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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-...

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.

Während in Cannes die glamourösen Filmfestspiele stattfinden, wird im Hinterland der Provence das Remake eines französischen Thriller-Klassikers gedreht - mit internationaler Star-Besetzung. Als einer der Hauptdarsteller vor laufender Kamera erschossen wird, mogelt sich der pensionierte Commissaire Albin Leclerc mitsamt seinem Mops Tyson in die Ermittlungen. Die Zahl der Verdächtigen ist groß, denn scheinbar jeder hat ein Motiv, vom eifersüchtigen Schauspieler über den ehrgeizigen Regieassistenten bis zum undurchsichtigen Produzenten.

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 ...

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).

Retired travel photographer Clara Whitcombe has finally convinced her longtime friend Emmy Drayton to join her on assignment—a peaceful week photographing wild ponies on North Carolina's remote Ocracoke Island. But when Clara discovers a body in the surf beneath the historic lighthouse, their reunion becomes something far more dangerous. The victim was investigating a Civil War shipwreck that the locals have protected for generations, and someone on this tight-knit island will kill to keep its secrets buried. As a nor'easter bears down on the Outer Banks, Clara and Emmy find themselves ...

When retired travel photographer Clara Whitcombe accepts an invitation to a prestigious photography retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains, she expects nothing more than autumn landscapes and quiet contemplation. But the historic Merriweather estate holds secrets that stretch back over a century, and when a fellow photographer is found dead at the base of a scenic overlook, Clara recognizes something the local sheriff doesn't—the body has been arranged to match a photograph taken in 1903. The Merriweather family archives contain seven haunting images documenting tragic accidents spanning ...

The Hudson Valley blazes with autumn color when retired travel photographer Clara Whitcombe arrives to document the region's celebrated fall festivals. But the picture-perfect village of Kingsford-on-Hudson harbors a dark secret beneath its charming facade. On the eve of a historic unveiling—a Revolutionary War compass allegedly carried by George Washington himself—a respected professor dies under suspicious circumstances, and Clara's trained eye catches details that others miss. As Clara and her loyal dog Atlas dig deeper into the mystery, they uncover a web of deception spanning ...

Die Sonne der Côte d'Azur mag strahlen, doch tödliche Schatten fallen auf das azurblaue Meer zwischen Menton und Ventimiglia. Was als faszinierende kunsthistorische Entdeckung beginnt, entpuppt sich als mörderische Jagd auf einen legendären Piratenschatz – und mittendrin: Commissaria Giulia Lombardi und François Bonnet, das ungleiche Ermittlerduo, das die Riviera auf Trapp hält. Sie: eine scharfsinnige ligurische Polizistin mit analytischem Verstand. Er: ein charmanter Taxifahrer mit schriftstellerischen Ambitionen und untrüglichem Gespür für menschliche Abgründe.

Port Danby bereitet sich auf die jährliche Harbor Holiday Lights Flotilla vor, und Lacey „Pink“ Pinkerton kann es kaum erwarten, die bunt geschmückten Boote am Pickford Beach leuchten zu sehen. Doch die festliche Stimmung in der Stadt wird getrübt, als einer der Bootsbesitzer tot aufgefunden wird. Detective Briggs geht zunächst von einem Selbstmord aus, doch Lacey kann sich wieder nicht zurückhalten, ihre bekannte Spürnase in den Fall zu stecken und findet Hinweise, dass es sich um einen wachechten Mordfall handelt.

It’s a deadly game of who’s who, and who isn’t. Things get pretty sticky for PI Jax Diamond and his courageous canine partner, Ace, when their best friend, a cop, is framed for murder. And not just anyone’s murder. The victim is the fiancée of the most notorious gangster in the city, Orin Marino, Jax’s worst enemy. Laura Graystone, the budding Broadway Star and Jax’s new squeeze, proves to be an ingenious partner as they sift through clues trying to find the real murderer. But when Jax is pinched for another crime, Laura and Ace are forced to go undercover. Hang on to your seat...

When my children were small, we had a scary break-in—a traumatic experience for our whole family. The police advised us to get a dog and we adopted a German shepherd. Rino came to us as a six-week-old puppy. It was love at first sight with the kids. My two-year old daughter managed to control him with her sweet voice, play with him and ride on his back around the house. Rino was a fierce protector who wouldn’t let anyone approach the kids. He almost bit a neighbor who was running after my son. I will never forget how much we cried when we moved to a different state and Rino stayed ...

April May liebt den Nachmittagstee mit feinen Sandwiches, Scones und köstlichem Gebäck. Als sie ein charmantes rosa-lila Haus sieht, beschließt sie spontan, es zu kaufen und ein Teehaus zu eröffnen. Die erste Überraschung ist eine Bengalkatze auf dem Dachboden, die möglicherweise einen Schatz bewacht. Wie sonst ließen sich die Einbrüche in ihr Haus erklären? Dann ist da noch der attraktive, arrogante Koch in ihrer Küche, den niemand sonst sehen kann. Ist er nur ein Produkt ihrer Fantasie oder ein Geist? So oder so verleiht er ihrem Menü eine köstliche französische Note.

Explore each book of the Bible with a comprehensive Bible study guide for beginners Studying Scripture can help you see God's love for all creation and apply God's wisdom to your life. This Bible study guide for adults simplifies the process of learning the Bible with clear breakdowns of each of...

Christmas with the family? Penny Küfer is quite surprised when she is invited to a fancy celebration with her estranged mother, of all people. Waldenstein Castle, the party location and home to Penny's latest stepfather, turns out to be a palace right out of a fairy tale. The assembled guests, however, seem rather eccentric, and what's more, one of them is a ruthless killer. But he hadn’t reckoned with Penny....

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. ...

Murder in the dunes: A new mystery series where dark secrets lurk beneath the surface, with a dash of humor to keep things afloat. During the renovation of the boardwalk by a moor, workers discover a body. DNA analysis reveals a match to a missing persons case that Enna and her former boss unsuccessfully investigated in 2016. The Fleetstedt team takes on the case, forcing Enna to confront a part of her past she’d rather keep buried. Pavel, on the other hand, investigates as thoroughly as ever — but not as carefully as Enna would have liked. What neither of them suspects: The past casts ...

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...

One for sorrow, two for spice triggers a game of three blind mice. While vacationing in New England, PI Jax Diamond and his courageous canine partner, Ace, bite off more than they can chew when two small-town deaths reveal two big-time killers, and the locals don’t take too kindly to strangers. 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 ...

“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. The tuxedos are freshly pressed and hanging in their closets. His good friend is busy decorating the nightclub for a glorious reception, and the newspaper reporters are anxiously waiting to print the front-page headlines. Even Ace, his courageous canine 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 ...