Mystery

When a landslip on Pembrokeshire’s stunning coastal path reveals the harrowing remains of two bodies, ex-DCI Evan Warlow’s quiet retirement is shattered....

DS Lucas Walker is on leave in his hometown, Caloodie, looking after his dying grandmother. When two young German backpackers vanish from the area on their way to a ranch, he finds himself unofficially on the case....

Saffy is waiting to go into an important meeting when she receives a missed call and then a text message from her best friend, Leona: Please help...come now. Of course, she races to her friend’s house. But when she arrives, she notices something strange....

Following a convention in the Scottish Highlands, eight social media influencers vanish without a trace, leaving their followers–and families–in a state of shock, and the police clueless as to their whereabouts.

A brand new Nikki Galena mystery where echoes from the past haunt the twistiest, most complex investigation of her career.

The six D’Aplièse sisters have each been on their own incredible journey to discover their heritage, but they still have one question left unanswered: who and where is the seventh sister?

When washed-up 80s rock legend Johnny Freestone is found dead in a cave off Scotland's North Coast 500 tourist route, it looks like a tragic accident–another celebrity lost to a reckless lifestyle.

When the body of a missing teenager is discovered at Neist Point close to the famous lighthouse, battered and bruised, D.I. Duncan McAdam and his small team must determine how he died.

Detective Lauren Pengelly has only been part of the Penzance police force for less than two years, but that’s enough time to know that the sleepy Cornish town doesn’t see many murders....

Fans of Angela Marsons, Robert Dugoni and Cara Hunter will love this thrilling new series from Chris Merritt. From an explosive start to a heart-stopping finale, you will not want to put this book down....

Lane Holland's crime-solving career ended the day he went to prison. Yet one unsolved case continues to haunt him: the disappearance of Matilda Carver two decades ago...

Lady Eleanor Swift has a special royal invitation. She’s got just the right dress and the perfect plus one… But wait! Is that a body by the throne?

The lush Gothic drama of Crimson Peak meets the murderous intrigue of Knives Out with an LGBTQIA+ love story to die for from award-winning author KJ Charles.

A small town with big secrets. A neighbor who bites. Plus a house with a mind of its own. Welcome to Wisteria....

In this prequel to the international best seller The Ruin, set 10 years prior, bright-eyed Carrie Ryan is at the very start of her career...

When campaigner Heather McGill forces Police Scotland to reopen the cold case murder of a local sex worker at Scott's View, a beauty spot in the Scottish Borders, she sets off a chain reaction that threatens to unravel decades of secrets.

Newly minted homicide detective Nell Buchanan returns to her home town, annoyed at being assigned a decades-old murder — a 'file and forget'. But this is no ordinary cold case, as the discovery of more bodies triggers a chain of escalating events in the present day.

A TV news host sets out to uncover the truth behind a gruesome tale of sex, betrayal, and murder 20 years after the investigation was abandoned in the wake of 9/11....

Summer, Adelaide, 1917. The impeccably dressed Miss Kate Cocks might look more like a schoolmistress than a policewoman, but don't let that fool you. She's a household name.

Was the biggest case of his career the worst mistake he ever made? Ten years ago, DCI Jack Logan stopped the serial child-killer dubbed "Mister Whisper", earning himself a commendation, a drinking problem, and a broken marriage in the process....

Beneath Norfolk’s wide skies and rugged coastline, darkness never sleeps. DI Tom Janssen returns to confront a new wave of crimes that cut through the calm of the countryside.

When a badly burned body is found near the remote Ardnamurchan Lighthouse on the west coast of Scotland, it feels like just another day on the job for DCI Jack Logan and his team....

In The Storyteller, Sage Singer befriends Josef Weber, a beloved Little League coach and retired teacher. But then Josef asks Sage for a favor she never could have imagined....

When the remains of a brutally murdered young woman are left hanging from the Glenfinnan Monument in the Highlands of Scotland, DCI Jack Logan and his Major Investigations team are dispatched to investigate. At first, the case appears to be fairly open and shut....

After 20 years on the force, Detective Chief Inspector Jack Logan thinks he has seen it all. He is wrong....

Paul „Bricks" Backenstein ist ein Meisterdieb: Kein Schloss ist zu kompliziert für ihn, kein Einbruch zu riskant. Er liebt die Gefahr. Als er und sein Team von einem anonymen Auftraggeber kontaktiert werden, um ein mysteriöses Artefakt aus dem Grünen Gewölbe in Dresden zu stehlen, wird aus Nervenkitzel allerdings Lebensgefahr. Bricks entkommt gerade so mit der Beute, hat aber nicht mit der übereifrigen Wissenschaftlerin Leonie Engelhardt gerechnet, die ihn beim Einbruch erwischt und sich nun nicht mehr abschütteln lässt – im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes.

When Zeb Wyckham is summoned to a wealthy relative’s remote Gothic manor, he is horrified to find all the people he least wants to see in the world: his estranged brother, his sneering cousin, and his bitter ex-lover Gideon Grey. Things couldn’t possibly get worse. Then the master of the house announces the true purpose of the gathering: he intends to leave the vast family fortune to whoever marries his young ward, setting off a violent scramble for her hand. Zeb wants no part of his greedy family—but when he tries to leave, the way is barred.

The X-Files meets Gone Girl, in which a man claiming to be a missing child from nineteen years ago returns to the small town from where he famously vanished, but the town's retired police sergeant who failed to solve the boy's missing persons case two decades prior doesn't buy the man's claim and suspects that something much more sinister is at work.

Flynn Knight is the only (and frankly, impossible) child of the leader of the vampires in Los Angeles. He's also a bit of a scatterbrain, a thirty-something manchild, and a private investigator. When one of his mother's political frenemies gets killed and she asks him to investigate, he's put between a rock—her—and a hard place—the fact that not a single vampire in the city will believe the answers he finds without impressive proof to back him up.

It began with a gun, a decision, and the courage to say no. Andrej ran from an abusive father, from a homeland that no longer felt like home. He fled Germany, chasing something he couldn’t name: his roots, his purpose, maybe even his soul. He looked for meaning in Russia, hoping to find what his mother once called Rodina. But fate had other plans. The friends he trusted were more than they seemed, and to them, honor was just a word. The path he chose led not to freedom, but to the cold, brutal depths of the Soviet Gulag.

In a tiny bayou town with far too many wicked secrets, the sudden disappearance of a six-year-old girl is a mystery Sheriff Holt Chamberlain is determined to solve. But teaming up with Alexandria Bastin is a complication he didn't expect. Nor is he prepared to collide with the dark side of Cajun culture—and his own troubled past. The frantic search leads them to a place said to hold magic, an eerie island where Alex is also working her charm on him.

When a powerful mafia boss Sergei learns that he is sterile, he turns to Professor Derian, a physician specializing in IVF, seeking instead the forbidden path of human cloning. After a past encounter with Father Vasily, Sergei vows to make the world pay by stealing the Shroud of Turin—the cloth that once covered Jesus—and using it in his cloning experiments. However, the skies have a different plan in store!

Nell'estate del 1956, Lára Marteinsdóttir sparisce misteriosamente da Viðey, un'isola a pochi minuti di traghetto da Reykjavík. Ha soltanto quindici anni e, per raccogliere qualche soldo durante le vacanze, lavorava come domestica nella casa di un noto avvocato e della moglie, unici abitanti di quella striscia di terra battuta dal vento; per il resto, solo uccelli marini che stridono sulla costa prima di tuffarsi nelle acque dell'oceano Atlantico. Il suo diventerà il cold case più celebre d'Islanda. Cos'è successo a Lára? È stata lei a decidere di andarsene o qualcuno l'ha costretta?

Three days before Christmas, I travel to Midwinter Manor in Norfolk through a worsening, bitter snowstorm to meet Daniel, the brother I never knew existed. He has reluctantly granted me an hour of his time. The welcome I receive is frosty. Daniel is cold, intimidating and unfriendly, while his wife, Rose, is polite, but tense. From the moment I step through the door of this imposing manor house, I sense I’m not welcome. When I go to leave, the snowy blizzard prevents me.

Im Norden Schwedens, wo die Stille der Wälder schwerer wiegt als Worte und selbst das Tageslicht zaghaft wirkt, begibt sich ein Forscherteam auf eine Expedition. In der Nähe liegt ein altes, verlassenes Militärgelände – vergessene Bunker, rostende Zäune, und Geschichten über düstere Experimente und uralte Rituale, die nie aufgeklärt werden konnten. Als das Team das Gelände betritt, beginnt eine Abfolge seltsamer Ereignisse. Dann geschieht der erste Mord.

Connie Maxwell harbors a secret. Though broken in body, her spirit roams free. Dreamwalking might be a gift if only she could control it. But there’s a vast difference between drifting along the Cornish Coast and witnessing a murder—especially when she can’t change its course. Annie Hearn has vanished after the suspicious death of her neighbor, with authorities closing in. In a county consumed by a desire for justice, Connie alone believes in her innocence.

Когда в руинах старой богадельни находят изуродованное тело, владелица чертежного бюро Кэт Хэксби вынуждена приостановить строительные работы. Очевидно, этот человек был убит, и секретарю Уайтхолла Джеймсу Марвуду поручают провести расследование. После того как удалось раскрыть личность убитого, становится ясно, что в игру вступили могущественные силы, и Марвуд оказывается под серьезным давлением. Пока Кэт и Марвуд распутывают нити коррупции, ведущие в самое сердце правительства, сам король отвлекается от государственных дел.

Josie is at rock bottom. Burned out, heartbroken and recovering from an abusive relationship, she lives a haunted existence after returning to her isolated hometown on the edge of the Forest of Dean. Josie's hopes of a fresh start are horribly derailed when she stumbles across a dead woman's decaying, ant-infested body in the woods. The grim discovery sends her into a downward spiral, forcing her to face uncomfortable truths about the victim and her own past - all whilst battling the swarming black ants that seem to have burrowed into her mind . . . and her flesh.

London, 1888. A monster prowls the gaslit streets, and the police are looking in all the wrong places, at all the wrong suspects. But three women refuse to stay silent. Emma, the chief detective’s sharp-witted wife, sees the investigation failing. Maggie, a private investigator, exposes men’s darkest secrets. Bet, a police station cleaner, overhears what others ignore. Together, they form an alliance to hunt down the killer dubbed Jack the Ripper.

Wien im Herbst 1530: Winzertochter Fanny ist nach dem frühen Tod ihres Mannes wieder bei ihrem Vater eingezogen. Das geordnete Leben der jungen Winzerin gerät ganz kräftig durcheinander, als eine Leiche hinter dem Wirtshaus gefunden wird. Der tote Stadtrat war in dunkle Machenschaften verwickelt. Ausgerechnet der schweigsame Mathematiker Sebastian soll den Mörder finden – die Zusammenarbeit mit ihm ist eine Herausforderung für die zupackende und sehr direkte Fanny.

Beth Cunningham thought she'd closed the book on her troubled past when she opened The Wild Haggis Bookshop in the charming Scottish town of Oban. But when her inaugural book club evening ends in real murder–the victim dramatically posed amongst the party decorations–her fresh start ends in a twist she definitely didn’t see coming.

Tyson, dix-sept ans, semble être un adolescent normal : socialement maladroit, obsédé par les jeux vidéo et toujours affamé. Soudain très effrayée à l'idée que Tyson soit impliqué dans quelque chose de grave, elle contacte le détective privé Elvis Cole et lui demande de creuser. Les informations découvertes par Cole surprennent tout le monde. Tyson prend peur et s'enfuit. Et les meurtres commencent à s'enchaîner au cours d'une course-poursuite dans tout Los Angeles...

Ein schauriger Weihnachtskrimi mit 24 spannenden Kapiteln Entführt, von Sturm und Lockdown eingeschlossen – und ein Friedhof, auf dem selbst Könige nicht ruhen … Violet Grave wollte Weihnachten eigentlich gemütlich mit ihrer Freundin Cat verbringen. Stattdessen wacht sie auf der abgelegenen Hebrideninsel Iona auf, deren Wege von uralten Gräbern übersät sind. Ihre Kidnapper geben ihr nur eine Chance auf Freiheit: Löse das Rätsel um die Grabstätten der schottischen Könige auf dem Reilig Odhráin – oder stirb bei dem Versuch. Doch Violet hat ein Geheimnis, das sie um jeden Preis schützen muss.

Un semplice furto si trasforma in un sequestro di persona, e la persona è quella sbagliata. Tre amici che, costretti a una convivenza coatta, si rivelano incompatibili per carattere, ambizioni e sensibilità, sono accumunati dall'inclinazione a commettere errori perlopiù esilaranti. Il covo improvvisato diventa il rifugio in cui sfogare le loro nevrosi e forse ritrovare un po' di serenità sotto la guida di Pandora, vittima del rapimento e preda di frequenti sbalzi d'umore, che alterna lezioni sulle tecniche di rilassamento a predizioni del futuro e sedute d'ascolto.

The truth can be dangerous—especially when it's buried. In the If I Run series by New York Times bestselling author Terri Blackstock, one woman's desperate quest for justice collides with a man's search for redemption in a gripping trilogy packed with heart-racing suspense, emotional depth, and faith-fueled resilience.

When struggling artist Emily Harper inherits a charming but creaky Victorian on the rugged coast of Maine, she expects a fresh start—what she doesn’t expect is cryptic notes, eerie visions, and a cat with an uncanny sense for trouble. But nothing unsettles her more than the bracelet. A striking piece of tourmaline jewelry left behind in the house, it sends shivers up her spine whenever she wears it. At first, she chalks it up to stress—until she visits West Quoddy Head Lighthouse and is struck by a chilling vision of a man begging for his life. The next day, his body is found.

Shannon Wells is a private investigator who helps women with nowhere else to go. Last year, a woman named Faith Selby came to Shannon with a strange request: Find out who I really am. Shannon soon discovered that Faith was hiding a whole other life, but was unable to penetrate the web of mystery the woman had built around her past. Now Faith is dead. The only clue to who she was and why she was murdered is an old photograph of a little girl in the rain outside a Midwestern motel.

In 1898 London, an underground club allows its members to explore untold pleasure. There, Lord McCaulay meets Mademoiselle Noire, a woman unlike any he has known. As the pair ventures into a darkly sensual game, they’ll have to confront their true desires…

Scotland Yard Inspector Henry Field has few clues to follow, but is determined to prove his quick rise through the ranks of the Metropolitan Police wasn't simply because of his last name. Yet, when the ravenkeeper's daughter is found, the case becomes even more complicated. Discovering the frightened, disheveled girl on her doorstep is a shocking start to widow Amelia Greystone's day. So is the inspector assigned to the case—the same one who has yet to solve her husband's murder.

When a rise in London’s supernatural crime puts Fey society at risk of discovery, the Winter Council turns to an unlikely solution: Avery Hemlock, the changeling they sentenced to 500 Years of Nightmares. Inherently lacking social grace and missing approximately two centuries of world knowledge, Avery must find a way to acclimate and solve the case or lose her probationary freedom.