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Harriet Gordon, newly settled in her new role as a teacher at a girls' school in Singapore, faces uncertainty in her budding relationship with Robert Curran, who has just returned from months in Kuala Lumpur. Curran's expected promotion turns sour when the position is given to an old adversary from his Scotland Yard days.

“That Woman in the Croft” is a mystery-thriller set in the atmospheric Highlands of Scotland. It centers around the decaying MacCallum Lodge, a once-prestigious hunting lodge struggling financially. Tensions run high among the staff and guests, particularly between the lodge owner, Hugh MacCallum, his younger wife, Isla, and the rugged gamekeeper, Robbie McTaggart. As whispers of infidelity and unspoken desires simmer beneath the surface, the arrival of the mysterious and alluring Siofra Ravensway turns the lodge's dynamics on its head.

Professor James Moriarty ist zurück für ein packendes neues Abenteuer, in dem er sich mit seinem erbitterten Rivalen Sherlock Holmes zusammenschließt. Moriarty spürt die Frau auf, die er liebt, entdeckt jedoch, dass sie im Netz einer zwielichtigen Gruppe von Bösewichten gefangen ist, die von Tag zu Tag stärker wird. Um dagegen anzukämpfen, muss Moriarty sich Lady Milverton stellen.

In a small continental country civil war is raging. Once a lecturer in medieval French, now a government agent, D is a scarred stranger in England, sent on a mission to buy coal at any price. Initially, this seems to be a matter of straightforward negotiation, but soon, implicated in murder, accused of possessing false documents and theft, held responsible for the death of a young woman, D becomes a hunted man, tormented by allegiances, doubts and love.

Driven away from his parish by a censorious bishop, Monsignor Quixote sets off across Spain accompanied by a deposed renegade mayor as his own Sancho Panza, and his noble steed Rocinante – a faithful but antiquated SEAT 600. Like Cervantes’s classic, this comic, picaresque fable offers enduring insights into our life and times.

In a provincial Argentinian community, Charley Fortnum - a British consul with dubious authority and a notorious fondness for drink - is kidnapped by rebels in a case of mistaken identity. The young but world-weary Doctor Eduardo Plarr, is left to pick up the pieces and secure Fortnum's release, wading through a sea of incompetence and unearthing corruption among authorities and revolutionaries in the process.

When a body is discovered in remote allotments on the edge of town, DI Fenella Sallow's quiet Saturday is shattered. Her first thoughts are that it was a terrible accident. But the bludgeoned corpse tells a different story....

Still reeling from the death of one colleague and a near miss for another, DI Zoe Finch could have done with a quiet winter. But when a body is pulled from the ice at a rural beauty spot, Zoe and her team find themselves back in the thick of murder and intrigue. Who is the dead man? Why was he there? And is there a connection with a web of blackmail and corruption that spreads across the county? Someone knows more than they’re letting on, and their silence could cost more lives. But talking can be just as deadly.

Im Leben trifft man viele Entscheidungen. Der Tod ... gehört nicht dazu ... Als die Leiche eines vermissten Touristen in den Ausläufern des Cuillin-Gebirges am Loch Coruisk entdeckt wird, müssen DI Duncan McAdam und sein kleines Team herausfinden, wie er hierher kam und wer ein Motiv hatte, ihn zu töten. Der Sommer ist eine willkommene Abwechslung nach einem harten und herausfordernden Winter. Nach einigen schwierigen Jahren blüht der Tourismus auf der Isle of Syke wieder auf, und die Insel steht vor einem Besucherrekord.

Lavendel, Lorbeer, Leichenfund. Mags Blake ist überglücklich: Die ersten anstrengenden Wochen nach der Geburt ihrer Tochter sind überstanden, und auch beruflich steht Aufregendes bevor. Gulliver und sie sind zur renommierten Chelsea Flower Show eingeladen. Schon vor Monaten haben sie einen Schaugarten in der Nähe von Rosehaven angelegt, doch genau in jenem stolpert Mags plötzlich über eine Leiche. Diesmal will sie sich nicht in die Ermittlungen hineinziehen lassen - bis sie erfährt, dass der Mord mehr mit ihr zu tun hat, als sie hätte ahnen können.

Rouen, aprile 1983. Ophélie, sette anni, ha visto tutto o quasi. Ma il padre non è l’unico colpevole. Un altro uomo avrebbe potuto salvare la madre. Da allora Ophélie ha un solo obiettivo, ritrovare i testimoni, mettere insieme i pezzi del puzzle che le rivelerà la verità e, con pazienza, compiere la sua vendetta... Orfanella in un centro di accoglienza, alunna ribelle, poi universitaria che si muove con una falsa identità, ogni tappa della vita di Ophélie sarà segnata dalla sua ossessiva e sconvolgente ricerca.

Johannesburg, 1980s Apartheid South Africa. Augustine flees her vengeful ex-boyfriend with nothing but her child and the clothes on her back, terrified he will find her. Because she also possesses a dangerous secret. One he will kill for. One he will never stop hunting her for. But Augustine is rescued by a wealthy white housewife who takes pity on her, offering both employment and refuge. Or so she thinks. It might seem that she is safe inside the walls of the prosperous Diamond family home, but outside her every move is watched. Her sanctuary has become her prison.

Bennie Griessel hat eigentlich genug zu tun als gerade trockener Alkoholiker mit einer mehr als komplizierten Beziehung, doch sein vierter Fall lässt diese privaten Sorgen in den Hintergrund treten. Drei Bodyguards werden tot aufgefunden auf einem abgelegenen Weingut und von ihrem Schützling, einem Cambridge-Mathematiker, fehlt jede Spur. Der einzige Hinweis auf den Täter scheinen die in die Kugel eingeritzten Schlangenköpfe zu sein, wären da nicht das auffallend große Interesse mehrerer Politiker.

Amanda Turner's death is ruled a suicide.... Police have closed the case, but San Francisco Detective Daniel Winters disagrees. Dan's rationale is far from conventional: handwoven rope, freshly painted room, and pieces of prosciutto at the scene...all remind him of Friulano, a distinctive Italian white wine.

Against this backdrop of Mafia turf wars, local gang battles, and political power-plays in the mayoral election, the bodies begin stacking up. An unlikely assassin arrives fresh from Naples after killing a top member of the Camorra to avenge the murder of her family.

Rodeo Drive bridalwear designer Rayne McGrath expected her 30th birthday to start with a power lunch and end with champagne, lobster, and a diamond engagement ring from her fiancé. Instead, flat-broke and busted, she’s on a plane to Ireland—she’s inherited a run-down family castle....

Jeppe Kørner, on leave from the police force and nursing a broken heart, has taken refuge on the island of Bornholm for the winter. Also on the island is Esther de Laurenti, a writer working on a biography on a female anthropologist with a mysterious past and coming to terms with her own crushing sense of loneliness in the wake of a dear friend's death. When Jeppe lends a helping hand at the island's local sawmill, he begins to realize that the island may not be the peaceful refuge it appears to be.

Powerful executive Eliel Zetterborg has been found murdered in his upscale Helsinki home. What at first seems like a straightforward case soon proves to be anything but when it becomes clear the murderer has other targets. The only clue the police have is a photo of Zetterborg with three men whose faces have all been scratched off.

From internationally best-selling author Katrine Engberg, the series that is a “gripping addition to the Scandinavian crime fiction pantheon” (Oprah Daily) comes to a stunning conclusion as Jeppe Kørner and Anette Werner rush to untangle a long-simmering mystery before a brutal killer strikes again.

Em "Se eu fosse Sherlock Holmes", Medeiros e Albuquerque faz jus ao título de pioneiro do policial no Brasil trazendo um narrador que declaradamente se diz inspirado pelo famoso detetive britânico e resolve o mistério do roubo de um anel. Já em "O soldado Jacob", o terror é que dá cor ao conto, na história de um soldado internado em uma instituição para doentes mentais que vive às voltas com seu pesadelo maior.