Titoli in Donne detective

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.

Ray Santiago's friends from work know him as a brilliant-but-easygoing systems engineer who spends a lot of time on his favorite online role-playing game. But the game is over for Ray: His colleagues from work, Maude, Tim, and Turing, have just found out about Ray's murder in a dark alley. He was shot, and his laptop stolen. It could be just another DC street crime. But if Turing's password was in that computer‚ and it's fallen into the wrong hands‚ she could be in terrible danger.

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.

Homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite has returned to the police force after the sensational retrial of her sister’s killer. Still scarred from that ordeal, Tracy is pulled into an investigation that threatens to end her career, if not her life. A serial killer known as the Cowboy is killing young women in cheap motels in North Seattle.

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.

Die Ruhe kehrt nur für kurze Zeit in das altehrwürdige Morrisey-Gebäude zurück, denn kurz nach dem Lösen ihres ersten Mordfalls findet Meg Dawson eine geheime Treppe im Keller, die in die berüchtigte Unterstadt Seattles führt. Dort findet sie nicht nur eine Leiche, sondern gleich zwei. Auch wenn die beiden Todesfälle durch ein ganzes Jahrhundert getrennt sind, haben die Opfer mehr gemeinsam, als Meg ahnt. Ohne Lauries Hilfe, der beruflich nach Japan ziehen musste, versucht Meg mit ihrer Geisterfreundin Ripley die Fälle zu lösen.

In the quiet town of Painters Mill, an Amish family of seven has been found brutally murdered on their farm. Chief of Police Kate Burkholder and her small force have few clues, no motive, and no suspect. Formerly Amish herself, Kate is no stranger to secrets, but she can't get her mind around the senseless brutality of the crime. State agent John Tomasseti arrives on the scene to assist. He and Kate worked together on a previous case during which they began a tentative relationship, but each is wary of commitment. The disturbing details of this case will push them to their limits.

Un secreto. Cuatro cadáveres. Seis sepulturas. Cuando la detective Kim Stone llega a la escena de un incendio, se encuentra con los cadáveres de dos adolescentes y sus padres. Solo que esta tragedia no es lo que parece. Los cuatro cuerpos muestran heridas de bala y todos los indicios apuntan a que Helen Daynes, la madre, es quien ha disparado a su familia. En el pasado de Helen, hay un historial clínico de depresión.

When the body of a young girl is found exhumed from her grave, DCI Emma Gardner knows there’s more to this grisly find than just misadventure. Penny Maiden was killed in a hit and run accident forty years ago, and her killer was never found…Could someone be trying to right an old wrong?

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.

Charlie Harris is stressed out. The Southern Academic Libraries Association is holding this year's annual meeting at Athena College. Since Charlie is the interim library director, he must deliver the welcome speech to all the visiting librarians. And as if that weren't bad enough, the keynote address will be delivered by Charlie's old nemesis from library school. It's been 30 years since Charlie has seen Gavin Fong, and he's still an insufferable know-it-all capable of getting under everyone's skin.

From the international bestselling author of Eeny Meeny comes the second thriller in the “truly excellent series”* featuring Detective Helen Grace. A man’s body is found in an empty house. A gruesome memento of his murder is sent to his wife and children. He is the first victim, and...

Sanna bleibt vorerst im Norden Finnlands – wenn auch nur temporär, wie sie immer wieder betont. Sie genießt die atemberaubende Natur mit ihrer verwunschenen Tundra, tiefblauen Seen und den weiten Kiefernwäldern. Perfekt, um von ihrem Großstadtleben zu entspannen – wenn da nicht der tote Fischer wäre, über den sie in ihrem kleinen Wochenendhaus stolpert. Wäre sein Tod an sich nicht schon schrecklich genug, scheint niemand den Mann zu kennen.

Ich bin Dakota Adair, stolze Besitzerin von Tattered Pages, einer Buchhandlung für außergewöhnliche und skurrile Bücher. Nebenbei löse ich auch gelegentlich Mordfälle. Rein hobbymäßig. Meistens. Nach einem Vortrag über seltene Bücher sprudle ich nur so vor Ideen, wie ich meinen Laden erweitern könnte. Doch als die Vortragende kurz darauf tot aufgefunden wird, finde ich mich schneller in einem neuen Fall wieder, als ich „Kriminalroman“ sagen kann.

Paris in den 1910er Jahren: eine Stadt voller Magie, Glanz und Künstler aus aller Welt–und eine Metropole der Halbwelt. Es herrscht große Aufregung, als in der Nähe von Coco Chanels Atelier ein Toter gefunden wird. Dann verschwinden Frauen, und Coco bangt um das Leben ihres Geliebten, eines britischen Millionärs. Schnell stellt sie fest, dass auch der ehrgeizige Pablo Picasso in kriminelle Machenschaften verstrickt ist. Führen die Spuren des Verbrechens zu ihm? Die kluge Modeschöpferin lässt nichts unversucht, um zur Aufklärung beizutragen, und entdeckt dabei so manches Geheimnis.

Ich bin Dakota Adair, stolze Besitzerin von Tattered Pages, einer Buchhandlung, die sich auf außergewöhnliche und skurrile Bücher spezialisiert hat. Meine Gesellschaft? Eine permanent schlecht gelaunte Perserkatze namens Poppy, die es liebt, ihren Unmut im Laden kundzutun … und zwar laut. Mein Leben war wunderbar entspannt–bis ich eine Sonderbestellung ausliefern muss und dabei über eine Leiche stolpere

The roads around Dingle are whisper-quiet in the small hours of a rainy night, empty of the tourists who throng the town by day. As she and her assistant, Patrick, drive home after an already traumatic day, Dimpna Wilde isn’t expecting to see anyone, let alone her employee, Niamh, standing in the road, dressed in a nightgown and soaked to the skin. Dazed and distraught, Niamh passes out after muttering incoherently, and at her apartment, Dimpna and Patrick make a grisly discovery.

When Juno Browne purchased a car for her lover, Daniel Thorncroft, she was not expecting that the previous owner would lock a dead body in the boot. Who the dead man could be is a persistent question, as is the whereabouts of the seller, Amber Horrell. While Inspector Ford and the Ashburton police are on the case, Juno's insatiable curiosity and concern for the missing Amber lead her to start sleuthing on her own.

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.