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Editor Susan Ryeland has left her Greek island, her hotel and her Greek boyfriend, Andreas, in search of a new life back in England. Freelancing for a London publisher, she's given the last job she wants: working on an Atticus Pünd continuation novel called Pünd’s Last Case. Worse still, she knows the new writer. Eliot Crace is the troubled grandson of legendary children’s author Miriam Crace who died twenty years ago. Eliot is convinced she was murdered—by poison.

Beautiful Stacey Marsh made a mistake—she should never have come home for her wedding. She had forsaken her hometown of Dorsham, England, long ago because it was too quiet, not at all the kind of place for the likes of Stacey. Stacey met Jules Charbonnier in Paris and planned to marry. As soon as Stacey returns to Dorsham, the town was frantic with upcoming activity and Stacey’s grandfather’s ghost has come back to haunt them. As for the boy next door, Nigel is simply too handsome for his own good.

The Bellona Club is the picture of old-world respectability—a gentleman’s retreat where war veterans and aristocrats gather for quiet conversation, brandy, and a game of chess. But on Armistice Day, the peace is shattered when the body of General Fentiman is discovered slumped in his usual chair. At first glance, it seems the elderly war hero simply passed away, but something doesn’t add up. The time of death is unclear, his stiff posture is unnatural, and an inheritance worth half a million pounds hangs in the balance.

Natalie Travers had only just had her house in Brighton converted into flats, and installed five sets of tenants, when her younger brother Julian sent her an appeal for help. Newly deserted by his wife of one year, he was finding it impossible to cope single-handed with his work, with the running of the house and with the care of his baby twins, Rowena and Randall. Natalie’s elder brother, Maurice, and his wife Freddie, were strongly opposed to Natalie’s going to the rescue.

Another eight eclectic tales from the pen of Stephen Herczeg. All have featured in annals of the MX Books of New Sherlock Holmes stories and the many anthologies from Belanger Books. The body was in the box, and then it wasn't. Holmes must find the dead girl and the identity of her killer. A young girl appears to be possessed by a demon. What is the truth and who is behind it? Dead bees. Honey that tastes of ash. A retired Holmes must track down the cause and unearth the mystery behind the strange colour creeping across the countryside.

A beloved doctor and loving family man is abducted, taken out to a remote farm in Buckinghamshire and then executed. DS Jack Townsend and the rest of the Specialist Crimes Unit are assigned the case. But it is only the beginning. A video surfaces within hours, where a masked man dubbed 'The Executioner', promises to release the footage of the murder for the world to see.

The great medical jurist Dr John Thorndyke must unravel three intricate cases, as a wealthy American attempts to prove a preposterous claim to an English earldom, based only upon a startlingly tall old family tale; a hundredweight of platinum, worth a fortune, is stolen; and, most bizarrely of all, a severed human head is discovered in a box in the left luggage office of London's Fenchurch Street Station...

“Watson, there is not a moment to lose. If you care to join the chase, pack your bag at once!” Likewise, enthusiasts of the greatest detective will not want to miss this opportunity to join Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson in a whirlwind of exciting new adventures… A daring thief penetrates the defenses of the Tower of London in search of a secret treasure. A profligate young actor is accused of murdering his exemplary sibling. From the safe of a prominent London banker, a priceless heirloom is stolen. Upon a high cliff, a ghostly assassin commits an impossible murder. A kingpin of ...

STAND-ALONE MURDER MYSTERY, #5 IN THE SERIES. MEET MAVERICK BRITISH DETECTIVE DI SKELGILL... "MAD, BAD AND JUST A LITTLE BIT COZY."A SPATE OF VICIOUS ATTACKS upon valuable Herdwick sheep, the sudden disappearance of a foreign hiker, and the unexplained drowning of a woodland hermit – a series of apparently unconnected events – draw Detective Inspector Daniel Skelgill to the white-knuckle passes and isolated dales of deepest Lakeland. s straws in the wind suggest there is sorcery afoot – and a connection to an equally sinister trade in human traffic – Skelgill and his team risk dire ...

Here are ten more traditional tales spanning Sherlock Holmes's illustrious career. Beginning with “The Matter of the Missing Mortician,” which London’s greatest detective solves without ever leaving his Baker Street sitting room to “The Conundrum of the Disputed Canvas,” which brings Holmes to Richmond Hill to resolve the authenticity of a painting of questionable origins. In between, an audacious new rival rises up to challenge Sherlock Holmes over two vexing cases. Then, an old enemy cleverly strikes at the hated detective from afar in “The Difficulty of the Distant Antagonist.

The book with colored illustrations tells the story of Bob – the youngest student of the secret Institute of Reality. He becomes a super detective because he can see, hear, and feel what is inaccessible to anyone else. He can move to the future and the past. He sees how all people and events are controlled... And he also gains access to a reality hidden from everyone else... Together with the special services agent Richards, he solves the most complicated cases.

Die Ursprünge des Falls liegen weit in der Vergangenheit. In Vermissa Valley, einem ehrfurchtsvoll "Tal der Angst" genannten Landstrich in den USA. Dort versetzte eine abtrünnige Freimaurerloge die Bewohner in Angst und Schrecken. Und wie es scheint, reichen deren Verbindungen bis ins gegenwärtige London, wo Sherlock Holmes und sein amerikanischer Kollege Professor van Dusen versuchen, einen grausamen Mord aufzuklären. Doch ihr Gegner ist schlau. Vielleicht selbst zu schlau für die beiden größten Gehirne des Planeten ... Ein Fall mit Sherlock Holmes und Professor van Dusen.

Dr. Watson ist spurlos verschwunden. Wurde er das Opfer der "Spinne", jener heimtückischen Giftmörderin, die es auf die obersten Zehntausend Londons abgesehen hat und die Millionenstadt seit Tagen in Atem hält? Holmes und Inspektor Gregson müssen alle Register ihres Könnens ziehen, um den treuen Freund zu retten. Doch es ist ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Ihre Gegnerin ist dem Meisterdetektiv ebenbürtig und führt ihn eins ums andere Mal an der Nase herum. Im Geheimen webt sie ihr teuflisches Netz aus Intrigen, Lügen und Verrat. Schließlich sitzt Sherlock Holmes in der Falle.

Wer ist die geheimnisvolle Frau, die in Dr. Prescotts Praxis erscheint und sich einen Finger amputieren lassen will, obwohl es dafür keine medizinische Notwendigkeit gibt? Und warum wird sie kurz nach der Operation ermordet? Ein neuer Fall für die Denkmaschine und ihren Helfer, den rasenden Reporter Hutchinson Hatch. Der Amateurkriminologe macht sich ans Werk und fördert Unglaubliches zutage.

Milano, ancora euforica per il successo dell'Expo, si prepara a brillare sotto le luci di Natale. L'8 dicembre, però, un'ombra scura cala sulla città: Giovanni Ferri, noto e stimato antiquario di Brera, viene ritrovato senza vita in Duomo, al termine della messa dell'Immacolata. Un infarto, a prima vista. Luca Botero, il commissario insofferente alla tecnologia e dotato dello spirito di osservazione del miglior Sherlock Holmes, è invece certo che sia stato ucciso. Quando l'autopsia conferma i suoi sospetti, l'indagine si accende, perché in tanti potevano volerlo morto.

Eine verschlüsselte Botschaft erreicht Sherlock Holmes. Für ihn ist klar: Sie steht in Zusammenhang mit Professor Moriarty, dem "Napoleon des Verbrechens", und sie bedeutet Gefahr. Doch ehe die beiden handeln können, geschieht ein grausamer Mord. Das Duo begibt sich an den Schauplatz des Verbrechens - und muss feststellen, dass dort bereits jemand anderes ermittelt. Ein Amateurkriminologe aus den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika.

Zwei Tote in White-Chapel. Scotland Yard ist sich sicher: Ein doppelter Auftragsmord. Steckt gar die Mafia dahinter? Immerhin handelt es sich bei den Toten um Sizilianer. Der berühmte Meisterdetektiv aus der Baker Street verfolgt jedoch eine andere Spur. Eine, die ihn direkt zu einem gefährlichen Geheimbund namens ZODIAC führt. Obwohl er alle Register seines Könnens zieht, gerät er alsbald in einen Hinterhalt. Denn seine Gegner sind schlau. Zu schlau - selbst für Sherlock Holmes. Und sie bedienen sich scheinbar übernatürlicher Mittel.

Step once more into the heart of Victorian London with the legendary Sherlock Holmes and his loyal companion, Dr. Watson. In this collection of three original mysteries—faithfully inspired by the world and style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle—Holmes faces baffling puzzles, sinister conspiracies, and secrets long buried. As danger lurks in the fog and deception lies at every turn, only his unmatched intellect can bring the truth to light. The Chronofabulist A man claiming to have traveled from 1824 arrives in London with disturbing predictions and a strange invention. As Holmes investigates ...

In August 1949, Detective Chief Inspector Bryce and his new bride Veronica are holidaying in the East Anglian resort of Felixstowe. During afternoon tea in the Palm Court of their hotel, a man dies at a nearby table. He has been poisoned. Reluctant to get directly involved, Bryce nevertheless agrees to help the inexperienced local police inspector get to grips with his first murder case, turning his honeymoon into a ‘busman’s holiday’.

STAND-ALONE MURDER MYSTERY, #14 IN THE SERIES. MEET MAVERICK BRITISH DETECTIVE DI SKELGILL... "MAD, BAD AND JUST A LITTLE BIT COZY."‘A KILLER IN OUR MIDST?’ cried a newspaper headline to commemorate the disappearance of Mary Wilson. It is two decades since Britain’s first mass DNA sweep failed to incriminate a single local male. Mary was listed merely as a missing person. Now archaeologists have unearthed human remains in Cummacatta Wood. The forensics match – age, sex, fragments of clothing... and dental records. But the murder hunt has only just begun when an outsider, a convicted...