Risultati Editore "HarperCollins" in Detective dilettante

The first book featuring Ben, the lovable, humorous ex-sailor and down-at-heels rascal who can’t help running into trouble. Ben is back home from the Merchant Navy, penniless as usual and looking for digs in fog-bound London. Taking shelter in an abandoned old house, he stumbles across a dead...

Swedish crime sensation and No. 1 international bestseller, Camilla Lackberg’s new psychological thriller – for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo Christian Thydell’s dream has come true: his debut novel, The Mermaid, is published to rave reviews. So why is he as distant and unhappy as...

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook. Throwing on an almost convincing French accent, Tommy is determined to be the great Hanaud to his and Tuppence’s latest, rather lovely client. Miss Hargreaves has recently received a box of chocolates...

The new Hercule Poirot mystery by Sophie Hannah, follow-up to the bestselling Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night. New Year's Eve, 1932. Hercule Poirot and his good friend Inspector Edward Catchpool arrive on the Greek island of Lamperos for a little holiday…or is it? Catchpool suspects Poirot has...

Hausmeister Penzkofer lebt und arbeitet in einer Wohnanlage auf St. Pauli in Hamburg. Als er die Tür zur Wohnung von Herrn Schmadtke öffnet, da sich die Mieterin in der Wohnung unter ihm Frau Schreier über das Wasser beschwert hat, das von der Decke tropft, erblickt der Hausmeister den Mann tot, an einen Stuhl gefesselt. Schnell findet Penzkofer Gefallen daran, den Ermittlungen um die mysteriösen Ereignisse in der Anlage selbst nachzugehen. Er erfährt, dass der Tote Bienen gehalten hat, aber wo?

Susanne Oswald kombiniert Cosy Crime mit Strickromantik Im Strickladen »Strickschick« von Mette treffen sich einmal pro Woche vier Menschen aus Lüttjekoog, einem kleinen Ort an der Nordseeküste, um gemeinsam zu stricken. Für alle ist die Gruppe zur zweiten Heimat geworden, ihren persönlichen Problemen zum Trost. Das Motto der Strick-Crew: Zusammen strickt man weniger allein! Als Pfarrerin Anne in ihrer Kirche überfallen wird und kurz darauf ein Mord geschieht, entscheiden die vier dem Verbrechen selbst auf die Spur zu gehen. Besonders Mette ermittelt begeistert – und das nicht immer legal.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author, for anyone who's ever been ghosted – and wondered why… 'Unputdownable' Mel Giedroyc 'Beth is a really clever, funny writer' Nina Stibbe 'The queen of feel-good fiction' Clare Pooley 'Isabella's NOT dead.' Every time someone asks Gwen about her best...

Murder, mystery and majesty combine in this new Special Edition hardback of the Queen of Crime's very best short stories set in London. Agatha Christie is recognized throughout the world as the writer of remarkable country house mysteries and ingenious murders set in faraway countries. Yet many...

From the glittering heights of ‘80s stardom to the shadowy depths of betrayal, Johnny Klein’s comeback turns deadly when a mysterious death drags him into a web of secrets. In THE FALL, Martin Kemp delivers a gripping thriller where fame’s darkest price could be fatal. Johnny Klein is back!...

The instant Sunday Times bestseller. 'A deftly-written whodunnit' Jennie Godfrey There's a killer on the airwaves… and they're calling for you. Darkness looms over sunny Sidmouth, when an unsolved murder comes to the attention of late-night radio talk show host Edward Temmis. Recently sacked...

The gripping new thriller with a difference for 2024 from internationally bestselling author Lisa Stone What do you do when your home becomes a living nightmare? Your house should be the safest place in the world. But imagine you rent out a room, and the unthinkable happens…someone is murdered...

*LONGLISTED FOR THE IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER AWARD 2025* From the No.1 internationally bestselling author comes a compelling new suspense novel, which will stay with you long after you've finished reading. A romantic trip that goes wrong… Nina and Simon are the perfect couple. Young, fun and...

An all-new collection of autumn-themed mysteries from the master of the genre. Autumn is the season of misty mornings and cosy nights in, but as the leaves begin to fall the nights get longer and the shadows grow darker… Secluded cottages, eerie manors and ghostly hauntings and cursed tombs...

Secrets. Lies. Murder. Fame can be deadly. A British icon delivers a powerful blockbuster in an exhilarating thriller set in London’s East End. ____________________________________________________ A FALLEN ROCKSTAR. ONE LAST CHANCE FOR REDEMPTION. People used to scream Johnny Klein's name. Now...

Corazon, Angel and Donita have all come to Singapore to work for a living. The thing that unites them? Their labour must remain unseen. But when a friend is accused of murdering her employer, everything changes. The accused could be any of them; they all know the stories of women who were scapegoated or even executed for crimes they didn’t commit. Each woman has secrets to keep, yet they must gather every ounce of bravery, fearlessness and complete audacity to clear the name of one of their own.

A weekly dinner party. Ten amateur sleuths. The Tuesday Night Club murders. On a quiet Tuesday in St Mary Mead, a group of friends gather for dinner. A policeman, a clergyman, a solicitor, an author, an artist, and an unassuming lady with a shrewd gaze – Miss Jane Marple. Conversation naturally turns to crime. Each recounts a seemingly unsolvable mystery. Each thinks they know the answer. But it’s the one they least expect who understands the true nature of each wicked act.

When a TV producer offers journalist Sam Dean the job of tracking down a suspect in the brutal murder of a young woman and her child, he's reluctant to get involved. But when a colleague is stabbed to death on set, it’s clear something bigger is going on. And when threatening anonymous notes start arriving, Sam is forced to dig for the truth.

In 1980s London, Black political leaders who can straddle the racial divide are a rarity. So when a rising Black politician, Aston Edwards, is murdered, the effects quickly ripple through London’s Afro-Caribbean community. Then a young Black boy is arrested for his murder, surrounded by rumours of an affair with Aston’s wife. Sammy Dean, journalist turned investigator, is determined to find the truth. When a Black activist’s death is written off as a suicide, Sam begins to think the two cases are linked. With tensions running high, can Sam find the truth before the city erupts?

In the 1980s, London is a melting pot of cultures, but race and class create sharp divisions. Black British journalist Sam Dean looks for stories, not missing persons. When and old friend asks for help tracking down a White Conservative MP’s daughter, he feels he can’t say no. Virginia’s disappearance is tangled with the fate of Roy, a young mixed-race boy who reminds Sam of his own son, and Sam becomes determined to find the truth. 

Sent from London to New York to bring a dying friend’s message to his daughter, Mary, Sam Dean arrives in Queens, steeped in a mesh of Caribbean and Hispanic culture, looking forward to reconnecting with family and old friends. But his relaxing holiday turns dark when Mary disappears, and Sammy is caught up in a world of murder, sex and corrupt politics that threatens to turn his world upside down.