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Surrey, England, 1938. After 30 devoted years of marriage, Ellie Endicott is blindsided by her husband’s appeal for divorce. It’s Ellie’s opportunity for change too. The unfaithful cad can have the house. She’s taking the Bentley. Ellie, her housekeeper Mavis, and her elderly friend Dora—each needing escape—impulsively head for parts unknown in the South of France.

Teaming up with New York Times best-selling author Jeffery Deaver, Suspense Magazine offers up a nail-biting anthology titled Nothing Good Happens After Midnight. This thrilling collection consists of 13 original short stories representing the genres of suspense/thriller, mystery, sci-fi/fantasy, and more.

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.

Semi-retired private detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is suffering from depression after a miscarriage following her adventure in San Francisco during the earthquake of 1906. She and her husband, Daniel, are invited for Christmas at a mansion on the Hudson, and they gratefully accept, expecting a peaceful and relaxing holiday season. Not long after they arrive, however, they start to feel the tension in the house's atmosphere.

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me—well, actually, my true love, Darcy O’Mara, is spending a feliz navidad tramping around South America. Meanwhile, Mummy is holed up in a tiny village called Tiddleton-under-Lovey with that droll Noel Coward! And I’m snowed in at Castle Rannoch with my bumbling brother, Binky, and sourpuss sister-in-law, Fig.

It's late 1936, and King Edward is in turmoil, having fallen in love with the scandalously divorced and even more scandalously American Wallis Simpson. He wants to marry her but knows that doing so will jeopardize his crown. Edward confides in his dear friend Darcy, Georgie's husband, and the couple agree to hide Wallis in their home while Edward figures out what to do. But unbeknownst to Georgie and Darcy, Sir Hubert, the owner of the estate, has given a film crew permission to shoot a motion picture about Henry the Eighth and Anne Boleyn on the grounds

Georgie, back home at her estate in Eynsleigh, impatiently awaits the birth of her baby. But she has plenty to occupy her: Her new chef, Pierre, has arrived from Paris, and Sir Hubert, who owns Eynsleigh, is back from his latest expedition. It's time for Georgie to throw her first house party to celebrate his return and show off her new chef. The dinner party is a smashing success. Sir Mortimer Mordred—famous author of creepy Gothic horror novels—is one of the guests. He recently purchased a nearby Elizabethan manor nearby because it has a famous poison garden.

At the end of her first unsuccessful season out in society, Lady Georgiana has all but given up on attracting a suitable man - until she receives an invitation to a masked Halloween ball at Broxley Manor. Georgie is uncertain why she was invited, until she learns that the royal family intends to marry her off to a foreign prince, one reputed to be mad.

Caroline Grant is struggling to accept the end of her marriage when she receives an unexpected bequest. Her beloved great-aunt Lettie leaves her a sketchbook, three keys, and a final whisper...Venice. Caroline’s quest: to scatter Juliet “Lettie” Browning’s ashes in the city she loved and to unlock the mysteries stored away for more than 60 years.

Agatha Award-winning author Rhys Bowen’s charming combination of intrigue and romance blended with a touch of humor shines when performed by Audible Hall of Fame narrator Katherine Kellgren, whose deft range and impeccable accent work make it hard to believe this isn’t a multicast performance.

Londoner Madeleine Grant is studying at the Sorbonne in Paris when she marries charismatic French journalist Giles Martin. As they raise their son, Olivier, they hold on to a tenuous promise for the future. Until the thunder of war sets off alarms in France. Staying behind to join the resistance, Giles sends Madeleine and Olivier to the relative safety of England, where Madeleine secures a job teaching French at a secondary school. Yet nowhere is safe. After a devastating twist of fate resulting in the loss of her son, Madeleine accepts a request from the ministry to aid in the war effort.

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.

Isabella Waverly only means to comfort the woman felled on a London street. In her final dying moments, she thrusts a letter into Bella’s hand. It’s an offer of employment in the kitchens of Buckingham Palace, and everything the budding young chef desperately wants: an escape from the constrictions of her life as a lowly servant. In the stranger’s stead, Bella can spread her wings. Arriving as Helen Barton from Yorkshire, she pursues her passion for creating culinary delights, served to the delighted Queen Victoria herself.

As the Great War continues to take its toll, headstrong 21-year-old Emily Bryce is determined to contribute to the war effort. She is convinced by a cheeky and handsome Australian pilot that she can do more, and it is not long before she falls in love with him and accepts his proposal of marriage. When he is sent back to the front, Emily volunteers as a “land girl,” tending to the neglected grounds of a large Devonshire estate. It’s here that Emily discovers the long-forgotten journals of a medicine woman who devoted her life to her herbal garden.

Auf dem Weg zurück nach Irland stolpert Molly Murphy über einen Mord... Das Finale der ersten Staffel der Cosy Crime-Reihe von New York Times Bestsellerautorin Rhys Bowen! Molly Murphys Freund Captain Daniel Sullivan ist zwar auf Kaution aus dem Gefängnis entlassen worden, aber immer noch weit davon entfernt, seinen Namen reinzuwaschen. Seine miese Laune sorgt dafür, dass Molly eine Auszeit braucht und nicht widerstehen kann, als das Schicksal ihr eine Chance gibt, nach Hause nach Irland zurückzukehren.

Lady Georgie und Darcy ziehen in ein Herrenhaus, in dem es nicht mit rechten Dingen zu geht… Der spannende neue Fall der Cosy-Krimi-Reihe von Rhys Bowen. Wäre Lady Georgie doch bloß mit ihrer großen Liebe Darcy O’Mara durchgebrannt! Stattdessen muss sie jetzt eine „kleine“ Hochzeit organisieren, auf der das gesamte Königshaus anwesend sein wird. Apropos Haus, nun wird es auch höchste Zeit, einen geeigneten Landsitz für das Paar zu suchen. Doch Darcy ist mal wieder auf geheimen Missionen unterwegs und Georgie muss das Herrenhaus alleine herrichten.

Georgies Hochzeit mit Darcy steht noch bevor, doch zuerst muss sie eine andere verhindern... Die Cosy-Krimi-Reihe von New-York-Times-Bestsellerautorin Rhys Bowen geht weiter! Lady Georgiana Rannoch würde so gerne nach Italien reisen, um ihre beste Freundin Belinda zu unterstützen, die ein Baby erwartet. Doch trotz ihres königlichen Blutes hat Lady Georgie leider noch immer kein Geld. Glücklicherweise führt der neueste Auftrag der Queen sie auf ein italienisches Hausfest, auf das der Kronprinz und seine schreckliche amerikanische Freundin eingeladen sind.

Ein freudiges Ereignis, mysteriöse Botschaften und ein grausames Spiel... Constable Evans ermittelt vor der idyllischen Kulisse von Wales! Nur noch zwei Wochen, dann darf Evan seine Bronwen endlich heiraten. Doch die einst so unkomplizierte Beziehung steht vor einer schweren Probe und das angespannte Verhältnis zwischen Evans Mutter und seiner Verlobten macht die Sache nicht besser. Dann trifft Evan auch noch auf einen Wanderer, der berichtet, seine Freundin auf der Wandertour verloren zu haben.

Molly Murphy ist bereit, ihre Arbeit als Detektivin für etwas Unkomplizierteres aufzugeben. Aufregung hatte sie in letzter Zeit wirklich genug. Dazu hat auch der gutaussehende Daniel vom New York Police Department beigetragen, den sie für immer aus ihrem Leben verbannen möchte. Als dieser jedoch beschuldigt wird Bestechungsgelder anzunehmen und im Gefängnis landet, ist es schnell wieder vorbei mit der geplanten Ruhe.

Schönes Eheleben und rätselhafte Ermittlerarbeit... Der fesselnde Abschluss der Cosy Crime-Reihe rund um Constable Evans! Constable Evan Evans und seine Ehefrau Bronwen leben sich als frisch Vermählte endlich in ihrem kleinen Häuschen oberhalb des Dorfes Llanfair ein. Als die sechzehnjährige Pakistanerin Jamila mit ihrer Familie in das walisische Dörfchen zieht, freundet sich Bronwen direkt mit ihr an. Doch dann verschwindet das Mädchen plötzlich und jede Spur führt ins Leere