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1683: Das Reich ist in Gefahr, denn das osmanische Heer steht kurz vor Wien und ein vernichtender Krieg scheint unausweichlich. Auch um den alten Henker Jakob Kuisl steht es schlecht, körperliche Schmerzen und Sorgen plagen ihn. Umso erstaunter ist er, als er einen Brief von seinem früheren Weggefährten Nepomuk erhält, der ihn bittet, nach Passau zu kommen, um bei der Bergung eines Schatzes zu helfen.

A violent assault on a door-to-door salesman leaves the man's life hanging in the balance as Barbara, Craig, and Deputy Elwood search for answers. Was it the victim's estranged wife? A business competitor? A dissatisfied customer?

August 1901: A fundraiser for a new Rhode Island Audubon Society brings Emma to Vinland, the Viking-themed seaside home of her relative, Florence Vanderbilt Twombly, where the guest of honor is Edith Roosevelt, wife of Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. Emma's observation of harmless philanthropy is proven wrong the following morning when one of Mrs. Twombly's houseguests from the luncheon becomes mysteriously and dangerously ill. Accompanying police detective Jesse Whyte, Emma discovers a box of petit fours supposedly sent by Mrs. Roosevelt.

Mikaela's inquiry services are requested by the wife of a prominent London surgeon after he has disappeared, while Brodie is sent to track down rumors of a planned attack in London by the anarchist known as the Black Hand. It is a time of dangerous unrest across the whole of Europe, and they realize the two cases may be connected when the doctor is found murdered at a secret office in the East End where he performed certain procedures. It is also the place where the anarchist was followed, only to disappear. What was the reason for secrecy regarding that specific office?

Left with only a muddle-headed butler, a bossy cook/housekeeper, and a couple of energetic maids, Lady Elizabeth Hartleigh Compton has enough problems on her hands. Not only is she struggling to upkeep the sprawling Manor House and vast acres she inherited, she must also take care of her numerous tenants, while coping with the inconveniences and sacrifices of wartime England. Fortunately Sitting Marsh is far removed from the bombing going on in London and other cities. That doesn't mean that peace prevails in the tiny village.

An Army soldier – an ex-drunk – is brutally killed and a note suggests that the Salvation Army’s shadowy enemy, the Skeleton Army, is responsible. With the police unwilling to come between the two forces, Non Vaughan, aspiring journalist and great hope of the Oxford women’s college movement, and Basil Rice, Jesus College fellow and union-sanctioned guardian of the dead man’s family, are compelled to investigate.

An odd group gathers for an English country house weekend party: a sickly host, a disgraced socialite, an amateur detective and her nephew, a murderous couple, an ex-army captain, and a former militant suffragist countess. The table is set for eight. By Sunday, only half the cutlery will be required, and Saturday's tablecloth will be used as a shroud. Cut off by a storm, their host is found dead in circumstances mirroring the death of Lady Alice's husband. There is no way out, while a killer walks amongst them.

Martin Friedrich, a German philosopher, is cycling through an intersection on his way to give a lecture when a speeding car strikes and kills him. Shortly afterwards, Detective Sergeant Stephen Minter - an Austrian-born cockney Jew, whose parents were interned during the war as enemy aliens - stands over the body of Friedrich, contemplating the age-old question: who did it?

In the 1950s, the alluring Rebecca Blaine ruled Long Island’s Gold Coast from Cadieux House, a gift of love from the brilliant architect Marius Cadieux. Today, as architect Wren Fontaine restores the house, she becomes immersed in a seventy-five-year-old murder, as well as fresh killings that echo it. To make it even more complicated, Cadieux was an important mentor to Wren’s father, who isn’t happy about Wren “fixing” the home. Wren must think back to her childhood, when the elderly Cadieux gave her a riddle. She knows she must solve it to understand the house—and stop the killings.

It’s 1924, and Blix Windway has made a career out of her wanderlust, giving lectures to ladies’ groups about everything from the flora of the American desert to the beauty of the Swiss Alps, but she needs new material for her talks. She strikes what seems to be an ideal agreement with an eccentric older lady. Blix will be her travel companion during a journey to Egypt, helping to smooth the way through customs and coordinate sightseeing tours.

London, 1924. When shy academic Lao She meets larger-than-life Judge Dee Ren Jie, his life abruptly turns from books and lectures to daring chases and narrow escapes. Dee has come to London to investigate the murder of a man he'd known during World War I when serving with the Chinese Labor Corps. No sooner has Dee interviewed the grieving widow than another dead body turns up. Then another. All stabbed to death with a butterfly sword. Will Dee and Lao be able to connect the threads of the murders?or are they next in line as victims?

It’s October, 1923, and Olive Belgrave has a new case. Her client, Lady Agnes doesn’t believe in curses, and she hires Olive to prove her Egyptologist uncle wasn’t the victim of a malevolent mummy. Olive investigates and discovers the truth is much worse—it’s murder. Can Olive debunk the curse and reveal the true culprit before the supposed curse claims another victim?

Olive Belgrave needs a job. Despite her aristocratic upbringing, she’s penniless. Determined to support herself, she jumps at an unconventional job—looking into the background of her cousin’s fiancé, Alfred. Alfred burst into the world of London’s high society, but his answers to questions about his past are decidedly vague. Before Olive can gather more than the basics, a murder occurs at a posh party. Suddenly, every Bright Young Person in attendance is a suspect, and Olive must race to find the culprit because a sly murderer is determined to make sure Olive’s first case is her last.

September, 1923. Despite closing her first case, high society lady detective Olive Belgrave hasn’t found a new client. She’s taken a job as a hat model to pay for her poky boarding house room. But then a job offer comes her way—make discreet inquiries about a famous author who’s disappeared. Olive travels to the English countryside to hunt for the missing mystery author. But soon after she arrives in the sleepy village, a body is discovered. Then a second murder focuses the police’s attention on Olive, and she must clear her name before the murderer pens a plot that frames her.

After the Anschluss, Austria becomes a place its citizens don’t recognize—especially its Jewish citizens. Whispers ripple through Jewish communities—whispers about a chalet where a woman protects Jewish children from discovery. She’ll keep them safe, fed, and far away from Nazis. Parents are forced to make horrific decisions. Send their children away to safety, possibly never seeing them again, or keep their families together and risk their children’s lives?

Una Mallorca llena de secretos, amores perdidos y un legado manchado por la sombra del pasado. A finales de 1918, el Imperio Austrohúngaro se desintegra lentamente como consecuencia de su derrota en la Primera Guerra Mundial. Tras cuatro años de conflicto ininterrumpido, Felipe Neudorf, hijo bastardo del archiduque Luis Salvador de Austria —y uno de los oficiales más jóvenes del Imperio— vuelve a su Mallorca natal tras sobrevivir a la última contienda del frente italiano: la batalla de Vittorio Veneto.

Ottobre 1936. Bologna è in fermento per la visita del Duce e mentre le forze dell’ordine sono impegnate a gestire le misure di sicurezza per accogliere l’illustre visitatore, in città vengono rinvenuti i cadaveri di diverse donne uccise nelle loro case dopo aver subito violenza. Il maresciallo Vittorio Righi e la sua squadra si trovano a fronteggiare il nervosismo delle autorità e un difficile lavoro di indagine che li conduce solo in vicoli ciechi: l’assassino, infatti, è tanto abile da non lasciare tracce.

Bologna, maggio 1938. Ottavia De Angelis, cantante e diva del palcoscenico, è bella, generosa e innamorata, eppure c’è chi la odia. Tocca al maresciallo Vittorio Righi cercare di far luce sulla sua sorte. Nei giorni della visita di Hitler in Italia comincia l’indagine più difficile che abbia mai affrontato, condotta negli ambienti dell’alta società bolognese resi intoccabili dalla protezione delle autorità. Vittorio si aggira tra palazzi, teatri, grandi alberghi, locali eleganti, sedi del Fascio e quartieri popolari dove le informazioni gli arrivano contraddittorie e centellinate.

Dresda, novembre 1944: un brutale assassino terrorizza una città dilaniata dalla guerra. La popolazione geme sotto i bombardamenti, costretta a terribili privazioni, e gli allarmi bomba sono l'unica certezza nella vita di tutti i giorni. L'ispettore investigativo Max Heller viene convocato sulla scena di un crimine e si trova di fronte al corpo selvaggiamente martoriato di una donna, un'infermiera del vicino ospedale. Ben presto, le voci cominciano a girare: è il Demone, il killer che di notte si aggira tra le rovine.

Dresda, 1947: a due anni dalla fine della guerra la città è una terra desolata e piena di macerie sotto occupazione sovietica. Nel gelido inverno, la vita è dominata dalla carenza di alloggi, dalla fame e dalle malattie. Il commissario capo Max Heller viene chiamato sulla scena di un crimine nel quartiere Neustadt dalla neonata polizia popolare. Ma prima che possa avviare le indagini, il corpo del soldato dell'Armata Rossa pugnalato a morte viene portato via dai militari. Ciò che resta è una pozza di sangue rappreso e uno zaino contenente la testa mozzata di un uomo.