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When a couple renovate a beautiful 17th-century house in the Cotswolds, they discover the ghosts of the Civil War are still in residence. As Guy and Ruth delve into the property's history, uncovering both joy and sorrow, the house finally relinquishes its secrets, revealing how closely the family from the past is intertwined with the present-day owners. Why do they seem so familiar? Have they perhaps met before?

The Colonial Williamsburg you are visiting is literally a window to the past where we can see in detail the thriving town that served as the capital of Virginia for 80 years. In part one we begin our tour at one of the famous taverns that served the men we know today as our Founding Fathers. Along our tour route, we'll see shops that still provide colonial-era goods. We'll also visit some of the public buildings where the innocent and guilty had their days in court—and where Blackbeard's pirates were jailed!

In part two of our tour of Colonial Williamsburg, we step back in time once again to get a closer look at the picturesque town and the fascinating residents who lived and worked here. On this tour we leave the elegant mansions behind and visit with the merchants, the tradesmen, and the artisans who created the everyday fabric of this historic community. We're starting at one of the earliest churches in Virginia, Bruton Parish Church.

A grisly discovery in the woods of Redimere, Maine, resurrects Police Chief Pete Novotny's old case of a missing boy - just one of the ghosts that haunts the town in the second of the Bernie O'Dea mystery series.

Maureen Dowd's incendiary takes and takedowns from 2016 - the most divisive Presidential race in modern history. Trapped between two candidates with the highest recorded unfavorables, Americans are plunged into The Year of Voting Dangerously. In this perilous and shocking campaign season, The New York Times columnist traces the psychologies and pathologies in one of the nastiest and most significant battles of the sexes ever.

Driftwood House, neglected and desolate on the edge of Dartmoor, is love at first sight for Simone. Persuading her husband to buy it is only the beginning of her battle as the dark secret hidden within its walls comes to light. Can they restore happiness and harmony to the old house? What is the ghostly presence trying to tell them?

A serial killer is targeting paedophiles in Birmingham, and crime reporter Matt Snow always gets there first - ahead of the pack and the police. Is the murderer tipping him off? Snow isn't revealing his source - not when it's a story to die for. But is the reporter breaking the news - or making it? Through it all, Bev Morriss has an exclusive of her own...a news item she'd rather didn't get round the nick. The guv knows, but he's on sick leave. Should she let DC Mac Tyler in on the secret - or keep mum?

From Washington to Kennebunkport to Texas to old Europe and new Europe during the past two decades, Maureen Dowd has trained her binoculars on the Bush dynasty, putting them, as both 41 and 43 have complained to her, "on the couch". Here she wittily dissects the Oedipal loop-de-loop between father and son and the Orwellian logic of the rush to war in Iraq.

In part two we walk the old waterfront that was once home to some of the most prosperous businesses in the country. We'll then visit some of the historic churches and the homes of some of the town's well-known inhabitants. While we walk the streets that George and Martha Washington frequented, we'll continue our discussion of Old Town Alexandria as an early American town and hear more stories of the people who worked to make the town—and our country—a place of prosperity and patriotism!

A Bev Morriss crime novel. A good police officer doesn't get emotional, but some cases just make you want to cry.... Taken off a high-profile rape investigation to lead the hunt for a missing baby, Detective Sergeant Bev Morriss is torn professionally and personally. When the baby-snatching turns into something more sinister, it forces Bev to face uncomfortable feelings of her own, and when she takes her eye off the ball for a split second, she finds herself in serious trouble.

When Sally Westwood moves into a large Victorian house that she has been left by a stranger, she is unaware that her benefactor died at the hands of her grandson, who is expected to inherit. The house holds a secret that Sally must reveal before she and her husband are out of danger. Mystery and intrigue surround them. The story goes back to the previous century, revealing something that is hidden in the house. Something that a man would kill to get his hands on.

When Colton King’s marriage to Penny ended after just 24 hours, he didn’t expect a year later to discover two little secrets: a baby boy and a baby girl. Now, after claiming his twins and reclaiming Penny, he must ask himself: was their whirlwind marriage meant to last a lifetime?

Ein seltsamer neuer Fall beschäftigt Sherlock Holmes! Sein früherer Geigenlehrer bittet ihn, den mysteriösen Tod eines Freundes aufzuklären. Anscheinend musste der ältere Herr sterben, weil er kurz zuvor eine unscheinbare Violine ersteigert hatte. Welches Geheimnis umgibt das Instrument, das jemanden dazu bringt, dafür zu töten? Das ist nur eines von vielen Rätseln, die Londons größten Detektiv in den rauen Norden Schottlands führen. Dort kommt es zum Showdown mit einem Gegner, der zu allem bereit ist, um an sein Ziel zu gelangen.

Drei Pater Brown-Hörspiele in einer Box: "Heiteres Pfarrfest", "Todbringende Eucharistie" und "Penelope"...

Der Organist der Kirche wird während des Gottesdienstes vor aller Augen erschossen...

Drei Pater Brown-Hörspiele in einer Box: Die Leiche im Straßengraben, Pater Brown macht Urlaub, Raue See...

Eigentlich sollte die Eröffnung der 800 Jahrfeier von Gutts Hill ein Tag für die Gemeinde werden, an den sich jeder noch lange Zeit erinnern würde...

Mord oder Selbstmord? Die Polizei ist sich sicher, Mimi hat jedoch so ihre Zweifel und nimmt eigene Ermittlungen auf...

Selten zuvor war das öffentliche Interesse an einer Hinrichtung so groß wie im Falle des jungen Shawn Mayfield...

Ein Abend in der Runde alter Bekannter sollte eigentlich kaum für besondere Überraschungen gut sein...