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Selbst in ländlicher Idylle lauern Diebe und Betrüger …Seniorin Lotte ermittelt auch im zweiten Band der Cosy Crime-Reihe mit viel Charme und HumorEs braucht nicht viel um Lotte Meisners Aufmerksamkeit zu erregen - die ebenso stilsichere wie neugierige Rentnerin steckt ihre Spürnase gerne in die Angelegenheiten anderer Leute. Als ihre beste Freundin Agnes ihr also ganz aufgeregt die Einladung zu einer exklusiven Kaffeefahrt zeigt, bei der man ein luxuriöses Schmuckstück erwerben können soll, läuten bei ihr alle Alarmglocken. Sie packt ihre treue Bullydame Käthe ein und begleitet Agnes kurzerhand. In dem verdächtig heruntergekommenen Chalet angekommen, scheint das besagte Schmuckstück zwar mit echten Diamanten bestückt zu sein, doch es dauert nicht lange bis sich die ersten Gäste seltsam verhalten und schließlich der erste von ihnen bestohlen wird. Was hat es mit der mysteriösen Reise auf sich und wer betrügt dort eigentlich wen?Dies ist eine überarbeitete Neuauflage des bereits erschienenen Titels Kaffee, Kuche, Diamanten.Weitere Titel dieser ReiheTödliche Töne (ISBN: 9783987785566)Erste Leser:innenstimmen„Rüstige Hobbyermittlerin und Kleinstadt-Verbrechen - einfach genau mein Ding!"„Ein sehr sympathischer Regional-Krimi für gemütliche Lesestunden."„liebevoll, lustig und spannend"„Es ist extrem spaßig, die skurrile Rentnertruppe bei ihrem Trip zu begleiten."

Professor Bay Browning has more snake problems than the Garden of Eden in this twisted mystery. The English Literature instructor is busy preparing for a new semester when a serial killer, known as Medusa, bites her quiet life in the behind. A wild ride ensues when Bay and her grifter sister, Cass, assist a perturbed Detective Downing with the investigation. What else can the sisters do, once they become Medusa's targets? Will the slithering trail of mythology, art history, and family secrets help them catch a killer before she turns them to stone?

Saltwater Cottages, Saxford's new arts and crafts centre, is as pretty as a picture. But when murder makes a blot on the landscape, Eve Mallow must draw on all her detective skills to solve the case!When beautiful Saltwater Cottages opens, offering art courses in charming surroundings, Eve Mallow and best friend Viv sign up straight away. Viv's brother Simon is in charge, and they all want him to succeed.But from the start, Eve finds herself in a sticky situation. Famous guest artist Nena Field is a complete nightmare, painting everyone in a bad light. So when Eve finds her body in Blind-Eye Wood, there's no shortage of suspects. But who could have hated her enough to take her life? Was it the curiously over-qualified cook, the secretive manager, or the chatty receptionist, mysteriously missing at the time of the murder?Determined to find the killer and save Simon's business, Eve sets to work sketching out a theory of the crime. Nena was working on a secret painting when she died, now vanished without a trace, and Eve is convinced it holds the answers she needs. But when all her best suspects seem to have alibis, Eve is forced back to the drawing board.Then Eve has her own brush with death, and realises she must be on the right track. But what did she see or hear at Saltwater Cottages, and can she find the killer before they paint her out of the picture? An utterly delightful and page-turning English cozy mystery, perfect for fans of Faith Martin, J.R. Ellis, and Agatha Christie. See what everyone is saying about the Eve Mallow series:'Plenty of plot twists, red herrings, and misdirection. Kept me in suspense. I loved it!' Goodreads reviewer, ¿¿¿¿¿ 'Utterly delightful!... The perfect cozy murder mystery... Keeps you on your toes!... I highly recommend this to the armchair detectives of the world!' The Two Quills 'Amazing... so engaging, kept me hooked the whole way through... the ending was such a shock, but truly brilliant... I ended up dreaming about it as I was thinking about it so much before going to sleep.' So Many Books So Little Time, ¿¿¿¿¿ 'I loved this book... Everything an old-fashioned sleuthing ought to be... I flew through the pages.' Shalini's Books & Reviews, ¿¿¿¿¿'A totally addictive page-turner that will have you racing through the pages and reeling at the twists.' NetGalley reviewer'I was gripped right from the start and couldn't put it down, I read it in one very short sitting... utterly compelling.' Goodreads reviewer, ¿¿¿¿¿ 'Drags the reader right into the plot from day one. She writes so vividly... I can almost imagine I'm on the dunes walking Gus, an inspiration of a dog that steals the show... A Marplesque amateur sleuth.' Jenny O'Brien, ¿¿¿¿¿'Had me hooked and glued to the pages immediately... If you are a fan of cozy mysteries I can't recommend this series enough. Pure entertainment all round... wonderful.' @onceuptonatimebookreviews, ¿¿¿¿¿

In a tidy back garden overlooking the ocean, a small wooden flute rests beside a fresh set of footprints. The groan of the garden gate as it swings in the breeze is the only sound.

"Barrister Robert Forsythe and his assistant 'Sandy' Sanderson first unmask a grifter and then uncover a murdered doctor's dark history"--

Includes an excerpt from the next Cass Raines Mystery Borrowed Time (pages 421-436).

"A rainy July weekend in Westham means the beaches are empty and business is dead at Mac's Bikes--but couldn't be livelier inside the Rusty Anchor Pub. But come Monday morning one patron is not so lively when the chef opens up and finds a body behind the bar. It's last call for Bruce Byrne, an elderly high school teacher who's been around so long it seems like he taught everybody. When Mac's friend Flo, the librarian, makes the list of suspects, Mac gathers the Cozy Capers Book Group to clear her name. With no end in sight to the rain, the group has plenty of time to study the clues and sort through a roll call of suspects to determine who decided to teach Mr. Bryne a lesson. But with a killer desperate to cover their tracks, Mac and the group will be tested as never before"--

Köln 1620. Nicolette Billerbeck entstammt einer reichen Familie und bis zu ihrer frühen Jugend genoss sie das Leben einer verwöhnten Tochter. Auf dem Weg vom Mädchen zur jungen Frau muss Nicolette eines Tages feststellen, dass sie eine Gabe besitzt, die sie in Zeiten der Hexenverbrennung lieber für sich behält: Sie riecht Lügen. Selbst die kleinste Flunkerei verwandelt sich in einen bestialischen Gestank.Schon in jungen Jahren zieht sich Nicolette deshalb zurück und meidet andere Menschen. Auf Drängen ihrer Eltern heiratet sie jedoch Hermann, einen wohlhabenden Kaufmann, der vor allem durch seine Ehrlichkeit besticht. Durch die Heirat zieht Nicolette vom Landsitz ihrer Familie nach Köln und gelangt in die Welt des Patriziats, einem Verbund aus reichen Kaufleuten, gewieften Juristen und mächtigen Männern. Während sich Nicolette in einer langweiligen Ehe gefangen sieht, übernimmt sie die Patenschaft für ein kleines Heim, das als Zufluchtsort für Waisenkinder und gefallene Frauen dient. Doch es sind nicht nur die Schicksale dieser Frauen oder die Pest, die Nicolette große Sorgen bereiten. Schon bald erfährt Nicolette von grausamen Morden, die seit Jahren in den Straßen Kölns an Dirnen verübt werden. Ihre magische Nase verrät ihr, dass der Mörder dem Patriziat entstammt und längst ein Auge auf Nicolette geworfen hat.Im Laufe ihrer Suche nach dem grausamen Monster, kreuzt sich Nicolettes Weg immer häufiger mit dem von Adelheid von der Weide, einer jungen Witwe, die auch ohne ein Wort zu sprechen vor Lügen stinkt. Welches düstere Geheimnis verbirgt diese mysteriöse Frau? Nicolette muss bald feststellen, dass der Mörder alles andere als menschlich ist und sie sich längst in einem Strudel aus Geheimnissen, Hexenverfolgung und Verrat befindet, aus dem es ohne magische Hilfe kein Entkommen gibt. Fremde werden unerwartet zu Verbündeten. Freunde werden zu Feinden. Jäger werden zu Gejagten.

Et skelet bliver fundet dybt inde i Ölands skove, og meget tyder på en sammenhæng med en tyve år gammel forsvindingssag. Politiefterforsker Hanna Duncker må grave i øsamfundets dunkle fortid for at finde sandheden om skelettet i skoven. Privat lader Hanna sig opsluge af en forelskelse, men da hun bliver forsøgt myrdet, tvinges hun til at konfrontere den fortid, hun flygter fra. ”Mørkeskov” er en krimi om at leve i skyggen af en utilgivelig forbrydelse og om ikke at kunne bryde båndet til sin hjemstavn og sit ophav. Udgivelsen er en storskrift-udgave til svagsynede i serien MAGNUMBØGER Lindhardt og Ringhof.

Anne-Maj Mortensen holder foredrag om tilværelsen som selvbestaltet privatdetektiv, og bagefter kontaktes hun af en tilhører. Kvindens søn sidder i varetægtsfængsel, sigtet for et brutalt mord, men er det virkelig ham, der er gerningsmanden? Anne-Maj kaster sig ind i sagen med bistand fra sit computer-kyndige barnebarn, trettenårige Didi. Tingene kompliceres, da der sker flere mord, og en vrissen kvinde forsvinder, mens gravhunden hr. Mortensen får dameselskab og kommer i vanskeligheder. ”Ligene i lysthuset” er fjerde selvstændige bind i Anna Grues serie om den ukonventionelle efterlønner, der midt i hverdagens tumult opklarer forbrydelser i skønne Odsherred. Udgivelsen er en storskrift-udgave til svagsynede i serien MAGNUMBØGER Lindhardt og Ringhof.

A rainy Christmas time in Mulbury, but that won't deter the Cracker Christmas Kid's Charity Run. When a mob of motorcyclists roar into town with panniers full of donated presents, the last thing they want to discover is a pair of bodies in the Christmas sacks. Who'd want to kill Ted and Ned? Rosemary aims to find out.

Meet the unsinkable Nora Blackbird in this updated version of a bestselling series.When Nora Blackbird's parents steal her trust fund to blow the country for a tax evader's paradise and sticking her with the tax bill on their crumbling Blackbird family estate, Nora must do something she's never done before. She must absolutely...get a job. Although she has wasted most of her life sipping mimosas and suntanning on yachts, Nora manages to land a gig as the assistant to the society columnist for a Philadelphia rag. Attending high society parties for a living sounds perfect for her skill set, but can this down-and-out former debutante reclaim her top spot among the city's elite? While paying her bills for the first time in her life? Nora's plan goes awry when she stumbles upon the body of the billionaire host while rubbing aristocratic elbows at her very first party. Who smothered the wealthy Main Line tycoon underneath his very own Van Gogh? Nora must find out, but with whom should she join forces while investigating? A toe-curlingly attractive son of a New Jersey mob boss who's more of a dangerous thug than boyfriend material? Or a cute, but ambitious cop who may have betrayal on his mind? And what about Nora's eccentric sisters? Would it kill them to help solve the murder, or will they get in the way? It's fizzy fun in Philly while Nora takes us on a tour of the world of Old Money while she plays detective while sipping champagne."Great clothes, great mystery, great fun!" -Bestselling author Jennifer Crusie

A suspicious death. A grieving father. And a journalist hellbent on finding the truth.When journalist Audrey Lord is asked by her former boyfriend's father to find out what happened to his son Jack, she's keen to help. She left Bennington and Jack, for good reason two decades earlier, but Jack's death looks suspicious, and this feels like a chance to make amends with the past.With the help of Jack's father, Leonard, they start digging and find themselves drawn into Bennington's underworld. Jack's workplace is a minefield of government "minders" and property developers with too much power. It's hard to see the truth and know who to trust. But powerful people want Audrey's investigation stopped and they will go to any lengths to silence her. Can Audrey find the truth before it costs her everything?

A dead body. An exclusive community. Was it really an accident?When Sudanese teenager Arol Chol turns up dead at the foot of the prestigious Chilton Hill, local journalist Audrey Lord is first on the scene. Chilton Hill's wealthy residents believe Arol was robbing one of the residents before he fell from the cliff at the bottom of their property. At the authorities' request, Audrey agrees to report it as an accident - for now. But Aro was popular and an excellent student. There was no reason for him to rob one of the well-secured residents - certainly not on his own. As Audrey digs deeper, she discovers not everyone was happy with Aro's plan to move to the Peninsula. From the Chilton Hill residents to members of his old community and even those inside his own family, it seems everyone has an axe to grind. As Audrey investigates and race relations run high, she finds herself torn between the inflammatory views of the wealthy residents, Aro's grieving family, and the South Sudanese community. She wants to give Aro's family answers, but if she's wrong, it will cost her career and leave a killer on the loose. Nobody will be safe.

When booksellers Molly O'Donnell and Emma Clarke set up at the Antiquarian Book Fair in St. Petersburg, Florida, the last thing they expect to find is a dead body. When respected book dealer Jasper Ross shows interest in Emma's most valuable books, she is jubilant. But then, Jasper is found dead-and Emma's books he borrowed have disappeared. Then booksellers at the book fair find many of their high-end illustrated volumes missing, then returned-with their color plates cut out. Who would do such a thing? Molly and Emma join forces with Stewart, a transgender print dealer, to get to the bottom of Jasper's murder and the destruction of the books. Their investigation takes them from antique shops in Old Florida coastal towns to the home of Carmen, a flamboyant, small-time drug dealer and former flame of Molly's. Are the book dealers all what they seem? As they investigate, Molly and Emma find their relationship developing into more than friendship. But will they live to enjoy it?

Hidden in a trunk was a new wedding dress, unworn baby clothes, and a teddy bear...Charlotte's first winter in Kingfisher Falls should be filled with crackling fireplaces, hearty soups, and brisk walks to the waterfalls. Instead, she discovers what looks like an old grave in the bushland behind her apartment. Could this be the resting place of a young woman who ran away from home years ago?When a new clairvoyant sets up shop in town, Rosie is excited to have a reading. Charlotte is uneasy about the motives of the stranger, who seems to know an awful lot about Charlotte's past. And why is she determined to spend time with Rosie?A trunk hidden in the back of Charlotte's garage by past residents might hold clues to finding the runaway. But will Charlotte's investigation solve the sad mystery, or put her directly in the sights of the killer?Important Note: This books was originally published with the title Deadly Secrets.

Selbst im idyllischen Cornwall treiben Mörder ihr Unwesen … Der humorvolle Cosy Crime an der Küste voller Spannung und GeheimnisseDer Schock in der kleinen Firma Webster & Co. ist groß, als bei der alljährlichen Qualitätsprüfung die Leiche eines Mitarbeiters gefunden wird - ausgerechnet von der strengen Leiterin der Prüfungskommission. Doch als sich herausstellt, dass der Tod des Kollegen keineswegs ein Unfall war und die Polizei absolut im Dunkeln tappt, beschließen die junge Sekretärin Charlotte Cunningham und die rüstige Mrs Maggie Webster, Mutter des Seniorchefs, der Sache auf den Grund zu gehen. Immerhin steht der Ruf der ganzen Firma auf dem Spiel! Neben unglücklichen Romanzen, alten Rivalitäten und jede Menge Verdächtiger decken die beiden Spürnasen nicht nur ein dunkles Geheimnis ihrer geschätzten Kollegen auf …Dies ist eine überarbeitete Neuauflage des bereits erschienenen Titels Mord in Port St PetrocErste Leser:innenstimmen„Ein richtig gemütlicher Wohlfühlkrimi - große Empfehlung!"„Charmanter Krimi mit liebenswerten und schrulligen Charakteren."„Ich habe bei der Lektüre viel geschmunzelt und gelacht, dennoch kam auch die Spannung nicht zu kurz!"„Von Seite eins an fühlt man sich nach Cornwall versetzt und kann perfekt abtauchen."„Spannende Ermittlungen, tolle Kulisse und ein sehr flüssiger Schreibstil."

Patrick Hanford's award winning, best-selling series continues in the highly anticipated sequel to The Creation of Marla Adams.DEA Agent Crosby Adams is brain dead and doctors have no hope for his recovery. Special Agent Marla Adams is determined to bring her husband back to life, for her own sake, but also for Crosby's testimony against the shooter, possibly a member of a Mexican drug cartel Marla is chasing.Desperate for hope, she stumbles across a discredited British doctor who promises a full recovery using his new hyper-stimulated stem cell technology. But when Marla discovers the doctor has an ulterior motive, the fate of everyone involved hangs in the balance. Will the experiment be successful, or will they all be sacrificed for this daring gamble?

Some secrets never die. A daughter's sin may be the only thing that can expose the truth.

Hope Early has to contend with ghosts, a fatal curse, and a decades-old family secret to catch a killer in the new Food Blogger Mystery . . . When her best friend's Aunt Issy falls ill, food blogger Hope Early agrees to help him hand out Halloween candy at his aunt's house, which is rumored to be cursed. A murder-suicide took place there a century ago, and legend has it that a woman has died there every twenty years since-on Halloween. Hope doesn't really believe in curses or ghosts, but when all the trick-or-treaters are gone and she discovers a woman's dead body on the front lawn, she wonders if the curse might be real after all. Then Hope and her friend discover a cache of love letters linking the dead woman to Aunt Issy's husband years ago, and Hope is certain they've uncovered the motive for murder-and the police are certain Aunt Issy is their main suspect. Determined to prove Issy's innocence and nab the real culprit, Hope starts shaking other branches of the family tree. But she forgets that Halloween isn't the only day people hide behind masks, and if she's not careful, Hope will come face-to-face with a ghoulish fiend who's not afraid to kill again . . . Includes two tasty recipes!

A thriller writer finds herself on a real-life adventure in the deep, dark wilds of Alaska in this gripping mystery from New York Times bestselling author Paige Shelton, Thin Ice. Beth Rivers, known to the world by her pen name Elizabeth Fairchild, has just escaped after being kidnapped by a crazed super-fan. Having thrown herself from his speeding van, Beth suffered a severe head injury and memory loss. Now, scarred and still healing, she disappears to the remote town of Benedict, Alaska--the only place Beth can be sure that no one will find her. But when she arrives, she learns that a woman named Linda Rafferty has been found dead in what looks like a suicide. Yet no one in the close-knit community quite believes that Linda killed herself, including the sheriff. While Beth waits for her own attacker to be apprehended in the lower forty-eight, she takes it upon herself to investigate Linda's death and write about it in the Benedict town newspaper. As rumors of murder spread, suspicion falls upon the felons staying at a local halfway house--and on Beth herself. As she fights to clear her name, and bring Linda's killer to justice, Beth is left with more questions than answers. . .and finds that the investigation is stirring up old memories that are better left forgotten. "[With] murder, mayhem and heroics...[and] an intriguing cast of characters." --Anchorage Daily News

The search for a missing detective brings simmering rivalries to boiling point...Some five years since parting ways, Detective Eleanor Rose receives a message from Daniel, her ex-boyfriend and former colleague. He is in danger. He needs her help.Eleanor is compelled to return to Liverpool, but dreads what she'll find there. Her parents are dead. She has no friends. She doesn't trust her old colleagues. And her half-sister... well... enough said about her.When Eleanor's search for Daniel takes her to Sundial Court housing estate, her worries multiply. Lawless, seedy, destitute, it seems the worst of humanity is festering within its dark streets and desolate houses.It turns out that her ex-boyfriend was investigating a serious crime there. It soon looks pretty likely he didn't get out alive.But whatever fate befell him, Eleanor is stumbling perilously close to it herself. Who or what is drawing her in?OUTCAST SISTER is the sensational debut crime novel by British author James Davidson. It is perfect for fans of Robert McCracken, J M Dalgliesh, Valerie Keogh, and Angela Marsons.

People are murdered everywhere. Hannah Stein, however, had been told that Parkerville, a small town in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was an exception, a safe, peaceful place. In 2005 Hannah's idyllic illusion was shattered when her neighbor, a teenage boy named Matthew Baker, killed his family and raped his cousin. Now, fourteen years later, Baker suddenly protests that he is innocent. Could this possibly be true? It is the summer of 2019, and Hannah, a Jewish English professor, is hunting for an unusual topic that will intrigue three apathetic students. Hannah suggests that her students join her and examine an old murder case that has haunted her for years. From their research, her students will glean material for their research papers, and Hannah hopes she will find answers to her nagging questions. But not everyone thinks this investigation is a good idea. Ethan, Hannah's handsome neighbor, wants Hannah to stop meddling with the past and concentrate on him. However, Hannah, a widow in her forties, cannot abandon her probe just to please a man. As the inquiry into the Baker case proceeds, the violence swirling around Hannah and her students escalates, pulling them down dangerous paths. In addition, the Baker investigation resurrects dark childhood memories that cannot be ignored. When Hannah was five years old, she witnessed her mother's murder but was unable to identify the killer. Hannah Stein never dreamed a simple class assignment would both uncover and generate so many murders.

She's hoping for help, but she finds only darkness. Liberty Chase is terrified. Fleeing her husband's abuse and needing Father Sam's counsel, the drama teacher finds him dead. Fearing a murderer is nearby, she escapes to her grandparents in Florida Florida with her disabled daughter.When the death is ruled "by natural causes," Liberty's floored. It wasn't so, and she's desperate to prove it. Even if it means going back to her repentant husband. When a quirky PI agrees to help, Liberty's determined to find the fiend who killed their friend, while fighting her attraction to the sympathetic PI. To save the church, and possibly more lives, can Liberty use her acting skills to navigate an investigation's choppy waters and uncover long-buried secrets without her husband-or the murderer--finding out?

A REMOTE ISLAND, A MURDER,AND A HUSBAND IN CUFFS...In author Wilson's delectable new cozy, newly married Cat Wright finds herself honeymooning alone on a remote island while Russ, her shiny new husband, cools his heels in an Australian jail. Not the stuff dreams are made of. No sooner has the happy couple arrived on Canine Cay, by all reports the perfect honeymoon hideaway, than their pilot, an old buddy of Russ's, is summarily whacked. Then Russ is arrested and whisked off to lockup on the mainland while Cat's left to find the real killer herself.A former reporter, she detects with her usual dogged determination, adorably assisted by Lizzie, the victim's Australian shepherd and the most vivid of the series pooches so far. Cat has the eerie feeling Lizzie's smarter than she is, but then lots of people think that about Aussies. The thing is, Lizzie perfectly understands English; and can also read Cat's mind.It's not a Barkview mystery if the pup-du-jour doesn't upstage the humans, and also if said humans aren't busily engaged in chicanery-and often treasure hunts-involving priceless jewels. In this one, we get diamonds and pearls, the pearls being many, varied, and eminently desirable. (You may get a case of the covets.)Of course Cat could solve this one by herself, but she feels down under in more ways than one each time a plane lands that isn't carrying a newly-freed Russ. That is, until the Barkview cavalry arrives-meaning her quasi-uncle the police chief, her aunt the mayor, and Sandy, her own brilliant assistant. Now it's a party!Barkview fans will eat this one up like Australians eat vegemite, as will fans of Amy Vansant's Pineapple Port series, Neil Plakcy's Golden Retriever Mysteries, every breed of dog person, and cozy readers in search of a treat to go with their tea.