Títulos en Crímenes de detectives aficionados

Pasadena, 1903: Eighteen-year-old Ryunosuke “Ryui” Wada staggers off the boat from Yokohama, Japan, ready to reinvent himself after the untimely deaths of his parents. Though battling loneliness and culture shock, Ryui does his best to settle into his work as an art dealer’s apprentice while adjusting to his new home. From his enigmatic photographer roommate, Jack, to the beautiful seamstress living downstairs, Ryui finds himself surrounded by colorful characters and unbelievable opportunities and is soon utterly swept up in all “Crown City” has to offer.

La conmoción por el asesinato de Claudia Ochoa repercute en su ciudad y en todo el país, pero el misterio se cierne sobre el caso. La justicia parece alejarse cada vez más. Pilar Rosso se propone ir al hueso, desbrozando la espesa selva de complicidades que protegen a el (o los) que están atrás del crimen.

Lord and Lady Baaden-Boomethistle have been in residence for some weeks now, and the villagers are hoping for a return to the good old days, when the lord of the manor sprinkled benefits across the village like fairy dust. Father Max Tudor's invitation to dinner at the Hall comes as a welcome novelty; it will be his first time meeting the famous family that once held sway in the area.

In A Fatal Winter, Max Tudor - Anglican priest, former MI5 agent, and village heartthrob - investigates two deaths at Chedrow Castle. But his growing attraction to Awena Owen complicates his case, as does the recent arrival at Chedrow Castle of a raucous group of long-lost, greedy relatives, any one of whom has a motive for murder. With a cozy setting, intricate puzzles, and a handsome (non-celibate) priest doing the sleuthing, the books in this series are destined to become instant classics in the mystery world.

It's one year after the 9/11 attacks, and court reporter Alex Vane is fighting to break into the flashy world of TV news. But when he uncovers the scoop of a lifetime, his tightly controlled world is rocked: His editor buries his story, a source turns up dead, and Alex finds himself at the center of a violent media conspiracy. As he receives tips from a mysterious source, Alex enlists the help of a captivating professor, Camila Gray.

Benjamin, prestes a se tornar pai, decide investigar a fundo um importante segredo familiar. Através dos relatos de Isabel, Haroldo e Raul, as três pessoas ainda vivas mais próximas dos acontecimentos, Benjamin, junto aos leitores, recompõe, fragmento por fragmento, a história de sua família. Romance polifônico, em que diferentes perspectivas se encontram e colidem, Antonio articula a narrativa familiar dos personagens à história das últimas décadas no Brasil, dando a ver, de maneira nuançada e complexa, conflitos de classe, raça e gênero.

The only survivors of a shipwreck off a Pacific island are Cambridge professor Edward Bowden and an orphaned baby girl. When Valentine Ryven is discovered 20 years later, Edward has recently died, and she is relieved and excited to be taken to England, where she believes her loving family awaits. Valentine is sure of a warm welcome because among the papers retrieved from the wreck is a letter from her Aunt Helena saying so. But in 20 years things change ... especially when money is involved.

Legendary stage and movie star Sir Nigel Bellingham arrives on Cape Cod to star in a stage production of The Hound of the Baskervilles put on by the West London Theater Festival. When Sir Nigel, some of the cast, and the director visit the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop at 222 Baker Street, Gemma Doyle realizes that Sir Nigel is not at all suited to the role. He's long past his prime and an old drunk to boot. The cast is not happy, but the show must go on. Before the play opens, Jayne's mother arranges a fundraising afternoon tea to be catered by Mrs. Hudson's Tea Room. The tea is a huge success, but, when it's time to leave, Sir Nigel has gone missing - only to be found at the bottom of the rocky cliff, dead. When the police focus their attention on Jayne's mother despite numerous other suspects, the game is once again afoot, and it's up to Gemma and Jayne to clear Jayne's mother's name.

Jessica Fletcher has had plenty to worry about over her storied career, both as a best-selling novelist and as a part-time sleuth. But she's never had any reason to doubt her longtime publisher and trusted friend, Lane Barfield. When mounting evidence of financial malfeasance leads to an FBI investigation of Lane, Jessica can't believe what she's reading. So when it appears that Barfield has committed suicide, Jessica takes on the task of clearing his name. Sure enough, Jessica turns up several inconsistencies in the case against Barfield, as well as signs he might have been murdered.

Still staying at the Hill House hotel while her beloved home is being rebuilt, Jessica Fletcher finds herself sharing the space for a weekend with a dozen members of a wedding party who have gathered there for a rehearsal dinner. The families of the bride and groom can't stand each other but have agreed to put aside years of long-simmering tension to celebrate the nuptials. Unfortunately, a historic blizzard that dumps nearly five feet of snow on Cabot Cove, leaving everyone stranded. But the hotel guests have bigger things to worry about, because a murderer has shown up uninvited.

With work on the reconstruction of her beloved home almost complete, Jessica Fletcher is in high holiday spirits, spearheading the annual Christmas parade and preparing for her nephew Grady and his family to come to town. The only thing dampening the holiday cheer is the discovery of two sets of bones on Jessica’s property: one set ancient, the other only about a year old.

Le printemps arrive, et avec lui, la saison des mondanités. Louise Galtier compte bien trouver un fiancé cette année. Pour ce faire, elle entraîne sa sœur Joséphine à la recherche de nouvelles tenues. Las ! Le tailleur est découvert assassiné dans son atelier, une paire de ciseaux plantée dans le dos… Ravie de cette distraction, Joséphine entreprend d'identifier le coupable. Et quel illustre gentilhomme retrouve-t-on parmi les nombreux clients du défunt ? Nul autre qu'un certain comte, qui voit d'un très mauvais œil que la jeune fille se mêle encore d'une affaire qui ne la concerne pas.

A weekend escape. A body in the water. And nowhere to run when the storm closes in. Mal Peck’s peaceful bridge weekend at an idyllic Cornish island hotel takes a deadly turn when the young bride of a fellow guest is found drowned. Her plans shattered, Mal is pulled into a spiralling puzzle, one that turns darker still when another body surfaces. As a savage storm cuts the island off from the mainland, Mal teams up with her friend Jacques Pellofey to hunt a killer.

Il brutto tempo non è certo insolito, nei Cotswolds, ma è una nebbia pressoché impenetrabile quella in cui si trovano Rory e Molly Devere, il nuovo vicario e sua moglie, mentre stanno tornando a casa da una cena nel villaggio di Sumpton Harcourt. Poi, d'un tratto, i fari dell'auto illuminano un corpo appeso a un albero contorto: appartiene a Margaret Darby, un'anziana zitella del posto.

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Florence conosce bene il fallimento. Dopo la fine disastrosa della sua carriera in una girl band degli anni 2000, si trascina per West London, single, al verde e insoddisfatta. Le uniche cose di cui è orgogliosa sono le sue scelte sempre più elaborate di nail art e suo figlio di dieci anni, il sensibile e intelligentissimo Dylan. Ma quando Alfie Risby, il bullo della classe e giovane erede di un impero alimentare di surgelati, scompare misteriosamente durante una gita scolastica, Dylan diventa il principale sospettato.

Eine dunkle Nacht im Dezember, ein Mord im vornehmen Hotel Palace de Verbier in den Schweizer Alpen. Doch der Fall wird nie aufgeklärt. Einige Jahre später verbringt der bekannte Schriftsteller Joël Dicker seine Ferien im Palace. Während er die charmante Scarlett Leonas kennenlernt und sich mit ihr über die Kunst des Schreibens unterhält, ahnt er nicht, dass sie beide in den ungelösten Mordfall hineingezogen werden. Was geschah damals in Zimmer 622, das es offiziell gar nicht gibt in diesem Hotel.

Still reeling from the events that nearly killed her, Jessie Night is determined to settle into her new life in Pine Haven. But when a friend from her military days is kidnapped, Jessie finds herself once more coming face to face with a darkness that will shake her to her core. A plea for help...

With mouthwatering treats selling fast in October, Emily is delighted to welcome her assistant’s younger sister, Hannah, to help at the donut shop while taking a semester off from college. But Hannah’s talent for dishing powdered pastries without dropping a crumb attracts some unusual customers, as two admirers with opposite personalities begin to show up during her shifts—much to her older sister’s disappointment . . .

Библиотекарей на пенсии не бывает! Шестидесятилетняя Джейн Хантер вынуждена досрочно уйти на пенсию с работы университетского библиотекаря. Но она уже не представляет свою жизнь без книг, поэтому быстро находит вакансию в доме эксцентричного 33-летнего коллекционера Кэмерона Клю, человека со странностями, который не умеет общаться с людьми, боится выходить из дома и совершенно безразличен к внешнему миру. Он нанимает Джейн для инвентаризации его постоянно расширяющегося собрания редких книг и артефактов.