Ergebnis für "The Prince" in Historische Krimis

Nachdem Audrey Rose ihren ersten Fall gelöst hat, hat sie keine andere Wahl, als aus London zu fliehen. Zusammen mit dem arroganten, aber charmanten Thomas Cresswell reist sie nach Rumänien, um dort eine der besten Schulen für Gerichtsmedizin in Europa zu besuchen. Doch in den düsteren Hallen der Schule geschehen blutige Morde, und die Leichen werden ohne einen Tropfen Blut im Körper aufgefunden. Schnell stellt sich die Frage: Ist es ein Nachahmungstäter oder ist Vlad, der Pfähler, der berühmte Graf Dracula, wieder auferstanden? Audreys Ermittlungen lassen ihre schlimmsten Ängste wahr werden.

India’s only female lawyer, Perveen Mistry, is compelled to bring justice to the family of a murdered female Parsi student just as Bombay’s streets erupt in riots to protest British colonial rule. Sujata Massey is back with this third installment to the Agatha and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning series set in 1920s Bombay. 

Eine griechische Prinzessin, falsche Gerüchte und echte königliche Fehltritte – das kann nur Lady Georgie retten. Die Cosy-Krimi-Reihe von New-York-Times-Bestsellerautorin Rhys Bowen geht weiter… Zwischen ihrer hohen Geburt und ihrem leeren Geldbeutel gefangen ist Georgie, die Fünfunddreißigste in der Thronfolge Großbritanniens, erleichtert, einen neuen Auftrag von der Königin zu erhalten. Der jüngste Sohn des Königs, George, soll Prinzessin Marina von Griechenland heiraten und die Königin wünscht Georgie als ihre Begleiterin

London, 1859. Nurse Gemma Tate boards the American packet ship the Prince Regent to aid Inspector Sebastian Bell in investigating the death of a British aristocrat. But when she sees the crime scene, Gemma realizes that her knowledge of human nature will be just as valuable as her medical training. Lord Anthony Blackstock lies murdered in his cabin, his head locked inside a nightmarish iron cage. His wife has vanished without a trace, and time is running out to find her, dead or alive…

'Does for Elizabeth's reign what CJ Sansom does for Henry VIII's' Sunday Times The third book in the iconic John Shakespeare series, beloved by thousands of readers, from true master of historical fiction, Rory Clements. ------------------------------------------------------- 'Sixteenth-century...

Two lost heirs. One bloody crown. The greatest cold case in British history reimagined. For five hundred years, the fate of the two sons of Edward IV has been shrouded in myth and Tudor propaganda. In The Princes in the Tower, the shadows of the White Tower are peeled back to reveal a visceral psychological thriller where the line between protector and executioner is written in blood. The Weight of a Dying King When King Edward IV dies, his young heir, Edward V, and his brother, Richard of Shrewsbury, become the most dangerous pieces on the board of English power.

THE NEW BESTSELLING SERIES FROM THE MASTER OF HISTORICAL CRIME FICTION, S. J. PARRIS England, 1601. Treason threatens the realm. When the body of a Scottish envoy washes up on the banks of the Thames, the Queen’s most powerful spymaster, Robert Cecil, is accused of arranging the murder. Cecil...

Join Godfrid the Dane for murder and mayhem in medieval Dublin! Godfrid the Dane makes his first appearance in the Gareth & Gwen Medieval Mysteries in the first book, The Good Knight. He comes to Anglesey at the behest of the treacherous Prince Cadwaladr, but quickly realizes the deal he’s made is not quite what he thought, and Cadwaladr is not worthy of his allegiance. He takes it upon himself to learn the truth about what is going on in Wales and in the process encounters a young Welsh woman, Gwen, and her fiancé, Gareth, who comes to Ireland in search of her.

1787, Nicolas Le Floch, en Bretagne pour la naissance de son petit-fils, fait l'objet d'un attentat. C'est le début d'une nouvelle enquête au cours de laquelle il va retrouver son ami de jeunesse Pigneau de Behaine, évêque d'Adran, venu négocier un traité entre le roi de Cochinchine et la France. Dans un pays épuisé par le déficit grandissant et la faiblesse de Louis XVI, des ennemis extérieurs soutenus par des complots intérieurs vont se mettre en travers des intérêts du royaume.

In 1561, with Elizabeth I on the throne and Catholic plots brewing, a young German prince arrives in England claiming to be the rightful heir – the son of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves. Armed with jewels, letters, and Tudor looks, his claim threatens to upend the dynasty. But as poison spreads...

In the aftermath of Prince Rhun's death, King Owain and King Madog agreed their children should marry as a way to seal the peace between them. Two years later, the wedding date has finally arrived, though relations between the two kingdoms have improved only to the extent that they aren't actually at war.

Twain and his assistant Wentworth Cabot are on a boat cruise to Europe. The company of Twain's friend Rudyard Kipling seems to guarantee smooth sailing. But soon a wealthy young man has disappeared from the ship. Now a murder needs solving, and Twain is on the case.

April 1831, her grace Corinne Monroe wants her widowed son, Lord Julian, to marry her best friend’s daughter, Miss Sophie Wilkie. Julian last saw Sophie when she was twelve years old, silent, skinny, and always staring at him. However, his mother is nothing if not persuasive, and Julian reluctantly accompanies her to London to meet the young lady. And he knows that whatever happens isn’t going to be good. Lord Devlin Monroe, Julian’s nephew, is very fond of his intriguing reputation in society: he delights, he frightens, he brings on delicious shudders. He’s enjoying a pleasant bachelor life....

Murder is afoot among the footmen of Britain's Royal Household: a servant girl, Amy Macpherson, has been brutally slaughtered. And so our hero, Sholto Lestrade of Scotland Yard, is once again on the trail of mystery. As he tries to untangle a villainous web of conspiracy, the superintendent must venture north to Scotland. His investigations take him from Balmoral Castle to the Isle of Skye to the North British Hotel, where he narrowly escapes an inferno in Room 13. The intrepid investigator contends with the most baffling clues he has yet encountered.

Brash detective Rick Barron enters the infamous Hollywood fast lane in this thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stone Barrington series. Los Angeles, 1939. It’s Hollywood’s Golden Age, and Rick Barron is a suave and sharp detective on the Beverly Hills force...

In April 1831, her grace Corinne Monroe wants her widowed son, Lord Julian, to marry her best friend’s daughter, Miss Sophie Wilkie. Julian last saw Sophie when she was twelve years old, silent, skinny, and always staring at him. However, his mother is nothing if not persuasive, and Julian reluctantly accompanies her to London to meet the young lady.And he knows that whatever happens isn’t going to be good.Lord Devlin Monroe, Julian’s nephew, is very fond of his intriguing reputation in society: he delights, he frightens, he brings on delicious shudders.

Afghanistan, 1970s. Born to an American mother and a late Afghan war hero, Daniel Sajadi has spent his life navigating a complex identity. After years in Los Angeles, he is returning home to Kabul at the helm of a US foreign aid agency dedicated to eradicating poppy fields. But on a drive out of Kabul for an anniversary trip with his wife, Daniel accidentally hits and kills a young Kochi girl named Telaya. He is let off with a nominal fine, in part because nomad tribes are ignored in the eyes of the law, but also because a mysterious witness named Taj Maleki intercedes on his behalf.

The fate of Prince Harry and the British throne lies in the hands of Joanna and the Watsons in the latest Daughter of Sherlock Holmes mystery from USA Today bestselling author Leonard Goldberg. During the height of the Great War, playboy Prince Harry, the third in line to the British throne...

May 1148. All Dublin is shocked by the murder of a prominent merchant, but only Prince Godfrid knows that the dead man was also a co-conspirator in his brother's plan to take the throne of Dublin. With death stalking his every move, Godfrid must call upon new friends and old to find the killer--and with their help uncover a conspiracy stretching beyond Dublin's walls to every kingdom in Ireland. Join Godfrid the Dane for murder and mayhem in medieval Dublin in The Viking Prince, the 11th Gareth & Gwen Medieval Mystery.

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson have been summoned to the royal court by their university acquaintance Prince Hamlet. The prince is convinced that his father was murdered, and he's determined that Holmes will help him prove it.