Mystery Sale

Dici Acapulco e pensi a spiagge di sabbia finissima, mare cristallino e palme accarezzate dalla brezza. Ma oggi la perla del Pacifico è molto diversa dall’immagine da cartolina usata per attirare i turisti. Il narcotraffico si è insinuato in città e gli omicidi sono all’ordine del giorno. Ad Acapulco vive Lydia, che si divide tra il lavoro in libreria e la famiglia: il marito Sebastián, giornalista, e il figlioletto Luca, otto anni e un’intelligenza fuori dal comune.

Four enchanted yard sale treasures show a lonely shop owner the way back to love in this magical realism novel. When Marybeth stumbles upon an extraordinary yard sale, she has no idea how much her life is about to change. Psychic visions explode in her mind as she touches each of four items for sale. Reluctantly, she takes them home. One by one, the objects and the visions reveal family secrets that force her to re-examine who she is. With a little heart and some dry humor, she forges ahead. Meanwhile Josh Anderson, a lonely writer, breaks free from his self-imposed isolation to undertake a...

Faites la connaissance de la pétillante Cathie Wald ! Alors que cette quinquagénaire au caractère bien trempé, strasbourgeoise de souche, s'installe dans un charmant et pittoresque village breton... les ennuis viennent troubler la tranquillité de cette petite communauté. Un cosy crime savoureux à la monde bretonne. La première enquête d'une héroïne moderne et attachante.

When book dealers Molly O’Donnell and Emma Clarke meet at an estate sale, they are both there for the books. But Emma ventures past a “No Admittance” sign into the basement and finds, not only a vast occult library, but also the dead body of a notorious book thief. She calls Molly, who spots a warning note in Elizabethan script next to the body. Cautious Emma follows Molly’s adventurous lead as they search for the missing book to which the note belongs, which Molly thinks must be a book of spells—a grimoire.

When Fredericka Wing arrives in South Sutton, Massachusetts, a tiny New England town, it seems an ideal place for a working summer vacation. She plans on managing Miss Hartwell's bookstore while working on her own writing. She never dreamed she would find a body in a hammock in her own backyard. Someone brutally murdered Catherine Clay, an heir to the Sutton fortune. And more violence follows. Together with Peter Mohun, a professor at a local college, Fredericka sets out to discover the murderer's identity.

Sloane Osborne is a paranormal real estate agent in the business of selling haunted houses, but, in truth, she’s only searching for one ghost. And her time is running out. It’s the 366th day after her fiancé’s death. Michael used to like putting things off for “a year and a day” - so tonight’s the night. Sloane will do anything to make contact with him before the clock strikes midnight.

Their eight-year-old son was kidnapped by an international human trafficking ring. The authorities cannot find him. Harry and Sharon will stop at nothing to find their son, even when their own lives are in danger as they get too close. Jamie was kidnapped from his school playground, drugged, and taken far away.

The award-winning, laugh-out-loud adventures of antiques dealers Brandy Borne and her drama-queen mom Vivian have made Trash 'n' Treasures "one of the funniest cozy series going" (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine). In the latest installment, after flames consume a historic mansion full of priceless treasures, along with its occupant, the question arises: who charred the corpse? Brandy and Vivian are on the case in their 14th Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery!

A dangerous, depressed place reeking of bad memories, South Chicago is a neighbourhood private investigator V.I. Warshawski left a long time ago. But now she's back, drawn to the streets of her childhood once again to do a favour for a friend. It was never going to be easy - and when the mother of a local girl asks her to look into claims of sabotage at the factory where she works, V.I. quickly finds herself caught up in something far more sinister.

"Souvenez-vous, ça revient sous les traits d'un enfant." Un gamin diabolique qui provoque immanquablement la disparition de vos proches...

Raven is a ruthless assassin, a hired killer, whose cold-blooded murder of the minister for war will have violent repercussions across Europe. As the nation prepares for battle, Raven goes on the run, hunted by the police and in search of the man who paid him in stolen banknotes, eventually unearthing the terrible truth behind his deadly assignment.

Prix Landerneau Polar 2023, ce roman noir implacable, ancré dans les terres du Nord de la France, nous tient en haleine jusqu’à la dernière page ! La disparition de la fille du notable du coin révèle les pires jeux de pouvoirs, entre violences de classe et violences de genre.

Chicago Sun-Times reporter Paul Crawford is asked to investigate a series of recent murders he eventually calls the "Houdini Victims". He begins with the investigation of a corporate executive who vanishes from a parking garage in the Chicago Loop without a trace.

Tempi duri per la dottoressa Ardelia Spinola. Sta rimuginando sul rapporto un po' troppo intimo tra i suoi carissimi amici, il commissario in pensione Bartolomeo Rebaudengo e la pianista Norma Picolit, quando riceve una strana telefonata dal suo ex fidanzato Arturo. Strana perché ha come la sensazione che lui taccia il vero motivo della chiamata. Passano pochi giorni e Ardelia è sul luogo di un crimine per esaminare un cadavere, ma il corpo che viene ripescato con un proiettile nel torace dalla piscina della villa di Davide Drusi, imprenditore ligure, è quello di Arturo.

Un'ondata di reati a carico dei più deboli, gli anziani, vittime di furti e di truffe. È questa la notizia del giorno che campeggia sulle pagine di tutti i giornali. Polizia e Carabinieri, gli eterni rivali, fanno a gara per correre ai ripari, per dare qualche risultato all'opinione pubblica impaziente. Ma in Questura uomini e mezzi sono scarsi. E allora perché non chiedere aiuto a chi è andato da poco in pensione, ma non ha perso il gusto per le indagini?

Ingrid often said that one could find anything and everything they needed at yard sales. Perhaps she was right. In retirement, she laid her hands on the biggest yard sale find of all. The love of her life, Jerome Prioleau. Now, there was a wedding to plan. Meanwhile, strange things were happening in Juniper. A woman was murdered, her body found deep beneath Lake Murray by one of Ingrid’s former students. Later, the woman’s husband, none other than Juniper’s mayor, was found dead. A victim of his own poisoning.

Jamie and Sherry were kidnapped over a year ago and they have now been sold to a rich Columbian couple. At first, it seems like a good situation, but it doesn’t last long. They soon learn that Carlos and Maria are not the happy couple they appear to be. As the couple’s relationship nears a breaking point, Jamie and Sherry are once again worried about their fate.

Alfredo y Elvira reciben un misterioso paquete por correo en cuyo remite sólo figuran dos letras: PM. Contiene únicamente un pequeño cubo de poliexpán, que al tocarlo les transmite unas emociones intensísimas de angustia y de miedo. ¿Quién les envía ese extraño mensaje emocional? Parece una llamada urgente de socorro. La pareja descubre que existe un turbio negocio de 'tráfico de sentimientos' en el que está implicado un viejo amigo, y deciden introducirse de lleno en él.

When dozens of children disappear within hours in broad daylight from schools all over North America, it quickly becomes apparent that this isn’t an ordinary kidnapping. Agent Harper and Detective Boyd begin a race against time to find out where the children have gone before it’s too late. As the sun sets, only one child has been found and her captors detained. Will they reveal the clues needed to find the other children?

Margie Halloway is a normal woman. She works a job she doesn’t care about, avoids men who catcall her on the street, and goes home every night to Salem, her beloved cat who also happens to be named after the town she lives in. Despite its namesake, Salem is a pretty normal town. Until a string of murders occurs in her small town and she starts to feel…different. She can do things she couldn’t do before, like move objects without touching them, or get people to do whatever she wants.