Ergebnis für "A arte" in Privatdetektive

Legendary detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a mystery with roots dating back to the Civil War in this edge-of-your-seat thriller from New York Times bestseller Sara Paretsky. V .I. Warshawski is famous for her cool under fire, her intelligence, her humor, her unflinching courage, and her love...

London. A snowy December, 1888. Sherlock Holmes, 34, is languishing and back on cocaine after a disastrous Ripper investigation. Watson can neither comfort nor rouse his friend – until a strangely encoded letter arrives from Paris. Mlle La Victoire, a beautiful French cabaret star writes that...

Umiko Wada has had enough excitement in life. With an overbearing mother and her husband recently murdered, she just wants to keep her head down. As a secretary to a private detective, her life is pleasantly filled with coffee runs and paperwork. That is, until her boss takes on a new case. A case that is surrounded by shadows. A case that means Wada will have to leave Tokyo and travel to London.

Springtime on the Cornish coast and Porthpella’s artistic community are throwing open their doors, welcoming visitors to the annual Arts Trail. And this year, celebrity artist Harrison Loveday is the guest of honour. However, the light mood soon darkens when there’s a dramatic death at the opening-night party, and after threatening messages start appearing around the village, fear takes over. Before long, Porthpella is shocked by a second brutal murder, and whisperings of a ‘serial killer’ start to circulate.

Una nuova serie legata al mondo dell'arte, con una protagonista esplosiva e l'incantevole scenario dell'entroterra ligure. Edna Silvera, cinquantasette anni, è storica dell'arte e restauratrice di grande talento. Abita in una villetta a Chiavari e l'unica compagnia che gradisce è quella del gatto Cagliostro e delle sue galline, che adorano la musica degli Abba e hanno nomi da dive del cinema (la Garbo, Marilyn, Bette Davis, la rossa Rita Hayworth).

Unter spektakulären Umständen wird das Bild "We are all Napoleon" des berühmten Street-Art-Künstlers Moneyman aus einem Privatmuseum geraubt. Die Polizei tappt im Dunkeln und Inspektor Lestrade lässt sich nur widerwillig von Sherlock & Watson bei der Suche nach den Tätern unterstützen. Warum hatten die es nur auf das eine Kunstwerk abgesehen? Hat es etwas damit zu tun, dass niemand die wahre Identität von Moneyman kennt? Sherlock & Watsons Wege führen in die moderne Kunstwelt, in der die Gier nach Profit längst die Macht übernommen hat. Als das Bild plötzlich wieder auftaucht, ist das Rätsel damit jedoch noch lange nicht gelöst.

Die Enthüllungsjournalistin Violet Hunter wurde entführt − und bis jetzt fehlt jedes Lebenszeichen von ihr. Zuletzt arbeitete sie an einer Story über moderne Sklaverei und hatte sich dafür inkognito als Angestellte in eine Reinigungsfirma eingeschlichen. Sherlock & Watson nehmen die Ermittlungen auf und entdecken ein menschenverachtendes System von Ausbeutung und Abhängigkeiten. Doch als dann mehrere Frauenleichen, allesamt asiatischstämmig, gefunden werden, nimmt der Fall noch viel größere Dimensionen an und reicht bis an die höchsten Regierungskreise.

Adam Emerson always believed martial arts were about discipline, respect, and mastering the self—until he found himself in the middle of a deadly conspiracy that demanded more than skill. It demanded survival. After witnessing a brutal crime connected to a powerful underground network, Adam is thrust into a world where political corruption, shadowy operatives, and ruthless killers collide. With danger closing in, Adam must rely on every lesson he’s ever learned—on and off the mat—to uncover the truth and stay alive long enough to expose it.

Being the GearWitch means Phoenix McGee can bend time, save the day, or find your missing dog. Because cosmic powers don't pay the bills. Phoenix McGee became a detective to show the world he was mature, reliable, capable of running his own life and business. It’s just a shame he can’t adult his way out of a paper bag. On the verge of losing everything, he takes on a simple case of suspected adultery, something to keep the lights on and the creditors at bay. Little did he suspect his life would become a chaotic whirlwind of false leads, uneasy alliances, mob ties, and more.

Finalizada la Guerra Civil, la Sección de Información de Alto Estado Mayor recibe el encargo de localizar "El arte de matar dragones", una tabla italiana perdida en el traslado de los fondos del Museo del Prado. La orden procede de Serrano Suñer y el inspector Arturo Andrade tendrá que...

When the bodies of several sex workers begin popping up across New York City, Special Agent Jerrod Shelby of the FBI reluctantly requests the under the table help of Bruce Westman, a Purple Heart Iraqi War Veteran turned private investigator. After cracking the Waterway Killer case in Connecticut, impressing Agent Shelby with his unique ability to literally enter the killer’s mind, Bruce is ready to take on another killer. Now the two of them are chasing a madman who likes to display his victims as if they were praying, pinning them to the ground like bugs under glass.

When two valuable oil paintings are missing, Kendall is asked to investigate on behalf of the insurance company. Reluctantly, he accepts the job. Then, a body is discovered, and then another. “So what do you think?” asked Mollie. “What do I think?” Kendall repeated. “Well with two people dead, I think someone has been practicing the art of murder.”

When syndicated romance columnist John Hunter is found dead from an apparent overdose, the townspeople of the sleepy hamlet of Eastpoint accept the outsider's death in stride, until Police Chief Hank Reed discovers a secret room filled with lewd paintings featuring local married women.

Der seltsam geschwätzige Brief einer angeblichen Verehrerin führt Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson in den malerischen Lakedistrict, im Norden Englands. Die Verstrickungen, in die sie dort geraten, offenbaren immer geheimnisvollere Züge, bis die Ereignisse über oder gar außerirdischen Charakter anzunehmen scheinen und Holmes unbezwingliche Logik in ernsthafte Bedrängnis zu bringen drohen.

Former military intelligence officer turned private detective, Clayton Devereux, is hired in secret by M.I.5 to unofficially investigate the disappearance of an agent who was working undercover to infiltrate a left-wing plot. What Devereux’s clandestine enquiry reveals will shake the very foundations of the pre-war British establishment.