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Dee has come to London to investigate the murder of a man he’d known during World War I when serving with the Chinese Labour Corps. No sooner has Dee interviewed the grieving widow than another dead body turns up. Then another. All stabbed to death with a butterfly sword. Will Dee and Lao be able to connect the threads of the murders—or are they next in line as victims?

A gripping psychological thriller from bestseller M. A. Hunter. Perfect for fans of Lucy Foley. 'BRILLIANT!! JUST BRILLIANT!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review One night. One mistake. One secret... It's been twenty years since I was last with Lily, Dan and Rod, the night that everything changed, the...

Da en hjemløs mand findes død i en park i Stockholm, ligner det et almindeligt, trist og ensomt dødsfald. Men retsmediciner Fredrika Nyman kontakter alligevel Mikael Blomkvist, for den hjemløse har Mikaels telefonnummer på en krøllet seddel i lommen. Mikael Blomkvist har ikke lyst til at...

El reparto y el equipo de una popular serie policíaca de televisión están rodando en el Distrito de los Lagos, y entre bastidores las relaciones son tan tensas como en la pantalla. La reputación del director le precede, las dos estrellas principales están enemistadas y los rumores vuelan...

An unputdownable thriller with twists galore! Perfect for fans of Freida McFadden. I'm in this place because they say I killed my wife. I used to sleepwalk when I was a kid, but it's been years without an episode and even then I never did anything... violent. Nothing is OK here. No one believes...

UNA PRECIOSA ISLA GRIEGA. UNA EXTRAÑA CON VELO. Y UNA CAÍDA FATAL DESDE LOS ACANTILADOS. Miss Atalanta Ashford está haciendo turismo cerca de Venecia cuando una enigmática dama con velo se le acerca con la petición urgente de que investigue la misteriosa muerte de su hija en la idílica...

LA gardener Mas Arai returns to Hiroshima to bring his best friend’s ashes to a relative on the tiny offshore island of Ino, only to become embroiled in the mysterious death of a teenage boy who was about the same age Mas was when he survived the atomic bomb in 1945. The boy’s death affects the elderly, often-curmudgeonly, always-reluctant sleuth, who cannot return home to Los Angeles until he finds a way to see justice served.

Japan faces Korea in the World Baseball Classic at Dodger Stadium, and curmudgeonly gardener Mas Arai finds himself embroiled in a murder. A Japanese tabloid writer drops dead on the field, and Mas gave the victim his last drink. It turns out there's more at stake than a baseball championship - international diplomacy depends upon uncovering secrets buried decades ago.

In Strawberry Yellow, he returns to the strawberry farms of his youth and encounters family intrigue, danger, and murder. The series' most compelling and evocative mystery yet is set in the strawberry fields of Watsonville, California, where young Mas first arrived as a Hiroshima survivor in the 1940s. He returns for the funeral of a cousin and quickly gets entangled in the murder of a young woman. Was his cousin murdered, too?

Mas Arai's best friend, Haruo, is getting married, and he has grudgingly agreed to serve as best man. But when an ancient Japanese doll display of Haruo's fiance goes missing, the wedding is called off with fingers pointed at Haruo. To solve the mystery and to save Haruo's life, Mas must untangle a web of secrecy, heartbreaking memories, and murder.

Have you ever felt like you have to don your Yosemite Sam persona to protect your home from marauders? But not because you flaunt and hoard treasure. Oh no. It’s because the marauders aren’t in it for the loot alone. The marauders get their kicks from breaking and turning everything in their path inside out. It’s like they get their jollies from turning tidy, functional, and organized needs into heaps of trash. The cost in dollars, time, and outside help to repair and replace what these yahoos tear apart is more than Sally can manage at 87 years old.

That Sally the Loner would be at an ice cream social is surreal. But when she turns her van around to go to an ice cream social, it becomes a phantasmagoric moment for the record books.

When Charlemagne (the pup) vanishes to uncover a lottery ticket alongside the road, Sally embarks on a tangled quest to reunite the ticket with its rightful owner. But time is ticking, and a mysterious, determined thief is hot on her trail. Will Sally and Joan crack the case before the ticket—or she—expires? Should she just cash it in and keep it for herself? What’s an 87-year-old spunky woman to do?

Get ready to embark on a whimsical and mysterious journey with Sally, a woman who has always been pet-free, as she grapples with the unexpected appearance of a black and white billy goat in her dooryard. This goat has no intention of leaving and becomes a constant and quirky presence in Sally's life, pushing her beyond her comfort zone and into world of goat-related antics and misadventures.

The rules state contestants must be 18-years-old. Bobby is 12 years old, going on 32. His father has vanished. His mother is rehabbing after being run over by a boulder.

What could be more devastating than losing your job of 27 years to demolition? What if you were to have your car stolen and wake up to your dead grandma yanking you out of your burning house on the same day—on your 63rd birthday? It all happened to Azalia Ralston. A seemingly gray-haired, blue-eyed 5-foot-tall perky waitress who snaps gum and sarcasm at the Greasy Spoon Diner since forever.