Ergebnis für "Amy" in Hobbydetektive

When a Pineapple Port resident is found dead during an approaching hurricane, Charlotte fears someone’s trying to disguise murders as storm-related accidents. The first two victims have more than the storm in common—both were hoarding valuable storm supplies like toilet paper and water.

Fünf Hobby-Detektive. Eine strickbegeisterte Oma. Ein gefährliches Exportgeschäft. Amsterdam ist ein teures Pflaster. Findet auch Kaatje Hommel. Die alte Dame bessert ihre Rente mit dem Verkauf selbst gestrickter Mützen auf. Das läuft wunderbar, bis ihr ein angesehener Unternehmer das Geschäft kaputt machen will. Kurz darauf ist der Mann tot. Arie, Maddie, Jack, Jan und Elin ermitteln und finden bald heraus, dass hinter dem großen Vermögen des Toten ein mindestens ebenso großes Verbrechen steckt.

Fünf Hobby-Detektive. Eine tote Whistleblowerin. Keine Zeit zu verlieren. Auch das sorgloseste Faulenzen an Deck muss irgendwann ein Ende haben. Es ist Herbst in Amsterdam. Und ohne Heizöl wird es sogar auf dem schönsten Hausboot ungemütlich. Die Auftragslage ist mau. Bis ein vermeintlich langweiliger Fall die Hobby-Detektive ordentlich herausfordert: Ihre Auftraggeberin wird plötzlich tot aufgefunden und entpuppt sich als Whistleblowerin. Die angesehene Expertin für den Rohstoffabbau in der Tiefsee stand kurz davor, ihre Firma in den Ruin zu jagen.

I never thought my life would take a turn into the world of murder mysteries, but here I am, Ophelia Pane, vampire veterinarian extraordinaire, caught in the middle of a deadly game of cat and mouse... or should I say parrot and vampire? As I struggle to juggle my overflowing clinic of fur babies and mythical creatures, a simple house call to check in on a chatty parrot named Elvis turns into a nightmare when I stumble upon his owner’s lifeless body.

Der Verein zur Verehrung literarischer Genies versammelt sich dieses Mal im englischen Badeort Broadstairs, um drei Tage lang seinem Genius des Jahres - Charles Dickens - zu huldigen, der hier häufig seine Ferien verbrachte. Nur ein excellentes Festbankett, zubereitet von Meisterkoch Auguste Didier, konnte den Prince of Wales dazu bewegen, das Opfer der Ehrenpräsidentschaft über diese Zusammenkunft auf sich zu nehmen. Das Festbankett wird ein Erfolg, aber bei der anschließenden Lesung aus "Oliver Twist" sinkt der Vorlesende mitten in der Mordszene tot zu Boden. Vergiftet.

Someone is killing cozy mystery detectives! Charlottes friend Tilly dies and leaves her a cryptic message about the Cozy Mystery Killeran assassin who has a grudge against amateur detectives. She's left more clues hidden inside tea cosies stashed all over Pineapple Port, which is good, because someone has robbed her home, leaving Charlotte with few leads. While Charlotte and Declan follow the clues to find the killer, Mariska and Darla work to surprise them with upgrades to the couples new detective agency office.

Auf dem jährlichen Fest von Plums Club wird Colonel Worthington ermordet. Aber wer sollte es ausgerechnet auf den alten Langweiler abgesehen haben? Der berühmte Schauspieler Gaylord Erskine, dem die Damenwelt zu Füßen liegt, würde eher als Ziel eines Mordanschlags in Frage kommen. Doch Inspektor Rose von Scotland Yard und der charmante französische Chefkoch und Amateurdetektiv Auguste Didier, der zur Zeit im Club arbeitet, entdecken, dass jeder der Gentlemen ein Motiv hätte, Worthington aus der Welt zu schaffen. Da geschieht ein zweiter Mord.

Eines Nachts im Jahre 1894 bergen Polizisten eine Leiche aus der Themse: ein Chor-Girl aus dem berühmten "Galaxy-Theater". Der Mörder hat ihr die Arme gekreuzt und über der Brust zusammengebunden. Kurz darauf werden zwei weitere Chormädchen auf die selbe Art ermordet. Im "Galaxy" breitet sich Angst aus. Verunsichert ein neuer Ripper London? Gehört er zur Theatergruppe? Oder ist er einer der reichen Herren, welche die auffallend hübschen Galaxy-Mädchen galant umwerben?

Chefkoch Auguste Didier hat beschlossen, endlich Urlaub zu machen - in Cannes, wo er zu Hause ist und wo nichts und niemand ihn zwingen kann, wieder Detektiv zu spielen. In London verfolgt Inspektor Rose unterdessen eine Serie aufsehenerregender Juwelendiebstähle: Jedes der sechs gestohlenen Schmuckstücke war in einem der sagenumwobenen Fabergé-Eier aufbewahrt, die der russische Großfürst Igor seinen Ex-Geliebten zu schenken pflegte.

With one solved mystery under their wooly belts, the time has come for the sheep of Glennkill to explore Europe. Together with their new shepherdess, Rebecca, they move into their winter quarters in the shadow of a French chateau. But their new home is far from idyllic. A number of the sheep from the previous flock have disappeared, and deer are dying an unnatural death in the forest. The goats from the neighboring pasture have a theory: a werewolf. Could that be real, or just a fantasy?

The year is rapidly drawing to an end, Hettie the tortoise is hibernating and Agnes, Charlie, Marshall, and the other elderly residents of Sunset Hall are going stir-crazy at home. They’ve had enough of the broken boiler, drafty bedrooms, and Christmas jingles on the radio. And to top it off, another series of murders is rocking the hamlet of Duck End. It seems like every villager and his dog is trying to make up for all of the thwarted murders of the past thirty years.

Josie Ashbury was a successful Hollywood actress with a booming career—until an on-set breakdown sends her back to her small Ohio hometown to recover. Taking a job teaching at her old high school, Josie is beginning to put the pieces of her life back together when one of her students dies under suspicious circumstances. The police close the case quickly, without any real answers. Josie is determined to find the truth behind the girl's death.

The octogenarian housemates at Sunset Hall are busy preparing for the wedding of one of their own, the blind and blushing bride Bernadette, but as the big day approaches, they must fend off a mysterious killjoy from the past.

Paige Provey has her hands full. Not only is she trying to salvage her career and trying to find the magical book that gave her witchy abilities (it's gone missing), but her estranged sister has appeared on her doorstep. A sister who likes to flirt with Paige's boyfriends. Hands off of Grim! As if that's not enough, Paige has been asked to attend a book signing of a local author who just published a novel called Slasher of Sacrifice. Really. That's the title. When someone from the book signing winds up in a coma, at first Paige thinks it must be related to the missing book.

As Pepper's wedding day quickly approaches, the entire town is excited to celebrate the big event. But when one witch is overlooked as a wedding guest, she takes her anger out on the town—cursing them. Now, people's nightmares are coming to life—literally. The consequences are potentially devastating. Now, it's up to Pepper and the gang to squash the curse and stop their dreams from becoming reality. Can she do it? Or will Magnolia Cove succumb to the curse?

Southern witch Dylan Apel's to-do list is stacked high—decide whether or not to marry her boyfriend, try to stay sane amidst her crazy family's antics, and make a quickie dress for a shotgun wedding. The easiest of those is making the dress—or at least it's supposed to be. But when one of the bridesmaids confesses that she's a witch, Dylan is immediately suspicious. Witches aren't supposed to talk about their powers—every true witch knows that. Yet things turn lethal when that bridesmaid winds up dead—and the evidence points to Dylan!

A seemingly idyllic picnic ends in a macabre murder that echoes a pair of slayings fourteen years earlier in this riveting new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Who Cries for the Lost.

Forty-something single mother Cara Shelley is very content running the Happy Huffkin café in the grounds of a quirky stately home. But her daily routine is shaken up by the arrival of a guest at Tanton Towers: the flamboyant Lady Izzy. Ten years ago, Lady Izzy's nephew, the former chair of the local ghost society, died after a ghost hunt in the Towers' spooky subterranean grotto. Now, she plans to commemorate his life—and death—with a fresh hunt in the very same place. But the morning after the event, Cara makes a horrifying discovery.

Running a campground has its ups and downs, and Corrie finds herself facing a cavernous financial hole. A severe drought has made the forest service put fire restrictions in place, meaning no campfires or grills can be enjoyed at the Black Horse. The drop in guests have Corrie worrying about the future—especially when it becomes clear that Sheriff Rick Sutton's malicious ex-wife is frothing at the mouth to buy the Black Horse.

Just as Corrie is getting used to having former Houston, Texas, narcotics detective J. D. Wilder as a campground employee, he officially becomes a member of the Village of Bonney Police Department. Aside from a recent crime spree at the Black Horse, not much is going on in town, giving Wilder a chance to go over some cold cases. In the past fifteen years, three women have gone missing, exactly five years apart. What has amounted to nothing more than a local urban legend becomes Wilder's new obsession.