Showing results by publisher "HarperCollins" in Amateur Sleuths

Ben the tramp, with his usual genius for trouble, runs into danger when he finds a dead body and decides to help out. Ben knew that whenever his thumbs were itching, something ‘orrible’ was about to happen. Sure enough, on one foggy afternoon of itchy thumbs, the hapless Ben is implicated in...

Grotesquely arranged corpses are turning up in remote locations across America: is it the work of a bizarre sect or a solitary serial killer? An electrifying thriller from the author of The Straw Men. A guilty man walks alone into the cold mountain forests of Washington State, aiming never to...

A group of childhood friends are reunited at a luxury inn on a remote west coast peninsula in Ireland. But as a storm builds outside, the dark events that marred their childhoods threaten to resurface. And when a body is discovered, the group faces a shocking realisation: a killer is among them, and not everyone will escape with their lives....

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook. Fifteen years ago, Miss Marple’s niece, Mabel Denman was accused of murdering her husband. Mabel’s marriage had been an unhappy one, as Geoffrey had been abusive and violent. Can Miss Marple clear...

Ten years ago, Hannah Catton’s husband was brutally murdered in their home. The murderer was convicted. The case was closed. But now a podcast called Conviction is investigating this horrific crime—and they have Hannah in their sights. Someone knows more than they’re letting on, and listeners are about to become judge, jury and executioner as they undercover the truth about the murder of Graham Catton. 

Hausmeister Penzkofer lebt und arbeitet in einer Wohnanlage auf St. Pauli in Hamburg. Als er die Tür zur Wohnung von Herrn Schmadtke öffnet, da sich die Mieterin in der Wohnung unter ihm Frau Schreier über das Wasser beschwert hat, das von der Decke tropft, erblickt der Hausmeister den Mann tot, an einen Stuhl gefesselt. Schnell findet Penzkofer Gefallen daran, den Ermittlungen um die mysteriösen Ereignisse in der Anlage selbst nachzugehen. Er erfährt, dass der Tote Bienen gehalten hat, aber wo?