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For almost two centuries, St Alfred's Church in Whitstable, Kent, has held special significance in the lives of its parishioners – including for private detective, Pearl Nolan, owner of the Whitstable Pearl restaurant. Pearl's son, Charlie, was christened in the church and her oyster fisherman father, Tommy Nolan, is buried in the old churchyard. Now, St Alfred's is about to play another part in Pearl's life as the setting for her wedding to Canterbury police detective, DCI Mike McGuire.

London 1926. When Kitty Worthington, her husband Robert, and their friends arrive at Langford Hall for the society wedding of the season, something feels wrong before the first champagne cork pops. The groom is drinking too much. The sweet-faced American bride with a steel fortune looks as though she'd rather be anywhere else. And the crumbling Tudor estate draped in roses and lilies can't quite disguise the desperation underneath.

'An outstanding cosy crime debut. Death by Noir is the sparkling start to a corking new series!' JANICE HALLETT, bestselling author of The Killer Question 'Uncork this sparkling delight and quaff deep. With high notes of comedy, suspense and fruity characterisation Olly Smith's debut is...

The lost village at Madley Wood, a place where the leaves don’t grow and the birds don’t sing. A place that tells a shocking story… The Cellar of Secrets. An old secret. A new build. A body. One witness. There’s only one person who can unravel a historic puzzle: covert witch, Amanda Cadabra. In such a picture-perfect English village, who would do anything so terrible as murder? And can Amanda Cadabra and her grumpy feline familiar survive a trip to 1940 to find them, before they find her?

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Business is booming for gourmet cook Angie Amalfi. Her latest venture, Comical Cakes, is delighting San Francisco with outrageous, laugh-out-loud creations guaranteed to steal the spotlight at any party. Life should be sweet—except someone is killing...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Gourmet cuisine, UFO-chasers, and government conspiracies collide in this cosmic culinary caper… When chef Angie Amalfi launches Fantasy Dinners, she never expects her only clients to be eccentric UFO-chasers obsessed with extraterrestrials and...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A dream job. A dead chef. And a recipe for trouble no one saw coming. When gourmet cook Angelina Amalfi lands a behind-the-scenes role on a San Francisco cooking show, she’s ready to trade cocktail parties for cutting boards. But the fantasy shatters...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Someone is killing the chefs of San Francisco… When Angie Amalfi lands a job on a pompous chef's call-in radio show, she thought she would whisk her way to stardom. But the murder of a renowned restaurant owner by a poisoned quiche sends shockwaves...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Angie Amalfi, a gourmet cook with a flair for flavor but a knack for trouble, is stirring up more than just sauce in the kitchen. After a string of failed business ventures, she's concocted a new recipe for success: playing cupid. Her latest dish?...

In Old Alley Town wird wieder gemordet – oder genauer gesagt: zu Tode frisiert! Friseurin Millie Short ist außer sich, als sie eine Leiche in ihrem Salon findet. Der ältere Mann liegt leblos auf dem Stuhl – erdrosselt mit ihrer Haarschneidemaschine. Nur gut, dass sich die Frau längst an Leah Page und ihre Freundinnen gewandt hat.

A Mythical Discovery is a novella that takes place between A Mythical Case of Arson and A Mythical Case of Murder in the Mythical Pet Sitting cozy mystery/fantasy series. Don’t look a gift newt in the mouth. Deandra has officially moved to Axia! She’s rooming with her best friend and cousin, Wendy, and has her trusty baby dragon, Havoc, by her side. She’s basking in the joy of having no schedule and no demands on her time. While taking a relaxing stroll with Havoc in Oracle Park one day, however, her peace is shattered when she overhears a violent altercation.

Where the meals are unforgettable —and so are the secrets. After losing her tech job and her live-in boyfriend in the same week, Nina Parrish leaves San Francisco for Milwaukee, determined to prove she can build a new life in the city’s booming restaurant scene. Her latest challenge is helping launch Forge, an ambitious pop-up in Walker’s Point where one flawless night could secure the future of a permanent restaurant.

For decades, the Wildwood Sanitarium loomed over Landow Creek, a crumbling relic of a dark past. But for Ivory Bainbridge, this imposing three-story brick structure is more than just a ruin—it's the heart of her most daring dream. As whispers of hauntings by the restless souls of former tuberculosis patients intertwine with a shocking connection to one of her closest friends, Ivory feels compelled to uncover the chilling history that lies within its walls.

Salty Hollow looks like the kind of town where nothing bad ever happens... until it does. When a woman turns up dead and an explosion rocks the community, Clover “CJ” Blackthorn, an undercover FBI agent running a small-town diner as her cover, can’t resist digging for the truth. With her loyal Doberman Rizzo at her side, and her invisible dragon Cricket creating more chaos than help, CJ works alongside Officer Blaine, the maddeningly charming cop who’s becoming more than just a partner, to uncover the secrets the town would rather keep buried.

Der irische Frühling hat es in sich: Er ist geprägt von Regen, Sturm und – zumindest für Superintendent Tony Doyle – gähnender Langeweile. Anstatt Verbrecher zu jagen, soll er verschwundene Teddybären aufspüren. Da kommt ihm eine Dienstreise in die Hauptstadt Dublin gerade recht. Emily Thompson hingegen hat ganz andere Probleme.

Nothing bad ever happens in Ponderosa Pines... That’s what anonymous gossip columnist Chloe LaRue and her best friend, town matriarch EV Torrence, thought. But then Luther Plunkett—a second-rate handyman with a first-rate ego—raises a stink over building regulations and then promptly turns up dead. Small-town mysteries have a way of snowballing out of control, especially since EV was seen arguing with the now-deceased at a public function. Before the body gets cold, EV becomes suspect #1 in the murder, and not even Chloe can stop the rumor mill from churning.

In "The Search for Norm: Home Sweet Home," the latest installment of the enchanting Emily's Cat Mysteries Cozy Mystery series, Emily and Jeffrey embark on a thrilling quest to uncover the truth behind a perplexing kidnapping. Join Jeffrey and Emily as they search for Norm with the help of all their friends, both human and animal. Norm's dog, Joe, alerts everyone to the kidnapping, but it requires Jeffrey to listen to mice to get their first clues.

Der verschrobene Kommissar Hyeronimos Galavakis ermittelt in seinem zweiten Fall mit deutscher Gründlichkeit und kretischem »Siga-Siga«. Ein Griechenland-Krimi zum Wegträumen und eine Reise zu den schönsten Flecken Kretas sowie in die urigsten kretischen Tavernen Der bekannte Palmenstrand Vai im Osten Kretas wird durch ein furchtbares Verbrechen erschüttert: Drei schaurig zugerichtete Männerleichen hängen an dem vielbesuchten Strand an Palmen. Die drei Toten gehörten zur homosexuellen Szene auf der Insel und stammten aus wohlhabenden Familien.

Mord: Klappe, die erste. Ganz Shaftesbury ist in Aufruhr: In dem beschaulichen Dörfchen soll ein Historienfilm über eine ansässige Adelsfamilie gedreht werden, und zahlreiche Bewohner werden als Statisten engagiert. Doch bevor die erste Klappe fällt, gibt es einen Toten. Hatte das Opfer jemanden aus dem Dorf gegen sich aufgebracht? Und was hat es mit dem streng geheimen Drehbuch auf sich, dessen Ende niemand kennen darf?

It's opening night at the theatre and Addison Harper has front-row seats with Sergeant Jake Murphy. This might just be his perfect date. The variety show promises spooky Halloween fun, ghoulish drag queens, frightening musical numbers, and the scariest thing of all: audience participation. Of...