Résultats pour "The Bet" dans Détectives amateurs

Betti Bryant knows she’s not supposed to be a barista five years after graduating from college, but her life is actually super adorable—except for the part where she has to endure her ex-boyfriend’s musical rendition of their breakup at the coffee shop’s Open Mic Night every Friday. When an entire local art collection is stolen from the cafe during his performance, Betti sees her chance to persuade her panicked boss to cancel Open Mic Night, at least until the crime is solved. Instead, he announces plans to sell the beloved cafe to a real estate developer, who will demolish it.

Burl Davis checked out of this life a little earlier than expected - before Holly could serve him with divorce papers over his extramarital flings. Unfortunately, it was not before he nearly bankrupted her beloved B&B, Holly Grove, a converted plantation in her family for generations. Holly would never wish anyone dead, but three months later, she's feeling a lot more relief than grief. But then Burl's ghost appears as an unwelcome guest. Before his spirit can move on, her not-so-dearly departed needs Holly’s help to bust up the drug-smuggling ring he was involved with.

Cultureclash im Schrebergarten und eine Leiche im Gemüsebeet: Rosenkohl und tote Bete ist der erste Band einer humorvollen Krimi-Reihe rund um eine Schrebergarten-Kolonie in Berlin. Eben hatte sich Ex-Polizist Manne Nowak noch voller Vorfreude auf das Garten-Jahr eingestimmt, da wird die Ruhe in der Berliner Kleingartenanlage "Harmonie" empfindlich gestört - und zwar von Mannes neuen Nachbarn.

Cultureclash im Schrebergarten und eine Leiche im Gemüsebeet: Rosenkohl und tote Bete ist der erste Band einer humorvollen Krimi-Reihe rund um eine Schrebergarten-Kolonie in Berlin. Eben hatte sich Ex-Polizist Manne Nowak noch voller Vorfreude auf das Garten-Jahr eingestimmt, da wird die Ruhe in der Berliner Kleingartenanlage "Harmonie" empfindlich gestört - und zwar von Mannes neuen Nachbarn.

From USA Today best-selling authors Gin Jones and Elizabeth Ashby comes double the murder and double the sleuthing in a Danger Cove Crossover event! The Danger Cove Lighthouse Farmers' Market is holding a salsa contest to celebrate the tomato harvest, and market manager Maria Dolores is thrilled by the large number of entries. But when the judge, a local sports coach, goes missing, Maria realizes she isn't the only person looking for him. He may have information on the recent murder of a quilt collector, so appraiser Keely Fairchild has some questions for him.

Carly Turnquist, forensic accountant, is joining husband Mike on a working vacation–working for him, vacation for her–at a dude ranch in New Mexico. First she learns of missing stock and unpaid invoices, then veiled threats and a dead foreman threaten to ruin her trip. Can Carly figure out who wants to put this family-owned ranch out of business, or will she die trying?

Carly Turnquist, forensic accountant, has a nose for mysteries. When a less-than-desirable business has their building permit approved under the table, Carly gets suspicious. But when money is embezzled and her daughter is suspected, her hackles are raised. Will Carly solve both mysteries—or will she end up as dead as the mayor?

Interim sheriff Elizabeth "Bet" Rivers has always had one repeat nightmare: a shadowy figure throwing a suspicious object into her hometown lake in Collier, Washington. For the longest time, she chalked it up to an overactive imagination as a kid. Then the report arrives. In the woods of the Cascade mountain range, right in her jurisdiction, a body floats to the surface of Lake Collier. When the body is extricated and revealed, no one can identify Jane Doe. But someone must know the woman, so why aren't they coming forward?

Djukowski, ein eifriger Leser von Sherlock-Holmes-Geschichten und Gehilfe eines Untersuchungsrichters, will unbedingt seine kriminalistischen Fähigkeiten beweisen. Ein Streichholz unter dem Bett des Gutsbesitzers Kljausow, der ermordet sein soll, gibt ihm Anlass zu gewagten Kombinationen. Auch wenn das Opfer nicht aufzufinden ist, Djukowski jagt den Mörder mit unnachsichtigem Eifer.

The Indialantic by the Sea Hotel has a 100-year-old history on beautiful Melbourne Beach, Florida, and more than a few guests seem to have been there from the start. When Liz Holt returns home after an intense decade in New York, she's happy to be surrounded by the eccentric clientele and loving relatives that populate her family-run inn. But that patronage decreases by one when a filthy rich guest is discovered dead in her oceanfront suite.