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During the National High School Cultural Festival ceremony, Yoshiyuki Shimizu - the current Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and a literary giant - was fatally stabbed by a man who rushed out from backstage. The arrested suspect, 37-year-old Akatsuki Nagase, began publishing his memoirs in a weekly magazine following his arrest.

A hugely enjoyable, must-listen murder mystery sure to appeal to fans of Elly Griffiths, Anthony Horowitz, and Agatha Christie, with one of the best and most satisfying conclusions you'll ever hear. A classic in Japan, available in English for the first time.

Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother who thought she had finally escaped her abusive ex-husband Togashi. When he shows up one day to extort money from her, threatening both her and her teenaged daughter Misato, the situation quickly escalates into violence and Togashi ends up dead on her apartment floor.

A New York Times bestselling author—and “a mythmaker for the millennium, a wiseacre wiseman” (New York Times Book Review)—delivers a surreal and elaborate quest that takes readers from Tokyo to the remote mountains of northern Japan, where the unnamed protagonist has a surprising...

In Poirot Investigates, Agatha Christie presents eleven riveting short stories featuring the famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. From high-stakes jewel thefts to baffling murders, Poirot faces a variety of complex and puzzling cases that challenge his remarkable intellect and investigative prowess. In these tales, Poirot must unravel a web of deception involving missing persons, secret identities, and shocking crimes, using his keen observation and logical deductions to reveal the truth.

Springtime in Provence brings flower-filled meadows, sun-drenched coastlines—and a bachelorette cycling tour that guide Sadie Greene hopes to pull off without a hitch. However, the ride takes a deadly detour when a killer crashes the party. Sadie Greene has broken her streak—her crime streak...

Amidst the stark, lonely beauty of southwest Ireland’s windswept coast, veterinarian Dimpna Wilde wrangles with dark traditions, village folklore, and a killer’s motives during the annual Wren Day celebration in this deeply atmospheric and suspenseful County Kerry novel for readers of Dervla...

Nach Winnetous Tod wird Old Shatterhand zusammen mit den beiden Snuffles Jim und Tim in eine Auseinandersetzung mit dem alten Komantschen-Häuptling To-kei-chun verwickelt. Im Rahmen dieser Ereignisse lernt er den persischen Prinzen Dschafar Mirza kennen. Später wechselt der Verlauf der Ereignisse hinüber in die Wüsten Arabiens und zu den Weidegründen der Haddedihn, wo es ein Wiedersehen Kara Ben Nemsis mit Hadschi Halef Omar gibt.

Brought to you by Penguin. The global bestseller featuring symbologist Robert Langdon, from the author of THE DA VINCI CODE Dan Brown. Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend the unveiling of an astonishing...

Sous les franges jaunes et rouges d’une tente de toile, la grande danseuse a fini de danser. La nuit tiède venue du sud les fait frissonner; des autos noires, de luxe, silencieuses et souples, s’arrêtent au bord du trottoir: l’or ou l’argent d’un soulier de bal, puis, derrière la vitre, un visage de femme, un peu las sous les fards, mais fier, heureux d’avoir été vu trois heures durant au fond d’une loge.

Die deutsche Hauptkommissarin Wallis Windsbraut lernt in einer Livemusik-Kneipe in den Niederlanden Jos van Dam kennen und genießt den Abend. Das Erwachen am Strand ist ernüchternd, jemand hat sie und ihren neuen Bekannten außer Kraft gesetzt. Ihr alter Opel Kapitän, der Leichenwagen des ehemaligen elterlichen Bestattungsunternehmens, ist verschwunden. Und mit ihm Daan Maartens, der Gerichtsmediziner, der sich einer bizarren, lebensgefährlichen Herausforderung stellen muss.

À Sainte-Hélène, territoire britannique perdu dans l'Atlantique Sud, c'est la consternation. Le consul qui administre l'enclave française de Longwood, où est mort Napoléon, a disparu. Comment peut-on se volatiliser sur une île reliée à l'Afrique du Sud par un avion chaque semaine et où tout le monde se connaît ? C'est ce qu'Aurel va être chargé de découvrir. Il va vite comprendre que représenter la France à Sainte-Hélène n'est pas de tout repos. Car Napoléon rend fou. Son souvenir déchaîne encore des passions violentes.

Pre-order the new gripping DI Helen Grace thriller from the million copy bestseller M.J. Arlidge now! As her best friend fights for her life, DI Helen Grace hunts her attacker in unfamiliar territory. Under pressure as never before, Helen knows that this time everything is on the line. Her boss...

The spy game has a brand new player . . . Sarah Black is startlingly smart and super frustrated . . . while her fellow fresh graduates are signing away their souls to square mile internships, she is sabotaging civil service exams and beating any chess opponent who dares face her. Surely there...

In this heart-pounding thriller, author Lyle Nicholson transports listeners to the enchanting island of Saint Lucia, where a young Bernadette Callahan faces her greatest challenge yet. As she prepares to enter the RCMP, Bernadette's world is turned upside down when her friends are taken hostage...

When detective-in-training Sigurdís interrupts her studies in the US to return to Iceland, after discovering that the investigation into her abusive father's death has been dropped, she's plunged into a completely new case when a controversial TV personality is murdered during the Reykjavík Marathon. Returning to Iceland to deal with the fallout, Sigurdís finds herself pulled into a disturbing case: controversial TV personality Olga Einars has been stabbed to death during the Reykjavík Marathon.

In 1997, General Alexander Lebed, former secretary of the Russian Security Council, admitted on CBS' 60 minutes that up to one hundred small nuclear weapons went missing during implementation of the 1991 START treaty. Twenty five years later, three of them turn up in one of the world’s most volatile regions: Gaza. Their path is being controlled by a Saudi professor determined to disrupt the balance of power in the Middle East. Richard O’Brien, an FBI linguist who finds cocaine and women much more intriguing than his low-level job, stumbles upon the plot.

A history lesson they’ll never forget … and neither will you. Mattie Engel is one of the rising stars at Private Berlin, and believes she’s seen the worst of people in her previous life with the Berlin police force. That is until Chris, her colleague – and until recently, her fiancé –...

Even for Private Investigations, the world’s top detective agency, it’s tough to find a man who doesn’t exist . . . Craig Gisto has promised Eliza Moss that his elite team at Private Sydney will investigate the disappearance of her father. After all, as CEO of a high-profile research...

A newlywed couple steps into the sauna in their deluxe honeymoon suite – and never steps out again. When another couple is killed while boarding their honeymoon flight to Rome, it becomes clear that someone is targeting honeymooners, and it’s anyone’s guess which happy couple is next on...