Cozy Humor

Zweitausend Jahre ging die Menschheit davon aus, dass Jesus und seine Jünger beim letzten Abendmahl ordentlich Wein gebechert hätten. Ihr kennt den Unsinn mit dem Heiligen Gral. Bullshit. Es war Cervisia, benannt nach der Feldgöttin Ceres. Neudeutsch? Bier. Und zwar mit ordentlich Bums drin. Die Kirche, der Weinpapst und die württembergische Weinmafia wollen das Heilige Fass ein für allemal zerstören. Klingt wie eine Mischung aus Monty Python und Da Vinci Code? Ist es nicht. Es ist ernst. Bierernst. Gibt nur einen, der das Ding noch retten kann.

Herr Heiland geht auf große Fahrt: Der alljährliche Ausflug mit den Messdienern steht an. Und dann noch in eine abgelegene Jugendherberge - ein Graus! Wie viel lieber wäre Heiland auf seiner Sonntagskanzel... oder sogar bei einer seiner Mordermittlungen. Ein Wunsch, der ihm leider viel zu schnell erfüllt wird: Der Herbergsvater Sigismund Grumpelmoser liegt im Gras - erschlagen! Doch von wem? Der wohlhabende Charmeur war allseits beliebt.

What do the Minotaur, Rasputin, the first man hung for murder in America, and the Countess of Blood all have in common? No, they aren't related. They all appeared on the Bombay Family's Hit List! In this collection of Bombay Bedtime Stories, you'll find out what Bombays did before Gin Bombay came along. From pet dodo birds to Ancient Greece and twentieth century Russia, get the stories Bombay children have been told for thousands of years. Stories that have been shrouded in blood - sworn to secrecy . . . until now!

Esiste il lavoro dei sogni, e poi esiste il lavoro che il destino decide per te. Fortunata vorrebbe fare la pasticciera e, quando può, si rifugia nel laboratorio di Mario, un amico che le insegna l’arte dei dolci. Suo padre Emilio, però, è il titolare di un’agenzia di pompe funebri, e per mandarla avanti ha bisogno di lei, del suo talento nella preparazione dei defunti. Sempre a contatto con la morte, di cui si prende cura nel migliore dei modi, Fortunata insegue la vita e non chiede altro che essere libera di scegliere il proprio futuro.

Ivan Sorokin is missing. Who wants him out of the picture - his wife, his business partner, or the stripper who holds his heart? Josie Tucker stands on Beach Street with her back to the San Francisco wharf. Above her, the Ghirardelli sign winks in the dusky twilight, seducing her. The ice cream parlor lights beckon like a lactose lothario, a casein casanova, trying hard to woo her. But her heart longs for dumplings, for dim sum.

Es ist klirrend kalt am Hirschgrundsee. Also rücken Sofia und ihre Camper zusammen und genießen die Ruhe auf ihrem Platz. Doch dann sprengt sich Johann, der mit seiner Männer-Therapiegruppe in der Jurte übernachtet, am Lagerfeuer versehentlich selbst in die Luft. Versehentlich? Die Polizei entdeckt, dass in einem der Holzscheite eine Sprengfalle versteckt war! Ist einer der Männer aus der Therapiegruppe der Mörder? Galt der Anschlag vielleicht gar nicht Johann? Sofia hat da eine ganz üble Vermutung.

Essie Cobb hates the pandemic. She misses her friends Opal, Margery, and Fay. But now she’s restricted to her room, and she can’t go anywhere or do anything. Or can she? Essie is not one to take adversity lying down - or rather, shuffling along behind her walker. She decides to try her hand at Zooming - that is, chatting online with her friends and acquaintances. Little does she know that this adventure is just beginning, and before long, Essie and her pals will be solving a crime that the police haven’t been able to solve for years!

Achtung! Lesen ist gefährlicher, als Sie denken... Der zweite Fall für Buchhändler Robert Mondrian. Nach der Aufklärung des "Schneewittchen-Mordes" hofft Buchhändler Robert Mondrian auf ruhige Stunden, um sich endlich seiner literarischen Passion zu widmen. Doch prompt stellt ein neuer Mord ihn vor ein Rätsel: Auf einer Frauenleiche findet die Kripo einen Zettel mit einem Shakespeare-Sonett. Mondrian wird als Experte hinzugezogen und erkennt, dass die gereimten Zeilen vertauscht wurden. Sieht er Gespenster, oder will der Mörder ihm eine verschlüsselte Botschaft zukommen lassen?

On a foggy night in the French Quarter... Brandy and Jiff were on a walk when they met him. Why did he hand her a note? There was something strange about the fellow. His clothes and hat made him look like a newspaper man from the '60s. But it was what he had typed on that piece of paper that deepened the mystery. A sort of prediction, that claimed three things would happen and they couldn’t stop it. Who was he? Why did Brandy believe him? She had always been good at reading people.

Es ist Advent auf Sylt. Ernst Mannsen hat zwar nichts gegen Weihnachten, aber die Insel ist ihm ohne Touristen zu leer, die Tage sind lang und dunkel. Seine Frau Gudrun freut sich hingegen auf den Weihnachtsmarkt, aufs Schmücken des Hauses und auf die Weihnachtsfeiertage mit der Familie. Als der gelangweilte Ernst erfährt, dass der Filialleiter der Bank mitsamt den Spenden für die bedürftigen Kinder verschwunden ist, ergreift er seine Chance auf Abwechslung: Er wird sich um das Problem kümmern! Und das Geld für die Weihnachtsgeschenke beschaffen.

June’s life is in limbo. Since being the personal assistant to her twin brother does not include helping wrangle his lizards up on the International Space Station—thank God—she’s got free time on her hands. Which for her, usually means trouble. But not this time. Nope, she’s just going to relax, avoid any sort of publicity, steer clear of her brother's nutty fans The Dewzers, and just hang out with Morgan. Except he's on his first case as a private eye and he needs to make one little stop. Where June's attacked by a ninja. Well that escalated quickly.

Chelsea just wants to spend more time settling into life on the apple orchard, bonding with Miss May and recovering from heartbreak. But as the Candy Apple Festival nears, a wealthy newcomer brings trouble to Pine Grove. Any notions of relaxation are pushed aside when the snobby big-city millionaire turns up dead and Miss May recruits Chelsea to solve yet another mystery. There’s a cryptic ransom note, a bereaved widow, and a big, mysterious mansion at the center of the investigation.

When a sleazy money manager starts fast-talking local residents, retired lawyer Miss May and her quirky sidekick Chelsea begin to feel like something is amiss in Pine Grove...then the sleaze ball is found dead at the winter festival. The girls don’t believe in coincidence, so they set out to discover why the money manager turned up dead just when residents began to suspect him of wrongdoing. Something is off in Pine Grove and Miss May and Chelsea won’t rest until the charm of small-town living is restored.

Der gemütliche Dorfpastor Klaas Heiland wagt einen Neuanfang im bayrischen Touristenidyll Sonntal am See. Dabei muss er nicht nur mit seiner resoluten Haushälterin, dem überambitionierten Bürgermeister und den eigenwilligen Traditionen der Sonntaler zurechtkommen: Nein, hier in der Provinz geben sich die Mörder die Klinke in die Hand! Und im Gegensatz zum sympathischen Dorfpolizisten Tobias Kern hat der friedliebende Heiland ein Talent zur Lösung von Kriminalfällen... Herr Heiland erhält ein Hilfegesuch: Die Dorfschullehrerin Jenny Jessen hat ein belastendes Geheimnis.

When psychotherapist and recovering alcoholic Letty Whittaker responds to a middle-of-the-night crisis call, she knows helping Trinnie face her demons won't be easy. However, instead of finding her friend dead drunk, Letty finds her just...dead. And Paul, another close friend, is the primary suspect.

Following the sudden death of a co-worker, psychotherapist Letty Whittaker learns she has "inherited" her colleague's case load. As professional executor, Letty assumes responsibility for Regina's clients, including those from Devlin House, the local domestic abuse shelter where Regina had worked - and died.

In Lady Justice and the Sting, a holistic physician is murdered and Walt becomes entangled in the high-powered world of pharmaceutical giants and corrupt politicians. The Kansas City Police Department and the FBI join forces and Walt goes undercover in a "sting" operation in order to expose those involved in this tangled web of intrigue, and in doing so, becomes the target of a vicious assassin.

One by one, people begin disappearing. If not for Liev’s twisted, genius brother Milo and Lani’s talking cat Charming Marvin, the two of them would also be missing—or dead. But someone is still playing games, stalking Lani and everyone connected to her, and the cat’s cradle web they’re weaving is becoming impossible to escape. Unless they can find a way to expose this massive cover-up and who’s behind it all, they’ll become the next vanished.

In this witty and engaging novel, Dana Barry, the Shopping Channel’s star host, stops by the company’s rooftop party to pitch the new CEO her brilliant idea that just might save the flagging business, her job and possibly her love life. As she chats with the smarmy executive, he backs her into a dark corner. For Dana, it’s a quid pro oh-hell-no. She escapes his lecherous grasp and grabs her drink on her way to the dance floor. Woozy, she blacks out. When she comes to, the CEO is dead, fallen from the roof. Or was he pushed? And if so, by whom?

Elizabeth Margaret “E.M.” Danniher finds house hunting in Cottonwood County, Wyoming difficult, but deadly? That she never expected. In television, a cold open rolls before the credits, pitching the viewer into the news story. That’s how Elizabeth and her cohorts feel after she finds a body in a house for sale. A victim with a hidden history, few suspects, and the sheriff’s department not happy having Elizabeth - and amateur sleuth thorn in their sides - as the closest thing they have to a witness. Mike, Diana, Tom and the rest jump in to dig in.