Ergebnis für "Ring" in Krimis

Irene Adler wird in einer großen Zeremonie ein Ring überreicht als Anerkennung für besondere schauspielerische Leistungen. Wenige Tage später erreicht Arsène Lupin erneut ein anonymer Brief, in dem ihn der unbekannte Verfasser dazu auffordert, Irene Adler den Ring zu stehlen. Lupin, der Irene Adler bei ihrer ersten Begegnung äußerst reizvoll fand, lässt sich mit Freude auf diese Aufgabe ein, die er zudem sehr leicht zu bewältigen scheint. Umgehend macht er sich auf den Weg nach London.

Edinburgh, 1869: Modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson is adjusting to her new life in Victorian Scotland. Her employers know she’s not housemaid Catriona Mitchell—even though Mallory is in Catriona’s body—and Mallory is now officially an undertaker’s assistant. Dr. Duncan Gray moonlights as a medical examiner, and their latest case hits close to home. Men are dropping dead from a powerful poison, and all signs point to the grieving widows… the latest of which is Gray’s oldest sister. Poison is said to be a woman’s weapon, though Mallory has to wonder if it’s as simple as that.

Enjoy all three of the bestselling Wedding Planner mysteries in this box set: Diamond Rings Are Deadly Things, Veils and Vengeance, and Proposals and Poison.

An amoral young tramp. A beautiful, sullen woman with an inconvenient husband. A problem that has only one, grisly solution -- a solution that only creates other problems that no one can ever solve. First published in 1934 and banned in Boston for its explosive mixture of violence and eroticism...

Seeing justice done in your own way of thinking is not the wisest path to follow. However, it was indeed how one individual managed his life. He did it in such a way that criminals at all levels feared him, as did Scotland Yard as they tried to put a halt to his actions. The Yard itself hadn’t the slightest idea of what he looked like because this man, who came to be known as The Ringer, had a baffling way of disguising himself.

When a long-lost member of the Lion Clan, Itagawa Mosu, seemingly returns from the dead to claim the hand of his betrothed, it's up to Daidoji Shin to determine the truth of this miraculous reappearance. The Lion reluctantly permit Shin's involvement, even if they have to let him plan the wedding as part of his investigation . . . Shin must navigate dangerous political waters to discover if Mosu really is the man he claims to be, or is he a cleverly disguised imposter? It will take all of Shin's charm, wit, and flair to find out before the wedding begins.

Auf dem Friedhof von Newton findet Pater Brown einen blutverklebten Siegelring. Der Ring gehört Doris Wilson, die sich unter anderem um den Blumenschmuck in der Kirche kümmert. Der Pater will Mrs. Wilson den Ring zurückgeben, doch er kann sie nicht erreichen, sie scheint wie vom Erdboden verschluckt. Kurze Zeit später wird Wade Strickland, der Nachbar von Doris Wilson, ermordet im Wald aufgefunden. Auch er war schon seit einigen Tagen nicht mehr in Newton gesehen worden. Gibt es einen Zusammenhang zwischen dem Verschwinden von Mrs. Wilson und dem Mord an Mr. Strickland?

In una cittadina che all'apparenza sembra tranquilla, ma che cela segreti e verità scomode, la PM Sara Malerba si muove tra indagini che mettono alla prova logica, etica e coscienza. Dai cantieri navali ai treni notturni, fino ai monasteri avvolti dal silenzio, ogni caso diventa un mosaico di indizi enigmatici, personaggi eccentrici e riflessioni inattese. Sara, appassionata di cinema e osservatrice acuta dell'animo umano, percorre un'Italia sospesa tra modernità e memoria, dove la giustizia raramente segue una linea retta.

Mary Stokes was walking through Dead Man's Copse one evening when she saw, in the beam of a torch, the corpse of a young woman dressed in a black coat, black gloves, no hat and an eternity ring set with diamonds in her ear. But when she and Detective Sergeant Frank Abbott went back to the wood the body had vanished.

Eloise Kelly has gotten into quite a bit of trouble since she started spying on the Pink Carnation and the Black Tulip-two of the deadliest spies to saunter the streets of nineteenth-century England and France. Not only has she unearthed secrets that will rearrange history, she's dallied with...

Doreen’s acting career was in the dumpster—until she played a serial killer on TV. Now she can’t seem to live the infamy down. It’s not helping that her Aunt Edna is a member of the Southern mafia. Or that the gang of elderly ladies at Edna’s apartment complex consider Doreen their rising new star.

La cancelliera tedesca Angela Merkel è andata in pensione da poche settimane e si è trasferita con il marito e il cane, un carlino di nome Putin, in una regione della Germania settentrionale. Certo, dopo la vita turbolenta e frenetica trascorsa a Berlino e in giro per il mondo, non è facile adattarsi all'esistenza tranquilla di una località di campagna. Per una donna che ha ricoperto un ruolo di grande potere e ha partecipato ai vertici delle élite mondiali, cucinare e fare escursioni non è il massimo.

Era estate, ventitré anni fa, quando la giovane Nora Beckford aveva scioccato la Versilia assassinando brutalmente la diciassettenne Irene. Al tempo, Dario Corbo era un giovane e ambizioso giornalista, i cui articoli infiammati avevano convinto l'opinione pubblica della colpevolezza di Nora. Ora, un incarico ben pagato lo costringe a riprendere in mano quel caso e affrontare nuovamente una storia che credeva chiusa per sempre. La storia di un dubbio, di un inganno, della possibilità di una nuova vita.

It is 1879, and the young Detective Sergeant Sholto Lestrade has his work cut out for him as he investigates mysterious goings-on at "Lord" George Sanger's Circus. First, the best juggler in Europe is shot in full view of a thousand people. Then Huge Hughie the dwarf dies an agonising death whilst performing the Ether Trick. Finally, the Great Bolus dies by swallowing the wrong sword. And all of this comes after two bodies are found with multiple slashes.

The Pennyfoot hides many secrets, and its downstairs staff keeps a tight lip, even when the Edwardian aristocrats are spotted dallying with damsels in the boudoirs or gambling in the card rooms hidden below the floorboards. Should now and then one of the hotel guests fall prey to a dastardly murderer, however, it is up to Cecily Sinclair to restore order before Scotland Yard steps in and shuts down her infamous seaside hotel.

Amateur sleuth, Eve Foster, has been keeping a secret from her best friend, and it’s almost time for that secret to come out into the open. Levi, Tiana’s long-term boyfriend, is planning a proposal, and has asked Eve to help him set up the perfect evening. Since Tiana wants a public proposal, they make reservations at a nice restaurant and bring the staff in on the plan.

Finalmente riunite in un’avvincente raccolta, ascolta le avventure più amate del sanguigno maresciallo dei Carabinieri Saverio Bonanno! Nella placida Villabosco, in Sicilia, il maresciallo Bonanno è continuamente alle prese con indagini intricate e con le proprie turbe amorose... La vita scorre tranquilla, in un anonimo paesino siciliano. Ma non abbastanza, evidentemente, se l’investigatore Bonanno si trova sempre sulle tracce di qualche assassino!

Winter Reeves is an aristocratic Patriot forced to hide her heart amid the Loyalists of the City of New York. She has learned to keep her ears open so she can pass information on British movements to Robbie Townsend, her childhood friend, and his spy ring. Bennet Lane returns to New York from his Yale professorship with one goal: to find General Washington's spy hidden among the ranks of the elite. Both believers...and both committed to a separate cause. Will their faith in God lead them to a shared destiny or lives lived apart?

L’irresistibile Padre Brown torna a stupirci con le sue incredibili doti intuitive, sempre accompagnate da un’incrollabile fede nella forza del Bene sul Male! In una serie di indagini appassionanti e cariche di humour, il brillante prete dell’Essex deve affrontare il mistero di strani specchi e di enigmatiche armature, smascherando ciarlatani che simulano doti soprannaturali e riconducendo assassini spietati sulla retta via... Il londinese Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) è stato fra i più importanti intellettuali cattolici della sua generazione.

Newly engaged, Clive and Henrietta now begin the difficult task of meeting each other’s family. “Difficult” because Clive has neglected to tell Henrietta that he is in fact the heir to the Howard estate and fortune, and Henrietta has just discovered that her mother has been hiding secrets about her past as well. When Clive brings Henrietta to the family estate to meet his parents, they are less than enthused about his impoverished intended.