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Who would have thought a hitman needed a psychic like me for a bodyguard? Too bad he’s so smokin’ hot that I can’t concentrate, and all my visions involve kissing those amazing lips. A hitman should be safe from death when he’s the one doing the hunting, but for Stone, everything changes when he becomes the target. He’s not a stranger to enemies, but most people know better than to cross him. His boss, Quentin Vanetti, decides Stone needs help to stay alive long enough to find the assassin, so he enlists Serenity Jones. The only problem? She’s a psychic.

Voici le texte amélioré selon les instructions : Une femme a disparu, laissant derrière elle un mari, deux enfants, une famille, des collègues, des voisins, des amis… tout ce qui fait l'ordinaire d'une vie sans histoire. Que faire, que penser lorsque, du jour au lendemain, la personne que vous croyiez connaître vous abandonne, ne laissant derrière elle que des interrogations ? Fasciné par l'absente, un homme enquête sur cette disparition. Chacun lui répond à sa manière, selon son degré d'intimité et sa relation avec la disparue.

Andy Veracruz leads a mariachi band in Southern California, but when the owner leaves town and asks Andy to take charge, the restaurant turns to chaos. Andy sidesteps Rolando’s flirtatious wife, but when Yiolanda is implicated in a colleague’s death, the musician isn’t sure whether to help her or turn her in. He pops up to Vegas to learn more about her past but returns with a longer list of suspects than before. He asks his look-alike brother to cover for him at the restaurant while he snoops around, but can he outwit a murderer before it’s too late?

Giorgia Cantini ha quasi quarant’anni, è single ed è un’investigatrice privata. È una donna complessa, contraddittoria; passa le notti ad ascoltare jazz in diversi locali di Bologna, le piace bere, ma soprattutto è tormentata dal dubbio di aver sprecato la propria vita. Sa che è dura vivere senza rimuovere, cioè accettare l’assenza di chi si ama. Questa volta l’indagine che deve seguire la costringe a scavare nel suo passato. Sarà una scatola da scarpe piena di lettere a cambiare la sua esistenza.

Ampelio il nonno, Aldo l’intellettuale, il Rimediotti pensionato di destra, e il Del Tacca del Comune; sono i quattro vecchietti detective del BarLume. Attorno al nuovo biliardo sezionano gli ultimi fatti di Pineta, tra cui il terribile incidente della statale: è morto un ragazzino e sua madre è in coma profondo. Abituati a indagini e delitti i quattro si autoconvincono che non si sia trattato affatto di un incidente.

"Fünf Apfelsinenkerne" ("The Five Orange Pips") erschien erstmals im November 1891 im Strand Magazine und wurde ein Jahr später mit 11 anderen Fällen in "Die Abenteuer des Sherlock Holmes" veröffentlicht. Handlungszeitpunkt: September 1887: Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson werden von dem jungen John Openshaw um Hilfe gebeten, der einen Brief erhielt, in dem sich fünf getrocknete Orangenkerne befanden. Da sein Onkel Elias und sein Vater starben, nachdem sie ebensolche Briefe erhielten, fürchtet der junge Openshaw nun um sein Leben.

"Ein Fall geschickter Täuschung" ("A Case of Identity") erschien erstmals im September 1891 im Strand Magazine und wurde im Jahr darauf mit 11 anderen Fällen in "Die Abenteuer des Sherlock Holmes" veröffentlicht. Die junge verzweifelte Mary Sutherland wendet sich an Sherlock Holmes. Am Tag ihrer Heirat verschwand ihr Verlobter Hosmer Angel spurlos, nachdem er ihr kurz zuvor das Versprechen abgenommen hatte, sie würde ihm treu sein, was auch immer geschehe.

"Das getupfte Band" (Original: "The Adventure of the Speckled Band") ist eine Sherlock-Holmes-Kurzgeschichte von Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, die erstmals im Februar 1892 im Strand Magazine erschien und von Sidney Paget illustriert wurde. Die Geschichte wurde im Oktober 1892 mit elf anderen Geschichten in den Sammelband "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (dt. "Die Abenteuer des Sherlock Holmes") aufgenommen und im August 1905 erneut unter dem Titel "The Spotted Band" in der New York World veröffentlicht.

In Dr. Watsons Praxis erscheint sehr früh am Morgen der knapp 25jährige Hydraulik-Ingenieur Victor Hatherley, der in der Nacht einen Daumen verloren hat. Da er von einem Mordanschlag spricht, schaltet Watson umgehend Holmes ein. Ihm berichtet Hatherley, dass ihn gestern in seinem miserabel laufenden Laden ein ungewöhnlich dünner Mann mit deutschem Akzent aufgesucht hat, der sich als Oberst Lysander Stark ausgab.

Auf Aldebaran c befindet sich ein Archäologen-Team, welches prophetische Steintafeln gefunden, aber auch Tote zu beklagen hat. Daflon, der wissenschaftliche Leiter der Ultimo-1, will zusammen mit Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson daher Licht in die mysteriöse Sache bringen. Bald gibt es einen weiteren Toten.

Als Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson nur durch Zufall einem Brandanschlag im Waldorf Hotel entgehen, sind sie froh, im Apartment der Hampton Bank eine neue Herberge gefunden zu haben. Direktor Benjamin Hampton, der sich immer noch in Holmes Schuld wähnt, freut sich, dass beide nun offenbar sicher vor dem langen Arm der Vergeltung durch die New Yorker Polizei sind. Gerade deswegen konfrontiert er Holmes mit einem Fall, der besonderer Sorgfalt bedarf: ein geheimes Banken-Treffen in Bundesstaat Georgia sollte geheim bleiben.

When Susan Wilkins walks into No Stone Unturned, Leeds’s newest private detective agency, owners Lee and Jo are thrilled. Their first client is the kind of person they always hoped to help—a kind woman desperately worried about her son, Jack. The case seems simple—kid starts college, takes up with the wrong crowd, forgets to ring his mother. But very quickly, Lee and Jo suspect they’re not being told the whole truth. Their office is ransacked, everyone who knows Jack refuses to talk to them and they feel like they’re being followed.

San Francisco Detective Lindsay Boxer is loving her life as a new mother. With an attentive husband, a job she loves, plus best friends who can talk about anything from sex to murder, things couldn't be better. Then the FBI sends Lindsay a photo of a killer from her past, and her happy world is shattered. The picture captures a beautiful woman at a stoplight. But all Lindsay sees is the psychopath behind those seductive eyes: Mackie Morales, the most deranged and dangerous mind the Women's Murder Club has ever encountered.

When private investigator Detective Sebastian Clifford is asked by his former society girlfriend to locate her fiancé—who’s disappeared along with some valuable pieces of art—he’s reluctant to help. He’s left the aristocratic world behind, and for good reason. But when his ex starts receiving threatening letters, Clifford is left with no choice. When he enlists the help of his partner Lucinda Bird, aka Birdie, they start digging and find themselves drawn into London’s underworld.

In Amsterdam, three people are butchered in a canal house, their remains arranged around the crucified form of their patriarch, De Jaager: fixer, go-between and confidante of the assassin named Louis. The men responsible for the murders are Serbian war criminals. They believe they can escape retribution by retreating to their homeland.

Spring, 1905: Free-spirited like the Thoroughbreds she rides across the Kentucky countryside, Stella takes adventure by the reins when she's asked to attend a mysterious wedding in rural England. But once she arrives at the lush Morrington Hall estate, her cold and ambitious father confesses that he won't only give away his best racehorses as gifts - he has also arranged to give away his daughter as bride to the Earl of Atherly's financially strapped son. Stella refuses to be sold off like a prized pony. Yet despite a rough start, there's something intriguing about her groom-to-be.

London is known for its bustle and intrigues, but the sedate English countryside can host - or hide - any number of secrets. Frances, the widowed Countess of Harleigh, needs a venue for her sister Lily's imminent wedding, away from prying eyes. Risings, George Hazleton's family estate in Hampshire, is a perfect choice, and soon Frances, her beloved George, and other guests have gathered to enjoy the usual country pursuits - shooting, horse riding, and romantic interludes in secluded gardens.

Ile de Groix , France. This tiny isle off the coast of Brittany is the scene of a murder left shrouded in mystery and grief. Adam Killian's study has been left intact since his death - the perfect state for Enzo Macleod's forensic investigation. Killian's daughter-in-law is still hoping, the first suspect is still hiding and the treacherous island itself still has a revelation for Enzo.

Some cases never leave you. For John Rebus, 40 years may have passed, but the death of beautiful, promiscuous Maria Turquand still preys on his mind. She was murdered in her hotel room on the night a famous rock star and his entourage were staying there, and Maria's killer has never been found. Meanwhile, the dark heart of Edinburgh remains up for grabs.

Ever since Angie Russo woke up from a near fatal run-in with a coffee maker, she's been able to talk to - and even worse, understand - one very spoiled tabby named Octavius. He says his owner was murdered and that she's the only one who can help bring the killer to justice. And, well, that's just the first of the wonderfully whacky mysteries they solve together. Add in a traumatized terrier witness and two murderous Sphynx cats who speak only in riddles, toss on your favorite deerstalker cap, and let's go sleuthing!