Títulos en Crímenes de detectives aficionados

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.

Brought to you by Penguin. Am I a murderer? You tell me . . . You probably already know my name. Lucy Chase, the woman who doesn’t remember murdering her best friend. Even though they couldn’t find enough evidence to charge me, I know you all think I did it. That’s OK. I realise being...

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.

At Midnight's local pawnshop, weapons are flying off the shelves—only to be used in sudden and dramatic suicides right at the main crossroads in town. Who better to figure out why blood is being spilled than the vampire Lemuel, who, while translating mysterious texts, discovers what makes Midnight the town it is? There's a reason why witches and werewolves, killers and psychics, have been drawn to this place. And now they must come together to stop the bloodshed in the heart of Midnight.

Paige Provey has her hands full. Not only is she trying to salvage her career and trying to find the magical book that gave her witchy abilities (it's gone missing), but her estranged sister has appeared on her doorstep. A sister who likes to flirt with Paige's boyfriends. Hands off of Grim! As if that's not enough, Paige has been asked to attend a book signing of a local author who just published a novel called Slasher of Sacrifice. Really. That's the title. When someone from the book signing winds up in a coma, at first Paige thinks it must be related to the missing book.

Georgie, back home at her estate in Eynsleigh, impatiently awaits the birth of her baby. But she has plenty to occupy her: Her new chef, Pierre, has arrived from Paris, and Sir Hubert, who owns Eynsleigh, is back from his latest expedition. It's time for Georgie to throw her first house party to celebrate his return and show off her new chef. The dinner party is a smashing success. Sir Mortimer Mordred—famous author of creepy Gothic horror novels—is one of the guests. He recently purchased a nearby Elizabethan manor nearby because it has a famous poison garden.

Miss Marple, living a quiet life in St Mary Mead, is saddened to hear of the death of Jason Rafiel. Not that they were friends - the old financier was much too irascible and self-centred for friendship - but they had once been allies in solving a series of murders that took place on the tiny...

Dora Winslow is having a hard day. Not only does she stumble upon a money laundering scheme, but the next thing she knows her boss is dead. As the prime suspect for his murder, she goes to Brian, a police officer she trusts. She soon learns things aren't adding up because Brian's got a mysterious scheme of his own.

The Homefront Sleuths thought their biggest challenge would be planning Blake and Katherine's perfect autumn wedding. But when a mysterious government inspector turns up dead at the Harvest Festival, their cozy village celebration becomes the scene of something sinister. What starts as a puzzling murder quickly becomes a race against time. Missing microfilm, coded messages, and suspicious "diplomats" suggest this case is far more dangerous than anything the Sleuths have faced before. With potential Nazi spies lurking behind familiar faces, no one in Crofter's Green is above suspicion.

Every nosy neighbor, gossipy friend, and meddling relative is just one good mystery away from becoming a detective. From behind locked doors or out in broad daylight, driven by chance or curiosity, amateur sleuths get in over their heads in these six hair-raising, hilarious stories.

I am not a consulting detective, Gemma Doyle reluctantly tells 10-year-old Lauren Tierney, when the little girl comes to the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium to beg Gemma to find her missing cat, Snowball. Gemma might not be able to follow the clues to find the cat, but her dog, Violet, follows her nose to locate the missing kitten in a neighbor's garden shed. Gemma and Violet proudly return Snowball to her grateful owner, and Gemma basks in praise for a job well done. But a few days later, Lauren is back with $10 in hand, wanting to once again hire a consulting detective.

Il fatto che Agatha Raisin si sia imbattuta in una gamba mozzata farebbe pensare che il caso di cui sta per occuparsi sia particolarmente macabro. Ma le apparenze ingannano, come scopre la stessa Agatha quando viene assunta per indagare su un episodio di spionaggio industriale in una fabbrica in cui tutti, dai fattorini al padrone, sono perlomeno eccentrici. E non fa eccezione la signora Dinwiddy, l’efficentissima e temutissima segretaria… anzi, non faceva eccezione, perché la donna è stata trovata morta nei pressi della stalla di Wizz-Wazz, l’asinella che è la mascotte dell’azienda.

Petal Woznewski is content with her quiet, introverted life in New York City: she has her junk food, her movies, and her on-again, off-again boyfriend Gus. That peace is shattered when her name appears on the dedication page of an anonymously written thriller with a cryptic note: “I know what you did, Petal Woznewski. And now everyone else will, too.” As she reads, Petal realizes the story is rooted in a secret she buried thirty years earlier when she was fourteen—a secret involving the tragic death of her friend Megan, a secret that only one other person knows: their old friend Jenny.

When Sophie Sayers joins a writers' retreat on a secluded Greek island, she's hoping to find inspiration and perhaps a little adventure. Away from her rural English comfort zone, she also takes stock of her relationship with her boyfriend Hector. But scarcely has the writing course begun when bestselling romantic novelist Marina Milanese disappears on a solo excursion to an old windmill. First on the scene, Sophie is prime suspect for Marina's murder.

Upon finding a mysterious note at the scene of an accident, spunky Ann Beddingfeld throws caution to the wind and sets sail for an adventure to South Africa. She gets more thrills than she bargained for when she finds herself embroiled in a crooked diamond scheme, a murder, and in the clutches of the mysterious “Colonel".

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