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When a 10-year-old girl turns up on DCI Ryan’s doorstep to tell him she’s witnessed a murder, he has no idea he’s about to step into his most spellbinding case yet. The circus has rolled into Newcastle upon Tyne, bringing with it a troupe of daring acrobats, magicians and jugglers - and one of them is a killer. Ryan and his team must break through their closed ranks to uncover a secret which has lain buried for eight years, before the killer strikes again - this time, to silence the only living witness....

Sherlock Holmes has received a call for help from an old friend. The Reverend Barring-Gould, noted parson and folklorist, wants Holmes to investigate some strange sightings. When Mary Russell realises where their search will take them, however, her blood runs cold. A ghostly coach and giant dog have been glimpsed on Dartmoor - the chilling landscape of the Hound of the Baskervilles.

When the body of a well-known local thug is discovered, an intriguing message found on his battered corpse raises unwelcome questions. Is DS Bishop being accused of the grisly murder, or does the message point to a more sinister secret? As the body count grows, Bishop and Knight find themselves in a race against time to discover the identity of a merciless killer whose motivation is a mystery.

After the National Crime Agency cracks a major drug gang, junior barrister Julia McGann finds herself defending the violent enforcer Terrence Bonner. This high-profile case is a coup for her, but almost immediately things start to go wrong. Intruders break into her house, and then a young girl turns up at her door with a horrifying story to tell. Three months later, DCI Craig Gillard and his team struggle with the shocking murder of a much-respected local headmaster, found dead in his own car. The baffling crime fills the newspapers but yields few clues.

The bleak expanse of Vangmoor was a dark, forbidding place. One victim had been found there, blonde, her face disfigured, her head shorn close to the scalp - killed without motive or mercy. Then a second woman went missing on the moor, and a sense of utter dread gripped the fifty local men who searched for her. Someone watched them in that treacherous place. Was he a killer? Or was he merely angry that a killer had usurped him? For he, and only he, was the Master of the Moor.

A grand party in a snowbound mansion, a dead body beside the Christmas tree, and a master detective on hand to crack the case.

Constable Nick has come to know and love the host of characters who live and work on the beautiful North Yorkshire Moors. The amiable constable handles every encounter with his characteristic humour and professionalism, whether he's investigating a plot to scare away a troublesome suitor or helping a neighbour return his late wife's ashes to her beloved moors. Not to mention the insurance agent with a rather unusual policy on Edgar Dawson’s dog, Arthur. It covers him for stealing clothes from washing lines and getting lady dogs pregnant!

He's been looking in the windows again. Messing with cameras. Leaving notes. Supposed to be a refuge. But death got inside. When Katie Straw's body is pulled from the waters of the local suicide spot, the police decide it's an open-and-shut case. A standard-issue female suicide. But the residents of Widringham women's refuge where Katie worked don't agree. They say it's murder. Will you listen to them? An addictive literary page-turner about a crime as shocking as it is commonplace, Keeper will leave you reeling.

Marooned after a garden party turns sinister, Lady Ellen finds herself in the midst of an unsettling mystery. An unexpected summer storm leaves occupants and visitors, including Ellen, Lottie and Captain Hamilton, contained within Moor House and grounds after it is cut off from the outside world. When a priceless Egyptian artefact is stolen, the thief leaves the man guarding it brutally maimed.

Sherlock Holmes has received a call for help from an old friend. The Reverend Barring-Gould, noted parson and folklorist, wants Holmes to investigate some strange sightings. When Mary Russell realizes where their search will take them, however, her blood runs cold. A ghostly coach and giant dog have been glimpsed on Dartmoor—the chilling landscape of the Hound of the Baskervilles. As Holmes and Russell work through a challenging tangle of evidence, gossip, and legend to uncover the truth, the grey mystery of the moor swirls around them.

When police knock on Alice Donaldson’s door at 4am, she knows the news won’t be good. There’s been an accident involving her ex-husband, Grant, and as his existing next of kin, they need her help. Grant is missing up on the North York moors, but the Grant Alice knew could barely be persuaded out on a walk around the block. What on earth possessed him to go on a hike in the middle of the night? Alice soon finds herself working with Grant’s girlfriend Jenna and Jenna’s gorgeous ‘Lord of the family Manor’ brother Max, to find out what has happened.

Der Kriminologe Martin Knight genießt in der Fachwelt hohes Ansehen, ist Familienvater und gut situiert. Er ist regelmäßig zu Gast in den Medien und als scharfzüngiger Kritiker des britischen Justizsystems der Polizei ein Dorn im Auge.

A call from an old comrade has Holmes chasing a reported agent of Satan between the towering tors and bottomless bogs of Dartmoor only to find the limits of his own confidence and his public's esteem. Only Watson stands his friend, but even his patience is stretched. Sherlock's retreat to the bees of Sussex serves only to show him that his skills are unique and are desperately needed elsewhere. On returning to London, Holmes finds malign forces have been bringing ridicule to his doorstep.

Constable Hamish Macbeth ist traurig: Gegen seinen Willen muss er einen Kollegen vertreten, und zwar ausgerechnet im weit entfernten Cnothan, dem mürrischsten Dorf Schottlands. Den Einzigen, den die Bewohner von Cnothan noch weniger ausstehen können als Hamish, ist ein besserwisserischer Engländer. Als dessen Skelett mitten im Moor gefunden wird, ahnt Hamish, dass ihm ein ziemlich außergewöhnlicher Fall bevorsteht - und dass es noch eine ganze Weile dauern wird, bis er in sein geliebtes Dorf Lochdubh zurückkehren kann.

Rex Obano has written for the stage, television, radio and film. His plays have twice been shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award and he received the Roland Rees Bursary in 2018. He is part of the writing team for the BBC Radio series Faith, Hope and Glory and his TV credits include Shakespeare & Hathaway. Included here are five of his acclaimed dramas, as well as a fascinating discussion programme, Black Tudors.

Eine Serie von Morden – und ein rätselhafter Cold Case … Ein neuer Fall für Ermittler Roland Benito von der dänischen Queen of Crime! Zwei Jungen machen im dänischen Jütland einen grausamen Fund: Eine Frauenleiche im Moor, aufgedunsen und mit leeren Augenhöhlen. Die gerichtsmedizinischen Untersuchungen ergeben, dass der Mord über zwanzig Jahre zurückliegt. Während Kriminalkommissar Roland Benito die Ermittlungen aufnimmt, erhält die Journalistin Anne Larsen einen anonymen Hinweis, der umgehend ihr Interesse an der Geschichte weckt.

The legend of the hound, which has brought terror to the Baskerville family for generations, brings Sherlock Holmes up against a formidable adversary and sends Dr Watson to a bleak and lonely moor where it is all too easy to believe that something not of this world is intent on driving his friend to a foul and hideous death.

Die Vergangenheit holt dich ein. Irrlichter führen dich immer tiefer ins Moor. Bis du den Weg aus den Augen verlierst. Im Morgennebel sehen Wanderer Lichter über dem Roten Moor. Als sie sich dem Ufer nähern, stoßen sie auf die Leiche einer jungen Frau. Die herbeigerufene Kriminalpolizei aus Fulda identifiziert sie wenig später als Matilda Nolte, die im März 2009 nach einer Abiparty spurlos verschwand. Für den jungen Kriminalkommissar Janosch Janssen ist die Entdeckung ein Schock: Matilda war seine heimliche Jugendliebe.

Schatten über Lynybrook Hall. Ein verfallenes Herrenhaus wird für Laura Milton zum Schlüssel in die Vergangenheit. Denn das Schicksal der Lady Victoria Milton wirft seine Schatten bis in die Gegenwart... Exmoor, gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts: Die 20-jährige Victoria wird bald ein ansehnliches Vermögen erben. Doch ihr Vormund Richard hat seine eigenen Pläne mit ihrem Geld und verbannt sie in eine Anstalt für Geisteskranke - aus der Arthur, einer von Richards Bediensteten, ihr zur Flucht verhilft.

Die Hölle im Herrenmoor. Wer ist Freund, wer ist Feind? Fragen, die im Fall der Entführung des elfjährigen Theo nicht nur Hauptkommissarin Lyn Harms umtreiben. Auch die Kidnapper selbst wissen nicht mehr, wem sie noch trauen können. Dabei hatte alles so einfach gehen sollen: Das Versteck im Moor war perfekt ausgesucht, der Coup sorgfältig geplant. Doch mit dem unvorhergesehenen Auftauchen zweier Ausreißerinnen eskaliert die Situation für alle Beteiligten, und nicht nur der Polizei läuft die Zeit davon.