Detective Age

"So you know House-on-the-Hill, Mr Terhune?" Bookseller Theodore Terhune is asked to research the history of a decaying Elizabethan mansion for its new owner, Dr. Vicente Salvaterra. Long abandoned and shunned by the locals, the house has beautiful views but is rumoured to be cursed. Digging through the past, Terhune uncovers strange occurrences and disappearances that span several centuries.. But the bigger mystery is the motivation of the wealthy Salvaterra to relocate his family - his vivacious sister, reserved wife, and highly strung stepson, Andres - from Panama to live in rural Kent. ...

Ava's first day of work at Celebrity Cupcakes and Coffee goes horribly awry when television star Penelope Rose drops dead after eating the first cupcake. Horrified that she might be at the top of the list of suspects, Ava and her totally hot co-worker Easton set out to investigate what happened. Will they be able to solve the mystery or will Ava's first day of work be her last? Killer Cupcakes Cozy Mystery Series: 1. Killer Cupcakes 2. Murderous Muffins 3. Death by Chocolate

From acclaimed author Phoebe North comes a riveting, unexpected, and beautiful contemporary novel about a girl whose brother mysteriously disappears, the family and friends he leaves behind, and the stories - real and imagined - that they tell themselves to fill the empty space.

Jemima Forbes is seven years old when a mysterious event occurs and her father and uncle disappear from her life one night. She spends her growing years obsessing about this, and when she is old enough, she leaves home to find out what happened.

Kate Shackleton arrives at the garden party with her niece Harriet to celebrate the success of newly crowned Yorkshire Brewery Queen Ruth Parnaby. As companion to Ruth, Harriet explores the brewery but it's Kate who opens the wrong door, finds herself staring at the body of a brewery worker and in danger of asphyxiation. With the discovery of financial discrepancies, family secrets and the lure of national success for Ruth, motives for murder and abduction abound. Sometimes a threat comes from the most unexpected quarter, and it's up to Kate to fathom the mystery.

Welcome to Willieville is a novelette set in 1998 about a high school graduate, Willie, whose friend is murdered while they party on a warm Friday night, out behind the 7-Eleven. He's in a suburb north of Detroit where the primary mission of the police is to keep things just the way they are. Willie, nearly killed in the attack that took his friend's life, didn't see who did it, so the police have little to go on, and assume that it was a drug deal gone bad. Forced to investigate on his own, Willie makes a terrible discovery about the murderer.

Die Insel, auf der das Mädchen Won-a-pa-lei lebt, sieht aus wie ein auf der Seite liegender Delfin. Seitdem ihr Stamm sie nach einem Überfall fremder Jäger hier zurückgelassen hat, ist Won-a-pa-lei die einzige Bewohnerin dieses Fleckchens Erde mitten im Pazifik. Ganz auf sich allein gestellt, baut sie sich eine Hütte, erbeutet Nahrung und schafft es, die Insel zu ihrem Zuhause werden zu lassen. Doch der Kampf ums Überleben ist hart: Sturmfluten, Erdbeben und Angriffe wilder Tiere fordern sie jeden Tag aufs Neue heraus.

Als du in die Rolle von Jen schlüpfen und an ihrer Stelle das Eliteinternat Brightstone College besuchen sollst, musst du nicht lange überlegen. Einflussreiche Mitschüler, ein Elitepoloteam und Unterricht in einem alten Schloss – so eine lebensverändernde Chance lässt man nicht einfach verstreichen. Doch was glamourös erscheint, ist in Wahrheit eine schillernde Scheinwelt, in der jeder nur auf seinen eigenen Vorteil bedacht ist.

A mystery set in the Peplos Public Library with Athena’s detective, a reluctant girl from a parallel universe. Book one of the series.

Thirteen-year-old sleuth Skylar Robbins plans to become a private detective like her grandfather. Stuck at her bullying cousin Gwendolyn’s Malibu estate for the summer, Skylar brings her fingerprinting kit, portable spy tools, and her journal for taking notes in secret code. She had no idea how dangerous the next eight weeks would prove to be. As soon as Skylar gets to Malibu, mysterious things begin to happen. She discovers a hidden garden behind a rusted gate in Gwendolyn’s huge back yard. Her new friend Kat, who claims to be a witch, recognizes magical elements throughout the garden ...

In 1930s London, celebrity psychiatrist Anselm Rees is discovered dead in his locked study. There seems to be no way a killer could have escaped unseen. There are no clues, no witnesses, and no evidence of the murder weapon. Stumped by the confounding scene, the Scotland Yard detective on the case calls on retired stage magician turned part-time sleuth Joseph Spector. Spector has a knack for explaining the inexplicable, but even he finds that there is more to this mystery than meets the eye.

Sam, James and the gang are off to 4th grade science camp. When they arrive, Sam discovers his brand new iPod in his suitcase–which is against rules. He hides it and hopes the camp counselor doesn’t find out he has it. Later he discovers it's missing. Now Sam, James and the others have to find it before camp is over or he may never see it again!

The 13th century was a pivotal point in Western culture. Europe witnessed the rise of the great universities and the resurgence of Aristotelian thought. It was the age of reason. No man exemplified this new age more than Saint Thomas Aquinas, who was a brilliant theologian, a philosopher and privatus investigo. He was the man who perfected faith through reason. The Medieval Adventures of Thomas Aquinas is a fictional account of mysteries Saint Thomas Aquinas encountered during his life. Though a work of fiction, extensive research was carried out to maintain historical accuracy and ...

Pip is a poor orphaned boy who lives together with his sister and her husband. Pip is not educated but has great dreams of the future. He is determined to get out of the low class and seek progress in the higher class. One day a lawyer appears. Pip has suddenly received a large fortune from a secret benefactor and he has to get to London to start his education. Pip’s life changes in a second. But he is ready to embark on his next journey.

Barely able to control his shaking hand, Danny Canterbury opened the leather bound book, pressed his pencil against the page, and began to write.... When bookworm Eva Acacia wins a place at Oxford University she discovers friendship and romance. But when she travels round Europe she discovers shades of darkness in her new boyfriend that threaten to overwhelm her conscience and define her destiny. In the final book of Dominic Jericho’s coming-of-age series Danny’s adventures come to a collapsing end in a way only he can write.

When Tim Gaunt becomes seduced by sex, drugs, and rock and roll, he cannot predict where it will lead him, nor the unwitting betrayal that is lying in wait to claim his future. In the penultimate book of Dominic Jericho’s coming-of-age series, Timothy Gaunt and the Wigginton Grave leads Danny’s longtime best friend to an earth-shattering revelation about his present identity and his future fate.

Back to "Night School". Wenn du an einen der sichersten Orte der Welt gebracht wirst und sie dich trotzdem finden... Gray, die Tochter der Premierministerin, wird zu ihrem Schutz nach Cimmeria, einem Eliteinternat, gebracht. Es dauert jedoch nicht lange, bis ihre Feinde sie aufgespürt haben.

Talented, ambitious designer-dressmaker Rose Burnham knows well both the strains of her profession and the secrets it can yield. Newly established in her own business, she and her sisters are privy to the hushed conversations that unspool behind the fitting room’s closed doors. So when a major client finds herself the victim of a deception, it is Rose she tells. Driven by the shortage of men following the Great War, Miss Holmes had engaged the services of a matrimonial agency, only to be cheated out of her inheritance by a fake suitor.

Back to "Night School". Nach einem missglückten Partybesuch muss Gray Langerty, die rebellische 16-jährige Tochter der neuen Premierministerin in Hausarrest. Die unfreiwillige Freizeit nutzt sie, um die Downing Street Number 10 mit all ihren verborgenen Winkeln und Ecken zu erkunden. Eines Nachts stößt sie dabei auf einen alten Tunnel, der direkt ins Parlament führt. Dort belauscht sie ein Gespräch zweier Politiker: Sie planen einen Mordanschlag auf Grays Mutter, um selbst an die Macht zu gelangen. Sofort erzählt Gray ihrer Mutter davon.

When Nick O'Reilly is invited to Sherlock Lake by his friend Danny, he is more than apprehensive. Nick is familiar with the ghost story that surrounds that place, and he is not one to meddle with situations like that. However, after Danny pushes him into it, criticizing his confidence, Nick feels like he has no choice. The two wander down to the lake to explore the legend that surrounds it, and when they do, they get more than they bargained for. The Mystery at Sherlock Lake is a short story that will thrill you with its mysterious twists and turns and leave you wondering what will happen ...