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A seemingly idyllic picnic ends in a macabre murder that echoes a pair of slayings fourteen years earlier in this riveting new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Who Cries for the Lost.

Past midnight, Chyna Shepard, twenty-six, gazes out a moonlit window, unable to sleep on her first night in the Napa Valley home of her best friend’s family. Instinct proves reliable. A murderous sociopath, Edgler Foreman Vess, has entered the house, intent on killing everyone inside. A self-proclaimed “homicidal adventurer,” Vess lives only to satisfy all appetites as they arise, to immerse himself in sensation, to live without fear, remorse, or limits, to live with intensity. Chyna is trapped in his deadly orbit.

I’m a psychologist. Dr Emy Rose. Although that’s not my real name. I run a pioneering new government project, persuading convicted murderers to give up their secrets – namely, the resting places of their victims. The work I do is gruelling: one-to-one interrogations, conducted over months, with some of the most despicable people on the planet. But it’s about getting answers for the families. And – this part’s a secret – I know better than most how much that means…And nobody else knows how far I am willing to go, to get a murderer to confess.

Detective Sara Hirst has moved from London to Norfolk Police's Serious Crimes Unit. Carnival week in Cromer. It's been an easy-going summer for the Norfolk Police's Serious Crimes Unit—until this morning. The body of Daisy Shaw, the Carnival Queen, is discovered in a back alley, stretched out on the cobbles. Her long blonde hair lies matted and disheveled around her head, her fingers clutch a sparkly plastic tiara. Suspicion falls on the carnival crew, especially when it turns out that one of them is Daisy's boyfriend.

Los misterios de la taberna Kamogawa es una de las novelas más apetitosas que vas a escuchar jamás. Una historia llena de ternura sobre una pareja de detectives formada por el padre y la hija del Kamogawa Shokudo, un restaurante escondido en Kioto, que siempre está lleno. El éxito entre la clientela radica en que este dúo singular se ha especializado en preparar exactamente el plato que el público anhela y recuerda de su pasado y no es capaz de reproducir o encontrar.

À Saint-Malo, sur les remparts, on s'entraîne pour l'Intrail-Muros, une course nocturne dangereuse sur le sol humide en plein hiver breton. Une nuit, des coureurs tombent. Énora aussi, qui perd connaissance. D'où sort donc ce câble en acier tendu en plein parcours ? Un guet-apens, un piège, un attentat ? Qui voudrait saboter un événement aussi important pour la ville ?

Juli 1969. Während die Nachrichten von der ersten Mondlandung um die Welt gehen, passiert im Süden Sardiniens wenig Spektakuläres. Im Bergdorf Telévras hütet Pfarrer Don Cossu seine mehr oder weniger braven Schäfchen, genießt das gute Essen seiner Schwester, trinkt dabei zuweilen ein Gläschen Filu ’e ferru zu viel und geht am Wochenende auf notorisch erfolglose Wildschweinjagd.

In the winter of 1937, the village of Okamura is abuzz with excitement over the forthcoming wedding of a son of the grand Ichiyanagi family. But amid the gossip over the approaching festivities, there is also a worrying rumour - it seems a sinister masked man has been asking questions about the Ichiyanagis around the village. Then, on the night of the wedding, the Ichiyanagi family are woken by a terrible scream, followed by the sound of eerie music - death has come to Okamura, leaving no trace but a bloody samurai sword, thrust into the pristine snow outside the house.

L'alliance délicieuse de trois générations de femmes aux caractères bien trempés, résolues à élucider le mystère d'un meurtre au cœur de Saint-Malo. Du cosy crime comme on aime : piqué d'humour et surprenant. Bienvenue au Manoir des Corrigan, maison d'hôte chaleureuse entretenue par trois générations de femmes hautes en couleur : Maggie Corrigan, facétieuse quasi-septuagénaire, Louise Corrigan, sa fille, institutrice de métier et mère de la jeune Énora Corrigan, aux allures d'"elfe rebelle " à en croire sa grand-mère.

When book dealers Molly O’Donnell and Emma Clarke meet at an estate sale, they are both there for the books. But Emma ventures past a “No Admittance” sign into the basement and finds, not only a vast occult library, but also the dead body of a notorious book thief. She calls Molly, who spots a warning note in Elizabethan script next to the body. Cautious Emma follows Molly’s adventurous lead as they search for the missing book to which the note belongs, which Molly thinks must be a book of spells—a grimoire.

La Breizh Brigade reprend du service ! Un puzzle est à reconstituer, avec en son cœur une victime inattendue : le maire de Saint-Malo. L'irrésistible trio Corrigan est de retour : Maggie, Louise et Énora continuent de s'occuper de leur manoir et de leurs hôtes avec soin, restant toutefois à l'affût d'une nouvelle enquête. Elles se retrouvent avec du pain sur la planche le jour où une puissante déflagration secoue la baie, pulvérisant un bateau.

Successful TV political commentator Arthur Vandameer—host of WNIN's Speaking Truth to Power—is rich, famous...and miserable. He has risen to the top of the city's glittering media heap only to find nothing. His teenage daughter—privileged, glamorous Allison—is blonde, beautiful, and wants nothing more than to go to film school. Her boyfriend, Joselito Diaz (aka Goonie), is special to her only because she knows her father cannot stand him. When Allison disappears, a madcap cast of characters gets into the act, stirring a citywide web of intrigue, insanity, political values and personal agendas.

Ein tödliches Familiendrama auf Norwegisch. Die Journalistin Kajsa möchte eigentlich etwas kürzertreten, doch auf einem stillgelegten Bauernhof bei Oslo wird ein Mann tot aufgefunden, der vor einigen Jahren ins Ausland ausgewandert war. Nun scheint er schwerkrank zurückgekehrt zu sein, um auf dem elterlichen Hof seinem Leben ein Ende zu setzen. In unmittelbarer Umgebung des Hofs finden sich jedoch rätselhafte Spuren - steckt hinter diesem Fall mehr, als es scheint? Kajsa beginnt zu recherchieren... Beste Spannung von einer internationalen Bestsellerautorin.

Let Ellery Queen clue you in on his special brand of high tension, brain-teasing mystery! This collection consists of novelettes and short stories from Queen's many escapades.

Returning from their honeymoon, newly-weds Adam and Eve Bailey are immediately plunged into another investigation - one that poses their biggest challenge yet. After a local art dealer is found stabbed to death behind the local cricket pavilion, another killing swiftly follows. Meanwhile, Reverend Michael Phillips, vicar of the local church, is beset with problems. Since the disappearance of a rare painting that hung there, his parishioners believe the church's Lady Chapel to be haunted.

1920, Wellington, New Zealand. Grace Devine is poised to build her thriving dress design business as the twenties begin to soar. But when a fashionable client is murdered, suspicion falls on Grace as the last person to see Agatha alive. As wary clients cancel and business begins to fail, Grace decides there’s only one way to prove her innocence and save her career…this seamstress will turn sleuth to find who really murdered the showgirl.

Cornwall, 1910. På en afsides tidevandsø, hvor godset Tithe Hall troner, forbereder herskabet sig på verdens undergang. Greven Conrad er overbevist om, at Halleys komet vil udslette alt liv på Jorden, og han beordrer godset forseglet fra kælder til kvist. Men han overser én afgørende ting: faren, der lurer indenfor… Næste morgen bliver Conrad fundet myrdet bag låste døre – dræbt af sin egen armbrøst. Mistanken falder straks på den unge butler Steven Pike.

Feuer im Black Feather! Voller Panik eilen Nathalie und Louise zu ihrem Pub und sehen - nichts ... Falscher Alarm. Doch kurz darauf muss die Feuerwehr im beschaulichen Earlsraven erneut ausrücken. Diesmal brennt es tatsächlich. Und in den Flammen wird zu allem Unglück ein toter Mann gefunden. Wer war er? Und war sein Tod nur ein tragischer Unfall oder steckt mehr dahinter? Ein winziges Detail lässt Nathalie und ihre Freunde aufhorchen. Und schon bald haben sie es nicht nur mit campenden Künstlern und einer anstrengenden Wahrsagerin zu tun, sondern mit einem handfesten Verbrechen!

'Tis the season for mince pies, mulled wine... and murder! A dead body. A locked Christmas stall with no way in or out. A cunning killer who's gone before the tea's gone cold. Christmas in Southbourne should be all twinkly lights and festive cheer, but Fiona, Daisy, and Partial Sue—the retired trio who run Dogs Need Nice Homes charity shop— have little to celebrate. What with the elusive "Southbourne Stalker" prowling the streets of their sleepy seaside town, they're in need of a little seasonal magic.

When a high school band trip ends in tragedy, Sue Jaworski steps in to comfort her friend and fellow garden club member, Ruth, whose nephew was among the victims. But while visiting Ruth's home, something unusual catches Sue's attention: a set of oil paintings identical to ones she recently bought at Trinkets and Treasures. The artist? Ruth's fiancé, who vanished without a trace forty years ago.