Cozy Mystery German

Retired travel photographer Clara Whitcombe thought she was done chasing stories. After forty years behind the lens, she traded deadlines for open roads, setting off along the East Coast with her loyal companion Atlas—an eighty-pound German Shepherd–Great Pyrenees mix with an uncanny instinct for trouble. But Clara's trained eye for the telling detail and Atlas's protective instincts keep drawing them into mysteries that others overlook. From Charleston's azalea-draped streets to the windswept dunes of Assateague Island, from Hudson Valley orchards ablaze with autumn color to the salt-...

A holiday is a time to relax, unwind and see the sights. But for two adventurous sexagenarians, the sights have a tendency to include dead bodies. Etta and Dora, both newly retired teachers, travel from their home in Southern Italy to a fairy-tale German town for their first home swap holiday, delighted by their neighbours’ warm welcome. But the welcome turns sour when the Night Watchman of Rothenburg is brutally murdered while his tour group takes photographs nearby, a halberd buried in his chest and a peculiar iron mask by his side. When the murderer claims a second victim and the son ...

Retired travel photographer Clara Whitcombe came to Charleston for the azaleas and the architecture. She expected to spend her days capturing the city's legendary beauty through her lens while her loyal companion Atlas—a German Shepherd–Great Pyrenees mix with instincts sharper than any human's—padded contentedly at her side. But when Clara joins a historic walking tour through the French Quarter, her camera catches something she was never meant to see: a shadow moving in the window of an abandoned carriage house. Hours later, a real estate heir is found dead inside that same building...

Die Torrent-Hexen von Harlot Bay – Eine Cozy-Mystery-Serie! Alle zehn Bücher in einem Set! Lernen Sie Harlow Torrent, Teilzeit-Journalistin und Vollzeit-Switch-Hexe, und ihre verrückte Hexen-Familie in dieser zehnbändigen Serie kennen.

As two young people from different worlds are joined together in marriage, the murmuring among the guests is that the relationship is doomed. But only one knows the form that doom will take. Etta and Dora, retired teachers from the South of Italy, arrive with their Basset Hound, the strong willed, loveable Leon, for a home swap holiday in a German mansion, just in time for the celebrations following the wedding of their hosts’ son to a beautiful Parisienne socialite. But the festivities come to an abrupt end when the bride falls face first into the wedding cake, a bullet in her heart. ...

It has been an eventful morning for Agnes Sharp and the other inhabitants of Sunset Hall, a house share for the old and unruly in the sleepy English countryside. Although they have had some issues (misplaced reading glasses, conflicting culinary tastes, decreasing mobility, and unruly grandsons), nothing prepares them for an unexpected visit from a police officer with some shocking news. A body has been discovered next door. Everyone puts on a long face for show, but they are secretly relieved the body in question is not the one they’re currently hiding in the shed (sorry, Lillith).

#1 Most Important Political Book of 2023, Sueddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) A Best Book of 2023, The Telegraph (Great Britain) A gripping and nuanced history of the German people from World War II to the war in Ukraine, including revealing new primary source material on Germany's transformation In...

The chilling prose of Karin Slaughter meets the high-stakes plotting of The Butcher and the Wren in a dark debut following three normal sisters, their own forgotten traumas, and the serial killer that lives within one, begging the question: can you ever truly recognize the evil around you? Three...

Zwischen Zapfhahn und Leichnam wird nicht mehr gemütlich eing'schenkt – Wirtin Leni hat eigentlich genug um die Ohren: ein Gasthof am Limit, eine Bank im Nacken und eine Beziehung, die irgendwo zwischen Garmisch und Berlin festhängt. Da passt eine tote Frau im Eibsee ungefähr so gut wie ein Fass ohne Boden.

Two smalltown deaths reveal two bigtime killers… Millbury, Massachusetts 1923. While vacationing in New England, PI Jax Diamond and his courageous canine partner, Ace, bite off more than they can chew when they discover a dead body in the woods, and it vanishes before the lawmen show up. Laura Graystone, Broadway star, auto expert, and Jax’s heartthrob, is once again front and center digging for clues while trying to ditch an old boyfriend. That is, until her brother becomes Jax’s prime suspect. Then all hell breaks loose, and Ace is left in the lurch, tracking down leads with his new...

“I now pronounce you husband and…” New York City, 1923. The most talked-about wedding is quickly approaching, and PI Jax Diamond is on top of the world. His good friends are decorating the nightclub for a glorious reception, and Ace, his courageous partner and best man, is prancing around, anxious for the event to begin. The only thing missing is the bride. Three days before the wedding, a group of mastermind criminals pull off the biggest diamond heist the city has ever seen, but that’s not the only gem they steal. And boy, do they have their hands full. Every police officer from ...

Es hätte die perfekte Urlaubsaffäre sein können–bis eine Leiche auftaucht.

Die Ruhe kehrt nur für kurze Zeit in das altehrwürdige Morrisey-Gebäude zurück, denn kurz nach dem Lösen ihres ersten Mordfalls findet Meg Dawson eine geheime Treppe im Keller, die in die berüchtigte Unterstadt Seattles führt. Dort findet sie nicht nur eine Leiche, sondern gleich zwei. Auch wenn die beiden Todesfälle durch ein ganzes Jahrhundert getrennt sind, haben die Opfer mehr gemeinsam, als Meg ahnt. Ohne Lauries Hilfe, der beruflich nach Japan ziehen musste, versucht Meg mit ihrer Geisterfreundin Ripley die Fälle zu lösen.

When retired travel photographer Clara Whitcombe arrives on Cape Cod for a winter storm assignment, she expects dramatic skies and deserted beaches—not a mystery that washes up at her feet. A beloved marine biologist has drowned in waters she knew better than anyone, and while the official ruling says accident, Clara's instincts say murder. With her loyal dog Atlas by her side and a nor'easter bearing down on the coast, she begins asking the questions no one else will ask. The Cape in January is a world of gray seas and close-kept secrets, where year-round residents protect their own and ...

The cryptic worlds of Hanna and Stranger Things mingle with the dark humor of Dare Me in this debut audiobook about a teen beauty queen who discovers she’s been a sleeper agent in a deep state government program After waking up with a strange taste in her mouth and mysterious bruises, former...

Das Ende ist nah — das behauptet Destiny Daychannel, eine Internet-Hellseherin, die mit ihrer Horde von Feuerschluckern, Jongleuren und Pantomimen auf Truer Island campiert. Harlow Torrent, Teilzeit-Journalistin und Vollzeit-Hexe, weiß ganz genau, dass mit der Welt etwas nicht stimmt ... und es sind nicht die Pantomimen, die Harlot Bay heimsuchen. Sie wacht immer wieder an seltsamen Orten mit neuen blauen Flecken auf und hat keine Ahnung, wie sie dorthin gekommen ist.

In der englischen Gemeinde Pendle hat jeder ein Geheimnis zu verbergen... Der spannende Auftakt der Cosy Crime-Reihe in trügerischer Kleinstadtidylle Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters erbt Alethea Shaw ein Haus und den Job als Totengräberin auf dem St. Benet’s Churchyard in der englischen Gemeinde Pendle. In ihrer Freizeit verfasst sie Beiträge für ihren True-Crime-Blog und macht einen großen Bogen um die verschrobenen und abergläubischen Einwohner Pendles. Als ein 15 Jahre altes Skelett vor ihren Füßen landet, wittert Thea ein Verbrechen.

Retired travel photographer Clara Whitcombe came to Assateague Island to capture images of wild horses for a magazine assignment. Instead, she and her loyal dog Atlas discover a body buried in the dunes—and find themselves drawn into a mystery that stretches back sixty years. When Clara learns that the victim was investigating a decades-old land dispute between two local families, she realizes that someone on this tight-knit island is willing to kill to keep the past buried. As a nor'easter bears down on the coast, Clara must navigate a web of old money, stolen land, and family secrets ...

Eine tote Autorin und ein Dorf, das nicht so idyllisch ist, wie es scheint... Der spannende Auftakt der Cosy Crime-Reihe im malerischen Cornwall! Mia Midway wollte als neue Bibliothekarin von Pennygrave nur ein wenig die Idylle Cornwalls genießen. Doch als sie Elenora Meil, eine berühmte Autorin aus dem beschaulichen Dörfchen, tot auffindet, merkt sie schnell, dass daraus nichts wird. Anders als die Polizei glaubt sie nämlich nicht an einen Unfall und kann es nicht lassen selbst Nachforschungen anzustellen.

In the charming town of Brindlewood Bay, baker Becca Lane’s world is turned upside down when a suspicious death occurs in her shop. Determined to clear her name, she teams up with her sharp-witted journalist friend, Tessa, and her ever-loyal dog, Ranger, to uncover the truth. As they follow a trail of cryptic clues, secret dealings, and unexpected betrayals, Becca realizes the mystery runs deeper than she ever imagined. With the town’s annual baking competition fast approaching, the pressure is on—not just to perfect her scones but to outsmart a dangerous opponent. With humor, heart, ...