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Sir Lawrence Linwood is dead. More accurately, he was murdered—savagely beaten to death in his own study with a mediaeval mace. The murder calls home his three adopted children: Alan, an archeologist; Roger, an engineer; and Caroline, a journalist. But his heirs soon find that his last testament contains a strange proviso—that his estate shall go to the heir who solves his murder.

It's late 1936, and King Edward is in turmoil, having fallen in love with the scandalously divorced and even more scandalously American Wallis Simpson. He wants to marry her but knows that doing so will jeopardize his crown. Edward confides in his dear friend Darcy, Georgie's husband, and the couple agree to hide Wallis in their home while Edward figures out what to do. But unbeknownst to Georgie and Darcy, Sir Hubert, the owner of the estate, has given a film crew permission to shoot a motion picture about Henry the Eighth and Anne Boleyn on the grounds

In the cold Toronto winter of 1895, the naked body of a servant girl is found frozen in a deserted laneway. The young victim was pregnant when she died. Detective William Murdoch soon discovers that many of those connected with the girl's life have secrets to hide. Was her death on attempt to cover up a scandal in one of the city's influential families?

Tre soldati morti ammazzati, un movente nebuloso e tanti dubbi: torna il delegato Beretta in un giallo storico che vi terrà incollati fino all'ultima pagina. Lugano, Vigilia di Natale 1941. Su un pendio nelle vicinanze del campo internati di Vico Morcote vengono trovati, sepolti nella neve, tre soldati polacchi morti ammazzati. Il delegato di polizia Ezechiele Beretta si trova tra le mani un nuovo e oscuro caso, ma a complicare maggiormente l’indagine compare la polizia giudiziaria dell’esercito svizzero, la quale ha totale giurisdizione sui campi internati e il relativo compito investigativo.

It is 1866 and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of 12 local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. A wealthy man has vanished, a whore has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely patterned as the night sky.

Irene Adler, American opera singer and the one woman who outsmarted Sherlock Holmes, finds herself a widow at thirty-two, wealthy but emotionally broken. At the same time, Sherlock Holmes finds himself unable to return to England after faking his death at Reichenbach Falls and is drawn into an investigation of two men with designs on a woman they call Miss A, who is none other than Irene Adler herself. The Detective and The Woman throw their lot in together to uncover a dangerous plot with implications that stretch across the Atlantic. In the process, they meet legendary inventor Thomas Edison and experience life in Florida at the turn of the 20th century.

Georgie is excited for her first Christmas as a married woman in her lovely new home. She suggests to her dashing husband, Darcy, that they have a little house party, but when Darcy receives a letter from his aunt Ermintrude, there is an abrupt change in plans. She has moved to a house on the edge of the Sandringham estate, near the royal family, and wants to invite Darcy and his new bride for Christmas.

Isabella Waverly only means to comfort the woman felled on a London street. In her final dying moments, she thrusts a letter into Bella’s hand. It’s an offer of employment in the kitchens of Buckingham Palace, and everything the budding young chef desperately wants: an escape from the constrictions of her life as a lowly servant. In the stranger’s stead, Bella can spread her wings. Arriving as Helen Barton from Yorkshire, she pursues her passion for creating culinary delights, served to the delighted Queen Victoria herself.

The Saint is back - 50 audiobooks are now available starring the debonair classic crime hero. Simon Templar is the Saint - daring, dazzling, and just a little disreputable. On the side of the law, but standing outside it, he dispenses his own brand of justice one criminal at a time. In these three early adventures, the Saint's reputation starts to rise, as he tackles thieves, smugglers and killers.

Due morti misteriose a cinquant'anni di distanza alle quali solo il delegato Beretta può trovare una spiegazione. Lugano, 1881. Una banda di ladri penetra nel castello di Trevano e fa razzia di preziosi. Poco dopo Vera von Derwies, figlia del barone proprietario del castello, muore in seguito a una caduta da cavallo. Nei giorni seguenti la tragedia torna ad abbattersi sul castello: vengono trovati senza vita lo stesso barone e il giovane inserviente Nuto.

It’s January of 1704, and Matthew Corbett continues his mission to Italy, accompanied by Hudson Greathouse and former enemy Professor Fell. They seek Brazio Valeriani and information about the mirror created by his father, the sorcerer Ciro. Legend claims the mirror can be used to summon demons from beyond. But fate has other plans for Matthew as their ship is disabled by a pod of whales, and they seek refuge on a secluded island. The islanders welcome them with a massive feast, but all is not what it seems.

December 1703 finds Berry Grigsby living as Mary Lynn Nash in a small English village where she has fallen victim to Professor Fell's involuntary drug experiments. Her mind is quickly deteriorating under the drug’s influence, and the only way to save her is a potion book that was stolen in an attack on the village orchestrated by a mysterious madman going by the name Cardinal Black. Matthew Corbett has volunteered to travel with Julian Devane, a self-proclaimed "fool and bad man" in the employ of Professor Fell, to hunt down the potion book.

Eine atmosphärische Zeitreise in das Wien der 20er Jahre – herrlich charmanter Lesegenuss mit Wohlfühlgarantie. Wien, 1925. Bei schönstem Herbstwetter genießen Anton und Ernestine das bunte Treiben im Böhmischen Prater. Während Anton vor lauter Powidltascherl im Mehlspeishimmel schwelgt, widmet sich Ernestine der Polka. Doch die beschwingte Stimmung kippt, als Cockerspaniel-Dame Minna einen menschlichen Knochen unter dem Musikpavillon ausgräbt. Ernestine wittert ein Verbrechen – und stößt inmitten von Schaustellern und Besuchern auf gut gehütete Geheimnisse und raffinierte Intrigen.

Königsberg 1924: In einer Kaserne wird ein junger Soldat erschlagen aufgefunden. Das Brisante: Das Waffenlager, das der Gefreite bewachte, wurde komplett ausgeräumt. Der jüdische Kommissar Aaron Singer und sein Kollege Heinrich Puschkat, preußisches Urgestein, stehen unter großem Druck. Soziale und politische Spannungen drohen Ostpreußen zu zerreißen. Planen die Nationalisten mit dem Diebesgut einen Putsch? Um eine Katastrophe zu verhindern, verfolgen Singer und Puschkat die Spur inkognito bis in ein Seebad an der ostpreußischen Nehrung. Dort stoßen sie auf eine heimtückische Intrige.

Weihnachtlicher Cosy Crime aus der Kaiserzeit. Wien, 1910. Wenige Tage vor Heiligabend wird Tabakfabrikant Steinhäusel in seinem luxuriösen Stadtpalais tot aufgefunden. Die Todesursache bleibt ein Rätsel – sowohl für den Leibarzt der Industriellenfamilie als auch für diese selbst, die noch am Vorabend mit Steinhäusel zusammengekommen war. Kommissar Felix Zack übernimmt die Ermittlungen und stellt schnell fest, dass in dieser Familie beinahe jeder ein Motiv hat – zu seinem Leidwesen auch die böhmische Köchin Mila, die ihn nicht nur mit ihren Köstlichkeiten verzaubert.

Una ragazza morta che chiede giustizia nella prima indagine del delegato di polizia Ezechiele Beretta Autunno 1935, mercato di Lugano. Un ladruncolo ruba delle ciambelle, ne nasce un putiferio, e il giovane gendarme Albino Frapolli lo insegue fino all’ingresso del malfamato quartiere Sassello. Esita a entrare e il ladro si volatilizza tra i meandri dei caseggiati. Titubante il gendarme continua il suo infruttuoso inseguimento, finché un abitante del rione lo chiama e lo conduce in un cortiletto, dove adagiato sopra i ciottoli vi è il corpo di una ragazza morta.

Una corsa contro il tempo per trovare una bambina rapita: riuscirà il delegato Beretta a dissolvere le ombre minacciose del lago di Lugano? Il delegato di polizia Ezechiele Beretta se ne sta al bar Lugano a gustarsi il primo caffè del mattino, quando il trambusto proveniente dall'esterno attira la sua attenzione. Gli abitanti del malfamato quartiere Sassello avanzano verso il centro della piazza al seguito di Mosè Guerreschi che incede disperato alla ricerca d’aiuto. L’uomo ha aggrappata ai pantaloni la piccola Ombretta e tra le braccia, avvolto da una coperta, il fratellino Agostino esanime.

It is August of 1704, and Matthew Corbett and his companions have narrowly escaped the island of Golgotha and are recuperating in the town of Alghero on the northwestern coast of Sardinia, currently under Spanish rule. Hudson Greathouse is at his limits, both mentally and physically, after their harrowing ordeal.

Hamburg 1887. In einem Kontor wird die Leiche einer jungen Frau entdeckt, die mit zahllosen Messerstichen getötet wurde. Der Fall wird zur Bewährungsprobe für den frisch zum Criminalcommissar beförderten Hermann Rieker. Bei seinen Ermittlungen trifft er auf Johanna Ahrens, Tochter eines Richters, die heimlich arme Frauen im Gängeviertel unterrichtet.

La prima indagine della nuova squadra investigativa al servizio del papa. Una serie di omicidi per avvelenamento dilaga ormai da troppo tempo tra tutte le classi sociali di Roma. Come se non bastasse, diversi neonati spariscono misteriosamente e i casi di aborto procurato si moltiplicano. Papa Benedetto non può accettare questa nuova piaga che si è abbattuta sulla città.