Detective Mysteries Humor

Onkel Quentin wird als Archäologe in das ägyptische Museum bestellt, um eine Mumie zu untersuchen - und die Fünf Freunde dürfen ihn begleiten und ihm über die Schulter schauen. Da erkrankt plötzlich ein Mitarbeiter schwer. Kurz zuvor hatte er auf einem Sarkophag eine Inschrift entschlüsselt, in der von einem Fluch die Rede war. Hat seine heimtückische Krankheit etwas mit diesem Fluch zu tun? Die Fünf Freunde ermitteln.

If there was no yesterday and tomorrow was a myth, what would you do? Mason Thursday, a PI with a permanent case of retrograde amnesia, has to answer that question every time he wakes, all of his obtained memories having fallen away during the night's sleep, and he moves forward with optimism, enthusiasm, and a sometimes inappropriate sarcasm.

Fed up with her wild behavior, 16-year-old Lex’s parents ship her off to upstate New York to live with her Uncle Mort for the summer, hoping that a few months of dirty farm work will whip her back into shape. But Uncle Mort’s true occupation is much dirtier than shoveling manure. He’s a Grim Reaper. And he’s going to teach Lex the family business. She quickly assimilates into the peculiar world of Croak, a town populated by reapers who deliver souls from this life to the next.

Meticulous private investigator Stanley Melvin likes to keep his work grounded in reality, not at all like the classic detective novels he has read incessantly since childhood. But his best friend and annoying neighbor Rudy quickly points out that his routine "cheater" case is rapidly taking on all of the features that Stanley steadfastly insists are mere fictional tropes of the genre. Stanley isn't too sure how he feels about this. But as a professional, he forges ahead, despite getting out of his comfort zone.

Tengo 16 años, soy portera de fútbol y aunque me llamen Vicente, mi nombre es Estrella. No me gusta leer y nunca me he acabado un libro, pero mi amigo Fede me ha pedido que le ayude a encontrar a su escritor preferido. Y nos hemos metido en un lío... Aunque, claro, quién se podía imaginar que ese "escritor" en realidad... bueno, mejor te lo cuento desde el principio.

Who knew fighting for a living wage could be so deadly? Bernie Sanders and his Gen Z intern are drawn into a murder investigation in a small Vermont town in this hilarious spin on cozy mysteries from the New York Times bestselling author of Hope Never Dies: An Obama Biden Mystery Fall is...

Included in this volume: "Watson!" by Captain A. E. Dingle; The Adventure of the Diamond Necklace, by G. F. Forrest; The Stolen Cigar-Case, by Bret Harte; The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes, by O. Henry; and Mr. Raffles Holmes, by John Kendrick Bangs.

Take a peek behind the scenes at the wonderful world of THE PEPPERS… A show-stopping adventure starring an unbeatable double act – the Pepper twins, Monty & Esme. The Pepper twins Esme and Monty are spending the summer holidays with their bumbling Uncle Potty. Potty is an enthusiastic member...

Die „Fünf Freunde“ sind in den Ferien auf großer Flussfahrt: Ganz alleine auf sich gestellt sind sie mit zwei Kanus, Proviant und Zelten unterwegs. Gefährlich wird es, als die Boote plötzlich Leck schlagen ... Auf einmal werden sie auf die Spur eines Ausreißers angesetzt – der aber eigentlich ein Entführungsopfer ist. Und so jagen die „Fünf Freunde“ die Entführer.

Wieder einmal verbringen die Fünf Freunde ihre Ferien im Felsenhaus bei Tante Fanny und Onkel Quentin. Als Georg am Strand den Fischerjungen Alf sieht, wie er kreidebleich anscheinend vor etwas davonläuft, kommt ihr das komisch vor. Als sie ihn zur Rede stellt, erzählt er eine unglaubliche Geschichte...

Dabei hätten es so schöne Ferien werden können: Anne und Georg sind bei ihrer Tante zu Besuch und Richard und Julius ganz in der Nähe in einem Landschulheim untergebracht. Da werden Richard und Julius auf einmal verdächtigt, im Schullandheim gestohlen zu haben. Die „Fünf Freunde“ machen sich auf die Suche nach den wahren Tätern und enttarnen mit Hilfe der Tante eine Fälscherbande, die im Schullandheim ihr Unwesen treibt.

Detective Ulf Varg from the Department of Sensitive Crimes is often called upon to investigate unusual matters. But rarely is he asked to conduct an inquiry on behalf of his own family. Is such a thing ethical? Adding to Ulf's moral discomfort is the fact that he does not exactly see eye to eye with his younger brother Bjorn - a leading player in one of Sweden's right-wing parties, the Moderate Extremists. Still, family is family, so Ulf finds himself working to uncover the mole leaking secrets to a rival party, the Extreme Moderates.

Robert James, a private detective more interested in chronicling his cases than solving them, gets a midnight call from a young woman whose older husband has been found with a knife in his chest. Murder, corruption, and betrayal ensue as he's drawn into the dark underworld of his client, but hapless Robert and his sidekick, a flower-delivery guy, can't stop drinking, smoking, and philosophizing long enough to keep up. Imagine The Big Sleep via Fernando Pessoa, with a side of Buster Keaton.

A hard-to-prove art heist in New York City becomes a mystery for ninja detective Randi Rhodes in this second book in a series full of humor, adventure, and heart from Academy Award–winning actress Octavia Spencer. Randi Rhodes and her fellow ninja detectives, DC and Pudge, were flying high...

Meet Randi Rhodes, the world’s first ninja detective! Mystery abounds in this “assured, entertaining whodunit” (Publishers Weekly), a 2014 IndieNext pick and the first in a new middle grade series from Academy Award–winning actress Octavia Spencer. Deer Creek is a small town whose only...

Ein Schock! Der goldene Dreikönigsschrein ist aus dem Kölner Dom verschwunden...

Endlich Sommerferien! Conny lädt ihre Freunde von Kokolores & Co. auf einen Reiterhof im Siebengebirge ein...

Holy cow! The Little Lemon's Detective Agency just stepped in a huge, steaming pile of The Big Time!
While on a school field trip to the middle of Montana with their dad, world-famous private investigator Archie Lemons, as a chaperone, the boys are shocked to discover there has been a murder in the hotel! With the hotel detectives and the local sheriff way out of their league, they turn to Archie to help out, and wouldn't you know it, the Little Lemons Detective Agency just happens to tag along.

Mark Twain is at his irreverent best with this hilarious parody of the 19th-century mystery. The tale begins with the murder of Flint Buckner and a heinous crime against a young woman. A man with special gifts - no less a personage than Sherlock Holmes! - enters the scene to solve the mystery and avenge the lady. He matches wits with an improbable villain, Archy Stillman, while Ham Sandwich and Wells Fargo look on, and almost gets himself lynched in the process.

When gumshoe detective, Daxon Steele, finds he’s ankle deep in more than a chewed up wad, he quickly uncovers a sinister plot that sets out to exploit and destroy not just the skink-pushers who hide in the shadows of the Flatpack District, not just the poor guys, gals and others shaking their hips at Shooters & Hooters Club, but the entire population of Bryunsville. Will Dax overcome his prejudice and accept Gaz, a former stripper-bot, as his partner?