Home Mystery

The Chancellor’s Mansion was built by William Townsend McCoun, a public servant and abolitionist in New York City. The once-grand house on a hill in Oyster Bay, Long Island, had been abandoned for years. Many would have torn the property down and built something new on the land. But Jamie and Frantz Arty realized the house had more to give. The couple purchased the home, moved in, and began period-specific renovations at the height of the pandemic, along with their parents and three children—including newborn twins.

In Home Body, the eighth Jack McMorrow mystery, Jack has reformed his bad-boy ways and settled into seeming domestic tranquility with a steady job and a very pregnant Roxane. But, the quiet life is short-lived when Jack rescues a young homeless teen from a brutal gang beating. This Good Samaritan gesture rewards him with yet another descent into violence, murder, and the dark underworld of at-risk kids living on the street.

Bernie’s Aunty Dot is worried that her favorite member of staff at the care home where she lives is being unfairly suspected of murdering another resident. She calls on their good friend DCI Jonah Porter to investigate. He discovers that care assistant Jonathan Bates is by no means the only person with a motive for killing Olive Carter - or, for that matter, the only person with means and opportunity to do so.

Back in Pickax, Jim Qwilleran expects to resume a quiet life, but the people and animals of Pickax have other ideas. A noisy cardinal wakes him every morning, nosy neighbors drop by uninvited, and the Siamese cats—Koko and Yum Yum—misbehave, even sneezing on guests. As if they weren't bad enough, Qwill's long-time companion, Polly Duncan, acts as though she is in love—with another man. Worst of all, Qwill finds a body in his apple orchard. When his friend, Dennis Hough, becomes the chief suspect, Qwill embarks on a crusade to clear Hough's name and win back Polly's heart.

Eine Nacht des Schreckens. Als Maggie ein Kind war, floh die ganze Familie eines Nachts aus dem Haus und kehrte nie wieder dorthin zurück. Maggie selbst hat keine Erinnerung daran, was in jener Nacht wirklich geschah. Jetzt, 25 Jahre später, erbt Maggie nach dem Tod ihres Vaters das Haus. Doch kaum ist sie wieder dort, geschehen unerklärliche und zutiefst schaurige Dinge. Baneberry Hall war in seiner 100-jährigen Geschichte immer wieder Schauplatz grauenvoller Geschehnisse, böser Gedanken – und mehrerer Morde.

Turner Construction's latest restoration project is a historic Queen Anne Victorian in San Francisco. This time, general contractor Mel Turner has to work around the owners, who insist on sticking around-along with some ghosts that insist in their own way that the work stops. The ghosts aren't the only ones standing in the way of the renovations. A crotchety neighbor, Emile Blunt, secretly wants this house and could be behind some of the disturbances. But when Emile is found dead, it's Mel who appears guilty.

When the body of pregnant 15-year-old Hope Lacey is discovered in a churchyard on Christmas morning, the community is shocked, but unsurprised. For Hope lived in The Home, the residence of three young girls, whose violent and disturbing pasts have seen them cloistered away. As a police investigation gets underway, the lives of Hope, Lara and Annie are examined, and the staff who work at the home are interviewed, leading to shocking and distressing revelations...and clear evidence that someone is seeking revenge.

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Jack Murphy thought he’d found the perfect escape for his family from a world gone horribly mad. He thought wrong. Matthew Costello’s Home begins mere minutes after the terrible sacrifice Jack made to save his family at Paterville Camp in Vacation. Barely escaping, Jack’s wife, Christie, and two children, Kate and Simon, must accept that their lives and their future have changed forever. In this intimate and human survivalist horror story, the three of them will face even greater dangers....

Eddy Hart's latest case takes him into an area of Los Angeles he thought he had left in his past. As he tries to solve the murder of an old friend, he finds himself embroiled in a gang turf war in Chavez Ravine and in the spotlight of a Sheriff's Deputy, who seems to be intent on arresting him for something he didn't do.

For ex-Wall Streeter Jacobia Jake Tiptree and her teenage son, Sam, September promises tranquil days winter-proofing their rambling handyman's special of a home in Eastport, Maine. But there's nothing idyllic about this Down East autumn. For starters, the return of truly vicious native son Reuben Tate stirs up the town. And when somebody slits Reuben's throat and hangs his corpse on the cemetery gate, the police trace a bloodied scalpel to surgeon Victor Tiptree - Jake's former husband.

The home is a sanctuary for runaway children. Their days are filled with fun and games, and occasionally chores, with no regular adult supervision. Most children believe it is paradise but a few have found it to be more of a prison, unable to leave when they decide they have had enough. Join the main characters, Bom and Mystic, as they try to find a way to escape the Home.

Julie Jones has left her suffocating marriage. With her teenage daughter, Jess, she’s starting over. Their new house in Oceanside is the first step toward a new life. Even if it does come with the unexpected. The previous owners, a pastor and his wife, have left something - or rather someone - behind. Tom Dean has a bitter hatred for the father who considers him a lost cause, and for the woman who’s moved into their family’s house. The only home he’s ever known. He’s never going to leave. She thinks he’ll be gone in three days, but Tom has the perfect plan.

When one of Sweet Home's seniors is conked on the head and left for dead, it's time for Lily and Jules to figure out the who and the why. But with the holiday markets in full swing, a group of gypsies in the middle of the fracas, and a sick Miss Pickles the cat, the girls and Officer Eli have their hands full.

When one of Sweet Home's residents goes missing, Lily decides to put her sleuthing cap on. With her fiancé Eli and his father away on a fishing trip, it's up to Lily to unearth the how and why of the disappearance. But not before she and Jules discover some odd goings on at Reva's café. A secret admirer's column in Jules newspaper is also causing quite a stir at the local hair salon where Lily finds a nemesis of the porcelain kind.

Sweet Home has been inundated with munchkins of all ages. Most are visiting their grandparents during the summer break, much to Essie's chagrin. But when burglaries begin occurring on a steady basis, and one of their own dies during a robbery, the entire town is looking at each other and at the kids.

Three dates, a golf cart with a shark fin on top, and a con man.... Lily and her aunts find themselves with dates to the same function. Little do they know the event will end with some unfortunate soul staring into the great beyond. And as they say, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

The woman on the bed was barely out of her teens. She wasn’t exactly beautiful, but she’d tried to make the most of her looks. And now, alone in a seedy beachfront motel, she was dead. Paradise Police Chief Jesse Stone doesn’t know her name. Whoever she is, she didn’t deserve to die...

FBI Special Agent Carly See, a star in the elite BAU unit, hides a terrible secret: She can speak with the dead. The murder of her best friend at a young age and the disappearance of her sister, still unsolved, plunged her life into grief and awakened a new power within her. All of it feels like a curse—until Carly realizes she can harness her new skills to solve cases. But her abilities are unreliable, and Carly must use her brilliant mind to complete the puzzle—all while struggling to keep her secret from her colleagues.

Jack Noble thought he’d left the ghosts of his past behind. But when an old friend's murder lures him back to the place he swore he'd never return, he steps into a storm of betrayal, deceit, and blood. The town that once knew him as family now sees him as a threat. Shadowy figures lurk in every alley. Familiar faces wear masks of deceit. And as Jack untangles the truth, he realizes one undeniable fact — he’s the target.