Novedades

A few days before Daniel Haze is to be married, he and Jason Redmond are drawn into society’s sordid underbelly when the son of Essex’s most violent crime boss is found dead in an ancient wood. They must wade through a long list of suspects to determine who hunted down Tristan Carmichael and murdered him in a way that was surely a message to his powerful father. With members of the criminal organization infighting to gain control, Jason and Daniel must solve the case before there are more casualties—including Daniel’s wedding.

In 1672, Henry Morgan took 36 ships and 2,000 men to sack Panama City for a $1 billion plunder and 600 slaves. Afterward, Morgan cheated his men, disappearing with nearly the entire treasure, and 200 slaves on three ships never to be seen again. Morgan alone survived as a haunted man who hid away in drunken debauchery, and burned his log books to keep the world from learning the terrifying truth. True story. Three hundred years later, Sophia Martinez discovers odd relics hidden within a 200-year Roatan Island family home that reopens a legacy of disappearance, dementia and death.

After slipping 150 years into the past, modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson has embraced her new life in Victorian Scotland as housemaid Catriona Mitchel. Although it isn’t what she expected, she's developed real, meaningful relationships with the people around her and has come to love her role as assistant to undertaker Dr. Duncan Gray and Detective Hugh McCreadie. Mallory, Gray, and McCreadie are on their way to the Scottish Highlands for McCreadie's younger sister's wedding.

Sam Monroe thought his steamy love affair with Manhattan socialite Laura Nielson was dead and buried, but when she didn’t show up after unexpectedly calling him late at night and asking to meet, he decides to investigate. He finds her naked on her penthouse balcony, strangled, his dog tags wrapped around her neck. With a bull’s-eye on his back as the prime suspect, Sam begins a search for the killer that reveals Laura’s involvement with several men, some with ties to a well-known crime family.

Private investigator Matilda Wren's new client is a woman seeking evidence to divorce her husband. She is also the former fiancée of her last client—and dear friend—Lord Ravenhurst. Though he has enthusiastically offered to aid Tilda with future investigations, she can't very well accept his help in this matter. Especially when her client's husband is murdered, and Ravenhurst is a suspect.

With Rory O'Fallon history, Sofie Davies O'Fallon is in search of a new partner in crime and protector. She finds Landry Glass. A former calvelry officer, world traveler and ladies man, Landry moves in on Sofie and shows her all the things she's been missing in life, while helping her find bigger and better scores. Meanwhile, the police are trying to catch Glass and Sofie doing something they shouldn't. Tomas Ribiero goes undervocer, and finds way more than he ever expected.

Everybody's two-stepping. They're dancing to Jazz, the new music performed so well at Gans Goldfield, the first "black and tan" club in Maryland, where the races can mix. Politicians are two-stepping, making money hand over fist, and spreading it around amongst their constituents. The cops are two-stepping, too, trying to catch up with the usual suspects, and to prosecute crooked politicians. The women who own Zofia's Cakes and Tarts are doing their own version of the two-step, when the Archdiocese demands they give up their bakery so a church may be built on its location. The fledgling ...

3 Mitarbeiter der Stiftung decken in einer Studie über den Umgang mit Behinderten in Alsterdorf während der NS-Zeit schwere Verbrechen auf. 2 der Autoren sterben - wie zuvor der Oberstaatsanwalt, einst gefürchteter Nazijäger. Nun beginnt ein Wettlauf mit der Zeit, denn der Täter plant bereits Mord Nr. 4. So kommt es zum dramatischen Showdown in einer U-Bahn-Haltestelle ...

Убийство в элитном жилом комплексе с пугающим названием «Барракуда», расследование которого приводит к старым, спрятанным в глубине семидесятых годов ХХ века тайнам. Бурлящая перестроечная Москва и драма в личной жизни юной журналистки Татьяны. Португалия времен Салазара и потрясающей Революции гвоздик с ее загадками и неожиданными трагедиями… Все это и многое другое в долгожданной заключительной книге трилогии Елены Афанасьевой «Театр тающих теней»! А еще — интервью Гения, которое даст ответы на все вопросы и раскроет все тайны и этой, и двух первых книг романа. Но кто же этот Гений?

Three photographs. 1948: an unknown woman at the wedding of a miner’s daughter to a decorated war hero. 1943: a pale US airman, behind him Mary Mine, a drab-painted warplane destined to crash in flames. 1936: a handsome teenager, arm thrust in fascist salute as his black-uniformed idol struts through the East End of London. What is the link between these people? And what are their legacies? Introducing Jane Madden, an ex-police detective trying to build a new life after illness and divorce. She is commissioned not to solve an ancestral mystery, but to find one. Together with a reclusive ...

A Series Special with the release of Murder at a Musical Retreat He’s trying to forget all about crime. But now targeted as a suspect, can he keep from going down for murder? England, 1964. Retired inspector Tom Ramsay wants to leave the past behind. Hoping to get on with his plans to hike the beauty spots of his homeland, a vacation to North Yorkshire strikes him as just the ticket. Yet while exploring the beach with his young border collie, he’s shocked to discover a decomposing body hidden in a cave. Happy to put the case in the hands of local police, he’s relieved not to be ...

The son was born and died, and born and died again. But what of the father? How many lives did he live? And which of his deaths finally laid him to rest? In this second book in the Jane Madden genealogical mystery series, Jane must solve the riddle of a successful surgeon’s ancestry to uncover the root of his family’s success. How could a boy raised by a humble miner’s widow escape his background and climb so high on the social ladder? Is there a missing branch in the tree, or is a darker secret hiding in the shadows of the past? When the trail runs cold Jane has to move from ...

An American ex-soldier entices a young English woman to stay in late-1950s Havana, a decadent capital pretending all is normal while Fidel Castro’s guerrilla army rises in the southern mountains of Cuba. She encounters glamour and violence before having her head turned by the idealism of revolution. She returns home with a baby, a photograph taken with a cultural icon, and a gun. A lifetime later, that child commissions a professional genealogist to investigate his mother’s family and past. His father’s identity is a riddle, but could DNA provide the answer? Could it Che Guevara ...

Polizeidetektiv Plank verkürzt seinem Partner aus dem Schachklub die Zeit der Genesung, mit den Erinnerungen an seinen merkwürdigsten Fall, den des "Puppenspielers": Im kaiserlich-königlichen Wien passieren merkwürdige Verbrechen, nicht einmal die Stephanskirche ist sicher vor den Gaunern. Doch schon bald geht Planks Vorgesetztem ein Fang ins Netz: Ausgerechnet ein biederer Beamter ist der gesuchte Langfinger!

Shastri Philip stories have been highly popular for the last three decades. However, they came to Kindle only in 2014. In the present story, Shastri Philip tries to solve a puzzling problem proposed by Davidhar Paul, the owner of India's largest Auction House. So great is the mystery that you are sure to read the entire story in a single sitting!!

Erlebe in „Das Raubschloß" von Heinrich Clauren, gelesen von Alexander Wohnhaas, eine stürmische Gewitternacht im Riesengebirge, die den Auftakt zu unheimlichen Begegnungen bildet. Ein Erzähler kehrt nach Jahren zu seiner trauernden Tante zurück und erblickt das halbverfallene Raubschloß auf einem Felsen hoch. Unter seinen Mauern verbirgt sich eine Gruft, in der der Sarg der verstorbenen Cäcilie ruht und ein unheimlicher Reigen aus schaurigem Waffengeklirr und leisen Schritten erwacht. Ein Porträt einer bleichen Nonne kündet von tragischer Liebe, Schuld und dunklem Geheimnis.

Tauche ein in Jules Vernes erste Kurzgeschichte, „Ein Abenteuer in Mexiko" oder auch "Ein Drama in Mexiko", in der 1825 zwei spanische Kriegsschiffe von ihren Matrosen gekapert und der jungen Republik Mexiko angeboten werden. Nach dem Tod des Kapitäns Orteva entbrennt zwischen den Meuterern ein blutiger Streit, als Leutnant Martinez und sein Gefährte José den Weg nach Mexiko-Stadt antreten, um den Verkauf abzuschließen – doch Verdacht, Aberglaube und eine tückische Lianenbrücke am Abgrund fordern ein tödliches Opfer.

Deadwood runs on gold, gambling, and secrets. Some are worth dying for. Before he landed facedown in the dirt, my father gambled away everything—including our mining claim and, somehow, me. Now, a ruthless gambler thinks I’m part of his winnings, a bounty hunter won’t leave my side, and my father’s death is looking less like bad luck and more like murder. The railroad barons are closing in, tempers are rising, and everyone wants a piece of the mine. But until I find my father’s killer, I can’t run—and I won’t let myself be traded like a poker chip. Justice in Deadwood ...

A gripping historical cozy mystery series about life for a woman living on the edge of the Pacific Ocean in the early twentieth century. In the aftermath of the Great War and the influenza epidemic that ravaged the globe, Sadie Elouise sets out to forget her tragic past. She leaves Astoria, Oregon and moves upriver to a small town on the Columbia River, but the vast wilderness of the Pacific Northwest and matters of the heart are determined to show her that she can run, but she cannot hide. In Book 1, Sadie is drawn into a desperate search for a missing child. Her new husband, Sheriff ...

Kingsbridge, 1940 Lucy Brooks is the proprietor of the local tea shop, Thyme for Tea. Her easy routine is disrupted when evacuee children from Bristol arrive during a mass evacuation as the English government scrambles to respond to the threat of German bombs. Happy to do her part in the war effort, she opens her shop to welcome the newcomers until they can be placed with various families. Some of the townfolk are less than thrilled with the new arrivals and when a body of a longtime resident is found, the rumor mill explodes with theories and supposition. Lucy finds herself in the unlikely...