Ergebnis für "The Manor" in Weibliche Detektive

Der neue Cosy-Krimi mit Lady TemperDie junge Lady Persephone Temper führt eine Frühstückspension auf ihrem Landsitz Wynden Manor. Als sie in Geldnot gerät, ist der Kunstexperte Torquill Thornfield dazu bereit, ihre antiken Statuen zu kaufen. Bei der Besichtigung der Objekte im Garten entdecken sie die Leiche von Persephones Ex-Verlobtem - in Gips gehüllt. Unversehens steht sie im Fokus der Ermittlungen. Um ihre Unschuld zu beweisen, beginnt sie auf eigene Faust nachzuforschen und lüftet die Geheimnisse der Bewohner von Wynden Manor.

Der dritte und finale Fall für Miss Sharp und die Senioren-WG. Die Sonne scheint, die Narzissen sprießen, und Hettie die Schildkröte erwacht aus ihrer Winterstarre. Auch in der Senioren-WG von Sunset Hall regen sich Frühlingsgefühle: Charlie sucht im Internet nach dem Mann fürs Lebensende, Bernadettes Hochzeit rückt drohend näher, und sogar Agnes selbst scheint vor Schmetterlingen im Bauch nicht ganz gefeit. Doch dann treffen mysteriöse Drohbriefe ein, und eine alte Bekannte sitzt tot auf einer Bank.

Der dritte und finale Fall für Miss Sharp und die Senioren-WG. Die Sonne scheint, die Narzissen sprießen, und Hettie die Schildkröte erwacht aus ihrer Winterstarre. Auch in der Senioren-WG von Sunset Hall regen sich Frühlingsgefühle: Charlie sucht im Internet nach dem Mann fürs Lebensende, Bernadettes Hochzeit rückt drohend näher, und sogar Agnes selbst scheint vor Schmetterlingen im Bauch nicht ganz gefeit. Doch dann treffen mysteriöse Drohbriefe ein, und eine alte Bekannte sitzt tot auf einer Bank.

At the end of her first unsuccessful season out in society, Lady Georgiana has all but given up on attracting a suitable man - until she receives an invitation to a masked Halloween ball at Broxley Manor. Georgie is uncertain why she was invited, until she learns that the royal family intends to marry her off to a foreign prince, one reputed to be mad.

Ein Urlaub in Cornwall mit tödlichem Zwischenfall... Britischer Cosy Crime für Fans von Ellen Barksdale. Nach arbeitsreichen Jahren im Antiquariat machen Poppy und ihr Mann Barney endlich einmal Urlaub, und zwar in Wythcombe Manor, dem Hotel ihrer Freundin an der Küste Cornwalls. Als Barney etwas vor ihr zu verbergen scheint und plötzlich der Führer der Wandergruppe einen tödlichen Unfall erleidet, merkt Poppy, dass sie hier wohl doch nicht die wohlverdiente Erholung erwartet. Poppy ist entschlossen herauszufinden, was auf Wythcombe Manor wirklich vor sich geht.

It's open season at Penford Manor! But someone has murder in their sights... At Penford Manor, the guests are arriving to celebrate the start of the grouse-hunting season: lords and ladies, barons and baronesses, a Member of Parliament - and chemistry graduate turned detective, Miss Clara Vale...

For everyone who loves Jane Austen...a marvelously entertaining new series that turns the incomparable author into an extraordinary sleuth! On a visit to the estate of her friend, the young and beautiful Isobel Payne, Countess of Scargrave, Jane bears witness to a tragedy. Isobel's husband—a...

Olive Belgrave needs a job. Despite her aristocratic upbringing, she’s penniless. Determined to support herself, she jumps at an unconventional job—looking into the background of her cousin’s fiancé, Alfred. Alfred burst into the world of London’s high society, but his answers to questions about his past are decidedly vague. Before Olive can gather more than the basics, a murder occurs at a posh party. Suddenly, every Bright Young Person in attendance is a suspect, and Olive must race to find the culprit because a sly murderer is determined to make sure Olive’s first case is her last.

England, 1926: Wedgefield Manor, deep in the tranquil Essex countryside, provides a welcome rest stop for Jane and her matchmaking Aunt Millie before their return to America. While Millie spends time with her long-lost daughter, Lillian, and their host, Lord Hughes, Jane fills the hours devouring mystery novels and taking flying lessons - much to Millie’s disapproval. But any danger in the air is eclipsed by tragedy on the ground when one of the estate’s mechanics, Air Force veteran Simon Marshall, is killed in a motorcar collision.

Warring staff. 'Accidental' poisonings. Topiary of dubious intent. Throw in the full complement of the Toot Hansell Women's Institute and dragons doing yoga, and DI Adams is starting to wonder if she might have made a small misjudgement signing up for this particular spa weekend. And that's before the dead body in the sauna and the storm that cuts them off from the rest of the world. Now she's dealing with a houseful of guests (and staff) who're looking more suspicious by the moment, fending off protesters, and trying to keep everyone safe as the storm closes in.

Ginger Gold receives a letter from her sister-in-law, Felicia, requesting Ginger come straightaway to her late husband's family home, Bray Manor. Dowager Lady Gold, Ginger's nervous grandmother through marriage, believes the old manor is haunted. Ginger doesn't believe in ghosts, but is haunted nevertheless by memories of her husband and the lure of his gravesite she just can't bring herself to visit.

October 1940. Livvy Redmond is thrilled to receive an invitation to a country house party away from the Blitz. There she hopes to help her husband overcome his injuries from fighting in France. But excitement turns to horror when she stumbles across two members of the house party—murdered.

1916, Midwinter Manor: Desperate for a Christmas weekend break from war-torn London, Hannah Merrill and her Aunt Violet take Bartleby the cat and themselves off to visit Hannah’s sister, in her beautiful country estate, deep in the English countryside. The huge house is full of relatives, friends and merrymakers, and everyone’s excited to have a Christmas to remember. But then, when a fellow-guest’s body is found in the library – apparently bludgeoned to death – and a precious ruby is stolen from another guest, it appears that it’s going to be memorable for all the wrong reasons.

The first three books of the acclaimed Ginger Gold Mystery series by USA Today best-selling author Lee Strauss: Murder on the SS Rosa, Murder at Hartigan House, and Murder at Bray Manor. It's 1923, and young war widow fashionista Ginger Gold makes a cross-Atlantic journey with her companion Haley Higgins to London England to settle her father's estate. When the ship's captain is found dead, Ginger is only too happy to lend her assistance to the handsome Chief Inspector Basil Reed.

Monica Noble and her husband Graham, the local vicar, are invited to participate in a high-flying church conference being held at a swanky manor house hotel in their village. At the Saturday night dinner, the ambitious female cleric Celia Gordon tragically dies, seemingly of a peanut allergy. But when Chief Superintendent Jason Dury arrives on the scene he quickly discovers that it's a case of murder.

In a new Hamptons Home & Garden Mystery, Meg Barrett will have to uncover the truth about a long-ago murder before a killer decides she's history . . . When decorator Meg Barrett travels to a remote mansion to help select period pieces for a new 1930s-style television mystery series, she's...

The descendant of adventuring-dead-aristocrats, Clarissa Knightley supplements a modest inheritance by penning gothic novels that cost more than they earn. Upon learning that she has mysteriously inherited a share of an earl's estate, she rashly packs up her household. In remote Gravesyde Priory, she hopes to find a safe haven and family who will welcome her and her young nephew. Instead, she discovers a drunken American army captain, his African servant, and ancient, surly caretakers.

When a hopeful pair settles into their idyllic new residence, they quickly discover that their tranquil haven is anything but. Nestled in a quaint and seemingly serene town, their picturesque abode holds a sinister history that refuses to stay buried.

Mystery fiction fanatic Amelia Adams is stunned when she inherits a dilapidated mansion, complete with secret passages, hidden compartments, and its very own legend. Helped by her brother, her best friend, and a documentary maker who’s determined to turn her new life into a hit TV show, Amelia throws herself into renovating the house and unravelling old secrets. When an unknown saboteur starts ruining her plans, Amelia doesn’t know who to trust. Everyone around her is acting strangely, and she soon finds herself in the center of her very own murder mystery.

When Lady Emma Grace Hastings receives a much-coveted invitation to the most auspicious Christmas party of the season—one that comes with a 10,000 pound prize for the winner of a mysterious game—she cannot believe her good fortune. But as the guests are assembled at Mistlethwaite Manor, the chilling intent of the game is revealed. Each guest has cause for alarm, because all of them have secrets, and to win the prize money, those secrets must be exposed.