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Mit einem Wochenendhäuschen am Villinger Germanswald geht für Hubertus Hummel ein lang gehegter Traum in Erfüllung. Aber schon bald ist Schluss mit der Idylle, denn Hummel findet auf dem Trimm-dich-Pfad einen Toten. Dann verschwindet die Leiche plötzlich - und taucht in Hummels Auto wieder auf! Will ihm jemand einen Mord unterschieben? Der Lehrer gerät unter Verdacht und sucht bei seiner neuen Kollegin Carolin Kuppke Unterschlupf. Gleichzeitig ermittelt er auf eigene Faust.

An seinem 75. Geburtstag droht der Mühlenbesitzer Kurt Weisser seinen Kindern mit Enterbung. Schließlich haben sie ihre Eltern im Stich gelassen, um ein oberflächliches Leben in der Großstadt zu führen. Doch Weisser gibt seinen Kindern eine letzte Chance und stellt ihnen ein Rätsel. Können sie es lösen, bekommen sie ihr Erbe. Am gleichen Abend wird Weisser ermordet. War es jemand aus der Familie? Oder hat die Tat mit einem Immobiliengeschäft zu tun, in das Wiessner verstrickt war?

Gestatten: Perez - Lebemann, Kleinganove, Hobbyermittler. Alles in dem kleinen französischen Städtchen Banyuls-sur-Mer, nur wenige Kilometer vor der spanischen Grenze, könnte so entspannt sein, wenn nicht dieser verdammte Tramontane, der von den Pyrenäen herabfallende Wind, die Menschen verrückt machte. Perez würde gern in aller Ruhe sein Restaurant und seinen florierenden Schwarzhandel mit spanischen Delikatessen betreiben. Doch dann tritt der neue Polizeichef aus dem Norden seinen Dienst in Banyuls an, und in Strandnähe explodiert eine stattliche Yacht.

Es ist Fasnacht, Schwarzwald und Baar befinden sich im Ausnahmezustand. Da wird der Villinger Bauunternehmer Heinrich Berger am Morgen nach dem Zunftball tot aufgefunden - ausgerechnet am Schwenninger Narrenbrunnen und noch mit seinem Narrohäs bekleidet. Rätselhafte Botschaften lassen vermuten, dass der Mord mit der "fünften Jahreszeit" in Verbindung stehen könnte, und einige Spuren führen in andere Fasnachtshochburgen.

Chloe leaps from the frying pan into the fire when she arrives for a meeting with Digger, one of Josh's friends and a rival chef, and discovers a dead body instead. Digger died of smoke inhalation from a blaze that started in his kitchen. Unable to believe that an executive chef would allow a grease fire to get so out of control, Chloe starts an unofficial search for the murderer.

Chloe Carter is ready for her 15 minutes of vicarious fame. Her boyfriend, Josh Driscoll, is competing with two other chefs to win Chefly Yours, a cable reality series. The show takes place at an upscale market, where a random shopper is selected to be the lucky recipient of a home-cooked gourmet meal; the winning chef is then chosen by the viewers. But Josh's television career might be over before it starts when a shopper's wife, Francie, dies after dining on his signature lamb chops and pesto gnocchi.

Having an executive chef boyfriend guarantees Chloe Carter the best table at Simmer, Boston's hottest new restaurant, any night of the week. But the Back Bay foodie's incredible comped dinners are usually enjoyed without Josh, whose pressure-cooker job has taken over his life. The same can't be said of Leandra, the pretty blond Simmer server whose body was just found in a seafood delivery truck. The truck belongs to Owen, the fiancé of Chloe's best friend, Adrianna. And Owen has no alibi for the night Leandra was strangled with her apron strings and dumped in his truck.

After months between gigs, Chloe Carter's dishy boyfriend, Josh Driscoll, has just landed his dream job: executive chef at Simmer, Boston's soon-to-be hottest new restaurant. As Josh preps for a New Year's Eve grand opening, Chloe, on winter break from grad school, hooks him up with Food for Thought, an annual charity fundraiser.

Frühschwimmen ist gesund - allerdings nicht für die Professorin Verena Böck, die beim Bahnenziehen im Villinger Kneippbad ermordet wird. Die Spuren führen Hubertus Hummel, den ermittelnden Lehrer, in die Schwenninger Hochschulszene. Ausgerechnet bei einem Fest der Polizei-Fachhochschule geschieht ein zweiter Mord. Diesmal stirbt das Opfer durch das Gift des Blauen Eisenhuts.

Who would steal a little girl's dog, right before Christmas? After seeing young Sophie's heartbreaking story on the news, P.I. Geri Sullivan and Pepe - her talking Chihuahua - vow to rescue this bonita canine named Chiquita. But tracking the pooch's scent through a Pacific Northwest winter wonderland isn't easy, especially when the trail leads to an elf who's been mortally mauled! Geri and Pepe must save little Sophie's Christmas and find this muy naughty dognapper...

Meg bluffs her way into writing for Northwest Extreme magazine, passing herself off to editor-in-chief Greg Dixon as an outdoor adventure enthusiast. Never mind that Meg's idea of sport is climbing onto the couch without spilling her latte. So when she finds herself clawing to the top of Angel's Rest - a two-thousand-foot peak - to cover the latest challenge in a reality TV adventure show, she can't imagine feeling more terrified. Until she witnesses a body plummet off the side of the cliff.

The ladies of the Cumberland Scrapbook Crop are welcoming an eccentric newbie into their fold. A self-proclaimed witch, Cookie Crandall can whip up a sumptuous vegan meal and rhapsodize about runes and moon phases with equal aplomb. She becomes fast friends with her fellow scrapbookers, including freelance reporter Annie, with whom she shares shallow roots in a community of established family trees. So when Cookie becomes the prime suspect in a series of bizarre murders, the croppers get scrappy and set out to clear her name...

Fifteen years after leaving her Old Order Amish life, Rachel Mast has returned to Stone Mill, Pennsylvania. Corporate success didn't bring true happiness, but Rachel also knows she can never be Amish again. Instead she runs a B&B and tries to help her community in ways they can't help themselves. But now a gruesome discovery has been made on her Uncle Aaron's cow pasture - the body of prominent Englisher businessman Willy O'Day. Aaron refuses to hire a lawyer, trusting his innocence, and his faith, to see him through. Rachel isn't so sure, especially given the long public feud between the two men.

Mitten im Schneegestöber bleibt die Schwarzwaldbahn mit einem Ruck stehen. Unter den Passagieren sind auch Hubertus Hummel und sein Freund Klaus Riesle. Der stößt in der Zugtoilette auf den ermordeten Chef einer ortsansässigen Brauerei. Vom Täter weit und breit keine Spur. Gibt es einen Zusammenhang mit der drohenden Übernahme der Firma durch eine Großbrauerei?

A year after the devastating events of Not Even Past, Jackson Donne has gone into hiding in the forest of Vermont. Under the guise of Joe Tennant, Donne has been recovering - and even enjoying his life up north. Until one of the few friends he's made goes missing. Meanwhile, back in New Jersey, someone is killing ex-cops - the ones who Donne used to work with.

It's a beautiful day in Greenwich Village, and for once Bedford Green is selling paintings. Business is booming, and this gossip columnist turned art dealer owes it all to his invaluable assistant, Sloane - who goes and spoils the fun by announcing that she's leaving on safari. Sloane is a Midwestern girl and has never laid eyes on any animal more exotic than a house cat, but she can't resist her uncle Dixon's invitation to visit Kenya to hobnob with everyone from the department-store king of Chicago to the prince of Wales.

Halfway between the United States and the Soviet Union, Iceland is one of the most strategic points in the Cold War and home to a NATO squadron that could wipe Moscow off the map in an instant. It's about to become the unwitting host for the most daring operation in military history. On the remote coast of this frostbound island, the Soviets are building a laser powerful enough to bring the United States to its knees.

A former fashion photographer encounters murder and corruption in New Orleans. It's too hot to sleep. It's too hot to be up. This is New Orleans in the summer. And as dawn breaks on a sweltering July morning, André Derain awakens to a scream from his courtyard as a man is stabbed just below his window. Acting on impulse, Derain leaps out the window in the buff and chases the attacker down the alleyway, but the man with the knife gets away. By the time Derain returns to the courtyard, the victim has died.

Melanie Travis has her hands full with her two young sons, a part-time job, and a half dozen poodles to her name. But even with the busy holiday season approaching, she still has time to sniff out a Christmastime killer.... There's nothing lovelier than Christmas in Connecticut, but Melanie can scarcely find a moment to enjoy the festivities.

A back-alley murder carries André Derain from the streets of New Orleans to the sun-drenched hell of the Cayman Islands. It's quiet in the Garden District, and André Derain can't sleep. After a lifetime as a fashion photographer in New York and the French Quarter, he needs noise, excitement, action - and he's about to get more than he can handle. A call comes in from the New Orleans homicide department, tipping Derain off to a grisly shooting on Tchoupitoulas Street. He grabs his camera and charges out the door.