Títulos en Crímenes de detectives aficionados

El protagonista de la aclamada novela Vivos y Muertos, Aquiles Troyano, regresa a esta novela para enfrentarse a uno de los peores rincones del alma humana: la pederastia. Gracias a su habilidad sobrenatural para ver y comunicarse con los muertos, se enfrentará a una red de adoradores de la Bestia Perfecta, causante principal del sufrimiento de muchos niños. Vázquez-Figueroa regresa con un thriller sin tapujos, descarnado y que lo refrenda como un narrador todoterreno capaz de tener en vilo al lector hasta la última página.

El escritor Antón Nada se acerca al pueblo de Little Whisky para rescatar la historia de Ray Larkin, un despiadado criminal muerto hace ya mucho tiempo. Sin embargo, una oscura leyenda sobre él recorre el pueblo; una historia sobre la venganza que llevó a cabo sobre cinco hombres.

It's the day of the Christchurch Dog Show. The whole town is aquiver with excitement. The ladies of the Charity Shop Detective Agency are hoping to make lots of new furry friends. After a very dramatic Best Biscuit Catcher competition, Fiona, Sue, and Daisy from the Dogs Need Nice Homes charity shop come across a shocking scene. The dog show's vet is performing CPR on a woman. The ladies rush over, but it's too late. Back at the shop, the ladies learn that the poor woman was murdered. Someone injected Sylvia Steadman with something very nasty indeed.

Amongst the rows of charming, brightly painted cabins, an elderly man's beach hut is set on fire in the middle of the night—while he sleeps inside. By day, Fiona, Sue, and Daisy volunteer at the Dogs Need Nice Homes charity shop. By night, they investigate crimes. And they're determined to get to the bottom of this murder. Malcolm Crainey was an obsessive beach-comber who lovingly decorated his hut with the treasures he found by the sea. Who'd want to kill a harmless old man?

Agatha è sconvolta quando scopre che James si è fidanzato e sta per sposare Felicity Bross-Tilkington, indiscutibilmente bella e giovane. Per mettere migliaia di chilometri tra sé e l'ex marito, decide di recarsi in vacanza sul Mar Nero. Qui, per puro caso, incrocia due volte i promessi sposi, guadagnandosi l'accusa di stalking. Ecco perché, quando il giorno delle nozze Felicity viene assassinata in camera sua prima di recarsi in chiesa, Agatha finisce nell'elenco dei sospetti.

London, 1923. Newly minted research assistant Saffron Everleigh is the first woman to hold the position at University College of London. When she attends a dinner party for the school, she expects to engage in conversations about the university's large expedition to the Amazon. What she doesn’t expect is for Mrs. Henry, one of the professors’ wives, to drop to the floor, poisoned by an unknown toxin. Dr. Maxwell, Saffron’s mentor, is the main suspect, and evidence quickly mounts.

Lady Emily Hardcastle is an eccentric widow with a secret past. Florence Armstrong, her maid and confidante, is an expert in martial arts. The year is 1908 and they've just moved from London to the country, hoping for a quiet life. But it is not long before Lady Hardcastle is forced out of her self-imposed retirement. There's a dead body in the woods, and the police are on the wrong scent. Lady Hardcastle makes some enquiries of her own, and it seems she knows a surprising amount about crime investigation...

Lady Violet has decided that life in noisy, crowded, busy London is simply not her cup of tea. Her search for a rural property to purchase must be set aside when she learns that Hugh St. Sevier has been accused of murder. Worse, the handsome physician is doing nothing to aid those trying to exonerate him. Though it requires outsmarting the magistrate, enlisting the aid of Sebastian, Marquess of Dunkeld, and literally poking around in the undergrowth, Violet is determined to prove her friend’s innocence—with or without St. Sevier’s cooperation.

Lady Violet returns with St. Sevier to her family seat, and finds Derwent Hall at sixes and sevens upon the occasion of her nephew’s christening. Other guests have brought their children along to celebrate the occasion, and Sebastian MacHeath is on hand to serve as godfather. Nobody seems to be getting along, despite the happy nature of the gathering. Summer heat builds to an unbearable crescendo as clandestine affairs, marital troubles, and family tensions escalate. Then somebody starts kidnapping little girls.

In the fourth book in the series, Dr. Peter Bannerman’s brother Sam takes in three Bengal kittens after the previous owner, his neighbor in a Winnipeg north end apartment building, is found dead. The death was originally thought to be due to accidental autoerotic asphyxiation, but after investigation, Sam is arrested and charged with his neighbor’s murder.

Eleven years ago, Maple Close was scarred by a horrific crime. Three teenage girls who lived on the secluded cul-de-sac were mutilated and killed in what became known as The Wise Monkey Murders. Their neighbour, seventeen-year-old Zara, was found guilty. Now, true-crime podcaster Daisy retreats to her grandfather's home on the close, following a brutal attack. Reluctantly, Daisy begins to dig into the dark history of Maple Close and its residents for a new podcast series... and soon uncovers secrets that were buried for a reason. Someone is watching her. Someone knows she's getting too close.

Life in Little Shaw is as nice as pie for librarian Ginny Cole. She’s got a tentative truce with her grumpy neighbor Detective Inspector Wallace, and Sunday quiz nights at The Lost Goat with her friends (team name: The Merry Widows). Until the young quizmaster is found dead in the cellar. The police call it an accident; Ginny suspects murder. But with Wallace strangely impossible to locate and convince, she and the other widows must step—carefully, mind—into the breach.

It's the end of a long day at the Dogs Need Nice Homes charity shop. Fiona, Daisy, and Partial Sue, the three retired ladies who volunteer there, are ready to lock up for the night. The ladies watch aghast as a clapped-out ice-cream van lurches up to their door—with Daisy's daughter Bella behind the wheel! Newly divorced Bella has only just gotten rid of her rotten husband. Now, she's bought herself a van—and a whole world of trouble.

El protagonista de esta historia es un sexagenario llamado Pepe, Pepe Lapierre, para ser más exactos, y es cirujano plástico. Forofo hasta la médula del Real Madrid, su vida consiste en trabajar, ver el fútbol, jugar al pádel y cuidar de su madre. Todo en su...

L’agenzia di Cormoran Strike e Robin Ellacott – detective privati, soci in affari e autoproclamatisi "migliori amici’"– non è certo a corto di clienti. Così, quando una giovane donna dall’aria stravolta si presenta in ufficio, la segretaria la rispedirebbe volentieri indietro, ma l’intuito di Robin le dice di ascoltarla. Mentre stringe la sua costosissima borsa macchiata di inchiostro, Edie Ledwell si presenta come la coautrice di una serie animata di culto che sta per sbarcare su Netflix e implora Robin di aiutarla a scoprire l’identità di una misteriosa figura che la perseguita online.

A collection of short stories featuring the redoubtable ‘heart specialist’, Parker Pyne. This volume, in its contemporary Agatha Christie Collection livery, perfectly illustrates Agatha Christie’s critically–acclaimed foray into light-hearted, romantic mysteries. Mrs Packington felt...

L’ormai famosa agenzia Strike ed Ellacott ha risolto molti casi inestricabili. Quello che rimane non risolto è il rapporto trai due soci, segnato da un’amicizia profonda e inquieta, tra slanci imprevedibili e sotterranee gelosie. Quando l’anziano Sir Colin Edensor chiede il loro aiuto per tirar fuori il figlio Will da una setta che lo ha plagiato, i due accettano senza esitare. In nome della lotta per un mondo migliore, la Universal Humanitarian Church allontana i suoi membri dai loro affetti e li induce a elargire enormi donazioni, diventando sempre più potente.

In the quaint streets of South-West London, four female pensioners are about to embark on the heist of a lifetime. United by forty years of friendship, and desperate to raise funds for Beth’s healthcare, the Crones set about a daring plan to steal a priceless brooch from Hawling House. But this is no ordinary theft. It's a mission to right a decades-old wrong – the ‘death’ of their friend Ronnie at the hand of the mansion's enigmatic owner, Edgar Hawling.

Blum ist Bestatterin. Doch plötzlich gerät dieses Leben durch den Unfalltod ihres Mannes, eines Polizisten, aus den Fugen. Blum trauert, will sich aber mit ihrem Schicksal nicht abfinden. Durch Zufall findet sie heraus, dass mehr hinter dem Unfall ihres Mannes steckt, dass fünf einflussreiche Menschen seinen Tod wollten.

Es 1953 y una nueva reina está a punto de ser coronada. El pueblo de Londres está de celebración, sobre todo los residentes del hotel Blue Lion. Stella Donati, una joven fotógrafa italiana superviviente del Holocausto, vive en el Blue Lion mientras ocupa un codiciado puesto en la revista Picture Weekly. Londres en modo de celebración le parece un mundo diferente. A medida que aprende los entresijos de su nueva profesión, Stella descubre un propósito y una dirección que honran su pasado y le brindan esperanza para su futuro.