Ergebnis für "2 Chronicles" in Krimis

Ein geheimnisvoller Mann mit einer Maske will sich mit Sherlock Holmes treffen. Er will ein kompromittierendes Foto zurückhaben. Sherlock Holmes nimmt den Fall an. Das Foto befindet sich im Besitz einer Frau. Und zwar nicht irgendeiner Frau, sondern der klügsten Frau, die Holmes jemals getroffen hat. Ihr Name: Irene Adler.

In London verschwinden Menschen. Die Nächte verbreiten überall Angst und Schrecken, niemand fühlt sich mehr sicher. Man erzählt sich in den Straßen von Geistern, die Menschen entführen. Als Sherlock Holmes durch H. G. Wells einen zurückkehrenden Zeitreisenden aufspürt, vermutet er einen Zusammenhang mit den Morden und ist der grausamen Wahrheit damit bereits sehr nah.

Was geschah mit dem jungen Ellis Morton? Sein Halbbruder, Sir Peter Clapp-Rothe, spricht bei Sherlock Holmes vor und bittet ihn, in dieser Sache tätig zu werden. Angeblich stürzte Ellis vom Dach als er versuchte, einen Tennisball aus der Dachrinne zu fischen. Doch Ellis war komplett unsportlich, sogar aus gesundheitlichen Gründen nicht in der Lage, Sport zu treiben. Und schon gar nicht Tennis.

Eigentlich ist immer Ostern für Sherlock Holmes. Denn der Meisterdetektiv feiert andauernd Auferstehung. Mit diesen einleitenden Worten beginnt der alternde Dr. John H. Watson seinen Bericht über die merkwürdige Reise des Detektivs nach Kiew. Eine wahrlich phantastische Reise.

Bei der Weltausstellung 1851 in London kommt es zu einem dramatischen Vorfall, der vor der Öffentlichkeit vertuscht wird. Vierzig Jahre später werden Sherlock Holmes und Doktor Watson von einer Klientin beauftragt, ihren verschwundenen Mann zu suchen. Das Ehepaar war damals auf der Weltausstellung und weiß um die Ereignisse im Kristallpalast. In einem mysteriösen kleinen Dorf entdecken die beiden Detektive das düsterste Geheimnis des Empires.

Noch immer ist der rätselhafte Mord von Birlstone nicht geklärt. Während Inspektor MacDonald nach einem Flüchtigen fahndet, dessen Fahrrad am Tatort gefunden wurde, ist der Meisterdetektiv auf der Suche nach einer vermissten Hantel. Weiß er bereits mehr als alle anderen oder ist dies ein schwerer Fall von Gehirnerweichung?

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson sind dem Einbeinigen auf der Spur. Und doch erweist sich dessen Festnahme schwieriger als erwartet. Holmes ist kurz davor, aufzugeben, als sich ihm unerwartet ein Fingerzeig offenbart. Wird ihnen Jonathan Small dieses Mal ins Netz gehen? Eine atemberaubende Verfolgungsjagd auf der Themse beginnt ...

Sherlock Holmes ermittelt an Weihnachten in einem englischen Internat. Als Musiklehrer getarnt deckt er unglaubliche Vorgänge auf.

A curious priest uncovers a mystifying secret - one that leads to a long-buried relic some will do anything to possess. Can he outwit adversaries who will stop at nothing to keep him from revealing an object that challenges history as we know it? Father Michael Dominic discovers a strangely constructed 13th-century puzzle hidden deep within the Vatican Secret Archives.

Follow the exploits of the eccentric Lady Amanda Golightly and her loyal friend Hugo as they stumble upon murder and mayhem whilst navigating English country life. In Strangeways to Oldham, Amanda discovers a long-lost friend in a nursing home and promptly falls into a murder mystery. Refusing to be seen as a "silly old biddy," Amanda and Hugo dust off their sleuthing skills to outwit the police.

My mother was the Madison Ridge Killer … and I helped her. At nine, I was given a new start—a new life. My adoptive parents did everything they could to help me forget my past, and for a while, they succeeded. But I was never normal. I never truly forgot all I saw or did. Now, twenty years later, I work in the billing department for a small city newspaper. And like decades before, not that far away, another serial killer is on the loose.

From the cold-blooded murder of a man well known in London’s Bohemian society to a sinister tradition in an old Tudor manor house, these six cases from the early years of Holmes’ career in the 1880s present a singular collection of mysteries for the world’s first consulting detective to resolve. In this new collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories, well known author Denis O. Smith accurately recreates once more both the atmosphere and the excitement of Conan Doyle’s well-loved original Holmes tales.

Thea has made it to Apprentice and is exploring where her magic can take her when an outbreak of mysterious magical attacks sweeps NOLA. Bodies are piling up and strange dreams are the only thing connecting the bizarre deaths, a group of people thought to be members of a dark cult have gone missing, and a powerful cursed object seems to be responsible for a rash of violent crimes plaguing the city. Can Thea's nascent abilities be the key to unraveling all three cases?

Delving into the depths of his memory, Dr John Watson finally reveals a collection of never-before-penned cases brought before the great Sherlock Holmes. Join the beloved British detective as he is pitted against a selection of truly ingenious puzzles.

Stanley Wentworth was no saint. He’d had his fair share of trouble with the law. He’d upset his former partners in gangs across the Midlands. And he’d abandoned more than one woman in his time. But did he really deserve a cold and lonely death in the Country Park? Charlie Jones, Annie McLeod and Rohan Banerjee are on the track of another murderer. An old friend is under suspicion once more. While a new friend has troubles of her own to contend with. And it looks like she's about to lose her greatest ally. Can the intrepid trio save their friends and find the true culprit?

Alan, the beadle of the manor of Bampton, had gone out at dusk to seek those who might violate curfew. When, the following morning, he had not returned home, his young wife Matilda had sought out Master Hugh de Singleton, surgeon and bailiff of the manor. Two days later Alan’s corpse was discovered in the hedge, at the side of the track to St. Andrew’s Chapel. His throat had been torn out - his head was half severed from his body - and his face, hands, and forearms were lacerated with deep scratches.

The series closes with a reflective, emotional satisfying wrap up. The immediate threats are neutralized, London survives, And Maywills is established as a perpetual guardian — a symbol of vigilance, justice and resilience while subtle hints suggest that shadows and challenges may rise again, leaving room for sequels.

The chief of the Secret Intelligence Service has been assassinated, and the British government brought to its knees, by a terrorist organization intent on unleashing a weapon of apocalyptic proportions. In desperation, a deniable team is assembled to hunt down the terrorists. Called back from obscurity to lead them is Jack "Gorilla" Grant, a freelancer with a Smith & Wesson 39, and cutthroat razor. And he's ready to even the score in his own brutal fashion.

Aurora takes her second case in New York City. This case is quickly solved. She is called out to Southern California. There has been a murder on a local horse ranch. She meets the stable owner, Dakota Rivers. She also takes note of the stable manager, Leif White. What is Leif hiding? What does this all mean for Aurora?

A young girl is found behind a dumpster and more have been found throughout the city, prompting a reformed hit-woman, who is seeking to redeem her soul after the bad deeds she has done, to find out why. She takes on the deepening mystery of who is doing this and why this keeps happening while no one is doing anything about it. Now, it is up to Layla Wilson, once known as the best hit woman ever to do the job, to now find out why the system failed these kids.