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Ever since he made his first appearance in A Study In Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes has enthralled and delighted millions of fans throughout the world. Now Audible is proud to present Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection, read by Stephen Fry. A lifelong fan of Doyle's detective fiction, Fry has narrated the complete works of Sherlock Holmes - four novels and five collections of short stories.

Der berühmte Detektiv Hercule Poirot und sein Polizistenfreund Edward Catchpool beraten sich gerade über das perfekte Weihnachtsmenü, als Catchpools eigenwillige Mutter in der Tür steht und nicht mehr gehen will. Wenige Stunden später fahren alle drei gemeinsam an die stürmische Küste von Norfolk, um dort einen Mordfall aufzuklären. Ein älterer Mann wurde in dem Krankenhaus umgebracht, in das ein schwerkranker Freund von Mrs Catchpool demnächst eingeliefert werden soll. Poirot ist zuversichtlich, die Ermittlungen vor den Feiertagen abschließen zu können – doch dann geschieht wieder ein Mord.

Porthpella, ein kleiner Küstenort in Cornwall. Seit dem Tod ihres Mannes lebt Ally Bright allein in ihrem hübschen, abgelegenen Cottage. Eines Nachts klopft ein verzweifelter Mann an ihre Tür, doch bevor sie richtig reagieren kann, ist er schon wieder weg – und wird am nächsten Morgen am Fuß der Klippen gefunden. Ally ist überzeugt, dass es kein Selbstmordversuch war, eine Gewissheit, die sie mit dem jungen ehemaligen Polizisten Jayden Weston teilt, der mit seiner hochschwangeren Frau gerade erst nach Porthpella gezogen ist.

1950, Schweizer Alpen: Miss Marple gönnt sich mit ihrer Freundin Mrs. Bantry in dem eleganten Grand Alpine Hotel, einem exklusiven Wintertraum hoch oben in den Schweizer Alpen, eine Auszeit. Ein Mann möchte den Tag mit einer Skitour beginnen und steigt in die Bahn – doch als diese oben ankommt, ist er tot. Kurz darauf zieht ein Schneesturm auf und der Tunnel der Zahnradbahn stürzt ein. Das Hotel ist vom Rest der Welt abgeschnitten. Ist das alles Zufall oder das Ergebnis eines tödlichen Plans?

A barber is brought in for questioning. What begins as a routine interrogation slowly unravels into a tense, layered confession in this 1879 classic Italian short story. Luigi Capuana, a master of Italian verismo literature, delivers a raw interrogation scene that feels strikingly modern. Often cited as an early influence on later mafia-themed films, "The Deposition" explores razor sharp psychology in a tight, dialogue-driven narrative.

A Tommel Castle, un hotel di lusso, si danno appuntamento otto soci di un club per single, col desiderio manifesto di trovare la dolce metà. La persona che li ha riuniti, Maria Worth, è convinta di aver fatto un buon lavoro, ma gli otto si detestano quasi all'istante. Ad attirare le più forti antipatie è però la socia in affari di Maria, Peta, cafona, avida e golosissima.

Für Anya geht ein Traum in Erfüllung: Sie erhält das verlockende Angebot, uralte und streng geheime Manuskripte an der renommierten St. Andrew's University in Schottland zu entschlüsseln. Doch kaum angekommen, spürt sie, dass hinter den vergilbten Seiten mehr lauert als vergessene Worte. Die Schriften bergen Geheimnisse, die mächtige Gegnerinnen um jeden Preis im Dunkeln halten wollen. Schon bald gerät Anya in ein gefährliches Netz aus Intrigen, Macht und Verrat.

London, 1905: Law student and military veteran Balvinder dev Singh has found an extralegal way to fund his studies. As friend and accomplice to the infamous gentleman thief AJ Raffles, he rubs shoulders with the upper crust—and steals their valuables. That is, until their next mark, an imperialist general, is grotesquely murdered in the library of his Mayfair mansion. Bal and Raffles find themselves implicated in a series of killings that soon attracts the attention of Scotland Yard—and the aging Sherlock Holmes himself.

When Mordaunt Reeves and a group of friends playing a round discover the battered body of a man, clearly fallen from the viaduct, Reeves—a man a little too fond of reminding everyone that he was in Military Intelligence during the war—suspects that the police are not taking the death seriously, and persuades his friends to help him to investigate. Soon, theories of the crime begin to emerge.

'A truly gripping read' Mick Herron The cobbled lanes and back streets of St Andrews have become home to a vicious serial killer. Striking during heavy rain and choosing only victims who abuse women, 'The Stabber' has police baffled. After the sixth man is found murdered, having been stabbed to...

Alex Ryan lives a simple life. She has her farm in the Scottish countryside, and the self-imposed seclusion suits her until a crime that has haunted her for years tears through the calm and shatters the fragile peace she'd finally managed to find. Lori Hunter's greatest love is the mountains. They're her escape from the constant hustle and bustle of everyday life. Growing up was neither traditional nor easy for Lori, but now she's beginning to realize she's settled for both. A dead-end relationship and little to look forward to. 

Kate Verney left her home in London at Christmas time to travel to Buenos Aires to meet her first grandchild! On the voyage she makes friends with Lindy and Rex Barron, two young adults who lost their mother and are on their way to live with their father in Lisbon. Murder and mystery is in the air when William Barron disappears and doesn't show up to meet his children when the ship arrives in Lisbon. Kate realises that she can't leave Lindy and Rex with no one to turn to, so she chooses to stay and stumbles upon a murder plot.

The end of civilisation, as Peter Maxwell knows it, is just around the corner. It comes in the form of Fiona Braymarr, the new superhead. She is a new broom, and she sweeps good people along the way. And the odd thing about her? She has no past. And within days of her arrival, two local women have no future; one is found dead in a car showroom, the other is stabbed at the foot of her own stairs. Two murders so closely linked in time and space must surely be connected.

Although this story's particular events could not have happened anywhere except in British-India, everyone will feel at home in its sunny atmosphere. The three girls who lived these adventures were completely different, but they formed a close-knit trio and shared all of each other's joys and problems. Poopy possessed a face that seemed blank to everyone but her two friends, who read it with ease.