Police Procedural Cozy

In Old Loves Die Hard, Lauren Carr continues the rags-to-riches story of Mac Faraday, an underpaid homicide detective who inherits 270 million dollars and an estate on Deep Creek Lake, Maryland. Mac is settling nicely into his new life at Spencer Manor when his ex-wife Christine shows up-and she wants him back! Before Mac can send her packing, Christine and her estranged lover are murdered in Mac's private penthouse suite at the Spencer Inn, the five-star resort built by his ancestors.

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.

THE MAUS TRAP A quiet winter vacation in the Alps. A romantic and secluded hotel. Only nine guests. A famous crime novelist who is being stalked. Three shots, one dead body—a new case for Penny Küfer. Each book in the series features a complete, standalone mystery—perfect to enjoy in any order.

Verschwundene Kunstwerke, sture Bergbauern und ein grotesk inszenierter Mord: Der neue Fall führt Südtirols beliebtestes Ermittlerduo ins Passeiertal. Am Rande eines Waldes stehen Commissario Grauner und sein neapolitanischer Kollege Saltapepe vor der grausam zugerichteten Leiche eines Mannes. Im nahegelegenen Dorf hüllen sich die Bewohner in Schweigen. Niemand will den Toten, einen verarmten Maler, näher gekannt haben. Erst ein Kunstexperte liefert den entscheidenden Hinweis.

When the village doctor calls, saying he is sure there is something fishy about one of his patients’ deaths, Sukey follows up his claims. Well-liked and kindly Adelaide Minchin appears to have died in a fall. Sukey can find no evidence to the contrary, but promises the doctor she will keep his theory in mind. Meanwhile, the police force is suddenly very busy after two young girls go missing in the very same village. As Sukey investigates the last place the girls were seen, she realises it was very close to Adelaide’s cottage.... Is it possible that the cases are linked?

Fame comes at a price. Some pay with their privacy. Others pay with their pride. Khloe Everest paid with her life. Determined to get her pretty face in front of the cameras, Khloe Everest fakes an abduction only to make a grand entrance in the midst of a press conference held by Spencer's Police Chief David O'Callaghan.

Caffeinated Murder is the fourth installment of the Evelynton Murder Series, featuring fast moving adventure, good friends, coffee, and a touch of quirky humor. Freelance writer and part-time hair salon receptionist, Lauren Halloren faces yet another murder investigation where she must face off with the local police department. It’s festival season in small town Indiana. The merchants of Evelynton are invested in making the town’s Marshmallow Festival a success. The one exception may be the local cleaning lady who thinks there are enough trouble makers in town already. Why invite ...

Malerische Abgründe - Dupin ermittelt auf der traumhaften Belle-Île. Die Hitzewelle hat in diesem August sogar die Bretagne fest im Griff, keine Aussicht auf Abkühlung für Kommissar Dupin. Und zu allem Überfluss plant Nolwenn auch noch die große Feier seines zehnjährigen Dienstjubiläums. Doch dann wird eines Morgens ein Toter an der Küste bei Concarneau aus dem Meer gefischt, ein Bewohner der legendären Belle-Île - und ehe sich Dupin versieht, befindet er sich an Bord eines Schnellbootes auf dem Weg zur "schönsten Insel der Welt".

What is Agatha Harley to do when a decades old secret about an unsolved murder is revealed to her? When the source is her dear, elderly neighbor who suffers with memory lapses, Agatha finds herself back at odds with her closest friends. Hank Davidson and Sheriff Reggie Coil are skeptical because the case had previously been investigated. Agatha’s faith in her friend pushes her towards the truth. Even if she has to go it alone this time. Hank, a champion of justice joins her, and together they reopen old wounds that appease some while hurting others. But, is there reason or even need to ...

When RaeLynn Shaffer is found on the highway near the Black Horse Campground-drugged, beaten, and unconscious-the mystery behind her disappearance weeks earlier only grows deeper. Soon it's apparent that she wasn't meant to be found alive . . . and what she knows could be fatal to the people she cares about . . . especially campground owner, Corrie Black.

Fear. Anguish. Heartbreak. Selfless love. Ultimate sacrifice. All in less than a minute. Sometimes that’s all the time there is. Adam Manning arrives at the crime scene and quickly sees that not everything is as it seems. Neither is he. If you enjoy clean mystery romance and inspirational women’s fiction filled with love, hope, family, new and old friendships, and a mystery to keep you guessing, Stay With Me is the series collection for you. This is Book Four of the eight-part Stay With Me mystery romance novella series. Book 4 of 8.

Fifteen years ago the teenage granddaughter of the grand Contessa Lando-Continui was rescued at the last moment from drowning in the canals. But young Manuela's life was never the same again. Now aged thirty, she lives trapped in an eternal youth. The Contessa, certain that this was no accident, implores Brunetti to find the culprit she believes ruined Manuela's life.

As inventive as Agatha Christie, as hilarious as P.G. Wodehouse - discover the delightful detective stories of Edmund Crispin. Crime fiction at its quirkiest and best. Richard Cadogan, poet and would-be bon vivant, arrives for what he thinks will be a relaxing holiday in the city of dreaming spires. Late one night, however, he discovers the dead body of an elderly woman lying in a toyshop and is coshed on the head. When he comes to, he finds that the toyshop has disappeared and been replaced with a grocery store.

Detective Roger LeCarre. Scourge of crime. Guardian of Exeter. Amateur squash player. And now, party guest at Powderham, the manor house owned by mysterious billionaire tech genius Eli Quartz. It is a small and unconventional gathering: the Bishop, a fading radio star, a desperate aristocrat, the ageing butler and his absurdly beautiful daughter—and Detective Roger LeCarre. Then a snowstorm blows in and the group realise they are trapped. And when, completely against expectations for this kind of situation, someone winds up dead, it's obvious who must solve the crime.

Wycliffe takles a case which reaches back down the generations.... When Cedric Tremain is charged with murdering his father by booby-trapping his fishing boat, all the locals are agreed that he is an unlikely murderer. But the case against him is strong: he has the motive, the opportunity, and the know-how; not to mention the fact that there is some hard circumstantial evidence against him.

Ein Mord in Limone, noch dazu an einem Polizisten! Ein Affront für Commissario Fabio Angelotti, der alles daransetzt, den Täter dingfest zu machen – auch der schönen Witwe wegen. Im malerischen Limone ist die Aufregung groß: Ausgerechnet ein deutscher Kriminalbeamter wird während seines Gardasee-Urlaubs mit Ehefrau Charlotte erschossen. Für Commissario Fabio Angelotti, zuständiger Ermittler vor Ort, ist es Ehrensache, den Mord an dem urlaubenden Kollegen schnellstens aufzuklären. Außerdem motivieren ihn die zauberhaft grünen Augen der Witwe ungemein.

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?

High in the Rocky Mountains, Green County reveled in a proud history of prospecting and mining dating back to the 1860s Gold Rush, and seemed like the perfect place for Phoebe Korneal to start her life over. Heartbreak and disillusionment in Utah became the inspiration that catapulted her over the mountain peaks to join the Green County, Colorado, Sheriff's Office as a deputy and detective, reuniting her with her close childhood friends, reporter Carrie Jean O'Brien and Undersheriff Bill Diamond.

In this fourth mystery on Deep Creek Lake, Mac Faraday finds himself up to his eyeballs in mobsters and federal agents. Mac Faraday believes he has his work cut out for him in protecting his lady love from one of the most dangerous leaders in organized crime; but when bodies start dropping in his lakeshore resort town, things may be hotter than even he can handle.

Grieving Police Chief Susan Wren’s never been so pleased to see her cousin, footloose reporter Sean Donovan. He turns up out of the blue, reeking of whiskey and Irish charm, to tell Susan he’s on to something big—a dark secret in Governor Jack Garrett’s murky past! But smooth-talking Sean might be hiding a secret of his own.