England Fiction Mystery

Two men are on the run. They have 400 miles to go across hostile territory. Soldiers on the ground track them day and night, a helicopter circles above, life becomes a second-by-second fight for survival. Each muscle movement, drop of sweat, glance and instinct matters. Every second counts. Through long slogs across country, risky raids for supplies, moments of sheer panic and under the intense pressure to survive, an unbreakable bond between two men is forged.

En ærlig og ordentlig mand bliver overordentligt overrasket, da han ved juletid finder en død gås med en enorm blå juvel maven. Faktisk bliver han så befippet, at han skynder sig hen til mesterdetektiven Sherlock Holmes med den. Den berømte og nonchalante detektiv er straks fanget af den mærkelige hændelse og kaster sig frådende over gåden. Sagen rummer et væld af mærkelige spor, som han på sin klassiske manér stykker sammen til en løsning...

"Katten i dueslaget" foregår på den fornemme engelske pigeskole Meadowbank. For skolens ledelse er det en katastrofe, da den nye idrætslærerinde bliver myrdet, og det bliver ikke det sidste mord på skolen. Politiet står uden spor, men en af eleverne får øje på en sammenhæng og tilkalder mesterdetektiven Hercule Poirot. Hercule Poirot er Agatha Christies belgiske privatdetektiv, der er lige så genial, som han er sær.

Harriet and Mark have it all: successful careers, a lovely house in a leafy London suburb, twin boys on the cusp of leaving home. Yvette and Gary share a smaller place with their two daughters in a shabbier part of the same borough. But when the stars align for a collective move north, it means a fresh start for them all. For Mark, it’s a chance to escape the rat race; for Harriet, a distraction from her unfulfilled dream of a late third child. Gary has decided to reboot the Madchester band that made him famous, while Yvette hopes it will give her daughters what she never had.

They sent 300 warriors to kill one man. It wasn’t enough. Mercia lies broken but not beaten, her alliance with Wessex in tatters. Coelwulf, a fierce and bloody warrior, hears whispers that Mercia has been betrayed from his home in the west. He fears no man, especially not the Vikings sent to hunt him down.

After four years of war, with attacks escalating day by day and public support crumbling at home, the American effort in Iraq rests on one last gambit: a tenuous alliance with the Sunni tribes of Anbar to deny al-Qaeda sanctuary and take the fight to the terrorists.

When a mute criminal known as the "Street Arab" is taken into custody, police call on court missionary Robert Elliott to try and unravel the enigma. With the help of Mary O'Driscoll, a sharply perceptive nurse, Elliott reveals the prisoner to be Walter Stanford, a man with a blemished past and who is about to change their lives forever. As Elliott tries to understand the significance of a mysterious note found in a locket on the cell floor, Mary becomes haunted by a series of lucid dreams about Walter's life and a dark, harrowing crime.

The Sukhoi Su-57 “Felon”. The Russian Federation’s formidable new stealth fighter. Sleek, dangerous, and—forward-deployed into the maelstrom of the Syrian Civil War for field testing—vulnerable. For the CIA, the Su-57’s presence in Syria presents an opportunity. For Mossad’s David Shafron, the former assassin once known as the “Lion of God”, it represents a threat. For the Syrian rebels soon tasked with its recovery...their own damnation. It’s a high-stakes gambit worthy of the Cold War, but this war is red-hot.

Auf der Suche nach einem Mörder heißt es wieder: Bühne frei für Lady Hardcastle und ihre treue Zofe Flo Armstrong! Eine Filmcrew besucht den kleinen Ort Littleton Cotterell, um dort ihren neusten Film zu promoten. Eigentlich hätten der Regisseur und die Schauspieler von Lady Farley-Stroud beherbergt werden sollen, doch nach einem Brand in deren Küche erklärt sich Lady Hardcastle bereit, die Gastgeberin zu sein. Obwohl nicht alle Dorfbewohner von der Idee einer Filmvorführung begeistert sind, ist der erste Filmabend ein voller Erfolg.

Er entführt seine Opfer, hält sie über Wochen gefangen und setzt sie unerträglicher Folter aus – diese Geschichte lässt einem das Blut in den Adern gefrieren! Auf einer Landstraße in Oxfordshire wird eine ausgemergelte junge Frau gefunden. Die Polizei geht von einer Drogensüchtigen aus, doch Detective Aidan Corcoran ahnt, dass hier ein grausames Verbrechen geschehen ist. Und seine Vermutung wird bald zur Bestätigung: Das Opfer weist Fesselmale auf und wurde über Wochen festgehalten und ausgehungert.

Det kostede Dolly ni års fængsel, at hun dræbte sin mand, mesterforbryderen Harry Rawlins, som hævn for hans dobbelte bedrageri. Nu er hun ude og klar til at realisere sin drøm - at åbne et hjem for svigtede og hjemløse børn. Til formålet vil hun bruge sin skjulte formue - diamanter fra et tidligere røveri til en værdi af to millioner pund. Men så enkelt er det ikke. For der er andre, som kender til diamanterne og vil have deres andel af byttet. Desværre viser det sig, at diamanterne er forsvundet.

In a razor-sharp legal thriller, Jack Kowalski must win two challenging trials to save his reputation and his career. Junior barrister Jack Kowalski is crushed. His client Timothy Smart appears to have committed a monstrous crime while on bail - a bail application Jack fought hard to win. When a high-profile Polish footballer is charged with rape and demands a fellow countryman represent him, Jack must overcome his guilt and get back to work.

Die erfolgreiche Autorin Ella Martin recherchiert für ihre neue Romanreihe in Canterbury. Als sie beim Einkaufen auf deutsche Touristinnen trifft, die ihre Reiseleiterin Eve vermissen, bietet sie ihnen an, für sie zu dolmetschen. Auch die Polizei und das Reisebüro benötigen ihre Deutschkenntnisse und im Nu steckt Ella mitten in den Ermittlungen zu einem Raubüberfall, dem die Reiseleiterin Eve zum Opfer gefallen ist. Dabei will Ella eigentlich nur ihren Roman schreiben. Doch langsam, aber sicher kommt ihr der Verdacht, dass Eve ermordet wurde.

Female friendship is intense and that intensity can erupt into dangerous passions when teenage girls are cooped up in an exclusive East Coast boarding school. Beautiful, streetwise Cassidy Thomas; debutante jock Abby Madison; academic, sensitive Karen Mullens; and sophisticated troublemaking Zoey Spalding are four seventeen-year-olds who should be cruising happily through their Senior Year. But jealousies are simmering. And when Zoey plays a game with the class list—if you lose your virginity you get a star beside your name—it sets in motion a chain of shocking events.

Kate Marshall er en lovende ung kriminalassistent, da hun fanger den berygtede seriemorder fra Nine Elms. Men hendes største sejr forvandler sig pludselig til et mareridt. Traumatiseret, forrådt og hængt offentligt ud for de chokerende omstændigheder omkring kannibalmordene kan Kate kun se til, mens hendes karriere ender i en skandale. Femten år efter de katastrofale begivenheder hjemsøges Kate stadig af fortidens spøgelser. En copycat-morder har taget Nine Elms-udfordringen op og fortsætter nu sit idols grufulde arbejde.

Efter Brændofre er en ny storm på vej... Jared Keaton, stjernekok. Charmerende. Karismatisk. Psykopat... Han er fængslet på livstid for det brutale drab på sin datter, Elizabeth. Liget af hende blev aldrig fundet, og Keaton blev i høj grad dømt på grundlag af kriminalassistent Washington Poes vidneudsagn. Så da en ung kvinde kommer stavrende ind på en landpolitistation med uigendrivelige beviser på, at hun er Elizabeth Keaton, ender Poe selv som mål for en efterforskning, der kan ende med at koste ham langt mere end karrieren.

In the quiet seaside town of Weston-super-Mare, a man is found unconscious on the beach with a strange symbol carved into his skin. The victim - a local drug addict - has no recollection of who attacked him or how he got there. The sleepy coastal community is sent into shock. And when another victim branded with the same vicious mark dies from his wounds, DI Louise Blackwell realizes she is dealing with a sadistic serial killer. But why is the twisted attacker targeting Weston’s most vulnerable people? And what is the meaning behind the mysterious symbol?

Eager for distraction in the aftermath of her messy divorce, Ellie Mileham dives into moderating the petty squabbles on her local Facebook group. When a prankster starts trolling uptight members, it’s a welcome diversion at first. But then the war of words moves onto the streets of Forest Grove, with threatening letters escalating into violent destruction. It’s suddenly clear there’s something much more dangerous at play.

When Jess meets five-year-old Daisy and her mum, Morag, in a local London park, they seem a perfectly happy and loving pair. Until Daisy whispers four little words that send ice seeping down Jess’ spine: she’s not my mum. Determined to save Daisy, Jess becomes obsessed with unearthing Morag’s secrets. As she digs ever deeper, her friends and family start to question her own increasingly paranoid behaviour.

Closing the Circle & Murder in New England is about a very dysfunctional family. Closing the Circle & Murder in New England is about a deadly secret and a high school reunion.