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The locals in Tinker’s Cove are busy planning haunted-house parties and ghostly galas, and Lucy Stone is whipping up orange-frosted cupcakes, recycling tutus for her daughters’ costumes, helping her son with his pre-teen rebellion, and breast-feeding her brand-new baby. But amid the fun, something really scary is going on: An arsonist is loose, and when the latest fire claims the life of the owner of the town’s oldest house, arson turns into murder.

A bomb goes off with the noon lunch bell, but not before all the kids are safely evacuated, and Carol Crane, the new assistant principal, is hailed as a hero. But days later, Carol is found murdered, and everyone is stunned when the most popular teacher at the school is arrested for the crime. However, not everyone is buying the open-and-shut case, including Lucy Stone, who senses there's more to things than meet the eye. It soon becomes clear that Lucy is flirting with danger, as sizzling secrets and explosive surprises provide a primer for the most diabolical of motives.

Clare Cosi's new friend, millionaire David Mintzer, has an offer no New York barista could turn down: an all-expenses-paid summer away from the sticky city. At his Hamptons mansion, she'll relax, soak up the sun, and, oh yes, train the staff of his new restaurant. So Clare packs up her daughter, her former mother-in-law, and her special recipe for iced coffee for what she hopes will be one de-latte-ful summer.

For Lucy Stone, the best thing about Christmas in Tinker’s Cove, Maine, has always been the annual Cookie Exchange. But the usual generosity and goodwill are missing from this year’s event, which turns out to be a complete disaster. Petty rivalries and feuds that have long been simmering finally come to a boil, leaving a bad taste in the mouths of many guests, including Lee Cummings - who accuses Tucker Whitney of stealing her recipe for low-fat, sugar-free cookies. But the icing on the cake is when Tucker is found strangled in her apartment the following morning.

O spokoju marzy każde z trojga przyjaciół: Marcelina, Magda i Emil. Wszyscy zostali poturbowani przez los. Po wcześniejszych próbach Marceliny i Magdy rozliczenia przeszłości, tym razem to Emil budzi demony. Podejmuje trud rozwikłania zagadki śmierci przyjaciela. Nie cofnie się przed niczym, by wreszcie odkryć prawdę. Kolejne sekrety łączy w logiczną całość. Komuś jednak bardzo zależy na tym, by tajemnice nie ujrzały światła dziennego. Czy Emil zdoła odsłonić wszystkie karty i cieszyć się gorzkim smakiem zwycięstwa?

Meg Langslow and her boyfriend, Michael, are searching for some romantic alone time. She knows the perfect place for a private getaway: her aunt's cottage on the tiny island of Monhegan. But when a series of events leads to the couple being trapped in the cottage with her entire family, their private getaway vacation slowly turns into a disaster. Meg doesn't think anything more could go wrong until a resident of the island with close ties to her mother is murdered. When her father becomes the chief suspect, she knows she can no longer sit by the cozy fireplace.

Part-time reporter Lucy Stone doesn’t know what to expect as she arrives on a private Maine island owned by eccentric billionaire Scott Newman, only that the exclusive experience should make for a very intriguing feature story. An avid environmentalist, Scott has stripped the isolated property of modern conveniences in favor of an extreme eco-friendly lifestyle. A trip to Holiday Island is like traveling back to the 19th century, and it turns out other residents aren’t exactly enthusiastic about living without cell service and electricity.

Between her family and her reporting duties for the Tinker’s Cove, Maine, Pennysaver, Lucy Stone could use a break. So when a friend tells her about a trip to England sponsored by Winchester College, she jumps at the chance for a girls’ getaway. But when the professor leading the tour dies mid-flight after an asthma attack, Lucy’s glad she packed her sleuthing skills.

Tinker’s Cove, Maine, has a long history of Thanksgiving festivities, from visits with TomTom Turkey to the annual Warriors high school football game and Lucy Stone’s impressive pumpkin pie. But this year, someone has added murder to the menu, and Lucy intends to discover who left Metinnicut Indian activist Curt Nolan dead - with an ancient war club next to his head. The list of suspects isn’t exactly brief. Nolan had a habit of disagreeing with just about everybody he met.

Che fine ha fatto la bella cuoca Ami? Monsieur Pélardon la sta cercando disperatamente, ma sembra persa nell’immensità di Parigi. Voci incontrollate dicono che lascerà la gastronomia, che è finita in clinica. Toccherà agli investigatori improvvisati Bamalou e Mamirolle cercarla in tutti i bistrot che è solita frequentare. L’indagine è perfetta per i due, appassionati di cibo: Bamalou è grassoccio, malvestito e bulimico, non potrebbe sperare in meglio di un inseguimento tra un bar-avin e un restaurant.

The Ducote sisters are in a tiff with Vera Cassity over the location of this year's library fundraising gala, and Charlie would rather curl up in a corner than get into the fray. It seems everyone - even his housekeeper Azalea - has it in for Vera. And at the gala, she gives them good reason, with a public display of rancor aimed at anyone who gets in her way.But those bitter words wind up being her last.

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When the beloved Reverend Playfair is found stabbed in his study, along with his housekeeper, the polite residents of Brighton do what they do best: pretend that nothing is wrong and return to their tea. But not Miss Lavinia Rathbone. She may be a lady of leisure, but the razor-sharp spinster has no patience for sloppy conclusions, or for Inspector Chubb, who seems more interested in pork pies than motive. With her loyal companion Miss Rose Vale, Lavinia sets out to discover what really took place.

When struggling actress Rosie Harper finds Dame Valeria Black dead on her massage table, it’s more than a national treasure lost—it’s murder. The evidence points to Rosie, and the stakes rise when another body turns up at the exclusive Downton Abbey-themed spa. With time running out, Rosie and her scatty sidekick Melvin dive headfirst into the mystery. From bitter child stars to a scheming family, everyone’s hiding something. But the deeper they dig, the clearer it becomes: this killer has written a deadly role, especially for Rosie.

Eine Sturmflut sucht die beschauliche irische Insel St. John's heim. Doch nachdem sich das Wasser wieder in das stürmische Meer zurückzieht, ist es mit dem Schrecken noch lange nicht vorbei – denn zwischen Treibholzstücken wird die Leiche einer allseits beliebten Künstlerin entdeckt. Als dann auch noch Sophies Freund verhaftet wird, muss sie auf eigene Faust ermitteln. Und deckt nicht nur das Rätsel um ein gespenstisches Kinderheim auf, sondern auch ungeheuerliche Intrigen, die ihr unmittelbares Umfeld betreffen.

Der gewitzte Pater Brown hat ein gefährliches Hobby: Er löst mysteriöse Kriminalfälle durch Intuition und Einfühlungsvermögen. Dieses Hörbuch enthält sechs seiner schönsten Fälle, wie z. B. "Der geflügelte Dolch", "Ein Pfeil vom Himmel" und "Das goldene Kreuz".

Mr. Thipps wakes up to the worst day ever. A dead body in his bathtub wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez. So many questions. Luckily, Lord Peter Wimsey catches wind of this – for he has a keen mind for solving crimes, although he is the pampered aristocratic amateur. With the connections that privilege offers, he has returned somewhat battered from the war with a penchant for crime solving. This case of near-sighted nudity, taking place during the plague of 1918, takes on twists and turns both unforeseen and unwelcome.

When the body of a young local girl is found next to an isolated lake, the main suspect is the old recluse who has lived next to the lake for many years – especially when the young girl’s purse is found on the old man’s doorstep. But DCI Emma Gardner and her partner DI Paul Riddick aren’t so sure. Why would the old hermit leave such an obvious clue? And who would want to set the old man up?

The whole village of Badger's End is mourning the death of their beloved doctor, so imagine their shock and horror at the funeral when the open casket reveals a stranger’s murdered body. Who is the victim, who killed him—and most important of all, where is the doctor's body?