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*Winner of the CWA Historical Dagger 2023* 'A great insight into Renaissance Florence. What I love about these books is the seamless weaving of factual history with a great story' – Abir Mukherjee Florence. Spring, 1537. When Cesare Aldo investigates a report of intruders at a convent in the...

A princess is missing and a peace treaty is on the verge of collapse in this new Veronica Speedwell adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn. January 1889. As the newest member of the Curiosity Club--an elite society of brilliant, intrepid...

Super sleuth Sister Fidelma returns in THE HAUNTED ABBOT, the twelfth historical mystery by Peter Tremayne, acclaimed author of SMOKE IN THE WIND, OUR LADY OF DARKNESS and many more. As they are preparing to return to Ireland, Fidelma and Brother Eadulf receive a mysterious summons. Eadulf's...

Even the most glamorous stately homes hide secrets and lies from the past... When Flora receives a shocking telegram about her father’s sudden death in a riding accident, she rushes back to her childhood home, Cleeve Abbey. Once a governess to young Eddy, Viscount Trent, and daughter of the Earl’s trusted butler, Flora finds the house steeped in unease. Her plans to lay her father to rest beside her mother, Lily, are upended when mystery surrounds Lily’s final resting place.

In a strange room in Morocco, Mary Russell is trying to solve a pressing mystery: Who am I? She has awakened with shadows in her mind, blood on her hands, and soldiers pounding on the door. Out in the hivelike streets, she discovers herself strangely adept in the skills of the underworld, escaping through alleys and rooftops, picking pockets and locks. She is clothed like a man, and armed only with her wits and a scrap of paper containing a mysterious Arabic phrase. Overhead, warplanes pass ominously north.

A gripping historical thriller set in Inverness in the wake of the 1746 battle of Culloden from twice CWA award-winning author S. G. MacLean. Perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and Andrew Taylor. After Culloden, Iain MacGillivray was left for dead on Drumossie Moor. Wounded, his face brutally...

When Thomas Berrington finds the bones of a human hand in his room at Ludlow Castle, he knows he must confront whoever left them. But when Thomas tracks the man down, his throat has been cut, and Thomas believes the killer is an old adversary.

Lane Winslow is known in her idyllic British Columbia laketown of King's Cove for a bad habit of finding dead bodies. This time, all she’s found is a suspiciously well-made hat abandoned in the brush, but she’s certain there’s a mystery afoot. While Lane is overtaken by the urge to snoop around for clues, her husband, Inspector Darling, and his team at the Nelson Police Station find their straightforward case of a stolen boat suddenly complicated when a fourteen-year-old boy is reported missing from the local school.

Paris, 1930. The Honourable Opal Laplume has just started working as a seamstress in the most glamorous cabaret in Paris. The stage is set for a spectacular opening night, but tragedy strikes when the star of the show, Valentine Beaumanoir falls from her hotel balcony. The police believe it’s an accident, but Opal isn’t convinced. Witnesses heard Valentine shout for help before she fell. But if she was pushed, how could the culprit have escaped when her room was locked from the inside? And who left a perfect white rose on her bedside table?

It's 1961 and the Queen is planning her state visit to Italy aboard Britannia. But before she goes, an unreliable witness claims to have seen a brutal murder from the royal train. Did it really happen, and could the victim be a missing friend of Princess Margaret's new husband, Tony Armstrong...

The game’s afoot once more as the long-suffering Dr. John Watson and a partially decomposed Warlock Holmes (though he’s getting better) face off against Moriarty’s gang, the Pinkertons, flesh-eating horses, a parliament of imps, boredom, Surrey, a succubus, an overly Canadian aristocrat, a tricycle-fight to the death and the dreaded Pumpcrow. Oh, and a hell-hound, one assumes.

In spring a young man’s fancy will turn to love, and the Honorable Phillip Petrie is no exception. Daisy’s chum is totally smitten with Miss Gloria Arbuckle, daughter of a millionaire Yank. But before the enthusiastic suitor can pop the question, his beloved is abducted. As a distraught Mr. Arbuckle begins assembling the ransom, Phillip enlists Daisy to help him recover his missing sweetheart.

Ela Longespée, High Sheriff of Wiltshire, sets out to find the killer of a man found dead inside the nearby circle of ancient stones. Except that the victim is later seen walking in Salisbury and claims to have risen from the dead. He ingratiates himself with the people of Salisbury, and even the bishop, but Ela suspects the man is a charlatan and a murderer. Can she learn the truth when even the jury thinks he's a living saint?

Dans l'Australie des années 30, la nature, aride et sauvage, impose sa loi aux habitants de l'exploitation du lac Otway qui est en train de mourir lentement sous l'effet d'une sécheresse implacable et d'une chaleur extrême. Dix-huit mois plus tôt, un ouvrier agricole nommé Ray Gillen est allé nager une nuit dans les eaux du lac… et n'est jamais revenu. La théorie de la noyade est loin de satisfaire la police qui apprend que la victime était en possession d'une belle somme d'argent.

Intet paradis uden slanger. Pernille Plaetner og Marianne Rohweder står bag den succesfulde krimiserie om den kvikke og kloge politikvinde Martha Munk. Forfatterne har et kærligt og skarpt blik for dramaerne inde bag de velklippede ligusterhække i provinsens mikrokosmos. I SLANGEREDEN...

MARTHA MUNK SERIEN DANSK KRIMIPAR ÅBNER NYE VERDENER MED UNGE MARTHA MUNK. Krimiparret, Pernille Plaetner og Marianne Rohweder stiller uret tilbage. I deres nye serie, UNGE MARTHA MUNK, møder vi deres populære hovedperson i 2000 og 00’erne, da hun er i sine 20’ere, nyuddannet...

PRISVINDENDE DANSK KRIMISERIE OM GENFORENINGEN EFTER 1. VERDENSKRIG Anmeldelser af bøgerne i serien: MORD I DELEGATIONEN, Prisen for ”årets historiske krimi” af Det Danske Kriminalakademi 2024:⭐⭐⭐⭐ ”Gennemført Agatha Christie-stil” – Flensborg Avis LIGET I LABYRINTEN...

BAG VILLAERNES PLAETNER LIGUSTERHÆKKE MURRER FAMILIEHEMMELIGHEDERNE Da sekstenårige Caroline forsvinder, kan de velplejede ligusterhække ikke længere holde familiespøgelserne inden for parcellerne. Caroline findes død, og mens Martha Munk og hendes kolleger prøver at få rede på...

Om at turde gøre det rigtige, når verden forandrer sig. Dansk krimi om Genforeningen efter 1. Verdenskrig. Opfølger til succesen MORD I DELEGATIONEN om det umage efterforskningspar; den tidligere krigssygeplejerske Vera Lund og kriminalkommissær Arthur Holland. LIGET I LABYRINTEN er en...

Femte bog i hitkrimiserien med læsernes højtelskede Martha Munk. KÆRLIGHED KOSTER Mens Martha føler sig udbrændt og er på nippet til at forlade politiet, har hendes søn, Sebastian, lige påbegyndt sit arbejdsliv. Han er blevet færdig med medicinstudiet og er trukket i lægekitlen på...