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Eine verdeckte Ermittlung, zwei Betrügerinnen und Molly Murphy mittendrin... Der historische Cosy Krimi für mörderisch gute Unterhaltung! Molly Murphy hat es als weibliche Privatdetektivin in einer von Männern dominierten Welt nicht leicht. Trotzdem versucht sie alles, um die geerbte Kanzlei in New York so gut wie möglich zu führen. Sie willigt sogar ein, verdeckt für das NYPD zu ermitteln, um zwei Betrügerinnen zu entlarven. Schon wenige Tage später findet Molly sich, getarnt als irische Cousine, in der teuren Villa von Senator Barney Flynn in der Uptown wieder.

Molly’s policeman husband, Daniel, is late returning home. He comes with a tale to tell: There was a murder on Ellis Island that day, and the main suspect is the spitting image of Molly. The circumstances are eerily similar to when Molly herself arrived on Ellis Island, and she can’t help but feel a sense of fate. Molly was meant to be there that day so that she can clear this woman’s name.

Ein Geheimnis in Ehren kann dir nicht mal der Adel verwehren - ein neuer Fall für Lady Georgie... Endlich geht die Cosy-Krimi-Reihe von Bestsellerautorin Rhys Bowen weiter! London, 1933: Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, kurz Lady Georgie, wird von der Queen mit einem geheimen Auftrag nach Nizza geschickt. Dort soll sie ohne große Aufmerksamkeit zu erwecken die unbezahlbare Schnupftabakdose der Queen wiederfinden. Vor Ort trifft Georgie auf alte Bekannte und neue Freunde, denn niemand Geringeres als Coco Chanel bittet sie um Hilfe.

Magische Kristallkugeln und nebulöse Ereignisse... Der spannende Auftakt der zweiten Staffel der beliebten Cosy Crime-Reihe! Als eine glamouröse Amerikanerin im beschaulichen walisischen Dorf Llanfair auftaucht und von faszinierenden spirituellen Kräften spricht, ist die Bar-Dame Betsy Edwards begeistert. Sofort nimmt sie eine Stelle im neu eröffneten New-Age-Center Sacred Grove an. Natürlich denken alle anderen Dorfbewohner – inklusive Constable Evan Evans –, dass Betsy den Verstand verloren hat.

Ein toter Detektiv, eine neue Welt und mittendrin Molly Murphy in ihrem zweiten Fall... Der historische Cosy Krimi für mörderisch gute Unterhaltung. Auch nach ihrer Flucht nach New York scheint Molly Murphy nirgendwo richtig reinzupassen. Also beschließt sie kurzerhand die Assistentin des berüchtigten Privatdetektivs Paddy Riley zu werden. Doch als ihre Welt eines Morgens erneut durch einen Mord erschüttert wird, findet sich Molly plötzlich zwischen Schriftstellern, Schauspielern und Dichtern wieder, von denen jeder ein Mörder sein könnten.

Londres, 1932. La reine a confié à Georgie une nouvelle mission délicate : elle doit héberger la princesse Hanneflore de Bavière et jouer les entremetteuses entre elle et le prince de Galles dans l'espoir que ce dernier se détourne enfin de son amante américaine. Mais entre la propension d'Hanni à séduire tout ce qui porte une moustache, son langage de charretier et sa fâcheuse tendance au vol à l'étalage, Georgie a déjà fort à faire. Et comme si tout cela ne suffisait pas, la princesse bavaroise se retrouve mêlée à un meurtre.

Detective Constable Evan Evans and his new bride, Bronwen, are settling into married life in their little cottage above the village of Llanfair when they meet the daughter of one of the village's newest families, a 16-year-old Pakistani girl named Jamila. Bronwen and Jamila are becoming good friends when Jamila finds out from her parents that they have arranged a marriage for her back in Pakistan.

When Constable Evan Evans and his new fiancée decide to travel south from home in Llanfair, Wales, to visit his mother in Swansea, they're not expecting the disturbing news that greets them on their arrival: the young thug convicted of murdering Evan's father several years earlier is suspected of murder once again.

Constable Evans joins Sergeant Watkins to follow a trail of clues that leads them to the South of England and then to France, and finally to the conclusion that a dangerous killer is loose in Llanfair, in Rhys Bowen's fourth Evan Evans mystery, Evan and Elle. There is both excitement and dismay in Llanfair when a new French restaurant opens. The glamorous owner, Madame Yvette, tries to win over the locals, and everything seems to be going well until a string of fires plagues the town.

When Constable Evan Evans discovers a beautiful shepard's cottage in the mountains of Llanfair, Wales, he and his fiancée are thrilled. It's only months before their wedding, and they are eager to begin their new life together. The cottage is in need of renovation, so Evan wastes no time before he begins making much-needed repairs.

Evans' search for a hiker gone missing in the Welsh hills places his fiancé in the path of a killer in this tantalizing installment in this award-winning author's cozy series.

The charming village of Llanfair, the setting for Rhys Bowen's beloved Constable Evans mysteries, sits amid lush, rolling Welsh meadows populated with quaint cottages and is considered by many of its colorful locals to be a kind of paradise. Unfortunately, there aren't many opportunities for young people in Llanfair, so when an exciting and glamorous American woman breezes into town talking of dormant psychic powers and important social research, barmaid Betsy Edwards is quick to take her up on an offer of employment at the recently opened Sacred Grove New Age center not far away.

Constable Evan Evans, sole police officer in the charming Welsh village of Llanfair, is assigned to assist an expedition to raise a World War II German bomber plane from a lake. The whole venture is being filmed for a documentary on World War II and Evans tries to assist the film crew by finding them local people with stories to tell. Little does he realize that resurrecting the past can sometimes mean opening old wounds.

Londres, 1932. Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, fille du duc de Glen Garry et Rannoch, trente-quatrième héritière du trône britannique, est complètement fauchée depuis que son demi-frère lui a coupé les vivres. Et voilà qu'en plus ce dernier veut la marier à un prince roumain ! Georgie, qui refuse qu'on lui dicte sa vie, s'enfuit à Londres pour échapper à cette funeste promesse de mariage : elle va devoir apprendre à se débrouiller par elle-même.

Georgie's best friend, Belinda, inherits a spooky old house in Cornwall and asks Georgie to go with her to inspect the property. When they arrive, they meet Rose, a woman Belinda knew as a child when she spent her summers with her grandmother in Cornwall. Belinda never liked Rose, who has always been bossy and a bit of a bully, but when Belinda's house proves to be uninhabitable, Rose invites them to stay with her. Rose is now married to Tony Summers, Belinda's childhood crush, and lives in the lovely house on the cliffs that he has inherited.

I was so excited when Darcy announced out of the blue that we were flying to Kenya for our extended honeymoon. Now that we are here, I suspect he has actually been sent to fulfill another secret mission. I am trying very hard not to pick a fight about it, because after all, we are in paradise! Darcy finally confides that there have been robberies in London and Paris. It seems the thief was a member of the aristocracy and may have fled to Kenya. Since we are staying in the Happy Valley, we are well positioned to hunt for clues and ferret out possible suspects.

Jack and Maggie Harris are adrift on ravaged streets during the London Blitz. Their home is gone. They have nowhere to go and nothing left to lose. With only the memories of their greatest loss - the death of their child during a Christmas years before - Jack and Maggie settle in a seemingly deserted mansion for the night.

Evan Evans is settling into his role as Constable of Llanfair, a small town nestled in the mountains of North Wales. Here, he has been a mediator of the minor disputes of the locals, between competing ministers, country merchants, and seemingly every Welch eccentric throughout the region. But an unusual series of events brings unseen hostilities to light, and Evan realizes just how deep the townsfolk's passions and hostilities lie.

Molly Murphy Sullivan's husband, Daniel, a police captain in turn-of-the-century New York City, is in a precarious position. The new police commissioner wants him off the force altogether. So when Daniel's offered an assignment from John Wilkie, head of the Secret Service, he's eager to accept. Molly can't draw any details of the assignment out of him, even where he'll be working.

In the latest in Rhys Bowen's award-winning historical series, Molly Murphy is supposed to give up sleuthing now that she’s married, but the murder of an alderman puts her on the trail of a killer.