Ergebnis für "Edinburgh Nights Book 2 Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments" in Krimis & Thriller

Edinburgh, 1888. Der begnadete Ermittler Ian Frey wird von London nach Schottland zwangsversetzt. Für den kultivierten Engländer eine wahre Strafe. Als er seinen neuen Vorgesetzten, Inspector McGray, kennenlernt, findet er all seine Vorurteile bestätigt: Ungehobelt, abergläubisch und bärbeißig, hat der Schotte seinen ganz eigenen Ehrenkodex. Doch dann bringt ein schier unlösbarer Fall die beiden grundverschiedenen Männer zusammen: Ein Violinist wird grausam in seinem Heim ermordet.

A wicked Scottish winter has just begun when pioneering female physician Sophia Jex-Blake calls on Detective Inspector Ian Hamilton to investigate the suspicious death of one of her patients - a railroad lineman who she believes succumbed to the horrific effects of arsenic poisoning. The most provocative aspect of the case doesn’t escape Hamilton: the married victim’s numerous sexual transgressions. Now, for the first time since the unexplained fire that killed his parents, Hamilton enters the Royal Infirmary to gain the insights of brilliant medical student Arthur Conan Doyle.

Spiritualism has captured the public’s imagination. Séances are all the rage, and Detective Ian Hamilton’s otherwise sensible aunt Lillian is not immune to their allure. But for Ian, indulging her superstitions has its limits. When members of Lillian’s circle of séance friends begin turning up dead, Ian doesn’t need a medium to tell him these aren’t freak accidents.

Detective Inspector Ian Hamilton is no stranger to Edinburgh's darkest crimes. Scarred by the mysterious fire that killed his parents, he faces his toughest case yet when a young man is found strangled in Holyrood Park. With little evidence aside from a strange playing card found on the body, Hamilton engages the help of his aunt, a gifted photographer, and George Pearson, a librarian with a shared interest in the criminal mind.

From the dramatic Highlands to bustling cities, the unique landscapes and locales of Scotland have enthralled and shaped generations of mystery writers. This new collection presents 17 classic stories, spanning a period from the 1880s to the 1970s, by a host of Scottish authors alongside writers from south of the border inspired by the history and majesty of the storied country.