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Edinburgh, 1869: Modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson is adjusting to her new life in Victorian Scotland. Her employers know she’s not housemaid Catriona Mitchell—even though Mallory is in Catriona’s body—and Mallory is now officially an undertaker’s assistant. Dr. Duncan Gray moonlights as a medical examiner, and their latest case hits close to home. Men are dropping dead from a powerful poison, and all signs point to the grieving widows… the latest of which is Gray’s oldest sister. Poison is said to be a woman’s weapon, though Mallory has to wonder if it’s as simple as that.

When English accountant Daniel Elliott dies in a car accident one rainy night, his widow, Grace, is overcome with grief... and panic. Daniel was controlling and their marriage loveless, but he always took care of the sheltered Grace. Or so she thought. She soon discovers Daniel kept secrets: an alias, mob ties, a list of numbers, a mysterious beach house in Florida... and a girlfriend who looks like Grace. Swallowing her fear, she flies to Miami to claim the house Daniel left her. But the price of her curiosity is peril.

Poppy has a plan...and it may get her killed. Is it worth the risk? As a Federal Wildlife Agent, Poppy’s passionate about her job. She's got her badge, and now she wants to earn their respect. But all they see is 5’ 2” with perky assets. They’ve underestimated her. That’s her best weapon. There’s just one problem. Her annoyingly attractive partner, a former Navy Seal, and Poppy don’t see eye to eye. While he follows procedure, Poppy crafts a clever trap for the killers. But the Costa Ricans play for keeps. They have a crime syndicate to protect.

Do fairies exist? Maybe they do—maybe they don't. But few people in Ireland would risk upsetting them. Airport runways have been re-routed and building projects cancelled for fear of angering the 'little people'. Even in 1990, the year this mystery unfolds, superstition still abounds in the idyllic country town of Erin's Glen. And when a body turns up in the local fairy ring, suspicion falls on the supernatural folk.

Former Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) sniper Patrick Featherstone has been hired as the head security consultant for the Tokyo Olympics based on his success in thwarting a plot to foment a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula.

A sinister organization has burst out of nowhere, their roots forged in old Russia, but with a modernized ideology and global aspirations. Violence and destruction are unleashed, plunging the world into disarray and revealing powerful connections. Those in the intelligence community scramble to catch up, as some of their own were unveiled as sympathizers.

Barrachois overlooks the cold, watery edge of the world. It’s a small city crooked by necessity, but an oddly safe place–joyous, even. Until two little kids witness the death of the limping man. With an unerring eye for period atmosphere, crime fiction writer D.E. Ring builds a layered, mesmeric portrait of a town thriving in the years after WW2. It's pragmatic and unconcerned about its crooked tendencies. It's a smuggler's paradise, and the Mafia has long been involved.

La riscoperta delle proprie radici si accompagna a una serie inevitabile di nuove sfide, spesso estremamente pericolose… Dopo il successo del romanzo "Il cinese" (2018), Andrea Cotti torna a narrare le avventure del suo personaggio più amato, il vicequestore italo-cinese Luca Wu. Tormentato dai problemi coniugali con Anna – complici, se non altro, i ripetuti tradimenti di lui – l’investigatore trova l’occasione per allontanarsi momentaneamente da Roma e dall’amato figlio Giacomo.

Una banda di rapinatori, in giro per l'Europa, assalta le gioiellerie più prestigiose assicurandosi bottini milionari. Da Pamplona a Parigi, da Biarritz a Ginevra, in breve tempo, grazie alle loro operazioni spregiudicate, diventano la bestia nera delle polizie europee; la stampa li elogia e li rende degli autentici eroi ribattezzandoli Pink Panthers, le "pantere rosa", dopo che ad Amsterdam viene ritrovato un diamante blu dentro un tubetto di crema come nel famoso film interpretato da Peter Sellers.

Una giovane cameriera ucraina viene trovata assassinata in uno squallido appartamento di Sampiardarena. Tra le braccia stringe un orsacchiotto con la maglietta del Genoa. Si occupa del caso l'ispettore della squadra omicidi Marco Canepa, grande poliziotto e pessimo giocatore di ping pong. Le complicate indagini si muovono tra i caruggi della città vecchia, le dighe di Begato, il lungomare Bettolo di Recco e arriveranno fino ad Odessa, in Ucraina.

Il commissario Maugeri, sfidando depistaggi e contraffazione di prove, indaga su due omicidi avvenuti all’interno di un CRAL (Circolo Ricreativo Aziendale Lavoratori). Quello che scoprirà, legato a filo doppio a vecchie storie di guerra, avrà dell’incredibile... Milano, 1949. Una nuova indagine per il commissario Maugeri, che, stavolta, ha a che fare con l’assassinio di un barista all’interno di un circolo ricreativo. Perplesso dalla ricostruzione ufficiale dei fatti, il detective troverà in un secondo omicidio il pretesto giusto per andare più a fondo nell’inchiesta.

Lavagna, estate 1998. Pietro Farné è un giovane maresciallo dei carabinieri, fresco di nomina, incaricato di una strana missione: sorvegliare un'anziana turista di origine tedesca, Frau Gertrud Stingel, e la sua accompagnatrice, Viviana Prestigiacomo. Un compito apparentemente noioso, ma al quale si interessano addirittura i servizi segreti. Mistral Garlet, invece, è una studentessa universitaria, che si è concessa qualche giorno di vacanza perché sente l'esigenza di riflettere sul proprio futuro.