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It’s a classic, manor house, mystery-within-a-locked-room-mystery for Anty Boisjoly when a death is foretold by a mystic that Anty’s sure is a charlatan. But when an impossible murder follows the foretelling, Anty and his old ally and nemesis Inspector Wittersham must sift the connivance, contrivance, misguidance, and faith in pseudoscience of the household and its haunted history before the killer strikes again.

Sussex, 1959. The sun is shining on the breathtaking castle as the Abbeymead Historical Society prepare their re-enactment of the Battle of Lewes. But the fun ends abruptly when council worker Alex Vicary falls to his death from the castle ramparts. A shadowy figure runs from the scene, but Alex was a beloved member of the community… who could possibly want him dead?

England, 1914. The world is at war. Captain Hastings, injured and shaken, is invited to Styles Court to recover. It’s a grand old country house - the family home of his old friend - and a perfect haven. Or so it seems. But in the blistering summer heat, trouble is afoot. Simmering tensions are tearing the family apart, and it all comes to a head in the most horrifying way.

England, 1927. When an actor is killed during the performance of a new mystery play, his colleagues refuse to believe it was an accident and turn to Lord Edgington for help. The renowned detective must navigate a labyrinth of deceit to solve the crime, but when every possible culprit is on the cast list, it’s hard to know who’s telling the truth and who’s playing a part.

Former Met police officer Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is working a trial period as an auxiliary Detective Sergeant with the Penstowan police force. But living and working alongside DCI Nathan Withers – while still trying to grow her catering company – brings its own challenges, especially when Jodie’s attention is quickly taken up by the suspicious drowning of a local fisherman.

When Drew Hopgood’s brother, Frank dies whilst out climbing, it’s initially thought his death was simply a tragic accident. But when Frank’s much younger wife, Stella arrives at Hopgood Hall demanding half of Frank’s inheritance the Hopgoods and Alexi Ellis begin to suspect foul play...Stella has no claim to Frank’s legacy, but she isn’t giving up easily. And with the reputation of Hopgood Hall still fragile, Alexi can’t afford to lose any more money because of Stella’s greed. So Alexi, her partner Jack, and Cosmo of course, decide to dig deeper into Stella’s background.

Clive Pippins, Lady Ginger Gold’s beloved, elderly butler is apparently Christmas shopping when a body is found. To the shock of everyone in Ginger’s household, the victim is the spinster cousin Pippins worked for during the years surrounding the Great War.

When successful mystery novelist and fledgling private detective Marius Quin is invited to speak at the Mystery and Detection Society he jumps at the chance of a luxurious weekend away on the English coast. But arriving at Torquay’s Grand Hotel with his sleuthing partner Lady Bella Montague, there is the definite sense that all is not well. When they wake the next morning to discover the body of a cantankerous local in the hotel pool, the things go from bad to worse. But how can the duo catch a killer when every piece of evidence they uncover is contradicted by two more?

Tod eines Wiener CasanovasIn einer Seniorenresidenz wird der "Frauenausborger" Rainer tot aufgefunden. Wer hat den Bindungsphobiker, der Damen verführte, erschlagen? Ein satirischer Krimi mit Wiener Flair. Rainer Caofal ist bekennender "Frauenausborger". Als solcher hat er keinerlei Skrupel, die Frauen seiner Geschlechtsgenossen, insbesondere seiner Freunde, zu verführen. Für das kurzfristige Amüsement versteht sich – denn echte Bindungen meidet der Frauenausborger wie der Teufel das Weihwasser. Doch jetzt ist Rainer tot. Hinterrücks erschlagen, wie er meint, in einer Wiener Seniorenresidenz.

On board the world’s finest luxury cruise ship, the days are filled with sunshine, cocktails, and incredible new places to explore. Unless you are employed as the ship’s detective, that is. That job falls to a lady called Patricia Fisher, a whip-smart sleuth whose special skills include attracting trouble, getting shot at, and running away screaming.

BINNENKORT TE ZIEN ALS SERIE, 'PRESUMED INNOCENT', MET JAKE GYLLENHAAL IN DE HOOFDROL.‘De aanklager’ is het eerste boek in Turow’s genre van legal...

De dames van de Women’s Murder Club moeten weer aan de slag. Een vijftienjarig meisje wordt in de straat voor dood achtergelaten. Ze is zwaargewond en net bevallen, maar van de baby ontbreekt elk spoor. Hoewel het de dag van haar bruiloft is, wordt detective Lindsay Boxer op de zaak gezet. Ze zet alles op alles om de baby te vinden, maar al snel blijkt dat haar enige getuige, de moeder van de baby, leugen na leugen verteld. Ondertussen vervolgt de openbare aanklager Yuki Castellano een vrouw die er van verdacht wordt voor de ogen van haar twee kinderen haar man vermoord te hebben.

Octogenarian Flo should be delighted with a third case to solve this holiday season, but this one draws her into a past she thought she'd left behind. The love of her life from fifty years ago, Gilbert Lane, begs her to help save his life. He lives in Eureka, Nevada, a small mining town which flourished in the 1850s. It's current claim to fame is the Eureka Opera House, lovingly restored and now home to Gil's theatrical productions. Is her old boyfriend really in trouble or is he simply being dramatic in hopes he can lure Flo back into his life?

Some of the best chess players in the world have descended upon Hopeless for the prestigious Western States Chess Championship. But something has gone terribly wrong. And as usual, investigative reporter Hope Walker is trying to unravel the puzzle.

Everly Dupree is having a bad day. The kick you in the teeth, set your pants on fire, make you question everything kind of bad day. At the end of it, her marriage is over, she’s essentially homeless, and finds herself in a moving van headed back to her hometown of Mooselick River, Maine. At least, she tells herself, things can’t get any worse.

Jeremy Goodman has been taking a class in local history taught by Margaret, a retired journalist. She's just dug up some intriguing new information in a forty-year-old unsolved triple homicide known as the Golf Course Murders—and now she's been attacked and left for dead. Jeremy is teaming up with an ex-cop classmate to look into Margaret's assault—and their fellow students, as well. Could one of them have a connection to the cold case?

Just when Sadie Sexton is starting to settle into her new routine in Hoochville, she learns of a decades’ old secret that her grandmother’s friends have been keeping from her. Now it’s up to her and Clementine Parker to help Marcia Murphy, a woman in need, escape town. Marcia has one request on her way out of town; she begs Sadie and Clem to check on her prized Chinese Crested show dog.

Skye Brigid O'Shea is desperate for an escape. Losing big in a nasty divorce and taking the fall for a patient's death, the stressed-out thirty-two-year-old jumps at the chance to move to Ireland after inheriting her grandmother's B&B. But the nosy American quickly lands back in hot water when she investigates unearthly howls and discovers the disagreeable local she argued with earlier stone-cold dead.

Training für Hirn und Lachmuskeln – ein vertrackter Fall lässt Kommissar Wallenstein rätseln ... Ein Cold Case in Madlfing! Bei Renovierungsarbeiten im Gasthof "Zum Lindenwirt" wird ein Skelett gefunden. Die Hoffnung von Kommissar Wallenstein, es handle sich um einen archäologischen Fund, zerschlägt sich schnell: Der Tote trägt Turnschuhe an den Füßen.

Weihnachtlicher Cosy Crime aus der Kaiserzeit. Wien, 1910. Wenige Tage vor Heiligabend wird Tabakfabrikant Steinhäusel in seinem luxuriösen Stadtpalais tot aufgefunden. Die Todesursache bleibt ein Rätsel – sowohl für den Leibarzt der Industriellenfamilie als auch für diese selbst, die noch am Vorabend mit Steinhäusel zusammengekommen war. Kommissar Felix Zack übernimmt die Ermittlungen und stellt schnell fest, dass in dieser Familie beinahe jeder ein Motiv hat – zu seinem Leidwesen auch die böhmische Köchin Mila, die ihn nicht nur mit ihren Köstlichkeiten verzaubert.