Ergebnis für "Amy" in Traditionelle Krimis

Gibt es einen Zusammenhang zwischen dem grausigen Mord an einem Lumpensammler und dem geheimnisvollen Verschwinden des jungen Maurice Beaumont? Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson reisen nach Paris und machen im dortigen Polizeiarchiv eine überraschende Entdeckung...

Der berühmte Entfesselungskünstler Harry Houdini entgeht nur knapp einem Säureanschlag während eines Auftritts im Circus Busch in Berlin. Obwohl er einen begründeten Verdacht hat, wer hinter dem perfiden Mordversuch steckt, können die vermeintlichen Täter nicht dingfest gemacht werden. Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson weilen auch gerade in der Metropole und bieten ihre Hilfe an.

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.

Everyone told Cara Shelly that she was crazy to set up a café in the shadow of eccentric Kentish stately home Tanton Towers. But three years later, the Happy Huffkin café is thriving, and Cara considers the Tanton Towers staff - and its eccentric owners, Max and Alison - to be like family. But one summer evening, Alison comes hurtling down to the café to beg her for help. Daphne Hanson, queen of the Towers' costume-clad dancing troupe is lying dead in the orangery. Strangled! But by whom? And why?

Tras "Una chica con pistola" y "Mujer policía busca problemas", la nueva aventura de las hermanas Kopp. Tras conseguir por fin la placa que la acredita como ayudante del sheriff, Constance Kopp está lista para enfrentarse a cualquier cosa. En la cárcel de Hackensack, le horroriza ver que muchas mujeres son acusadas de dudosos cargos de conducta incorregible o de moral depravada, como Edna Heustis, que se fue de casa de sus padres para trabajar en una fábrica de armamento, o Minnie Davis, la chica de dieciséis años a quien no corresponde enviar a un reformatorio estatal.

Cuando Amy Stewart se topó con un artículo de 1914 que contaba cómo el coche del propietario de una fábrica había embestido la calesa en la que viajaban las hermanas Constance, Norma y Fleurette Kopp, y la manera en que la disputa por los daños causados había derivado en una escalada de amenazas y disparos, que terminaría con Constance convertida en ayudante del sheriff, este captó de inmediato su interés.

Amy Stewart vuelve a la carga con otra inolvidable aventura protagonizada por las aguerridas hermanas Kopp. En 1915, nadie esperaba que una mujer persiguiera a los fugitivos de la ley por las calles de Nueva York, pero Constance Kopp no hizo nunca lo que los demás esperaban de ella. Tras salir en todos los periódicos cuando, junto a sus dos hermanas, plantó cara al dueño de una fábrica y a sus matones, el honorable sheriff Heath decidió nombrarla su ayudante, convirtiéndola así en una de las primeras oficiales de policía del país.

Irene Adler, American opera singer and the one woman who outsmarted Sherlock Holmes, finds herself a widow at thirty-two, wealthy but emotionally broken. At the same time, Sherlock Holmes finds himself unable to return to England after faking his death at Reichenbach Falls and is drawn into an investigation of two men with designs on a woman they call Miss A, who is none other than Irene Adler herself. The Detective and The Woman throw their lot in together to uncover a dangerous plot with implications that stretch across the Atlantic. In the process, they meet legendary inventor Thomas Edison and experience life in Florida at the turn of the 20th century.

Grieving after the death of his younger brother, Hugh Castle, the Earl of Monnow, finds evidence to suggest it was not an accident, but a failed attempt to kill him. He vows revenge, planning to take advantage of the rumor that he is also dead to uncover the murderer. But Hugh doesn't count on meeting another desperate adventurer, Helen Archer. She has lost the fabled Peckham Necklace at Hugh's home, Ormsby, and risks censure if she doesn't find it. So together, Helen and Hugh hatch the perfect plan.

Rumor has linked Queen Elizabeth I to her master of the horse, Robin Dudley. As gossip would have it, only his ailing wife, Amy, prevents marriage between Dudley and the Queen. To quell the idle tongues at court, the Queen dispatches Ursula Blanchard to tend to the sick woman's needs. But not even Ursula can prevent the "accident" that takes Amy's life. Did she fall or was she pushed? Was Ursula a pawn of Dudley and the Queen?

Summer Thomas questions her own sanity when violent patient, Lucy Clark, disappears from a locked hospital ward. Because no one else will admit that Lucy exists. As Summer digs deeper into the disappearance, it becomes apparent that Lucy is looking for her too, but Summer should have stayed away. Now, Lucy is coming for her...

Unlikely pairs join forces to crack a slew of intriguing cases in an anthology edited by New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry, featuring original stories by Jacqueline Winspear, Jeffery Deaver, Allison Brennan, Charles Todd, and many more, including Perry herself. Throughout the annals...

It's been 12 years since ER nurse Frankie Stapleton fled the quiet banks of Stillwater, but with her sister's pregnancy taking a dangerous turn and a string of failed relationships in Chicago hanging over her, Frankie is back and hoping to put the past behind her. Within minutes of arriving at Stillwater General Hospital, however, she ends up saving a man's life, only to have him turn up dead hours later - and the hospital blames Frankie.

A cat-and-mouse game of therapy takes Lily down the backstreets of her traumatic past.... Peeling the layers could drag her into perilous territory. Will she find a way out from the depths of her mind? Professionally thriving yet personally floundering, it’s clear that Lily's mid-30s mark a point where seeking help is essential. The chance arises when an impromptu arrangement begins to carve a path away from stubborn memories. Forget walking the walk, the question is, can Lily talk the talk?

Boston expat Maura Donovan has been getting accustomed to Irish living, complete with an inherited house and a pub named Sullivan’s. But now, her mother has returned - and she’s brought Maura’s half-sister in tow. To make matters more confusing, a handful of Cork University students are knocking on Maura’s door, asking about a mystical fairy fort that happens to be located on Maura’s piece of land. Then one of the students disappears after a day of scoping out the fort, and Maura uncovers a decades-old corpse.

Snow is a rarity in Maura Donovan's small village in County Cork, Ireland, so she wasn't sure what to expect when a major snowstorm rolled in around Sullivan's pub. But now she's stranded in a bar full of patrons - and a suspected killer in a long-ago murder. Maura's been in Ireland less than a year and hasn't heard about the decades-old unsolved crime that took place nearby, let alone the infamous suspect, Diane Caldwell.