Ergebnis für "Magus" in Krimis & Thriller

Der Vatikan-Thriller von Bestsellerautor Arno Strobel: Als der neu gewählte Papst die Loggia über dem Petersplatz betritt, fällt ein Schuss - er ist tödlich! Schnell wird der Attentäter gefasst, der jedoch jegliche Aussage verweigert. Stattdessen spielt er Bischof Corsetti eine mysteriöse Kiste zu. Die Kiste ist schwer und randvoll mit Tagebüchern, die ein noch schwerer wiegendes Geheimnis bergen: Sie führen Corsetti auf die Spur einer Bruderschaft, die ein Komplott gegen die katholische Kirche schmiedet.

John Fowles’s The Magus was a literary landmark of the 1960s. Nicholas Urfe goes to a Greek island to teach at a private school and becomes enmeshed in curious happenings at the home of a mysterious Greek recluse, Maurice Conchis. Are these events, involving attractive young English sisters, just psychological games, or an elaborate joke, or more? Reality shifts as the story unfolds. The Magus reflected the issues of the 1960s perfectly, and it continues to create tension and concern today.

As the summer sun beats down on the ancient town of Acitrezza, a folk festival plays out in the picturesque harbour. Music, laughter and the aroma of local delicacies fill the air, and a traditional pantomime draws a crowd. For rookie journalist Nedda Leonardi, it's just another day's reporting in a calendar of unremarkable events. Until that is, the performers dive in the sparkling Ionian Sea for their finale... and emerge with a corpse. Could this be Nedda's big break?

A man's body is found below a waterfall. It looks like suicide or an accidental drowning – until DI Frannie Bliss enters the dead man's home. What he finds there has him consulting Merrily Watkins, the Diocese of Hereford's official advisor on the paranormal.

Everyone knows UK general elections aren’t what they were. British politics, Westminster in particular, is mired in an integrity crisis. Expenses scandals, cash for questions, a tainted honours system, and other wrong-turns have deeply disillusioned the electorate...The Social Magus is the first of the Tales of MI7 series to be set mostly in London. Written in the run-up to the 2015 general election, it examines some of the trends and concerns that later materialised in “Corbynism” and the Momentum movement.