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A suspect covered in blood, without a memory of how it got there. A murder committed without setting foot inside the room where it happens. And an advent calendar. Because, you know, it's Christmas.

When the Australian Mystery Writers' Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the Ghan, the famous train between Darwin and Adelaide, I was hoping for some inspiration for my second book. And I needed a break from real people killing each other. Obviously, that didn't pan out. The program is a who's who of crime writing royalty: the debut writer (me!), the forensic science writer, the blockbuster writer, the legal thriller writer, the literary writer and the psychological suspense writer. But when one of us is murdered, six authors quickly turn into five detectives.

Following the discovery of the body of a well-loved parish priest at Ballyglass House - the Co Wexford family seat of the aristocratic, secretive Osborne family - Detective Inspector St John Strafford is called in from Dublin to investigate. Facing obstruction from all angles, Strafford is determined to identify the murderer. But, as the snow continues to fall over this ever expanding mystery, the people of Ballyglass are equally determined to keep their secrets.

There's no such thing as privacy in the tiny village of Birdswing. Everywhere Dr. Benjamin Bones turns, someone is spying from a window, listening through a wall, or gossiping over a garden fence. "The birds sing in Birdswing," says the vicar, Father Cotterill; and in February 1940, this is more true than ever. Waiting for Hitler to make his move and turn this "Phony War" into the real thing, Ben's fellow villagers are desperate for a distraction.

A few days before Christmas 1939, Dr. Benjamin Bones is in a "Bah, humbug" sort of mood. It's the coldest winter on record, his country is at war, and his love life has run aground. But magic as well as mysteries abound in Cornwall. When Ben makes a bargain with an elfin little man, it leads him to an old woman who longs to make amends - and a chance for Ben to show that certain someone how much he cares.

Rachel and Dash have a new client. Well, three new clients. A trio of transvestite working girls want Rachel to investigate the death of one of their own. Rosalinda's throat was slashed on Halloween right after the Greenwich Village parade. Finding her killer isn't exactly the NYPD's top priority—and LaDonna, Chi Chi, and Jasmine are terrified that they'll be next.

After Gus flips the seasons and manages to bring summer into winter, everything starts going weirdly wrong. Summer refuses to leave. Household electronics start going haywire. When J.J., a local boy, vanishes from Mara's car, Mara begins to suspect he's been turned into a rat. But it's such a crazy idea, who could she possibly talk to about it? Then, her dead Aunt Tillie shows up to warn her that Gus is in trouble, and it's up to Mara to save him.

Finally finished with the renovations on her new house, bestselling children’s book author Pris and her trusty bloodhound, Bailey, are finding more opportunities to join the community, including the annual town festival. But their efforts are paw-sed when David Townsend, the volatile grandson of the late wealthy resident Edward Townsend, comes to fetch his inheritance.

Eine mörderisch nette Familie: Ernie Cunningham, passionierter Krimi-Liebhaber, nimmt nur widerwillig am ersten Familientreffen seit Jahren teil. Seit er seinen Bruder Michael wegen Mordes angezeigt hat, hängt der Haussegen schief. Dass dann ausgerechnet am Vorabend von Michaels Ankunft auch prompt eine Leiche in dem isoliert liegenden Skiressort auftaucht, macht die Stimmung bei den eingeschneiten Cunninghams nicht unbedingt besser. Da von der Außenwelt keine Hilfe zu erwarten ist, stürzt sich Ernie Kraft seines geballten Kriminalwissens in die Ermittlungen, um weitere Todesfälle zu verhindern.

Eine Ratte, ein Spielzeugmotorrad und ein Mord: Das humorvolle Krimi-Debüt von Comedian Benjamin Tomkins Als Bauernhofratte Ede ein ADAC-Spielzeugmotorrad findet, befördert er sich kurzerhand selbst zum Pannenfahrer. Der erste Einsatz führt ausgerechnet in den Stall, in dem der tote Bauer liegt. Mord ist zwar keine Panne, doch die ehrgeizige Ratte übernimmt sofort die Beweisaufnahme und stürzt sich in ein actionreiches Abenteuer.

After deciding that life as a teacher wasn’t right for her, Priscilla found inspiration for her first children’s book in her three-year-old bloodhound’s nose for truth, and so The Adventures of Bailey the Bloodhound was born. After the book’s massively pawsitive response led Pris to move back to her hometown of Crosbyville, Indiana, to continue the series, she’s surprised by how things have changed in the town, but even more so how they haven’t.

März, 1870. In Piccadilly wird die Leiche einer Frau gefunden. Die Spur führt Inspector Ben Ross nach Yorkshire, während seine Frau Lizzy sich mit einem anderen mysteriösen Fall beschäftigen muss. Mit einem geheimnisvollen Mädchen, das die Leute immer wieder in einem Haus auftauchen sehen, von dem aber niemand etwas Genaues weiß - und das dann plötzlich ganz verschwindet. Bald schon weisen Indizien auf eine Verbindung zwischen den Fällen hin. Und es wird wieder einmal gefährlich für Lizzy und Ben!

Kletterunfall oder perfektes Verbrechen? Mordermittlungen in den Berchtesgadener Alpen Für ein Urlauber-Ehepaar endet die Bergtour auf den Watzmann tödlich: Kurz unterhalb der Mittelspitze stürzen sie in die Tiefe. Keiner der beiden überlebt. Ein Fall von Selbstüberschätzung? Gestolpert, ausgerutscht – oder gestoßen? Der junge Kommissar und Polizeibergführer Simon Perlinger glaubt nicht an einen Zufall. Als routinierter Kletterer und angstfreier Bergfex ist er Spezialist für Alpinunfälle.

Liz and Garret Adams sailed to Galveston, Texas, aboard Sloopy, their 36-foot sailboat, to celebrate their nephew’s college graduation. Tragedy shattered their joy when Celeste Rogers’ body was found on the beach a few hours before the ceremony. David Devlin, their nephew and the victim’s live-in boyfriend, was the prime suspect. Suffering from memory blackout, he was unable to provide an alibi. Determined to prove Dave’s innocence, Liz summoned the psychic gift that had led to killers in Mystic, Newport, and Key West.

Los Angeles homicide detective Jack Rivera has a killer body, a wicked smile, and a velvet touch. Just ask Christina McMullen. The cocktail-waitress-turned-psychologist has handled obsessed patients, love-struck drunks, and her own guilt-tripping mother with aplomb. But when it comes to the lieutenant, Chrissy has an old-fashioned case of irresistible attraction - until things turn fatal when Rivera is accused of murder.