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Frank Grasby’s father, the Reverend Cyril Grasby, is getting married at Rowntree Hall on Christmas Day 1954. And to make matters worse – Frank is best man. The guests include important clergymen, and Inspector Arthur Juggers, Frank’s boss. As they gather at Rowntree Hall, the snow begins to fall, cutting them off from the outside world. But shortly after the knot is tied, Dean Welling is found dead, poisoned by mistletoe. In his hand is a crumpled piece of paper – on which is written only the letter ‘G’.

50 years since Agatha Christie’s last Marple novel, Sleeping Murder, was published, Christie devotee and thriller author, Lucy Foley, reimagines the most famous fictional female detective of all time in a brand new mystery…

From the multi-award-winning author of Winter Counts comes the second thriller featuring Native American Reservation enforcer Virgil Wounded Horse.

When Leila Reynolds is handed her first murder case, she's shocked at how high-profile it is: the murder of a well-respected, well-known judge. This shouldn't be the kind of case she's leading; it's way beyond her expertise. But the defendant, Jack Millman, is clear. He wants her, and only her. To make things worse, he's refusing to talk. How is she supposed to prove herself on what appears to be an unwinnable case? Losing is not an option. She must find the most persuasive argument. Trials aren't won by convincing judges or fellow barristers – they're all about convincing a jury.

The twenty-sixth thrilling novel in the globally bestselling Women's Murder Club series.

Carralon Ridge, a once vibrant village in rural New South Wales, has become a shell of itself, its houses and buildings bought up and left to rot by the mining company operating at its borders. A decade into its slow death, surrounded by industrial noise and swathed in thick layers of dust, the skeletal town is all but abandoned, with just a handful of residents clinging onto what remains.

World famous author Arthur Fletch is dead. His final novel, the most anticipated book in history, remains unfinished. But the ending won’t write itself. Fletch’s publisher, Merriweather Press, has invited six authors to Fletch’s private island in Scotland. Authors whose books have never had the big marketing budgets or publicity opportunities. In other words, midlist. And they’re about to be presented with the opportunity of a lifetime.

Ali Azeem, a naive Muslim bachelor from Mumbai, thinks he has hit the jackpot when he agrees to a traditional arranged marriage with Maryam Khan, daughter of Abbas Khan, a self-made real-estate tycoon and one of the richest men in New York. Moving with her to the United States, Ali quickly enters an intoxicating, Gatsbyesque world of supertall skyscrapers, sumptuous clothing, and helicopter rides to Southampton.

Avalon Dale is a masterful grifter. She researches her victims thoroughly, kidnaps and sedates them, cleans out their bank accounts, and uses injections and hair clippers to change their appearance so that when they wake up, they can't easily prove who they are. It gives her a head start and a new identity to get away. She's targeted Primrose Meath for her last big score, and then she'll fade away to a life of ease and luxury--something she's dreamed of since a very tough childhood.

After a lengthy leave of absence, DCI Jane Phillips is back in Major Crimes, neck deep in the most macabre murder investigation of her career. The naked body of a famous sportsman has been laid out in a churchyard, wrapped in a white shawl, surrounded by flowers. Stranger still, his heart is missing. With such a high profile victim, the pressure to find the murderer is instant and extreme. And it only increases when the killer strikes again—leaving behind another mutilated body, posed in exactly the same way.

In diesem Haus ist nichts so, wie es scheint: Nr.-1-Bestsellerautorin Freida McFadden ist die Queen der packenden Twists! Sylvia Robinson wird im Haus der Barnetts als private Pflegekraft eingestellt. Nach einem Unfall benötigt Victoria Barnett rund um die Uhr Betreuung. Sie kann weder gehen noch sprechen und ist an ihr Bett im obersten Stockwerk des Hauses gefesselt. Daher hat ihr Mann Sylvia als Unterstützung hinzugeholt. Doch schon bald hat Sylvia das Gefühl, dass Victoria nicht so hilflos ist, wie sie scheint. Dann entdeckt sie Victorias Tagebuch versteckt in einer Kommode.

In diesem Haus ist nichts so, wie es scheint: Nr.-1-Bestsellerautorin Freida McFadden ist die Queen der packenden Twists! Sylvia Robinson wird im Haus der Barnetts als private Pflegekraft eingestellt. Nach einem Unfall benötigt Victoria Barnett rund um die Uhr Betreuung. Sie kann weder gehen noch sprechen und ist an ihr Bett im obersten Stockwerk des Hauses gefesselt. Daher hat ihr Mann Sylvia als Unterstützung hinzugeholt. Doch schon bald hat Sylvia das Gefühl, dass Victoria nicht so hilflos ist, wie sie scheint. Dann entdeckt sie Victorias Tagebuch versteckt in einer Kommode.

When mysterious symbols appear as graffiti around Oxford, lexicographer Martha Thornhill recognises them from a runic alphabet created by a deceased fantasy writer whose papers she once worked on. But this is no publicity stunt, and tensions intensify when further graffiti is found near the body of a university lecturer. Martha is not the only one to have doubts when the suspicious death is ruled by police as suicide. Called upon to lend their linguistic expertise to the case, Martha and her colleagues begin to unearth a tragedy that extends beyond the ancient walls of the university.

Buddy Mack has been caught in the middle of two worlds at war. As an English teacher at a South Side, Chicago, high school lauded for its football team, but at risk in every other way, he tries to instill a love of literature. While all of his students face challenges, he’s especially concerned with a trio of boys who test him to no end but are full of promise and heart: Zeke, the football star; Truth, the sweet-talking charmer; and Dontell, Buddy’s most promising student.

Der Täter: ein gnadenloser Mörder. Die Opfer: scheinbar wahllos gewählt. Die Ermittler: persönlich betroffen … Die packende SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Reihe aus Norwegen geht weiter. Ein Heckenschütze versetzt Oslo in Angst und Schrecken. Scheinbar wahllos schlägt er in der Sommerhitze zu. Eines seiner ersten Opfer ist eine Frau, die Blix und Ramm gut kennen: Umso entschlossener sind sie, den Mörder zu stoppen. Während die Temperaturen immer höher klettern und der Schütze die Stadt weiter terrorisiert, versucht die Polizei ein Muster zwischen den Anschlägen zu finden.

Boisen & Nyborg machen Jagd auf einen Serienmörder - von Nr.-1-Bestsellerautorin Anette Hinrichs. Eine schreckliche Mordserie zieht sich vom deutsch-dänischen Grenzland bis nach Kopenhagen: Ein Pferdezüchter im nordfriesischen Süderlügum wird kreuzförmig aufgehängt im Stall entdeckt, ein Gastronom im dänischen Tøndern sitzt tot an einem gedeckten Tisch, in Kopenhagen treibt die Leiche eines Geschäftsmanns nackt im Hafenbecken. Alle Opfer sind qualvoll erstickt. In ihren zugeklebten Mündern findet sich ein Foto mit einem fremden Gesicht.

Boisen & Nyborg machen Jagd auf einen Serienmörder - von Nr.-1-Bestsellerautorin Anette Hinrichs. Eine schreckliche Mordserie zieht sich vom deutsch-dänischen Grenzland bis nach Kopenhagen: Ein Pferdezüchter im nordfriesischen Süderlügum wird kreuzförmig aufgehängt im Stall entdeckt, ein Gastronom im dänischen Tøndern sitzt tot an einem gedeckten Tisch, in Kopenhagen treibt die Leiche eines Geschäftsmanns nackt im Hafenbecken. Alle Opfer sind qualvoll erstickt. In ihren zugeklebten Mündern findet sich ein Foto mit einem fremden Gesicht.

When MJ Hudson, an old work acquaintance, shows up at Dr Kez Lanyon's house in the middle of the night, Kez knows she has no choice but to help. At the prestigious boarding school that MJ's daughter attends, a teacher has been killed and a pupil is missing. And it seems that the same thing happens every few years. Only this time, the school haven't been able to cover things up and MJ's daughter and her group of nice, quiet friends are right at the heart of the scandal.

Robert West has had five wives, but they've never all been in a room together—until now. Summoned to the ageing movie star's house in the Highlands, they expect a weekend of grandstanding and perhaps some clue about who will inherit his vast fortune one day. They don't expect Robert to announce that he's dying, and penning a memoir that will dish the dirt on each of his notorious marriages.

When Hope finds her real life in the pages of a bestselling novel, truth and fiction become blurred. As a young woman, Hope’s dreams were as aspirational as her name. Curious and beautiful, she landed a job working for an up-and-coming author at his Somerset home. Drawn into the orbit of a glamorous bohemian elite, she quickly falls under the spell of this exotic world, which revolves around Ambrose Glencourt, his artist wife and their semi-adopted son, Tom. But her time with them ends in a fatal disaster. She has kept the truth of those events a secret ever since.