Ergebnis für "The Bell" in Weibliche Detektive

Joshua hat neues Personal für das belebte Bücher-Café im charmanten Fair Haven eingestellt und die schüchterne Maggie freundet sich schnell mit der Barista Babs und dem Regalauffüller Casper an. Als Maggie bemerkt, dass einige ältere Typen Casper nach der Arbeit schikanieren, hilft sie ihm, zu entkommen. Am nächsten Tag wird einer der Rowdys mit aufgeschlitzter Kehle tot im Park gefunden. Ist der stille und zurückhaltende Casper wirklich ein Mörder? Um die Wahrheit herauszufinden mischt sich Maggie in die Ermittlungen des Polizisten Gary ein.

Die unkonventionelle Lady Jane und ihr Mann Captain Wescott freuen sich auf ihre Reise nach Indien. Das Gepäck ist schon an Bord, am nächsten Morgen soll das Schiff in See stechen. Doch dann werden in London die berühmten Orlow-Diamanten gestohlen und ein russischer Attaché fällt einem heimtückischen Mord zum Opfer. Rasch verhaftet man einen ersten Verdächtigen: Es ist ausgerechnet Wescotts Diener Levi, der regelmäßigen Kontakt hatte zu russischen Emigranten-Kreisen.

In 1888 Paris, American bookseller Emma Greene opens a small shop in the Latin Quarter, only to become the prime suspect when a department-store magnate dies under suspicious circumstances. To clear her name, she joins forces with a guarded inspector from the Sûreté and enters a glittering world of ambition, blackmail, and deadly secrets. For fans of Rhys Bowen and Deanna Raybourn.

Nach einem turbulenten Start in eine unerwartet glückliche Ehe mit Captain Wescott, hat Lady Jane keineswegs vor, sich in die Rolle der braven Ehefrau zu fügen. Nachdem sie ein Hilferuf in Form eines Briefes erreicht, reist Jane kurzentschlossen zu ihrer Freundin Lady Alison. Charlotte, Lady Alisons Cousine, ist mit dem exzentrischen Orchideenzüchter Sir Fredrick Halston verheiratet und lebt abgeschieden in einem düsteren Herrenhaus in Northumbria.

Wiltshire 1860: Lord Henry Pembroke hat sich alle Mühe mit der Ausrichtung eines Balls für seine geliebte Nichte Lady Jane in Rosewood Hall gegeben. Auf der Gästeliste stehen die begehrtesten Junggesellen der Londoner Gesellschaft, denn der kranke Lord möchte die Zukunft seiner Nichte, die ihm mehr eine Tochter ist, gesichert wissen. Doch der Abend nimmt einen gänzlich anderen Verlauf als geplant.

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Susan Bell spends her days within the confines of Westminster Abbey, one of many who live in the grounds of the ancient building. Her father, the kindly but foolish Dean of Westminster, is always busy keeping the many canons and vergers in check, when not being romantically pursued by forceful widows. Life at the abbey is uneventful, even after the unwelcome arrival of Susan's cousin Lindley and his unusual scientific demonstrations. That is until the Society of Antiquaries come armed with a letter from King George III. 

Hours later, the man’s cold body lies in the city mortuary, alongside the woman he couldn’t save. And his sister, unconventional nurse Gemma Tate, tracks down troubled police inspector Sebastian Bell to unravel the truth. Sebastian has enough pressure to solve the murder of an aristocratic heiress without Gemma meddling in his case. But the cryptic sentences she brings him from her brother’s notebook could be a crucial lead. If only they knew what “milky way” meant.

Gemma Tate has a new job and a new address. She is putting her past – her memories of nursing in the Crimean war – behind her. But when Jacob Harrow, a journalist with ties to Crimea, is found brutally killed, Gemma is pulled into the investigation. Police inspector Sebastian Bell works alone. But when all signs point toward a dark secret Harrow brought back from the war, he realizes he needs Gemma’s help to untangle the mystery. But raking up the past has devastating consequences when Gemma’s friend, another nurse from Crimea, is found murdered in her boarding house…

It's three weeks until Pyper Rayne and her fiancé Julius tie the knot. All she wants to do is enjoy her risqué bridal shower, complete the final details of her wedding, and find time to enjoy the holidays. But when Charlie, the manager of Wicked, is arrested for a murder she didn't commit, Pyper puts her medium skills to the test in order to find the real killer before Charlie takes the fall.

‘A fantastic premise, brilliantly executed and a great new detective duo to cherish’ Elly Griffiths ‘A killer premise, beautifully executed’ C. S. Robertson ‘One of the most compelling concepts I’ve read in years’ Robert Rutherford ‘Taut, gripping, and ingenious’ Tony Kent...

When a burned book falls into the hands of a young bookbinder, she uncovers a tale of forbidden love, a fortune lost … and murder – which puts her own life in jeopardy. Fans of The Shadow of the Wind and The Thirteenth Tale will love this thrilling historical novel, with an intriguing...

From the bestselling author of Devil's Breath, Jill Johnson is back with another gripping Professor Eustacia Rose Mystery... Betrayal is a bitter poison . . . After a nerve-racking investigation, Professor Eustacia Rose's life is returning to normal. She is finally back teaching at UCL and her...

Private investigator Charlotte Davidson was born with three things: looks; a healthy respect for the male anatomy; and the rather odd job title of grim reaper. Since the age of five, she has been helping the departed solve the mysteries of their deaths so they can cross. Thus, when three lawyers from the same law firm are murdered, they come to her to find their killer.

Bestselling author James Lee Burke tells his most thrilling and insightful story yet through the eyes of fourteen-year-old Bessie Holland. At the beginning of the 20th century, as America grapples with forces of human and natural violence more powerful than humanity has ever seen, Bessie Holland...

At a busy crossing in Lincoln city centre a motorbike skids to a halt. A man in leathers jumps off the bike and grabs a young girl waiting at the lights. He pushes her roughly aside, remounts the bike, and roars away. The girl falls to the ground. She’s been stabbed. Special Constable Jane Bell witnesses the whole thing. She cradles the dying girl and hears the last word on her lips: the name of a missing local boy, a twelve-year-old called Nate Price. DI Steph Warwick is also looking for Nate. Jane had hoped their paths would never cross again.

When the owner of a new business digs up buried bones on opening day, the rumor mill in Spicetown comes alive! Figuring out who the bones belong to will open up the cold cases in Spicetown and unearth all the old gossip that was never truly buried. Cora Mae and Chief Harris learn a few things about their fellow citizens along the way.

Professional medium turned detective Claire, her best friend Sophie (a 17-year-old ghost) and their pals are enjoying a much-needed cheap holiday in an unfinished hotel on Spike Island off the West Coast of Ireland. Claire is flattered to be asked by the local ghost of a pirate captain to investigate the theft of treasure from the shipwreck that stranded him there several hundred years ago. But just when she thinks she is closing in on the culprit, a murder takes place, and Claire and her friends quickly become the chief suspects

A fourteen-year-old girl disappears on the small island of Föhr, and Detective Lena Lorenzen is called in to investigate. When the girl’s bloodied body is found on the beach with vicious wounds to the wrist, Lena immediately suspects that what’s been made to look like suicide was in fact a brutal and calculated murder. But the local residents - even the girl’s own parents - won’t cooperate with her investigation. The devoutly religious islanders are clearly hiding something. But what ungodly secret could possibly lead to the murder of an innocent teenage girl?

Aly’s got enough on her plate, with finishing her degree and taking care of her nephew and starting her new job at the antique store while drooling over the owner's gorgeous son. No time for visions. Alas, the universe doesn't care what Aly believes. When she turns 21, she starts to feel psychic impressions left on objects. A disorienting power for someone surrounded by antiques.