The year is 1961. Barney Carmichael is about to take on his toughest case yet when a mysterious and glamorous woman walks into his office unannounced. Her request is simple: find her son. It is soon clear that the task is far from simple, however. In fact, the more Barney and brother Jim delve into the mystery, the more confusing it becomes. Meanwhile, Barney’s friend, Inspector Tony Halliday of Scotland Yard, seeks his help in solving a series of baffling murders. Charwomen at a big London office block are being picked off, seemingly at random, by an unknown assailant. The Carmichael Private Investigation agency has also taken on a bright new secretary, but when she is determined to do some investigating of her own, she makes a devastating discovery that changes her life forever.
The year is 1948. Reverend Bernard Paltoquet and his friend Dr Robbie MacTavish go on a tour of Europe and encounter a mystery in a Bergen forest. Why are the ghosts of two children haunting a fir tree? The following Christmas, that very tree turns up in the church hall and the ghosts of the children with it. It seems they cannot rest until their murderer has been brought to justice and only the psychic Robbie can help, even though he doesn’t speak a word of Norwegian! It seems an impossible task, but Robbie is determined to help them, despite all the obstacles in his way.
When Fiona and James Brett move into their fashionable London home, they discover the attic room harbours a dark and deadly secret. James locks himself away inside, ostensibly to take up oil painting, but he soon becomes moody, even violent. Local prostitutes are being attacked, and then the Bretts’ Polish cleaner is murdered. Another murder soon follows and this time it is even more close to home. James’s former lover is found mutilated, mirroring the Whitechapel killings of over a century ago. Could James be responsible, or is the evil of Jack the Ripper’s crimes casting its shadow over him?
It’s the middle of the breeding season in Upstate New York, and the top stallions in Kent Stephenson’s veterinary practice are being systematically eliminated by sudden death, rare disease, and mysterious disappearance.
Kent, his Redbone hound, Lucinda, and his teenage daughter, Emily, put their lives on the line to find out why. Their investigation leads them from horseracing’s seedy underbelly of fixes and doping, to the staid aristocracy of Kentucky’s famed bluegrass horse farms, struggling to keep their legacy of great stallions.
Then they descend into the world of a super-rich, South American drug lord, who collects horses the way he collects beautiful women. It’s a race to the wire as they jockey to keep themselves alive, save the stallions, and stop whoever is behind it all.
What they discover rocks the horse industry.
And it will rock the very soul of any lover of these great beasts.
From prolific mystery writer, Patricia Wentworth, 'The Astonishing Adventure of Jane Smith' is more of a thriller than a mystery. This is the tale of plucky Jane Smith; down on her luck, but about to enter a world of anarchists, hidden laboratories, and tumultuous romance!
Mystery is rife and so is the fun when a crew of quirky characters set out to solve a slew of crimes causing havoc in Regency London’s Jewish community.
Lady Marblehead is not pleased. In fact, she’s furious. Not only is someone trying to poison her, but the impertinent scoundrel is after her jewels too.
All the clues seem to point to her new doctor, a young Jewish man recently arrived in London. But is he really the one responsible? Or is there some darker, more malevolent force at work?
In this first book in the Jewish Regency Mystery Series, it’s up to wealthy-widower-turned-sleuth Mr. Ezra Melamed to find the culprit — before the poisoner strikes again.
A night at the opera ends in murder. Lady Marjorie will need to be at her razor-sharp best...
Lady Marjorie Snellthorpe agrees to accompany her cousin-in-law, Edna Parkinton on an organised tour, starting in Romania.
Looking for rest and relaxation after their last trip ended in a murder investigation, things don't quite go to plan. Edna is pleased when Horace Tyler from their previous holiday joins them, and Marjorie believes she has found a new friend in Frederick Mackworth. Their peace is shattered when they meet an argumentative and annoying sextet, including a petulant diva. This is made worse when the whole party is detained in Cluj-Napoca after a body is discovered at the end of their night at the opera.
The death of one among their company raises questions about who might have wanted to kill the seemingly unpopular diva. With a plethora of suspects, Marjorie and Edna lock horns while trying to discover who was responsible.
It appears the dead woman's friends and family are more interested on continuing with their holiday than finding a killer. With each harbouring secrets they would rather remain untold, Marjorie and her pensioner pals have their work cut out.
Can Marjorie get to the bottom of a troubling murder without killing her cousin-in-law and ending up in a Romanian jail?
Murder at the Opera House is the first in a rollicking new series. Don't be fooled by the ages of this quartet. They mean business...
If you like determined sleuths, jaw-dropping surprises, and detailed investigative work, you’ll love this humorous group of pensioners.
Zwei packende St. Peter-Ording Krimis in einem Hörbuch!
Nordwesttod
Aus der Landeshauptstadt Bayerns ins ferne Kiel: Kommissarin Anna Wagner braucht nach ihrer Scheidung einen Tapetenwechsel. Sie zieht in den Norden, um im Landeskriminalamt Schleswig-Holstein eine Stelle aufzubauen, die auf Vermisstenfälle spezialisiert ist. Gleich ihr erster Fall führt sie nach St. Peter-Ording an die Nordseeküste: Nina Brechtmann, eine junge Umweltaktivistin aus einer einflussreichen Hoteliersfamilie, wird vermisst. Hat ihr Verschwinden etwas mit den aggressiven Expansionsplänen ihrer Familie zu tun, wurde sie vielleicht entführt? Oder hütete die junge Frau ein Geheimnis? Anna Wagner und der örtliche Dienststellenleiter Hendrik Norberg ermitteln unter Hochdruck, denn niemand weiß, wann genau Nina Brechtmann verschwunden ist … und jede Minute zählt.
Nordwestzorn
Der neue Fall von Kommissarin Anna Wagner entspringt dem Albtraum aller Eltern: Vor mehr als 15 Jahren verschwand ein Junge aus einem Sommercamp bei St. Peter-Ording, eine Leiche wurde nie gefunden. Im Fokus der Ermittlungen standen damals drei Männer, von denen allerdings nur der Leiter des Camps angeklagt und nach einem öffentlichkeitswirksamen Indizienprozess freigesprochen wurde. Den Verdacht, sich an dem Jungen vergangen zu haben, konnte jedoch keiner der Männer je wieder vollständig abstreifen. Als der damalige Camp-Leiter nach vielen Jahren im Ausland nach St. Peter-Ording zurückkehrt und nach kurzer Zeit spurlos verschwindet, ist der Soko schnell klar: Nur wenn sie den alten Fall lösen, haben sie vielleicht eine Chance, den Mann lebend zu bergen …
A chance meeting with a mysterious elderly man....
Who is Old Tom? A sad and lonely fusspot? Or a forgotten figure whose bewildering deductive abilities hint at something more? Does he ever leave his armchair? Why is he only ever seen or heard by engaging local newspaper reporter Trench? And what surprising secret are the Mayflower Court Flats really hiding?
Come on a challenging yet comfortable investigation. Can you solve the mystery without leaving your armchair..?
In the Nightside-that hidden area in the middle of London where time stands still at three A.M. and the sun won't rise to refute it-nightmares go walking in borrowed flesh, and not everything that looks back at you with human eyes is really human.
I'm John Taylor, a PI with a knack for finding things, helping those the Nightside has chewed up and is about to spit out. All things considered, my life lately had been bright, even in this shadowy place.
So it was only a matter of time before everything hit the fan. Walker-the powerful, ever-present, never-to-be-trusted agent who runs the Nightside on behalf of the authorities-paid me a visit. He told me he is dying and that he, too, has a job for me. An important job.
His.
Tensions are high on the eve of the grand opening of Prive, an exclusive gourmet dining club that interior designer Meg Barrett played a large part in decorating. With just the well-heeled owners, the kitchen staff, and Meg gathered for the pre-opening feast, it seems that everyone in the small group is airing their grievances, with their most venomous attacks directed at the notorious sous chef. But it still comes as a shock when the young woman is found dead the following morning, and Meg knows she'll have to go into sleuthing mode to discover who had murder slated for the main course.
The most obvious suspect is the bitter winery owner next door, who'd been forced to sell her family's French farmhouse to the owners of the dining club. But rumors are swirling of an affair between the victim and one of the owners, and clues begin to surface suggesting that the young woman was holding something over the owners' heads. With the Hamptons elite closing ranks, Meg begins to think she may be out of her depth-and next on the killer's list-because money can make for a powerful motive, and there are some secrets a person will kill to protect . . .
The Amazon Charts #1 Bestselling Mystery Series
Hanna and Alex face their most dangerous challenge yet when the murder of a past friend and associate leads them to a plot that threatens to be one of the most devastating terrorist attacks in US history.
As they struggle to stop the frightening catastrophe, both find themselves in the crosshairs of a dangerous terrorist cell and dark forces that come at them with deadly intent.
Their own personal relationship is again thrown into disarray when Alex is suspended from the FBI and Hanna's son battles a frightening addiction; and when all else seems to be in ruins, Alex's ex-wife returns with nothing but chaos and carnage in mind.
If you love mystery and suspense with twisting plots, compelling characters, and settings that will sweep you away, find out why readers are raving about the Hanna and Alex series.
