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Florence, New Year’s Day 1557. As dawn breaks, a painter is discovered lying on the floor of a church, stabbed through the heart. Above him, the paintings he laboured over for more than a decade. At his home, a hidden painting scandalously depicting Maria de Medici, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Florence, as a naked Venus. Who is the murderer? Who is behind the painting? As the city erupts in chaos, Giorgio Vasari, the great art historian, is picked to lead the investigation.

Retired diplomat Sam Hough boards a transatlantic flight to Paris after making a seemingly innocent promise to find the five-year-old son of a dying friend, a son the friend has never known.

With only the thinnest of clues, Sam quickly realizes that those who agree to help him soon disappear, those who don't disappear refuse to help him, and still others want to kill him rather than help find the boy. Clearly there are things his friend neglected to tell him. But what did he leave out—and why?

Actor, writer and director Mahesh Dattani is the first playwright in English to be awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award by India’s National Academy of Letters. Included here are all three of his plays featuring Uma Rao – PhD student, daughter-in-law of Bangalore's deputy commissioner of police, and wife of the superintendent. Priyanga Burford (neé Elan), stars as the intrepid sleuth, with full casts including Shiv Grewal, Saeed Jaffrey, Ajay Chhabra, Amerjit Deu and Nitin Chandra Ganatra.

Die Vergangenheit auszugraben ... ist ein Todesurteil ... Als ein Teenager während der Burns Night verschwindet, unternimmt DI Duncan McAdam alles, um ihn zu finden. Der Vater allerdings scheint sich keine großen Sorgen zu machen. Nachdem die Leiche einer Frau mit einer einzelnen Stichwunde in der Brust in der Bucht von Talisker gefunden wird, wird dem Team um DI McAdam klar, dass sich ein Mörder auf der Insel herumtreibt. Ein schwerer Schneesturm sucht die Insel heim. Schnell wird es zu einem Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, um den vermissten Jungen zu finden.

For years, Ellie Reckless and her team have been the go-to problem solvers for London’s Underworld, initially doing favors to clear her name, and later operating as a legitimate force. But the streets of London are about to get hotter. But now a new player has appeared: Becky Slade, a fierce bare-knuckle fighter from a family with a vendetta. The Slades have clashed with the Simpsons for control over South London for decades, and now that Ellie has eliminated the Simpsons, Becky wants her on side.

Nina Borg, a Red Cross nurse, wife, and mother of two, is a compulsive do-gooder who can’t say no when someone asks for help—even when she knows better. When her estranged friend Karin leaves her a key to a public locker in the Copenhagen train station, Nina gets suckered into her most dangerous project yet.

In Poirot Investigates, Agatha Christie presents eleven riveting short stories featuring the famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. From high-stakes jewel thefts to baffling murders, Poirot faces a variety of complex and puzzling cases that challenge his remarkable intellect and investigative prowess. In these tales, Poirot must unravel a web of deception involving missing persons, secret identities, and shocking crimes, using his keen observation and logical deductions to reveal the truth.

Detective Inspector Fenella Sallow is haunted by her past and cannot escape its painful truth… no matter how hard she tries. At a social designed to build team spirit, Fenella is called to a grim scene. A mummified woman throws her world into a spin, and the search for the truth tests Fenella to her limits. As the investigation begins, she peels away a web of intrigue, betrayal, lust and troubling secrets the victim took to the grave. In her toughest challenge yet, Fenella must face demons from her past and will pay a high price in the race to outwit a killer who leaves no clues.

Multi-billion dollar giant Revell Pharmaceuticals is devouring its competition. A new research breakthrough propels the company into releasing its most profitable product ever. Yet a family crisis confronts them when Kirra Revell, heiress to the empire, goes missing. Taylor Knox, an employee of Revell's latest acquisition, is blackmailed into leading the search. An expert surfer, Taylor pursues the world's biggest waves as a cover, only to be ensnared in a deadly contest of corporate espionage.

Isak works in home care in a small town in Småland. One day, he is contacted by his father, an internationally known artist, who left Isak when he was a child. His father is dying, and his only wish is to reconcile what remains of their relationship as father and son. He promises Isak his fortune, but Isak has certain reservations. Alongside his girlfriend, Madde, Isak decides to visit his father, but the line between nightmare and reality blurs as family secrets unravel.

Following a nasty divorce, Rayna Dumont came to Amsterdam for a fresh start. She’s never been the type for a one-night stand, but this move is all about adventure, and Xander is handsome and successful and more than willing to go along for the ride. Until the morning after, when Rayna finds him dead on the shower floor and millions of dollars’ worth of diamonds missing from his safe.

In the secluded village of Misthaven, an eerie mist rolls in from the sea, bringing with it visions of the future—visions that reveal devastating truths. For generations, the villagers have feared what the mist shows them, knowing that once you see your future, you can’t escape it. Evelyn, a strong and determined woman haunted by the loss of her father to the mist’s last warning, has always known this day would come again. Now, as the mist returns, Misthaven is divided—some believe the visions are a curse, while others see them as a guide.

In an untouched corner of Craynebrook, the lifeless body of a local farmer is found, his blood mingling with the mud of Blackbird Farm. For Detective Inspector Matthew Stannard, still nursing wounds from a brutal assault, this grisly scene marks the beginning of an investigation unlike any he’s worked on before.

Desde lo alto de su molino una anciana vigila el día a día del pueblo, los autobuses de los turistas… siluetas y vidas que van pasando. Dos mujeres en particular destacan: una tiene los ojos del color de los nenúfares y sueña con el amor y la evasión; la otra, de once años, solo vive obsesionada para y por la pintura. Dos mujeres que se van a encontrar en el corazón de un huracán, porque en Giverny, el pueblo de Monet, todo el mundo es un enigma y cada alma guarda su propio secreto… y varios dramas llegarán para diluir las ilusiones en la lluvia y reabrir viejas heridas mal cicatrizadas.

When a series of events bring Chad Hunter and hot Agency super spy Sirena back together again, the action gets ramped up immediately. Chad has been hired by the Defense Department to develop a new weapon system based on the Hypershot rail gun system, with a scheduled test looming from a remote site on a volcano in Ecuador. While attending a United Nations World Conference on International Telecommunications in Brazil, Chad runs into Sirena.

Gemma loves the quiet life of her bookshop, the Bookworm—a haven for book lovers in a quaint town in the heart of Derbyshire. But everything changes when Gemma discovers the body of local author Dominic Westley during the shop’s latest book signing event. When the police rule the death as an accidental overdose, Dominic’s estranged widow points the finger at one of his past lovers. Gemma and her trusty assistant, Mavis, won’t rest until they uncover the truth. Was it an accidental overdose or something more sinister?

In England's shadowy corners, from misty woods to ancient university halls, criminal psychologist and head of the Ritualistic Behavioural Crime unit Dr Harrison Lane, confronts the country’s most challenging crimes. A boy's body with cryptic messages. A man pinned down by horseshoes. A student etched with strange symbols. Each scene is a piece of a terrifying puzzle only Harrison can solve. As he unravels these ritualistic killings, Harrison digs up long-buried secrets that shake quiet towns to their core. But the deeper he delves, the more his own past threatens to engulf him.

Aktien statt Arancini, Spekulationen statt Spaghetti, Börse statt Balsamico - schnelles Geld als Versprechen, dafür steht Emanuele Gargano, der sizilianische "Magier der Finanzen". Gargano, Anfang vierzig, elegant und unverschämt gut aussehend, lebt von seinem Ruf als genialer Spekulant. Doch nachdem beinahe alle Bewohner der Provinz Montelusa ihm ihre Ersparnisse anvertraut haben, ist der vorher so Begehrte samt Geld spurlos verschwunden und nun der meistgehasste Mann südlich von Neapel.

Eine packende Geschichte in Nordschweden, wo die Wälder tief und die Geheimnisse noch dunkler sind. Obwohl das Verhältnis zu ihrem Vater und ihrer Stiefmutter zerrüttet ist, beschließt Kristina, nach Ragnas Tod nach Nordschweden zurückzukehren, um an der Beerdigung teilzunehmen. Aber kaum ist sie in der Heimat angekommen, werden alte Wunden aufgerissen. Noch immer hat sie den brutalen Mord an ihrer besten Freundin nicht verarbeitet, denn der Mörder wurde nie gefasst. Damals hatte sie die Stadt fluchtartig verlassen, um ihrer Stiefmutter und den traumatischen Erinnerungen zu entfliehen.

Pietro Esposito, herdeiro do trono da máfia italiana, sempre teve muita admiração e respeito pelo seu pai, Matheo Esposito — Don da Cosa Nostra —, por quem foi treinado. Ele cresceu tendo-o como seu maior exemplo. Pietro nunca se importou em saber que seu pai era o chefe da maior organização criminosa do mundo, mas sabia que, como filho mais velho, seria seu sucessor.