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When M.J. Holliday and the crew of her cable TV show, Ghoul Getters, venture to the haunted ruins of Dunlow Castle in Ireland, drawn by the legend of hidden treasure, they hope the road will rise up to meet them, that the wind will always be at their backs-and that the resident phantom won't push them off a cliff. If they treasure their lives, M.J. and her ghost busters need to get the drop on the menacing phantom.

School psychologist Skye Denison has been waiting forever for her happily-ever-after with police chief Wally Boyd. But her bliss threatens to unravel on the very first day of their luxurious honeymoon cruise, when Skye becomes convinced that she has glimpsed her mother on board! Surely even momzilla May wouldn't have manipulated Wally into booking the same trip that her knitting group is taking...or would she?

Abbey Glen and her handsome new business partner, Grant MacEwan, head off to a whisky industry competition together. The night before the award presentations, with foreign and domestic whisky makers at one another's throats, two judges are found dead under mysterious circumstances. What started with three dream-come-true nominations for Abby Glen’s whisky soon turns into a nightmare for Abi. With a killer on the loose, she must call on her investigative skills to stop another murder - before she gets taken out of the running herself.

As director of the Ballantyne Foundation on Sea Pine Island, SC, Elliott Lisbon scratches her detective itch by performing discreet inquiries for Foundation donors. Usually nothing serious until Jane Hatting, Ballantyne board chair, is accused of murder. The Ballantyne's reputation tanks, Jane's headed to a jail cell, and Elliott's sexy ex is the new lieutenant in town. Armed with moxie and her Mini Coop, Elliott uncovers a trail of blackmail schemes, gambling debts, illicit affairs, and investment scams. But the closer she gets to the truth, the more treacherous her investigation.

Depuis leur commissariat oublié, Anne Capestan et sa drôle de brigade suivent avec attention le phénomène des « piqûres en soirée » qui se propage sur tout le territoire. Jusqu’à ce que trois femmes s’effondrent, empoisonnées, devant les Galeries Lafayette... Un indice rappelle une affaire des années 1990, celle d’un serial killer qui vient d'être libéré... Bonne nouvelle : le nouveau directeur de la judiciaire leur confie l’affaire. Mauvaise nouvelle : s’ils la résolvent, ils devront renoncer à leur cocon de la rue des Innocents pour rejoindre le Bastion, siège de la PJ parisienne.

Beccarres neuer Fall: Ein Zwanzigjähriger wird erschlagen im Jasmund aufgefunden. Romy steht vor einem fast unlösbaren Rätsel - bis sie auf einen cold case stößt, den Tod eines Mädchens, und eine Verbindung ziehen kann.

Niemand ist gern allein - und schon gar nicht während der Ferien. Dann ist Hochsaison für die New Yorker Partnerschaftsvermittlungen. Diesmal aber wird die Freude getrübt: ein Serienmörder schlägt zu, der alle seine Opfer über eine Agentur sucht. Leutnant Eve Dallas taucht bei ihren Ermittlungen tief ein in eine Welt, in der angeblich jeder nach der wahren Liebe sucht - und doch oft genug nur ein kleines schmutziges Geheimnis verbirgt. Eine Welt, in der irgendjemand schon die Grenze zwischen grenzenloser Liebe und abgrundtiefen Hass überschritten hat...

Un anziano pasticcere, affascinante e volitivo. Due amiche ricche di inventiva e spirito d’osservazione, un commissario avvolto in colonne sonore, un granitico ispettore, un agente scelto che ingoia lacrime con pene d’amore e un libraio che non sopporta i crimini sul congiuntivo. Uno spettacolare concorso che coinvolge cuochi di tutte le nazionalità nella cornice di una cittadina ligure, luminosa e variabile come il cielo di primavera. Ma ecco che l’apparente tranquillità viene spezzata dall’ombra nera di una morte misteriosa.

Guia e Lucia non si capacitano che Betti sia sparita così, senza farsi sentire o rispondere al cellulare da ben due giorni. Perciò, anche se sono assorbite dall’agenzia di catering appena avviata, e in più con Guia che deve badare alla famiglia e Lucia alle prese con la traduzione dell’ennesimo poliziesco, non possono fare a meno di preoccuparsi, soprattutto da quando Betti ha perso la testa per il misterioso Raul, da loro soprannominato il Fecalomo.

There’s no place like Scumble River at Christmastime, and this year, school psychologist Skye Denison has twice as much to celebrate - and to do. In addition to the usual holiday frenzy, Skye’s wedding to police chief Wally Boyd is less than a week away - that is, if the groom isn’t too busy working to attend. The town’s sexy new librarian, Yvonne Osborn, has just been murdered, and the list of suspects is piling up faster than late fees on an overdue book.

Amateur sleuth Sloan Krause returns in The Pint of No Return, another delightful cozy by Ellie Alexander - this time investigating a movie star who's murdered not long after arriving in Leavenworth, Wash., to film his latest project. No other festival compares to Oktoberfest in Leavenworth, Washington. The whole town is buzzing with excitement over this year’s activities and eagerly awaiting Nitro’s latest offering, Cherrywizen, made with locally sourced cherries. But local brewmaster Sloan Krause is tapped out.

It started with a phone call. Just one word - ‘Jessica’ - and now Detective Inspector Jessica Daniel has a big problem. Her missing friend, Bex, called from a battered seaside payphone, and yet, by the time Jessica arrived, there was nobody there. One man claims he can help - but then he turns up on a beach stabbed to death. Jessica believes someone must be framing her. Someone who is always a step ahead. When she finds a boy whose tattoo matches Bex's, she becomes more desperate than ever for answers.

An evil being has been sealed away for centuries in a sarcophagus never meant to be opened, waiting patiently for his chance to rise again. Now, the seals and spells that imprisoned him chipped away from his discoverers, he has reached forth to claim the minds and souls of Toronto’s unsuspecting citizens. For Henry Fitzroy, it begins with terrifying images of the sun, a marker of death for a vampire. Fearing for his sanity, he turns to his sometimes-lover, private investigator Vicki Taylor, for help.

After two decades of covering riots, assassinations, and urban decay, Kate Osborn comes to Venice, Illinois, to profile Steve Higgins, an old-school Chicago-style politician. Although Higgins hews to tradition, the problems in Venice are thoroughly modern. Student unrest roils beneath the quiet surface of the university, kept in check only by the well-armed campus police, and in town, the white merchants and black coal miners are preparing to go to war.

When DI Geraldine Steel relocates to the quiet rural town of Woolsmarsh, she expects to find her new home to be somewhere where nothing much ever happens; a space where she can battle her demons in private. But when she finds herself pitted against a twisted killer preying on local young women, she quickly discovers how wrong she is....

Eine junge Frau – nackt, blutig und völlig verwirrt – stolpert direkt vor das Auto von Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas und ihrem Ehemann Roarke. Daphne Strazza ist schnell identifiziert, und ein Routinebesuch in ihrem schicken New Yorker Townhouse offenbart Schlimmes. Anthony Strazza, weltberühmter Gehirnchirurg, liegt tot und offensichtlich gefoltert inmitten mutwilliger Zerstörung. Der Arzt war nicht gerade beliebt, und so herrscht an Verdächtigen kein Mangel. Doch alle Spuren scheinen im Sande zu verlaufen, und die junge Witwe erzählt nur wieder und wieder, sie sei vom Teufel selbst misshandelt worden.

With her morning sickness finally abated, Skye Denison-Boyd is ready to pounce on the pertinent problems she faces as Scumble River Elementary School's psychologist. After trying almost every trick in the book to aid a handful of socially awkward fourth grade boys, Skye opts for the innovative approach of pet therapy with the assistance of the local vet, a Siberian husky, and a Maine coon cat. Unfortunately, the first session only breeds disaster and draws the ire of cantankerous school board member Palmer Lynch.

Lucy wants to breathe new life into her family's Boston-based matchmaking company. But how? Even though she comes from a long line of ancestors blessed by Cupid with psychic abilities, a freak accident left Lucy with only one special skill: Finding things. Car keys, socks in the dryer, needles in haystacks...and now, in a stroke of professional genius, lost loves!

Detective Gunnhildur sets to investigate two seemingly separate cases, but uncovers some disturbing links. Top class crime writing set in Icleand. Following her promotion and working now from Reykjavik, Gunnhildur is given responsibility for two cases - the first in tracking down an escaped convict who's keen to settle old scores, and the other, the murder of a TV fitness presenter in her city centre apartment.

When Sam delves into the creature sightings that have spooked Lake Elsinore residents, she crosses paths with the case of two missing boys. The police are stumped, and Sam and her werewolf lawyer boyfriend, Kingsley, team up to investigate both cases. And what lies beneath the surface of the lake is just the beginning for the paranormal abomination that has taken over Lake Elsinore. This is no legendary monster. Its diabolical evil spans centuries and even worlds - and it sets its sights on Sam's loved ones....