Ergebnis für "Nemesis" in Historische Krimis

In the high summer of AD 77, Marcus Didius Falco is beset by personal problems. Newly bereaved and facing unexpected upheavals, it is a relief for him to consider someone else’s misfortunes. A middle-aged couple who supplied statues to his father, Geminus, have disappeared. They had a feud with a bunch of notorious freedmen, the Claudii, who live rough in the pestilential Pontine Marshes, terrorising the neighbourhood.

South of Rome on the Gulf of Puteoli stands the splendid villa of Marcus Crassus, Rome’s wealthiest citizen. When the estate overseer is murdered, Crassus concludes that the deed was done by two missing slaves, who have probably run off to join the Spartacan Slave Revolt. Unless they are found...

Miss Marple, en av världens mest skarptänkta detektiver, får ett vykort från sin nyligen avlidna vän Jason Rafiel. En gång hjälpte han henne att lösa ett mordfall, men den här gången är det ett vad han vill göra med henne från bortom graven: om hon lyckas knäcka ett av hans mest svårbegripliga mysterier så får hon ärva 20 000 pund. En förmögenhet för en gammal pensionerad spinster - och aldrig tackar man väl nej till att klura på en mordgåta.

'Another "I can't put it down" thriller by Steve Berry' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A roller coaster ride from start to finish' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ People say the Cold War is coming back. For some, it never went away. Shot down over Siberia in what was to be a simple meet-and-greet...

Counterfeiters, spies, murderers...and Isaac Newton must use his brilliant mind to defeat them all in this pair of full-cast historical crime dramas. In Master of the Mint, a new figure of justice is walking the streets of 17th-century London—Isaac Newton, scientific genius. After thirty years as a Cambridge academic, Newton takes up a new post at the Royal Mint in the Tower of London. In Nemesis, Isaac Newton must contend not only with opponents to his currency plans, but also with a French secret agent who is aiding the theft of England's entire supply of silver.

For Mr and Mrs Thackenbury it seems like there are too many holidays. They start talking about the hypocrisy behind all these holidays, such as Christmas for example. Yet, they love listing some of the people they would like to honor on that day and discuss what they would give to them as a present. After all, they really enjoy having a good time together. If you want to find out what else Mr and Mrs Thackenbury are talking about, read Saki’s short story "The Feast of Nemesis" from 1914. B. J.