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An escaped convict! A Contessa who is not what she seems! What are the mysteries of the Whitaker Theatre company? And –– could a baby be on the way? Where is the doctor???

In ancient Rome, a woman flees for her life. Hidden beneath her blue cloak are secrets men will kill for - forgeries that prove the newly self-appointed bishops are pretenders who will stop at nothing to shape this new religion to their own ends. Two thousand years later, classical archaeologists Valentina Vella and Erika Simone stumble across an ancient parchment buried deep in the Vatican archives. To reveal Julia's legacy will put them in the crosshairs of a venomous Vatican battle for power and supremacy; to stay silent would make them complicit in an ancient heresy.

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.

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.

A notorious burglar known as The Snowman is currently terrorising the West End of London. Targeting the rich and fashionable, he leaves no evidence, except his calling card, a naively drawn snowman. Stylish lady detective, Miss Isabel Hewitt, is approached by retired actor Sir Willard Erskine and asked to find who this man is. Isabel has never investigated a burglar before but takes on the commission, as she has contacts in the criminal world, who may be able to help her.

La mañana del diecinueve de junio, mientras Betty se da una ducha fría, su teléfono no para de sonar. Es la banquera Joelle Schnieper, la mujer que cinco años atrás puso en jaque su vida y la de Colin y Harry. Se está muriendo y quiere limpiar su conciencia. Las amenazas del pasado se convierten ahora en la advertencia de un nuevo peligro: acaba de aparecer en sus vidas un personaje ambiguo, difícil, cautivador y poderoso que está dispuesto a todo para conseguir las instrucciones que les legaron.

When stylish young bibliophile Julia Kydd returns to 1920s New York, she’s determined to launch her own private press. Julia’s aspirations take her into the heart of the Harlem Renaissance, a literary movement unlike any she’s known - where notions of race, sexuality, and power are slippery, and identities can be deceptively fluid.

Das tote Dienstmädchen von Occles Hall. Daisy Dalrymple, eine junge Adlige mit ausgeprägtem kriminalistischen Scharfsinn, besucht im England der zwanziger Jahre das imposante Landgut Occles Hall. Eigentlich will sie hier einen Artikel schreiben, aber wenige Stunden nach ihrer Ankunft wird im Wintergarten die Leiche des Dienstmädchens gefunden. Die Polizei verdächtigt den Gärtner, aber ist er tatsächlich der Mörder? Miss Daisy hat da so ihre Zweifel, und zusammen mit Alec Fletcher von Scotland Yard macht sie sich an die Ermittlungen in ihrem atemberaubenden zweiten Fall.

Landshut, 1922: Ein blutiger Doppelmord erschüttert ganz Süddeutschland. Als die ledige Clara Ganslmeier und ihre alte Mutter grausam ermordet in ihrer Wohnung gefunden werden, gerät die kleine bayerische Stadt in Aufruhr. Der Hauptverdächtige ist Hubert Täuscher, Sohn eines reichen Bürstenfabrikanten, das schwarze Schaf der Familie und Verlobter von Clara. Als er in den Gerichtssaal geführt wird, wo ihm wegen kaltblütigen Doppelmordes der Prozess gemacht werden soll, ist die Menge kaum noch zu halten.

The year is 1947. Kindly, unassuming widow Dorrie Resterick continually finds herself confidante to others' troubles. She would prefer to keep in the background, but life throws her many a mystery, and once she even found a scrap of evidence in a dreadful local crime - the double murder of two villagers. While the police decided the scrap of paper Dorrie brought to them solved the case, Dorrie was never sure - and when new tenants arrive at the creepy cottage of Merrivale their actions plunge the whole village into danger.