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The royal family has gathered at their Scottish retreat, Balmoral Castle, for a traditional Christmas. As a blizzard gathers outside and a delicious dinner is prepared, the family circles up for a holiday toast. King Eric has something momentous to say—in fact, he is about to name his successor. But as he raises a glass of his favorite whiskey, he drops dead. The king has been poisoned, someone in the family must have done it, and each one of them had opportunity and motive.

Six students went into a tunnel on a private boat. Two and a half hours later, the boat reappeared at the other end of the tunnel carrying only one of the students, Matthew. He had been knocked unconscious and has no memory of what took place in the tunnel. The police suspect he killed his friends, hid the bodies and later moved them to an undisclosed location. But sitting in a cell awaiting trial, Matthew maintains his innocence.

At 11 years old, Morgan Sheppard solved the murder of a teacher when everyone else believed it to be a suicide. The publicity surrounding the case laid the foundation for his reputation as a modern-day Sherlock Holmes. He parlayed that fame into a gig as TV’s “resident detective,” solving the more typical tawdry daytime talk show mysteries. Until, that is, Sheppard wakes up handcuffed to a bed in a hotel room. Around him, five strangers are slowly waking up, as well. Soon they discover a corpse in the bathtub and Sheppard is challenged to put his deductive skills to the test.

Shirley Steadman, a 70-year-old living in a small town in the North East of England, loves her volunteer work at the local hospital radio. She likes giving back to the community, and even more so, she likes getting out of the house. Haunted by the presence of her son, a reluctant Royal Navy officer who was lost at sea, and still in the shadow of her long-dead abusive husband, she doesn't like being alone much. One day, at the radio station, she is playing around with the equipment and finds a frequency that was never there before.

In 2016, six students and a dog on a barge trip entered Standedge Tunnel, the longest canal tunnel in England. Six students went in, and two and a half hours later, the boat reappeared on the other side with only one of the students, unconscious, and the dog. The case of the Standedge Six was largely kept from the national media. The police investigation concluded that the only remaining student, Matthew, killed his friends, hid the bodies on the boat and returned later to move them to an undisclosed location. Matthew is in prison...but he maintains he is innocent.

Du hast nur drei Stunden Zeit, das Rätsel zu lösen... TV-Star Morgan Sheppard erwacht in einem fremden Hotelzimmer, mit Handschellen ans Bett gefesselt. Außer ihm befinden sich noch fünf weitere Personen im Raum - und eine Leiche in der Badewanne. Über den Fernseher meldet sich ein maskierter Mann: Morgan habe drei Stunden Zeit, unter den Anwesenden den Mörder zu enttarnen. Gelinge das nicht, würden sie alle sterben. Aus dem Zimmer gibt es kein Entkommen, und während die Uhr gnadenlos tickt, greifen Panik und Misstrauen um sich, bis die Situation eskaliert.

Cara Lockhart has just commenced a life sentence in HMP North Fern - the newest maximum-security women's prison in the country. She was convicted of a crime she is adamant she didn't commit. One morning she wakes up to find her cellmate murdered - shot in the head with a gun that is missing. The door was locked all night, which makes Cara the only suspect. But that was just the beginning.

During a violent snowstorm, the Royal Family gather at Balmoral Castle for a traditional Christmas. As per King Eric's wishes, almost all of the servants have been dismissed. The large castle is inhabited by only eight people—King Eric, his wife Princess Marjorie, his brother Prince David, his two daughters Princesses Emeline and Maud, Maud's husband Thomas Crockley, Maud's sons Princes Matthew and Martin, the royal chef Jonathan Alleyne, and head of security Tony Speck.

At 11 years old, Morgan Sheppard solved the murder of his maths teacher when everyone else believed it to be a suicide. Twenty-five years later... Morgan Sheppard wakes up handcuffed to a bed in an unfamiliar hotel room, with five strangers waking up around him. In the bathroom - a corpse. One of the people in the room is the killer, and Sheppard has three hours to solve the murder. If he doesn't find the killer, they all die.

Una habitación. Un cuerpo. Cinco sospechosos. Tres horas para encontrar al asesino. Una camarera. Una limpiadora. Una actriz. Un abogado. Un estudiante. Todos son sospechosos. Encerrados en una habitación de un hotel, sin escapatoria, y sin ninguna pista de cómo llegaron ahí. En la bañera, el cuerpo de un hombre al que todos ellos conocían. Alguien lo asesinó. Alguno de los que están dentro de la habitación. Tienen tres horas para averiguarlo. O todos ellos morirán.

Willkommen im Standedge-Tunnel, Englands längstem Kanaltunnel: mit dem Boot befahrbar, finster, klaustrophobisch - und das perfekte Setting für einen Thriller voller überraschender Twists: Sechs junge Leute, seit Jahren beste Freunde, fahren mit dem Boot in Englands längsten Kanal-Tunnel: ein echtes Abenteuer in beklemmender Dunkelheit. Als das Boot nach über zwei Stunden am anderen Ende des Standedge-Tunnels wieder auftaucht, sind fünf der Freunde verschwunden. Der sechste, Matthew, ist bewusstlos.

Agatha Christie meets Edgar Wallace! Ein winterliches Dinner im Kreis der Familie, ein toter König - und die brennende Frage: Wer war es? Wer Mystery-Rätselkrimispannung à la "The Glass Onion" und absurd-komische, aber hochintelligente cosy crime-Krimis liebt, liegt beim humorvollen Krimi "Ein Fall von Majestätsvergiftung" absolut richtig. Der königliche Koch Jonathan Alleyne im eingeschneiten Balmoral Castle den Mord an seinem König aufklären. An Weihnachten besteht der britische König Eric darauf, dass nur seine Familie bei ihm auf Balmoral Castle bleibt; das Personal wird bis auf den Koch nach Hause geschickt.

Eine verschlossene Zelle. Ein kaltblütiger Mord. Und nur eine Verdächtige. Oder? "Four Walls - Nur ein einziger Ausweg" ist ein wendungsreicher Locked-Room-Thriller um eine junge Frau in einem immer unheimlicher werdenden High-Tech-Gefängnis. Lebenslänglich für einen brutalen Doppel-Mord, den sie nicht begangen hat: Cara Lockhart scheint in einem Alptraum festzustecken. Sie wird ins Hochsicherheits-Gefängnis "High Fern" gebracht, das als modernstes Frauen-Gefängnis Englands gilt.

È il giorno di Natale, la tavola è imbandita e la famiglia reale britannica si appresta a festeggiare. Le tradizioni sono dure a morire. E così, anche quest'anno, nonostante il peggior maltempo che si sia mai visto, la Royal Family è riunita al castello scozzese di Balmoral. Mentre fuori infuria una terribile tempesta di neve, che ha isolato completamente il castello, il vecchio re Eric ospita alla sua lunghissima tavola sette membri del clan dei Windsor.

Kannst du der Zukunft entkommen? Rätselhaft, raffiniert und hochspannend: In dem neuen Thriller "Escape Time" hört Shirley Steadman einen Radiosender, der die Zukunft vorhersagt - und einen Mord ankündigt. Es beginnt ein verzweifelter Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Shirley Steadman kann kaum glauben, was sie da im Radio hört: lokale Nachrichten, harmlose Unfälle - aber das Datum ist das von morgen! Erst denkt die 70-Jährige noch, dem Piratensender, den sie zufällig entdeckt hat, sei ein Fehler unterlaufen. Doch am nächsten Tag ereignet sich alles exakt wie gemeldet.