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Brought to you by Penguin. Two sisters go into the family business they didn't know they had . . . catching killers. From the creator of the no. 1 bestselling Women's Murder Club thrillers. ______________________________________ Attorney Rhonda Bird returns home to LA to bury her estranged...

It’s their daughter’s graduation and Rachel and Ed Hartley are expecting it to be one of their family’s happiest days. But when she stumbles and falls on stage during the ceremony, a beautiful moment turns to chaos: Gemma has been shot, and just like that, she’s fighting for her life. PI Matthew Hill is one of the first on the scene. A cryptic message Gemma received earlier in the day suggests someone close to her was about to be exposed. But who?

A bodyguard has his work cut out for him protecting a headstrong heiress in this classic tale from New York Times bestselling author Jana DeLeon. Bodyguard to an heiress is Tyler Duhan's idea of hell. The steely, sexy ex-marine has heard—and dismissed—the gossip about the haunted old LeBeau...

The aging millionairess has a problem: where is her young playboy husband getting all his money? To help find the answer, Archie infiltrates a party at her palatial estate. But her late-night murder ruins the festive mood . . . and a letter bomb from a powerful crime boss makes Nero Wolfe do the...

Shanna McGuire is convinced a strange man is following her. When he approaches her on the street, he shocks her with a story that makes her question her family history. She asks Simm to investigate the man's claim. A simple case of genealogy and the search for a possible treasure are perfect for Simm, a former private investigator, and his wife Charlie, both pub owners in Downtown Montreal.

Returning to Seattle after a business trip, retired PI Leo Waterman is shocked to find his girlfriend, Rebecca Duvall, unconscious on the bathroom floor, her house filled with gas. Officials believe it was a suicide attempt in the wake of a humiliating scandal. Under investigation for dereliction of duty, she'd been suspended from her job as medical examiner for King County. Leo knows Rebecca too well - and is determined to prove her innocence and clear her name. Most important, he wants to find out who tried to kill her.

Chrissy Livingstone grieves over her dad's sudden death. While she cleans out his old things, she discovers something she can't explain: seven photos of schoolboys with the year 1987 stamped on the back. Unable to turn off her desire for the truth, she hunts down the boys in the photos only to find out that three of the seven have committed suicide…. Tracing the clues from Surrey to Santa Monica, Chrissy unearths disturbing ties between her father's work as a financier and the victims.

Harry Starke loves a cold case, but this one is really cold, more than a hundred years cold. Family Matters is a tale that takes place on the lonely coast of Maine, where Amanda, a true believer in the paranormal, has inherited—you guessed it—a haunted house. At least that’s what the rumors say. It all begins when Amanda inherits the house, substantial assets, and a large sum of money from her grandmother. The windfall comes with a request to look into the disappearance of Elizabeth, Amanda’s great-great-grandmother, more than a hundred years ago.

When the biggest villain in the country makes you an offer you can't refuse, what should you do? In my case, I decided to accept that offer, made by Mr. Vincent Vanzetti. Vanzetti hired me to find his missing daughter, Vittoria, while threatening reprisals should I fail in my task. While searching for Vittoria, I had to deal with the other members of the Vanzetti clan.

Nero Wolfe's last recorded case! Wolfe never works without a well-heeled client and a sizable fee, but when a bomb racks his brownstone, killing his favorite waiter from his favorite restaurant, the world's greatest gourmet takes it as a personal affront. What kind of unsavory killer commits...

The death of a powerful Chinatown crime boss thrusts private eye Lydia Chin and her partner, Bill Smith, into a storm of double-dealing, subterfuge, murder, and New York City real estate scandal. Choi has left the Tong headquarters building to his niece, who hires Lydia and her partner, Bill Smith, to accompany her to inspect it. The building is at the center of a tug-of-war between Chinatown preservation interests - including Lydia’s brother, Tim - and a real estate developer who’s desperate to get his hands on it.

Nero Wolfe mischt sich nicht in anderer Leute Ehen ein. Doch kurz nachdem er den Fall der reichen Erbin Sarah Rackham abgelehnt hat, wird eine Bombe in Form eines Würstchenpakets angeliefert. Der Absender ist sein Erzfeind Arnold Zeck. Nero Wolfe ist klar: Wenn er jetzt nachgibt, wird er sein Handwerk nie wieder ausüben können. Und so beschließt er, unterzutauchen. Sarah Rackham weiß, dass ihr Mann sie nur des Geldes wegen geheiratet hat.

Denny McConnell, Private Investigator, is hired to research the deeds, land swaps, and old lawsuits regarding Texas ranchland and oil, the rights to which are now disputed by Wendy Axtell Shearer. Obstacles develop, in part, because of Wendy's charming but flawed character. Denny puts to good use his engineering skills, and becomes entangled in the bitter family feud that includes murder, mayhem, and lies. Now, he has to stay alive long enough to untangle this deadly mess.

Moderner Geist trifft alten Adel: C. Auguste Dupin und Edgar Allan Poe, sein treuer Begleiter und Chronist, reisen auf Einladung des Chevalier de Chambois auf dessen Landsitz. Der letzte Nachkomme des alten Geschlechts ist dem Wahnsinn nahe: Jede Nacht erscheinen ihm die Stimmen seiner Familie, die der französischen Revolution zum Opfer fiel. Tut sich im Château de Chambois tatsächlich ein Tor zum Jenseits auf? Oder ist der Chevalier das Ziel eines perfiden Angriffs? Als Dupin und Poe selbst Zeugen der geisterhaften Erscheinungen werden, scheint der erfahrene Ermittler zum ersten Mal an die Grenzen der Rationalität zu stoßen.

Die neunte Tür des Sherlock Holmes-Adventkalenders: Holmes und Watson kommen schließlich in Jerusalem an. Als sie im Haus ihres palästinensischen Kollegen Sallah zu Gast sind, erfahren sie erstaunliche Details über diesen.

Die neunte Tür des Sherlock Holmes-Adventkalenders: Holmes und Watson kommen schließlich in Jerusalem an. Als sie im Haus ihres palästinensischen Kollegen Sallah zu Gast sind, erfahren sie erstaunliche Details über diesen.

Kelsey returns to San Francisco after graduating from college to join her father's detective agency. She quickly finds out she may have bit off more than she can chew. When she gets wrapped up in a case full of danger corruption and secret romance. All the while time is ticking. Will Kelsey and Patrick find Blake in time?

It's the ultimate test of strategy and skill. The killer chooses each opponent carefully, learning each one's weaknesses. Every meticulously planned move is leading to a devastating checkmate. Because in this game, all the pretty pawns must die.

"Der Katechismus der Familie Musgrave" ("The Musgrave Ritual") erschien erstmals im Mai 1893 im Strand Magazine und wurde ein Jahr später mit 10 anderen Fällen in Die Memoiren des Sherlock Holmes veröffentlicht. Holmes erzählt Watson von einem seiner ersten Aufträge, die er in London als beratender Detektiv annahm: Reginald Musgrave, ein Bekannter aus Sherlocks College-Zeiten, bat ihn damals um Hilfe, da auf seinem Landsitz zwei Menschen spurlos verschwanden.