Novedades

Ein toter Vogelflüsterer, eine zwielichtige Wahrsagerin und diebische Pfauen Potsdams Lokalreporter Frederik Loebell hat schon entspanntere Aufträge erlebt. Eigentlich wollte er nur einen Artikel über Madame Karamba schreiben, die auf der berühmten Pfaueninsel in die Zukunft blickt. Begleitet von seiner Kollegin Lisi und Zwergdackel Wilhelm gerät er jedoch mitten in einen Mordfall: Ein Mann wird tot im Gasthaus vor der Insel gefunden - ausgerechnet von Loebells Mutter Maria. Schnell fällt der Verdacht auf die zwielichtige Wahrsagerin mit den großen Füßen.

In Lamberley, Sussex wird eine Frau beobachtet, die Kindern das Blut aussaugt. Robert Ferguson hält die Frau für einen Vampir und bittet seinen alten Kameraden Watson und dessen Freund Sherlock Holmes um Hilfe - und der hat den Verdacht, das hinter dieser Sache etwas ganz anderes steckt.

On a luminous spring day in Venice, Commissario Guido Brunetti and Inspector Vianello play hooky to help get Vianello’s friend Marco Ribetti—an environmental activist arrested during a protest against toxic waste being dumped into the city’s waters—released from prison. But on the steps of the police headquarters, they come face-to-face with Ribetti’s cantankerous father-in-law, who has been overheard making threats against Ribetti.

With her twenty-plus-year marriage on the brink of collapse, bookish Natalie Daughtry immerses herself in her new bookstore job. When the mysterious Caspar gathers Natalie and her friends Everleigh and Brooke for the second time, she's ready for an adventure to disperse the turmoil clouding her marriage. Caspar enlists their help in searching for a rumored copy of Lewis Carroll's handwritten and illustrated manuscript of Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Natalie is immediately enticed—this is the perfect distraction.

An exclusive black-tie birthday party. A sprawling mansion with a dark past. A body falling from a cliffside balcony onto the starlit outdoor dance floor. One of the guests is dead, and another is a killer - but who is the hunter and who is the prey? When social status is everything, and there is no price too high for adoration, there is no shortage of suspects.

After narrowly escaping with his life at the hands of a murderous Hollywood pimp, detective Happy Doll, bullet-ridden but healing, has landed on a remote Mexican beach. In a humble shack and with his dog for company, Doll settles into a peaceful idyll of Buddhist study. But then trouble, as it always does, comes to paradise. Doll is the witness to a murder for which he is framed, and now, with an expired passport and the Mexican authorities on his tail, he must sneak across the border back to L.A. by any means necessary, with the goal of bringing the true murderer to justice.

In the Scottish Highlands, the Royal Artillery is testing a lethal new weapon. A Russian trawler fleet is nosing about in the Atlantic in entirely the wrong season. And a very rich Australian is using his financial power to put together an army. Mission-ready or not, Paul Chavasse must prevent the government’s deadliest missile technology from falling into enemy hands. An enemy who is one of the most dangerous men in the world. But once upon a time, so was Paul Chavasse.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories were published in the Strand Magazine in Great Britain, and Collier's in the United States. The book was first published in February 1905 by McClure, Phillips & Co. (New York) then on 7 March 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd. (London) and was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had "died" in "The Final Problem". Having published The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1901–1902, which was set before Holmes' "death", Doyle came under intense pressure to revive his famous character.

Met detective Eden Driscoll never wanted a child, but when his estranged sister vanishes from her sailboat, he is asked to look after her son Finn – the nephew he hadn’t even known existed. Resettled in the seaside town of Teignmouth, Eden adjusts to his newfound parenthood. Then Finn disappears from school, and Eden knows something is dreadfully wrong. When Eden's sister's body is finally found, floating in the sea, local police rule her death an accident, but Eden isn’t convinced.

At 29, Detective Rav Trivedi is the youngest member of the NYPD's homicide squad, and his future looks bright. He may be a bit of an outsider in the department - with his Ivy League education, British charm and penchant for designer suits - but his meteoric rise and record-breaking solve rate prove he belongs. When his CO assigns him lead on the high-profile murder of a record executive, Rav is ready for the challenge. He vows not to be distracted by TV crews, tabloids, or what's trending on social media, nor by the ridiculously hot rock star with a clear motive and no alibi . . .

RENAISSANCE ITALY. WINTER, 1539. When Cesare Aldo learns of a conspiracy to assassinate Duke Cosimo de’ Medici, he is hired to protect the ruler of Florence. The deadly attack leads to bodies, bloodshed – and something far more dangerous. The instigators obtain a secret journal of Cosimo’s thoughts and strategies that – in the wrong hands – could destroy all of Florence.

Oktober 1987: Aus der psychiatrischen Klinik St. Lars verschwinden Tommy Svensson, ein 23-Jähriger mit einer Lernbehinderung, und die psychisch instabile 17-jährige Ann-Louise Sparre, Tochter aus reichem Hause. Hinweise auf ein Gewaltverbrechen gibt es nicht, auch keinen Leichenfund. 35 Jahre später wird in der ehemaligen Klinik – das Gebäude ist längst zur Ruine verfallen – ein in eine Zwischenwand eingemauerter Leichnam gefunden: Tommy Svensson, gestorben an Herzstillstand aufgrund einer Überdosis Beruhigungsmittel. Jetzt ist es ein Fall!

When a suitcase mysteriously vanishes from locker 37B at the Millbridge train station, part-time employee, Emma Hayes doesn’t expect to stumble into a full-blown mystery. But one odd note, a shaky surveillance tape, and a limp-footed stranger later—she’s accidentally leading the weirdest investigation in station history.

An Bord einer Segeljacht begleiten Professor van Dusen und Hannah Hatch eine englische Reisegruppe an die Südwestküste von Portugal. Dort zwischen den schroffen Klippen befindet sich ein Haus: Charonion. Es ist düster, verwinkelt und birgt zahlreiche Geheimnisse. Mindestens eines davon erweist sich für eine Mitreisende als tödlich. Van Dusen und Hatch beginnen mit der Jagd nach einem Mörder und lassen dabei keinen Raum aus. Bis der Professor an die einzige verschlossene Tür des Hauses gerät. Doch was erwartet ihn dahinter?

Desmond never did have much luck with women – except in getting them through their driving tests. Now a coach driver, he is at the most crucial crossroads of his life. His wife has thrown him out. The crisis serves only to deepen his despair over another failed liaison – until he elects to steer his coach on a spectacularly reckless quest for the son he has never seen.

Still haunted by the death of a colleague in a hit and run for which he blames himself, he pursues the case with a determination bordering on recklessness when he encourages her replacement, DS Emma Steel, to get close to a local gangster who knows more than he's letting on, thereby endangering Emma and causing dissent among his team. Jack is called in to investigate the disappearance of a young woman, Maria, and her son who appear to have vanished off the face of the earth. His boss tells him to focus on her ex-husband, but though the evidence points in his direction, Jack has his doubts.

Paralegal Harper Williams excels at managing the myriad details of her cases, and she thrives on the legal drama that often comes with Discovery. But when an armed intruder invades her posh, uptown office, the gruesome outcome fuels Harper’s determination to command justice in a whole new way. Heady fears, dark secrets, and volatile relationships compound the mystery of her friend’s murder, leaving Harper with unanswerable questions and deep doubts. Elusive suspects… a disturbed mind…

A dead body in his new house and a beautiful suspect in his heart. David O'Neil's new Texas life is a rollercoaster on cactus tracks. Grieving and grumpy, David O'Neil packs his badge and misfit family for a Texas town that’s quieter than a church mouse. Or so he believes. Charming yet ornery Chief Stan Farps welcomes him with a mystery: a murder in his new home. The seller, a beautiful woman, is a prime suspect, tangling David’s emotions tighter than a lasso at high noon. His precocious daughter and a sprightly grandma armed with a BB gun add chaos to the mix, while a conspiracy-...

Mentre il freddo dicembre avvolge Fonterone, la tranquilla routine di Agata Cornero viene interrotta da un invito speciale: la contessa Caterina Brandolini da Mosto organizza un’elegante asta di beneficenza. La serata, ospitata nel più raffinato ristorante della città, promette di essere memorabile, con opere di artisti locali e un esperto banditore a condurre l’asta. Ma dietro la facciata scintillante si nasconde un pericolo letale.

En El Sabueso de los Baskerville, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle nos sumerge en uno de los relatos más icónicos y sobrecogedores del universo de Sherlock Holmes. Tras la misteriosa muerte de Sir Charles Baskerville en las cercanías de su mansión en los desolados páramos de Devonshire, resurge una antigua leyenda familiar: la de un sabueso asesino que persigue a los Baskerville desde generaciones atrás.