Cosy Thriller

In the rural idyll of St Mary Mead, a murder has taken place. The despised Colonel Protheroe is found dead in the vicarage study by Reverend Leonard Clement. Though the Colonel had many enemies, the violence of his death shocks the sleepy village and starts the tongues of the local gossips wagging. The first suspects are the Colonel's beautiful young wife, Anne, and her purported lover, handsome artist Lawrence Redding. But St Mary Mead is full of secrets, and the real killer could be anyone.

Lily McGee has had enough of Hollywood! Tired of the high life, she decides to leave it all behind to live in a small English village and try her hand at writing murder mysteries... But Lily finds that her cozy crime-writing skills become crime-fighting skills as her sharp mind and amateur sleuthing ability are called upon to solve an array of strange happenings in little Didlington.

Eigentlich wollte Immobilienmaklerin Laura Hofmann nur eines: die Häuser in der schicken Hamburger Neubausiedlung Elbwiesen verkaufen und sich endlich ein eigenes Leben aufbauen. Doch dann wird bei einer harmlosen Gartenaktion eine Leiche entdeckt – und die beschauliche Nachbarschaft gerät erneut in Aufruhr. Zwischen verschwundenen Beweisen, dubiosen Nachbarn und einem undurchdringlichen Netz aus Erpressungen gerät die ungewöhnliche Truppe immer tiefer in einen Strudel aus Lügen und Geheimnissen.

Sussex, 1960: It’s the perfect day for Abbeymead’s autumn fair. The village green has been transformed into a riot of stalls and tents, and Flora and Jack are keen to sample all the local produce. But when local cheesemaker Gilbert Barrow crashes into the fair, he brings the festivities to a dead halt. Flora rushes to the van and finds Gilbert slumped over the wheel, killed by his prize-winning round of cheese, which has broken free of its bonds. Flora is immediately alert–surely Gilbert would have been more careful with his treasured prize… and with his life?

Als Zoes Tochter Sarah gerade auf Instagram live geht, um ihren True-Crime-Podcast zu bewerben, stürzt hinter ihr ein Mann vom Hotelbalkon in die Tiefe. Maike, die mit Zoe und Sarah gerade Urlaub auf Mallorca macht, ist sofort klar: Das wird auch weiterhin kein entspannter Inselaufenthalt. Keine Stunde später steht sie mit Zoe am Tatort und steckt mitten in einem neuen Fall. Der Tote ist nicht freiwillig gesprungen. Er war Manager eines neuen Luxushotels, das den Familienbetrieben der Gegend das Leben schwer macht.

Featuring the first three books in Jack Gatland's critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling Laura Carlyle and Sebastian Silver cozy mystery series!

Manchmal kommt es halt doch anders, als man denkt. Liselotte Schneider, 68 Jahre, Mutter sowie Oma — und glücklich verheiratet. Jedenfalls bis vor vier Wochen, als ihr Mann Herbert jüngeren Hüften verfiel und sich kurzerhand aus dem Staub machte. Nur ihre Enkelin Emma, die bei Lieselotte zu...

Portland was supposed to be a quiet stop for Mystic Caravan, their last stop on the West Coast. Nothing ever goes as expected for Poet Parker, however. On her first day in town, she sees a shadowy figure on a bridge, and that’s followed by a visit from local law enforcement the next morning. It seems women are going missing, but nobody knows what’s happening to them. When Poet digs deeper, she finds another story. This one involves creepy kids in dated clothing harassing people in parks and supermarkets.

Trouble in paradise? Hali Waverly was hoping for a break, but she won’t get that lucky. A trip to a bridal expo in Orlando has Hali seeing red when a man appears out of nowhere and tries to kidnap a teenager. She reacts without thinking and manages to thwart the attempt but it’s far too close of a call. Hali assumes one fight will be all it takes, but when the man disappears, she’s left with nothing but questions. Until he shows up on St. Pete Beach and tries the same thing. Hali is outraged at his gall. There’s just one little problem. She can’t find him.

A quiet English village. A despised man found dead. In The Murder at the Vicarage, Agatha Christie introduces Miss Marple, the sharp-eyed sleuth of St. Mary Mead. When Colonel Protheroe is discovered murdered in the vicar's study, nearly everyone in the village seems to have a motive. As secrets, scandals, and suspicions rise to the surface, Miss Marple uses her unmatched knowledge of human nature to uncover the truth.

Maddie Penrose is settling into Cornish life with her fun and feisty grandmother, Nor. She throws herself into getting to know the locals, helping out at the village book club and enjoying the occasional G&T in the pub with handsome police officer DI Tom Trevelyan. But one sunny morning, her newfound peace is shattered when she spots Quentin, a member of the book club… dead, with a knife in his back.

When artist Emily Harper stumbles upon a long-lost locket buried beneath a crumbling Maine farmhouse, she never expects it to lead her straight into danger. But as she follows the trail of cryptic symbols and whispered legends, she finds herself drawn to an eerie cemetery—and a secret passage that should have remained sealed. Before she can piece together the mystery, Emily is trapped underground. And she’s not alone.

Fresh from their last case at Twilight Lodge, Martin and Albie reward themselves with a relaxing trip to the sun-soaked island of Menorca. But when they head down to breakfast one morning, they happen upon a panicked husband reporting his wife, bestselling author Karen Squires, missing. Soon afterwards they’re shocked to discover Karen’s body on the beach. Local police call it a tragic accident: one look at the broken safety fence on the cliffs above suggests Karen fell. But the victim’s perfectly-manicured nails tells Martin that this was no accident. She was pushed.

Al 17 di rue des Saules, nel cuore di Montmartre, le giornate sono scandite da piccole abitudini e buone maniere, e la vita degli inquilini scorre lenta tra un pain au chocolat e due chiacchiere pacifiche davanti a un caffè bollente. Non c'è nulla che Berthe, portinaia dai capelli di neve, non sappia di loro. Così una mattina, quando per la prima volta in vent'anni Monsieur Gorin non ritira il suo giornale, la donna non ha dubbi: qualcosa non torna.

When a worried mother asks Laura Carlyle to keep a discreet eye on her son's wedding, she and Sebastian Silver arrive at a crumbling Dorset estate expecting nothing worse than family tension and bad speeches. Instead, a guest is dead before dessert–poisoned at the welcome dinner with a glass of Napoleonic War-era wine older than anyone in the room.

Charlie's got her hands full dealing with getting gang leader Anthony Larsen off her back after he decided she's responsible for his loss of millions of dollars, but even on Hawaii, when it rains, it pours. Even as Charlie is handling the whole gangster situation, another problem has reared its ugly head, and this time Dot is in the thick of it.

Dr. Jan Storm, ehemaliger Elitesoldat und heute Landarzt an der Ostsee, ist skeptisch: Ausgerechnet im verschlafenen Brodersby will sein Freund Florian als Privatdetektiv durchstarten? Doch als Florian zwei Kindern bei der Suche nach ihrer Katze hilft, stoßen sie auf mysteriöse Todesfälle. Die Spur führt zu einer angesehenen Seniorenresidenz – und in ein Netz aus Täuschung, Machtmissbrauch und Gier.

A Stitch in Time Could Save a Life… When Anastasia’s mother Flora is offered a free spa vacation from Jeremy Dugan, a man connected to her distant past, Anastasia and husband Zack suspect ulterior motives. After all, too-good-to-be-true often spells trouble. Their suspicions are confirmed when the FBI swoops in to apprehend Dugan. However, Dugan isn’t who he claimed to be, and his arrest raises more questions than answers. The Feds link Dugan to a string of cons targeting elderly single women across the country, but his seemingly airtight alibi leaves investigators stumped.

Let go of your past... or it will be the death of you... When a man's body is discovered crammed into the boot of an abandoned car in a remote location, DI Tom Janssen and his team must unpick his life to find out how he came to be there. The victim was a local man, popular with some although...

Believe in nothing... and kill for something... When a man's dismembered body is discovered at an abandoned quarry on the north Norfolk coast, DI Tom Janssen and his team must wade through his secretive life to figure out how he met his end. The victim was a quiet man, well respected by those...