Ergebnis für "Illuminations" in Krimis & Thriller

It is 1866 and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of 12 local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. A wealthy man has vanished, a whore has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely patterned as the night sky.

On awakening from a 13-month coma, Tara discovers the well-adjusted infant she remembers is gone, replaced by a toddler who shies away from her mother and who has yet to speak her first word. Threats and violence have split the Spencer family apart, and protestors plague Tara wherever she goes after discharging herself from the hospital. A young woman arranges to meet Tara, giving her what she says is the key to unraveling the mystery of Tara's pregnancy and mission. But she brings news of death and destruction as well and is suspicious of Tara's closest allies.

Am 1. Mai 1776 gründet Adam Weishaupt in Ingolstadt den Illuminatenorden. Nur acht Jahre später wird der Geheimbund bereits wieder zerschlagen. Doch warum hält sich bis heute das Gerücht, die Illuminaten hätten nie aufgehört zu existieren? Der Berliner Student Georg Brand findet im Nachlass des Hackers Tron ein verschlüsseltes Dokument, das die Wahrheit enthält, wo genau sich die Erben Weishaupts zwei Jahrhunderte lang "versteckt" haben! Doch die finsteren Ordensbrüder wissen ihre Tarnung mit aller Härte zu verteidigen!

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson reunite after a long and hazardous journey through the icy mountains of Bavaria. They face a dramatic encounter within the walls of a secluded castle. Sherlock Holmes and his brother, Mycroft, give chase, only for their quarry to escape. The three men, in the company of a new and mysterious ally, return to London knowing that an old adversary will be seeking a deadly revenge.