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Redemption wouldn't be Redemption without something weird going on in one of its lakes.In this case, residents are torn between it being a Loch Ness Monster (named "Locky") or some other water-based supernatural creature.So, to set the record straight, two scientists come to investigate.But then one of them is found dead.Specifically, drowned.In the lake.There are teeth marks on the body ... and they appear to be from an actual Loch Ness Monster.Charlie has no choice but to dive headfirst into this investigation, before another victim surfaces.Meet Charlie. Better known as "Aunt Charlie" from the award-winning Secrets of Redemption series. She's back, making teas and solving cases in this funny, twisty, cozy mystery series set in the 1990s in Redemption, Wisconsin.

Outside, Rookery Barn glows in the mid-morning sunshine while fat bees flit lazily between the forget-me-nots. Inside, a body lies dead...

"A dual-narrative, feel-good mystery in which a woman, Frances, spends a lifetime trying to prevent her murder as predicted by a fortune teller at a country fair when she was just 17. When she is in fact murdered nearly 60 years later, her great niece Annie must solve the crime to avenge her great aunt's death, and in so doing uncovers the dark heart of the quaint English village of Castle Knoll, where she might just find herself in the path of the killer"--

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In the propulsive debut novel from the host of the #1 true crime podcast Crime Junkie, a journalist uncovers her hometown’s dark secrets when she becomes obsessed with the unsolved murder of her childhood neighbor—and the disappearance of another girl twenty years later.ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PopSugar You can’t ever know for sure what happens behind closed doors.Everyone from Wakarusa, Indiana, remembers the infamous case of January Jacobs, who was discovered in a ditch hours after her family awoke to find her gone. Margot Davies was six at the time, the same age as January—and they were next-door neighbors. In the twenty years since, Margot has grown up, moved away, and become a big-city journalist. But she’s always been haunted by the feeling that it could’ve been her. And the worst part is, January’s killer has never been brought to justice.When Margot returns home to help care for her uncle after he is diagnosed with early-onset dementia, she feels like she’s walked into a time capsule. Wakarusa is exactly how she remembers—genial, stifled, secretive. Then news breaks about five-year-old Natalie Clark from the next town over, who’s gone missing under circumstances eerily similar to January’s. With all the old feelings rushing back, Margot vows to find Natalie and to solve January’s murder once and for all.But the police, Natalie’s family, the townspeople—they all seem to be hiding something. And the deeper Margot digs into Natalie’s disappearance, the more resistance she encounters, and the colder January’s case feels. Could January’s killer still be out there? Is it the same person who took Natalie? And what will it cost to finally discover what truly happened that night twenty years ago?Twisty, chilling, and intense, All Good People Here is a searing tale that asks: What are your neighbors capable of when they think no one is watching?

A stranded detective tries to solve a murder in a tiny Alaskan town where everyone lives in a single high-rise building, in this gripping debut by an Academy Award–nominated screenwriter. When a local teenager discovers a severed hand and foot washed up on the shore of the small town of Point Mettier, Alaska, Cara Kennedy is on the case. A detective from Anchorage, she has her own motives for investigating the possible murder in this isolated place, which can be accessed only by a tunnel.   After a blizzard causes the tunnel to close indefinitely, Cara is stuck among the odd and suspicious residents of the town—all 205 of whom live in the same high-rise building and are as icy as the weather. Cara teams up with Point Mettier police officer Joe Barkowski, but before long the investigation is upended by fearsome gang members from a nearby native village.   Haunted by her past, Cara soon discovers that everyone in this town has something to hide. Will she be able to unravel their secrets before she unravels?

New York Times bestsellerFrom the bestselling author of The Clockmaker's Daughter, a sweeping novel that begins with a shocking crime, the effects of which echo across continents and generations.Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek on the grounds of a grand country house, a local man makes a terrible discovery. Police are called, and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most baffling murder investigations in the history of South Australia.Many years later and thousands of miles away, Jess is a journalist in search of a story. Having lived and worked in London for two decades, she now finds herself unemployed and struggling to make ends meet. A phone call out of nowhere summons her back to Sydney, where her beloved grandmother Nora, who raised Jess when her mother could not, has suffered a fall and is seriously ill in the hospital.At Nora's house, Jess discovers a true crime book chronicling a long-buried police case: the Turner Family Tragedy of 1959. It is only when Jess skims through its pages that she finds a shocking connection between her own family and this notorious event?a mystery that has never been satisfactorily resolved.An epic story that spans generations, Homecoming asks what we would do for those we love, how we protect the lies we tell, and what it means to come home. Above all, it is an intricate and spellbinding novel from one of the finest writers working today.

A thirteen-year-old girl with a dark obsession is on the hunt for a serial killer in this mesmerising British crime debut.

For fans of Knives Out comes a spellbinding thriller from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Woman in the WindowIll be dead in three months. Come tell my story.So writes Sebastian Trapp, reclusive mystery novelist, to his longtime correspondent Nicky Hunter, an expert in detective fiction. With mere months to live, Trapp invites Nicky to his spectacular San Francisco mansion to help draft his life story . . . while living alongside his beautiful second wife, Diana; his wayward nephew, Freddy; and his protective daughter, Madeleine. Soon Nicky finds herself caught in an irresistible case of real-life detective-fever.You and I might even solve an old mystery or two.Twenty years earlieron New Years Eve 1999Sebastians first wife and teenage son vanished from different locations, never to be seen again. Did the perfect crime writer commit the perfect crime? And why has he emerged from seclusion, two decades later, to allow a stranger to dig into his past?Life is hard. After all, it kills you.As Nicky attempts to weave together the strands of Sebastians life, she becomes obsessed with discovering the truth . . . while Madeleine begins to question what her beloved father might actually know about that long-ago night. And when a corpse appears in the familys koi pond, both women are shocked to find that the past isnt goneits just waiting.

Large Print makes this book easy to read!Tamsin Kernick is looking forward to a delightful riverside dog walk after class. But what happens next will shock her into action!For she arrives to find her elderly friend being led away by the police, accused of a murder that will shake the picturesque village of Bishop's Green in the Heart of England to its core - a lifeless body in the rushes, with an arrow piercing its back.Desperate to clear her friend's name, dog trainer Tamsin leaps into action with her intrepid dogs. She soon finds that the village's archery obsession is woven into this curious intrigue.The village is sadly divided, buzzing with tension over plans to demolish a row of ancient cottages to make way for a new development. Tamsin finds herself in the midst of the turmoil of villagers and eco-warriors as she digs into rivalries and uncovers long-buried secrets.Can Tamsin, her quirky friends and her dog detectives hit the bull's-eye of the mystery and catch the culprit?Ready, Aim, Woof! is the delightful second book in the Tamsin Kernick English Cozy Mystery series. If you love lighthearted mysteries, clever canines, warm friendships, and a quiver full of country folk, you'll love Lucy Emblem's charming story.Buy Ready, Aim, Woof! and take aim to solve the mystery today!

Et fly styrter ned i Nordgrønland, og en hemmelig last forsvinder under isen. 30 år senere ankommer et ungt par, Astrid og Peter. Han er embedsmand i Udenrigsministeriet og skal tilse oprydningen af USA's militære baser. Hun er journalist, men har lovet ham at holde fri fra sit job på Dagbladet i København. Ved ankomsten omdirigeres Peter til Sydgrønland. Et australsk mineselskab har fundet mineraler, der er afgørende for verdens omstilling fra sort til grøn energi, men nu truer fundet af flere skeletter, som politiet frygter stammer fra forbrydelser begået for mange år siden, med at lukke for mineprojektet. Det unge pars rejse skulle redde deres knagende kærlighed, men da efterforskningen mørklægges og Peter holder møder bag dobbeltlukkede døre, vokser hemmelighederne imellem dem. Det viser sig, at Peter er centralt placeret i et større coverup, tæt overvåget af verdens stormagter, og Astrid indser, da hun bryder sit løfte og går efter historien, hvor lidt hun egentlig ved om manden, hun elsker.

EN NEW YORK TIMES-BESTSELLERSERIEI vanviddets kløer er sjette bind i Jacqueline Winspears populære historiske spændingsserie om den rådsnare privatdetektiv Maisie Dobbs i mellemkrigstidens London.LONDON, 1931. Midt i juletravlheden er Maisie Dobbs vidne til et selvmord på åben gade. Dagen efter modtager premierministeren et brev med trussel om, at mange menneskeliv vil gå tabt, hvis ikke visse krav bliver indfriet – og i brevet nævnes Maisie ved navn.Efter at være blevet afhørt og frifundet af chefpolitiinspektøren ved Scotland Yard, bliver Maisie særlig rådgiver i sagen og er snart på jagt efter en mand koldblodig nok til at udslette tusinder af uskyldige mennesker. Og opklaringsarbejdet fører Maisie mod et mørke, hvis lige hun ikke har stået over for, siden hun plejede mænd med granatchok på krigens lazaretter.

A Jimmy Fallon’s Book Club Finalist for 2024AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERA GMA Buzz Pick!One of Amazon's Top 10 Best Books of April, One of Jimmy Fallon's favorite books for Spring 2024, The Top LibraryReads pick for March 2024, A Publishers Marketplace 2024 BuzzBookNamed most anticipated by: Barnes & Noble, Goodreads, BookRiot, BookBub, The Nerd Daily, Shelf Reflection, Novel Suspects, Borrow Read Repeat, The Everygirl, The Scout Guide, The Real Book SpyFor fans of Knives Out and The Thursday Murder Club, an enormously fun mystery about a woman who spends her entire life trying to prevent her foretold murder only to be proven right sixty years later, when she is found dead in her sprawling country estate.... Now it's up to her great-niece to catch the killer. It’s 1965 and teenage Frances Adams is at an English country fair with her two best friends. But Frances’s night takes a hairpin turn when a fortune-teller makes a bone-chilling prediction: One day, Frances will be murdered. Frances spends a lifetime trying to solve a crime that hasn’t happened yet, compiling dirt on every person who crosses her path in an effort to prevent her own demise. For decades, no one takes Frances seriously, until nearly sixty years later, when Frances is found murdered, like she always said she would be.   In the present day, Annie Adams has been summoned to a meeting at the sprawling country estate of her wealthy and reclusive great-aunt Frances. But by the time Annie arrives in the quaint English village of Castle Knoll, Frances is already dead. Annie is determined to catch the killer, but thanks to Frances’s lifelong habit of digging up secrets and lies, it seems every endearing and eccentric villager might just have a motive for her murder. Can Annie safely unravel the dark mystery at the heart of Castle Knoll, or will dredging up the past throw her into the path of a killer?   As Annie gets closer to the truth, and closer to the danger, she starts to fear she might inherit her aunt’s fate instead of her fortune.

Rogue witches. Halloween pranks. Dead body. A hellmouth at the four-way between Main Street and Bliss. Life in this paranormal town is anything but ordinary. As I settle into my new role as police chief and as the mate of the incredibly hunky werebear, Ford Baylor, I'm finding out just how chaotic things can get-especially around Halloween. It's the season of prank wars between the witches and the shifters, and I've got to put up with all the annoying shenanigans until one trick turns out to be deadly.Now, I've got a murder to solve, protect Ford from rampant clown attacks, host a Halloween party for my squirrel familiar, and, oh yeah, shut down the hellmouth that's opened up in the middle of town. Just another day in Paradise Falls.

Ice Queen. Angel of Death. Innocent victim?Cold, unsympathetic, pilloried by the press, despised by the public, Sandra Morton has always maintained her innocence, but her attempts to overturn her conviction for the brutal murders of her husband and two infant children have been repeatedly knocked back.When Sandra's solicitor asks criminology lecturer Anna Scavolini to review the evidence, Anna is initially reluctant to accept. Soon, however, she becomes consumed by the case's myriad unanswered questions, and by the enigma that is Sandra herself. Did she really do it, or was she merely a convenient scapegoat?But Sandra herself is far from cooperative, and Anna has her own problems to contend with. She's juggling work commitments with raising her three-year-old son, and her estranged, overbearing mother is back in town. Can Anna keep the case and her private life separate, or are they on an unstoppable collision course - with potentially devastating consequences?A gripping cold case mystery filled with twists and deadly intrigue, Women Who Kill is Anna Scavolini's toughest challenge yet, ideal for fans of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Denise Mina's Garnethill trilogy.Praise for M.R. Mackenzie'Brings a fresh new voice to the field of Tartan Noir.' - James Oswald'Writes with precision and passion.' - Caro Ramsay'Splendidly written stuff.' - Barry Forshaw, Crime Time'An immersive slow burn of a tale, peppered with disquieting fire-crackers of revelation.' - Gordon J. Brown'Mackenzie has come up with something that defies easy definition and is truly original.' - Paul Burke, NB Magazine'Up there with the best contemporary authors working today.' - David B. Lyons

MEET DETECTIVE KATE HAMBLIN IN THIS BESTSELLING SERIES FROM A FORMER POLICE OFFICER.Six old friends. A weekend in a country hotel. A ruthless killer among them.Detective Kate and her husband Hayden are on their way home from a romantic mini-break when a ferocious storm blows in and their car breaks down. Stranded on a remote lane in the blizzard, they seek shelter in a nearby country hotel.They aren't the only guests. Six old university friends are meeting up for a reunion weekend.One of them hides a terrible secret.The next morning, a body is found in the hotel lake. A tragic accident it would appear.The following day, a second guest is found drowned in the bathtub.Two drownings in two days is no coincidence.Snowed in, with no signal and the phone lines down, Detective Kate must unmask the killer among them before more guests meet a grisly end.Perfect for fans of Rachel Abbott, Joy Ellis, Mel Sherratt, Angela Marsons and Helen H. Durrant.

Blood in the Yellowstone is Gregory C. Randall's explosive new installment in the Deputy Jordan Tynes modern western series.Jordan Tynes is a tough and determined woman who is used to being in charge. As the acting sheriff of Park County, Montana, she's seen it all, from petty crime to major drug trafficking. But nothing could have prepared her for the biggest case of her career-the murder of four men, including a man incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit.As the threads of the investigation unravel, it becomes evident that these men shared a connection with Livingston's enigmatic police chief, Wes Banning, and a lingering question emerges-was Banning merely acquainted with the criminals, or was he entwined in their illicit activities?Now, it's up to Jordan to find out the truth. But Banning is a powerful man with friends in high places...and he'll stop at nothing to protect his secrets.

"When a traveling show of impressionist art comes to Nags Head, North Carolina, librarian Lucy and the staff at the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library are inspired to create an educational display about art history. Their launch of the display is a huge success, but the morning after, they discover that a reproduction of a famous painting has gone missing. No one knows why anyone would bother stealing it: the picture is of no value--the real, priceless painting is under lock and key at the art show itself. Lucy gets an invite to the glitzy opening night for the real show, where she notices unusual tension among the show's organizers. Then, the man scheduled to give the welcoming speech fails to arrive, and a party-goer is discovered drowned in a fish pond. Meanwhile, Louise Jane is totally captivated by Tom Reilly, a handsome, charming art dealer lurking at the edges of the receptions on both nights. Tom slipped away from the party early, and he cannot be located by the police. Who, Lucy asks, is Tom Reilly, the shadowy figure threatening to break Louise Jane's heart?"--

London, 1923. Returning from Paris, botanical researcher Saffron Everleigh finds that her former love interest Alexander Ashton's brother, Adrian, is being investigated for murder. A Russian scientist working for the English government has been poisoned, and expired in Adrian's train compartment. Alexander asks Saffron to put in a good word for Adrian with Inspector Green. Despite her unresolved feelings for Alexander, Saffron begins to unravel mysteries surrounding the dead scientist.

A Stalker. A missing Family. The final book to the Arina Perry Series is going to have you turning pages fast from the first sentence to the exciting pulse-pounding finish.

"Former editor of the Cabot Cove Gazette, Evelyn Phillips is back in Cabot Cove. Evelyn tells Jessica and Seth that she got a couple of really weird notes from Bertha Mae Cormier so she's come back to town to check on her old friend. She demands that Jessica come with her to see Bertha Mae, who is a bit dithery but no more so than Jessica remembers her being in recent years. Jessica does become somewhat concerned when Bertha Mae starts to talk about her new neighbor, Martin Terranova. He is quite charming and very health conscious and he teaches yoga and meditation in his pool house. Maureen Metzger says that she and Bertha Mae became friends in Terranova's class and mentions how solicitous he is to his older clients. Jessica attends one of his classes and does notice that Terranova is flirtatious with several elderly clients, especially Bertha Mae. Evelyn is becoming convinced that Bertha Mae is being mesmerized by Terranova and that he is after Bertha Mae's money. A short while late, Martin turns up dead in his weight room. What at first blush seems to be an accident, soon proves to be murder and Jessica must put her investigative skills to the test when Evelyn becomes the prime suspect."--

"Jessica Fletcher's British cousin, Emma MacGill, will be traveling to Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, to perform with internationally famous star of stage, screen, and television Derek Braverman in an old-fashioned musical review. Emma would love for Jessica to join her there and suggests she bring along some friends. Having just finished her latest book, Jessica is ready for a vacation and is delighted to agree. Dr. Seth Hazlitt and Sheriff Mort Metzger are huge fans of Braverman, so they are eager to tag along, and their fanboy behavior gives Jessica and Mort's wife, Maureen, more than occasional cause to roll their eyes. Upon arrival in Edmonton, Jessica is quickly outed as mystery writer J. B. Fletcher, and despite numerous protests, a hotel staffer arranges a book signing for her. This and touristy adventures arranged for the group make for a much busier trip than Jessica was expecting. When a hotel bartender, who also happens to be a stagehand for Emma's play, turns up dead backstage at the theater, Jessica's fun and relaxing vacation quickly becomes anything but"--

Professional football players Keogh Graham and Tyler Matthews want to open a Fairy Tale Cupcakes franchise. They're spending the off-season in Scottsdale working in Mel's bakery, learning about the business and how to bake show-stopping cupcakes. The popular athletes bring a boom of customers to the store as football fans flock to see the friends mixing batter and piping icing. Everyone's excited the athletes are pursuing their dream of owning a bakery-except for those who fear the players will ditch football for fondant and retire early from professional sports. The angry naysayers include their team owner and Keogh's sports agent, along with some very vocal fans. When the owner of their team, the Arizona Scorpions, is found dead on the floor of their new bakery following an argument with Keogh, the pros become prime suspects. As the investigation heats up, Mel and the rest of the cupcake bakery crew must step up and prove their franchise owners are innocent before it's game-over for the new bakers.

High tea and high fashion turn deadly in this latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series.Tea shop entrepreneur Theodosia Browning has been tapped to host a fancy Limón Tea in a genuine lemon orchard as a rousing kickoff to Charleston Fashion Week. But as fairy lights twinkle and the scent of lemon wafts among the tea tables, the deadly murder of a fashion designer puts the squeeze on things. As the lemon curd begins to sour, the murdered woman’s daughter begs Theodosia to help find the killer. Tea events and fashion shows must go on, however, which puts Theodosia and her tea sommelier, Drayton Conneley, right in the thick of squabbling business partners, crazed clothing designers, irate film producers, drug deals, and a disastrous Tea Trolley Tour. INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS!

Secrets shift and scatter like sand dunes in Fremantle.Twenty three years since Hazel Riggs agreed to meet Alan Ackerman at Predjama. Ten years years since he stood her up.Haunted by unanswered questions and her lingering sense of loss, Hazel embarks on a quest to unravel the mystery.Can she uncover the truth about Alan's disappearance? Or will she discover some mysteries are better left unsolved?