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Manhattan, 1928. When Alan Priest, reporter for the New York World, discovers a body at the demolition site for the new Chrysler Building, both his and his wife Lorraine's lives are thrown into turmoil. Can they navigate the worlds of vicious mobsters, corrupt police, and Broadway stars to find the killer?

Jane Austen fears that without her siblings at home, there won't be much Christmas cheer in the Austen household this year. But when she uncovers a skeleton in the cellar of Deane Rectory, Jane soon forgets her woes. Her investigation leads her to the legend of a young bride who's long been thought to haunt the woods nearby. After fleeing her wedding breakfast, the bride was never seen again.

Yorkshire, 1926. Gentleman ghost-hunter Arbuthnot 'Arbie' Swift and his old friend Val arrive at Cleeves Lea Manor, looking forward to the promise of a lavish weekend party. The lady of the house, an avid reader of Arbie's books, is eager to show him off to her distinguished guests. But when the guests start dying, Arbie instead finds himself thrust into the middle of a murder investigation. With time running out, will he and Val be able to uncover the truth?

When Ginger’s former sister-in-law Felicia, now Lady Davenport-Witt, first received a mysterious note in the post, she dismissed it as coming from a nuisance writer. These things were known to happen to those who enjoyed social popularity. But with a third one, she began to feel ill at ease. Ginger, however, had been worried since the first short missive had arrived. Someone knew of a family secret that would upset Felicia’s apple cart in a very big way.

Their private detective agency is barely staying afloat, scraping by with small cases here and there. Just when they dream about landing a big case, a desperate father seeks their help to find his daughter. As Jim and Ginger follow a trail of cryptic clues, a common missing person case quickly turns into a complex mystery. With each revelation, they uncover Oceanview Cove's forgotten legends and long-buried secrets. Can our duo of amateur sleuths crack the case and find the missing girl before it's too late? And will their private detective agency survive its first big challenge?

When Janet Tate starts seeing evil spirits in her bathroom mirror, she calls on Suncoast Paranormal. Can Cheryl and Adam close the portal to hell in Janet's home before it's too late? Adam and Cheryl start investigating the disturbances in the Tate home only to find a gate to another dimension. Demonic spirits are trying to cross over into the mortal world to overtake humanity. Only Adam and Cheryl can stop them, but first, they must figure out how. But Cheryl is distracted by another ghost steadily pumping disco music into her head.

Pater Brown, dem dies natürlich auffällt, erfährt von ihr, dass sie am Abend zuvor wohl auf der Kellertreppe ausgerutscht sei, als sie nach Ladenschluss den Müll hinausgebracht habe. Da sie durch den Sturz an einer retrograden Amnesie leidet, kann sie sich nicht mehr an den Unfallhergang erinnern. Dennoch hat Sarah McCoy das Gefühl, dass da noch mehr gewesen wäre. Pater Brown verspricht der Bonbonverkäuferin zu helfen und gerät dabei in einen Fall voller Rätsel und Widersprüche.

Pater Brown besucht ein Gemeindemitglied im Krankenhaus, als er von der Oberschwester Sabel Glover um Hilfe gebeten wird. Die Patientin Ella Rhodes ist verstorben und der Pater soll Melanie Fox, der besten Freundin der Toten, die Mrs. Rhodes leblos in ihrem Krankenbett aufgefunden hat, Beistand leisten. Schnell wird jedoch klar, dass Ella Rhodes keines natürlichen Todes gestorben ist. Doch wer hatte ein Interesse an ihrem Tod? Pater Brown beginnt zu ermitteln und sieht sich bald mit einer Reihe von möglichen Tätern konfrontiert.

Der geistliche Pater Brown löst Fälle mit seinem kirchlichen Background. Entdeckt diese einmalige Sammler Edition mit Fällen wie Aus dem Ei gepellt, Der weiße Skorpion etc.

Auf dem Flohmarkt im Hafen von Palinghuus entdeckt Sarah das alt anmutende Tagebuch eines angeblichen Piraten aus dem 17. Jahrhundert. Trotz spannender Lektüre wird allerdings schnell klar, dass das Tagebuch gar nicht so alt ist, wie es aussieht. Und darin sind Mordfälle beschrieben, die vor 50 Jahren tatsächlich passiert sind! Ist das Buch etwa der Hinweis, mit dem Sarah den Täter von damals überführen kann?

In these bonus stories, you can get more of the Chartwell and Crouch team's exploits and sleuthing, as an exclusive addition to the main books.

When journalist and part-time witch Clarissa Page first meets Toby, she thinks she’s getting a quiet companion. What she gets is a furball with opinions, secrets and more than a touch of magic. Together, they form the least conventional (but most adorable) crime-fighting duo the West Country has ever seen.

When Brie Thornberg-Selvidge shows up to said book club complaining about having a sleepless night, Avery Baldwin is concerned. A barking dog is to blame for Brie’s fatigue, so the ladies decide to sit up that night, listen for the dog, then contact the animal’s owner. Everything goes according to plan, right up to the point where the little dog and its owner glide through Brie’s backyard. Is that a ghost walking around Buenaventura Beach with a yapping doggy trotting by its side? Or is some prankster intentionally trying to ruin the quietude of the town?

Mitzy Moon’s skill as a psychic sleuth is gaining notoriety, but now the cases are getting personal! Mitzy must use her gifts to defend the sexy sheriff against murder accusations, hide her ghost-vision from an unexpected house guest, and find a vanishing dog. With slim alibis and powerful old rivals, she’ll need all the help she can get from her meddling Ghost-ma and a spoiled feline. Can Mitzy protect those closest to her, or will she be forced to make a deadly choice?

Huérfana desde que era un bebé, Signa ha crecido con una serie de tutores, cada cual de ellos más interesado en su fortuna que en su bienestar. Y todos han tenido un final prematuro. Los únicos familiares que le quedan son los esquivos Hawthorne, una familia excéntrica que vive en Thorn Grove, una finca tan reluciente como sombría. Su patriarca lamenta la pérdida de su mujer celebrando fiestas salvajes, mientras que su hijo lucha por controlar la reputación de la familia, que está en decadencia, y su hija sufre una enfermedad misteriosa.

Lord Bellington è morto, però ben pochi, a Carsely, se ne dispiacciono. Aveva infatti deciso di rivestire con una colata di cemento un'area che i pensionati dei Cotswolds usavano come orto e la cosa aveva suscitato più di un malumore. Pare inoltre che Damian, suo figlio ed erede, non abbia il minimo interesse nel portare a compimento i piani di sviluppo del padre. Ma la polizia è interessata a lui, perché – a quanto sembra – Lord Bellington non è morto di morte naturale e bisogna trovare l'assassino.

Summer 1911. A scorching heatwave engulfs the quiet town of Littleton Cotterell and brings about an unusually early harvest. The villagers are thrilled, but events quickly turn sour when one of them turns up dead in an apple orchard, stabbed through the heart. Amateur sleuth Lady Hardcastle and her trusty lady’s maid, Flo, suddenly have a juicy case on their hands. Might the mysterious stranger they recently met in the village be to blame?

Georgie is excited for her first Christmas as a married woman in her lovely new home. She suggests to her dashing husband, Darcy, that they have a little house party, but when Darcy receives a letter from his aunt Ermintrude, there is an abrupt change in plans. She has moved to a house on the edge of the Sandringham estate, near the royal family, and wants to invite Darcy and his new bride for Christmas.

Moving four times in five years has honed air force wife Ellie Avery's packing and unpacking skills. But moving with a newborn daughter and husband Mitch in tow, during a heat wave, is enough to make her turn to chocolate for comfort. And when Ellie finds a local environmentalist dead on the side of the road, her instincts tell her this was no accident.

Forty years ago, Herschel Ruggles, the most legendary player on the Mighty Johns football team at Draven University, disappeared after scoring a record-breaking touchdown. Instead of tossing the ball to the referee after his near-mythical athletic feat or celebrating with the nearly 25,000 spectators in the stands, Ruggles continued running, ball in hand, into a passageway that led deep underneath the field to the Mighty Johns’ locker room - and was never seen again.