Ergebnis für "Rosen" in Traditionelle Krimis

London, 1881. Dr. John H. Watson, frisch aus Afghanistan heimgekehrt, trifft auf den exzentrischen Detektiv Sherlock Holmes. Gemeinsam mieten sie die legendäre Wohnung in der Baker Street 221B, und kurz darauf schlägt das Verbrechen zu: In einem verlassenen Haus wird ein Leichnam aufgefunden, und über ihm, mit Blut an die Wand geschrieben, das Wort RACHE. Scotland Yard steht vor einem Rätsel und bittet Sherlock Holmes um Hilfe.

A late spring in 1142 has the Abbey monks dismayed, for there may be no roses by June 22nd. For three years, the wealthy young widow Judith Perle has rented her house to the monks for the price of a single rose each year. When nature finally complies, a pious monk is sent to pay the rent—and found murdered beside the hacked rose-bush.

Auf der Luxusyacht eines exzentrischen Multimillionärs, werden Émile Poiret und Chiefinspektor Jennings von Scotland Yard mit einem rätselhaften Verbrechen konfrontiert...

Nachdem Eddy Miller nach dem manipulierten Fußballspiel, England gegen Frankreich, von Mr. Patel entführt wurde, beschlossen Holmes, Watson und Alice, wiederum dessen Tochter, nicht, wie zuerst angedacht, Scotland Yard zu übergeben, sondern sie mit in die Baker Street zu nehmen und sie selbst zu befragen. Da sich die junge Ms. Patel allerdings als äußerst stur entpuppte, brachte man sie in der einstigen Dachkammer von Ms. Adler unter. Ein tragischer Vorfall verhinderte jedoch alle weiteren, geplanten Verhöre.

The brilliant creation of British author A.E.W. Mason, Inspector Hanaud has been hailed as ‘the first major fiction police detective of the Twentieth Century’, and was one of the inspirations for Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot. In these engaging whodunits, France’s cleverest investigator is tasked with proving the innocence of two young women, both accused of murder.

This audiobook contains the first three adventures of A. E. W Mason’s enigmatic and mercurial Sûreté detective, Inspector Hanaud—a key inspiration for Agatha Christie’s celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot. First, Hanaud investigates the murder of wealthy Mme Dauvray at the fashionable French resort of Aix-les-Bains. Then, during a visit to London, Hanaud unravels a case of theft and murder following a costume party at a prestigious hotel.

When a priceless ruby known as the Malabar Rose vanishes while being guarded by Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson, the formidable Mrs. Hudson sets out to give a lesson in criminal deduction for her most famous and logical of tenants, the master sleuth himself.

As a winter storm rages over the coastal city of Brighton, torrential rain exposes a shallow grave up on the cliffs, while a teenager goes rogue with a shotgun in a supermarket and a violent robbery is staged in an upmarket boutique. The resulting body count stretches the resources of the Brighton police. They badly need leads, but can they trust the testimony of Ciara O’Cleary, the sole witness to the robbery – who saw nothing, but seems to be offering vital clues?

When 12-year-old Sophie Williams went on a Girl Scout summer camp, she never returned home. Three months later, her body is found inside her sleeping bag in the most frequented area of Cocoa Beach, and the town is outraged. The girl isn't just any child. She's the town's most beloved surf idol, and it was believed that she could be the next Kelly Slater. As another child, the son of a well-known senator, is kidnapped, and the parents receive a disturbing video, FBI profiler Eva Rae Thomas plunges into the investigation, breaking her promise to her children not to do police work again.

At the fashionable French resort of Aix-les-Bains a murder is discovered: wealthy but naïve Mme Dauvray is found strangled in the salon of her villa, apparently for her famously expensive jewels. Her young English companion, Celia Harland, is missing, and her maid is bound and chloroformed upstairs. A young English inventor who has been courting Miss Harland adamantly protests her innocence, and begs the famous Sûreté detective Inspector Hanaud to investigate.

Il riservato critico d'arte Wayne James è stato trovato annegato vicino al molo di Livorno. Sarà stato un incidente? L'ipotesi non convince del tutto gli inquirenti. Sulla morte di Sacrì, un "ufologo" della zona, ci sono invece pochi dubbi: è stato un omicidio. Che le due morti siano collegate? Quali segreti, vizi, scandali collegano queste due morti? Sullo sfondo di una Toscana anni Novanta—fatta di anziani al bar, diversi bicchierini a testa, una parola per il governo e due per l'ultima partita di serie A—si dipana un giallo teso e dalle svolte imprevedibili.

The year is 1888. A pall of fog blankets London, obscuring the gaslit streets and lending an air of sinister mystery to the unfolding events. The city, a labyrinth of opulent mansions and impoverished slums, is gripped by fear. A killer stalks the shadows, leaving behind a single red rose as their chilling calling card the Rose Killer. Their victims, plucked from the diverse tapestry of London life from the women of the night to unsuspecting patrons are found with a horrific brutality that sends shockwaves through the metropolis.

Nancy’s dog, Cody was barking; when she went to get him, she found a body on the side of the road Linda, a 38-year-old single mom, was injured severely by a hit and run driver. Nancy ran home to call an ambulance and get help. There are many suspects including the men playing cards and drinking at the Roadhouse, a new man in town whose car is dented and the ex-boyfriend Linda recently kicked out of her home. Linda’s daughter, Brenda, saw her grandfather, Tom, driving drunk in the area Linda was found and thinks he did it.

Англичанка Эдит Парджетер не была историком по образованию, однако под псевдонимом Эллис Питерс она создала одну из самых популярных детективных серий, действие которой плотно увязано с важными историческими событиями, сотрясавшими в 12 веке Англию и Уэльс, откуда были родом предки Парджетер. Кадфаэлю нужно идти по следу окровавленных лепестков, чтобы выследить убийцу. На его пути встретится другая жертва, а поиск истины будет более извилист и колюч, чем розовые кусты вдовы...

Cookie Chanel, owner of the chic clothing store It's Vintage Y'All, has been hired to dress models for a fashion shoot. The spread will be featured in Fashion and Style magazine's October issue, so the models are posing in a cemetery. As someone who can see and talk to ghosts, Cookie's not spooked by the location. And she's shocked when she hears a gunshot. Then a model runs toward her, saying the grumpy photographer has been edited out of the picture...for good. With help from her ghostly pals, Cookie must zoom in on the truth before she's the next to strike a final pose.

When P.J. Whistler leaves her Appalachian village of Victoria, New Brunswick in the summer of 1969 to visit her godson's family in south-western Ontario, she isn't prepared for her keen observational skills to be in demand for solving a murder. But when her godson, homicide consultant Inspector Philip Steele, and his mother Lary, who is now running their family farm, the "JUST (e)STATE", as one of the first therapeutic riding schools in North America, ask P.J. to help with the investigation of a young man who fell to his death from a railway trestle, she is happy to oblige.

Detective Simon Grave's tour of a local winery turns sour when a body is discovered in the fermentation tank for his favorite wine, Duct Tape Chardonnay. To solve the murder, he and his team of fellow detectives will have to question strangers, a long-lost love, and his choice in wines.

Shanna McGuire is convinced a strange man is following her. When he approaches her on the street, he shocks her with a story that makes her question her family history. She asks Simm to investigate the man's claim. A simple case of genealogy and the search for a possible treasure are perfect for Simm, a former private investigator, and his wife Charlie, both pub owners in Downtown Montreal.

The discovery of a dead body is nothing new for Detective Simon Grave, but when the body and the murderer are both invisible, well, that's another matter entirely, even in the futuristic town of Crab Cove. The question is whether he and his human and android team are up for the challenge, which also remains to be seen. Making his job even more difficult is the sudden retirement of Captain Henry Morgan, who taps Grave as acting chief.

From the bestselling author of In the Blink of an Eye comes an inventive thriller that pits algorithms against experience, logic against instinct, and one undetectable killer against two extraordinary detectives. “Unswervingly gripping and scary, and at the same time beautifully tender and...