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When Claire Shaw wakes in a Seattle hospital, she remembers nothing of what has happened to her. She doesn't recognize the concerned faces of her husband and friends. She knows only that she is lucky to be alive, the single surviving victim of a vicious serial killer. She was a mistake—not like the others. She didn't understand. That was obvious now. But she would come to understand. Next time, there would be no escape—and her eyes would fill with that perfect, beautiful terror....

1961 plant Queen Elisabeth gerade ihren Staatsbesuch in Italien an Bord der Britannia, als sie eine schockierende Nachricht erhält: Ein Mann behauptet, vom königlichen Zug aus einen Mord beobachtet zu haben. Nun ist der angebliche Zeuge kein besonders vertrauenswürdiger Zeitgenosse – andererseits wird aber just seit dem Tag des möglichen Mordes ein Freund von Prinzessin Margarets neuem Ehemann vermisst. Der jungen Queen bleibt nichts anderes übrig, als in dieser delikaten Angelegenheit selbst zu ermitteln.

On the anniversary of her husband's death, all Verity Cade wants is a quiet night in with her besties. The next morning, she's shocked when the body of one of their group is discovered at the bottom of an abandoned quarry. Although the sheriff rules it a suicide, Verity is sure her friend couldn't have killed herself. Determined to uncover the truth and give the grieving family closure, she scours the victim's journals and discovers a web of lies and secrets.

In the Land of the Midnight Sun, secrets cast long shadows. Former Army investigator Duke McAllister remains determined to uncover the truth behind his fiancée’s mysterious disappearance two years ago. Joined by his friend and podcast teammate, Andi Slade, Duke delves into Celeste Dawson’s past and soon uncovers a mind-bending conspiracy. When a shocking news report names Celeste as a suspect in a series of murders, Duke must grapple with the mounting evidence that his fiancée may not be the person he thought she was.

Spain's Civil War has been raging for two years, the outcome still in the balance. But rebel General Franco is so confident of winning that he has opened up battlefield tourism along the country's north coast. Jack Telford, a left-wing reporter, finds himself with an eccentric group of tourists on one of the War Route's yellow Chrysler buses. Driven by his passion for peace, Telford attempts to uncover the hidden truths beneath the conflict.

Ledgar drags Graves to a remote, rainy town known as Dourfaust to investigate a series of house fires. These are no ordinary house fires, however. They are supernatural fires caused by a hellhound! Or...perhaps, devils? It might be that new Blissklump fat oil everyone keeps putting in their lamps. The details, much to Graves' ennui, are unclear...as always. But one fact remains: People are dying. And there's unfortunately no one else available.

Esslingen im 15. Jahrhundert: Nach Monaten, die die junge Katharina als "Meisterin der verbotenen Künste" unter fahrendem Volk verbracht hat, kehrt sie in ihre Heimatstadt Esslingen zurück und kann ihren Liebsten, den Weinhändler Lukas, wieder in die Arme schließen. Doch dann verstört eine Reihe grausamer Morde die ganze Stadt. Katharinas Feinde sorgen nur zu gern dafür, dass der Verdacht auf die junge Frau fällt. Gemeinsam mit Lukas versucht sie, den wahren Täter zu finden. Doch es ist ein schier aussichtsloser Wettlauf mit der Zeit.

Agnes Hart’s Ladies College wasn’t the kind of name associated with bad press. One of the most prestigious boarding schools in the country, this is where high society sends their daughters, the school seen as the very pinnacle of education. But when Grace Miller receives a letter from a concerned parent, it’s not long before the dark reality of this institution comes to light. Murder is the order of the day…if only someone could prove it.

När Juno Browne köper en stor förvaringsmöbel till sin nystartade antikaffär, förväntar hon sig verkligen inte att hitta en död kropp inuti. Och när mannen hon köpte den av, den skurkaktiga bonden Fred Crick, hittas ihjälslagen i sin flammande stuga, är jakten på en dubbelmördare i gång. Trots att polisen kämpar för att hitta ett samband mellan de två brotten, är Juno den här gången fast besluten att ignorera hennes impuls att utreda. Det går helt okej tills det dyker upp en främling som är kusligt lik den döde mannen i garderoben.

The Guncle meets Every Time I Go On Vacation Someone Dies in this fun, twisty mystery following a spoiled nepo baby forced to work at a struggling summer camp who stumbles into a real-life murder mystery he has no choice but to solve. Rustic cabins. Lakefront bonfires. A painfully hot lifeguard...

From award-winning, critically acclaimed crime writer Lev Rosen comes a punchy, hilarious mystery-thriller. Meet the disaster gays: They're messy. They're queer. And they're about to solve a murder… Or die trying. Brandon is a hopeless romantic. So when a handsome stranger named Jon checks in...

When DCI Ian Ahmed agrees—reluctantly—to convalesce on a remote island in the Stockholm archipelago, he expects nothing more than bitter winds, silence, and boredom. But just across the bay, a sleek, modern house stirs to life. Staff arrive in dark clothing, cleaning and prepping with...

Leta Parker would rather not solve another crime. Hoping to turn her gift for sleuthing into a successful fiction career, the retired American expat attends a writers retreat in Cornwall with her fiancé. But when a sardonic wordsmith lands facedown in a fatal cliff fall, the newbie novelist is horrified that the man of her dreams is the prime suspect.

According to Myrtle, Eloise Crane set her cap for Miles long ago. Although Miles is now dating Eloise, he doesn’t seem enthusiastic about it. Myrtle figures he’s simply given in after running out of plausible excuses. Eloise drives Myrtle batty, so she’s intent on avoiding her as much as possible. This isn’t easy since Eloise is determined to join in whenever Miles and Myrtle are together. When Myrtle spots Eloise at a restaurant canoodling with a different gentleman, she likes Eloise even less. And she decides that Eloise has caused no end of problems when her other suitor is found dead.

Jessamine is a long way from home. Her home in the Midwest, that is, not New Zealand, where she grew up. She ran from her husband in Kansas, a former military man whose long silences and cutting words were tearing her apart, leaving everything behind to live on an overgrown piece of property she’d inherited somewhere in Virginia. Thank goodness for book groups. And libraries. When she starts work at the Bent River County Public Library, she is optimistic about her future.

When Melanie Travis's education in breed-handling at Connecticut's classiest obedience school is cut short by sudden death, she smells a murder. So, with her rambunctious poodle puppy, five-year-old son, and sexy fellow breeder Sam Driver in tow, she hits the championship circuit. In this dog-eat-dog world where winning is everything, Melanie discovers that more than one suspect had a bone to pick with the victim, including a kennel owner whose secret recipe for dog biscuits isn't the only thing she's guarding.

Brought to you by Penguin. Mix one old flame with a splash of suspicion for the perfect. . . murder. In the seaside haven of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Willa Keane’s marriage is in a rut. As a retired interior-designer-turned-influencer, she’s sure life begins at fifty-five, whereas her husband...

Un misteriós robatori a Sant Pere de Rodes desvela la desaparició d'unes restes arqueològiques de valor incalculable, per això el monjo de Montserrat Bernat Balaguer i la mossa d'esquadra Berta Bosch s'endinsen en una investigació que els arrossegarà molt més enllà del que mai s'haurien imaginat. La pista d'un llibre sagrat, robat a la Biblioteca Nacional de França, al bell mig de París, posarà al descobert una conspiració ancestral capaç de sacsejar els fonaments de la fe.

Mit Toten ist man in Westlinke vertraut; die Seven Sisters, weiße, ziemlich hohe Kalksteinklippen, ein Hotspot für traurige Seelen, die ihrem Leben ein Ende setzen wollen. Ermordete hingegen – die gibt es so gut wie nie in diesem verschlafenen Landstrich an der südenglischen Küste. Für die Polizei ist der Fall Henry Clayton deshalb klar: Selbstmord. Eine Theorie, mit der Pat Philipps so gar nichts anfangen kann. Und sie muss es schließlich wissen. Immerhin war sie Henrys Therapeutin. Und für sie kann er nur auf einem Weg die Klippen hinabgestürzt sein: Er wurde gestoßen.

Oliver Holmes is summoned to help the police solve a case in which an old security dog is the only witness to murders in a museum. When nothing appears to have been taken, clues unite this crime to the previous one, creating dangerous conditions in which no one is safe.