Ergebnis für "Georges" in Weibliche Detektive

#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Punishment She Deserves Elizabeth George has millions of fans following her Inspector Lynley series. As USA Today put it, "It's tough to resist George's storytelling, once hooked." With Believing the Lie, she's poised to hook countless more...

Un anciano sacerdote viaja desde un pequeño pueblo del norte de Reino Unido hasta Londres para pedir ayuda a Scotland Yard. En una granja de su parroquia ha descubierto el cuerpo decapitado del propietario y a su hija junto a él, en estado de shock y declarándose culpable. Pero nadie en la población cree que Roberta haya sido capaz de semejante crimen. El inspector Lynley y la sargento Havers son los encargados de resolver un complicado caso repleto de contradicciones.

In Gutt's Hill herrscht große Aufregung: ein echter Turner ist aus dem Haus von Ernest Joseph gestohlen worden! Natürlich fällt der Verdacht sofort auf Hercule Flambeau, der zurzeit in der Wohnung unter der Apotheke wohnt. Als die Polizei in eben dieser Wohnung einen Nachschlüssel zum Haus von Ernest Joseph findet, wird Hercule Flambeau festgenommen. Doch Mimi Rutherfurt ist sich sicher, dass der ehemalige Kunstdieb nicht rückfällig geworden ist. Sie setzt alles daran, seine Unschuld zu beweisen, und merkt gar nicht, dass sie sich dabei gefährliche Feinde macht.

The Southern sisters have just returned from a trip to Europe, but they barely have time to get over jet lag before they are involved in another mystery. An anguished cousin has lost his wife to a snake-handling preacher, and when the sisters travel to a remote mountain settlement to find her, they discover a corpse instead. An award-winning novelist and poet, Anne George has entertained millions of fans with her Agatha Award-winning mysteries.

Kommissar Maigrets Frau Pauline grämt sich wegen eines verpatzten Abendessens. Dabei stecken noch ganz andere Qualitäten in ihr: Denn als der Buchbinder Steuvels durch eine anonyme Anzeige beschuldigt wird, eine Leiche in seinem Heizofen verbrannt zu haben, und als ein kleiner brauner Koffer auftaucht und auf mysteriöse Weise wieder verschwindet, ist Maigret mit seiner Weisheit am Ende. So beginnt Pauline, das Rätsel hinter einem Brief ohne Unterschrift und Absender, Maigrets Geisterkoffer und einem weißen Hütchen selbst zu lösen.

I'm Hazel Kinsey, a special agent for the FBI, and I'm also a witch. Seventeen years earlier, I packed up my belongings and my squirrel familiar Tizzy, and I left my paranormal hometown of Paradise Falls for good. Or so I thought. When my best friend from high school, Lily Mason, calls and asks me to investigate her brother's murder, I can't say no. She was there for me during the worst time of my life, and it's my turn to return the favor, no matter the personal cost.

Pregnant werecougar Lily Mason and her human mate Parker Knowles will soon be first-time parents, and they're not nervous at all. Hah! Yes, they are. The duo is determined to do everything right. Including getting their two adorable pitties, Smooshie and Elvis, prepared for a human sibling, baby-proofing everything around the house, buying a family-friendly vehicle, and taking birthing classes at the community center. Lily and Parker are making friends with several of the other parents-to-be. They are bonding over nurseries, baby showers, and all the joys and not-so-joyous parts of pregnancy.

Bei ihrer Ankunft am Bahnhof von Gutt's Hill erleben Mimi Rutherfurt und Hercule Flambeau eine unangenehme Überraschung: Der Bahnhofswärter Mr. Pinkney liegt erschlagen in seinem Fahrkartenschalter. Hat er irgendetwas am Bahnhof beobachtet, das unter keinen Umständen an die Öffentlichkeit kommen soll? Oder war Mr. Pinkney selbst in krumme Geschäfte verwickelt? Auch die Möglichkeit, dass der Täter aus dem privaten Umfeld kommt, kann nicht ausgeschlossen werden.

Nach einem Lesezirkel im Haus der Windshires, an dem auch Mimi Rutherfurt und Hercule Flambeau teilgenommen haben, wird die Society-Lady Lindsay Windshire tot in ihrem Lesezimmer aufgefunden. Mimi Rutherfurt und Hercule Flambeau ermitteln und stellen schnell fest, dass sich Lindsay Windshire wohl doch nicht so großer Beliebtheit erfreute, wie zuvor angenommen. Sowohl ihre Kusine Tara Hopster als auch ihre Chorschwester Evelyn Greiling hätten ein Motiv, sich an Lindsay Windshire zu rächen. Jeder von ihnen wurde durch die Society-Lady übel mitgespielt.

Lily Mason and her pittie, Smooshie, both have a nose for murder, but this is one cougar-shifter who would give her left paw to never find another dead body. All she wants is to enjoy a simple life in her new town, her fixer-upper house, while working a job she loves. Besides, the mystery of whether Parker Knowles, her boss at the rescue shelter, will or won't finally ask her out gives Lily plenty to keep her guessing. But when an abandoned pit bull puppy leads Lily and Smooshie to the corpse of a local Lothario, she is once again drawn into the seedier side of small-town living.

My name is Nora Black, and I'm 51 years young. At least that's what I tell myself, when I'm not having hot flashes; my knees don't hurt; and I can find my reading glasses. I'm also the proud owner of a salon called Scents & Scentsability in the small resort town of Garden Cove, where I make a cozy living selling handmade bath and beauty products. All in all, my life is pretty good. Except for one little glitch.

When Lily Mason and her human boyfriend, Parker Knowles, help a friend rescue two abused pitties, they're determined to find out who abandoned the dogs in a deserted house. But the decrepit home has other secrets, too, such as the dead body in the basement. For once, Lily hasn't stumbled upon a corpse, but Parker's buddy has - and he's arrested for murder. With the help of their friends, human and nonhuman alike, Lily and Parker are determined to find out what really happened. Even if it means putting their own lives in danger.

In the paranormal town of Paradise Falls, witch Hazel Kinsey is settling into her new job as police chief and as the mate of hunky werebear Ford Baylor. Unfortunately, Halloween in Paradise Falls means enduring yet another year of prank wars between the witches and the shifters. She must tolerate the annoying shenanigans until one trick turns out to be a real killer. Now Hazel has to solve the murder, protect her mate from rampant clown attacks, host a Halloween party for her squirrel familiar, and oh yeah, shut down the hellmouth that's appeared in the middle of town.

When Lily Mason and her friends go on a winter holiday to a pet-friendly mountain resort, no one expects murder to be on the weekend's agenda. Things get twisted, when Lily and company discover the victim is no victim, and the suspects all have a reason for wanting him dead.

England 1928. Mystery writer Marius Quin receives alarming news from his sleuthing partner Lady Bella Montague that their childhood friends are in danger. Back in their charming village of Hurtwood, the three Heaton cousins have all been sent identical death threats. When the local constable refuses to help, it’s up to Marius and Bella to stop the would-be killer. But they arrive too late, and Marius finds his former best friend dead in his kitchen with a knife through the heart.

A disgruntled bear fiance. A wanted familiar. A hairless cat named Lonnie. For Hazel Kinsey, it's just another day in Paradise Falls. When Hazel's familiar Tizzy the Squirrel fell in love with another familiar, they had no idea her furry pal would gain witch magic. Apparently, that's a big no-no for the High Familiar Clowder, the council who rules all familiars. When the Clowder shows up in Paradise Falls to decommission Tizzy and send her to the in-between, Haze defies the stick-in-the-butt jerkfaces by refusing to trade in Tiz for a new familiar.

Like a vegan at a barbecue, trouble rolls into town in the form of a pack of werewolves. These furry interlopers aren't here for the scenic hikes or the artisanal honey—oh no, they want a piece of Paradise Falls, and they're not asking politely. When the Witch-Shifter Coalition votes to boot the wolves, the head howler throws down the gauntlet, declaring the sacred Rite of Arphlitian—a ritual fight to the death as ancient as the town's oldest oak tree.

"San José no está." Esta fue la reflexión del sacerdote anglicano ante el cuadro "La Virgen con el Niño", de Leonardo, expresión quizá de aspiraciones insatisfechas que encontraron en Deborah St. James, con su maternidad frustrada, una oyente receptiva. Algún tiempo más tarde, el sacerdote muere –envenenamiento accidental, según la investigación– en su vicaría de Lancashire, poco antes de la llegada de Deborah y su marido Simon. Varios son los enigmas que rodean el caso: ¿quién es la mujer sin pasado en cuya casa tomó el vicario su postrera cena?

Adam and Heather weren't related—or so they were told—but they didn't believe what their adoptive parents said. Growing up in a small town, they knew instinctively they were brother and sister. Thirty years later, a DNA test confirmed they were right. With time on their hands in 2020, the siblings hire genealogist Karen Copperfield to unravel the mystery that has shaped their lives: the identity of their birth parents. Nothing they have found out themselves adds up.

When Lydia Wickham is struck down in the middle of the day, everyone turns to her husband, George Wickham, for answers, but he has nothing to tell them. He has no idea what happened to his wife. The task of investigating the matter falls to Kitty, Lydia’s sister, and Mr. Andrew Selkirk, a neighbor who is recuperating from an injury sustained while working as a member of the Bow Street Horse Patrol. Is George Wickham as innocent as he claims? Or did he hurt his wife and hope to get away with it?