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It’s Christmas in Berrywick, the busiest time of year for dashing taxi driver Lewis. But when he’s killed in a road accident, the entire village is shaken. Julia Bird, recently appointed to the Road Safety Committee, visits the site so that no other villager suffers the same fate. But when she spies a pendant left in the bushes, she feels certain Lewis’s death was no accident…

At the end of Berrywick’s amateur theatre’s latest production, a shot rings out amongst the rapturous applause. But when Julia Bird peeks through the curtain, she sees lead actor Graham is lying still on the stage, his co-actor Oscar looking down at his prop gun in shock. She knows that Graham has been murdered, but with nearly everyone in the village helping with the play, anyone could have tampered with the props. And why was a beloved family man the target?

When Julia Bird’s ex-husband Peter and his lovely partner Christopher decide to get married in Berrywick, Julia is delighted–after all, who doesn't love a country wedding? Little does Julia know that normally calm and collected Christopher will turn into a full-on Groomzilla–and that by the end of the night, someone will end up dead. The morning after the big day, the jolly nuptial mood turns grim when Julia discovers the lifeless body of the caterer, Desmond. Someone locked him in the cold truck and the poor man froze to death.

Julia Bird loves a walk in the countryside. There’s nothing quite like the fresh air and green rolling hills of the Cotswolds to clear your head. Unless you come across a dead body, that is… When the local Berrywick vet, Dr Eve Davies, is found dead at the bottom of a cliff, the police believe it’s nothing more than a tragic accident, but Julia isn’t so sure. Just a few days earlier when she took her dog, Jake, to the vets, Dr Eve said she believed something awful was about to happen. It turns out she was right…But who would want the beloved village vet dead?

On the first Tuesday of each month, Julia Bird and her Agatha Quizteam teammates take part in Berrywick’s village pub quiz. They take it seriously–what’s the point of playing, after all, if you aren’t in it to win it? But it seems someone connected with the quiz night has taken the competition to a whole new level when Lilian, the local police constable and all-around general-knowledge expert, is found fatally stabbed after the evening’s final round.

Manchmal ist es besser, auf die innere Stimme zu hören, bevor sich die Nacht unwiderruflich über die Sinne legt. Julia Schwarz kennt sich aus mit dem Tod. Die Rechtsmedizinerin ist in ihrem Institut auch als Eislady bekannt. Nichts kann sie so schnell aus der Bahn werfen. Jedenfalls nicht, solange sie es schafft, ihre düstere Vergangenheit in Schach zu halten. Als Kriminalkommissar Florian Kessler sie zu einem Tatort in einem nahe gelegenen Moor ruft, sieht alles zunächst nach einem einfachen Fall aus. Aber dann verschwindet die Leiche und Julia macht sich auf die Suche nach dem toten Mädchen.

After receiving an unexpected inheritance of jewelry, including a rare 'spoon ring', Zelah agrees to go to Cornwall to find out more about its history. She knows she may have to face discovering her own closely-guarded family history. Reluctant to dig up her past at first, she gathers the courage to find out where she comes from and who she really is. So, in the middle of a glorious summer, the Maze Investigations team takes a month off and heads to Cornwall.

On a frigid January night, Chief of Police Russ Van Alstyne and Reverend Clare Fergusson are called to the scene of a raging fire, that quickly becomes a double homicide and kidnapping. Which is the very last thing Russ needs...Currently he's struggling with the prospect of impending fatherhood. And his new wife is not at all happy with his proposal for their long-delayed honeymoon: a week in an unelectrified ice-fishing cabin. The vestry of St. Alban's Church has called for the bishop to investigate Clare's "unpriestly" pregnancy.

The fifth in the page-turning cosy crime series from Glenda Young, this unputdownable whodunnit is perfect for fans of Julia Chapman's Dales Detective Agency and Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club. Eighties pop band The A64 are reuniting for the gig of a lifetime at Scarborough's Open Air...

Die toughe und kompromisslose Frankfurter Kommissarin Julia Durant bekommt es bei ihren neuesten Ermittlungen mit einem über Jahrzehnte unerkannt gebliebenen Serienmörder zu tun – ein Fall, der sie zu ihren Anfängen bei der Sitte zurückführt. In einem unscheinbaren Wohngebiet am Stadtrand von Frankfurt wird nach dem Tod des Rentners Heinrich Voss eine grausige Entdeckung gemacht: Auf dem Grundstück des ehemaligen Landschaftsgärtners lagern menschliche Überreste. Julia Durant und die Mordkommission beginnen zu ermitteln.

Ein mysteriöser Serienkiller versetzt Frankfurt in Angst und Schrecken. Alle Opfer sind junge blonde Mädchen...

Als Amelie, eine junge Karrierefrau, zu einem exklusiven Führungskräfte-Retreat nach Nordschweden reist, ahnt sie noch nicht, dass sie dort spurlos verschwinden wird. Ihre beste Freundin Juli, Journalistin mit Instinkt für das Verborgene, glaubt nicht an Zufälle – und schon gar nicht an Schweigen. Während die Firma und die Polizei beschwichtigen, begibt sich Juli auf eine gefährliche Spurensuche in die Einsamkeit des Nordens. Je näher sie dem abgelegenen Hotel „Fjällblick" kommt, desto dichter wird das Netz aus Lügen, Andeutungen und dunklen Ritualen.

It has been ten years since Jeanie Long was charged with the murder of fifteen-year-old Abigail Mantel. Now residents of the East Yorkshire village of Elvet are disturbed to hear of new evidence proving Jeanie’s innocence. Abigail’s killer is still at large. For one young woman, Emma Bennett, the revelation brings back haunting memories of her vibrant best friend—and of that fearful winter’s day when she had discovered her body lying cold in a ditch.

Detective Constable Janet Scott is subtle and reliable, a diplomatic thinker with a wry sense of humor. She's put in the time and seen it all, but has no desire for the boss's job—she loves her own too much. Rachel Bailey couldn't be more different—she's energetic, impulsive, and ambitious, and has just been transferred to the Manchester murder squad. Their commander thinks Rachel's intuition could make her a great cop, but has reservations about her shoot-first-think-later approach, so she partners her with Janet.

Elizabeth Bell runs a quiet household, with no family and no more than the usual number of servants. She passes her time thinking about crime and working on her biography of a relative. When a young cousin comes to stay, life in the house becomes uncharacteristically lively. First, cousin Judy burns a hole in Miss Bell's desk. Next, they spy a burglar on the staircase—a shadowy figure who vanishes without a trace. And finally, Sarah, the nurse, takes the dogs for a walk and never returns. She is found savagely murdered, and she will not be the last to die.

With her phenomenally popular Miss Julia series, author Ann B. Ross has graced the New York Times and other best seller lists on her way to capturing the hearts of her many dedicated fans. Miss Julia, a graceful Southern lady with impeccable manners and a penchant for problem solving, has become a beloved heroine for countless admirers.

Sammen med kriminalkommissær Florian Kessler tager Julia ud til en nærtliggende mose, hvor en død pige er blevet fundet. Men da liget på mystisk vis forsvinder og et nyt offer dukker op, indser Julia, at hun har at gøre med en farlig seriemorder, som er ved at udføre en perfid plan. Julia Schwarz er fortrolig med døden. Hun arbejder ved Retsmedicinsk Institut i Køln, hvor hun også går under navnet Isdronningen.

In 1924 Manhattan, women’s suffrage is old news. For sophisticated booklover Julia Kydd, life’s too short for politics. With her cropped hair and penchant for independent living, Julia wants only to publish books under her own imprint. But as a woman, Julia must fight for what’s hers - including the inheritance her estranged half brother, Philip, has challenged, putting her aspirations in jeopardy.

An einem klaren Herbsttag machen Taucher vor der schwedischen Westküste eine schreckliche Entdeckung: Auf dem Meeresgrund liegt ein Koffer mit menschlichen Knochen – ein Grab in der See, rund dreißig Jahre alt. Die Kriminaljournalistin Julia Järvskog kennt Hunnebostrand gut, denn hier hat sie als Kind viele Sommer bei ihren Großeltern verbracht. Gemeinsam mit ihrer Jugendliebe Kalle, der inzwischen bei der örtlichen Polizei arbeitet, versucht sie herauszufinden, was hinter dem grausigen Fund steckt.

Veronika Layne is a sassy, tattooed forty-something (okay, forty-nine) newspaper reporter who never saw herself working for a big corporation. When her small town weekly paper is swallowed up by Singh Media Group, that's exactly what happens. Further complicating her job, a sexy new reporter has been hired from the competing paper, and while he's terribly attractive, he remains the competition. But the fantasies won't stop and her best friend and fellow reporter Aiden is even starting to notice.