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UN'INDAGINE SERRATA SOTTO I PORTICI DI BOLOGNA TRA BICCHIERI DI ROSSO E GIOCHI DA TAVOLO. UNA NUOVA VOCE BRILLANTE E DISSACRANTE. Bologna. La vita di Lupo, al secolo Gianluca Mannari, viene scandita da momenti preziosi in cui si scorda di avere un lavoro troppo impegnativo e stressante: di sera si rifugia dall'oste Tonino, orso di cento e passa chili dalla battuta pronta e dalla cantina più che fornita; la domenica pomeriggio si nasconde in ludoteca per inscenare insieme a un gruppo di adolescenti più o meno cresciuti epiche battaglie a colpi di dadi.

Continuano con questa tereza serie le avventure filosofico-poliziesco del piccolo prete cattolico, alle prese con tutto ciò che si dice "soprannaturale". Come dice più volte Padre Brown nel corso delle sue avventure, "un conto è essere credenti, un conto è essere creduloni", per cui, con la consueta tenacia, fede, e grande intuito, padre Brown svelerà i grandi misteri magici o preternaturali, facendo trionfare la verità del libero arbitrio, che può anche portare all'omicidio, e che comporta per chi agisce tutte le relative responsabilità.

Dante has come to the small coastal town of Te Kohe, New Zealand, for a fresh start in life. But he doesn't want to open a B&B, or save a charming bookshop, or start a romance with a single mother in need of rescuing. He just wants to forget about his past career (which involved a lot of dead bodies) and have everyone leave him the heck alone. Unfortunately for Dante, life has other plans...

Eine dunkle Nacht im Dezember, ein Mord im vornehmen Hotel Palace de Verbier in den Schweizer Alpen. Doch der Fall wird nie aufgeklärt. Einige Jahre später verbringt der bekannte Schriftsteller Joël Dicker seine Ferien im Palace. Während er die charmante Scarlett Leonas kennenlernt und sich mit ihr über die Kunst des Schreibens unterhält, ahnt er nicht, dass sie beide in den ungelösten Mordfall hineingezogen werden. Was geschah damals in Zimmer 622, das es offiziell gar nicht gibt in diesem Hotel.

Cosa accade quando le trasgressioni di un gruppo di giovani satanisti si saldano - tra omicidi, rapimenti e traffico d'organi - alle trame di misteriosi circoli esoterici e di laboratori di ricerca coperti da segreto militare? Enrico Bonetti, cronista di nera in un giornale di provincia, si trova suo malgrado coinvolto in una catena di delitti terribili che aprono scenari insospettabili. Con l'aiuto di un maresciallo dei carabinieri e di un frate davvero fuori dal comune (esorcista e pirata informatico) proverà a combattere il disegno criminale.

Winter in Magnolia Grove means snowy streets, local cheer, and… a feud so frosty it could rival the weather. When a Polar Plunge at the annual Frost Fest ends in murder, suspicion falls on the ambitious (and some might say, cutthroat) owner of Feta & Friends.

A scuola non si fuma, a scuola non si beve alcol, a scuola non si alza la voce e non si alzano nemmeno le mani, a scuola si insegna prima di tutto il rispetto, a scuola non ci sono differenze, soprattutto a scuola non si muore. Come tutte le intenzioni e i buoni propositi, anche quello di tenere la morte lontana dalle aule scolastiche fallisce miseramente per Margherita Magnani, che insegna Inglese in una scuola della periferia romana frequentata da studenti della periferia romana con famiglie che vivono nella periferia romana, abbandonate dalla politica e sostenute, quando lo sono, da traffici vari e spesso illeciti.

Known for its cheerful staff and elaborate annual Easter Bonnet Contest, the Heritage House senior center regularly attracts new residents and positive press. But once the town’s retired librarian, Miss Julia Tilley, checks in to recover from an illness, Lucy sees a side of the facility that isn’t quite so perfect and pristine. And the place may soon be making headlines for different reasons following an unexplained disappearance.

Ha sido un año tranquilo para el Club del Crimen de los Jueves. Joyce está volcada en los preparativos del banquete y el primer baile. Elizabeth se muestra más reservada de lo habitual. Ron lidia con problemas familiares, e Ibrahim sigue prestando terapia a su criminal favorito. Pero cuando Elizabeth conoce a un invitado que teme por su vida, la emoción de la investigación vuelve a encenderse. Un villano quiere acceder a un código imposible de descifrar y no se detendrá ante nada. Sumidos en su caso más explosivo hasta la fecha, ¿logrará el grupo resolver el enigma —y un asesinato— a tiempo?

Faith has a lot on her plate as she attempts to solve a Depression Era murder while trying to clear her husband’s name after he is accused of a heartless theft. Poignant, suspenseful, puzzling, and all-around marvelous, The Body in the Gazebo is cozy culinary mystery at its very best—complete with a resolution that would make Dame Agatha Christie proud.

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.

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER “A brilliant follow-up that proves Kristen Perrin is here to stay...A thrilling story that ends with a big reveal you won't see coming, even though the clues were in front of you the entire time!”—G.T. Karber, international bestselling author of Murdle New York Times...

Agatha Award-winning author Rhys Bowen’s charming combination of intrigue and romance blended with a touch of humor shines when performed by Audible Hall of Fame narrator Katherine Kellgren, whose deft range and impeccable accent work make it hard to believe this isn’t a multicast performance.

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me—well, actually, my true love, Darcy O’Mara, is spending a feliz navidad tramping around South America. Meanwhile, Mummy is holed up in a tiny village called Tiddleton-under-Lovey with that droll Noel Coward! And I’m snowed in at Castle Rannoch with my bumbling brother, Binky, and sourpuss sister-in-law, Fig.

It's 1811, and the threat of revolution haunts the upper classes of King George III's England. Then a beautiful young woman is found savagely murdered on the altar steps of an ancient church near Westminster Abbey. A dueling pistol found at the scene and the damning testimony of a witness both point to one man - Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, a brilliant young nobleman shattered by his experience in the Napoleonic Wars.

When a Western star is gunned down at a rodeo, Ellery Queen saddles up to solve the mystery.

Buck Horne has roped thousands of cattle, slugged his way out of dozens of saloons, and shot plenty of men dead in the street - but always on the back lot. He's a celluloid cowboy, and his career is nearly kaput. The real box-office draw is his daughter, Kit, a brawling beauty who can out shoot any rascal the studio has to offer. Desperate for a comeback, Buck joins Wild Bill Grant's traveling rodeo for a show in New York, hoping to land one last movie contract.

It's a crisp early October weekend, and business is slowing down as fall descends at the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium and adjacent Mrs. Hudson's Tea Room. Wealthy philanthropist and prominent Sherlockian David Masterson has rented Suffolk Gardens House, where he plans to entertain his friends in a traditional English country-house weekend. As the chosen caterers, Jayne Watson and Gemma Doyle get to work preparing lavish meals and setting up Sherlockian books and props for entertainment.

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?

Lucy normally loves planning for the holidays, but this year, Tinker's Cove has fallen on hard times. With so many residents struggling, Christmas festivities are a luxury some can't afford. But the story's not so bleak at Downeast Mortgage, whose tightfisted owners, Jake Marlowe and Ben Scribner, are raking in profits from everyone's misfortune. Half the town is in their debt, so when the miserly Marlowe is murdered, the mourners are few and the suspects are many. Scribner believes Marlowe's ghost has come to warn him of his own demise, and when he starts receiving death threats, Lucy wonders if there's more to the omen....

Bei Renovierungsarbeiten im Herrenhaus wird eine sechzig Jahre alte Baby-Mumie gefunden. Mit gewohntem Scharfsinn nimmt sich die pensionierte Hobbydetektivin Bee Merryweather dieses Falls an. Wer im idyllischen Cornwall könnte ein Mörder sein? Verdächtige gibt es unter den eigentümlichen Bewohnern des Dorfes mehr als genug. War es eines der ehemaligen Stubenmädchen oder hat doch die berüchtigte Dorfhexe ihre Finger im Spiel? Skandale werden aufgedeckt und Bee Merryweather weiß: Geheimnisse lassen sich nicht verscharren.