Ergebnis für "Lost" in Historische Krimis

When Nicole visits Stiles Castle, the stately home of Lady Caroline Seaton, she doesn’t expect to stumble upon a centuries-old mystery hidden in the noble family’s genealogical tree. Once she finds that some vital details have been removed from the ancestral records, Nicole can’t refuse her friend’s plea to discover the truth and help her save the floundering family business.

Plötzlich und unerwartet segnet Lord Ian Chamberwell das Zeitliche. Die Zeitungen verkünden, der angesehene, wohlhabende Mann sei "sanft entschlafen". Zudem scheint es auch keinen Hinweis darauf zu geben, dass irgend jemand anderes seine Hände dabei mit im Spiel gehabt haben könnte. -- Dennoch ist Sherlock Holmes skeptisch, als er die näheren Umstände auf dem Anwesen "Chamberwell Heights" inspiziert. Zu viele Feinde und Gegenspieler des verstorbenen Lords ziehen nun einen Vorteil aus dem vorzeitigen Ableben ihres Widersachers.

Noch bevor sich Holmes und Watson begegnet sind, war Holmes bereits auf Verbrecherjagd. Einer die-ser Kriminellen war Robert Mason, wie Holmes in "Eine Studie in Scharlachrot" anmerkte. Allerdings konn-te Mason nie überführt werden, da Holmes die wissenschaftlichen Mittel dazu fehlten. Jahre später ereig-net sich ein weiterer Mord und erneut scheint Mason der Täter zu sein. Um ihn jetzt endlich wegen Mordes zu überführen, reisen Holmes und Watson extra nach Bradford. Doch auch diesmal scheinen alle Vorteile auf Masons Seite zu liegen. Wird der Täter erneut ungeschoren davonkommen?

Ein Brief von Ms Cäcilie Forrester erreicht Sherlock Holmes. Die ehemalige Vermieterin von Watsons verstorbener Frau Mary bittet den Detektiven erneut um Hilfe, nachdem er ihr schon einmal in der Vergangenheit behilflich war. Und genau wie damals, scheint die Ursache des Problems in einem kleinen Schmuckstück zu liegen, das Ms Forrester ihr Eigen nennt. Der oder die Täter schrecken weder vor Einbruch noch vor Morddrohungen zurück, um an das Geschmeide zu gelangen. Als Holmes und Watson mit dem Fall beginnen, ahnen sie noch nicht, welch eine gefährliche Reise vor ihnen liegt.

From the authors of the best-selling series CHERRINGHAM When a well-dressed man arrives in Mydworth, with a nasty head wound and no memory of who he is, or why he is there - Kat and Harry look after him. But it quickly becomes clear that this 'Lost Man' is, for some unknown reason, on the run - and his pursuers are desperate to find him. As Kat and Harry retrace the man's strange journey back to London's East End, they find themselves up against dangerous people who - with time running out - will do absolutely anything to stop the Lost Man from remembering.

November 1146. Gwynedd is at war with Ranulf, Earl of Chester, who seeks to gain a foothold in Wales against the day peace finally comes to England. On the eve of King Owain's counter-assault on Mold Castle, the body of a woman who bears a striking resemblance to Gwen is discovered buried in someone else's grave. Even in the midst of war, murder must be investigated, and it falls to Gareth and Gwen to bring the guilty to justice.

When Sir Harry is asked to go to Paris for a Secret Intelligence Service meeting, he - of course - asks Kat to come along. But the getaway à deux quickly turns dangerous when Harry goes missing. Suddenly, with both their lives in danger, it's up to Kat to find out what's really going on. As the trail takes her from grand hotels to the late-night bars of Place Pigalle, it soon becomes clear that treachery has a murderous price in the City of Light.

"Narrator Scott Brick's smooth voice flows with the twists and turns of Berry's political thriller...Secrets unravel, and tensions rise as Brick shifts vocal focus from the historical secret society to contemporary conspirators who include corrupt politicians and judges." — AudioFile Magazine...

June 1815. The people of London wait breathlessly for news as Napoléon and the forces united against him hurtle toward their final reckoning at Waterloo. Among them is Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, frustrated to find himself sidelined while recovering from a dangerous wound he recently received in Paris. When the mutilated corpse of Major Miles Sedgewick surfaces from the murky waters of the Thames, Sebastian is drawn into the murder investigation, which threatens one of his oldest and dearest friends, Irish surgeon Paul Gibson.

Winter 1887: Ein grausamer Mord in Soho erschüttert London und versetzt Scotland Yard in Alarmbereitschaft. Inspektor Lestrade setzt alle Hebel in Bewegung, um die abscheuliche Bluttat aufzuklären und den Schuldigen dingfest zu machen. Auch der beratende Detektiv Sherlock Holmes bietet seine Hilfe und Unterstützung an. Bald steht fest, dass der Mord nicht unbeobachtet geschah. Holmes kommt dahinter, dass es eine unfreiwillige Augenzeugin gegeben haben muss.

The third incredible novel in the highly acclaimed Malabar House series featuring Persis Wadia, India's first female police detective. A Times Audiobook of the Week Bombay, 1950 When the body of a white man is found frozen in the Himalayan foothills near Dehra Dun, he is christened the Ice Man...

The resourceful and intrepid Rosalind Thorne, a heroine after Jane Austen’s heart, returns to solve another mystery within Regency-era high society in the latest novel in Darcie Wilde’s nationally bestselling historical series. Ideal for fans of Amanda Quick, Lauren Willig, and Deanna...

Jedes englische Gemäuer, das etwas auf sich hält, wird angeblich von übersinnlichen Geistererscheinungen heimgesucht. Auch "Learson Castle" scheint sich nun in die illustre Riege jener traditionsbewussten Spukhäuser einzureihen. Zumindest ist Colonel Arthur Warburton plötzlich fest davon überzeugt, eine unheimliche Geisterstimme zu hören, die nach ihm ruft. Auch schwört er Stein und Bein, in schaurigen Gewitternächten eine blasse, körperlose Gestalt gesehen zu haben, die im Schloss umhergeht... Lady Miriam weiß sich bald keinen Rat mehr - verliert Warburton etwa den Verstand?

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ""An engrossing and sumptuous tale, this novel is a fantastic spring read."" — Good Morning America From the New York Times bestselling team of Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White—a novel of money and secrets set among the famous summer mansions of...

Im vornehmen Londoner Stadtteil Belgravia residiert der Gentlemen's Club Tankerville, zu dessen Mitgliedern auch der Hobby-Astronom und leidenschaftliche Spieler Major Pendergast zählt. Doch im Tankerville Club kommt es zu einem handfesten Skandal, als während eines Kartenspiel-Turniers auffällt, dass Major Pendergast zu unlauteren Mitteln greift. Denn in seinem Ärmel hält er ein paar zusätzliche Karten bereit, um seinem Spielglück etwas auf die Sprünge zu helfen.

This special audiobook edition features behind-the-scenes commentary by author Steve Berry after some chapters. The Knights of the Golden Circle was the largest and most dangerous clandestine organization in American history. It amassed billions in stolen gold and silver, all buried in hidden...

Matthew Bartholomew doesn't want to travel to Peterborough in the summer of 1358, but his friendship with the lovely Julitta Holm has caused a scandal in Cambridge, so he has no choice. He is one of a party of Bishop's Commissioners, charged to discover what happened to Peterborough's abbot, who went for a ride one day and has not been seen since. When the Commissioners arrive, they find the town in turmoil.

With her sharpened magical senses, Sylvia recognizes invisible writing while cataloging an obscure book for the library. She’s shocked to discover the message, written many years earlier, pleaded for help. She’s even more shocked to discover the author of the message was married to a paper magician. Could there be a connection to Sylvia’s father? With a magical mystery on her hands, Sylvia engages the help of Gabe Glass, and together they follow the clues to the location of two hidden ledgers that implicate a very dangerous individual in an illegal bookmaking scheme.

Decades ago, a mysterious treasure vanished in the middle of the night. But the secrets it held were worth more than gold. The thrilling follow-up to The Secret of the Stones sends former government agent Sean Wyatt and his sidekick Tommy Schultz from the deserts of the American southwest to the hills and jungles of Ecuador in a race to find the mysterious lost treasure. The treasure is somehow linked to the legendary Lost Chambers of Gold that has remained hidden for thousands of years. But the chambers hold a deeper secret, one on which an evil mastermind has his sights set.

To rebuild her life, grieving widow Maya Bishop moves to a cottage she inherited in the Pacific Northwest, next door to a charming new neighbor, Nick. She is looking to regain some peace. But one day Maya finds a painting with a bloodstained frame hidden in a linen chest. On the back of the canvas is a confession—I killed her. I’m sorry. Before she knows it, Maya is drawn into a decades-old mystery.