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As a scientist, Sherlock Holmes would have certainly been familiar with the famous dictum attributed to Aristotle: Nature abhors a vacuum. In that same vein, fans of the Great Detective must look at 1885 and 1886 and see a somewhat similar void. Conan Doyle set no cases during those years; in fact, if you believe Doyle, Holmes and Watson remained inactive for a period of some 30 months.

As we know, Watson, the law is not always justice. So, on this occasion, justice cannot be the law." Presented within this volume are a further eight, previously unpublished, accounts by John H. Watson, M.D. These adventures bring Holmes and Watson face-to-face with thieves and murderers as well as bringing them into contact with the murky worlds of espionage and spiritualism. Why does a widow refuse to meet the orphaned daughter of her oldest friend? Who is responsible for the theft of monogrammed napkins from a dinner party?

Banff, Scotland in the 1620s. A young man walks unsteadily through the streets. Is he just drunk or is there something more sinister happening? When he collapses in front of two sisters on that dark, wet night, the women guess that he's been poisoned. His body is discovered in the house of Alexander Seaton - a fallen minister, the discovery of whose clandestine love affair has left him disgraced.

Harriet Gordon, newly settled in her new role as a teacher at a girls' school in Singapore, faces uncertainty in her budding relationship with Robert Curran, who has just returned from months in Kuala Lumpur. Curran's expected promotion turns sour when the position is given to an old adversary from his Scotland Yard days.

Gibt es Alpträume, aus denen ein Opfer nicht erwachen kann? Anna wurde von einem brutalen Serienkiller entführt. Zwar konnte Kommissar Benedikt van Cleef ihr das Leben retten, doch auch Jahre später hat Anna das Grauen nicht vergessen. Schlimmer noch: Sie beginnt, zunehmend die Kontrolle über sich zu verlieren. Kann eine Hypnosetherapie ihr helfen, das zurückliegende Kapitel abzuschließen – oder wir dadurch neuen Schrecken die Tür geöffnet? Zur gleichen Zeit ermittelt Benedikt van Cleef in einem anderen Fall.

Buenos Aires, 1985. Inspector Emiliano Vazquez knows the cost of silence. Haunted by the atrocities of Argentina’s Dirty War, he has buried his own complicity deep. But when a grotesque and inexplicable suicide uncovers a mass grave linked to the junta’s war crimes, Vazquez is drawn into a deadly web of secrets, ritual, and manipulation. The victim’s bizarre death appears tied to a missing page from the Devil’s Bible—a medieval text rumoured to hold the key to immortality through unholy devotion.

Wayne McLair und sein Team sind nach einer turbulenten Flucht aus Smokestack in der irischen Hauptstadt Dublin angekommen. Der Meisterdieb zögert keine Sekunde und konzentriert sich umgehend auf sein nächstes Ziel: das Gold der Bank of Ireland! Natürlich mit Ankündigung. Dabei trifft das Team McLair auf Gestalten aus Waynes Vergangenheit und ein neuer Dieb macht unserem Helden Konkurrenz ...

In the tradition of Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Du Maurier’s Rebecca, All That Glitters takes listeners on a journey of self-discovery, danger, and survival. Join Sarah Anne as she unravels the secrets of Ripon House.

London, 1930. The five greatest women crime writers have banded together to form a secret society with a single goal: to show they are no longer willing to be treated as second class citizens by their male counterparts in the legendary Detection Club. Led by the formidable Dorothy L. Sayers, the group includes Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham and Baroness Emma Orczy. They call themselves the Queens of Crime. Their plan? Solve an actual murder, that of a young woman found strangled in a park in France.

1926 – Christie is a darling of the literary circuit and the most desired guest in London’s glittering social scene. She can often be found at meetings of the Detection Club – where mystery writers come together to share ideas, swap secrets and drink copiously. But then a fellow author's initiation ceremony takes a gruesome turn, and one of the group ends up dead. Now, Agatha is no longer just the creator of great mystery plots – she’s a player in one.

With only days left until Christmas, uncle Albert is in a tizzy. The annual Twelve-Birds-Of-Christmas Dinner is looming, and his scheme to procure a copy of the latest book craze to sweep the Royal Society for Natural History Appreciation has been thwarted. Now, in a desperate bid to secure a Christmas miracle, Lady Caroline and Uncle Albert travel to an isolated castle on the Yorkshire moors in pursuit of the only available copy of the coveted book.

On a frigid winter's night, Lady Darriby-Jones is roused from her daydreaming by an unexpected late-night visitor, a familiar yet vexing presence known for annual visits to the Darriby estate. She invites him in, leaving his care to her butler. Little does she know that this decision will lead to a grim discovery. In the early light of day, a shrill cry pierces the serenity, unveiling a most unwelcome gift of the season: the uninvited guest lies lifeless.

1922. Since the Great War, Ruby Vaughn has made a life for herself running a rare bookshop alongside her octogenarian employer and housemate in Exeter. She's always avoided dwelling on the past, but it has a way of finding her. When Ruby must deliver a box of books to a folk healer living deep in the Cornish countryside, she is brought back to the one place she swore she'd never return: Penryth Hall.

Private investigators Timothy Badger and Benjamin Watson take on another unusual and baffling case in Victorian London when a mummy unwrapping party takes a chilling turn.

Former Texan beauty pageant queen Annabelle Stonewood is lured to Hollywood in 1932 with promises of being an extra at the renowned Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. She's in awe of the glitz and glamour surrounding her but soon discovers being a small fish in a big pond is tougher than it looks. This bubbly gal never had such a tough time making friends before! Having failed to make an impression after a few shoots, Annabelle is poached by the notorious publicity department.

2010. River City, Washington. Detective Katie MacLeod is already working a pair of burglaries involving a suspect who cuts window screens to enter homes and steals money and drugs from elderly victims. Then she gets handed a cold missing persons case that comes with political pressure. Katie must balance finding a dangerous burglar with discovering the fate of a woman who disappeared five years ago.

Январь-март 1902 года. Соединенные Штаты Америки — Россия. Молодой американский инженер Эндрю Тимоти изобретает сверхскоростной электрический двигатель для подводной лодки. Военная комиссия не принимает изобретение, поскольку, на ее взгляд, оно требует доработки. Однако об уникальном двигателе узнает неизвестный, который начинает шантажировать Тимоти. Преследования пугают инженера. Кроме того, он остро нуждается в деньгах. К счастью, в Сан-Франциско, где живет Тимоти, приезжает русский художник Василий Верещагин.

Die Jagd nach dem Schlangengold geht in die erste Runde. Um einen von drei Schlüsseln zu erhalten, infiltriert das Team McLair eine irische Beerdigung. Doch McLair wäre nicht McLair, wenn er nicht einen deutlich größeren Plan verfolgen würde. Barrueco sucht das Gespräch und Isabelle beweist erneut ihre ganz besonderen Künste der Ablenkung, während zugleich alte Feinde in Dublin ankommen, um McLair zu jagen.