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Eine verschwundene Extrembergsteigerin, zwei rätselhafte Morde im oberen Vinschgau und ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit: In seinem neunten Fall ermittelt Südtirols beliebtestes Duo in luftigen Höhen. In Sulden, an der eisigen Nordwand des Ortler, hat sich die internationale Kletterszene versammelt. Eine Italienerin und eine Iranerin, die besten Eiskletterinnen der Welt, treten gegeneinander an, um einen neuen Rekord aufzustellen. Commissario Grauner und sein neapolitanischer Kollege Saltapepe haben derweil andere Sorgen: Unten im Tal wurde ein Toter gefunden.

On the shores of a tranquil fjord in Northern Iceland, a man is brutally beaten to death on a bright summer's night. As the 24-hour light of the arctic summer is transformed into darkness by an ash cloud from a recent volcanic eruption, a young reporter leaves Reykjavik to investigate on her own, unaware that an innocent person's life hangs in the balance. Dark, terrifying and complex, Blackout is an exceptional atmospheric thriller from one of Iceland's finest crime writers.

When Dani and Arthur agree to cater a special dinner party in Kauai, they plan on doing nothing afterward but show Anna, Dani’s 10-year-old niece, how to surf and snorkel. It didn’t quite work out that way. They’re thrust into the investigation of the attempted murder of their host’s high-profile wife. His resort compound, where he and his wife live, is impenetrable, so who would have had access to her bedroom and her pillbox?

Philippe Lagarde, ein ehemaliger Kommissar, hatte eigentlich vor, sich in seinem malerischen Dorf Barfleur zur Ruhe zu setzen. Allenfalls wollte er seiner Freundin Odette beim Kochen helfen und vielleicht dann und wann aufs Meer hinausfahren. Doch als ein deutscher Student auf mysteriöse Weise verschwindet, ist Lagardes Hilfe gefragt. Er hat nur einen Hinweis: eine Postkarte von Barfleur, die der junge Mann vor seinem Verschwinden abgeschickt hat. Bald findet Lagarde die erste Spur - und eine Leiche.

After saving a woman from an armed robber at a truck stop, former soldier John Lucky is more than happy to take her number, even if she does print it out on a lottery ticket. He's even more happy when that ticket wins the lottery and he can take himself and his Army bud Davey down to Florida so they can live the good life in the paradise that is the Gulf Coast.

Grab a script with the cast and crew and take the stage on the next adventure at The Sheffield Bed and Breakfast! Brenda Rivers has her hands full with an entire acting troupe checking into her beloved establishment The Sheffield Bed and Breakfast, with many other esteemed guests - including a physic - filling her rooms weeks in advance! When all of Brenda’s guests arrive, the atmosphere is lively and amicable - until one evening when the cast head down to the idyllic beach for an after-show performance of Mystery of the Nile.

There’s just something about “bad boys” that fascinates people. But there’s a reason they’re called “bad boys”. Is that why Kade, the one with the “bad boy” reputation, was murdered? Of course, there were a lot of people who had a reason to want him dead. Like Harper, his ex-girlfriend, whose parents told her no more partying with him and put her on a short financial leash.

Small town life, big academic egos, corruption, revenge, and Spam musubis! The Musubi Murder is the first campus crime novel set in Hawaii, and the perfect gift for mystery lovers, Hawaii expatriates, disillusioned academics, and anyone who fancies Spam (the meat). Renowned Hawaii-born voice-over artist Nicole Gose brings her spot-on vocal characterizations and impeccable comic timing to this reading.

When Homicide Detective Cameron Gates befriends Dolly, the little old lady who lives across the street, she is warned not to get lured into helping the elderly woman by investigating the unsolved murder of one of her girls. "She's senile," Cameron is warned. "It's not a real murder." Such is not the case. After Dolly is brutally murdered, Cameron discovers that the sweet blue-haired lady's "girl" was a call girl who had been killed in a mysterious double homicide.

Nachts auf dem Gletscher, da gehört der Mensch nicht hin. Da sind nur die Geister der Toten und der Sturm und der Schnee. Trotzdem entdeckt Skipisten-Toni hoch oben im Dezember ein seltsames Licht - und wenig später die Leiche eines Einsiedlers. Mit einer Pfeilspitze in der Schulter. Ähnlich wie der weltberühmte Steinzeitmensch Ötzi, der Jahre zuvor fast am selben Ort gefunden wurde. Commissario Grauner, der an manchen Tagen lieber "Viechbauer" wäre, macht sich mit seinem jungen Kollegen Saltapepe aus Neapel an die Ermittlungen.

When the body of Rufus Moorcroft, a middle-aged widower with a distinguished war record, is found in his summerhouse, the verdict is suicide. But both reporter Jill Francis and her lover, Detective Richard Thornhill, approaching the case from different angles, discover there's more to it than that. The sixth instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series.

Nächtliche Aufruhr in Barnum! Bei dem vermögenden Bauer Jürgen Geerts wurde eingebrochen; der Hausherr erwischt den Täter auf frischer Tat - weil der nämlich leblos auf dessen Perser liegt! Doch der Verbrecher ist nur bewusstlos, allerdings erwacht er im Zustand geistiger Umnachtung - und mit erheblichem Gedächtnisverlust. Schnell ist klar: Ohne die Lokal-Reporterin Rita Hansen kommt die Polizei hier nicht weiter! Angeführt von Polizei-Hauptmeister Klaas Conradsen wird knallhart ermittelt.

Bryce Finn started out using his golden retriever Sierra's nose to win at childhood games of hide-and-seek. Now 17 and Washington state's youngest SAR dog handler, Bryce and K9 Sierra are hip deep in a series of murders that some political leaders deny is happening at all.

Sommer in der Provence. Ein dreifacher Mord. Commissaire Albin Leclerc ermittelt. Drei Leichen liegen an einem Waldparkplatz bei Caromb. Die Feriengäste wurden mit einer seltenen Waffe hingerichtet. Die Polizei steht vor einem rätselhaften Fall, in den sich zu allem Übel Ex-Commissaire Albin Leclerc einmischt. War es das Werk eines Auftragsmörders? Geht ein Killer in der Provence um, der Touristen tötet? Leclerc erkennt Parallelen zu einem früheren Fall - und sticht in Begleitung von Mops Tyson in ein Wespennest.

A farmer and his wife make a gruesome discovery. Their 911 call brings Detective Dan Cutter out to a lonely country driveway where he finds a brutally murdered young woman. She has no identification on her, but one thing is clear: Somebody wanted to make sure she was dead. Cutter, whose still learning his way around Stone County, must track down a cold-blooded killer who brought this Jane Doe to a dead end.

There was no doubt at all that the girl was dead. The front of her skull and her facial bones had been splintered like the cracked shell of an egg. What made it even more shocking was the setting of the murder - an idyllic corner of the Scilly Isles where violent crime was almost unknown.

Chief Inspector, Lord Ralph McGinniss has booked his boat fare to Australia to find his wife, Professor Claire Lane. Then a mysterious cold case file is handed to him from Sgt Pennyworth. British Army Intelligence has requested his help. Can he find Squadron Leader Mike Bristol? Was he last seen leaving The Fur & Feathers Pub in Stow on the Wold on the date stated on the warrant, 30th August 1944? Suspected of murdering two women. A well-known West End Actress Mia Jones and local shopkeeper Mrs Anne Tumbler. The Chief Ralph McGinniss is not convinced. With the war over, the cases of ...

Ein verflucht schwieriger Fall: Hauptkommissar Hirschberg steht im Wald. Am Nikolaustag liegt der wohlhabende Großbäcker Alfons Gerstl auf einer idylischen Waldlichtung am See - tot! Ihm wurde der Schädel eingeschlagen. Wer könnte dem Bäckerei-Mogul Böses wollen? Stimmt etwa tatsächlich die Legende von dem Fluch, nach der alle hundert Jahre an diesem Tag ein Mitglied der Familie Gerstl gewaltsam zu Tode kommen müsse? Hauptkommissar Hirschberg begibt sich auf Spurensuche in der Krindelsdorfer Vergangenheit - und deckt so manches Geheimnis auf.

Geheime Gärten, seltene Vogelarten und viel Cidre. Kommissar Dupin ermittelt in einer der wildesten und beeindruckendsten Gegenden der Bretagne – im hohen bretonischen Norden. Ein vertrackter und vor allem sehr persönlicher Fall. Denn es geht um die Familie von Inspektor Kadeg.

Dog show judge Deidre Rogers had enemies - a lot of enemies - and someone hated her enough to kill her. And it wasn’t only the dog show people who hated her. When a woman’s as rich as Deidre and feels entitled to have whatever she wants, including other women’s husbands, it’s not surprising she had a long list of people who would like to see her dead.