European Mystery

Drei Kriminalromane, drei Mal Meistersprecher Hans Korte. In "Der Verdacht" liegt Kommissär Bärlach im Krankenhaus...

A missing art student. An international investigation. A secret that will shatter Bruno's charming village of St Denis. A rich American art student is found dead at the bottom of a well in an ancient hilltop castle. The young woman, Claudia, had been working in the archives of an eminent French art historian, a crippled Resistance war hero, at his art-filled chateau.

In Book 2, Death (and Apple Strudel), the cruise takes London Rose and friends into Vienna and Salzburg, home of Mozart and the birthplace of music, and all seems picture-perfect. Until, that is, their tour guide turns up dead after giving the passengers a tour of Mozart’s theatre. Suspicion falls on them. Who could have killed her? And why?

After completing a dangerous mission training police officers in war-torn Afghanistan, Detective Maria Kallio returns to Finland as the head of a new special crimes unit. But what awaits her in her home country is her most challenging and unsettling case yet. Three immigrant Muslim girls, all members of the same social club, have gone missing under mysterious circumstances. When the body of a fourth girl is found in the snow, strangled with her own headscarf, the investigation takes on a grim new urgency.

Who would have thought Rosetta's exotic trip to Europe would involve thieves and kidnapping? (Book 1 of 4). When Rosetta and her daughter get a chance to travel to Europe, a criminal crosses their path. Follow her through famous cities in this tale of forgotten love, and the dangers of recovering a long lost hidden jewel as she avoids local criminals. Updated 7/1/24 Be sure to pick up your companion copy of The Lost Jewel #B07SM42FZG Next book in this series is: Mystery Along the Italian Coast #B081S7D7ZY

One desperate student. One remote cabin. One decision that changes everything. Jenna never wanted to be a cheater, but college life led her down a dark path. Now someone knows her secret, and they want $2,000 to keep quiet. The meeting place: an abandoned ranger station deep in the forest where no one will witness the exchange. But when FBI Agent Sarah Brightwater gets the call about a murder at that same location, she knows her seven-year hunt is about to take a deadly turn. In the shadow of the mountains, predator and prey will meet. Not everyone will leave the forest the same way they ...

Lady Audley is universally adored: Beautiful, kind and charming, she enamors all whom she meets. It is not until the strange disappearance of widower George Talboys that her behavior takes an odd turn. George's friend, Robert Audley, Lady Audley's nephew-in-law, is on the case; an upper-class layabout turned detective, he is determined to get to the bottom of things.

Berlin 1934. The Nazis have been in power for just 18 months but already Germany has seen some frightening changes. As the city prepares to host the 1936 Olympics, Jews are being expelled from all German sporting organisations - a blatant example of discrimination. Forced to resign as a homicide detective with Berlin's Criminal Police, Bernie is now house detective at the famous Adlon Hotel. Two bodies are found - one a businessman and the other a Jewish boxer.

A holiday is a time to relax, unwind and see the sights. But for two adventurous sexagenarians, the sights have a tendency to include dead bodies. Etta and Dora, both newly retired teachers, travel from their home in Southern Italy to a fairy-tale German town for their first home swap holiday, delighted by their neighbours’ warm welcome. But the welcome turns sour when the Night Watchman of Rothenburg is brutally murdered while his tour group takes photographs nearby, a halberd buried in his chest and a peculiar iron mask by his side. When the murderer claims a second victim and the son ...

Christmas with the family? Penny Küfer is quite surprised when she is invited to a fancy celebration with her estranged mother, of all people. Waldenstein Castle, the party location and home to Penny's latest stepfather, turns out to be a palace right out of a fairy tale. The assembled guests, however, seem rather eccentric, and what's more, one of them is a ruthless killer. But he hadn’t reckoned with Penny....

An unethical banker suffocates. A diamond dealer slits his wrists. A media magnate freezes in the snow. A disgraced CEO inhales exhaust fumes. Four unpopular businessmen, four apparent suicides. Until Interpol find the same DNA at each death. Beatrice Stubbs, on her first real case since "the incident", arrives in Switzerland to lead the investigation. But there’s more to Zurich than chocolate and charm.

Par amour pour un enfant, que seriez-vous prêt à faire ? Maddi, elle, ira jusqu'au bout... Une intrigue magistrale, un twist virtuose pour le nouveau suspense 100% Bussi. 2010. Maddi est médecin généraliste à Saint-Jean-de-Luz, une vie comblée avec Esteban, son fils de 10 ans. Ce jour d'été là, elle le laisse quelques minutes seul sur la plage. Quand elle revient, Esteban a disparu. 2020. Maddi a refait sa vie, et revient sur cette plage en pèlerinage. Au bord de l'eau, un enfant est là. Même maillot de bain, même taille, même corpulence, même coupe de cheveux.

Bruno Courreges is chief of police of the lovely town of St Denis in the Dordogne. His main wish is to keep the local people safe and his town free from crime. But crime has a way of finding its way to him. For 30 years, Bruno's boss, chief of detectives Jalipeau, known as J-J, has been obsessed with his first case. It was never solved and Bruno knows that this failure continues to haunt J-J. A young male body was found in the woods near St Denis and never identified. For all these years, J-J has kept the skull as a reminder. He calls him 'Oscar'.

When a woman's body turns up in a lake - a bullet to the back of her head - Violent Crime Unit commander Maria Kallio, freshly back from maternity leave, is fast to get on the case. The victim is ID'd as Annukka Hackman, wife of a prominent publisher and author of an upcoming unauthorized tell-all book on Sasha Smeds, Finland's celebrated racing rally driver. Almost as soon as the inquiry starts, it goes off the rails, as those connected to Annukka - and to Smeds - seem to have more secrets than they have alibis.

A female detective with a checkered past and a healthy measure of self-confidence, a dreamlike island landscape and the high life of the golden twenties. Mariella Petrarca, former police detective on the picturesque island of Saint Caspillian, now works as a private investigator. Her recent case seems mundane: a woman suspects her husband of having an affair and asks her to gather proof of his infidelity. The case becomes rapidly more complicated when, as shortly after two shots ring out in the chilly night air, the unfaithful husband and his mistress disappear. Most unusual is the ...

A killer who stages his victims like art. A message hidden in a dead man’s throat. And a detective on the edge of breaking. The footsteps stopped on the stone floor. Then came a low, scornful laugh. A blade traced her calf. “Mariella, my beautiful one... It’s time.” In the sun-drenched vineyards near Stuttgart, Germany, a brutally mutilated corpse is found—slashed, disemboweled, and theatrically posed. Chief Inspector Lola Lindberg and her team are stunned. But the horror doesn’t end there. Inside the victim’s throat, forensic pathologist Hettkamp discovers a chilling message ...

When London Rose, 33, is proposed to by her longtime boyfriend, she realizes she is facing a stable, predictable, predetermined (and passionless) life. She freaks out and runs the other way - accepting instead a job across the Atlantic, as a tour guide on a high-end European cruise line that travels through a country a day. London is searching for a more romantic, unscripted, and exciting life that she feels sure exists out there somewhere.

Historical Adventure Novel, A mystery set in Europe during the late 19th century. Immerse yourself in the sweeping intrigue of "A Dangerous Proposal," a thrilling mystery that takes you deep into the heart of 19th century Europe. Unravel the secrets, deception, and political machinations surrounding the sudden disappearance of Prince Roel of Rapsberg, set against the picturesque yet perilous mountains of the Carpathians. The novel begins with Minister Gersdorff commissioning the skilled Herr Galabin from their intelligence bureau to investigate the enigmatic disappearance of the prince. ...

Noora Nieminen was destined to become a world champion. But when the sixteen-year-old skating sensation is found slain with her own skates, her promising career is unexpectedly cut short. Detective Maria Kallio is seven months pregnant, but that isn't going to stop her from putting everything she has into solving the murder. With a promotion on the line and her arrogant adversary, Pertti Ström, vying for the new job, Maria is determined to make an arrest.

Sophia’s quest to uncover the mystery surrounding her great-aunt Lily takes a dramatic turn as she delves deeper into the past. As she uncovers shocking revelations, Sophia is forced to confront the truth about her own life and the choices she has made. Meanwhile, Lily’s own story takes a surprising twist as she returns to England a changed woman, struggling to reconcile her past and present. Her unresolved feelings for Winston only add to the complexity of her situation. As Sophia and Lily’s lives intertwine, they must confront the secrets that threaten to tear them apart. With ...