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Like a Thunderbolt! Recent widow Jillian Marsh wasn't planning on killing herself that March night, but she hadn't ruled it out, either. It had rained for the last seventeen days -- days in which her jaw was locked and she was unable to speak, supposing there'd been anyone worth addressing. And then there was her cat problem. Ever since she'd been hit by lightning last October, the cats in town had been talking to her. Which meant she was insane, right? Melanie Jackson writes "a curious combination of dark fantasy and romance leavened with quirky humor." ---Booklist on Still Life But that ...

In 1860, Hannah True is without an income when the man she almost married ten years before, Paul Simmons, makes a new proposal, one that pulls her into the controversial world of Spiritualism sweeping America. As attorney for the Spirit Seekers, Paul convinces Hannah to take a job as pamphlet writer for the group and move to their rural commune, which would allow the nieces she left behind to live with her. Detectives Vance Hollandar and Victoria Nelson caution Hannah against the arrangement, warning her that while on the surface the members seem devoted to harmonious living, the number of ...

Siren’s Kiss is open and thriving, booked through the holidays and providing tons of jobs. The new training facility is built and has stacks of applications from paranormals who want to help keep people safe. A normal woman would take a moment and simply enjoy what her hard work has accomplished, bask in the achievement. Seraphine Thomas is far from a normal woman and doesn’t know the meaning of “relax” when there’s more work to be done. Meeting more Alphas at the club opening, she learned that the danger for paranormals is worse than she had thought. After the win of taking down ...

Division Chief Seraphine Thomas made a lot of waves in already choppy waters, but progress was also made for paranormals. Some people seemed to realize they were on the same side of the real monsters and changed their tune. Others stepped up to show their support instead of staying quiet. But progress causes upset, and most blame Sera as the cause instead of realizing the problems were always there. She’s used to that from work. What she can’t handle is finding a man she loves with another woman. She turns to the one person who’s never betrayed her and gives in to what they both want ...

On the night of Samhain, the veil between worlds is at its thinnest, and ancient magic runs wild in Old London. When Lady Bergamon is attacked in her Ivy Street garden, Yannia Wilde is asked to investigate. Who has enough power to harm Lady Bergamon in her own domain? While Yannia searches for the answer, nature herself appears to be killing beings in Old London. Yannia and her sidekick Karrion join forces with New Scotland Yard to solve the baffling deaths. But wherever they turn, all the clues point back towards Ivy Street.

Sex und Tod mit Alsterblick! In einer Wäschekammer eines Hamburger Luxushotels wird in eine bildhübsche Leiche gefunden. Die unbekannte Schöne wurde stranguliert – die Mordwaffe war eine Strumpfhose. Ein undankbarer Fall für Kommissarin Heike Stein, denn es gibt nahezu keine Anhaltspunkte. Niemand kannte die junge Tote, obwohl sie ganz offensichtlich zu den besseren Kreisen gehört haben muss. Doch die Hotelgäste hüllen sich in Schweigen. Mit ihrer direkten Art eckt Kommissarin Heike Stein schnell bei den Gästen und dem Personal des Nobelhotels an.

Investigative journalist Shona Sandison is attending the wedding of her closest friend and former colleague, Vivienne. But the night before the wedding, Vivienne's reclusive school friend, Dan, jumps from a roof to his death. Shona is the only witness to the suicide—and so the only person who saw the occult tattoos covering Dan's body, and heard the unsettling, mystical phrases he was uttering.

Ein Grab in den Schären und ein düsteres Geheimnis... An einem Sommertag wird auf der malerischen schwedischen Insel Ulvön eine grausige Entdeckung gemacht. In einer stillgelegten Erzgrube stoßen zwei jugendliche Geocacher auf eine skelettierte menschliche Hand. Der Fund ruft Kommissarin Sofia Hjortén aus der Elternzeit in den Dienst zurück. Handelt es sich womöglich um die Überreste einer jungen Frau, die vor vielen Jahren ihren gewalttätigen Ehemann verlassen wollte? Sie war nie auf dem Festland angekommen und galt seitdem als vermisst.

Pater Brown ist nach Gutt's Hill gekommen, um den letzten Wunsch der verstorbenen Lady Sharp zu erfüllen. Dabei kommt es auch zu einer Begegnung mit Mimi Rutherfurt, die an der vom Pater gehaltenen Beerdigung von Lady Sharp teilgenommen hat. Auf dem gemeinsamen Rückweg nach der Trauerfeier finden die beiden in der Nähe des Landgasthofes, in dem die Feier stattfand, einen Toten. Niemand scheint den Mann zu kennen, der zwar Trauerkleidung trägt, aber weder an der Beerdigung noch an der Trauerfeier teilgenommen hat. Gemeinsam nehmen Mimi Rutherfurt und Pater Brown die Ermittlungen auf.

Scotland, 1912: When Maud and Daisy travel to Clachan Castle on the Isle of Mull to investigate the theft of a valuable statuette, at first the case seems straightforward. But when their prime suspect, bad-tempered fellow guest Mr Tremain, is found dead in his bed, the detective duo realise the castle is under attack… At first, it appears the murder is impossible. All the doors and windows to the room were locked from the inside, and there was no way for the killer to escape.

When schoolgirl Janey Macklin disappeared from the seedy side of London in 1988, her case went cold, with no body and no witnesses. Now, thirty years later, private detective Kate Marshall has been approached by a true crime podcast producer with an intriguing question they need her help answering: What if Janey was killed by Peter Conway, the notorious Nine Elms Cannibal? The contract would be the most lucrative of Kate’s career, but it comes with a price of its own, dredging up a sordid, complicated past that she would sooner forget . . .

Troublesome directors and fastidious assistants soon become the least of Hattie's worries as, a week into rehearsals, an actress is found dead backstage on the same day that an extremely valuable theatrical mask goes missing.

It's late August in Shady Hollow, and intrepid reporter Vera Vixen agrees to chaperone the school's annual field trip to Summers End, an ancient tomb built by an early woodland culture. Naturally, her good friend Lenore Lee comes along to help her. But when the group enters the tomb one morning, they find a corpse that is distinctly more. . . modern than expected. Digging deeper, Vera and Lenore discover that the deceased was involved in the recent excavation at the site, and very unpopular with their colleagues-including Lenore's sister, Ligeia.

Nineth in the Taylor series. Death is a natural process - most of the time. But sometimes it seems like there is entirely too much of it going round. Taylor is off to Chicago for her annual visit to her heart doctor. Chris is off to do what Chris does. They are due to meet up in Chicago for Christmas with Taylor's mother, her children, and her grandchildren. Taylor has a problem on the plane but trouble doesn't begin to describe what happens when she is put off the plane in Boise.

Eigentlich sind Elin Bertram und ihr Kollege Thees Conrads auf die Insel Juist gefahren, um sich von ihrer Arbeit in der Soko Mondschein zu erholen. Die beiden jagen immer noch den Mann, der entlang der Nordseeküste mehrere junge Frauen brutal ermordet hat – aus Rache für etwas, das vor Jahrzehnten geschehen ist, wie Elin inzwischen weiß. Kurz nach ihrer Ankunft auf Juist werden ein ehemaliger Justizvollzugsbeamte und ein pensionierter Richter tot aufgefunden. Elin ist sicher, dass der Mondscheinmörder sich an den beiden gerächt hat.

Five thousand miles away from Atlanta. A young man is killed. A young man with secrets. When Parker’s father asks him to travel to Ukraine to find someone who’s been missing over a decade, Parker flatly refuses. But Miranda can’t say no to Mr. P. And so they board the plane.

In Der stille Keller von Salò muss sich die neunzehnjährige Amateurdetektivin Kim endlich den unerwarteten Konsequenzen all der Lügen stellen, die sie seit ihrer Ankunft in Italien erzählt hat. Sie gerät in eine wirklich schreckliche Situation und muss ihr inneres Selbst nach jedem Körnchen Ausdauer, Einfallsreichtum und List durchsuchen, um ihr eigenes Wohlbefinden zu sichern, sowohl körperlich als auch geistig.

Agnes Feder krempelt ihr Leben um: Sie verlässt ihren Freund, zieht in das verlassene Haus ihrer Mutter und beginnt von einem vergangenen Leben zu träumen. Und obwohl sie nichts mehr von Männern wissen möchte, kann sie vom faszinierenden Anwalt Siebert Thal nicht die Finger lassen. An ihrem Arbeitsplatz, einem Institut für künstliche Befruchtung und Forschung, kommt es zu ungereimten Todesfällen. Agnes' Fähigkeit, die Emotionen und sogar Erinnerungen anderer Menschen wahrzunehmen, flammt nach Jahren der Verdrängung wieder auf - dabei möchte sie doch bloß eine normale Juristin sein!

Monica is a fourteen-year-old with a wild imagination and an unbearably dull governess named Rose Driscoll. She was supposed to be entering the most exciting time of her life but, with her parents and uncle now dead, she has been forced to leave leafy Hampstead and move to a flat on the busy Holloway Road with a woman who is living proof that an exciting life is not guaranteed. Driscoll has dutifully planned this trip to Venice, as directed by a 'letter of wishes' in a will, but on the very first morning, Monica wakes up to a horrible realisation: has she killed her only guardian?

In her 30 years as Temple Hill's most renowned matchmaker, Sarla thought she'd seen it all. Blissful unions, marriages of convenience, Mr. and Mrs. Good Enough. Not to mention the bitter unfortunates who never made it down the aisle. She's received as many threats as thank-yous along the way. Surely no one would actually harm her. A series of threatening notes, sent in blood-red envelopes, suggest otherwise. Then the body of a woman is found at Sarla's office, sprawled on her stomach next to a heavy bronze statue of the Nataraja — the god of dance. Who was the intended victim?