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The Case: Book 1 of the Alice White Investigator Series

A divorced legal assistant in 1950s New York City, Alice White, travels to an upstate mountain community to investigate the violent death of a doctor. What at first appears to have been an accident, unfolds into a deadly power play of greed and marital discord that threatens to end her life just as she has begun to thaw. Follow Alice on her first case and discover what mystery readers are raving about! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'I've always had a secret desire to be a woman like Alice!' Kay White (Amazon Review)

Marc Hirsch (Author), Steven Heumann (Narrator)

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Betrayal: A Paranormal historical mystery

In service to His Majesty, one must be prepared for Hell. To survive as a scullery maid requires hard work, discipline, and a stiff upper lip. To survive as a demon hunter is something else entirely. Elizabeth Smyth learned this after she was captured by demons and rescued by hunters. Now a hunter herself, Elizabeth's first task in this new and strange world is to aid the recently wounded Reece Foxjohn, and get him back into demon-slaying shape.... Reece Foxjohn is used to defying convention. He enraged his family by becoming a demon hunter, and prefers eviscerating demons to mixing with society. He is a man who doesn't hesitate when he knows what he wants, and what he wants is Miss Elizabeth Smyth. To watch her behead the progeny of Evil is to behold a thing of beauty—one he must claim for his at all costs.

A.S. Fenichel (Author), Aria Holland (Narrator)

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Ein Fremder hier zu Lande - Von der Heyden-Reihe - Ein neuer Fall für Wilhelm von der Heyden, Teil 2

Berlin jagt den ersten Serienmörder der Stadtgeschichte März 1856. An der Königsmauer, der berüchtigten Bordellgasse Berlins, wird die Leiche einer jungen Frau aus gutem Haus gefunden. Auf den ersten Blick ist klar: Sie wurde stranguliert. Der Leichenbeschauer entdeckt jedoch seltsame Kerben am Schienbein, die er bereits bei drei anderen Opfern nachgewiesen hat. Sie alle waren Prostituierte, keiner der Morde wurde aufgeklärt. Haben es der junge Kriminalkommissar Wilhelm von der Heyden und sein Kollege Vorweg mit dem ersten Serienmörder der Stadt zu tun? Der Druck auf sie wächst von Tag zu Tag: Sollte die Presse von den Fällen erfahren, wird Angst die Stadt erfassen ... Vier junge Frauen und ein skrupelloser Täter - Wilhelm von der Heyden ermittelt in einem neuen Fall

Ralph Knobelsdorf (Author), Matthias Lühn (Narrator)

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Das Geheimnis der verborgenen Bibliothek

Bei ihrer Doktorarbeit über die Entstehung von Heldenmythen macht Zoe Farwell eine Entdeckung: Ihr Vorfahre Gerald Farwell, der wie ein Heiliger verehrt wird, ist anscheinend ermordet worden. Doch warum findet sich dazu nichts in den Akten? Ihre Neugierde ist geweckt.Liverpool, 1839. Ein Mörder geht um in der Stadt, der es speziell auf Prostituierte abgesehen hat. Doch für ermordete Dirnen fühlt sich die örtliche Polizei nicht zuständig. Einzig Madeline Brown, mit einer der getöteten Huren eng befreundet, verlangt Aufklärung. Doch die Polizei bleibt untätig. Erst als Gerald Farwell, Bruder des Earls of Wooverlough und Pfarrer der Gemeinde, gewaltsam ums Leben kommt, schaltet sich die Metropolitan Police ein. Und auch Madeline begibt sich auf Spurensuche ...-

Felicity Whitmore (Author), Hannah Baus (Narrator)

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Summer at Seafall Cottage

'Hands down one of the best books I've read in a long time. This story hooks you immediately, one cannot put it down. I even dreamed about the book!' Goodreads Reviewer 5* Victoria Langley needs to find a refuge when her husband leaves her. She finds it, in the shape of Seafall Cottage on a Cornwall clifftop. The unkempt cottage in the village of Tregollan is a perfect place to recharge - particularly when she finds a fascinating diary from 1905. Victoria determines to solve the secrets the diary contains, but locals blank her when she asks about its author, Tilly Asprey. In walks a handsome lawyer with a missing piece of the puzzle. Now Victoria knows that Tilly's story is just like hers. Can Victoria learn from TIlly's mistakes or is she destined to suffer the same fate? An evocative and romantic read about lost love and new beginnings, this is perfect for fans of Phillipa Ashley, Emma Burstall and Liz Fenwick. Previously published as The Cornish Escape What everyone's saying about 'Summer at Seafall Cottage': 'My anguished howl of 'nooooo' as I finished was so loud I had to go and check I hadn't woken my three-year-old ... I wanted the book to carry on and on and on ... I was caught from the very first, beautifully written, paragraph.' After the Rain 'I read it in one sitting and so will you.' Goodreads Reviewer 5* 'Oh, this was such an enjoyable book! ... To sum up, The Cornish Escape is one enjoyable, feel-good book I totally recommend. You'll simply be flying through it, devouring it in one sitting.' This Chick Reads Over 21,000 copies sold. Amazon US and UK Top 20 bestselling author. - Lily has been telling stories since she was a child, starting with her imaginary rabbit, Stephanus, and their adventures in the enchanted peach tree in her garden, which she envisioned as a magical portal to Enid Blyton's Faraway Tree. She's never really got out of the habit of making things up, and still thinks of Stephanus rather fondly. She lives with her husband and her English bulldog, Fudge, and brings her love for the sea and country-living to her fiction.

Lily Graham (Author), Kristin Atherton (Narrator)

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Guarding the Bootlegger's Widow: A Sweet Historical Roaring Twenties Novel

It’s 1926 in St. Paul, Minnesota and Prohibition is in full swing. A woman can vote, work full time, show her legs in public and cut her hair but she can’t enter a speakeasy without a man by her side… Charlotte LeDoux is struggling to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. Her late husband, Gus, has left her a lot to deal with—his sprawling business empire, his enemies, and an ex-mistress who desperately needs a friend. It’s tough for a woman to compete in a man’s world and even though it’s a never-ending uphill battle, she is determined to succeed. Char gets a new Model T and is excited when William Van Elsberg offers to give her a driving lesson. She’s attracted to the handsome private detective, who, in many ways, is the polar opposite of Gus. Will takes her out for a spin in the car and instructs her how to drive, but at the same time, teaches her how to love again. She’s never been so happy! Meanwhile, Gus’ enemies are circling like vultures. An anonymous note threatening Char’s life forces Will to become her personal bodyguard. He’s highly qualified, but Char’s stubborn belief in her own independence makes it the most difficult job he’s ever taken. Can he keep her safe or will he lose her in the most dangerous fight of her life? Book Two of the Moonshine Madness series. Get your copy now!

Denise Devine (Author), Lorana L. Hoopes (Narrator)

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Lady Violet Investigates

Lady Violet Belmaine emerges from two years of mourning less than enthusiastic about resuming her place in Polite Society. She’s talked into attending a country house party by her French physician friend, Hugh St. Sevier, only to find that the house party guests are preyed upon by a mysterious thief. Among the guests is Sebastian MacHeath, Marquess of Dunkeld. Violet once considered Sebastian her closest confidant, but war and the passing years have changed him. Nonetheless, when Sebastian’s valet, another veteran, comes under suspicion, Violet, St. Sevier, and Sebastian must work together to discover the true culprit, lest an innocent man be sent to the gallows for crimes he did not commit.

Grace Burrowes (Author), Kirsten Potter (Narrator)

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Murder Through the English Post

When a rash of poisoned pen letters envelops their sleepy English village, Beryl and Edwina, the delightfully mismatched friends and sleuths-of-a-certain-age, step up to stamp out the evil-minded epistles in Jessica Ellicott’s sixth historical mystery set in the wake of WWI. What began for two dear if very different friends—an American adventuress and a prim and proper Brit—as a creative response to the lean times following the Great War has evolved into a respectable private enquiry business. So much so that Constable Gibbs calls upon Beryl and Edwina to solve a curious campaign of character assassination. A series of anonymous accusations sent via post have set friend against friend and neighbor against neighbor. In her new position as magistrate, Edwina has already had to settle one dispute that led to fisticuffs. Even Beryl has received a poison pen letter, and while she finds its message preposterous and laughable, others are taking the missives to heart. Their headstrong housekeeper Beddoes is ready to resign and one villager has attempted to take her own life. The disruption of the peace goes far beyond malicious mischief when another villager is murdered. Now it’s up to the intrepid sleuths to read between the lines and narrow down the suspects to identify the lethal letter writer and ensure that justice is delivered …

Jessica Ellicott (Author), Barbara Rosenblat (Narrator)

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Deception: The Sunday Times Bestseller

Brought to you by Penguin. THE GRIPPING NEW NOVEL BY THE NATION'S FAVOURITE STORYTELLER, LESLEY PEARSE What happens when the person closest to you has led a life of deception? After the funeral of her mother, Sally, Alice Kent is approached by a man named Angus Tweedy. He claims to be her father and tells her that he served time in prison for marrying Sally bigamously. What does he hope to gain telling her this now, thirty years on? How can her adored dad Ralph not be her true father? And why did her mother betray her so badly? She had accepted Sally's many faults, and her reluctance to never speak of the past. But faced with this staggering deception, Alice knows she must uncover the whole truth about her mother. Whatever the cost. Alice's journey into her mother's past is one of incredulity as she discovers a woman shaped by a truly traumatic childhood . . . Praise for Lesley Pearse 'Storytelling at its very best' Daily Mail 'Gripping and suspenseful' Daily Express 'A twisting and intense read' Woman's Own © Lesley Pearse 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Lesley Pearse (Author), Helen Keeley (Narrator)

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Peril at the Exposition: A Mystery

Captain Jim Agnihotri and his new bride, Diana Framji, return in Nev March's Peril at the Exposition, the follow up to March's award-winning, Edgar finalist debut, Murder in Old Bombay. 1893: Newlyweds Captain Jim Agnihotri and Diana Framji are settling into their new home in Boston, Massachusetts, having fled the strict social rules of British-ruled Bombay. It's a different life than what they left behind, but theirs is no ordinary marriage: Jim, now a detective at the Dupree Agency, is teaching Diana the art of deduction he’s learned from his idol, Sherlock Holmes. Everyone is talking about the preparations for the World's Fair in Chicago: the grandeur, the speculation, the trickery. And Jim will experience it first-hand: he's being sent to Chicago to investigate the murder of a man named Thomas Pettigrew. As Jim probes the underbelly of Chicago’s docks, warehouses, and taverns, he discovers deep social unrest and some deadly ambitions. When Jim goes missing, Diana must venture far from her comfort zone to find out what happened to her husband. Award-winning author Nev March mesmerized readers with her debut novel, Murder in Old Bombay. Now, in Peril at the Exposition, she wields her craft against the glittering landscape of the Gilded Age with spectacular results. A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books.

Nev March (Author), Safiyya Ingar, Vikas Adam (Narrator)

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Tod im Apothekenhaus

Als der Apotheker Theodor Rapps nach einem Überfall blutüberströmt in seine Apotheke eilt, entdeckt er dort eine Gestalt: sich selbst! Hat der Doppelgänger es etwa auf seine wertvolle Naturaliensammlung abgesehen? Theodor Rapps muss diesem Geheimnis auf die Spur gehen! In Wolf Serno führt seine Leser*innen in diesem Roman ins Hamburg des 18. Jahrhunderts und beweist sein Talent für Historie, Spannung und Mysterien.-

Wolf Serno (Author), Helmut Gentsch (Narrator)

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No Accidental Death: A Historical Mystery

An accidental casualty of battle--or murder? August 1937, the Japanese have invaded northern Shanghai, and a fierce battle rages across the city, but the International Settlement is an island of safety. When an American seaman is found shot on the edge of the urban battleground, mere feet from the boundary, Doug Bainbridge is assigned to investigate for the navy. But what seems a case of foolhardy drunken daredevil sightseeing gone wrong becomes much more sinister when Doug learns it wasn't a Chinese or Japanese military gun that shot Seaman Nick Bonadio. His was no accidental death. Can Doug solve Nick's murder before the murderer comes for him? Book 3 in the Death in Shanghai series of historical mysteries, No Accidental Death continues our journey with Doug, Lucy, Jonesy, and the rest of their friends in 1930s Shanghai, plus a few new faces you'll love. While Doug works to solve a murder in a war zone, new chapters will be written in their lives and relationships, and nothing will ever be the same. What twists and turns lie in store? Read No Accidental Death and find out. This is a traditional mystery, with crossover appeal for fans of LGBT fiction.

Garrett Hutson (Author), James Wolven (Narrator)

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