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A spy missing. A village full of secrets… and one very persistent Pomeranian. The peaceful village of Crofter’s Green buzzes with questions when a young commando trainee is found dead at the ruins of St. Swithin’s Abbey. The military calls it an accident—but is it? And what does it have to do with the legend of the Judas Monk, a tale of betrayal that has haunted the abbey for centuries? Harry Jenkins and the Homefront Sleuths must untangle a web of wartime deception before the truth is buried for good. As the investigation unfolds, each of the Sleuths has their own challenges to face.

Golden-age gadabout Anty Boisjoly, his valet Vickers, the weary and wary Inspector Wittersham, and a passenger list of howling eccentrics find themselves prey to the sway and spray of the Scilly Seas when what at first seems a simple, unexplainable, locked-stateroom murder twists into a tale of pirate treasure, perilous weather and treacherous endeavours at sea.

The weekend was supposed to be an enjoyable time with her family at the neo-Gothic manor of Lord and Lady Kershaw, but when the gamekeeper is murdered, Cleo can’t rest until the killer is caught. As a witness herself, she’s frustrated with the incompetence of the local police who lay the blame on a man who conveniently disappeared. When she realizes their ineptitude is a result of Lord Kershaw’s influence, she focuses her investigation on the earl and his family, against the wishes of her uncle.

Kitty Worthington’s joyous Christmas season spirals into a deadly mystery when a holiday shop owner is murdered, and a dear friend is blamed for the crime. London. 1924. Kitty Worthington, newly married to the love of her life, Chief Detective Inspector Robert Crawford Sinclair, is eagerly anticipating spending Christmas with her family at Wynchcombe Castle. But when the health of Robert’s brother takes a turn for the worse, their holiday plans change. Hoping to make their Christmas in London as merry as possible, she visits the city’s famous Mistletoe Shoppe to buy festive decorations.

Her mission: Save the soldier, save the future...even if she loses her heart. It's 2015, and librarian Beryl Blue shelves books in her hometown library. Dull, but after being orphaned and years in foster care, she prefers the mild life. Until a time cop from the future crash lands in her library with an offer Beryl isn't allowed to refuse—she must stop a rogue time traveler from killing a WWII soldier on leave and changing history forever.

Here are ten more traditional tales spanning Sherlock Holmes's illustrious career. Beginning with “The Matter of the Missing Mortician,” which London’s greatest detective solves without ever leaving his Baker Street sitting room to “The Conundrum of the Disputed Canvas,” which brings Holmes to Richmond Hill to resolve the authenticity of a painting of questionable origins. In between, an audacious new rival rises up to challenge Sherlock Holmes over two vexing cases. Then, an old enemy cleverly strikes at the hated detective from afar in “The Difficulty of the Distant Antagonist.

Amid the grim realities of wartime Britain, inside during the blackout hidden from the tatters left by the Blitz, glitz and glamour live onstage in the West End. But at one theater, The Regent, a malevolent force is causing escalating problems. Sabotage, damage and injury feed mistrust among the cast and crew.

Britain stands alone against the forces of Nazi Germany. Livvy Redmond is a young newspaperwoman determined to serve Britain’s spymaster in the face of danger. When she arrives in neutral Lisbon, she discovers a city full of spies, refugees, and the secret police. At an elegant party to meet a double agent, Livvy witnesses him fall to his death from a balcony and must now determine what secrets he wanted to pass her. Further complicating matters, she must guard the man’s young daughter from sinister people trying to kidnap the girl.

The citizens of New Orleans have a right to know when there’s a murderer in their midst. Investigative reporter ‘Justice’ Harper stumbles onto the fresh murder scene of a hated New Orleans businessman. His mere presence causes police to suspect him—along with three upstanding citizens, each with a unique motive. The Sinner: Blaze Barbeau, a wealthy woman married to a local businessman, who supposedly had an affair with the victim. The Saint: Lucinda Boyd, a generous widow heavily involved with charity events, who had her business stolen through dubious means. The Serpent: Belladonna...

The enticing exploits of Prohibition in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. Unintentional stowaway, Alexandria, stumbles into Prohibition's underworld--and the heart of Jake McKenzie. As a young woman Alex thrills to the risks of rum running, speeding over the dark waters, racing past the many islands between Canada and Washington State in an attempt to evade the law. However, when she catches the eye of Antonio, the head of the Italian Mafia intent on taking over the Northwest Territory, excitement turns perilous. 
Now, decades later, unsettled by the false accusation of Jake as Antonio's...

Unas feels life escaping from him. His heir sons having prematurely died, he summons high dignitaries in order to proclaim his successor. A page of the Old Kingdom is being turned, the VIth dynasty emerges. Egypt is thriving, peace is reigning, floods are plentiful and harvests are filling the silos. But events are going to disrupt this serenity, dragging the country into a period of fright and misery. Between grandeur and decadence, Egypt will have to find a new way... A novel Ebook Kindle - Translated from French - Revised edition Also available in printed edition 224 pages 6x9in

1922: Eugenics has taken hold. A woman of color gives birth to a biracial baby who is a light complexioned blond cherub. She is told the child was stillborn. She and her husband refuse to accept that. Meanwhile, evil is afoot in Baltimore City. Someone is kidnapping little girls. When they are found, they have been raped beaten and sometimes killed. The police feel as if they are running in circles.

As commander of the River Police, Monk is accustomed to violent death, but the mutilated female body found on Limehouse Pier one chilly December morning moves him with horror and pity. The victim’s name is Zenia Gadney. Her waterfront neighbors can tell him little—only that the same unknown gentleman had visited her once a month for many years. She must be a prostitute, but—described as quiet and kempt—she doesn’t appear to be a fallen woman. What sinister secrets could have made poor Zenia worth killing? And why does the government keep interfering in Monk’s investigation?

LONDON 1600. When the Earl of Essex is removed from command and placed under arrest for reaching a forbidden truce with the Irish rebels, Serjeant Noah Ames reluctantly accepts a commission to investigate the earl’s fitness for command, and the two are pitted against each other once again. Meanwhile, Noah’s beautiful daughter, Lady Jessica, has sought to remarry into the nobility, but events have thus far frustrated her plans. One day, Noah attends a briefing where the Queen’s new commander displays maps of English military positions in Ireland. Noah’s suspicions are aroused when he...

Vienna, 1893. A gravedigger at the city’s famous Central Cemetery, Augustin Rothmayer is aan unorthodox yet highly educated oddball who finds solace amongst the dead as well as in the writing the pages of the first almanac of his profession. But his fragile peace is abruptly disturbed when young inspector Leopold von Herzfeldt, an ambitious young transfer from Graz, arrives in need of help from someone expert in death. No one knows the subject better than Augustin Rothmeyer.

While not as famous as her older siblings Wilbur and Orville, the celebrated inventors of flight, Katharine Wright is equally inventive—especially when it comes to solving crimes—in this radiant historical mystery by USA Today best-selling author Amanda Flower.

Tudor Close Hotel, Rottingdean, is the most glamorous venue of the season. And not somewhere Viriginia or her sister Vanessa would usually choose to frequent. They're far happier at home with their writing or painting, than brushing shoulders with debutantes or starlets. When the group bumps into fashion designer Mimi Mason in the hotel bar, they begrudgingly accept an invite to her wedding breakfast the next morning. No one imagined that, a few cocktails later, Mimi would be dead.

«Se dice que, cuando uno piensa vengarse, debe cavar dos tumbas». Cuando el cadáver de la Sirenita de Ampurias, una conocida cantante, aparece destripado sobre el escenario del teatro en el que trabajaba, el inspector Adolfo Kobler y el médico forense Miralles se verán empujados a trabajar en la investigación junto con Adoración Venecia, artista de vanguardia, empresaria teatral y bailarina exótica. Son los felices años veinte, y en Madrid florece un mundo nocturno de plumas y oropel, pero los cadáveres empiezan a multiplicarse y los asesinatos resultan cada vez más truculentos.

Ingebor Bullivant, the put-upon daughter of the Bishop of Redchester, suddenly rebels and takes a week's tour to Lucerne. Constantly in the company of a ponderous German pastor, she is put into a quandary when he proposes marriage. Faced with her father's wrath on her return, she accepts Herr Dremmel with simple relief. But as a pastor's wife in East Prussia, she finds she has merely exchanged one set of rules for another...

Early one morning, a body is found lying next to the railway tracks just outside of Kuki Station in Saitama Prefecture, shot dead. It is identified as belonging to the owner of a local mill which is embroiled in a labour dispute. Suspicion initially falls on the workers' union, then on a new religious sect that has been gaining followers recently. Chief Inspector Onitsura and his assistant Tanna are called in to investigate, and soon set off in a journey across Japan, from Tokyo to Kyoto and Osaka, and finally to the island of Kyushu, in a hunt for the killer.