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Trouble is brewing for the Hoggetts and their friend Chief Inspector Macdonald in Lunesdale, deep in the Lancashire fell country. By the jagged cliffs and chilling depths of a secluded quarry pool, strange noises disturb the night, and after an architect surveying the area is nearly hoisted into the cold waters by an unseen assailant, suspicions of a cold current of crime running through the area become a matter for the police.

In Still Life, bestselling author Louise Penny introduces Monsieur L'Inspecteur Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec, a modern Poirot who anchors this beloved traditional mystery series Winner of the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys awards. Chief Inspector Armand...

When the badly decayed body of an elderly woman is unearthed, Detective Chief Inspector Mark Lapslie and his sergeant, Emma Bradbury, are called in on the case. The body provides only two mysterious clues to the identity of the murderer: someone with a deadly knowledge of household plants used shears to clip the fingertips off the corpse's right hand. But this dearth of evidence is not Lapslie's only problem.

Fourteen long years have passed since Rain Dang's sister vanished without a trace. Now a seasoned detective, Rain is unexpectedly called back to the small town she once called home — not just to solve a murder, but to confront her past. As she delves into the investigation, the cold case of her sister's disappearance begins to heat up, intertwining with sinister secrets the town has long buried. But in a place where the waters run deep and the currents are treacherous, not everyone wants the truth to surface.

Die Friseurin Kat liebt das Leben und Arbeiten an Bord des Kreuzfahrtschiffs MS VISTARUBY. Doch das ändert sich schlagartig, als der neue Chefingenieur Sander Pajula an Bord kommt, an den Kat langsam ihr Herz zu verlieren scheint. Mit Sanders Ankunft erschüttern allerdings nicht nur ein Mord, sondern auch eine Reihe mysteriöser Unfälle in Kats unmittelbarem Umfeld das vergnügliche Leben an Bord. Was einst sorglos und heiter war, verwandelt sich in eine Atmosphäre voller Misstrauen und Bedrohung.