Ergebnis für "Pyramiden" in Krimis

Henning Mankell, 1948 als Sohn eines Richters in Stockholm geboren, wuchs in Härjedalen auf. Als 17-jähriger begann er am renommierten Riks-Theater in Stockholm, das Regiehandwerk zu lernen. 1972 unternahm er seine erste Afrikareise. Sieben Jahre später erschien sein erster Roman "Das Gefangenenlager, das verschwand".

When Kurt Wallander first appeared in Faceless Killers back in 1990, he was a senior police officer, just turned forty, with his life in a mess. His wife had left him, his father barely acknowledged him; he ate badly and drank alone at night. The Pyramid chronicles the events that led him to...

The Pyramid is the long-awaited addition to Henning Mankell's critically celebrated and internationally best-selling Kurt Wallander mystery series: the book of five short mysteries that takes us back to the beginning. Here are the stories that trace, chronologically, Wallander's growth from a rookie cop into a young father and then a middle-aged divorcé, illuminating how Wallander became a first-rate detective and highlighting new facets of a now canonical character.

1930: Miss Clara Vale, chemistry major turned detective, is taking a night off from sleuthing to attend the launch party of a new exhibition at the Hancock Museum in Newcastle. But when the piece de resistance, a rare ornate sarcophagus, is finally opened and it turns out the mummy inside it is a fake it looks like there is no rest for Clara after all... Later that night, she is summoned back to the museum and asked to investigate a series of stolen Egyptian artefacts.

Heftiger Dauerregen drückt den Bewohnern im sizilianischen Vigàta aufs Gemüt, als Commissario Montalbano Nachricht vom Fund einer männlichen Leiche auf einer Baustelle erhält. Kurz darauf sind die Ehefrau des Ermordeten und ein mysteriöser Begleiter verschwunden. Die örtlichen rivalisierenden Clans weisen alle Schuld von sich und propagieren einen Ehrenmord. Doch Montalbano kommt schon bald Machenschaften um einen lukrativen Bauauftrag auf die Spur.

It’s 1924, and Blix Windway has made a career out of her wanderlust, giving lectures to ladies’ groups about everything from the flora of the American desert to the beauty of the Swiss Alps, but she needs new material for her talks. She strikes what seems to be an ideal agreement with an eccentric older lady. Blix will be her travel companion during a journey to Egypt, helping to smooth the way through customs and coordinate sightseeing tours.

January 1901. Abigail and Daniel Wilson, often lauded as "The Museum Detectives," are on their way to the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza. Their explorations of the pyramid, including the Robbers' Tunnel, take a very sinister turn when they come upon the dead body of a man who has been brutally garrotted. Investigations by the local police reveal him to be Simeon McGruder, a wealthy American who is financing an excavation of the pyramids.

The Pyramid of Mud is the twenty-second Inspector Montalbano mystery from Italy's finest crime writer, Andrea Camilleri. It's been raining for days in Vigàta, and the persistent downpours have led to violent floods overtaking the Inspector's beloved hometown, sweeping across the land and...

Das berufliche Interesse an Mumifizierungstechniken der Pharaonenzeit führt den Meisterdetektiv in Begleitung seines zeitweiligen Assistenten David Tristram nach Ägypten. In Alexandria angekommen erwartet ihn unverhofft der Auftrag des Ausgräbers Doktor Jones, die verloren gegangene historische Landkarte aus dem Besitz des Veteranen Major Wallace wiederzubeschaffen. Holmes trifft auf den zwielichtigen koptischen Priester Menas, der nebenbei einen Kunsthandel betreibt und auf einen ebenso undurchsichtigen Kaufmann, der sich Saladin nennt.

Sir Augustus Wall, a horribly mutilated veteran of the Great War, has left Europe behind to open an antiquities shop in Cairo. But Europe's troubles follow him as a priceless inscription is stolen and those who know its secrets start turning up dead.

Nicolas Le Floch à nouveau aux prises avec les turpitudes aristocratiques mais aussi l'atmosphère délétère des années pré-révolutionnaires : Un complot menace la famille royale : Nicolas Le Floch, en plein cœur de l'hiver le plus rude du siècle, met tout en œuvre pour protéger le trône.

Il pleut depuis une semaine à Vigàta et ce matin, le commissaire Montalbano doit se rendre sur un chantier boueux où l'on a retrouvé le corps sans vie de Giugiu Nicotra. La victime, expert-comptable, vivait avec Inge, une Allemande de 25 ans qui, malgré le drame, reste introuvable. Autre particularité, le cadavre a été découvert en caleçon et un mystérieux vélo a été abandonné sur les lieux du crime. Voilà de quoi attiser la curiosité du commissaire.

Private Eye Hannibal Jones takes on the most important client of his life: Cindy Santiago, the woman he loves. Cindy has been betrayed by a close friend and taken in a scam that has left her almost penniless. The swindler has not only taken her money, he has stolen her confidence and robbed her of her will to live. Hannibal's only lead is Irene, the woman who got Cindy's friend involved and wants to run away with him. She may hold the key to Cindy's problem...until she is gunned down right in front of Hannibal in a drive-by shooting.

Sam Rhys has two problems. Custody of a suspicious sealed package found floating in the ocean near a friend’s cray traps and a job offer from a set of mysterious clients who communicate only through a laptop in an abandoned office building - to do an undercover investigation of a prominent businessman in Perth. Herbert Hocking has created a brilliant series of mesmerizing adventures for Sam Rhys in the breathtaking landscape of Western Australia.

Apothecary John Rawlings has been summoned to Devon by Elizabeth di Lorenzi, his beautiful but unpredictable mistress. Leaving his young daughter Rose in the good care of her grandfather Sir Gabriel Kent, Rawlings sets off for Exeter on board the stagecoach. His fellow-passengers are a motley crew, and incelude a large and talkative German lady; Cuthbert Simms, a dance-master; and Jack Beef, the so-called ï¿¿ï¿¿ï¿¿Black Pyramid", a bare-knuckle fighter.

The note from her friend and colleague had read "I have quite the monster for you to chase, dear Annja." And then before she could speak to him, he'd been found dead in the hotel's stairwell. It didn't seemed possible. Annja Creed had been looking forward to three days of geeking out at the archaeology conference in Madison, Wisconsin, and then this tragedy strikes. And his is only the first death over the long weekend.

Он молодой дворянин, Петербургский мажор 19 века.... Он считает, что познал все: от прелестей придворных дам, до крови Кавказской войны. Но случается неожиданное: он оказывается неугоден при дворе и попадает в Сибирь - обычным ссыльным в ржавых кандалах.