Ergebnis für "Jane" in Krimis

The final novel in the highly acclaimed and beloved Thursday Next series. Will Thursday find her happy ending? Swindon-based Literary Detective Thursday Next is embarking on her eighth and final adventure: 'Dark Reading Matter' and she is well aware of the fact. The problem is, others are too...

An einer Berliner Schule wird ein Lehrer erschossen. Der Verdacht fällt auf zwei Schüler. Kommissar Kalkbrenner übernimmt den Fall und stößt auf ein Geflecht aus Lügen, Intrigen und Mord - das ihn schon bald mit seiner eigenen Vergangenheit konfrontiert. Kann er sich und seine Familie schützen?

Hadrian Blake ist ein Bücherdetektiv. Von London aus besorgt er im Auftrag verschrobener Kunden die seltensten Werke. Sechs Bände, gebunden in Menschenhaut, führen ihn auf die Fährte eines antiken Folianten, "Das Thebanische Grab". Zugleich wird Blake von seiner Vergangenheit eingeholt: Einst war er Polizist, bis ein tödlicher Vorfall in der London Library seine Karriere beendete. Schon damals zog sein Erzfeind die Fäden, Tibor Kazanian. Von einem Versteck in Osteuropa aus beherrscht Kazanian eine Sekte, die Bücher in einer vergessenen Sprache verehrt.

A dramatised reading capturing all the passionate intensity of Charlotte Brontë’s great romantic novel. Bronte's infamous Gothic novel tells the story of orphan Jane, a child of unfortunate circumstances. Raised and treated badly by her aunt and cousins and eventually sent away to a cruel...

Die ehemalige Journalistin Violet Brewster möchte in ihrer neuen Gemeinde, dem kleinen englischen Dorf Merrywell, einen guten ersten Eindruck hinterlassen. Darum beschließt sie bei der Aufklärung des Verschwindens der seit vierzig Jahren vermissten Helen Slingsby zu helfen. Bei ihren Nachforschungen stellt Violet jedoch fest, dass hinter der idyllischen Fassade des Dorfes etwas Unheimliches lauert … Als jemand aus dem Dorf bei sich zuhause tot aufgefunden wird, ist Violet überzeugt, dass der Mord etwas mit Helen zu tun hat. Hat Helen wirklich jemals Merrywell verlassen?

A gripping new crime thriller with a ticking clock! 'Thrums along at a breakneck pace' Irish Times 'Fast-paced and action-packed' Woman & Home December Book of the Month 'Pacy, gripping and tightly plotted' Guardian A notorious family… The country-house lifestyle of the Carter family may seem...

Jen Shaw has climbed all her life. The riskier the ascent, the better. Until she went too far and hurt the people she cares about. So she's given it all up now and checked herself into a rehab centre to prove it. Yet, when Jen awakens drugged and dangling off the local lighthouse less than 24 hours after a 'family emergency' takes her home to Cornwall, she needs all her skill to battle her way to safety. Has Jen fallen back into her old ways, or is there a more sinister explanation?

Bestialsk Bedrag er en hæsblæsende og rystende spændingsroman af Jan Larson. Griskhed, terror og menneskeforagt sætter dagsordenen. Hvor et tilsyneladende uskyldigt møde mellem to grene af samme familie fører til et sandt familiedrama. Danske Dan Borre nyder sit otium i det naturskønne...

Milan, 1899. A desperate musical colleague smuggles an envelope to Zoe, Lucy's mother, begging her to deliver it to Sherlock Holmes. When her colleague is killed, Zoe must act quickly to avoid the same fate. She flees to London, only to find she’s been followed by Black Hand thugs determined to retrieve the envelope’s contents - a code which Holmes must decipher.

London, 1899: When a mysterious packet is stolen from a diplomatic courier, Sherlock and Lucy are called upon to recover it before its ominous contents fall into the wrong hands. The Baker Street gang uncovers a dark, tangled web of intrigue and an evil plot that could very well bring all of England to its knees. When a notorious criminal is found dead in the bookstore basement, and the bookseller is arrested for the crime, the danger becomes very real, and very personal. Can Holmes and Lucy find the perilous packet, catch the murderous mastermind, and foil the fiendish plot?

'An impressive unputdownable debut' The Historical Novel Society The Hundred Years' War comes to life in this spellbinding tale of love, betrayal and conspiracy … A quest born on the battlefield will change a young boy’s destiny… Rafi Dubois is five years old when his mother is murdered...

Unabridged readings of five gripping adventure stories This thrilling anthology contains five action-packed tales of incredible journeys, a murderous treasure hunt, invaders from outer space and international espionage - all read in full by some of the very best voice actors. With over 33 hours...

Charlotte et ses copines sont fans de Kdramas, les séries coréennes qui déferlent sur nos plateformes de streaming. Elle est donc aux anges quand une équipe de tournage venue de Séoul débarque dans le Gers pour tourner quelques scènes, avec la star Lee Do-yeong à la beauté légendaire. La chance est du côté de notre héroïne et elle se retrouve aide à tout faire auprès du cuisinier de l'équipe, le sympathique Park Jong-su. Elle parvient même à caser les quelques mots de vocabulaire durement appris dans des conversations trilingues ! Le bonheur...

Billie, Mary Alice, Helen and Natalie have worked for the Museum, an elite network of assassins, for forty years. But now their talents are considered old-school and no one appreciates their real-world resourcefulness in an age of technology. When the foursome is sent on an all-expenses-paid trip to mark their retirement, they are targeted by one of their own. Only the Board, the top-level members of the Museum, can order the termination of field agents, and the women realise they've been marked for death.

Para ser una esclava en el Saint-Domingue de finales del siglo XVIII, Zarité había tenido buena estrella: a los nueve años fue vendida a Toulouse Valmorain, un rico terrateniente, pero no conoció ni el agotamiento de las plantaciones de caña ni la asfixia y el sufrimiento de los trapiches, porque siempre fue una esclava doméstica. Su bondad natural, fortaleza de espíritu y honradez le permitieron compartir los secretos y la espiritualidad que ayudaban a sobrevivir a los suyos, los esclavos, y conocer las miserias de los amos, los blancos.

'Who can resist a smart, resourceful and independent Regency heroine? Prepare to fall head over heels' Good Housekeeping 1812 London Up-and-coming novelist Jane Austen joins forces with London's most esteemed investigative duo – the infamous Dora Fitz-Pennington and disgraced son of a Viscount...

When the shadowy circumstances of a relative's death are brought to light, Jane and Lila are plunged into the recesses of an underground drug operation with links to a burgeoning fascist movement in this thrill ride from the author of Broken River. The Pool sisters have gone into business...

A young woman searches for the truth about her sister, who boarded a ship headed to the frozen Arctic and never returned in this “engrossing historical mystery” (The Washington Post) from the author of The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives and Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter...

On a brisk fall day, a six-year-old boy and his nanny vanish without a trace during a trip to the London Tower. When the boy’s father, Lord Rollings, is summoned to the Tower to receive ransom instructions, he immediately puts Sherlock and Lucy on the case. The clues are scant and the tension is high - every moment that passes could bring the boy closer to danger.

Jane Barnaby thought she'd planned the perfect Christmas vacation. She'd invited her father and his fiancée to join her in Spain at her archaeological dig. They'd see her work, meet her mentor and enjoy a few days of sunny Mediterranean beaches in the dead of winter. What could go wrong?