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June 1933. Independent, young Kitty Underhay has been left in charge of her family’s hotel, The Dolphin, on the tranquil English coast. But when several rooms are broken into and searched, including Kitty’s own, she quickly realizes that something out of the ordinary is afoot at the hotel. Soon, rumors are flying in the cozy town that someone is on the hunt for a stolen ruby. A ruby that Kitty’s mother may well have possessed when she herself went missing during the Great War.

November 1933. Amateur sleuth-cum-dutiful granddaughter Kitty Underhay stifles a sigh of boredom as she attends the annual Hoteliers' Association Dinner and Dance on behalf of her grandmother, the proprietress of the Dolphin Hotel. She hopes the company of ex-army captain Matthew Bryant will enliven the otherwise dull evening. That is, until bullish and overbearing local councilor Harold Everton drops dead into his bowl of consommé.

Winter, 1933. Kitty Underhay is enjoying a restorative break from sleuthing on a visit to her family at Enderley Hall. The only thing marring her peace - aside from the uncomfortable sensation she has of being watched - is the obvious history between her beau, ex-army captain Matthew Bryant and another guest, the beautiful Juliet Vanderstafen. So, when the parish clerk is found dead on her front doorstep, Kitty leaps at the chance of distraction.

Kitty Underhay is looking forward to a week of long lunches and wedding planning with her husband-to-be, Captain Matthew Bryant. But the plan is derailed when he is called on to collect a former comrade-in-arms, arriving on the 15:50 from Paddington. As the train bearing Simon Travers pulls up to the platform, a piercing scream rises over the screech of its brakes. Travers is dead in his seat, a dagger in his heart. Only a few individuals had access to Travers’s compartment, and Kitty must find out which of these seemingly benign passengers is, in fact, a cross-country killer.

Late summer 1933. After a quarrel with too-plucky-for-her-own-good amateur sleuth Kitty Underhay, dashing ex-army captain Matthew Bryant is nursing his wounds, and a tumbler of brandy, when there’s a heavy knock at the door and he finds himself arrested for murder. The body of aspiring actress Pearl Bright has been found, strangled with one of Matt’s own bootlaces, and the evidence seems to be stacked against him. The local constabulary might have locked Matt up, but before they can throw away the key, Kitty hears the news and hies to his aid, determined to prove his innocence.

Sussex, 1881. Lady Helena Scott-De Quincy's marriage to Sir Justin Whitcombe, three years before, gave new purpose to a life almost destroyed by the death of Lady Helena's first love. After all, shouldn't the preoccupations of a wife and hostess be sufficient to fulfill any aristocratic female's dreams? Such a shame their union wasn't blessed by children...but Lady Helena is content with her quiet country life until Sir Justin is found dead in the river overlooked by their grand baroque mansion.

ie in der Zeit reisende Bibliothekarin Shona McMonagle findet sich im Frankreich des Fin-de-Siècle wieder. Diesmal verschlägt es sie in das abgelegene Bergdorf San-Soleil, das so tief in einem Tal liegt, dass dort nie die Sonne scheint. Seit einiger Zeit verschwinden hier Menschen in den dunklen Wäldern. Treibt ein Mörder sein Unwesen in dieser Region? Shona beginnt zu ermitteln und dabei stellen sich ihr weitere Fragen.

Unterschätzen Sie niemals eine Bibliothekarin... Shona McMonagle ist auf einer Mission: Die resolute schottische Bibliothekarin hat die ehrenvolle Aufgabe, in der Zeit zurückzureisen und den Lauf der Geschichte zu verändern. Im Moskau des 19. Jahrhunderts soll Shona die schüchterne, aber sehr wohlhabende, Waise Lidia Ivanovna mit Sasha zusammenbringen - einem hinreißenden jungen Mann mit ungeklärter Herkunft. Doch irgendetwas stimmt hier nicht... Denn ständig sterben Menschen auf seltsame Art und Weise.

1846, Cornualles. El frío arrecia en la localidad portuaria de Nighthill, y da comienzo uno de los inviernos más largos de su historia. Lady Blackburn, la sofisticada mujer que habita en la mansión de la colina, rescata a un vagabundo manco de las calles y le da cobijo. Al caer la noche, ambos se reúnen en el salón de la casa y se preparan para enfrentarse a la historia que los marcó años atrás y que habían enterrado en lo más profundo de la memoria. Un viaje sin retorno del que nadie saldrá indemne.

Cuando en 1924, Helena Lennox se presenta con sus padres en Nápoles por una colaboración arqueológica con las excavaciones pompeyanas, una desconocida le entrega un amuleto de protección con una advertencia: "La ciudad no es segura, los ángeles ya no velan por nosotros". Durante los siguientes días, los Lennox se codean con una princesa solitaria, un pariente inesperado y un viejo amigo perseguido por la mala suerte mientras el cerco de los crímenes que están atemorizando a la población se estrecha a su alrededor.

Det är januari 1901 dagen efter drottning Victorias död. Hela London bär sorg. På en välkänd kyrkogård i staden har två familjer valt att besöka sina familjegravar som råkar ligga intill varandra. Redan vid detta första möte blir Gertrud Waterhouse chockerad av Kitty Coleman, iförd en elegant, blå klänning. Själv är hon svartklädd som konventionen påbjuder. Till skillnad från familjen Waterhouse, som håller hårt på de viktorianska idealen, är Colemans öppna för det nya seklets strömningar.

What is an independent woman to do in a world where marrying means losing everything? Pregnant, widowed and rejected by her family, Helena Andrews moves to Redway Acres, where she raises her daughter and trains horses. She befriends an old widower in a ramshackle cottage, the family from the grand estate of Eastease, and their friend Colonel Nathaniel Ackley, second son of the Earl of Aysthill.