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Ranger Cal Nyx works alone in the vast NSW bush reserves but is pulled away from the quiet and solitude by a coded message that only one other person could understand. Dif, the only remaining link to her family, is in danger. He's also the last person the police are going to take seriously. No stranger to the complications of Dif's life, and with her femme MIA interstate, Cal burns rubber up and down a lonely coastline, calling in favours from her unique contacts to intercept a relentless killer.Are Cal's skills, badass bravado and risky schemes enough to bring a single-minded murderer out of the shadows? Can she save the one and only person who truly gets her?

Wenn einer ehemaligen Polizistin die Probleme bis nach Cornwall folgen …Die humorvoll-spannende Cosy Crime-Reihe zum Mitermitteln beginnt!Jodie „Nosey" Parker erfüllt sich endlich den Traum der eigenen Catering-Firma und tauscht dafür das hektische Leben als Polizistin in der Großstadt gegen das gemütliche Leben in ihrem Heimatdorf in Cornwall ein. Ein bisschen Ruhe ist genau das, was sie und ihre Tochter jetzt brauchen. Allerdings entpuppt sich Jodies erster Auftrag als komplizierter als gedacht, denn sie soll die Hochzeit ihres Ex-Freundes ausrichten. Als dann auch noch die Braut spurlos verschwindet, wird Jodie unfreiwillig in die Ermittlungen hineingezogen. Knifflig wird es aber erst, als zu all dem Chaos noch eine Leiche auftaucht und Jodie sich fragen muss, was sich hinter der idyllischen Fassade ihres Heimatdorfes wirklich verbirgt …Alle Bände der Nosey Parker ermittelt-Reihe können unabhängig voneinander gelesen werden.Erste Leser:innenstimmen„Sympathische Ermittlerin, perfekt zum Miträtseln, viel Humor, was möchte man mehr von einem Cosy Krimi?"„Spannender Whodunnit-Krimi, flüssig und unterhaltsam erzählt."„Hier wird charmant, scharfsinnig und mit viel Witz ermittelt, ich freue mich auf die weiteren Teile der Cosy Crime-Reihe!"„Das Dorfsetting in England hat mir sehr gut gefallen, richtig gemütlich und zum abtauchen."

Enjoy this clean, small town, paranormal cozy mystery by award winning and bestselling author, Lucinda Race. Welcome to Pembroke Cove, where witches and murders are multiplying.It's Halloween in Pembroke Cove, Maine, and witch-in-training Lily Michaels, with the help from her magical and non-magical friends, is determined to give the town a haunted house event they'll never forget. There's an extra reason to celebrate too, the engagement of Lily's best friends, Nikki and Steve.Of course, Lily's boyfriend, Gage Erikson-a.k.a. Detective Cutie-will be helping, too. A few weeks earlier they finally went on their first date, it only took fifteen years after they graduated college to admit they were more than just friends. They're not ready to jump into the marriage pool, but working together on the haunted house will be a great change of pace from solving murders.But scares and dares don't always add up to fun. With cauldrons, and potions, and vampires popping out of coffins, everyone thinks the dead clown on the floor is just part of the haunted house festivities. Until it turns out he's really dead. With so many people in disguise, and magic and spells abounding on All Hallows' Eve, no one is above suspicion. Lily, with her clue chalkboard, is always ready to solve a puzzle, but Gage is worried about her safety. As Lily and Gage race to unmask the murderer, will the clown-killer get the last laugh?Scares and Dares is the fourth novel in A Book Store Cozy Mystery Series, although each book can be read as standalone. A sweet and clean cozy mystery with a guarantee the culprit is caught. Happy reading!

In the frosty Melbourne winter, milliner sleuth Catherine Kint looks for distraction in a night at the circus.When tragedy strikes, she and her barman Boris are drawn into a new mystery.As they draw back the metaphorical curtain, they're confronted with a troupe in chaos, a culture of secrecy, and a family in crisis.Add in hula hooping thugs, a desperate suspect, and a nihilistic bully and you have a recipe for carnage even Catherine can't control.Oh, and then there's Boris' love life - send in the clowns...

From bestselling, award-winning author, William Gensburger, 'ANGLE OF DEATH', the second book in the Mackenzie Michaels Mystery Trilogy, finds Maxie and friends in California on a very personal missing persons case that quickly becomes far more than she could imagine. Maxie is forced to face her past and while attempting to solve the mystery, discovers horrible truths that reinforce her life, yet putting her, and her compatriots, in danger. "Fast-paced, nonstop action that makes you want to turn the page as if by magic." Selena QuinterraThis book is the sequel to book 1, 'TEXAS DEAD' that first introduced the characters. This multi-award winning book has received a lot of praise for intense characterizations and a storyline that pulls the reader along.This is book 2, of the 3 book trilogy that will end with a massive finale in "AMERICAN DEAD" as Maxie, Devin, Kobe and young Tyson face the wrath of a terrorist determined to outdo Osama bin Laden, dragging them all along until the nail-biting conclusion.

"Daisy Ellery is back to doing what she does best: making pies and killing guys. And it's about to get more dangerous than ever. Daisy knows the statistic--domestic violence perpetrated by cops is rampant. It was only a matter of time before she was called in to help. But when this request arrives in her inbox, it isn't accompanied by the required referral and that makes Daisy nervous. Is this really a woman trapped in a violent relationship, or is it a shady cop trying to uncover Daisy's murdery side hustle? Daisy hesitates to accept the job--until the woman who left the request goes missing and it's clear her boyfriend is responsible. Knowing the boyfriend's work buddies won't be any help with the investigation, Daisy sets out to find the woman and plans a little justice of her own. When Daisy finds evidence that the boyfriend wasn't just a monster in private, but corrupt at work too, things get even more perilous. Feeling guilty that she hesitated to help the woman, Daisy is determined to find her and get her justice--whatever it takes"--

"Nine months ago, Sadie Greene shocked friends and family by ditching her sensible office job in the Chicago suburbs and buying a sight-unseen French bicycling tour company, Oui Cycle. Now she's living the unconventional life of her dreams in the gorgeous village of Sans-Souci-sur-Mer. Sans souci means carefree, but Sadie feels enough pressure to burst a tire when hometown friends arrive for a tour, including her former boss, Dom Appleton. Sadie is determined to show them the wonders of France and cycling--and to prove she made the right move. She hopes her meticulously planned nine-day itinerary will win them over, with its stunning seascapes, delicious wine tastings, hilltop villages, and, of course, frequent stops for croissants. When Dom drags his heels on fun, Sadie vows he'll enjoy if it kills her. That is, until Dom ends up dead. The tragedy was no accident. Someone went out of their way to bring a permanent end to Dom's vacation"--

"Ashley Branson has a lot to prove with her new cat yoga studio, A Purrfect Pose. It's a place for humans to find inner wellness -- and adopt adorable cats from the local shelter. It's also a chance for Ash to run her own life, out from under her overbearing mother and a stifling relationship. So far, so successful. Until she discovers one of her new clients, a much-disliked college professor, dead in her studio, locked in child's pose ... To make matters worse, Ash's hapless always-in-trouble brother, Hunter, instantly becomes the cops' prime suspect. Determined to clear his name and save her business, Ash does a deep lunge into the surprising -- and strange -- connections the victim had with her other clients. But countless suspects, contradictory leads, not to mention people desperate to see her studio shut down, mean Ash will have to stretch to the max to outthink a clever killer who's ready to strike her red in tooth and claw..."--Provided by publisher.

"In Old Town Alexandria's unlikeliest match, Natasha Smith's free-spirited mother, Wanda, is engaged to notoriously pompous antiques dealer, Orson Chatsworth -- leaving Natasha to plan the entire wedding, beginning with an elaborate engagement party. For the extravagant affair, Natasha splurges on trendy food boards created by rising social media star, Stella St. James. The sumptuous boards go way beyond basic cheese and crackers, as Stella dazzles guests with picture-worthy butter boards, dessert boards, and even doughnut boards. Just as Natasha planned, the food is to die for -- until someone actually does. When the groom collapses, it seems as if a heart attack is to blame. Then guests discover Orson was poisoned, and suddenly Stella's bespoke boards look a lot less appealing. But with an event this big, the spread of suspects is sure to be impressive. Could Orson's killer be a jilted ex-lover? A money hungry relative? A bitter former business partner? When even Sophie is not above suspicion, she knows it's time to get on board and scrape together an investigation of her own ... before murder becomes the town's next trend"--

When DNA results reveal a disturbing connection to the mysterious disappearance of a famous baby nearly three decades ago, forensic scientist Dr. Sloan Hastings' increasingly perilous search for answers draws her to an unsettling small Nevada town.

A night at the opera ends in murder. Lady Marjorie will need to be at her razor-sharp best to solve this one...Lady Marjorie Snellthorpe reluctantly agrees to accompany her cousin-in-law, Edna Parkinton on an organised tour, starting in Romania.Looking for rest and relaxation, things don't quite go to plan. Edna is happy to meet Horace Tyler again, and Marjorie believes she will make a new friend in Frederick Mackworth.Their peace is shattered when they meet an annoying sextet, including a petulant diva. They are all detained in Cluj-Napoca after a body is found at the end of their night at the opera.The death of one of the company raises questions about who might have wanted to kill the unpopular diva. With a plethora of suspects, Marjorie and Edna lock horns while trying to discover who was responsible.The dead woman's friends and family are more interested on continuing with their holiday than finding a killer. With each one of them harbouring secrets, Marjorie and her pensioner friends have their work cut out.Can Marjorie get to the bottom of a troubling murder without killing her cousin-in-law and ending up in a Romanian jail?Murder at the Opera House is the first full book following on from a prequel novella. This is a rollicking new series. Don't be fooled by the ages of this quartet; they mean business...If you like determined sleuths, jaw-dropping surprises, and detailed investigative work, you'll love this humorous group of pensioners.

To escape arrest for her best friend's murder, Vejay must find the real killerbefore it's too lateIn the small woodsy town of Henderson, California, the electric company is strict about sick days. So when meterreader Vejay Haskell decides to play hooky, her first concern is staying out of sight. She skirts around the edge of town, making her way to Frank's Place, a cozy saloon owned by her friend Frank Goulet. After two cups of hot buttered rum, they have an argument and she storms out into the pouring rain. She goes home, takes a nap, and awakens sober, embarrassed, and ready to apologize. But by the time she gets back to Frank's bar, he is dead.Vejay was seen leaving Frank's house in a huff, and her lack of an alibi combined with her suspicious sick day makes her the number-one suspect. As the police close in on her, Vejay turns detective in search of Frank's real killer. It's a perilous task, but she has one advantage when she puts on her work clothes: Nobody ever notices the meterreader.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Susan Dunlap including rare images from the author's personal collection.An Equal Opportunity Death is the 1st book in the Vejay Haskell Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

Former medical examiner Kiernan O'Shaughnessy investigates a scandalous suicide in a Catholic churchQuick-witted, precise, and comfortable with corpses, Kiernan O'Shaughnessy was perfectly suited to life as a medical examiner. In her four years with the coroner's office, she never had one unhappy shift until the day they let her go. Enraged and adrift, she made her way to La Jolla, California, to set up a high-class private investigation service for medically suspicious deaths. She works only the cases she wants, and charges a steep enough fee that she can afford a cherry red Triumph and a former NFL player as a houseman. Her latest client is one of the biggest moneymakers on the planet: the Roman Catholic Church.A troubled young priest is found hanged in Mission San Leo in Phoenix, Arizona. Hoping to avoid scandal, the bishop bypasses the police, and hires Kiernan to determine whether the death was an accident or a suicide. They ask her to be quiet, but the secrets she uncovers will make her want to sing louder than any church choir.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Susan Dunlap including rare images from the author's personal collection.Pious Deception is the 1st book in the Kiernan OShaughnessy Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

"All will be revealed in the no-holds-barred finale of the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated Maggie Hope series as the intrepid spy teams up with fashion designer - and possible double agent - Coco Chanel to bring down the physicist behind Nazi Germany's nuclear program. Maggie Hope has come a long way since she was Mr. Churchill's secretary. In the face of tremendous danger, she's learned espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance. But things are different now that she has so much to lose, including the possibility of a family with John Sterling, the man who's long held her heart. British Intelligence has ordered Maggie to assassinate Werner Heisenberg, the physicist who may deliver a world-ending fission bomb for Germany: she's shaken by the assignment. An assassination is unlike anything she's ever done. How can the Allies even be sure Nazi Germany has a bomb? Determined to gather more information, Maggie travels to Madrid, where Heisenberg is visiting for a lecture. At the same time, couturier Coco Chanel has requested a meeting with the undercover agent. Chanel, a spy in her own right, with ambiguous loyalties, is meeting with the British Ambassador in Madrid - and has requested Maggie join them. And Chanel provides the perfect cover for Maggie's trip to Spain. The two play cat and mouse as Maggie tries to get a better understanding of Heisenberg. But the most shocking curveball is from the most intimate player: Maggie's own mother has kept a hand in the war - and has secrets of her own to share. Maggie desperately wants to find her 'happily-ever-after,' but as the war reaches a fever pitch, the stakes keep rising. Now, more than ever, the choices she makes will reverberate around the globe, touching everyone she loves - with fateful implications for the future of the free world"

"In 1959, Hollywood ingenue Mercy Welles seems to have the world at her feet. Far removed from her Nebraska roots, she has crafted herself into a glamorous Oscar-nominated actress engaged to an up-and-coming director--until she shockingly vanishes without a trace, just as her career is taking off. Almost sixty years later, Kit O'Neill, a junior television producer in Manhattan, is packing up her recently deceased grandmother's attic, only to discover a long-lost box of souvenirs that reveal that the grandmother who raised her and her sister was, in fact, the mysterious Mercy Welles. Putting her investigative skills to use, Kit is determined to solve the riddle of her grandmother's missing life, and the trail eventually leads to Martha's Vineyard. Mercy retreats to the island nursing a broken heart, only to be drawn to the roguish Ren Sewards, who is not just the simple oysterman he appears to be but a scion of one of the island's wealthy founding families. With her attraction to Ren quickly growing, Mercy soon finds herself entangled in the intrigues of the tightly knit community and the secrets of the Sewards. Alternating between Mercy and Kit's timelines, including excerpts from letters Mercy wrote the summer she disappeared, The Lost Letters from Martha's Vineyard unfurls into a heart-stopping story of love, betrayal, and even murder"--

Private Investigator, Sonoma (Sonny) Whittington, finds herself entangled in a web of deceit and danger when she takes on a seemingly routine case for the enigmatic businesswoman, Janine Thomlinson. Initially tasked with investigating Janine's husband's suspected affair, Sony's case takes an unexpected turn when Janine is involved in a suspicious accident, leaving her hospitalised for several days. As Sonny delves deeper into the case, she discovers that the Thomlinson mansion holds secrets far darker than a simple affair. Strange incidents begin to occur there. A security guard is drugged and surveillance footage is tampered with, pointing to the presence of an intruder in the mansion. Janine's financial auditor disappears amid signs of a brutal struggle, and Janine's marriage is under a microscope. When Sonny intensifies her investigation, she becomes the target of a deadly assailant and barely escapes with her life. As the pieces fall into place, Sonny realises she is racing against time to save her client. Her determination and resourcefulness are tested as she fights to uncover the truth and save her client.Layers of Deception weaves an intricate tapestry of suspense, danger, and intrigue, as it follows Sonny Whittington on her relentless pursuit of justice in a world where secrets lurk around every corner and danger lies in the shadows.

Birdsong has everything an active senior could want, including the one thing nobody wants, murder.After Joanna's father falls from the roof, she's on a mission to get her parents into a Senior Living Community, so she doesn't have to worry about him climbing on the roof or her mother cleaning an enormous house any longer.She knows the perfect one: Birdsong Senior Living Community.It has many amenities, including arts and crafts, yoga, water aerobics, and more. The one thing that isn't in their beautiful brochure is murder. Yet, here it is, finding Joanna once again as not one but two ghosts approach her.As she is trying to figure out the murder and keep her parents safe, she is also trying to sort out her love life. When the murderer makes an attempt on Jo's life, she finally figures it all out, the murders and her love life. Now she needs to keep everyone alive until she can prove it.

'The Spy Coast is The Thursday Murder Club on steroids' SAGA Magazine'I loved it. A hugely entertaining read!' ANN CLEEVESMaggie Bird is many things. A chicken farmer. A good neighbour. A seemingly average retiree living in the seaside town of Purity. She's also a darned good rifle shot. And she never talks about her past.But when an unidentified body is left on Maggie's driveway, she knows it's a calling card from old times. It's been fifteen years since the failed mission that ended her career as a spy, and cost her far more than her job.Step forward the 'Martini Club' - Maggie's silver-haired book group (to anyone who asks), and a cohort of former spies behind closed doors. With the help of her old friends - and always one step ahead of the persistent local cop - Maggie might still be able to save the life she's built.The Spy Coast is the first novel in the Martini Club series.'Gerritsen is a born storyteller, and this new series showcases her talents more than ever. Irresistible and highly recommended!' LEE CHILD'Echoes of Richard Osman but Gerritsen offers us a darker and consistently exciting thriller' THE MAIL ON SUNDAY'Action-packed pages, G-force twists and turns, and a platoon of fascinating characters' DAVID BALDACCITess Gerritsen, Sunday Times bestseller, January 2024

EN NEW YORK TIMES-BESTSELLERSERIEEn ufuldstændig hævn er femte bind i Jacqueline Winspears populære historiske spændingsserie om den rådsnare privatdetektiv Maisie Dobbs i mellemkrigstidens London.LONDON, 1931. Da en gammel ven henvender sig, drager Maisie Dobbs til en lille malerisk landsby i Kent for at dykke ned i en række uforklarlige forbrydelser, og hun erfarer hurtigt, at beboerne ikke bryder sig om, at fremmede strømmer til ved høsttid.Snart begynder mystiske brande at bryde ud i landsbyen med alarmerende regelmæssighed, og den idylliske facade krakelerer langsomt, men sikkert. Maisie finder landsbyens besynderlige hemmelighedskræmmeri mistænkelig, særligt når det angår et specifikt luftangreb fra en zeppeliner, og hun må trække på alle sine evner for at opklare den intrikate sag.

RHEIN-SIEG-KREIS KRIMIDer 17. Fall der Kommissarin Thekla SommerWo ist Patrizia Martini ? Ihr Ehemann, der einen Tag nach ihrem verschwinden, aus der JVA-Siegburg entlassen wird informiert die Polizei, als seine Frau ihn nicht an der JVA abholt.Ein sehr mysteriöser Fall für Thekla Sommer und ihr Team, der ein überraschendes Ende findet.