Ergebnis für "The Bell" in Weibliche Detektive

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.

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.

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…

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.

It's New Year's Eve in Candy Cane Hollow. This winter wonderland may look festive and be home to the Claus Family, but all is not as it seems. The festivities take a turn for the bizarre when the giant glitter ball comes crashing down on cantankerous elf chef, Greasy. Chief Superintendent Wiggles is sure the death is just a tragic accident, but Holly isn't so sure. Greasy was lots of things, but it appears that popular wasn't one of them. Holly begins her own investigation with the eager help of Mrs. Claus, while dimpled Nick Claus warns them both to be careful. Was the death an accident?

A waitress at her mother's decaying resort hotel, 12-year-old Emma now has a second job as the youngest cub reporter in the history of La Porte's Conservative newspaper. But when she discovers the crumbling shell of a fabulous hotel - the once-sumptuous Belle Rouen - in the woods near her small town of Spirit Lake, Emma never imagines that the mysteries it holds will bring her one step closer to solving a 40-year-old crime - and force a new transgression to light.

Jill couldn't love Police Chief Greg King more - so why does that engagement ring still feel funny on her finger? At least she'll have a chance to show it off this Saturday at their engagement party. Just in time for the event, a new dress shop has opened in town, Exquisite Gowns for You, specializing in designer wedding gowns and other custom-fit dresses. But Jill's excitement turns to shock when she comes by to pick up her dress for the party and discovers a dead body in the shop.

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.

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?

Meet Jane Bell. After her husband dies she leaves her job as a teacher to volunteer as a special constable with the police. On her very first shift Jane is called to the scene of a murder. A young man has dragged himself to the top of Greestone Stairs to die. Following her instincts, Jane finds herself becoming very involved in the case... For Detective Steph Warwick, specials have no place in a murder investigation - and this upstart rookie is meddling where she doesn’t belong.

Waincroft Manor has long been tied to rumors of witchcraft and fatal curses, and to Nora Charles, that makes it the perfect place for a Halloween fundraiser. But her first trip to the deserted old mansion turns out to be truly ghoulish when she discovers a dead body. What's more, the corpse is laid out in a coffin—with two bite marks on its neck. Then the autopsy comes back showing that the body was drained of blood, and there's no stopping the local gossips from whispering the word vampire to anyone who will listen.

The dedication of a new bell in the island's historic church is the social event of the season, but when an old body is uncovered during the ceremony, Tamsyn has a new ghost on her hands and a cold case to solve that could bring her closer to the truth about her mother's disappearance.

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.

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...

In the idyllic, snowbound town of Winter’s Kiss, Christmas arrives with glowing lights and Bing Crosby on the air—a postcard come to life. But a ghost from Christmas past has returned to play Santa. As a historic blizzard traps the valley, Sheriff Heather Blake must hunt a killer hiding behind the face of an old friend. With the Winter Ball approaching and the bodies piling high, she may be the last present to be unwrapped. In Winter’s Kiss, terror is the only thing coming to town.

When Suzie inherits a grand old house on the beach, her and her best friend Mary go to see the dilapidated structure. With Suzie looking for a new challenge and Mary’s impending divorce, the friends decide to refurbish the old house back into its former glory as a majestic B&B.

Lee Barrett has landed her dream job at Salem's WICH-TV. As the new field reporter, she'll be covering events live as they're unfolding. Next on her holiday checklist is an interview with the beloved chairman of a popular walking tour through Salem's historic districts. But it may be his ghost walking this snowy Noel season after Lee finds him murdered in his stately offices, bloody Santa hat askew.

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.