Ergebnis für "Play" in Privatdetektive

While her parents are just yards away, thirteen-month-old Lily Hamilton is abducted from Ayr beach in Scotland. Three days later, her distraught father turns up at private investigator Charlie Cameron's office. Mark Hamilton believes he knows who has taken his daughter. And why. Against his better judgment, Charlie takes the case—and when bodies are discovered, he suspects this may not be an isolated crime. Is there a serial killer whose work has gone undetected for decades? Is baby Lily his latest victim?

“Louise Hegarty’s genre-splicing debut is a treat—clever, confident, and always surprising, a mystery story that ingeniously escapes the locked room of the genre to take on the biggest questions of life and death.”—Paul Murray, author of The Bee Sting For fans of Anthony Horowitz and...

Scott and Lisa are enjoying their first cruise on the new sailboat when a call from a potential client interrupts their weekend in Saint Petersburg. Lionel Argus is the owner of Destiny Cruises, a successful Florida-based gambling cruise line. He’s been receiving racial threats against his life, and he needs private investigator Scott Jarvis to find out who’s behind it.

Clara Morrow lleva muchos años trabajando en el más absoluto anonimato como pintora aficionada en Three Pines, un tranquilo pueblecito de las afueras de Montreal. Así que, cuando el Musée d'Art Contemporain de la capital decide acoger una exposición sobre su obra, Clara no da crédito a la noticia. La sensación de irrealidad y los nervios que la atenazan la noche del vernissage se prolongan en la cena que ofrece en su casa para amigos y miembros del mundillo artístico.

Der Privatdetektiv Sam Crane sucht einen Wirtschaftskriminellen, der in einer Kleinstadt untergetaucht zu sein scheint. Gemeinsam mit der jungen Tramperin M.V. erreicht er das abgelegene Maple Hobbs. Doch schon kurz nach deren Ankunft bemerken die beiden merkwürdige Vorgänge.

Over the past five years, Allison Parker has survived a serial killer, an attempted murder, a terrorist attack, and an international assassin. How could agreeing to investigate the claims of a confidential informant possibly be dangerous? Answer: When the confidential informant is the little sister of convicted murderer and prison kingpin J.T. Begley. Seizing the opportunity to ensure inside protection for her brother Rice, Allison agrees to take the case.

Amber Eckart is a Seattle investigator with a nose for truth and red ink in her books; bills are piling up, and creditors are starting to get nasty. When a downtown lawyer drops a big check on the table and asks her to poke at a dodgy foreclosure, it looks like the easy money she needs. But in the world of 21st century finance, little is simple...and less is sacred.

Dr. Everett Owens knocks at the door of professional sleuth Mackenzie August with a tale of woe - Roanoke City’s premier residents are being burglarized and the Everetts have been framed for the crime. To investigate, Mackenzie must unearth dirty secrets buried by Roanoke’s royalty. As the plot thickens, Mackenzie’s carefully ordered world is struck by tragedy, and he comes even closer to Veronica Summer’s final secret.

Another day, another secret. Novice PI Mackenzie Taylor is going stir crazy. Deep in the throes of a classic New England winter, the endless hours of following cheating spouses have left her feeling jaded and restless. Not to mention the emotional tug of war when the father of her teenage child suddenly starts hanging around and putting a major crimp in Mackenzie's fledgling relationship with the hot Detective Hunter Black. So when she's asked to help find a missing bride, Mackenzie jumps at the chance to do some good.

Mary Devereux tells Sherlock Holmes that her stepfather has obtained the corpses of two executed criminals, and is storing them in an outbuilding of the family seat in Warwickshire. Unknown men visit the house on Friday nights, and depart mysteriously in the family carriage, driven by her stepfather, who also appears to be making significant inroads into the family fortune.

Em visita ao Brasil o famoso detetive Leônidas vai até a cidade de Enseada das Garças para dar suporte à segurança pública local. Lá, ele conhece Agenor, um "sem teto" que vive dentro de um barco. Com o tempo descobrem coisas em comum e desenvolvem uma amizade. Porém Agenor é assassinado, e o detetive deve desvendar o enigma da morte de seu amigo.

The Baskerville family curse tells of how a terrifying, supernatural hound roams the moors around Baskerville Hall and preys on members of the family in revenge for a terrible crime committed by one of their ancestors. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in his grounds, with a large animal footprint near his lifeless body, the locals are convinced that the hound is back. It is up to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to uncover the truth and keep the new heir to Baskerville Hall safe from danger.

Holmes se depara com um antigo mistério ao ser convocado para visitar uma senhora que se recusa a mostrar o rosto. Um terrível crime cometido há sete anos teve consequências terríveis, e cabe a Holmes salvar a inquilina de rosto coberto de seu próprio remorso.