Ergebnis für "Holly" in Hobbydetektive

In sieben Tagen wird Jet Mason tot sein. Jet ist die Tochter einer der reichsten Familien in Woodstock, Vermont. Bis zu jener Halloween-Nacht, als sie von einem unsichtbaren Eindringling brutal angegriffen wird. Dabei erleidet Jet eine schwere Kopfverletzung, und die Ärzte sind sich sicher: In spätestens einer Woche wird ein tödliches Aneurysma Jet umbringen. Jet wird ihren eigenen Mord aufklären.

Mord à la Mode. Ein neuer Todesfall erschüttert Missys Vintage-Boutique an der Englischen Riviera. Ihre Stammkundin Liv, bekannt für ihre Postkarten mit nachgestellten Modegeschichten, stirbt in einem historischen Charabanc - genau wie die frühere Besitzerin ihres Capes. Zufall? Missy glaubt nicht daran. Entschlossen, den Mord aufzuklären, taucht sie tief in die Vergangenheit ein - und stößt dabei auf Geheimnisse, die auch ihre eigene Familie betreffen ... Der dritte Fall von "Missy Marple", die in der Heimat von Agatha Christie mit Charme, Schirm und britischem Humor ermittelt.

In jedem gebrauchten Kleidungsstück verbirgt sich eine Geschichte. In manchen auch ein Mord. Missy, Besitzerin eines Vintage-Lädchens an der Englischen Riviera, entdeckt in einer Lieferung ein ungewaschenes Seidenkleid sowie eine Zigarettenspitze mit einer Nadel. Wurde damit ihre Theaterkollegin Amanda Peer bei einer Dreißiger-Jahre-Party ermordet? Als Missys heimlicher Schwarm Harry Sailor zum Hauptverdächtigen wird, setzt sie alles daran, den Fall zu lösen - zum Unmut von Inspector Corning, dem sie ein Dorn im Auge ist.

Phillip Brown and Timothy Sweitzinger became best friends as boys, went off to war together, and remained steadfast as men to guard each other’s backs from all threats. When Timothy is found in bed with a dead woman, covered in her blood and with no memory of what happened, Phillip vows to uncover what really happened. Phillip’s investigation takes him all over the city of Baltimore, from the lowest of its citizens to the highest, and even to those who were thought to be above suspicion.

"Achtung, Mordwaffe!! Mit Stiel nach unten öffnen!" Missy hält den Zettel, der in ihrem Vintage-Geschäft an einem alten Regenschirm angebracht ist, zunächst für einen Scherz - bis eine Klinge mit Blut aus dem Griff fährt. Schnell wird bekannt, dass das Model Dandya Daisy damit bei einem Fotoshooting attackiert wurde und nun in Lebensgefahr schwebt. Missy will herausfinden, warum der Schirm in ihrem Laden gelandet ist und folgt zusammen mit ihrer Mitarbeiterin Zoe einer Spur, die sie direkt zum Britischen Geheimdienst führt.

Ein Heiratsschwindler und Frauenmörder treibt sein Unwesen in Paris, doch die Polizei tappt im Dunkeln. Erst als eine Frau, die ihm entkommen konnte, behauptet, den Mann an seinem Eau de Toilette wiedererkennen zu können, öffnet sich eine Spur, die für keine Geringere als die Herstellerin von Chanel No 5 von Bedeutung ist: Coco Chanel. Nach der Trennung von ihrem Geliebten Dimitri Romanow und einer kurzen Affäre mit Picasso ist sie zudem einsam. Wird die Hobbydetektivin das nächste Opfer sein?

Harriet White is settling into life in the post room of the Baker Street building society. Until she discovers a letter in The Times challenging Sherlock Holmes to prove his status as the world’s greatest detective by solving an impossible mystery. The letter, signed Professor James Moriarty, advises Holmes that the crime will be committed within the next seven days. Holmes himself must deduce which crime is the correct one to investigate. Dismissing the letter as a prank – after all, Sherlock Holmes isn't real – Harry goes about her business.

Harriet White is no stranger to odd correspondence. Ensconced in the basement of the Baker Street building society, her job is to reply to the mail they receive on behalf of Sherlock Holmes. But while letters to the fictional sleuth may be plentiful, telegrams are rare, and so when she receives one describing the grave situation of celebrated author Philip St John, her interest is piqued. The writer describes St John as being consumed by terror, seeing ghostly apparitions on the fens, and only at ease in the company of his loyal wolfhound.

'The perfect mix of cosy, festive, and twisty . . . the best kind of book to curl up with on a cold night by a roaring fire' KRISTEN PERRIN, author of How to Solve Your Own Murder 'Once again Katy Watson delivers the perfect cosy: atmospheric, ingenious and fun!' IAN MOORE, author of Death and...

A thief who can travel through mirrors, a video game that threatens to spill out of the virtual world, a doomsday cult on a collision course with destiny, and a missing teenager at the center of it all. With the world on the brink of every kind of apocalypse, humanity needs a hero. What it gets...

Holly Wood is days away from saying "I do" to Nick Claus when a chilling discovery threatens to turn her dream wedding into a nightmare. While touring the grand Olde Jolly Hall, Holly stumbles upon a hidden passageway—and the body of Beatrice Harper, the long-missing owner. As whispers spread through the charming town and the mystery deepens, Holly must untangle a web of lies, old rivalries, and hidden motives. Suspicion falls on Charles Harper, Beatrice's enigmatic brother.

A year after the death of her husband, single mother Reggie Stone is barely holding things together. Her nonprofit construction company has run out of funding, her son is being bullied at school, and with the rising cost of bottled water it’s becoming harder by the day to provide her kids with food, water, and a safe place to live. Fueled by desperation, she calls in the one advantage she swore she would never take and moves them to Serenity, the original Sanctuary City, an experimental town surrounded by a smart grid that filters out all pollutants.

On the 45th anniversary of Vampires in the Fog, Greenvale is overrun with cosplayers with plastic fangs and rubber stakes. They've come for a chance to see their favorite B-movie stars and horror podcasters. The Ravenwood witches, Fortuna and her great-aunt Celestia, are attending the opening night festivities when a polarizing celebrity drops dead on stage. The shocking event quickly turns into a murder investigation and the Ravenwoods join forces with an offbeat crew of locals to unravel the mystery before Greenvale's spooky celebration turns into a real life horror show.

Phillip Brown wakes up one bitter November morning to find a woman near frozen on the stoop of the Baltimore home he shares with his sister and uncle. The unconscious woman eventually awakens, unwilling to share who has terrified her while she makes a recovery in the Brown home. He continues his work at the Wiest Oyster Cannery and pouring beer on occasion at his neighborhood brewery while guarding his family from dangerous criminals’ intent of silencing his discoveries about the woman.

International resort developer Nigel Goodwin has traveled all the way from London, England, to Misty Murphy's little corner of North Carolina, and bought out the Mountaintop Lodge for the week prior to Christmas. Their intention? To pitch an exclusive new resort concept to wealthy American investors.

Crime reporter Eleanor Wooley is reporting on the annual Mother's Day Rodeo when wildfire breaks out in Gold Strike County high country and a dead woman is pulled from the nearby Little Bear River. The community turns inward in fear. Wooley, following her own instincts and a series of dead-end trails, worries that this year's Rodeo Queen may be the next victim. During a high-country excursion to Me-Wuk sacred grounds to foil a scheme to dam the Little Bear River, wildfire breaks out again. Anishinaabe wilderness guide Leonard Parker appears again and continues to surprise.

Phillip Brown’s sister discovers a dead man, shot in the back, behind the dress shop she where she’s employed. Sarah Brown begs her brother to find out who has shot the man as the shop owner is fearful and harassed, caught up in the dead man’s crimes. The investigation leads Brown to danger from a notorious dockside fence. While uncovering the murder, his supervisor demands he investigate thefts at his home, the man convinced his servants are thieves. Brown uncovers the true culprit with the help of the daughter of the owner of the Wiest Cannery.

Holly Hands. Twenty-nine. Single mom. Disgraced former boxing pro. Repo woman. Holly wonders if it’s a joke when she’s assigned her new job: to repo a helicopter. She can’t fly. She doesn’t even like heights. Yet where there’s a will, there’s a way. Holly can handle anything - as long as another dead body doesn’t come with it. Unfortunately for her, it does. Luckily, Holly has Lucky by her side - a neglected pit bull she found on the wrong side of a job, who refuses to leave her side - and who, like her, has nowhere to go but up.

For all its merriment, Christmas can also bring melancholy-and in Magic Springs, Idaho, Mia finds that the season has brought her an unhappy ghost who's pulling poltergeist-style pranks to get her attention. When she demands an explanation, the ghost just sends a message: Ask Mary Alice-that is, Mia's beloved Grans, who's been training her to develop her witchy talents. If anyone can figure this out, it's Grans . . . even if she still hasn't managed to free Mia's cat from a previous spell that she cast.

Holly Hands. Twenty-nine. Single mom. Disgraced former boxing pro. Repo woman. Things seem like they may be looking up for Holly - until she is called into for her biggest job yet: to repo a mega-yacht. It seems like an absurd task, made more absurd by the mega party she encounters on board. Yet Holly is up for anything. But that doesn’t include dealing with a dead body. Or for having to solve yet another crime to keep herself out of jail.