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The latest in this enchanting and fast-selling series, featuring the beloved ghost Aunt Dimity, opens in a picturesque English cottage where the lovable Lori Shepherd is up to her elbows in pureed carrots and formula bottles, striving to be the perfect mother to twins! Luckily, a beautiful Italian nanny arrives just in time - so Lori can help settle the local civil war stirred up by a visiting archaeologist's excavation. With Reginald, the stuffed pink rabbit, and Edmond Terrance, the stuffed tiger in tow, Lori hunts down a missing document.

Das Sirren der Zikaden, der würzige Duft von Lavendel und hinter sanft geschwungenen Hügeln das azurblaue Meer, von einem silbrigen Schleier aus flimmerndem Licht ins Reich der Märchen gerückt. Das Dörfchen Fragolin im Hinterland der Côte d'Azur wäre der ideale Ort, um die Seele baumeln zu lassen - doch dazu fehlt Kommissarin Isabelle Bonnet mal wieder die Zeit. Der angebliche Selbstmord eines hohen Polizeibeamten, der Besuch eines exzentrischen Bekannten und ein Überfall auf ein Juweliergeschäft an der Croisette in Cannes halten Madame le Commissaire in Atem.

Sugar Creek is all abuzz. A film is being shot on a historic plantation, and vintage clothing store owner Cookie Chanel is thrilled to provide authentic period outfits for its stars. When Cookie discovers the temperamental leading lady drowned in a pond, wearing a lovely vintage dress, she's suddenly on location for a real-life crime scene. And when a ghost says the dress belongs to her, the number of clues Cookie has to investigate rivals the size of her shoe collection.

Die Tote vom Strand. An einem frühen Morgen Anfang Juni wird auf der Halbinsel Mönchgut eine weibliche Leiche entdeckt. Die fünfundzwanzigjährige Svenja ist offenbar erdrosselt worden. Kommissarin Romy Becarre steht vor einem Rätsel. Wo ist das Motiv? Die junge Frau ist auf Rügen gekommen, um sich einen Job zu suchen. Erst als klar wird, dass Svenja vor sieben Jahre schon einmal mit ihrer Schulklasse auf der Insel war, findet sich eine Spur.

Zyankali im geweihten Wein? Der neue Fall für Eve Dallas! Als Pater Miguel Flores bei einer Trauerfeier den Abendmahlkelch an die Lippen setzt, fällt er plötzlich tot um - vergiftet durch Zyankali im geweihten Wein? Lieutenant Eve Dallas wird mit dem Fall betraut und ist fest entschlossen, den Mord an dem Priester aufzuklären. Dieser scheint allerdings nicht der heilige Mann gewesen zu sein, für den ihn seine Gemeinde hielt. Dann geschieht ein weiterer Mord an einem Geistlichen. Was verband die beiden Gottesmänner, und warum mussten sie sterben? Eve Dallas kommt einem dunklen Geheimnis auf die Spur und sieht sich bald mit ihren eigenen verdrängten Dämonen konfrontiert...

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.

Called to the home of her fiancé's former mistress late one night, Francesca finds her curiosity piqued. But upon arrival, she is shocked to find Daisy Jones's bloodied body…and even more devastated when the evidence points to one suspect—her fiancé, Calder. Francesca cannot—will not—believe that Calder is capable of such an act. Still, she is unable to shake her instinctive sense that Calder is lying about something. The police are far less inclined to believe his innocence, and Calder is arrested for Daisy's murder.

A health spa complete with tofu turkey and "Dress for Sexcess" lectures is the last place school psychologist Skye Denison wants to spend Thanksgiving. But when her best friend Trixie Frayne convinces her to take a complimentary weekend at the new Scumble River Spa, Skye accepts her fate and prepares to be slathered, wrapped, and roasted - until a murder ruins the good time.

When Skye Denison's brother forms a band called Pink Elephant, the town goes wild-maybe too wild. First, a groupie turns stalker, seducing the band members one by one. Then, one of the Pink Elephants winds up murdered. Who's to blame? Everyone seems to think it's the drummer - and now Skye has to clear her brother's name.

When she left Scumble River years ago, school psychologist Skye Denison thought she’d never be back. But after a run of bad luck in the big city, she has a new appreciation for the down-home charm of small-town life - and decides to start over in the town where she started out… When Skye’s beloved grandmother is found dead in her bed, the family consensus is natural causes. Still, Skye insists on an autopsy - an examination that proves the sweet old lady was, in fact, murdered! But who could have done the deadly deed?

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?

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.

Romy Beccare wird an das Ufer des Selliner Sees gerufen, weil man eine männliche Leiche entdeckt hat. Der Tierarzt Michael Bautner wurde dort erstochen. Schnell hat man auch einen Verdächtigen: einen abgeschottet lebenden Mann, dessen Hund Bautner angeblich falsch behandelte und der deshalb starb. Doch Romy kommen Zweifel. Die Ermittlungen laufen ihr viel zu glatt. Dann wird bei Bauarbeiten in Sellin das Skelett eines seit mehr als dreißig Jahren vermissten Mannes gefunden, der offenbar kurz vor seinem Verschwinden mit Bautner zu tun hatte.

Bei Arbeiten an der Seebrücke in Binz wird eine männliche Leiche entdeckt, die mit einer Ankerkette an einem Pfeiler befestigt wurde. Hauptkommissarin Romy Beccare steht vor einem Rätsel. Erst als die Identität des Toten geklärt ist, kommt sie einen Schritt weiter. Marek Liberth ist durch kleinere Drogendelikte aufgefallen; in seiner letzten Firma, einem Zulieferer für Werften, ist er entlassen worden. Doch gerade diese Firma weckt Romys Interesse. Dort scheinen die Geschäfte so gut zu laufen, dass es nicht mit rechten Dingen zuzugehen scheint.

Michaela Bancroft is expanding her training and riding business by buying four new horses from colleague Audrey Pratt. Then Audrey is found in the stalls, strangled to death with a pair of reins, and it's up to Michaela to corral a killer-or she's next.

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.

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.

A series of a different color: the first Horse Lover's mystery. Quarter horse trainer Michaela Bancroft's husband is divorcing her for a 22 year-old beauty. Stunned, Michaela is trying to rein in her life when she finds her Uncle Lou murdered. And when she's nearly run off the road, she suspects she's on the fast track to being the next victim.

Inspector Witherspoon has never come up against a case which he couldn't solve...with the help of his housekeeper, Mrs. Jeffries. But now he's confronted with a bewlidering murder. It seems as though the victim has cheated his stockholders out of a fortune, which leaves each of them with a strong motive for the crime. So Mrs Jeffries is confronted with a complex brew of murder and high finance. This time even she might not manage to add it all up...

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.