Ergebnis für "Play" in Traditionelle Krimis

Nach einer ausgelassenen Silvesterparty mit Krimi-Motto unter Freunden wird Benjamin am Morgen seines Geburtstages tot aufgefunden. Seine Schwester Abigail sucht verzweifelt nach Antworten. Ein berühmter Privatdetektiv namens Auguste Bell soll ihr helfen, Licht ins Dunkel zu bringen. Dieser zeigt sich erstaunlich bewandert in den Regeln des klassischen Kriminalromans. Plötzlich scheint ein jeder verdächtig zu sein, Auguste Bell zitiert die Anwesenden in den Salon, untersucht verdächtige Tatorte und kommt schließlich zu einem höchst kuriosen Ergebnis.

“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...

Bestselling author David Rosenfelt returns with Dead Men Don't Play Fetch as Andy Carpenter investigates a wealthy dog lover's unusual death. It’s defense lawyer Andy Carpenter’s dream to retire. That goal is once again thwarted when he gets a call from Lou Campanelli, an old friend who he...

The New York Times bestselling author takes a riveting new direction with this richly textured, multi-layered novel of friendship, murder, revenge, and class conflict set in an upper-crust English school—as enthralling and haunting as Ian McKewan’s Atonement and Patricia Highsmith’s The...

Agatha Christie was born in 1890 and created the detective Hercule Poirot in her debut novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920). She achieved wide popularity with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) and produced a total of 80 novels and short story collections over six decades.

Natalie Travers had only just had her house in Brighton converted into flats, and installed five sets of tenants, when her younger brother Julian sent her an appeal for help. Newly deserted by his wife of one year, he was finding it impossible to cope single-handed with his work, with the running of the house and with the care of his baby twins, Rowena and Randall. Natalie’s elder brother, Maurice, and his wife Freddie, were strongly opposed to Natalie’s going to the rescue.

Neste conto, Sherlock Holmes e Dr. Watson são chamados para investigar um caso que envolve a misteriosa e perturbadora aparição de uma figura fantasmagórica em torno de uma casa de campo isolada. O Coronel James Barclay, um homem respeitado, é encontrado morto após um ataque de pânico provocado pela visão. As evidências apontam para a esposa do coronel, Nancy, que estava presente, mas a verdade reside em um segredo há muito enterrado da Guerra na Índia e em uma identidade oculta que ressurge para clamar por justiça ou vingança.

Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude, Hamlet's mother...

Criminal lawyer and all-time #1 mystery author Erle Stanley Gardner wrote close to 150 novels that have sold 300 million copies worldwide. His most popular books starred the incomparable attorney-sleuth Perry Mason. The Case of the Sulky Girl: An impetuous niece who demands her trust fund be released comes to Perry Mason for help. But it's her boyfriend who needs defending when he is charged with murdering her controlling uncle.

The Christmas season brings strange guests to the medieval nunnery of St. Frideswide's. They bear with them the badly mangled body of a villager, swearing they found the drunken fool lying in a ditch. But Meg, the victim's wife and a scullery maid of the cloister, thinks there are far fouler deeds afoot. As the players rehearse for the nativity, ancient scandals lick at their heels and dark desperation haunts Meg's steps as she finds cruel feudal laws threatening to strip away the lands that would support both her and her sons in the wake of her husband's death.

Sherlock Holmes, o renomado detetive britânico, utiliza seu excepcional raciocínio lógico e métodos científicos para resolver mistérios e crimes complexos. Em cada caso, ele é acompanhado por seu inseparável amigo e confidente, o Dr. Watson, que o ajuda a desvendar pistas e entender os enredos mais intricados. Juntos, enfrentam desafios que testam os limites da lógica e da dedução.

Sir Rex Harrison and Cast perform together in this wonderful production which is available for the first time on digital download. Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare about two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero. Benedick and Beatrice are engaged...

Durante uma temporada de descanso na costa da Cornualha, Sherlock Holmes e o Dr. Watson se veem envolvidos em um mistério perturbador. A morte repentina de um homem e o colapso mental de seus dois irmãos chocam uma pequena comunidade, todos ligados por um estranho símbolo africano conhecido como "o Pé do Diabo". Ao investigar a origem do símbolo e seus efeitos letais, Holmes descobre a existência de um raro pó venenoso, trazido de terras distantes, capaz de provocar loucura e morte quase instantâneas.

Sherlock Holmes é procurado por Nathan Garrideb, um excêntrico colecionador americano que afirma ter direito a uma grande herança deixada a pessoas com o mesmo sobrenome. O caso parece trivial, mas Holmes logo desconfia de que há algo errado na história. À medida que investiga, o detetive descobre que a suposta herança é apenas um ardil criado para afastar um homem de seu apartamento, onde está escondido um criminoso envolvido com falsificação de moedas. Quando a situação se torna perigosa e o Dr. Watson é ferido, Holmes abandona sua habitual frieza e age com rara indignação.

King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606. READ BY PAUL SCHOFIELD AND CAST. King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606. It is considered one of his greatest works. King Lear descends...

Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to be written in approximately 1599. Its full titles are The Chronicle History of Henry the Fifth (in the First Quarto text) and The Life of Henry the Fifth (in the First Folio text). It tells the story of King Henry V of England...

In The Case of the Howling Dog, Arthur Cartwright, an anxious man, goes to Perry Mason to have his neighbor arrested for his vindictive and noisy dog. He is under the belief that his howling is an indication that somebody has been murdered in the neighborhood. He demands that his will be written bequeathing the estate to the lady living at the neighbor's house. However, the will is mysteriously altered by an unknown person and Cartwright goes missing, along with the lady.

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.

Quando o melancólico Josiah Amberley relata a Sherlock Holmes a fuga de sua jovem esposa com seu rival de xadrez, o Dr. Ray Ernest, o relato soa familiar: amor roubado e dinheiro levado. Mas a tristeza de Amberley esconde algo mais sinistro. Holmes capta esses indícios e rapidamente desmantela o álibi perfeito do marido. Intrigado e suspeitando de um crime terrível, Holmes precisa enviar Watson em uma viagem falsa para ter tempo de invadir a casa.

Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story "Un Capitano Moro" ("A Moorish Captain") by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565. Othello revolves around four central...