Ergebnis für "Bitter Flowers" in Krimis

PI Varg Veum has returned to duty following a stint in rehab, but his new composure and resolution are soon threatened when three complex cases arrive on his desk in quick succession. A man is found dead in an elite swimming pool and a young woman has gone missing. Most chillingly, Varg Veum is asked to investigate the ‘Camilla Case’: an eight-year-old cold case involving the disappearance of a little girl who was never found.

Der dritte Fall für Holger Munch und Mia Krüger. Ein alter Mann fährt auf einer einsamen Straße im norwegischen Fjell. Plötzlich taucht aus dem Dunkeln eine Gestalt auf, und er schafft es gerade noch zu bremsen. Noch unter Schock kann er nicht glauben, was er sieht: Vor ihm steht ein kleiner Junge mit einem Hirschgeweih auf dem Kopf. Vierzehn Jahre später wird in einem Bergsee ganz in der Nähe eine Leiche gefunden. Die junge Frau trägt das Kostüm einer Balletttänzerin, und im angrenzenden Wald steht eine Kamera, in deren Linse eine 4 eingeritzt ist.

Als die Anwältin Theresa Sommer und Kommissar Lukas Kampmann in einen beschaulichen Hamburger Vorort ziehen, ahnen sie noch nicht, welches Natternnest ...

Ein alter Mann fährt auf einer einsamen Straße im norwegischen Fjell. Plötzlich taucht aus dem Dunkeln eine Gestalt auf, und er schafft es gerade noch zu bremsen. Noch unter Schock kann er nicht glauben, was er sieht: Vor ihm steht ein kleiner Junge mit einem Hirschgeweih auf dem Kopf. Vierzehn Jahre später wird in einem Bergsee ganz in der Nähe eine Leiche gefunden. Die junge Frau trägt das Kostüm einer Balletttänzerin, und im angrenzenden Wald steht eine Kamera, in deren Linse eine 4 eingeritzt ist. Kommissar Holger Munch und seine Kollegin Mia Krüger stehen vor einem Rätsel.

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Rei Shimura, a California girl living in Tokyo, has an antiques business that's only slightly more successful than her love life. When her aunt enrolls her in the Kayama School of Ikebana to learn how to arrange flowers, disaster strikes. A mean teacher is found with scissors in her neck, and Takeo Kayama, the sexy billionaire heir to the school, considers Rei's aunt the main suspect.

Detective Sergeant James Henderson's remarkable gut instincts have put him on a three-year fast track to becoming an inspector. But the advancement of his career has come at a cost. Gay, posh and eager to prove himself in the Metropolitan Police, James has allowed himself few chances for romance. But when the murder of barrister Maria Curzon-Whyte lands in his lap, all that changes. His investigation leads him to a circle of irresistibly charming men. And though he knows better, James finds himself enticed into their company.

Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski knows from the start that Consuelo Alvarado's baby is trouble. Consuelo is 16. Diabetic. And the daughter of a friend. When she goes into labor too early, even V. I.'s wild drive to get her to the hospital can't save either Consuelo or her child.

In the fantasy empire of Rokugan, when a Crane Clan auditor turns up dead in a soy brewery, all eyes turn to nobleman-turned-detective, Daidoji Shin . . . but not to solve the man's murder; rather, Shin is the suspect. Now Shin must attempt to figure out who killed the victim and, more importantly, who framed him, all while outwitting the authorities on his trail—including a dogged Kitsuki investigator with a score to settle. Caught in a spider's web of intrigue and with his enemies closing in, time is running out for Dadoiji Shin . . .

When Meredith Mitchell bumps into her old school friend Rachel Hunter at the Chelsea Flower Show, she is shocked to discover that she was the first wife of her companion, Chief Inspector Alan Markby. But the meeting is not the only surprise; before the afternoon is out, Markby has a death on his hands.

Scandal hits the staid publishing house of Barnabas when one of the directors is found dead in the strong-room. Suspicion immediately falls on his wife's lover, the junior partner in the firm. But how does an unpublished Restoration comedy come to feature in the tragedy? And what of the odd disappearance of another director twenty years before?

London im Jahr 1891: Die Morde im Londoner East End sind längst noch nicht aus den Köpfen der Londoner, als Inspector Andrews, ein junger Scotland Yard Beamter, durch Zufall auf eine Reihe angeblich natürlicher Todesfälle stößt. Trotz eindeutiger Diagnosen, die ein Fremdverschulden ausschließen beginnt Andrews Ermittlungen aufzunehmen. Belächelt von seinem älteren Kollegen McIntyre...

With more than a dash of glamour and serious helpings of style, the witty and courageous Phryne Fisher returns. In 1928 St Kilda’s streets hang with fairy lights. Magic shows, marionettes, tea dances, tango competitions, life-saving demonstrations, lantern shows, and picnics on the beach are all part of the Flower Parade. And who else should be chosen to be Queen of the Flowers but the gorgeous, charming and terribly fashionable Hon Phryne Fisher?