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“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.

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.

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.

Die oorskot van ’n verminkte vierjarige word in die vroeë oggendure in ’n Frutti Tutti-roomyskarretjie in Harrismith ontdek. Kaptein Brummels besluit oornag om Parkwegstasie se bulhond, Sollie Mtembu, saam te sleep om ’n oudkollega van hom met die ondersoek te help. Sollie lyk dalk na ’n onervare sersant wat dikwels oor sy eie woorde struikel, maar as hy iets beetkry, laat los hy nie.

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.

It’s almost Christmas and Bunny McGarry is not in the festive spirit. His mood is not improved when an old friend becomes the victim of a violent assault and, for reasons he can’t understand, the police force he is a member of has decided not to investigate. Getting to the bottom of the case ends up putting him on the wrong side of some powerful people.

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.

December on the Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal—and solicitor Benedicta "Ben" O'Keeffe is working flat out before the Christmas holidays. While on a trip to Dublin to visit her parents, she runs into Luke Kirby—the man who killed her sister—freshly released from jail. On the surface he appears remorseful, conciliatory even, but his comment as she walks away makes her realize he is as evil as ever. Back in Glendara, she finds chaos. The Oak pub has burned down and Carole Kearney, the Oak's barmaid, has gone missing.

After a brutal battle for supremacy between opposing Yakuza syndicates goes south, gun violence explodes in the Tokyo underground and quickly spreads throughout the city. Desperate to curb the influx of firearms, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is forced to seek help from Interpol.

"Wie unsichtbare Masken tragen sie ihre Gleichgültigkeit vor sich her, mustern mich beinahe feindselig, als hätte ich ihr Unglück zu verantworten. Da ist sie wieder, diese Mauer." Maresciallo Pietro Carminati wird in ein kleines Dorf in einem engen Tal versetzt. Vierzig Jahre lang war dort Ruhe, aber bereits am Tag seiner Ankunft liegt der Dorfsäufer Sepp tot im Bach. Alles sieht nach einem Unfall aus. Doch als tags drauf ein Bauer an ein Marterl geflochten tot aufgefunden wird, ist klar: Ein Mörder treibt sein Unwesen im Tal.

No one thinks very much at all about carwash employee Davey Burnet, until one day he takes the wrong customer's motor for a ride. One kidnapping later, he and the carwash are officially part of Glasgow's criminal underworld, working for a psychopath who enjoys playing games like "Keep Yer Kneecaps" with any poor bastard who crosses him. Can Davey escape from the gang's clutches with his kneecaps and life intact? Perhaps this polis Ally McCoist who keeps nosing around the carwash could help. That's if she doesn't get herself killed first.

A wave lifts the stern of the boat, rigging groans in protest and a crash comes from down below, as the wails of the cargo rise above the howl of the storm. It's a wild Christmas Day on the rugged Northern Irish coast. But there's no time for turkey and pud with the family for Detectives Harvey and Birch. DS Aaron Birch leans into the wind and driving sleet. Thick, scudding clouds make the streets of Lisburn almost as dark as early evening. Then he gets the tip-off. Smugglers coming into a boatyard in Bangor.