Ergebnis für "Walter Scott" in Krimis

Nichtstun ist keine Option. Die zehnjährige Lara ist gerade erst mit ihrer Mutter nach Köln gezogen, da freundet sie sich mit dem Imbissbudenbesitzer Walter an. Doch kurz darauf verschwindet sie bei einem Ausflug mit ihrer Mutter im Park. Walters Freunde Brandt und Aydin von der Kölner Kripo setzen alle Hebel in Bewegung, um das Mädchen zu finden. Gleichzeitig macht sich Walter allein auf die Suche, denn er fühlt sich für Lara und ihre Mutter verantwortlich. Warum sind die beiden so überstürzt von Hannover nach Köln gezogen? Welches Geheimnis verbirgt Laras Mutter?

Set in the 12th century, during the reign of Richard the Lionheart, Ivanhoe tells of the love of Wilfred of Ivanhoe for the Lady Rowena, his father Cedric’s ward. Cedric intends Rowena for the oafish Athelstane, and banishes his son. 'The love of battle is the food upon which we live – the...

It’s a ticket to paradise. Flight 868 has nonstop service to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Over a dozen tipsy passengers are off to a destination wedding. A team of high school baseball players is headed to a tournament. The plane is packed with people eager to escape their lives, and others who can’t wait to return to their beloved home. But sweet anticipation turns to terror when a lightning strike short-circuits the avionics and plunges the plane into darkness.

The original collection of these stories, published in 1994 in England, did not include "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" because it was considered "too shocking." It was later added to the first American edition.

The Adventure of the Gloria Scott appeared in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. This story is unusual in that it is related mainly by Holmes rather than Watson. It is the very first case in which Holmes applied his powers of deduction to solve a case. Up till that time he had treated his deductive powers as a hobby.