Dreaming of the Bones

Oktober in dem beschaulichen Städtchen Henley-on-Thames. Das Boot der Polizistin und Ruderin Rebecca Meredith wird ans Ufer der Themse gespült...

Am Londoner St. Pancras Bahnhof wird ein Bombenanschlag verübt, bei dem mehrere Menschen sterben. Ryan March, Mitglied einer Protestgruppe, der eine verdächtige Tasche mit sich führte, gehört zu den Toten. War er der Täter? Superintendent Duncan Kincaid übernimmt die Ermittlungen, muss aber feststellen, dass die einzelnen Puzzleteile des Falls überhaupt nicht zueinanderpassen. Mit Hilfe seiner Frau, Inspector Gemma James, kommt er schließlich peu à peu den Hintergründen der Tat auf die Spur.

Three very different women come together at isolated Baikie’s Cottage on the North Pennines to complete an environmental survey. Rachael, the team leader, is still reeling after a double betrayal by her lover and boss, Peter Kemp. Anne, a botanist, sees the survey as a chance to indulge in a little deception of her own. And then there is Grace, a strange, uncommunicative young woman hiding plenty of her own secrets. 

In utter disbelief, Miss Marple read the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr. Rafiel...an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels. He had left instructions for her to investigate a crime after his death. The only problem was, he had failed to tell her who was involved or where and when the crime had been committed. It was most intriguing. Soon she is faced with a new crime...the ultimate crime...murder. It seems someone is adamant that past evils remained buried....

When editor Susan Ryeland is given the tattered manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has little idea it will change her life. She's worked with the revered crime writer for years, and his detective, Atticus Pund, is renowned for solving crimes in the sleepy English villages of the 1950s. As Susan knows only too well, vintage crime sells handsomely. It's just a shame that it means dealing with an author like Alan Conway.... But Conway's latest tale of murder at Pye Hall is not quite what it seems.