Ergebnis für "The Cone" in Historische Krimis

This wry, big-hearted noir brings 1950s New York to life, from the tenements of Hell’s Kitchen to the mansions of Riverdale, from Sing Sing to City Hall, with a gripping murder mystery laying bare the explosive conflicts between its big wheels, its working stiffs, its gangsters, and its dreamers.

Daring law firm investigator Alice White enters the glamorous world of high society in 1950s New York City to take on a gang of confidence artists whose vicious leader has recruited an innocent young man and framed him for a brutal murder to insure his loyalty. Can she beat the boss at his own game, con him out of a fortune, free the youth, and hang the leader in his own frame, without getting herself, the young man, or his girlfriend killed?

Historias asombrosas y conmovedoras sobre lo que nos conecta como personas, aquí y después de la muerte. La vida con el más allá es un libro lleno de historias asombrosas y conmovedoras sobre los espíritus, su manera de comunicarse con nosotros y cómo, aun después de la muerte, buscan lo que muchos anhelamos en vida: ser escuchados. Sin duda, esta es una lectura perfecta para quienes, desde la curiosidad y con la mente abierta, pretenden explorar lo inexplicable.

Autunno 1919. Gabriele d'Annunzio ha conquistato Fiume e per sfidare i diplomatici franco-britannici ha deciso di invitarli a un beffardo banchetto nel manicomio del dottor Zoser, singolare e sinistra figura di psichiatra o, come si diceva allora, "alienista". Poco dopo il pranzo, però, Zoser muore folgorato, apparentemente vittima di un cortocircuito mentre è nel suo laboratorio, chiuso ermeticamente dall'interno. Il tenente Marni, il legionario responsabile della sicurezza interna, non crede si sia trattato di un incidente.

Based on a true story, comes a sweeping historical novel about a beautiful con artist whose turn-of-the-century escapades take her around the world as she's doggedly pursued by a Pinkerton Agency detective The novel opens in 1917 with our cunning protagonist, May Dugas, standing trial for...