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  • Murder at the Million Dollar Pier
    Gwen Mayo / Sarah E Glenn
    "Never waste good rum on a bad night." - Teddy Lawless, February 1926.There are many bad nights ahead for Teddy. Shortly after she arrives at the newly opened Vinoy Hotel in Saint Petersburg, she comes face to face with her ex-fiancé, Ansel Stevens, in the dining room. Cue the slap that was thirty years in the making.Unfortunately, her ex-fiancé dies during a yacht race shortly...
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    17,37 €

  • The Literary Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Volume 1
    Daniel D Victor
    The eleven stories gathered together in these two volumes share their own common feature.  All have connections to the world of belles lettres, the world of literature—some to celebrated authors in particular, others to themes or stories associated with specific writers . . . . Let others plumb this collection for more subtle themes.  From Maupassant to Stevenson to Fitzgerald,...
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    18,93 €

  • Threshold of Deceit
    Carol Pouliot
    On a sunny spring day in 1934, local lothario Frankie Russo is murdered in broad daylight. It seems no one saw anything, but things are not always what they seem in this small New York town.Tackling the investigation, Detective Steven Blackwell discovers Frankie’s little black book, a coded list of dozens of flings, affairs, and one-night stands−and a solid motive for the widow...
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    14,60 €

  • Doorway to Murder
    Carol Pouliot
    In a small New York town, secrets lurk and betrayal is just around the corner. The morning after the worst blizzard of 1934, Detective Steven Blackwell takes on a highly charged murder case. The investigation starts badly: one clue, lots of lies and alibis. To make things worse, Steven is seeing visions of a woman in his house. One night, she speaks. Her name is Olivia Watson a...
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    14,72 €

  • Son of Thunder
    Steven M. Moore
    Esther Brookstone is at it again, this time obsessing about the life and times of St. John the Divine, all triggered by the discovery of a parchment hidden in the frame of a Botticelli painting that she authenticates. As in Rembrandt’s Angel, she soon gets into trouble, and her paramour, Interpol agent Bastiann van Coevorden, again comes to her aid.  A race to find the saint’s ...
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    18,05 €

  • Dying for a Garden Party
    VL McBeath
    Two families, one man and murder. Eliza Thomson Investigates...A dead body in the study, a lifetime of memories, and an old oak tree.A garden party at Oak House, the home of Mr and Mrs Hartley, is the perfect way to bring the villagers of Moreton-on-Thames together.Retired banker and self-made man, Mr Hartley dominates everyone around him. He’s ruthless in business and frighten...
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    14,74 €

  • Without a Trace
    Mel Starr
    Lady Philippa, the wife of Sir Aymer - a knight of the realm - disappears while travelling from her husband's manor to Bampton. She and her maid are travelling in an enclosed wagon, whilst her husband and his grooms and a squire are mounted. When the party arrives at Bampton Castle neither the lady nor her maid are within the enclosed wagon: they have simply vanished.As the...
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    11,95 €

  • The Camera Case (Octavius Bear Book 10)
    Harry DeMaio
    Welcome back, once again, to Polar Paradise in the Shetland Islands, part-time home of Octavius Bear’s spouse Bearoness Belinda Béarnaise Bruin Bear (nee Black.)  In Book Eight – The Crank Case, we introduced you to Preston Pavel Polar, Russian movie star and matinee idol. He’s back, this time with a full-scale movie crew to shoot another one of his highly successful swasgger a...
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    18,91 €

  • The Merchant of Menace
    Richard T Ryan
    Reluctantly, Sherlock Holmes agrees to assist Inspector Lestrade who is being hounded by an obnoxious nobleman whose jewel-encrusted dagger has gone missing. However, what Holmes initially believes to be a simple theft turns out instead to be his first encounter with a master criminal, who is as ruthless as he is brilliant, and whom Watson dubs “The Merchant of Menace.”Soon Hol...
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    20,97 €

  • The Immortal Prudence Blackwood
    Stephanie Grey
    Justice watches from the shadows in this unique and suspenseful twist on a serial killer manhunt…Throughout history, the world has witnessed cruel, gruesome, and twisted murders at the hands of the most notorious serial killers. For those who were never caught—Jack the Ripper, the Atlanta Ripper, and the Cleveland Torso Murderer—their crimes will live on in infamy as their iden...
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    17,60 €

  • The Immortal Prudence Blackwood
    Stephanie Grey
    Justice watches from the shadows in this unique and suspenseful twist on a serial killer manhunt…Throughout history, the world has witnessed cruel, gruesome, and twisted murders at the hands of the most notorious serial killers. For those who were never caught—Jack the Ripper, the Atlanta Ripper, and the Cleveland Torso Murderer—their crimes will live on in infamy as their iden...
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    26,54 €

  • Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #27
    Marvin Kaye
    'The 27th issue of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine features new and classic mystery tales!FEATURES:  From Watson’s Notebooks, by John H Watson, M D Ask Mrs Hudson, by (Mrs) Martha Hudson NON FICTION:   Screen of the Crime, by Kim Newman Carnivory, Darwin, and Doyle, by O’Neill Curatolo “Someday the Truth Will Come Out”, by Chris Chan Dr. Watson and True Facts, by Br...
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    10,49 €

  • What’s Left of Kisses
    Josh Lanyon
    Out of the BlueGrieving over the death of his lover, British flying ace Bat Bryant accidentally kills the man threatening him with exposure. The Dark FarewellIt's the Roaring Twenties. Skirts are short, crime is rampant, and booze is in short supply. Prohibition has hit Little Egypt where newspaper man David Flynn is convinced Spiritualist Medium Julian Devereux is as fake....
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    17,74 €

  • Fresh Snow on Bedford Falls
    G. L. Gooding
    It has only been a few days since George Bailey and his building and loan faced ruin.  Thanks to the generosity of many friends however, disaster has been avoided. Yet as 1946 dawns, an uneasy feeling plagues George.  Something tells him that the ruthless Henry F. Potter is still plotting to destroy him once and for all.George’s fears are confirmed with the arrival of state ban...
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    37,13 €

  • Death’s Executioner
    Charlotte E. English / Charlotte EEnglish
    Detective. Judge. Executioner.Konrad Savast is the Malykant: foremost and most secret servant of the God of Death. His job? To track down the foulest of murderers and bring them to The Malykt's Justice. No mercy. No quarter.  The Zolin Conspiracy: Out in the deep snow lies the body of a gentleman — missing his head. Bogdan Zolin’s death proves a mystery difficult to solve, ...
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    14,53 €

  • The Prisoner’s Key
    C.J. Archer / C.JArcher
    India’s study into the language of spells is interrupted by the arrest of her teacher for an unpaid debt. Before Matt can repay it for him, the powerful magician escapes from his prison cell. To make matters worse, the moneylender is murdered and the magician is implicated.Convinced of his innocence, India and Matt must discover who really killed the moneylender before the poli...
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    16,16 €

  • Murder on Eaton Square
    Lee Strauss
    Murder’s Bad Karma. . .Life couldn’t be better on Eaton Square Gardens where the most prestigious families lived, until one of their own dies and it’s murder.Ginger and Basil are on the case, but it’s not a simple glass of bubbly fizz. The more the clues present themselves, the trickier the puzzle gets, and Ginger feels she’s on a wild goose chase.But as someone close to the vi...
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    11,64 €

  • Baker City 1948
    George Byron Wright
    It is January 1948. Nine-year-old Philip Wade and his family have been uprooted and moved to the small Eastern Oregon town of Baker City, where Philip’s father, Kenneth Wade, will begin his career as a mortician. In the spring, the father hires a local recluse, Jack O’Brien, to help put a new roof on their house. Three weeks later, when a school teacher is found beaten to death...
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    11,86 €

  • A Shot in the Dark
    Costello Matthew / Neil Richards
    Sussex, England, 1929.Mydworth is a sleepy English market town just 50 miles from London. But things are about to liven up there considerably, when young Sir Harry Mortimer returns home from his government posting in Cairo, with his unconventional American wife – Kat Reilly.No sooner have the two arrived, when a jewel robbery occurs at Harry's aunt's home – Mydworth Man...
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    7,26 €

  • Murder at Bray Manor
    Lee Strauss
    A poltergeist guilty of murder?Ginger Gold receives a letter from her sister-in-law, Felicia, requesting Ginger come straightaway to her late husband's family home, Bray Manor. Dowager Lady Gold, Ginger's nervous grandmother through marriage, believes the old manor is haunted.Ginger doesn't believe in ghosts, but is haunted nevertheless by memories of her husband an...
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    11,72 €

  • The DAUPHIN DECEPTION
    Urcelia Teixeira
    Romance...adventure...action...Christian values. Everything you’ll want for the perfect binge-read!A boy-king the world never knew about. A missing relic said to have proven his death. An unknown enemy with a deadly secret.When a series of anonymous letters lure archaeologists Alex and Sam into a hidden world of secrets, they get thrust into a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse. I...
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    22,25 €

  • The Missing Heir Murders
    Rowse Sharon
    When John Granville commits to finding young Rupert Weston, he and his fiancée Emily Turner face treachery on a scale they never imagined.Hired to find a remittance man who is suddenly heir to an Earldom, John Granville quickly learns the fellow hasn’t been seen in months. He can’t trust his client. He can’t trust the facts he’s been given.Digging deeper, Granville uncovers uns...
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    17,70 €

  • The Cannery Row Murders
    Sharon Rowse
    When human bones are found in a vat of lye on Steveston’s notorious Cannery Row, John Granville is determined to find out why.In a time of frontier brawls and broken dreams, the fishing industry is vital to the survival of the young province and the people who live there. Tensions from a recent fishing strike abound, and Cannery Row is a tinderbox.Can Granville—with a little he...
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    17,72 €

  • The Terminal City Murders
    Sharon Rowse
    When a young Englishman is arrested for fraud, John Granville takes the case as a favor to a friend. The resulting scramble to extricate his client involves Granville in a break-in and two murders, drawing him—and his fiancée Emily Turner—ever deeper into the murky side of the local business world.With their client panicking and the witnesses dying, can they solve this one befo...
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    17,82 €

  • The Silk Train Murder
    Sharon Rowse
    It’s 1899, and when his best friend is arrested for the murder of a notorious gangster, gentleman adventurer John Granville is determined to hunt down the real killer.To save his friend, Granville must dive into the seedy side of the city—the burlesque halls, gambling joints, and opium dens that line reeking mudflats. He finds allies along the way, including Emily Turner, the e...
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    16,89 €

  • Frost Fair
    Edith Layton
    A brand-new, never-released novel from the USA TODAY bestselling Regency author!When a gentleman is found dead on a fishmonger's doorstep in Regency London, a rugged Bow Street Runner has to pair with the man's elegant noble nephew to solve the crime. They both find unexpected help--and infatuation--with the fishmonger's very unusual young widow.Individually, each h...
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    17,11 €

  • Death of an Honourable Gent
    VL McBeath
    Money, power and a deadly family feud. Eliza Thomson Investigates...A body floating in the lake, an abandoned croquet mallet, and a debutante ball.Preparations for one of the society events of the year are in full swing at Lowton Hall, the family estate of Neville, Earl of Lowton.He inherited his wealth and title from his father, and nothing will stop him arranging a suitable m...
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    14,68 €

  • The Lost Mine Murders
    Sharon Rowse
    John Granville is offered a fortune to find a lost gold mine, one that legend says is protected by more than secrecy—and nearly turns it down. But the search for his partner's stolen niece has stalled until one of their leads comes through. Then they'll need travel funds to find the child––and to buy her freedom.Saving a child's life is worth whatever danger they mi...
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    16,82 €

  • The Curse of Braeburn Castle
    Karen Baugh Menuhin
    Book 3 in the Heathcliff Lennox seriesHalloween 1921. A castle on a rock in a lonely Scottish loch, Braeburn has been crumbling for centuries. Someone tries to remedy the rot but uncovers a skeleton behind a wall. It wears a crown upon its skull and hides a curse within its bones. Is it the ancient King of the Isles? Or is it Black Dougal? And why is it surrounded by mystery?As...
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    12,01 €

  • The Hidden City Murders
    Sharon Rowse
    The Hidden City Murders opens on a sultry August day in 1900. John Granville and Emily Turner have just wrapped up the Cannery Row case, and are ready for a well deserved break. Alas, it is not to be.Granville’s indispensable lawyer is under attack, and turns to Granville for help. Before Granville and his partner can react, their lawyer is attacked and left for dead. Granville...
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    20,32 €


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