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When Isobel Shadow discovers a dead body in the middle of her bookstore, she and her sister Freya are thrown into a whirlwind of danger and mystery. With the police breathing down their necks and a killer on the loose, they are desperate to solve the crime before they become the murderer’s next victims. As Isobel and Freya use their sleuthing skills to uncover the murderer and protect the small town of Willowdale, Rhode Island, they uncover a secret about themselves that will change their lives forever.

A whimsical paranormal cozy mystery filled with small-town charm, a hint of the unexplained, and a touch of literary flair. Nan Nettles has always seen the world through a dreamy, poetic lens, and her husband, Mossy, is more than happy to play the romantic bard to her wandering muse. But when their road trip to a charming Florida town takes an unexpected detour, they find themselves caught up in a legend whispered on the coastal breeze.

When young music teacher Andre Beaufort discovers an antique player piano in the basement of his apartment building, he is visited by the ghost of the original owner: a dapper and charismatic playboy from the Roaring Twenties, Freddy Birtwistle. Andre has never seen a ghost and Freddy has never been one, so they get off to a rocky start. But when Andre finds his neighbor murdered on his doorstep, he and Freddy join forces to narrow the pool of suspects.

Lacey Doyle, 39 years old and freshly divorced, made a drastic change when she walked away from the fast life of New York City and settled down in the quaint English seaside town of Wilfordshire. Now with a new relationship and a blossoming business, it looks like Lacey has the life she always dreamed of. But when Lacey receives a Fabergé egg on consignment, she never expects it to hatch a murder plot. Now, with a dead curator and whispers of forgery swirling through the salty air, Lacey must piece together an enigmatic puzzle before the killer cracks their next victim!

Sarah Anderson thought she'd seen it all in Rosewood Hollow—from solving a century-old murder with a ghost named Amelia to tracking down stolen sapphires with her telepathic Papillon, Pixie. But this Christmas, death darkens her door once again when a newcomer is found murdered at the local bookstore. With her best friend Lily as the prime suspect, Sarah and Pixie must put their hard-earned sleuthing skills to the test.

Book 5: Driven To It Abigail Wentworth's reunion lunch with old friend Alison Fairweather takes a dark turn when she spots a familiar face, sending her life into chaos. Book 6: All Hallows While DS Carmichael takes his stepsons trick-or-treating and DI Falconer mans the station, DC Roberts' routine interview in Carsfold is interrupted by an explosion, leading to a murder investigation.

If you can’t beat them, join them. Octogenarian Myrtle Clover is so annoyed by the infighting at tiny Bradley, North Carolina’s town council meetings that she decides on a radical course of action: she’ll run for the open seat on the council. After all, she taught most of the elected officials—she should be able to enact some order. But order apparently isn’t in the works. This becomes clear when a fellow candidate is found . . . murdered. Myrtle and her senior sidekick Miles must uncover the killer before someone else becomes a lame duck.

The dead don’t always stay buried. And some refuse to move on. After barely surviving his brush with death, Clay Donovan is stuck between worlds—his body clings to life, but his soul refuses to let go. As he struggles to understand the new rules of the afterlife, a restless spirit begins terrorizing a college campus, seeking vengeance on those who left him behind. Darcey, ever the fiend, is ready to do what she does best: eliminate the problem. But Clay isn’t convinced death is the only way out.

Ingeborg Struckmeyer ist ein Kind des Ruhrgebiets. Nach Abschluss ihres Studiums in Münster und Köln war sie als Diplom-Bibliothekarin tätig. Seit 2004 lebt sie in München. In den letzten Jahren erhielt sie mehrere Kurzgeschichten- und Kurzkrimipreise. Sie hat das Märchen Die gläserne Prinzessin sowie drei Kurzkrimibände veröffentlicht: Tödliche Rache, Todesschreie und Todesängste, alle im Geest Verlag. Gemeinsam mit Friedlind Lipsky schrieb sie unter dem Pseudonym Frida Mey die beiden schwarzhumorigen Kriminalromane Manchmal muss es eben Mord sein und Radieschen von unten (Aufbau Taschenbuch Verlag).

Katie Wilk has begun her second month of the school year with her math and science students when a series of shocking events rock their small town—a teenage beauty queen is found dead in a state park, Katie’s neighbor’s three-year-old daughter is abducted, and Maverick, her dog, has a search-and-rescue certification exercise which turns into a real emergency. Doctor Pete Erickson, the man Katie was starting to have feelings for, seems curiously out of touch with her these days, but she and the new veterinarian in town may turn out to have quite a lot in common.

Sadie Alden has been invited to the South Coast to investigate a murder and it’s a welcome change of pace given the chaos of the past few weeks. Hope Falls is a small town at the bottom of the main island, isolated by the cliffs that surround it and unwelcoming to outsiders. Sadie’s familiar tries to warn her that it won’t be all sand and sunshine, especially when they’re surrounded by murder suspects, but at least she can leave the werewolf drama behind for a couple of days.

Två entusiastiska studenter vid Västgöta universitet tar initiativet till en amatörteatergrupp och annonserar efter skådespelare för att sätta upp Romeo och Julia. I samma veva hittas Roy Pedersen, en av Europas främsta experter på Shakespeare, brutalt dödad. Han har varit spårlöst försvunnen i åtta månader och först nu kan polisen börja söka efter hans mördare. När litteraturforskaren Helena Waller förstår att Pedersen var ett okänt originalmanuskript av just Romeo och Julia på spåren ger hon sig iväg till Verona för att försöka hitta det på egen hand.

Vill du veta vem som får årets Nobelpris i litteratur? Helena Wallner tror inte sina öron när stiftelsens ordförande avslöjar hemligheten. På vackra Bjertorps slott möts ett sällskap för att utse den författare som ska tilldelas ett prestigefullt pris. Men inget blir som de tänkt sig. Morgonen därpå hittas en av medlemmarna död under märkliga omständigheter. Plötsligt förbyts den trevliga samvaron i en mardrömslik jakt på en oberäknelig mördare som tycks vara ute efter fler offer.

Härmed tillkännages att ett mord kommer att äga rum i Götasalen fredagen den 1 juni klockan 20.00. Det är många som sätter frukostkaffet i halsen när annonsen dyker upp i lokaltidningen samma morgon som deckarfestivalen om Agatha Christie ska invigas vid Västgöta universitet. Är det ett skämt eller kanske en annorlunda hyllning till den stora författaren? När en av gästerna faller död ner under kvällens middag blir alla varse att det är blodigt allvar. En giftig skandal är en spännande och fängslande deckare där Helena Waller och Emma Lundgren hamnar mitt i ett morddrama.

Olivia Kendrick is excited about Nightmare's annual arts and crafts festival until a vendor winds up dead inside his food truck. Locals and festival artists alike disliked the corn dog seller, but who had enough motive to murder him? The supernatural community at Nightmare Sanctuary Haunted House must pull together to help gather clues, from a siren on a spy mission to witches with connections. Even Felipe the chupacabra is sniffing for clues!

Bexley Cosgrove has a soft spot for abandoned animals after being abandoned herself as a young child. She knows she owes her life to the dog who found and rescued her, so as an adult, Bexley has committed her life to rescuing as many dogs and cats as possible. In book 1 of a new spinoff series set in picturesque Gooseberry Bay, Bexley finds a dog hiding on the car deck of the ferry that runs between Seattle Washington and the peninsula where the small town of Gooseberry Bay is tucked onto the shoreline of a beautiful deepwater inlet.

Ten years ago, DCI Oldroyd was the only person who could see the monster hiding behind Adam Blake’s charm. Oldroyd proved that Blake was a deadly serial killer, responsible for murdering many innocent people. Having vowed to take revenge on Oldroyd, on a crisp autumn morning Blake escapes from jail… Hours later, in the Yorkshire market town of Otley, a man is found strangled inside the old courthouse. Written in bold black ink across the victim’s forehead is a single chilling word: vindicta—revenge. Oldroyd’s blood runs cold when he picks up a call and hears an all-too-familiar voice.

Bei einem Spaziergang in einem nahe gelegenen Naturschutzgebiet findet June die Leiche eines Mannes. In der Tasche des Toten findet die Polizei zwei Seiten aus einem antiquarischen Buch über giftige Pflanzen in Großbritannien. Bei den Ermittlungen stellt sich heraus, dass der Tote selbst in einem Mordfall verdächtigt wurde: Er soll seine Frau mit einer einheimischen Giftpflanze getötet haben. War es Selbstmord und sind die Seiten ein Schuldeingeständnis? Detective Sergeant Darcy bittet Rufus Whalley um Hilfe bei der Identifizierung des Buches.

Folge 17 - Herr Heiland liest Spuren: Durch Zufall stößt die Leiterin der Sonntaler Grundschule, Jenny Jessen, auf die alten Bestände der Bücherei "Lesegrube", die vergessen im Schulkeller lagern. Könnte die Bücherei reaktiviert werden? Bürgermeister Mindenfeld ist wenig begeistert. Das nötige Geld aus der Gemeindekasse würde er viel lieber in eine Virtual-Reality-Spielhalle investieren. Doch als auf dem Campingplatz in Sonntal ein Toter gefunden wird und alles auf einen heimtückischen Mord hindeutet, wendet sich das Blatt.

Amelia, Willow Grove's librarian, discovers a book that doesn't belong while doing inventory at the library. She finds a hidden note about a secret meeting in the woods. Amelia cannot resist the urge to investigate, accompanied by Baxter, her loyal American Bully, for protection. In Willow Grove, reality dances on the edge of a dream, and the shadows reach out to grab the residents and embrace them.