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It is the crowning day of twenty-five-year-old Bess Tudor's life as she returns from exile to become England's queen. But even as her magnificent procession wends its way to Westminster Palace, a shot rings out, muffled by the jostling crowd. Within moments of becoming England's ruler, Elizabeth learns of the brutal murder of a highborn lady of the court, the sister of one of her dearest friends.

A once-wealthy family closes ranks when one of their own is shot, leaving Maigret - along with a troublesome new magistrate - to pick his way through their secrets.

Imaginez... Vous êtes une ado de quatorze ans. Vous avez fait le mur pour la première fois. Vous rentrez en cachette la nuit. Au matin, la maison est vide. Toute votre famille a disparu sans laisser de traces. Apparitions suspectes, coups de fils anonymes, messages accusateurs : vingt-cinq ans plus tard, le passé ressurgit.

The vibrant pageant of Elizabethan England comes to life in Karen Harper's fifth novel in her acclaimed Elizabeth I Mystery Series. Hailed as "extraordinary" by The Los Angeles Times, these historical mysteries beautifully blend fact and fiction as the young Queen Elizabeth Tudor becomes an amateur sleuth to save her court, crown, and kingdom. Though summering in the lush countryside to escape the plague rampaging through London, the queen and her court cannot escape the reach of a multiple murderer who seems to disappear at will. In the gardens of Hampton Court, Elizabeth proudly shows a famed visiting lawyer her huge hornbeam maze. But the intricate labyrinth soon becomes a scene of horror as Elizabeth herself is attacked and the lawyer is murdered within its leafy dead ends. The queen calls upon her small, select band of advisors to help her ferret out the identity of the maze murderer.

Hired to write a series of articles on the town of Buckford, Rona Parish lodges with a young divorcee. The divorcee's aunt, Edna Rosebury, raises questions about a recent tragic murder and Rona's investigative antennae are instantly on the alert

An old English Yule has never been merrier or more mysterious. A New Year's celebration has never looked more joyous but been so potentially deadly. Fearing the 12 Days of Christmas of 1564 may be the last for her ailing, elderly friend, Lady Kat Ashley, Queen Elizabeth decrees a nostalgic, old-fashioned holiday. Delicious dishes for the table, holly and ivy, caroling, wassailing, mumming, and a Lord of Misrule to oversee it all are in the recipe for the revels. But one of the queen's kitchen staff is found as dead as the ornate peacock he was preparing for the feast.

Emma Porter is 40, fat, frumpy, and a passionate amateur gardener. When her longtime lover dumps her for a younger woman, Emma escapes the cloying sympathy of family and friends by setting out on a summer-long driving tour of England's glorious gardens. A Dimity-contrived coincidence brings her to Penford Hall, a sprawling Gothic mansion in Cornwall, where she finds a duke in search of a missing lantern with extraordinary powers.

An innocent enough advertisement is placed by General Maxwell, retired war hero and beloved squire of Duntisbury Royal, an equally innocent hamlet nestled in the English countryside, but the results are explosive.... Although it seems obvious that the IRA's stars are rising, there's a more global type of conspiracy in the country air. The CIA and the KGB are suddenly sniffing around, along with British Intelligence Chief Dr David Audley - whose intuition for mischief and espionage puts him right in the midst of the action.

It is May 1560. As sinister storm clouds gather overhead, 26-year-old Queen Elizabeth dispatches William Cecil, her most trusted adviser, to Scotland for crucial negotiations. Handsome, ambitious Lord Robert Dudley is at her side. But their leisurely midsummer idyll is cut short when the courts master lutenist plunges to his death from a parapet beneath the queen's window. The loyal retainers of Elizabeth's privy council do not accept the official verdict of accidental death. Their fears are borne out when another tragedy rocks the realm, and points the way to a conspiracy to bring down Elizabeth and seize the throne.

El 22 de enero de 1939 el Gobierno de la República abandona Barcelona dejándola a su suerte y a merced de Franco y sus tropas. Durante cuatro días, en medio de una huida hacia el exilio por parte de los vencidos, la ciudad se convierte en un caos fantasmal bajo el peso de la derrota, el hambre, el miedo y el frío. Miquel Mascarell, inspector de policía, no puede huir a causa de su esposa, enferma de cáncer.

'He hadn't seen her arrive. She had stopped on the pavement a few steps away from him and was peering into the courtyard of the Police Judiciaire, where the small staff cars were parked. She ventured as far as the entrance, looked the officer up and down, then turned round and walked away towards the Pont-Neuf.' When an old lady tells Maigret someone has been moving things in her apartment, she is dismissed as a fantasist - until a shocking event proves otherwise.

Ça bouge au 36 quai des Orfèvres. De nouvelles recrues rejoignent les rangs de la brigade maudite du commissaire Anne Capestan, dont Saint-Lô, sorti de l'hôpital psychiatrique dans la peau de d'Artagnan et Ratafia, rat policier. Sale affaire pour l'équipe de bras cassés : trois assassinats éparpillés sur le territoire. Un point commun : le tueur a prévenu ses victimes. Cerise sur le gâteau : l'ex beau-père de Capestan est l'une d'elles.

This summer, Queen Elizabeth I is in no mood for games. She and her court were expecting to spend the warmer months lounging in great manor houses, feasting in the fields, tempting forbidden romance, and perhaps engaging in sport. But someone in the Queen's entourage isn't playing by the rules…and soon Elizabeth is dodging crossbows, longbows, and - worst of all - the threats of her greatest rival, Mary Queen of Scots. As bodies and clues pile up, the mystery and dangers deepen like the surrounding forests.

Der neunte Provinzkrimi von Bestseller- und #1-Kindle-Humor-Autor Friedrich Kalpenstein »Manche Leut’ leben für die Kunst. Andere sterben wegen ihr!« Karl Hinterleitner wird tot in seiner Garage neben einem alten Traktor aufgefunden. Alles deutet darauf hin, dass er ermordet wurde. Hauptkommissar Tischler nimmt die Ermittlungen auf. Laut Zeugenaussagen war der Ermordete ein paar Tage zuvor auf einem Oldtimertreffen in eine Auseinandersetzung verwickelt.

Après avoir débattu dans leur club de lecture des mérites respectifs de Miss Marple et d'Hercule Poirot, les sœurs Finlay et leurs amis, tous membres du Club des amateurs de romans policiers, décident de s'offrir un moment de détente en allant voir l'adaptation d'un roman d'Agatha Christie, Meurtre au soleil. La projection a lieu de nuit et en plein air. Nos héros, emmitouflés dans leurs couvertures, captivés par le film, ne remarquent rien d'anormal. Et pourtant : lorsque la séance s'achève, une spectatrice assise tout près d'eux est retrouvée morte, étranglée.

Klassische Kriminalromane um den Meisterdieb Arséne Lupin, den der französische Autor Maurice Leblanc als Gegenstück zu Doyle's Sherlock Holmes schuf.

Das gestohlene Lotterielos, der Mord an Baron d’Hautrec, die seltsamen Vorgänge rund um den blauen Diamanten, die geheimnisvolle blonde Frau, die an allen Orten des Geschehens mit unterschiedlichen Identitäten auftaucht. Inspektor Ganimard von der Pariser Polizei ist überzeugt, dass hinter alledem niemand anders als Arsène Lupin steckt. Zunächst halten seine Kollegen und Vorgesetzten das für Besessenheit, doch dann ist es Lupin selbst, der seine Beteiligung bestätigt – zumindest teilweise.

Klassische Kriminalromane um den Meisterdieb Arséne Lupin, den der französische Autor Maurice Leblanc als Gegenstück zu Doyle's Sherlock Holmes schuf.

En Inglaterra, a fines del siglo XIX, Tras la misteriosa desaparición de su padre, Mary empieza a recibir valiosas perlas de un remitente desconocido. Después de un prolongado silencio, el generoso personaje da señales de vida y quiere que Mary se reúna con él. La joven pide ayuda a Sherlock Holmes para que la acompañe. El desconocido resulta ser Thaddeus Sholto, hijo de un buen amigo del padre de Mary. Thaddeus y su hermano han estado buscando, durante seis años, un gran tesoro que su padre escondió antes de morir.

Arsène Lupin à hauteur d'enfant : la première aventure du célèbre gentleman cambrioleur.