Ergebnis für "Butter" in Krimis

The International Butter Festival has come to town! When Harlow Torrent, part-time journalist and full-time Slip witch stumbles upon a dead body, frozen and drained of blood, she's pulled into a murder mystery. Someone has murdered one of the Butter Festival competitors. Was it Zero Bend, punk sculptor extraordinaire with a history of violence? Perhaps Fusion Swan, a sleazy agent playing the publicity game when his clients meet their untimely end?

DEMON CLAWS: The battle against the demons has been won. The town of Tibbet’s Brook is enjoying a peaceful winter until the body of local businessman Rusco Hog is discovered on the old Tanner farm, his fatal injuries pointing towards a demon attack. BUTTER COOKIES: For Selia Barren, the Town Speaker, the evidence doesn’t add up. She suspects foul play. Rusco didn’t become the richest man in town by making friends, and it seems everyone in Tibbet’s Brook has a motive.

Dag Lundmark, Polizeiassistent mit fragwürdiger Vergangenheit, war Leiter einer rasch und effektiv durchgeführten Razzia. Dabei musste Winston Modisane sterben. Aber war der Tod des Südafrikaners wirklich unvermeidlich? Paul Hjelm und Kerstin Holm ermitteln in einem Fall, der im Milieu illegaler Einwanderer beginnt und in der trügerischen Idylle eines schwedischen Sommers atemlos endet. Ein Fall, der mehr mit ihnen selbst zu tun hat, als sie wahrhaben wollen.

In den dunklen Wäldern des nordschwedischen Ångermanlands verschwindet die 14-jährige Emily während einer Klassenfahrt spurlos. Suchaktionen laufen ins Leere. Doch schon bald kommt der Verdacht auf, dass zwischen dem verschwundenen Mädchen und der blutigen Enthauptung eines Mannes in Stockholm eine grausige Verbindung bestehen könnte. Das Ermittlerteam um Paul Hjelm und Kerstin Holm gelangt schnell an moralische Grenzen und stößt auf Spuren, die ins Internet führen - mitten hinein in einen perfiden Kampf zwischen Gut und Böse.

Ein Sommernachtsalbtraum: Vier mysteriöse Buchstaben, P-U-C-K, und vier Opfer, die scheinbar nur eines miteinander verbindet - eine kaum sichtbare Tätowierung. Am hellsten Tag des Jahres präsentiert uns Arne Dahl einen gespenstisch düsteren Täter... Ein kniffliger Fall für die Stockholmer A-Gruppe um Kommissarin Kerstin Holm. Raffiniert, atemberaubend und geradezu teuflisch geht dieser Kriminalroman an die Grenzen des Genres.

Die Mitglieder der A-Gruppe stehen vor neuen Herausforderungen - sie alle ermitteln in schwierigen Fällen: Da sind ein brutaler Mord an einem Stockholmer Restaurantbesucher, ein Zeuge, der nichts gesehen haben will, eine unerklärliche Bombenexplosion in einem Hochsicherheitsgefängnis und ein tödlicher Bandenkrieg. Obwohl die einzelnen Fälle zunächst willkürlich erscheinen, verhärtet sich nach und nach der Verdacht, dass es einen Zusammenhang zwischen ihnen geben könnte.

Ein brutaler Banküberfall samt Geiselnahme in Stockholms Nobelviertel Östermalm eröffnet für die Sonderermittler um Kerstin Holm und Paul Hjelm die gnadenlose Jagd nach einer geheimen Formel, für die viele Leute über Leichen gehen würden. Der raffiniert verschachtelte Fall erfordert nicht nur die geballte Kompetenz des Stockholmer A-Teams, das den Spuren bis nach Venedig folgt, sondern stellt vor allem für Paul Hjelm eine besonders persönliche Herausforderung dar.

Ein Hirnforscher und Nobelpreiskandidat, der kühl und kalkuliert ermordet wurde, und eine bis zur Unkenntlichkeit verstümmelte Leiche in einem Stockholmer Freizeitpark - haben sie etwas miteinander zu tun? Fieberhaft suchen die Sonderermittler um Paul Hjelm und Kerstin Holm nach dem Verbindungsglied in einer bizarren Mordserie. Der Fall führt sie nicht nur durch halb Europa, sondern auch in die Vergangenheit, bis hin zu einem monströsen Verbrechen vor langer Zeit.

Ein schwedischer Literaturkritiker wird auf dem New Yorker Flughafen auf ebenso ungewöhnliche wie grausame Weise getötet. Hinter dem Mord steckt ein bestialischer Serientäter, der nun auf dem Weg nach Schweden ist. Paul Hjelm und Kerstin Holm von der Stockholmer Sonderkommission stoßen auf einen ungeheuerlichen Fall und Vergangenes, das eine Zusammenarbeit mit dem New Yorker FBI unumgänglich macht.

When the formidable Marchioness of Bandberry arrives at Ashcombe Hall, Lady Ellen feels the weight of her critical gaze upon her. But pomp and pageantry soon give way to scandal when a London journalist is found dead on Ellen’s drive. And his body has been marked with the chilling symbol of the Vigilante Slasher.

It’s 1924. Lady Ellen of Ashcombe Hall is on a relaxing hotel break to recuperate. Her nemesis is found dead in the restaurant, face down in his pea and ham soup. Can she confront her past to solve the mystery? Lady Ellen seeks respite in the charming seaside town of Branden Bay, whilst her home, which was used as a convalescent home for war veterans, is being refurbished to its former glory.

Wait. What’s that? The ten-time champion of the fried peanut butter and banana sandwich eating contest just went facedown into a plate piled high with Elvis’s favorite fried treat and can’t be resuscitated? It looks like there’s another case for me and Elvis Purrsley after all.

Lady Ellen settles back into life at Ashcombe Hall and eagerly awaits the return of Captain Ernest Hamilton from Cairo. But her peace is shattered when a notorious thief is found dead on the neighbouring Worthington estate. Heading over to console Lady Jane Worthington, Ellen’s day takes an unexpected turn—a plane crashes on her land, piloted by flame-haired Alex, the Duke of Loxborough, who is once again masquerading under a pseudonym. As charming as he is, Ellen is unnerved by his presence—she does not trust him.

Lady Ellen finds herself presented with another mystery! Lady Ellen spends her last fortnight in Branden Bay relaxing at The Grand Hotel. However, the peaceful holiday she desired is again interrupted when the dance host is found dead in the ballroom. The Frenchman was far from popular and there are a few suspects who would appear to wish him dead, as well as those who benefited from his demise. However, no one appears to know his history.

Ingrid Beaumont's 30th high school class reunion turns up a few surprises. Her friend, world-renowned artist Wylie Jamestone, turns up dead; her ex-husband turns up alive; and her high school sweetheart turns up at her door. Wylie's love of riddles forces Ingrid to turn sleuth if she wants to keep the killer from turning her life completely upside down.

Thanksgiving is Bailey King's busiest holiday weekend. This year promises to be even more hectic, since Bailey's candy shop is providing desserts for Harvest, Ohio's first village-wide Thanksgiving celebration. Yet the event's organizer, Margot Rawlings, is unfazed . . . until she discovers her mother, former judge Zara Bevan, will be in attendance. Zara's reputation as a harsh critic is matched only by her infamy as a judge. No one is prepared when she arrives with much younger boyfriend Blaze Smith. Then Blaze suffers an allergic reaction to something he's eaten and dies on the spot.

In the spring of 1880, Steve Dancy travels to Prescott, Arizona, to gain control of a remarkable invention. But on his first night in the territorial capital, his friend, Jeff Sharp, is arrested for a midnight murder at Thumb Butte. Dancy launches a personal investigation to find the real murderer, only to discover that the whole town wanted the victim dead. For help, he turns to another old friend and associate, Captain Joseph McAllen of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

Attorney Lilly Atkins has survived the long, hot summer in Oklahoma after running home from a cheating fiancé and discovering a former flame had become a career criminal. That infamous ne'er-do-well, Cash Stetson, is on the tail end of a stint in rehab; and with a near-death experience skirted, life-altering epiphany under her belt, and cowgirl boots in place, Lilly is ready to kick butt. Except something's got ahold of her, turning her every way but loose. And as much as she tries to hide her crazy, it keeps flashing everyone on Main Street.

Can Lady Ellen of Ashcombe Hall finally savour a relaxing break at Millars Hotel? Not quite. Her plans take an unexpected turn when a sightseeing tour of Branden Bay Castle turns deadly. The picturesque castle in Branden Bay stands proudly above the town and beach. Lady Ellen finds herself thrust into the heart of a chilling mystery when a tragic incident unfolds, and a soul plummets from one of the castle’s turrets. On a blustery day, it seems like a dreadful accident, but the police suspect foul play.

Marooned after a garden party turns sinister, Lady Ellen finds herself in the midst of an unsettling mystery. An unexpected summer storm leaves occupants and visitors, including Ellen, Lottie and Captain Hamilton, contained within Moor House and grounds after it is cut off from the outside world. When a priceless Egyptian artefact is stolen, the thief leaves the man guarding it brutally maimed.