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July 1910. Lady Hardcastle and her tireless sidekick Flo have finally embarked on a long-overdue seaside break. But just as they’re wavering between ice creams and donkey rides, their fellow guests start to go missing - and the duo find themselves with a hysterical hotel manager and a case to solve. The first to disappear is Dr Goddard, a scientist doing something terribly top-secret for the government.

Along with cheering on her soon-to-be brother-in-law, Freddie Kentfield, at The British Open in Scotland, Stella embraces the chance to connect with her distant cousins, the McEwens, at their grand estate, Glenloch Hill. But she and Lyndy don’t receive the warm welcome they expect when their arrival is marred by missing luggage, evasive hosts, and the perceived mistreatment of a young laundry maid. Adding to the tense atmosphere, Freddie’s roguish father, Sir Edwin, appears at the manor uninvited, his presence casting a shadow over the events—and stirring up more unanswered questions …

The “consistently high-quality” (Booklist) Charlie Parker series continues with a white-knuckled new thriller from New York Times bestselling author John Connolly. Wyatt Riggins, the boyfriend of rising Maine artist Zetta Nadeau, has gone missing, leaving behind a cell phone containing a...

When Teancum Leon, a wildlife veterinarian, and his husband, semi-reformed conman Jeremiah Berger, go to a conference in central Missouri, they’re expecting a short and uneventful trip. Tean will present a paper, attend a few panels, and network (under duress). Jem is looking forward to unlimited poolside drinks, some well-deserved couple time, and peace and quiet.

Fledging PI Zachariah Davies’s wealthy and eccentric client, toymaker Alton Beacher, wants to hire an investigator who can pose as his boyfriend while figuring out who is behind the recent attempts on his life. And Zach, struggling to save the business his father built, is just desperate enough to set aside his misgivings and take the job.

After the sudden death of her husband, Christine Harvey would do anything to give her precious children Molly and Ryan a fresh start. The huge clifftop house she’s hastily purchased has the most breath-taking ocean view she’s ever seen. Surely here they can someday be happy again? But Christine had no idea that her family’s new dream house is right next door to where a child was abducted and murdered. And nobody told her that the father – who was the main suspect in the police investigation before it collapsed – still lives there.

“The Professor is a thoroughly gripping mystery about power, ambition, and the lengths we will go to in order to succeed. Pacey and full of tension, this one will stick with you long after THE END.” –New York Times and #1 International Bestselling author, Karin Slaughter For fans of Tana...

Detective Arkaday Renko—“one of the most compelling figures in modern fiction” (USA TODAY)—risks his life when he heads to Ukraine shortly before the Russian invasion to find an anti-Putin activist who has mysteriously disappeared. Martin Cruz Smith has written nine previous novels...

London is in flux. The clop of the hansom cab has given way to the madness of the motorcar. And Sherlock Holmes, safe in the bee-loud glades of the Sussex downs, is lured back to London when a problem is posed to him by Dr. Watson and Watson's friend, Col. Higgins. Is the transformation of Eliza Doolittle from girl of the streets to duchess more than it seems? Is it really the work of Henry Higgins's phonetics lessons, or has another girl been substituted for her, and why? Has the original girl been murdered? Even Eliza's father can't say for sure.

The ancient Ojibwe healer Henry Meloux has had a vision of his death. As he walks the Northwoods in solitude, he tries to prepare himself peacefully for the end of his long life. But peace is destined to elude him as hunters fill the woods seeking a woman named Dolores Morriseau, a stranger who had come to the healer for shelter and the gift of his wisdom. Meloux guides this stranger and his great niece, Cork O'Connor's wife, to safety deep into the Boundary Waters, his home for more than a century.

Detective Chief Inspector John Shadow is doing his best to ignore the madness of York's annual Viking Festival when duty calls. The body of a wealthy businessman, who was playing the role of the Viking king, is found slain by his own ancient sword. The murder scene looks staged, but before Shadow can compile a list of people to question a second body is found. Shadow doesn't have to look far for suspects—the victims were by no means model citizens.

В основе сюжета лежит расследование внезапной смерти сэра Чарльза Баскервиля. Он умер от сердечного приступа, но из поколения в поколения в роду Баскервилей передаётся легенда о гигантской собаке дьявольского происхождения, которая преследует всех Баскервилей на болоте.

Nella primavera del 1940, mentre nel continente le armate alleate stanno subendo duri colpi da parte dell'esercito nazista, l'Inghilterra si prepara alla resistenza. Tra i volontari richiamati in servizio c'è anche Tommy Beresford, l'ex "giovane avventuriero". Anche se sono passati più di vent'anni dalla sua ultima missione, gli viene affidato un incarico di straordinaria importanza: scoprire chi si cela sotto le misteriose sigle N e M, nomi in codice dei capi della quinta colonna tedesca.

Marco Luciani ha lasciato la polizia e l'Italia: un taglio netto, una nuova vita a Barcellona, da padre single. A parte occuparsi del piccolo, vivacissimo Alessandro, l'ex commissario si limita a gestire la casa che Alice, amica e amante occasionale, affitta ai turisti. Forse, però, dentro di lui non si è del tutto spento il gusto di indagare, di frugare nelle vite degli altri, di completare i puzzle. O forse, più prosaicamente, i soldi cominciano a scarseggiare.

Nan and I discover that someone has been embezzling funds from the local animal shelter. If we can't find the culprit soon, the shelter may not be able to keep its lights on and those poor homeless pets won't have anywhere to go.

Kate Marshall’s fledgling PI agency takes off when she and her partner, Tristan Harper, are hired for their first big case. It’s a cold one. Twelve years before, journalist Joanna Duncan disappeared after exposing a political scandal. Most people have moved on. Joanna’s mother refuses to let go. When Kate and Tristan gain access to the original case files, they revisit the same suspects and follow the same leads - but not to the same dead ends. Among Joanna’s personal effects, Kate discovers the names of two young men who also vanished without a trace.

Private detective Adrian Elias knows what trouble looks like, and ruthless mobster and lion shifter Sage Tamir was just that, with a capital "T". On top of smelling like heaven, the man has the face of an angel, with a body made for unbridled sin. A combination Adrian finds very hard to resist. Unfortunately, someone is trying to kill Sage, and they’re using magic to do it. Sage usually takes these types of matters into his own hands, but this time, he’s out of his league. He believes the only person who can help him is the down-on-his-luck detective.

The first new Henry Rios novel in 20 years from six-time Lambda Literary award winner Michael Nava is a brilliantly plotted mystery that weaves together the gripping story of two gay men against the backdrop of 1980s San Francisco as the tsunami of AIDS bears down upon the city.

Lodnýn 1930. Hercule Poirot se spokojeně vrací z oběda, když ho před domovními dvěřmi překvapí rozzlobená žena a domáhá se vysvětlení, proč jí detektiv poslal dopis, v němž ji obviňuje z vraždy Barnabase Pandyho, když nikoho toho jména ani nezná. Hercule Poirot netuší, o čem je řeč. Jde snad o nějaký omyl či nejapný vtip? Kolik stejných dopisů, odeslaných jeho jménem, ještě koluje po Londýně? A kdo je Barnabas Pandy? Žije, nebo byl skutečně zavražděn?

Privatermittler Foss, Spezialist für extraterrestrische Phänomene, läuft eine Katze zu. Nicht zufällig, wie es scheint, denn das Tier trägt eine verborgene Botschaft bei sich: den Grundriss einer Anlage unter dem Teufelsberg. Eine Area 51 in Berlin? Oder dient sie militärischen Experimenten zur Wetterbeeinflussung? Foss wird zur Zielscheibe mysteriöser Mächte, als er der Wahrheit zu nahe kommt.