Amateur Sleuths

Step into a world of danger, intrigue, and espionage with The Secret Adversary, Agatha Christie’s thrilling introduction to the adventurous duo Tommy and Tuppence. After World War I, these two spirited friends find themselves broke and in search of excitement. They soon stumble upon a shadowy conspiracy tied to a missing woman and a mysterious document that could change the course of history.

Wie weit würdest du gehen, um dein Kind zu retten? Seit dem spurlosen Verschwinden von Till Berkhoffs Sohn Max vor einem Jahr ist der Feuerwehrmann hoffnungslos. Hauptverdächtiger in dem Vermisstenfall ist der polizeibekannte und geständige Kindermörder Guido Tramnitz – doch dieser befindet sich in der Steinklinik und hüllt sich in Schweigen. Als Till das Angebot bekommt, sich unter falscher Identität in die düstere Welt ebendieser Hochsicherheitspsychiatrie einschleusen zu lassen, willigt er ein.

I'm obsessed with true crime. All the podcasts, the documentaries... I can't get enough. And now there's a murderer on the loose where I live. What a rush! Of course, some people might wonder if it's me. Am I an innocent soul with an unhealthy fascination, or a deadly psychopath? It's the killer question. After all, I would love to know how to get away with murder…

I’ve been keeping a secret. From my colleagues, my friends and most importantly, my husband - who knows nothing of my past life. Twenty years ago, at college, a boy became obsessed with me. Craig Lane believed he could make me love him back if he just tried harder. When I rejected him, he did something so horrifying, it’s the stuff of nightmares. All my nightmares. Now I’ve been informed by Victim Support Services, that boy - now a man - has been released from prison. The news terrifies me. Am I safe? Or does Craig still carry the same obsession he did when we were seventeen? I don’t know.

Megan Lewis is ready for her big day, but when an unexpected guest crashes her hen weekend, her perfectly curated world unravels. Beth, claiming to be Jamie’s cousin, quickly charms the group. But when she gets close to bridesmaid Lauren, things take a dark turn, and a game of truth or dare exposes secrets from Megan’s past, shaking her world.

Stevie 'Minto' Milloy, former star footballer-turned-rookie reporter, finds himself trailing the story of a young Eastern European student whose body has been found on remote moorland outside the city. How did she get there from her hostel at the Sovereign Grace Mission?

I’ve spent years running from my past. After what happened to my parents, I needed to start fresh, far away from the whispers and stares. Now, as a struggling university student, I barely scrape by, living in a new town where no one knows me or the tragedy I’ve tried to forget. To make ends meet, I take on a ghostwriting job for a high-profile client. But the deal comes with one strange condition: their identity must remain a secret. Their only communication is through a distorted voice on an app.

Lokalny macho Randy Duggan, podobno były zapaśnik, wyzywa Hamisha Macbetha na pojedynek. Kiedy rudowłosy posterunkowy szykuje się do walki, niespodziewanie w wyznaczonym dniu Duggan zostaje znaleziony martwy. Zwierzchnicy Macbetha dowiadują się o planowanej bójce i zawieszają go na czas śledztwa. Hamish znów wpada w tarapaty i musi znaleźć mordercę, żeby oczyścić się z podejrzeń oraz wrócić do pracy i swojego spokojnego życia.

¿Qué se oculta en las bolsas de basura para que sea un negocio tan rentable? ¿Existe el crimen perfecto? Tal vez sí, y alguien ha encontrado el método. Marcos es basurero en Oviedo y recibe sobres con dinero con un único requisito: hacer la vista gorda cuando realizan cierto tipo de recogidas. Él sospecha que se trata de cadáveres y, por eso, cuando una noche estacionan frente al portal de su exnovia, no puede evitar entrar en pánico. Iva, una investigadora privada, es contratada por una mujer que no sabe nada de su nieta, estudiante de Medicina, desde hace semanas.

Ben Weaver relocated to a small desert town to escape his past failures. But not everyone is happy with Ben’s arrival. When a young girl vanishes from her bedroom the morning of the town’s famous Harvest Moon Festival, Ben uncovers an unsettling legend dating back to the town’s inception. With the local’s distrust of outsiders, Ben will discover how dangerous this sleepy desert town can be.

Annie Hart, daughter of Bryan Hart—talent agent to the stars—spends her life getting roped into whatever new task her father needs her to do for his VIP clients. So when she inherits a yarn shop in the small Indiana town of Franklin, she is curious to see what it feels like to have something that is solely hers! But when her arrival is greeted by the local law enforcement, Annie senses things are not quite as they seem in this idyllic town . . . everyone knows everybody in Franklin yet when it comes to the death of the shop's previous owner, nobody seems sure of anything!

Questa è la storia di come Agatha Raisin, figlia dei bassifondi di Birmingham, sia arrivata a dirigere una prestigiosa agenzia londinese di pubbliche relazioni. Non aspettatevi una favola, però, dato che in questa storia c’è tutta la determinazione e la rabbia di una giovane donna in fuga da una complicata situazione familiare, sposatasi solo per scoprire che il marito era un ubriacone, e che ha dovuto lavorare sodo per sbarcare il lunario.

A boy’s disappearance in the small town of Deerfield, CT, stokes distrust and resentment from its residents. Each local he interviews harbors a hidden agenda, keeping long-hidden secrets close to their chests. With trust in short supply, Sheriff Sean Callahan struggles to find answers to the child’s whereabouts, but every new secret he uncovers leads him closer to a horrifying truth.

My name is Emma. That was the name I was given on the first day I remember. The forty years before that remain secret. My only clue to life before the Pages & Potions bookshop is the scar from a botched C-section. It is probably better that my past remains a mystery. Still, I crave answers. Who hurt me? Are people searching for me? What happened to the baby I was carrying? And why can I see the ghost of the customer who died last week?

Satisfying her hunger for epicurean adventure in the French provinces, small-town caterer and minister’s wife Faith Fairchild decides to throw the perfect dinner party. But during cleanup, after the last guest has departed her gastronomical triumph, she encounters something neither expected nor welcome: a dead body lying in her vestibule. Unfortunately it doesn’t help la belle americaine’s credibility when the corpse vanishes before the local gendarmes arrive. But Faith realizes that, though the police refuse to take her seriously, a killer just might.

Nach einer gescheiterten Schriftstellerkarriere kehrt Elijah in sein leeres Elternhaus zurück, das abgelegen an einer Meerenge im US-Staat Washington liegt. Er stürzt sich in die Restaurierung der baufälligen Hütte und bestellt das Land. Warum aber ist er wirklich zurückgekehrt? Wegen Nakita – seiner großen Liebe, die er nie vergessen konnte. Doch dann wird Erin Landry, die von allen bewunderte Ärztin, tot auf Elijahs Grundstück aufgefunden. Ein Verbrechen, das direkt aus seinem eigenen Buch entnommen sein könnte. Schnell wird klar: Jemand versucht mit allen Mitteln, ihm den Mord anzuhängen.

In una Napoli semideserta all'indomani delle festività natalizie, Malù, archeologa con la passione per i gialli, ha un bel problema da affrontare: il suo dottorato di ricerca è finito e l'università non ha più fondi. In pratica, è disoccupata e senza un soldo. Per fortuna con l'aiuto dei suoi coinquilini trova un lavoretto in una libreria dell'usato, la Second Chance. E di quel posto si innamora all'istante: ogni libro sugli scaffali contiene tracce delle vite di chi l'ha letto, regalato, di chi fra quelle pagine si è perso, ha pianto, amato, sorriso.

On the eve of a major international AIDS Conference in London, the Conference chair is found dead in suspicious circumstances. Tracking down how he died reveals layers of deception, rivalry and danger for those close to him.

One deceased groom-to-be. One dead-end clue. One last chance at redemption. Gwendolyn Strong feels lost outside the classroom. And at loose ends after retiring, the ex-kindergarten teacher longs for the excitement her stable marriage and yoga sessions can’t provide. So the spirited fifty-something leaps into action when a former student takes his life on the eve of his wedding day.

Auf dem Friedhof von Newton findet Pater Brown einen blutverklebten Siegelring. Der Ring gehört Doris Wilson, die sich unter anderem um den Blumenschmuck in der Kirche kümmert. Der Pater will Mrs. Wilson den Ring zurückgeben, doch er kann sie nicht erreichen, sie scheint wie vom Erdboden verschluckt. Kurze Zeit später wird Wade Strickland, der Nachbar von Doris Wilson, ermordet im Wald aufgefunden. Auch er war schon seit einigen Tagen nicht mehr in Newton gesehen worden. Gibt es einen Zusammenhang zwischen dem Verschwinden von Mrs. Wilson und dem Mord an Mr. Strickland?

UN'IMPERDIBILE COMMEDIA GIALLA AMBIENTATA A TORINO. In un palazzo del centro viene rinvenuto il cadavere di un vecchio pittore. I suoi quadri raccontano una storia di bugie e inganni. "La verità è che non c'è una verità. La verità è che siamo quello che sentiamo, quello che interpretiamo." La luce azzurra delle volanti illumina il volto austero dei palazzi di Torino, accendendo la notte di un quartiere del centro dove non accade mai niente. Un vecchio pittore sabaudo, Simone Benelli, è stato trovato morto nella sua casa, seduto nella poltrona in soggiorno con un dito mozzato.

L’avvocato Vittorio Contrada ha cambiato vita. Dopo aver seguito per anni le orme del padre a caccia di soldi, affari e clienti-polli da spennare, ha deciso di redimersi. Ora ha uno studio sgarrupato in una zona molto poco in di Milano e segue solo cause pro bono e pro ambiente. Una sera un uomo è entrato nel suo studio per affidargli una valigetta e poco dopo è morto in circostanze poco chiare. Vittorio e Gloria, la sua socia determinata e sboccata, l’unica che sembra in grado di tenergli testa, si mettono sulle tracce dell’uomo con la valigetta.

When Marilyn Peña, an eccentric billionaire, vanishes after dropping off her beloved talking parrot, Tiki Lulu, at the Coral Shores Veterinary Hospital, Dr. Emily Benton and her best friend, Anthony, embark on a quest to find her. The search leads them to a gruesome discovery—a dead body in the swamp behind Marilyn’s house. To make matters worse, the veterinary hospital becomes overrun by Marilyn’s devoted social media followers who are gathered as a show of support but also to unravel the next clue in Marilyn’s wild bird center treasure hunt.

Sofia Dalmasso betreibt ein kleines Café in einem Bergdorf unweit des Lago Maggiore. Während die einen wegen ihres Risottos bei ihr einkehren, kommen die anderen, um sich die Zukunft voraussagen zu lassen. Denn Sofia hat von ihrer Großmutter das Kaffeesatzlesen gelernt. Als eines Tages ein Fremder ihr Café betritt und auf ihrer Kunst besteht, sieht sie zum ersten Mal das Symbol für den Tod. Am Tag darauf wird der Mann leblos aufgefunden. Von Schuldgefühlen geplagt, beginnt Sofia sich im Dorf umzuhören.

During a lucid moment, an Alzheimer’s patient tells amateur sleuth BIodina d’Angelo that 40 years ago he killed his lumberyard partner in the Cascades of Washington state. Biodina begins searching historical records, and a clever fraud scheme is uncovered, along with news articles about a missing lumberyard owner. Along the way, her intuitive nature and nosiness helps her uncover another murder of a well-respected record producer. Will the murderess be a starstruck performer, a jealous wife, or a vindictive assistant?