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Nestled high in the Tuscan hills lies Villa Volpone, home to renowned crime writer Jonah Moore and his creative writing course. It’s also the last place retired DCI Dan Armstrong expected to spend his retirement....

Three gripping crime fiction thrillers featuring DCI Whitney Walker and forensic psychologist Dr. Georgina Cavendish: Deadly Games, Fatal Justice, and Death Track....

The windswept shores of Norfolk may look peaceful, but dark secrets fester beneath the surface. As the seasons turn, so too does the tide of crime, and DI Tom Janssen must face new and chilling investigations.

It is the stroke of midnight on Hogmanay when Alison Reid admits a caller to her home. When her death is later reported, DI Clare Mackay attends the scene....

The Josephine Tey Collection includes unabridged recordings of all 6 of the novels in the Inspector Alan Grant series....

A cozy crime series set in gorgeous Tuscany. It's murder in paradise....

For Lord Anthony Hetheridge, this wet April should be full of promise. His wife, Kate, is on bedrest for her final month of pregnancy, and his friend DI Deepal "Paul" Bhar's firstborn, a darling baby girl, has already arrived....

In a daring and chilling debut, Brad Thor draws us into a sinister labyrinth of political intrigue and international terrorism, serving up an explosive cocktail of unrelenting action....

Here is the world's first ever fully dramatised Sherlock Holmes canon: 56 short stories and 4 novels, all made by the same team of directors, producers, dramatists and leading actors, and packed with the high production qualities of a film or TV drama that set it apart....

Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison has moved up the ranks, fighting every step of the way to break through Scotland Yard's glass ceiling. Now, on her first day as the head of the Vice Squad, a high-profile case threatens to destroy everything she has worked for....

Mark Randall lay dead in a field near Lowacre long before Smith had done what he had to do in Belfast....

Early one morning, DI Clare Mackay receives a message from her boss, DCI Alastair Gibson, telling her to meet him in secret. She does as he asks and is taken to a secure location in the remote Scottish hills....

North Yorkshire, England. Detective Chief Inspector Harry Grimm is reluctantly easing into life in the dales. As he gradually acclimatizes to the slower pace of the countryside while he awaits a return to the city, he’s called out to inspect a farmer’s crushed body....

The Josephine Tey Collection includes unabridged recordings of Tey's 8 major novels in one audiobook, including all 6 of the novels in the Inspector Alan Grant series....

When a man's dismembered body is discovered at an abandoned quarry on the north Norfolk coast, DI Tom Janssen and his team must wade through his secretive life to figure out how he met his end....

Hetheridge must catch the killer while coping with his growing attraction to Kate, the reappearance of an old flame, and the secret that emerges from his own past....

DCI Jane Tennison came through the ranks the hard way, opposed and resented at every step by her male colleagues....

Cleo’s holiday with her family to the seaside resort town of Brighton is everything she hoped it would be…until she receives a blackmail note. The blackmailer demands Cleo help her or a story revealing Cleo’s investigating will appear in the newspaper.

Book 1: The Icehouse A Murderer on the Loose. A Detective Haunted by the Past. A Race Against Time. DCI Jonathan Walker is a senior detective for the Lancashire Constabulary in North West England. He’s haunted by events of the past and hell bent on redemption.

Graham is a detective inspector with London’s Metropolitan police force. He’s a career police officer, an educated, reserved, thoughtful, some might say, complex man....

Christmas day, and DCI Tom Reynolds receives an alarming call. A mass grave has been discovered on Oileán na Caillte, the island which housed the controversial psychiatric institution St. Christina's....

When the manager of a residential home for adults with learning difficulties is found dead in the freezer, the police investigation must tread carefully. Many of the residents are vulnerable. But could one of them be the killer? Detective Inspector Winter Meadows leads the inquiry....

Spring, 1909, and Lady Hardcastle, amateur sleuth and all-round eccentric, is enjoying a well-deserved rest. But a week after a trip to the cattle market, Spencer Caradine, a local farmer, turns up dead in the pub, face-down in his beef and mushroom pie....

It all began with sheep-stealing. A hateful act among the shepherds of the fells, and yet not a matter of life and death. Then came arson and with the leaping of the flames, death and disorder reached the peaceful moors....

Jack's a retired ex-cop from New York, seeking the simple life in Cherringham. Sarah's a Web designer who's moved back to the village find herself...

A super spy, a mysterious death and a world of yachts, private planes and underground bases - but only one question – who really is Aldrich Kemp? Enjoy this fast-paced, action-packed series, available for the first time as a complete download. Featuring a stellar cast including Phoebe Fox, Tim McInnery and Nicola Walker.

La acaudalada familia Waverly vive una pesadilla cuando su pequeño hijo Johnnie, de tan solo tres años, es secuestrado a plena luz del día, a pesar de la vigilancia y las amenazas previas. Acompaña a Poirot en una investigación donde cada sonido cuenta: el eco de pasos en los pasillos, el susurro de las puertas al cerrarse, el latido acelerado de la angustia familiar y la astucia del detective enfrentándose a un enemigo invisible.

Durante una elegante velada en la alta sociedad londinense, las valiosas joyas del excéntrico coleccionista Marcus Hardman desaparecen de su caja fuerte, desatando el escándalo entre sus selectos invitados. Desesperado por evitar el escarnio público, Hardman recurre al legendario Hércules Poirot, quien deberá desenredar una trama donde nada es lo que parece y cada pista puede ser un engaño. ¿Quién es el verdadero culpable? ¿El joven Parker, la enigmática condesa rusa Vera Rossakoff o quizá alguien aún más inesperado?

Durante una escapada al pintoresco lago Windermere, el famoso detective Hércules Poirot y su inseparable amigo Hastings conocen a Mary Durrant, una joven que transporta valiosas miniaturas de Napoleón para venderlas a un coleccionista estadounidense. Pero el trayecto se convierte en pesadilla cuando las antigüedades desaparecen sin dejar rastro. ¿Quién es el ladrón? ¿Cómo pudo cometer el robo en un autobús lleno de testigos? Poirot, con su aguda intuición y su inigualable lógica, deberá desenmascarar al culpable antes de que el viaje termine.

Cuando el señor Wu Ling, un hombre de negocios chino que custodia el único mapa de una legendaria mina de plata, aparece muerto en Londres antes de cerrar un trato millonario, el caso queda en manos del incomparable Hércules Poirot. Acompaña a Poirot y Hastings en una investigación donde cada sonido te transporta: el bullicio de Chinatown, el rumor del río Támesis, el crujir de antiguos pergaminos y el suspense de cada revelación.

Durante la exclusiva fiesta de disfraces en el Colossus Hall, el ambiente se torna siniestro cuando el joven vizconde Cronshaw es hallado muerto, apuñalado en pleno salón de baile. Horas después, su prometida, la famosa actriz Coco Courtenay, aparece muerta por una sobredosis. Hércules Poirot, invitado a la velada, se enfrenta a un enigma donde todos ocultan algo y cada detalle puede ser la clave para desenmascarar al asesino.

En plena noche, los planos ultrasecretos de un revolucionario submarino de guerra desaparecen de la mansión de Lord Alloway, presidente del Ministerio de Defensa. Con el prestigio de la nación en juego y la sospecha acechando a cada invitado, solo Hércules Poirot puede descubrir la verdad. ¿Fue la elegante y enigmática Mistress Conrad, o alguien aún más cercano al círculo de confianza?

La señora Pengelley, una mujer angustiada, acude a Hércules Poirot convencida de que su propio marido la está envenenando. Solo se siente enferma cuando él prepara las comidas y una botella de veneno aparece misteriosamente vacía. Poirot y Hastings viajan hasta el remoto pueblo de Polgarwith, pero llegan demasiado tarde: la señora Pengelley ha muerto. La sospecha recae sobre el marido, pero en esta comunidad todos parecen ocultar algo.

Benedict Farley, un excéntrico magnate, acude desesperado al famoso detective para confesarle su obsesión: cada noche sueña que, exactamente a las 12:28, toma un revólver y se dispara en la sien. Una semana después, el sueño se convierte en realidad: Farley aparece muerto en su despacho, a la misma hora, con la puerta cerrada y sin que nadie haya entrado ni salido. Todo apunta a un suicidio… pero Poirot no se deja engañar por las apariencias.

Cuando el famoso detective Hércules Poirot es llamado para resolver la extraña desaparición del chef de la casa Blackbird, la intriga se desata. Cada miembro de la familia parece ocultar algo, y cada pista es una nota en una sinfonía de sospechas.

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final set of twelve (out of a total of fifty-six) Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the Strand Magazine between October 1921 and April 1927. The first British edition and the first American edition of the collection were both published in June 1927. However, they had slightly different titles.

I Surray e i loro cinque figli sono famosi scrittori. Dopo una serata con editori e artisti nella loro casa di campagna dell'Oxfordshire, Ruth, la figlia di mezzo, viene trovata morta nella sua camera, apparentemente suicida. Ma una lettera postuma della stessa defunta recapitata al fratello Richard scombina le carte...

His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of previously published Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, including the titular short story, His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes (1917). The collection's first US edition adjusts the anthology's subtitle to Some Later Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes. All editions contain a brief preface, by "John H. Watson, M.D.", that assures readers that as of the date of publication (1917), Holmes is long retired from his profession of detective but is still alive and well, albeit suffering from a touch of rheumatism.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories were published in the Strand Magazine in Great Britain, and Collier's in the United States. The book was first published in February 1905 by McClure, Phillips & Co. (New York) then on 7 March 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd. (London) and was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had "died" in "The Final Problem". Having published The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1901–1902, which was set before Holmes' "death", Doyle came under intense pressure to revive his famous character.

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson werden von einer jungen Dame aufgesucht, die um ihren verstorbenen Vater trauert. Obwohl der Obduktionsbericht von einer natürlichen Todesursache ausgeht, vermutet sie einen Mord. Tatsächlich findet Watson medizinische Unregelmäßigkeiten.

The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger (1927), one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes is visited by Mrs. Merrilow, a landlady from South Brixton who has an unusual lodger who never shows her face. She saw it once accidentally and it was hideously mutilated. This woman, formerly very quiet, has recently taken to cursing in the night, shouting "Murder, murder!" and "You cruel beast! You monster!" Also, her health has taken a turn for the worse, and she is wasting away.

The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place is the last of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story is part of the series The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes first published in the Strand Magazine from October 1921–April 1927. The original title The Adventure of the Black Spaniel was changed before publication. Head trainer John Mason from Shoscombe Old Place, a racing stable in Berkshire, comes to Holmes about his master, Sir Robert Norberton. Mason thinks he has gone mad.

The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier (1926) is one of 12 Sherlock Holmes short stories (56 total) by Arthur Conan Doyle in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes first published Strand Magazine October 1921 - April 1927. This story is one of only two narrated by Holmes rather than Doctor Watson - the other one being The Adventure of the Lion's Mane. Not surprisingly, Dr. Watson does not appear in either story.

The Adventure of the Three Gables is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, collected as one of 12 in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in 1926 as a serial. The story begins with a visit to 221B Baker Street from Steve Dixie, a black man and a cowardly ruffian who warns Sherlock Holmes to keep away from Harrow. Although Dixie has come to intimidate Holmes, Holmes secures Dixie's future cooperation by threatening to tell what he knows about the suspicious Perkins death involving Dixie.

The Adventure of the Retired Colourman (1926), one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes is hired by a retired art supply dealer from Lewisham, Josiah Amberley, to look into his wife's disappearance. She has left with a neighbour, Dr. Ray Ernest, taking a sizeable quantity of cash and securities. Amberley wants the two tracked down.

Imagine Sherlock Holmes solving cases where the clues include a mysterious cask of Amontillado – the haunting cries of a raven – an unnerving asylum – a man’s uncanny doppelganger!

Auch nach einigen Monaten in den Cotswolds hat sich Ex-PR-Agentin Agatha Raisin noch immer nicht recht an das beschauliche Landleben gewöhnt. Doch es geht voran, Agatha konnte sogar eine Essenseinladung vom neuen Dorftierarzt ergattern, einem äußerst attraktiven Mann. Pech nur, dass dieser wenig später bei der Behandlung eines Rennpferdes stirbt. Ein Unfall, sagt die Polizei, doch Agatha zweifelt, dafür sind die Todesumstände zu verdächtig. Schließlich ermittelt sie auf eigene Faust - und gerät damit ins Visier eines hundsgemeinen Gegners ...

The tenth story in The Innocence of Father Brown is entitled The Eye of Apollo. At the beginning of this short story, Flambeau has just opened his detective agency in a new building located near Westminster Abbey. The other tenants in the building are a religious charlatan named Kalon, who claims to be "the New Priest of Apollo," and two sisters, who are typists. Flambeau and Father Brown instinctively distrust Kalon, who has installed a huge eye of Apollo outside his office.

En El Sabueso de los Baskerville, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle nos sumerge en uno de los relatos más icónicos y sobrecogedores del universo de Sherlock Holmes. Tras la misteriosa muerte de Sir Charles Baskerville en las cercanías de su mansión en los desolados páramos de Devonshire, resurge una antigua leyenda familiar: la de un sabueso asesino que persigue a los Baskerville desde generaciones atrás.

Prepárate para adentrarte en un mundo donde el ingenio es la única arma contra el crimen. En este fascinante audiolibro de Baroness Orczy, te encontrarás con "El Abogado Milagro", un detective sin igual cuya mente aguda desentraña los misterios más complejos. A lo largo de trece apasionantes relatos, cada historia teje una red de suspense que te atrapará desde la primera palabra. Con cada nuevo enigma, El Abogado Milagro te invita a seguir sus pasos mientras desentraña verdades ocultas y se enfrenta a las mentes más astutas.