranch enjoying early summer when he gets a call and finds out an old friend has died in a tragic accident. This death brings back old memories for Jake, but the circumstances of the death seem unbelievable. So, together with Sirena, he takes the corporate jet to investigate.

Susan never imagined herself an amateur sleuth, and she certainly never goes looking for trouble, preferring days spent walking her loyal dogs Libs and Rocco, and maybe even a dip in the sea to cool off after this interminable heatwave. When she hears of a break-in at the vet's where her new neighbour works, Susan's curiosity is piqued. And then, a few days later, the lead vet, Peter, mysteriously disappears. They assume it's business related until his body is washed up on the beach close to his clifftop home.

Alex Morgan's first mission as a black-ops Interpol agent sends him to the war-torn streets of Africa. Tasked to evacuate innocent civilians from a coup-threatened nation, he soon uncovers a sinister plot involving a rogue MI6 agent and shadowy forces. In his first solo mission as a black-ops Interpol agent, Alex Morgan is thrust into a world of betrayal and violence. Tasked with evacuating ex-pats from a coup-threatened African nation, Morgan soon uncovers a sinister plot involving a rogue MI6 agent and shadowy forces that threaten global stability.

From the bestselling author of Strange Houses and Strange Pictures comes a mesmerizing novel of eleven strange buildings and one terrible secret. A lonely hut in the woods. A murder house. A hidden chamber. A mysterious shrine. A home in flames. A nightmarish prison. . . . Each of the buildings...

Ellie McLellan thought wedding planning would be the toughest challenge of her life. But with Quinn Walsh secretly crafting a surprise, relatives flying in from the UK, and the Cozy Corner Café doubling as their wedding venue, chaos quickly takes center stage. Ellie's nerves have nothing to do with saying "I do"—she just wants everything to go as planned.

A taut psychological thriller about the hidden demons that guide our convictions, our biases, and our deepest desires, available in English for the first time from “Japan’s Agatha Christie.” (The Sunday Times) In the middle of the night, a car drives off a pier. An elderly man drowns, but...

In der Küstenstadt Kinlough an der Westküste Irlands treffen drei alte Freunde nach Jahren wieder aufeinander. Im Sommer 2003 gehörten Helen, Joe und Mush zu einer unzertrennlichen Clique, deren Mittelpunkt die mutterlose und ungestüme Kala Lanann war – das strahlende Zentrum ihres Universums. Bis sie kurz darauf spurlos verschwand. Jetzt, 15 Jahre später, kehrt Helen widerwillig für eine Hochzeit nach Irland zurück. Joe, mittlerweile ein berühmter Musiker, ist ebenfalls in der Stadt. Und Mush hat es nie aus Kinlough herausgeschafft. Dann werden menschliche Überreste im Wald gefunden.

During the National High School Cultural Festival ceremony, Yoshiyuki Shimizu - the current Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and a literary giant - was fatally stabbed by a man who rushed out from backstage. The arrested suspect, 37-year-old Akatsuki Nagase, began publishing his memoirs in a weekly magazine following his arrest.

Spätsommer in Südschweden: Eine junge Frau wird vor dem Astrid-Lindgren-Freizeitpark in Vimmerby tot aufgefunden. Wer hat die hübsche und bei allen beliebte Imbissbesitzerin kaltblütig mit einem Pfeil erschossen? Der Polizeichef der Stadt, Marten Henriksson, nimmt zusammen mit seiner Kollegin und Ex-Frau Lena Wallin die Ermittlungen auf. Eine erste Spur führt zum Klärwerk, mit dessen Geschäftsführung die Tote seit Wochen in einem erbitterten Streit lag. Doch reicht das als Mordmotiv?

When an Irish priest narrowly escapes an attempt on his life at a remote Canadian Seminary, Detective Bernadette Callahan finds herself entangled in a mystery that hits unexpectedly close to home. As Callahan delves deeper into the case, a sinister plot emerges, reaching back to the misty shores of Ireland, where ancient tales and myths hold the key to the mystery.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling master of international intrigue comes a shocking new stand-alone thriller that thrusts a group of university students, falsely accused of murder, into a treacherous hunt across Europe, all to unlock the secrets buried within a centuries-old book that could...

From celebrated New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry comes the latest Cotton Malone adventure, a tale of mystery and intrigue stretching back over four centuries. Former Justice Department operative, Cotton Malone, is called to Sweden when the younger sister of King Wilhelm I is...

“Open any of his novels—from the outset, the magic operates: from the first paragraph you are caught in the jaws of a trap that will not release you until the full-stop at the end of the last page, and even then with the book closed, you remain dizzy and panting as you try to regain your...

Band 3 der erfolgreichsten Krimi Serie Frankreichs (Kann unabhängig von den anderen Büchern gehört werden) Ein Zug. Ein Kind. Ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Kommandantin Elise Duromain will gerade von einem entspannten Wochenende nach Paris zurückkehren, als ein Schrei die Ruhe im Zug zerreißt. Eine Mutter fleht um Hilfe – ihr kleiner Sohn sei verschwunden. Elise erkennt sofort: Das Kind hat sich nicht verlaufen, es wurde entführt. Nur wenige Minuten bleiben bis zur nächsten Station – und jede Sekunde könnte dem Täter die Flucht ermöglichen.

Sommer, Sonne, Gambas – so hat sich Katze Frau Merkel ihre dreimonatige Mallorca-Auszeit mit Kommissar Steinböck vorgestellt. Doch kaum auf der Insel, entdeckt sie im Nachbar-Bungalow einen Münchner YouTuber mit einer Kugel im Kopf. Comisario Ferrer aus Palma bittet Steinböck um Amtshilfe. Seine Spuren führen ihn vom Villenviertel bis in den Yachthafen von Palma. Als dort eine weitere Leiche aus dem Hafenbecken gefischt wird, ist es mit der Idylle endgültig vorbei – adiós Erholung, denn dieser Urlaub wird mörderisch spannend! Und Frau Merkel? Weiß mal wieder alles besser …

When Samantha and David decide to have a night out separately with their friends, events overtake them, and the lies lead them down a path of destruction. To everyone else, it looked like Samantha and David had the perfect life. From meeting at university and falling in love to starting a successful business together, they made a great team. However, as everybody knows, appearances can be deceptive....