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After spending twelve years in New York City, fiber influencer Sadie Sexton didn’t expect to find herself living back in her hometown of Hoochville, Tennessee. But when her grandmother bequeaths her beloved yarn shop to Sadie and her sister Charmayne with the stipulation that they must run it together for a year, Sadie and her dog Peaches find themselves back in the small Appalachian town.

Dem Eberhofer kommt das auch spanisch vor – oder eher italienisch! Und so kraxelt er auf den Spuren des vermeintlichen Mordopfers in den Dolomiten herum. Und der Rudi, der muss derweil beim Hauptverdächtigen auf dem Campingplatz ermitteln – inkognito, versteht sich.

When a fellow partygoer is poisoned while bobbing for apples, Francie needs to get justice for her friend. But just days after the crime, she gets devastating news: the Jibbleson sisters’ fingerprints were found on the murder weapon. Even though most (okay, all) of their inventions explode, Francie knows they’d never commit murder. She promises to get them out of their jail cell and back to their workshop faster than you can sing the Monster Mash.

In the festive village of Holiday Junction, April Fool’s Day takes a sinister turn when a notorious troublemaker is found dead after a heated altercation. Violet Rhinehammer, sharp-witted journalist for the Junction Journal, is knee-deep in covering the town’s Fool’s Festival when a palm reader’s cryptic prophecy shakes her to the core. The tension only rises at a surprise party for her boyfriend, Darren, where an argument with a rowdy bar regular leads to a shocking discovery: the man from the party is dead, and suspicions swirl.

It’s an exciting time for yarn shop owner Izzy Chambers Perry. She and her new husband are expecting a baby, and all of Sea Harbor seems to be rejoicing with them. As a mother-to-be, Izzy is having a heady summer—full of bike rides, runs along the shore, and time spent with her aunt Nell and the other Seaside Knitters—until the day she spots an abandoned baby car seat and hand-knit blanket on the beach. Izzy immediately recognizes the blanket’s material—a soft yellow angora yarn she displayed in her shop window last fall.

It's October in Daybreak Harbor, which means everything Halloween. The town is going all out for the holiday, hoping to one-up the festivities in neighboring Salem, Massachusetts, and Maddie James is delighted to be part of the planning for the annual happenings. But trouble brews when Maddie's youngest sister, Sam, books a famous medium, Balfour Dempsey, to come to town for the celebrations and stay in the local haunted inn—along with his equally famous black cat. The town busybody books a secret reading with Balfour and doesn't want anyone to know why.

During the cherished Midwinter Festival and Hot Cocoa Championship, Charlie finds herself smack-dab in the middle of a twisty murder mystery, with her faithful companion, Sherlock the cat, by her side. Before long, the town buzzes with intrigue and doubt that threatens to unravel the festive spirit. When suspicion falls on Charlie's adored aunt, her determination to protect her family plunges her into a labyrinth of century-old secrets. With every step, Charlie reveals a town as intricate and multi-layered as the mystery itself.

Ein entspannter Sonntag im Karlsruher Zoo wird hektisch, als die Schimpansen Couscous, Fufu und Chickpea ausbrechen. Besonders Couscous, der älteste und rebellischste Schimpanse des Zoos, sorgt für Aufruhr. Im nahegelegenen Hauptbahnhof schnappt er sich in einem Imbiss ein Döner-Messer. Kurze Zeit später wird ein Tabakhändler mit dem Messer im Rücken tot aufgefunden. Ein Fall für Kommissar Jens Schiemann und Kira Mauerfuchs, die sich auf eine chaotische Verfolgungsjagd begeben - denn in Karlsruhe ist der Affe los, und offenbar hat er Mord im Sinn!