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Endlich sind Ferien und Amanda löst ihren Gutschein für eine Reise auf dem luxuriösen Kreuzfahrtschiff Belgravia ein. Für welchen Verehrer soll sie sich entscheiden? Doch der Urlaub entspricht nicht ganz ihren Erwartungen, denn wo Amanda auftaucht, ist ein Mordfall nie weit entfernt. Auf der Belgravia wird sie eingeladen, einen romantischen Urlaub auf der atemberaubend schönen Insel Turtle Island vor den Bahamas zu verbringen. Der Höhepunkt ist der Besuchs eines Hollywood-Filmsets und plötzlich ist Amanda auf Du und Du mit berühmten Stars.

Ein rätselhafter Brief führt die Historikerin Tinne und den Reporter Elvis kreuz und quer durch Oppenheim. Sie jagen einem Geheimnis nach - zwölf silbernen Apostelfiguren, die seit dem 30jährigen Krieg im Kellerlabyrinth unter der Stadt versteckt sein sollen. Doch dann überschlagen sich die Ereignisse: Ein Mordanschlag passiert, eine Mumie wird gefunden, schließlich geraten die beiden ins Visier einer Neonazi-Bande. Tinne und Elvis müssen erkennen: Sie sind in Wirklichkeit einem weit größeren Schatz auf die Spur gekommen - einem Schatz, den es eigentlich gar nicht geben dürfte.

Ein Geburtstagsbesuch entwickelt sich für die Historikerin Ernestine "Tinne" Nachtigall zu einer mittleren Katastrophe: Ihr ehemaliger Professor, an Demenz erkrankt, schreit wirre Halbsätze und kritzelt ein Symbol auf ihren Arm. Kurz darauf ist er tot, eingesponnen von Seilen und erhängt an einer Kirchenmauer. Tinne und der Lokalreporter Elvis machen sich auf Spurensuche, und plötzlich sind sie mittendrin in einem Puzzle, das zu Napoleons Zeiten seinen Anfang nahm. Doch das Rätsel, das sie zu lösen versuchen, ist heute noch so tödlich wie vor 200 Jahren.

Set against the enchanting background of post war Vienna, with its beautiful palaces and gardens, its disenchanted residents and scars of war, E.C.R. Lorac constructs a characteristic detective story, sure to puzzle and excite. This exceedingly rare mystery, first published in 1956, makes its triumphant return for the first time since its original appearance.

Discover the Dark Side of the Decade That Roared. What killed the infamous flapper Rosalie Frazier? And was gay speakeasy owner Dash Parker’s booze to blame? These are the burning questions in Dash’s mind as he is forced to team up with an unusual, unpredictable gangster and investigate the deadlier side of Prohibition. Sinister mob men with hidden motives. A pair of seedy Times Square roommates hoping for a financial windfall. A shattered family full of bitterness and spite. And at the center, a young woman who loved coded messages and uncovering secrets.

March, 1605. Country doctor and former ship surgeon Gabriel Taverner is ready for his next adventure. He can't wait to leave Devon and tend to the crew of the Luipaard while sailing the Eastern seas. As years pass by, Gabriel's family and friends back home are struggling with his substitute physician. Doctor Maudsley Cheverell turned out to be as incompetent as they come and unpleasant at best. So when he is found dead in a ditch one day, no one seems to be too surprised. Only, when examining the body, it seems like Cheverell was tortured using a specific method from the East . . .

It is October and Hope and her daughter, Cori, are settling into their new town. When Cori and her friends go to a spooky and haunted attraction for some Halloween fun, things take a strange and frightening turn which thrusts the Herring women into a mystery they want nothing to do with. There's also their resident ghost who needs help researching the past to uncover his killer. Will Cori and Hope be able to figure out what's going on before someone else loses their life?

After suffering a personal tragedy Abby Sullivan buys a huge old seaside mansion she has never even seen, packs up her life in San Francisco, and moves to Holiday Bay Maine, where she is adopted, quite against her will, by a huge Maine Coon Cat named Rufus, a drifter with her own tragic past named Georgia, and a giant dog with an inferiority complex named Ramos. What Abby thought she needed was alone time to heal. What she ended up with was, an inn she never knew she wanted, a cat she couldn't seem to convince to leave, and a new family she'd never be able to live without.

A few years ago, David Alvarez had it all: a six-figure book deal, a loving boyfriend, and an exciting writing career. His debut novel was a resounding success, which made the publication of his second book-a total flop-all the more devastating. Now, David is single, lonely, and desperately trying to come up with the next great idea for his third manuscript, which will hopefully be the one to save him from ruin.

When Eleanor Wooley's best friend Rette suddenly disappears, Eleanor abandons her job as a crime reporter for the Gold Strike Tribune in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and sets off in desperate pursuit. What begins as a search and rescue operation quickly becomes an obsession and a personal quest for truth. Spurred by gut instinct, Eleanor scours Northeastern Nevada during the worst heat wave in recorded history. Obscure signs appear-an intruder's dire warning, a casino's mysterious graffiti, a random sighting of a killer on the run.

As eager as Beatrice, Duchess of Kesgrave, is to meet her husband’s newly discovered illegitimate half sister, she does not want it to happen like this: in the keeper's house at Newgate. Yes, that Newgate, the abject prison filled with squalor and misery to which Verity Lark has been consigned for murder. Found standing over the slain corpse of an old tormentor with a still-warm pistol in her hand, she is obviously guilty. It is an open-and-shut case with little for an unduly curious duchess to investigate. Except it all seems a little too simple and straightforward.

May Morrigan is in her bookshop one morning when she—and everyone else in the shop—receives an anonymous text. It contains a reference to a Shakespeare quotation—and seems to be aimed at the vicar and his partner, Juan. The next morning, one of them is dead. Meanwhile, May’s elderly mother Minty is staying with her, her old friend Fletcher, and her two dogs. To her dismay, Minty is quite preoccupied with death. She also keeps reminiscing about her past in ways that make May wonder what secrets she’s hiding.

As Elijah’s bakery swarms with excitement, camera crews, and the possibility of Roxy's friend winning a coveted spot on a TV show, his unpleasant rival for the job goes missing. When the rival is found dead in a dumpster, Roxy wants to learn more. . She can’t help but be curious when another death rocks her part of the city. But police quickly close the case with a flimsy excuse that raises eyebrows. And color Roxy skeptical. Determined to uncover the truth, she starts asking questions, but the cops aren’t talking. Not even when another body bites the dust.

Kim is busy enjoying life, sure that her detective days are behind her, when she receives an unexpected letter that convinces her that an innocent man has been convicted and imprisoned in Bergamo. And that consequently a guilty man is roaming free. Inevitably she resumes her former duty and seeks out the cruel truth.

It’s twelve years since teenager Peter Ferguson drowned in Loch Ness—on the same night that Stephanie, her mother and her sister, Aurelie, were camping on its shores. In the shocking aftermath, their family and life as they knew it fell apart, and the sisters no longer speak. But now Aurelie is getting married, and Stephanie realises that a reunion might finally bring the truth about that fateful night to the surface…

Unravel the mysteries hidden within the shadows of a quaint Victorian house in Whispers in the Attic. Join Sarah, a determined single mother, and her children, Emma and Cory, as they embark on a spine-tingling adventure fueled by secrets, magic, and unexpected joy in this cozy mystery. When the Anderson family moves into their new home in the picturesque village of Rosewood Hollow, they discover more than just creaky floorboards and old wallpaper.

In a triumph for Mia's catering business and cooking school, Mia's Morsels is chosen to host a fall festival event in their Idaho mountain town-which means managing a bunch of stage moms and their social-media obsessed daughters as they get ready for the big beauty contest. There's a lot riding on the results of the Harvest Moon Festival-it's where the local coven leader is chosen for the following year.

With the holiday season in full swing, food and cocktails columnist and restauranteur Hayley Powell has lots to check off her last-minute to-do list. Not included is the sudden arrival of her father, who hasn't been in the picture since she believed in Santa Claus. Dwight Jordan's presence in Bar Harbor might just be the unwanted gift that keeps on giving-especially after he becomes the top suspect in a case of yuletide murder . . .

Bad magic and good witches don't mix, but I make it work. Spellbooks are a witch's best friend, especially when they're passed down from your beloved dead Grandma. So, when an anonymous caller is interested in buying mine, my answer is nope, not ever, go away. Problem is, they won't take no for an answer. With suspicious newcomers in town and the increasing odds someone thinks my spellbook is full of dark magic, I find myself with no shortage of motives or suspects. Good thing I'm dating Ian, the world's sexiest paranormal problems expert.

Now that Elspeth “Elle” Barclay’s mother has retired from “clearing” haunted houses, Elle steps in to evaluate disturbances. She debunks a haunting, but finds spiritual energy outside the house. The victim of a recent hit and run accident demands that Elle “tell them,” but tell whom what? The accident victim, a young woman, lies in the morgue as a Jane Doe. Details in the ghost’s visions send Elle to Bar Harbor, Maine, to tell Jane Doe’s family about the accident, but they aren’t interested in talking to her.