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When Kate Marshall finds the body of a young man floating in the Shadow Sands reservoir, the authorities label it a tragic accident. But the details don't add up: why was he there in the middle of the night? If he was such a strong swimmer, how did he drown? As Kate and her assistant Tristan Harper follow the evidence, they make a far darker discovery.

A fresh murder in Arizona throws a family into chaos, and unravels a decades-old mystery. It’s been 20 years since the accident. A nighttime car crash on a desert road that left her parents dead and her sister disabled. Now a law enforcement officer with the Arizona Rangers, Michaela Sanchez has tried to get over the guilt she feels. She’s tried to move on. But when her brother is charged with the murder of a local activist, echoes of her family’s tragic night come crashing back. Michaela will do everything in her power to prove her brother’s innocence.

It's Christmas time at the Pearl Sands, but Charlie is finding it difficult to face the challenging feelings of the holiday season in her new home. When an eccentric and wealthy woman seeks out her investigating skills, she jumps at the chance to leave the emotional holiday behind and heads to an exclusive holiday party. Can Charlie uncover which guests have sinister intentions and which guests are simply there for a good time?

When a morning swim turns deadly, Charlie can’t help but become involved in the investigation of the death of a young socialite’s boyfriend. Is her stalker the true killer, or is there someone else behind the death? As a story of romance unfolds between the socialites, Charlie’s own romantic endeavors are coming to a head.

Zwei dänische Mädchen, Lulu und Lisbeth, verschwinden 1985 spurlos auf der Überfahrt nach England. Jahrzehnte später fällt Journalistin Nora Sand, die in London für eine dänische Zeitung arbeitet, ein Foto der beiden in die Hände: Aufgenommen in der Zeit danach. Ihre Recherchen führen Nora nach Dänemark – und zu dem englischen Frauenmörder Bill Hix. Er sitzt seit Jahren im Gefängnis, im Hochsicherheitstrakt. In Absprache mit Scotland Yard darf Nora ihn dort besuchen.

Estate sale organizer Audrey Nealon combines business with pleasure as she plans a sale at the exquisite beach home of the Gardner family. But the romantic getaway weekend with her husband is shattered when the body of a teenage boy washes up on the sand. The death soon proves to be more than an unpleasant distraction from Audrey’s work. Sophia, the troubled young woman who lives next door to the Gardners, is wracked with guilt over the death of her friend.

When young fiber artist Willow Adams visits Izzy Chambers' knitting studio, she's immediately embraced by the Seaside knitters, and they see the monthly arts event at Canary Cove as a perfect place to showcase Willow's work. But the idyllic summer in Sea Harbor turns somber when the body of Nick Peabody - owner of a popular gallery - is found in a garden. Soon Nick's secrets begin to surface, and the residents of Sea Harbor realize they didn't know him at all.

Beneath the Southern charm, Savannah's secrets are darker than its cobblestone streets. US Marshal Katelyn Landers never expected her estranged sister-in-law, Vivienne Chandler, to show up on her doorstep, especially not with a chilling claim that her husband has emptied their bank accounts and...

First they warned Jocelyn Johnson. Then they ticketed Jocelyn Johnson. Then someone murdered Jocelyn Johnson. Cara Mia Delgatto was looking for a lost ball when she found Jocelyn "JJ" Johnson face down in a sand trap. It wasn't a surprise. The neighbors hated JJ for the reckless way she drove her golf cart. Sure, she lived on the grounds of a swanky golf club, and yes, she had tons of money, but JJ ruined flowerbeds, terrorized grandkids, and made a nuisance of herself. Except . . . except . . . she's quiet now.

Spurensuche im Sandhaufen: Nach einer gemütsintensiven Woche mit ihrer pubertierenden Nichte, darf sich Kommissarin Maike Pech endlich wieder menschlichen Abgründen zuwenden. Eine Leiche wurde mit einem Sandkipper auf die letzte Reise geschickt. Nun heißt es: graben, graben, graben, um diesen wendungsreichen Fall zu lösen. Mit nonchalantem Humor und packend gesprochen von Comedy-Star Mirja Boes geht die Krimiserie Pech & Schwäfel in die dritte Runde. Entspannte Weihnachten gehen anders! Kriminalhauptkommissarin Maike Pech macht drei Kreuze als die sieben Tage als Babysitterin ihrer jugendlichen Nichte gezählt sind.

Der einzige Obdachlose der Insel wurde erschlagen. Tilla Flock, die gerade ihren Job beim Werbeblatt gekündigt hat, will seinen Mörder jedoch um jeden Preis finden. Zusammen mit ihrem Freund Hark Herforth, einem Pfarrer auf Langzeiturlaub, befragt sie die Inselbewohner. Ein entscheidender Hinweis führt die beiden auf die Nachbarinsel Baltrum. Als ein Brandanschlag auf die Redaktion des Werbeblatts verübt wird, ahnen Tilla und Hark, dass dieser Fall für sie vielleicht gefährlicher werden könnte als gedacht.

At the heart of this book is Cindy, a character whose creativity knows no bounds and whose love for her friends drives her to concoct a grand ruse like no other. Her plan is a tapestry of complexity, a web of mystery carefully spun to bring her friends together in a way they could never have anticipated. You are about to embark on a journey filled with intrigue, deception, and the remarkable ingenuity of a friend determined to weave an extraordinary narrative. After inheriting all her late father’s estate, Cindy finds herself extremely wealthy.

Sun, sand and champagne. It sounds like the perfect vacation, until the disappearances started. Local women are vanishing from the Caribbean island of St. Solomon and no one seems to know why. Even worse, the local authorities aren’t doing anything about it. Determined not to let these disappearances get any worse, Special Agent Emily Slate goes undercover for the first time since her life was turned upside down, determined to find out who could be behind it all.

When Charlie Carter catches her fiancé cheating with her best friend, she swaps power suits for swimsuits and moves to the idyllic seaside town of Sunrise Bay. Maybe a dose of vitamin sea can cure her broken heart. Beautiful beaches aren't the little town's only attractions. It's also the home of her feisty retired aunt, who soon has Charlie surrounded by new friends and fulfilling a lifelong dream of becoming a photographer. Everything is going swimmingly until Aunt Evie's book club pal Peggy turns up deader than Charlie's engagement.

Margaret Maron continues her best-selling Deborah Knott series with Sand Sharks - an "outstanding ... neat mystery that [is] highly recommended" ( Library Journal, starred review). Judge Deborah's hopes for relaxation at a seaside judicial conference are dashed when she stumbles upon the murdered body of a colleague. And when more judges turn up dead, Deborah fears she could be next.

Als bei Bauarbeiten auf Sylt ein Skelett gefunden wird, tappt Hauptkommissar Erik Wolf im Dunkeln: Wer ist die Tote, die vor fünf Jahren ermordet wurde? Seine umtriebige italienische Schwiegermutter hat schnell einen Verdacht, wer das Mordopfer sein könnte, doch gründet ihre Vermutung weniger auf Beweisen, sondern mehr auf ihrer Intuition. Dann, einen Tag vor dem traditionellen Biikebrennen, verschwindet erneut eine Frau. Mamma Carlotta ist entsetzt, denn sie kennt die Vermisste gut. Während des großen Volksfests macht sie dann einen schrecklichen Fund.

New jobs can be murder - that’s what it seems like to Emma Harmon of Cape Hope. She’s got a new job blogging about food, and she’s thrilled to be traveling to a new resort to sample the fare and meet local celebrities. One of who is first-kiss-Robbie - as in the first boy to kiss her is a famous chef now! She also finds out her photographer is a hot guy with a major chip on his shoulder, so she’s not so thrilled when she discovers a body in the sand dunes. One with a knife sticking out of him. A chef knife. Robbie’s chef knife.

Du kan inte se honom. Men han kan se dig... När Kate Marshall hittar en liket efter en ung man i Shadow Sands-reservoaren vill polisen avskriva dödsfallet som en tragisk olycka. Men det är något som inte stämmer. Varför var offret där mitt i natten? Hur kunde han, en skicklig simmare, drunkna? Kate börjar gräva djupare i fallet tillsammans med sin assistent Tristan Harper och de upptäcker snart något mycket otäckt...

Lacey Doyle, 39 Jahre alt und frisch geschieden, hat vor Kurzem ihr ganzes Leben auf den Kopf gestellt, denn sie hat ihr schnelles Leben in New York City aufgegeben und sich in dem malerischen englischen Küstenstädtchen Wilfordshire niedergelassen. Es ist Frühling. Nachdem sie erst vor wenigen Wochen einen Mordfall gelöst hat, beginnt Lacey - nicht zuletzt wegen ihres neuen besten Freundes in Gestalt eines Englischen Schäferhundes sowie ihrer aufkeimenden Beziehung zu dem netten Koch und Konditor aus dem Laden gegenüber.

The lifeless form of a spaceman lies sprawled amidst the remains of a ghost town's saloon. The local sheriff wants nothing to do with it. He doesn't want to get that close to Ship Rock and his troublesome mother. But he's willing to go gather the body and ship it to the FBI.