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The Sign of the Broken Sword is a short story by G. K. Chesterton featuring his famous characters Father Brown and former criminal Flambeau. At the centre of the story is the mysterious death of General Sir Arthur St. Clare, who was hanged on a tree with his broken sword hung round his neck. It is a detective story and throughout it Father Brown reveals the mystery of General St. Clare.

While Wolf contemplates whether or not to continue investigating, it seems that the dowager has taken matters into her own hands and is investigating a case independently. But why has she gone missing from her home for two nights, and what mischief has she gotten herself into? Tracking down the elderly woman takes Tabitha and Wolf into some of the darkest, most dangerous corners of the city. What on earth is the exasperating dowager caught up in that she seems to have become entangled with London’s prostitutes?

When the dowager countess receives her first assignment as a private inquiry agent from Tuchinsky, an East End gangster, she immediately throws herself into the case with gusto. Meanwhile, Lord Langley hires Tabitha and Wolf for an assignment that takes them deep into London's Jewish neighbourhood. Is there a connection between the two investigations? More importantly, can the two investigative teams work together?

On the island of Jamaica, people have started disappearing without trace. Have they run away, trying to start new lives in the British colony under assumed names, or is something darker afoot? Some of the missing had taken out large life insurance policies before leaving England, and so word of the vanishings reaches Bristol when relatives try to collect their payouts. With suspicion of a grand fraud in the air, ambitious Black barrister’s clerk Isaiah Ollenu is thrown together with pious insurance agent Ruben Ashby and ordered to the Caribbean to investigate.

Findet die Oblatenbäckerin Burgl ihr Glück? Das mitreißende Finale der Saga von Ada Caine 1896: Burgl ist der Neuanfang in Karlsbad geglückt: Die Oblatenbäckerei floriert und Burgl erwartet ihr erstes Kind. Durch die Schwangerschaft braucht sie dringend eine weitere Hilfskraft. Doch in Karlsbad verschwinden plötzlich junge Frauen, auch das Mädchen, das bei Burgl einspringen wollte. Schließlich arbeitet die Gouvernante Hanna mit, die auf eine Anstellung bei einer Gräfin wartet. Als Burgl erfährt, dass es diese nicht gibt, wird sie misstrauisch.

Morderstwo z cieniem Stalina w tle… W letniskowej miejscowości Wyręby zostaje zamordowany starszy mężczyzna Kazimierz Łyczuk. Redaktor lokalnej gazety wyrusza w podróż, by czegokolwiek dowiedzieć się o zmarłym i być może trafić na ślad mordercy. Rozmawiając z ludźmi, którzy znali Łyczuka, odkrywa, że przed laty nierzucający się w oczy staruszek był ważną postacią ocierającą się o szczyty ówczesnej władzy.

Moustafa Ghani El Souwaim has come far in life. Raised illiterate in a remote village in the Soudan, he set out at sixteen to better himself. His journey took him to the great archaeological sites of Africa, where he became a leading researcher versed in several ancient and modern languages. His life took an even stranger turn when he teamed up with Sir Augustus Wall and his street boy sidekick Faisal to solve murders.

Five years after Theo King's supposed death, he has returned to Graceling Hall, but a mystery remains. A stranger is buried in his grave, and nobody knows if the man's death was accidental… or murder. As Theo resumes his former life, the dead man’s sister shows up on his doorstep to hold him accountable. If he helps this Irish spitfire solve the mystery, will she finally leave him in peace?

Amidst this chaos lies the allure of The Beasts of the City, a mystifying tome of alchemy and prophecy. This elusive book promises immense wealth, power, and eternal life to those who can unearth it’s secrets. Yet to do so comes with perilous consequences.

L'ultima indagine del commissario Maugeri, il coinvolgente ed emozionante commiato letterario di Fulvio Capezzuoli. Estate del 1947. Per le vacanze, Maugeri ha scelto di trascorrere le vacanze in Val Brembana, dove solo pochi anni prima aveva combattuto da partigiano. Ma il ritrovamento di un cadavere, insieme alle oscure parole di una vedova di guerra, presto lo trascineranno in un'indagine complessa, tra osterie mal frequentate, ragazze misteriose e ricordi del recente passato di guerra.

Napoli, 1935. È un afoso pomeriggio estivo quando la piccola Paola Marotta precipita dalla finestra della sua cameretta. Il commissario Francesco Ambrosino viene incaricato di svolgere le indagini per accertare le cause della morte della bambina. Un paio di giorni prima, è stato rapito dalla culla il figlio di Aniello Bellucci, segretario del fascio rionale. Le due storie si intrecciano sullo sfondo di una città piegata dalla povertà, in una narrazione in cui passato e presente si fondono rivelando la tormentata personalità del protagonista.

Venezia, 1753. In una gelida primavera, una serie di delitti e sparizioni colpisce importanti esponenti della nobiltà veneziana. La vicenda prende subito i contorni di un grande complotto internazionale per colpire il cuore della Serenissima. Marco Leon, agente segreto dell'Inquisizione di Stato, è chiamato a indagare, ma la posta in gioco è altissima: i nuovi magistrati dell'Inquisizione sono infatti decisi a sciogliere gli Angeli Neri, il corpo di agenti segreti che lo affianca da sempre nelle indagini.

Der nächste Fall der erfolgreichen klassischen Krimiserie aus Japan - "Japans Antwort auf Agatha Christie." The Guardian. Der Privatermittler Kosuke Kindaichi reist auf die abgelegene Insel Gokumon, um einer der wichtigsten Familien dort eine tragische Nachricht zu überbringen: Einer ihrer Söhne ist auf einem Truppentransportschiff, das ihn nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg zurück in die Heimat bringen sollte, gestorben. Doch Kindaichi ist nicht nur als Bote gekommen - mit seinen letzten Worten warnte der Sterbende, dass nun das Leben seiner drei Stiefschwestern in Gefahr sei.

1913. The clouds of war are gathering. The world’s great empires vie for supremacy. Europe is in turmoil, a powder keg awaiting a spark. A body is discovered on the shore below Beachy Head, just a mile from Sherlock Holmes’s retirement cottage. The local police are satisfied that it’s a suicide. The victim, a young man, recently suffered a disappointment in love, and Beachy Head is notorious as a place where the desperate and depressed leap to their deaths. Holmes, however, suspects murder. As he and Watson investigate, they uncover a conspiracy with shocking ramifications.

Bath, England, 1892. Celebrated mystery author Lady Amy Lovell is set to tie the knot with Lord William Wethington, a fellow member of the Mystery Book Club of Bath. Amy's great-aunt, Lady Priscilla Granville, has offered to host their wedding at her stately Derby Manor House.

It is 3000 BC. A hundred clans have been destroyed and thousands of people are dead. The Wolf God commands an inexperienced young warrior to hunt down the bloodthirsty demon horde. With a handful of his faithful spear-brothers and a heartbroken young seeress at his side, his quest will take him on a perilous journey through devastated lands. He may be the son of a god and a mortal woman, but he will need more than just his great strength to overcome the dark forces that stand in his way.

Anna Cavanaugh is a restless young widow and brilliant French teacher at an all-girls school in Washington, DC. Everything changes when she’s recruited into the Office of Strategic Services by family friend and legendary WWI hero Major General William Donovan. Donovan has faith in her - and in all his “glorious amateurs” who are becoming Anna’s fast friends: Maggie, Anna’s down-to-earth mentor; Irene, who’s struggling to find support from her husband for her clandestine life; and Julia, a cheerful OSS liaison.

The year 1894. The monstrous Hound of the Baskervilles has been dead for five years, along with its no less monstrous owner, the naturalist Jack Stapleton. Sir Henry Baskerville is living contentedly at Baskerville Hall with his new wife, Audrey, and their three-year-old son, Harry. Until, that is, Audrey’s lifeless body is found on the moors, drained of blood. It would appear some fiendish creature is once more at large on Dartmoor and has, like its predecessor, targeted the unfortunate Baskerville family.

In 1360, the Great Bridge over the River Cam is close to collapse. To repair it will cost the town and the University dear, especially if its rotten wood is replaced by more durable stone. As arguments rage over raising the money other, equally heated, differences are coming to the boil over the election of a new chancellor. While the majority support Brother Michael for the post, at least one of his opponents aims to seize it by fair means or foul. Then the discovery of a body under the bridge and the disappearance of two scholars throws a more sinister shadow over both disputes.

The North Sea, October 1904 - When Russian warships bombard the Hull trawler fleet, killing innocent fishermen, public outrage pushes Britain and Russia to the brink of war, the sparks from which could inflame the entire continent. Doctor Ingo Finch, once of the Royal Army medical corps, is long done with military adventuring. But when a stranger seeks him out, citing a murderous conspiracy behind the infamous 'Dogger Bank Incident', Finch is drawn back into the dark world of espionage.