Ergebnis für "The Museum" in Cosy Crime

Drei Leichen, eine mysteriöse Wachsfigur und ein Amateur-Detektivclub Als die junge Visagistin Molly Spencer das Miss-Marple-Museum in Cornwall erbt, ahnt sie nicht, welche mörderischen Abenteuer sie dort erwarten: Kaum ist sie vor Ort, wird das zentrale Ausstellungsstück, eine lebensgroße Miss-Marple-Wachsfigur , beschädigt. Molly sucht fieberhaft nach dem Täter, dem einzigen Besucher an diesem Tag – und stolpert nur zu bald über dessen Leiche. Sie ahnt, dass die Wachsfigur mit einem gut gehüteten Geheimnis behaftet ist.

Als die Grundschullehrerin Inga Moorjans von einem ihrer Schüler tot aufgefunden wird, nimmt der Ausflug ins Museum ein jähes Ende. Als Hauptkommissar Fendt und sein Kollege Steinbeißer am Tatort ankommen, sind sie entsetzt. Nicht nur das Fehlen eines Motivs, auch die Tatsache, dass der Mörder die Tat im gut besuchten Museum verüben und unerkannt entkommen konnte, macht den Beamten zu schaffen. Gerade als sie denken, doch einige Verdächtige gefunden zu haben, wird der Fall immer rätselhafter.

Der Tote im Museum London, 1923: Im Naturkundemuseum wird zwischen den Knochen eines Dinosauriers ein toter Mann gefunden - erstochen mit einem Feuerstein. Wie es der Zufall will, recherchiert Daisy Dalrymple dort gerade für einen Artikel und bietet sofort an, bei den Mordermittlungen zu helfen. Dass sie ihren Verlobten, Inspector Alec Fletcher, damit in Erklärungsnot bringt, kümmert sie nicht, denn allmählich offenbart sich im Museum ein Skandal von unvorstellbarem Ausmaß. Und ehe Daisy sich versieht, ist sie in Lebensgefahr... Ein atmosphärischer Krimi aus dem London der Goldenen Zwanziger.

Dastardly deeds, daring deceptions and a dress to die for... Epiphany Bloom is back on the case! Epiphany "Pip" Bloom, would-be detective and London’s unluckiest woman, finds herself in a real costume drama when she unearths a theft at a fashion museum. The missing dress is a proper piece of Hollywood history, worth a fortune. And as Pip investigates, she finds the museum staff all had reasons to want the garment gone. From fancy boutiques to sketchy back alleys, Pip discovers the fashion world is not all glitz and glamour as she hunts down her prize.

Kitty Worthington couldn’t be happier. Her marriage to CDI Robert Crawford Sinclair is glorious, her detective agency is thriving, and her brother Richard is on the mend after a close brush with death. Now permanently home from his archeological excavations, Richard has taken a position at the British Museum. His lectures on Egyptian antiquities and the mummification process draw patrons like moths to a flame.

When Professor Julius Arnell breathes his last in the British Museum Reading Room, it looks like death from natural causes. Who, after all, would have cause to murder a retired academic? Inspector Shelley's suspicions are aroused when he finds a packet of poisoned sugared almonds in the dead man's pocket, and a motive becomes clearer when he discovers Arnell's connection to a Texan oil millionaire. Soon another man plunges hundreds of feet into a reservoir on a Yorkshire moor.

Beth Haldane is gazing at enchanting paintings of the rolling English countryside when her daydream is rudely interrupted—by the discovery of a teenage girl unconscious on a marble bench. Shocked, Beth realizes this is no snoozing schoolchild. Someone dastardly has carefully crossed the girls’ hands across her white dress, as if she’s in a painting herself. And the girl’s discarded red backpack, found in a corner of the museum, is totally empty. Is someone suspicious hiding evidence? And who would want to harm this innocent soul?

Retired police chief Edmund DeCleryk finds Emily Bradford's body on the beach below where the local museum and historical society stands. At the same time, a break-in has been reported at the museum, and Emily's coat and purse are found hanging on a peg in the gift shop, where she worked. When the police chief is called out of town for a family emergency, he hires Ed to assist with the murder investigation. After several leads don't pan out, the chief decides to close the case. Confident that with more time the murder can be solved, Ed is determined to continue investigating.

When a summer intern at the Preservation Society discovers an aged document hidden in the binding of an antique book, Society President Nell Pratt is intrigued by the possibilities: Is it a valuable historic document or just a useless scrap of paper? When analysis reveals that it's a hand-drawn map of one of Philadelphia's oldest neighborhoods, Nell learns that the area is being excavated for a new real-estate development and may hold long-buried secrets from the city's historic heyday.

All Camille wanted to do was build a museum in the desert. Too bad someone didn’t agree, and she was murdered. But was it for the land or her millions? That property was prime desert land. A lot of people wanted it. The Tortoise Lady, the Mafia investors, and the Indian tribe. Camille’s son and daughter-in-law wanted her millions. That makes for a lot of motives and suspects. Detective Jeff’s busy with two other murders and definitely needs his wife’s help. Good thing Marty has a psychic sister and a psychic dog to help!

Misty Cove is a peaceful town, but when a priceless amulet goes missing from the local museum, the calm is shattered. Enter Misty Cove, an amateur sleuth with a knack for solving the unexplainable. Alongside her feline companions — Oscar, the wise and observant 12-year-old gray domestic longhair; Dot, the playful but sharp-eyed 4-year-old; Rambo, the mischievous 5-year-old snowshoe cat; and Candace, the enigmatic and intelligent 3-year-old calico Persian — Misty finds herself embroiled in a mystery that could shake the town to its core.

Trying to leave painful memories behind her, Chloe Ellefson is making a fresh start. She's the new collections curator at Old World Wisconsin, an outdoor ethnic museum showcasing 1870s settlement life. On her first day, Chloe meets with an elderly woman who begs her to find a priceless 18th-century Norwegian ale bowl that had been donated to the museum years ago. But before Chloe can find the heirloom and return it to her, the woman dies in a suspicious car crash.