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Constable Hamish Macbeth faces a broken engagement and local gossip when he takes a short trip to a coastal B&B, only to find himself implicated in a murder. A classic Scottish mystery waits to be solved.

"Local artist and amateur sleuth Penny Brannigan has been spending her summer painting the exterior and views of the once-lovely Gwrych Castle, now in a heartbreaking state of disrepair. A privately owned castellated country house of jaw dropping scale, the gorgeous house located just outside of Penny's picturesque Welsh town has been sadly neglected for decades. Penny is thrilled when she hears local Mark Baker is leading a team of enthusiastic volunteers to restore the castle grounds and formal gardens to their former grandeur. But there are always disagreements about how everything should be done, and it's not long before they turn deadly. Penny is horrified to discover the body of an overbearing volunteer who had opposed Mark at every turn. Convinced that Mark is innocent, Penny enlists the help of keen gardener Gareth Davies, recently retired from the North Wales Police Service. She asks that he join the volunteer brigade, so Gareth dons a hi-vis jacket, picks up a spade and picks up a few clues, too. Asked to examine watercolor paintings of the estate gardens from the 1920s, Penny is surprised to find a few clues of her own. Could the 90-year-old paintings really hold the keys to a present-day murder? Murder is for Keeps is the latest book in this charming traditional mystery series from Elizabeth J. Duncan"--

In the sleepy Welsh town of Llanelen, the TV show Antiques Cymru sparks excitement, but the day turns deadly when local spa owner Penny Brannigan investigates the mysterious murder of Catrin Bellis, uncovering hidden heirlooms and a long‑forgotten secret.

A crime wave in the village of St. Denis interrupts the summer culinary endeavors of police chief Bruno Courrèges and is complicated by shocking news from his sometime girlfriend and a growing realization that the crimes are somehow related.

Sergeant Gunnhildur Giacute;sladottir investigates a suspicious death in a Reykjavik hotel, uncovering ties to a returning gangster and a clandestine bondage society, turning a simple case into a perilous police probe.

Detective Inspector Marnie Rome must race against time to uncover the truth behind the vanished children of a London farm while hunting the killer who framed her family.

DI Louisa Smith investigates two chilling deaths— a murder on a farm and a suicide at a quarry— uncovering a sinister link that binds the victims and shatters the quiet life of a small English village.

Detective Constable Janet Scott, a diplomatic and humorous officer, teams with the energetic Rachel Bailey after a teenage girl is murdered on a Manchester housing estate. Together they must navigate complex clues, personal demons and a dangerous killer in this tense police procedural.

When glamorous BBC reporter Crystal French is murdered in the small Scottish village of Lochdubh, Detective Hamish Macbeth must unravel a web of local resentments and media rivalry to find the killer.

After the death of their friend Hannah Venable in a fire, friends Suzanne, Petra, and Toni hunt the arsonist and uncover a mystery tied to the nearby Prairie Star Casino.

Los Angeles homicide detective Elouise "Lou" Norton investigates a fatal house fire that claims Juliet Chatman and her children, while her own marriage and suspicions of arson—whether by the serial threat known as The Burning Man or the Chatmans’ son—test her judgment and resolve.