International Mystery & Crime

In Poirot Investigates, Agatha Christie presents eleven riveting short stories featuring the famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. From high-stakes jewel thefts to baffling murders, Poirot faces a variety of complex and puzzling cases that challenge his remarkable intellect and investigative prowess. In these tales, Poirot must unravel a web of deception involving missing persons, secret identities, and shocking crimes, using his keen observation and logical deductions to reveal the truth.

The body of a young woman is found in Chinatown. She's been beaten, tortured - and tattooed with the image of a sun. Called to the scene, Sergeant Jackie Rose asks herself whether this was a drug murder, or something else. But before her investigation can get under way, she is ordered to hand the case over to the Australian Federal Police.

In England's shadowy corners, from misty woods to ancient university halls, criminal psychologist and head of the Ritualistic Behavioural Crime unit Dr Harrison Lane, confronts the country’s most challenging crimes. A boy's body with cryptic messages. A man pinned down by horseshoes. A student etched with strange symbols. Each scene is a piece of a terrifying puzzle only Harrison can solve. As he unravels these ritualistic killings, Harrison digs up long-buried secrets that shake quiet towns to their core. But the deeper he delves, the more his own past threatens to engulf him.

Gemma loves the quiet life of her bookshop, the Bookworm—a haven for book lovers in a quaint town in the heart of Derbyshire. But everything changes when Gemma discovers the body of local author Dominic Westley during the shop’s latest book signing event. When the police rule the death as an accidental overdose, Dominic’s estranged widow points the finger at one of his past lovers. Gemma and her trusty assistant, Mavis, won’t rest until they uncover the truth. Was it an accidental overdose or something more sinister?

1956: In a quiet English village, the smoldering ruins of Rosemont Abbey have set the residents’ tongues wagging, and everyone is quick to accuse troublemaker Paul Everly of the crime of arson. Paul has vanished without a trace, leaving only his plucky twin sister, Louisa, certain of his innocence. Fueling her conviction is an inexplicable connection—she felt her twin’s death an hour before the abbey went up in flames.

Japan, 1869. A time of reform and rebellion. Detectives Kazuki and Kawaji are assigned to investigate a series of seemingly impossible murders. Together with the help of a mysterious shrine maiden, can they solve each gruesome death and piece together the dark connection between them?

Als eine schöne, wohlhabende Studentin tot in ihrem Zimmer in Oxfords renommiertestem College aufgefunden wird, ist es an Detective Inspector Bridget Hart, den Fall zu lösen. Obwohl das Mädchen keinerlei Feinde zu haben schien, kam es bei einem brutalen und blutigen Überfall ums Leben.

Die grootste uitdaging van haar loopbaan wag op speuradjudant Storm van der Merwe. Die kusdorp Hermanus hou vir die eerste keer ooit ’n skrywersfees. Deel van Storm se verpligtinge is om by die gemeenskapsaal kywie te hou. Maar toe daag die sterskrywer van die dorp nie op vir haar sessie nie. Haar liggaam word in Kwaaiwater se Mosselrivier gevind. 24 uur later kom ’n visterman af op nóg ’n lyk – weer ’n vrou, dié keer jonk en swart. En dan is daar ’n derde slagoffer.

A special agent... A journalist... Only they can stop a genocide. Out of the chaotic political turbulence in Europe emerges a frightening new transnational extremist movement called Destiny, modelled on the Nazi Final Solution for the systematic removal of Europe’s Jews. In response, Israel’s government instructs the countries formidable spy agency, Mossad, to sabotage Destiny. The agency implements Operation Aleph Bet to neutralise Destiny’s leadership.

Hallie, a young and successful fashion blogger, recently married to a station owner, is having trouble adjusting to the flies, dust, snakes and isolation in the Flinders Ranges. Left alone with her baby while her husband, Alex is often out on long bore runs during the day, she also has to contend with her father-in-law, Rod, who insists on making himself at home in their house. Alex is out on a bore run, and as Hallie and their daughter, Ruby, watch him in real time on the camera from the homestead, Alex suddenly disappears from view. He is found later, dead at the bottom of a windmill.

Es stirbt sich schöner in der Provence. Professor Moutte von der theologischen Fakultät der Uni in Aix-on-Provence wurde ermordet. War der Täter einer der Bewerber um sein Amt und seine schöne Wohnung? Oder war es einer der Studenten, die auf ein hochdotiertes Stipendium hoffen? Untersuchungsrichter Antoine Verlaque und seine Freundin Marine Bonnet stehen vor einem komplizierten Fall ... Südfranzösische Atmosphäre, Kochkunst und Liebe in einem wunderschönen Provence-Krimi.

Eine packende Geschichte in Nordschweden, wo die Wälder tief und die Geheimnisse noch dunkler sind. Obwohl das Verhältnis zu ihrem Vater und ihrer Stiefmutter zerrüttet ist, beschließt Kristina, nach Ragnas Tod nach Nordschweden zurückzukehren, um an der Beerdigung teilzunehmen. Aber kaum ist sie in der Heimat angekommen, werden alte Wunden aufgerissen. Noch immer hat sie den brutalen Mord an ihrer besten Freundin nicht verarbeitet, denn der Mörder wurde nie gefasst. Damals hatte sie die Stadt fluchtartig verlassen, um ihrer Stiefmutter und den traumatischen Erinnerungen zu entfliehen.

Der erste Fall mit Gretchen Larssen von den Bestsellerautoren B.C. Schiller: Am Strand auf Rügen wird die Leiche eines jungen Mädchens gefunden. Die neue Ostseekommissarin Gretchen Larssen übernimmt mit ihrem Team die Ermittlungen. Plötzlich taucht am Tatort ein Kind aus dem Gebüsch auf. War die Kleine Zeugin des schrecklichen Mordes und warum schweigt sie? Gretchen, die nach vielen Jahren in ihre Heimat Rügen zurückgekehrt ist, stürzt sich verbissen in den Fall, um sich von der erfolglosen Suche nach ihrem verschwundenen Sohn Niki abzulenken.

Ezekiel Tanner left his life as a government spy to become a criminal for hire. Wallace Constantine took a break from his accounting job for a nostalgic vacation. Their paths should never have crossed. But when Ezekiel turns up to a quiet village in Greece for an easy job, he finds Wallace instead of his targets. And later, when an explosion rocks the city of Athens, Ezekiel is nearly killed, and Wallace gets the blame. The unlikely pair need to work together to pick up the pieces.

When Dutch-Canadian Peter Dekker is hired as an investigator by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, he has no inkling of the war crimes that lie in his own family's history. His work takes him to Timbuktu, where he collaborates with Malian colleagues to document war crimes from a recent and only partly-ended civil war. While he is on assignment, his live-in girlfriend, Nora, gets to know Peter's estranged aunt living in The Hague and uncovers a dark history of murder, revenge and collaboration with the Nazi occupiers.