International Cozy Mysteries

A murder has been committed in Paris in an antique store named L' Indice. The store's strange history of unsolved murders and robberies began long before the WWII rumors of masterpieces stolen from castles on the Rhine. Jamie Litton, whose mystery writer's imagination won't let dead men, or secrets, rest in peace, moves in upstairs with hopes of discovering the truth for his next best seller.

Newspaper mogul Mylocent Winecroft is eager for his knighthood. But after journalist Henry Henderson almost decimates this prospect, Henderson is promoted to foreign correspondent and promptly dispatched to Morocco. Caught in the whirlwind of mad monkeys, deep-fried snails, and a lack of booze, Henderson loses his marbles while searching for the Gujat tribe and their black magic.

In Paris, there were simply too many beautiful women hiding too many secrets, and this case was becoming too personal and too intriguing for Mrs. Duchesney to solve on her own. There was only one name on the engraved invitation: Louie Arnaud Bertrand, making it perfectly clear that Mrs. Duchesney was not welcome at Chateau de Robinesque-Roussel. Investigating the very delicate nature of this mystery would become her sleuthing partner Louie's first solo assignment.

Yksinäinen sielu piinaa naisia Sundsvallin kaduilla. Cilla Fallander on aina elänyt musiikille, mutta eräs tapahtuma hänen nuoruudessaan teki lopun hänen alkamaisillaan olevalle laulajanuralleen. Sen sijaan hän tekee töitä Sundsvallin paikallislehden yöreportterina samalla kun yrittää tehdä laulukeikkoja ja pyörittää arkea kahden pienen lapsen ja viikonloppuisin työskentelevän miehen kanssa. Eräänä päivänä Cilla tekee päätöksen: on aika perustaa esiintyjäryhmä ja panostaa musiikkiin täysillä. Samaan aikaan Sundsvallissa leviää pelko.

Es verano y pronto sonarán los gritos de felicidad de los estudiantes que se gradúan. La artista Cilla Fallander tiene un nuevo trabajo después del drama del pasado invierno como la nueva gerente de un centro comercial que va a reabrir sus puertas. Pero las cosas empiezan a salir mal desde la primera noche y, durante los cuatro días de inauguración, los problemas continúan acumulándose. Todo esto hace pensar a Cilla que alguien lo está fastidiando a propósito, lo que conlleva consecuencias desastrosas para todos.

Första delen i mysdeckarserien Morden i Lund. Oskar Stenvall är en man utan ambitioner. När alla studiekamraterna gjorde karriär och skaffade familj blev han kvar på sin, inte så framgångsrika, resebyrå på Lilla Fiskaregatan i Lund. Där för han en stillsam tillvaro. Hans liv förändras abrupt när praoeleven Hanna från Arlöv kliver in i hans liv, samtidigt som hans excentriske granne, herr Larsson, utsätts för ett mordförsök i sin herrekipering. Och den misstänkte gärningspersonen – mannen med de gula byxorna – dyker upp livlös i Oskars gamla Volvo PV.

Der Bürgermeister eines kleinen Ortes an der Elsässer Weinstraße wird tot in seinem Büro aufgefunden, die Polizei geht von einem Raubmord aus. Doch Jean Paul Rapp, seit einem Jahr nicht mehr Commissaire im District Colmar-Rouffach, glaubt nicht daran. Unterstützt von seiner Nachbarin, der Deutsch-Französin Sylvie Printemps, ermittelt er wie in früheren Zeiten: beharrlich, klug und mit untrüglichem Instinkt. Und die Stille im Weinberg scheint ihm der Schlüssel zur Lösung des Falls zu sein.

In Paris, two bodies have been found floating in the river. Side-by-side, the two friends are photographed smiling up into the heavens as if this had been nothing more than another Saturday spent happily fishing. Later, a third unclaimed body will turn up at the morgue. When the fourth appears, it is time for Paris sleuths Mrs. Duchesney and Louie Bertrand to get involved.

Detective Harith Athreya is recuperating from an illness in the beautiful backwaters of Kerala when he stumbles into a new form of intrigue: a family of vacationing Bollywood royalty who want his help making a murder mystery film. But not all is as it seems with the family - there are rumours of major money troubles, links to organised crime and growing rivalries between the scions. One of them is found dead, murdered in the exact manner of the film that Athreya has been helping to put together. Is this the work of an angry costar or something more sinister?

At the pinnacle of her medical career, Fliss Jenkins reflects on her life and those who made it possible, her gran in particular. The remarkable and much-loved Polly Evans had raised Fliss and given her an idyllic childhood in the small Welsh town of Brynavon. Returning there for her gran’s funeral, she realised how little she knew about Polly the woman. She decides to investigate. The emotional rollercoaster of self-discovery that follows is told with honesty, humour, and pathos as Fliss reveals long-buried and often shocking secrets.

After retiring to her dream cottage on the rugged English shoreline, Annie opens her newly refurbished art studio for her weekend retreat and is excited to meet her first guests. What her guests aren't expecting is to be thrown into the midst of a murder enquiry, especially when one of her visiting artists is the victim and another is keeping secrets. Will Annie use her skills of perception to her advantage and stop the killer in their tracks?

Has Ella met her match? The glamour of the French Riviera quickly turns sour as she is caught up in an investigation that will have repercussions on both sides of the channel. When her mother telephones from France with news of her imminent arrest, Ella rushes to her aid, along with her aunt and an eccentric friend. But what starts as a simple disappearance quickly turns to murder, and Ella finds herself embroiled in a mystery that is far more complex than she’d anticipated.

At the height of World War II, Iris is a young Jewish girl living in Munich. One night, while on a double date, she lets herself get talked into staying out far past curfew. When she returns home, her family has disappeared. With her uncle Oswald, Iris races for the frontier, pausing at Saint Hildegard's Mill to bury the family diamonds. She escapes to the United States, where she lives quietly for five decades. She will never return to look for her diamonds, but she has a friend who will.

Dylan McCabe, ein irischer Bauarbeiter mit einer großen Klappe, beschwert sich lauthals über die mangelnden Sicherheitsvorkehrungen bei einem eilig durchgeführten Bauprojekt. Als er nach einem Sturz auf der Baustelle tot aufgefunden wird, scheint es, als wären Dylans Warnungen allzu begründet gewesen. Allerdings nur bis Jack und Sarah sich einschalten und der vermeintliche Unfall auf einmal verdächtig nach einem eiskalten Mord aussieht.

When the palace of Arabesque's aide d'camp, a cat named the Tremblees, stumbles upon a translation of an ancient language that reveals the existence of a fabled stone, he vows to find it for reasons of greed and vengeance. With a dead dog stuck to a car bonnet, some burst luggage, a blind bus driver, and an enormous number of olives, it becomes a race for Oscar, his colleague Meesha, and the Tieress of Arabesque to prevent the Tremblees plunging Arabesque back into the Era of Bedlam.

People often ask me, “How did Louie Bertrand become a famous Paris sleuth?” For our first interview, Louie Bertrand agreed to meet me at a cafe at one o'clock in the afternoon for le petit dejeuner. This should have been my first clue, for it shouted this artist turned sleuth was a night bloomer. From my interviews, I would learn Louie Bertrand and his sleuthing partner, Mrs. Duchesney, were as different as...well, as different as Paris in the daytime and Paris at night.

On a snowy night on the outskirts of Lyon, France, the son of the Somarec chairman is brutally attacked. The assailant leaves only one clue - a cryptic message: "Najuno, remember." A reminder of an environmental tragedy Somarec was responsible for 20 years earlier in Chile.... Sister Blandine, a former detective who left police work behind to enter the convent, is on the case.

London 1935: Jack is on the run. He has been accused of murder and there are only two people who can help him; Elsie, a quick thinking young friend and Thomas Whale, a reporter, who believes Jack is innocent! The trio are caught in a breathless chase across the city as they uncover the dirty secrets of foreign and domestic powers! Can Jack expose the conspiracy before it's too late?

The job went great. Well, except the fact that the employer tried to save a buck or two by killing Cat. And that should have been that. But when Cat gets a visit from the woman she stole the items from originally and threatened with exposure as well as torture, Cat is forced to steal back what she just risked her neck for. Now she’s in a race for her and her daughter’s life against an insane Greek, a blood thirsty employer, and the last employer she just escaped from!