Crime

Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie

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Just after midnight, somewhere in the Balkans, the Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a massive snowdrift. This famous train is unusually busy for the time of year, but by morning there will be one less passenger. A man is found dead in his compartment, stabbed twelve times in the chest. And his door was locked from the inside!
Luckily Detective Hercule Poirot happened to be travelling on the train, and must now put his remarkable talents to the test. Undoubtedly, the murderer was among the passengers and with the snow preventing any escape, they are certainly still in their midst. The remaining passengers present a real puzzle to Poirot, with many different nationalities, backgrounds and stories. Can he sort out the liars and identify the murderer before he or she strikes again? Read More »

The Boy in the Suitcase, by Lene Kaaberbøl & Agnete Friis

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Nina Borg is a Red Cross nurse living in Copenhagen with her family. She is dedicated to her work and to helping people in need. So, when her old friend Karin calls her in a panic and asks for her help, she cannot say no. Karin gives Nina the key to a storage locker at the station and asks her to retrieve the contents. Nina was in no way expecting what she finds. Inside the locker is a suitcase, and inside the suitcase is a three-year-old boy, drugged and naked. Read More »

The Guest List, by Lucy Foley

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A remote island. An invitation to die for…
Guests are gathering on a small island off the Irish coast to celebrate the wedding of the year. As a storm sweeps in, bringing rough waves and strong winds, the highly-organised wedding planner is hard pushed to keep everything running smoothly. As the skies darken, the drinks are flowing freely, emotions are running high and secrets are coming out. By the end of the night, one of the guests will be found dead. But who? And who amongst them is the killer? Read More »

Bright Young Dead, by Jessica Fellowes

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Pamela Mitford is turning eighteen and her parents agree to throw her a fancy-dress party at their sumptuous manor house. A number of older sister Nancy’s friends, some of the Bright Young Things, are invited. As the party stretches into the early hours, they decide to start a treasure hunt, all the rage at that time! Things take a turn, however, when dashing young Adrian Curtis is found dead. It appears that he was pushed from the belltower. The police quickly decide that the murderer is Dulcie, the maid who discovered the body. However, Louisa, chaperone and former nursery maid to Pamela and Nancy, thinks that Dulcie is innocent. Will she be able to uncover the truth before Dulcie is sentenced and most probably hanged? Read More »

The Hunting Party, by Lucy Foley

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All of them are friends. One of them is a killer.
A group of old university friends gather at a remote lodge in the Scottish Highlands to celebrate New Year. Three days into their stay, one of them is dead. The lodge has been cut off from the outside world by a snowstorm, meaning that the police cannot access the area to conduct an investigation. This also means that the killer was one of them. Read More »

The Blackhouse, by Peter May

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A murder. A secret. A trap.
A brutal murder is committed on the remote Isle of Lewis, in Scotland, and Detective Fin Macleod from Edinburgh is called in to investigate, as this case is similar to another he worked on in the past. Detective Macleod is also a native of Lewis and once knew the victim very well.
To solve the case, Detective Macleod must come face to face with people he has not seen for many years and confront his dark past on the island. Read More »