Amateur Sleuth

In The Hunter's Lodge Case, Agatha Christie delivers a compelling mystery featuring her famous detective, Hercule Poirot. Called to a remote countryside lodge to investigate a chilling murder, Poirot finds himself unraveling a tangled web of lies, deceit, and hidden motives. As he navigates a maze of secrets, the quaint lodge reveals itself as anything but peaceful, with each clue bringing him closer to a surprising truth.

Der internationale Nr.-1-Bestseller und Netflix-Erfolg – endlich auf Deutsch! New York 1998. Während der Thanksgiving-Parade verschwindet die 3-jährige Kiera Templeton. Die Polizei findet keine Spur und stellt die Ermittlungen schließlich ein. Nur die Journalistin Miren Triggs sucht unermüdlich weiter, als alle anderen längst das Interesse an der Geschichte verloren haben. Fünf Jahre später, an Kieras 8. Geburtstag, taucht ein Video auf. Erst ist nur Schneegestöber zu sehen, dann erkennt man ein Zimmer.

On board the world’s finest luxury cruise ship, the days are filled with sunshine, cocktails, and incredible new places to explore. Unless you are employed as the ship’s detective, that is. That job falls to a lady called Patricia Fisher, a whip-smart sleuth whose special skills include attracting trouble, getting shot at, and running away screaming.

Actor, writer and director Mahesh Dattani is the first playwright in English to be awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award by India’s National Academy of Letters. Included here are all three of his plays featuring Uma Rao – PhD student, daughter-in-law of Bangalore's deputy commissioner of police, and wife of the superintendent. Priyanga Burford (neé Elan), stars as the intrepid sleuth, with full casts including Shiv Grewal, Saeed Jaffrey, Ajay Chhabra, Amerjit Deu and Nitin Chandra Ganatra.

In 1985, Kat McCann was six years old when renowned Austrian detective Alik Lisser solved her mother’s murder. And unfortunately proved Kat’s father as the culprit. Ten years later Kat is still obsessed with the heroic criminologist. She’s also addicted to the bestselling novels inspired by Alik’s ingenious deductions—penned by the grande dame of whodunits, who’s a bit of a mystery herself. Kat has devoured them all. Even the one based on her father’s crime.

The unique weekend-long event—a combination of a live-action role playing game and a theatrical production—draws competitors from all the neighboring towns, including Pine Hills' own Krissy and Rita. Although the actors, clues, and performances are spread across the community, somehow Krissy's team lands at the one location with an actual body . . . Police immediately call-off the competition while they conduct a real murder investigation, but soon it's clear some folks are playing by their own set of rules.

The Yarn Studio’s Seaside Knitters have their hands full designing new classes for vacationers, as well as testing each other’s originality by creating a single blanket together. Birdie’s teenage granddaughter is also visiting for the season. Meanwhile, the Lazy Lobster and Soup Café’s local fare is gaining newfound attention with the addition of a well-known Boston chef. It’s sure to be another beautiful, busy time in their tight-knit town… Until Birdie spots a huge blaze from her balcony one evening, frighteningly close to knitter Cass’s lobster business.

The descendant of adventuring-dead-aristocrats, Clarissa Knightley supplements a modest inheritance by penning gothic novels that cost more than they earn. Upon learning that she has mysteriously inherited a share of an earl's estate, she rashly packs up her household. In remote Gravesyde Priory, she hopes to find a safe haven and family who will welcome her and her young nephew. Instead, she discovers a drunken American army captain, his African servant, and ancient, surly caretakers.

Sooty, sulfurous, and malign: no woman should be out on a night like this. A spate of violent deaths—the details too foul to print—has horrified the capital and the smog-bound streets are deserted. But Rachel Savernake—the enigmatic daughter of a notorious hanging judge—is no ordinary woman. To Scotland Yard's embarrassment, she solved the Chorus Girl Murder, and now she's on the trail of another killer.

After the newspaper she works for folds and the freelance assignments no longer pay the bills, Maya Wong reluctantly returns to her native Hawaiʻi to ghostwrite controversial land developer Parker Hamilton's biography. But when the Hamilton patriarch is found dead under suspicious circumstances, Maya is unwittingly drawn into the investigation. Maya’s family and friends aren't happy about her work for Hamilton. And now, with her ex, Detective Koa Yamada, on the case, she’s forced to contend with the very person she was determined to avoid.

Kit Pelham is a professional fan, interviewer, host of the podcast The First Cult is the Deepest, and occasional obituary writer. Except this time the obituary is for her friend, maverick podcaster Wolf Tyler, who is murdered in his shed during a live broadcast, moments before revealing a huge secret about the cult TV show Vixens from the Void. Kit and her group of friends and fellow superfans soon realise Wolf had discovered something about the disappearance of Lily Sparkes, an extra on Vixens from the Void, back in 1986. And it was a secret worth killing for.

2024. Recently-engaged city girl Cora is new to the small town of Hickory Falls. Still adjusting to the change in pace, she's delighted when she stumbles upon a quaint estate sale. Drawn in by the knickknacks, she buys a jar of colorful baubles and is surprised to find two rings at the bottom of the jar. When she innocently sets out to find the original owner of the rings, she instead stumbles upon a decades-old mystery.

When twenty-year-old Cass Ryan is pulled out of the Hudson River, she's officially dead for four minutes. She doesn't know anything about the boy who pushed her in. She doesn't know why she's been hallucinating since coming back. What she does know is that the violent visions feel terrifyingly real and that her life will never be the same. Enter The Else & Bellows Institute.

England, 1941. The tranquil village of Crofter’s Green seems like a haven from the chaos of wartime. But when a local air raid warden is found dead in the village churchyard, five villagers--some getting on in years and none of them policemen--decide they need to uncover the truth.

Welcome to Owhiro, Florida – a quaint seaside village, and currently the scene of a bizarre unsolved murder. Local bartender Kalliope Brooks was horrified to find a dead body hidden in her car, and now she can’t seem to tear herself away from the case. Her growing obsession with the young victim is leading to her own danger – much to the alarm of her best friend, Tess, her adoring father, and the lead detective. Can she uncover the murderer shaking up her charming little hometown before someone else is killed?

In the heart of the Olympic Rainforest, two adventurous 10-year-old boys stumble upon a treasure map that leads them on a journey of a lifetime. With their trusty companion, they set out to find hidden gold, and other treasures encountering perils and wonders beyond their wildest dreams.

Londra, anni Venti del Novecento. Beatrice Bernabò, detta Miss Bee, è una ventenne italiana che vive nella capitale inglese da qualche anno. Insieme alle sorelle, Beatrice si è trasferita al seguito del padre Leonida, docente di italianistica all’Università. Il mandato del padre gode della protezione dell’ambasciatore italiano in UK, che non può che essere fascista. Invitata a cena dalla nobile dirimpettaia, Mrs Ashbury – vedova e madre di un unico e affascinante figlio, il conturbante Christopher detto Kit – Beatrice si trova suo malgrado in mezzo a un giallo che è al contempo un triangolo amoroso.

Greetings from Monchac, Louisiana. Home to fifty-seven souls and the world's only floating stationery store! When Mila Breaux's LA dreams go up in smoke, she'll move her cozy lettering shop down to bayou country, and pile her pens and paper onto her late uncle's houseboat. But the discovery of human bones just feet from her new store will rock the foundations of the sleepy swamp town. It will be up to Mila and a quirky band of characters to get to the bottom of things before it is too late!

Elin Randall erbt das traumhafte Anwesen ihrer Vorfahren, malerisch und einsam gelegen, inmitten der österreichischen Alpen. Auf der Stelle verliebt sich die junge Frau aus der Großstadt in das romantische Fleckchen Erde. Begeistert macht sie sich mit ihrem Ehemann Ben, ihrer Freundin Victoria und deren Freund Jerome daran, das geheimnisumwitterte Leben ihrer Ahnen zu erforschen, und träumt sich dabei zurück in die romantische Zeit des späten 19. Jahrhunderts in Waldern am See.

It's been years since Zoe last saw them – since they graduated, drifted apart, and lost touch. Years since Zoe ended things with Dan because the memories were too painful to bear. Years since that night – the night an unexpected death shattered their close-knit group of friends. Now, Zoe is invited to Scotland for a wedding – a grand affair at a manor house on a remote island. Apprehensive about the reunion, she hopes the long drive with Lily will help ease her nerves. But things are far from simple.

When seven-year-old Emma disappears, her stepmother Amanda uncovers dark secrets lurking in their small town. Facing corrupt police and uncooperative locals, Amanda and her niece Renee follow chilling clues leading to a familiar neighbor with a hidden, deadly past. Racing to save Emma, they risk everything to expose a truth that could destroy their town.

Жила себе спокойно, выращивала экзотические цветы и растения на продажу, никого не трогала. Пока в один далеко не прекрасный день по несчастливой случайности не вляпалась в... знакомство с наемником, принявшим меня за девушку по вызову! И все бы ничего, да только угораздило меня с размаху угодить в расследование таинственных убийств, все с тем же вредным, наглым и раздражающим наемником! Можно было бы, конечно, отказаться, но ведь интересно до жути, да и напарник оказался очень даже привлекательным, несмотря на несносный характер.

“Quattro Natali, quattro decenni, quattro storie milanesi”. Tratto dalla raccolta “Quattro volte Natale – Piccoli omicidi a Milano”, Mani bucate è un racconto noir di Paola Varalli. Come di consueto, l’ambientazione è quella meneghina che ha reso famosa la scrittrice, e i protagonisti sono dei bizzarri investigatori improvvisati. In una Milano da bere di fine anni Ottanta, il “gommista virile”, il barista Viliam e l’idraulico Pino si ritrovano, loro malgrado, a indagare su un misterioso omicidio. Siete pronti a farvi trascinare in una storia tanto strampalata quanto irresistibile?

Madeline Brimley left small-town Georgia many years ago to go to college and pursue her dreams on the stage. Her dramatic escapades are many, but success has eluded her, leaving her at loose ends. But then she gets word that not only has her beloved, eccentric Aunt Rose passed, but she's left Madeline her equally eccentric bookstore housed in an old Victorian mansion in the small college town of Enigma. But when she arrives in her beat-up Fiat to claim The Old Juniper Bookstore—and restart her life—Madeline is faced with unexpected challenges.

"Quattro Natali, quattro decenni, quattro storie milanesi" ... Incluso nella raccolta Quattro volte Natale – Piccoli omicidi a Milano, Natale coi tuoi è un racconto scritto a sei mani da Besola, Ferrari e Gallone. Difficile non farsi conquistare dalle atmosfere ipocrite di una metropoli che, lungi dall’essere allegra come le lucine che la addobbano, cela invece intrighi e segreti inconfessabili. Siamo nel 1999: è l’ultimo Natale del millennio. Il tassista Luigino incappa in una misteriosa valigetta, abbandonata da quello che sembrava a tutti gli effetti il sosia perfetto di Gian Maria Volonté.