Ergebnis für "Sherlock" in Politik & Spionage

An assassination attempt is made on Tsar Nicholas II of Russia at the Hotel Adlon in Berlin. However, the criminal police suspect that the attack was intended for Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, who had received the Russian guest. When Nicholas II commissions Sherlock Holmes to investigate the incident, a second assassination attempt occurs. Holmes and Watson become entangled in the perfidious power games of two superpowers.

Amerika, Gegenwart. Timothy Blake ist ein genialer Profiler und steht als inoffizieller FBI-Mitarbeiter auf keiner Gehaltsliste. Er hat nämlich ein geheimes Laster und wird nicht mit Geld entlohnt, sondern mit etwas, das seine dunklen Triebe befriedigt. Als Blake mit seiner neuen Partnerin Special Agent Reese Thistle eine heikle Geldübergabe einfädelt, geht die Sache schief: In einem gestohlenen Wagen finden sie eine Schaufensterpuppe mit einer menschlichen Niere darin. Blake, der sein finsteres Geheimnis sorgsam hüten muss, gerät unter Verdacht.

A tired and battle scarred surgeon returns to London after being wounded in the third Afghan war. After his money starts to run low, a chance encounter leads him to take a flat with an eccentric man at 221B Baker Street. Thus begins the famous crime-solving partnership of the Holmes and Watson duo.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories.

"Arthur is concerned about the Nazis' latest terror weapon," Guy said. "Rockets; they have the potential to cause death, destruction and chaos in Britain. He wants us to locate the launch site so that the RAF can bomb it.""How do we achieve that?" I asked."The Resistance in Paris think that they have identified the site," Guy said. "Arthur wants us to confirm their suspicions.""Why doesn't the local Sherlock network deal with this?" Mimi asked."Recently," Guy said, "the Gestapo captured their wireless operator. Their network is in chaos. Trust is at a low ebb.

"His Last Bow" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and one of eight stories in the volume His Last Bow. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859-July 7, 1930) was a British author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction.

Enter into a complex international scenario of espionage, intrigue, and assassination. Thrown in are a mixed bag of characters. The young visitor to the household of Sir Adrian Fettice, himself something of an enigma, his opposite number of the German Secret Service, some almost innocent bystanders, a deadly assassin, and Sherlock Holmes. A trap is set, but the outcome is not as expected. Only the quickness of mind of the greatest detective is capable of achieving the most unexpected but brilliant final result.

'A master of the wartime spy thriller' Financial Times The fourth book in the iconic John Shakespeare series, beloved by thousands of readers, from true master of historical fiction, Rory Clements. ------------------------------------------------------- 'Sixteenth-century London comes alive in...

Gleich auf der ersten Sitzung der Konferenz zeigt sich, dass die Delegierten einander misstrauen und kaum zu einer gemeinsamen Ansicht kommen werden. Die politischen Spannungen zwischen den teilnehmenden Ländern Italien, Österreich, Russland, Türkei und Griechenland erscheinen unüberbrückbar.

The memoir Sherlock Holmes: His Latest Bow is written by Watson after VE day in May, 1945, but before the world learned of the atomic bomb in August. During the war, a Nazi plan is afoot with British collaborators that could alter the course of history. Holmes and Watson serve a critical role in uncovering the plot.

La ciudad perdida de los aztecas encierra un laberinto de secretos que puede cambiar el rumbo de la historia. “La profecía de Aztlán” es una trepidante mezcla de ficción y realidad en un mundo que se mueve al borde del abismo, obra del autor superventas Mario Escobar. Mientras Londres...

Mycroft gives Holmes an urgent commission to find documents hidden by Oberstein, although this commission arises out of a diplomatic deal over which Holmes has the gravest misgivings. In a coup de maitre, Holmes finds the documents at the very last point in the time given to him by Mycroft, but Mycroft is totally distracted when he delivers them. Holmes instigates investigations of his own and uncovers a shocking scandal. But will he be able to pursue his investigation to its natural conclusion, or will realpolitik intervene?