Ergebnis für "benjamin" in Weibliche Detektive

Zwei ehrgeizige Ermittler, ein hochintelligenter Serienkiller – ein unerbittlicher Wettkampf gegen die Zeit. Gleich am ersten Arbeitstag steht das Ermittlerduo Jakob Krogh und Mila Weiss vor einem Rätsel. Am Rande einer Ermittlung stoßen sie auf die Leiche einer älteren Frau, die nachweislich nach ihrem Tod noch lebend gesehen wurde. Wie ist das möglich? Kurz darauf wird ein junger Student in seiner Wohnung gefunden, auch er war nach seinem Tod offenbar noch an der Uni. Aber damit nicht genug: An beiden Tatorten werden Krähen gefunden, ausgehungert und versehen mit einer unheilvollen Botschaft.

Irene Adler wird von Mycroft Holmes nach Wien geschickt, wo sie einen Mann namens Hans Gruber treffen soll. Doch als sie seine Wohnung erreicht, liegt der Mann tot auf der Straße. Gruber war einer Geheimorganisation auf der Spur, die offenbar eine große Sache plant. Irene macht die Bekanntschaft mit dem Schauspieler Franz, dem Freund des Toten, der sie fortan bei ihren Ermittlungen unterstützt. Doch bald darauf geraten sie zwischen die Fronten der Polizei und der Mörder, die ihnen auf den Fersen sind. Die Spuren führen schließlich zum Prater.

Mycroft Holmes schickt Irene Adler nach Sankt Petersburg. Der russische Zarenhof überführt einen Teil seines Goldschatzes mit gepanzerten Waggons vom Winterpalast nach London, als Sicherheit für einen Kredit der Bank of England. Doch einer der Transporte kommt nie in England an. Als Sonderermittlerin der Krone reist Irene in einem der Werttransporte inkognito mit. Sie gerät in die illustre Gesellschaft eines tatarischen Pferdezüchters, eines deutschen Handelsreisenden, eines Moskauer Studenten und eines zwielichtigen Wanderpredigers.

Der Maskenball auf Norbury Park ist das gesellschaftliche Highlight im beschaulichen Örtchen Gutt's Hill. Auch Mimi Rutherfurt ist eingeladen und freut sich auf einen schönen Abend mit ihrem alten Freund William Headington. Die ausgelassene Feier nimmt allerdings ein jähes Ende, als die Leiche der Millionärswitwe Patricia Malone entdeckt wird. Am Tatort hat der Mörder eine Art Visitenkarte hinterlassen: einen goldenen Stielkamm. Und ehe sich Mimi versieht, steckt sie wieder bis über beide Ohren in einem spannenden Kriminalfall.

“Freya and Aunt Carole, everyone’s favorite antique-hunting, mystery-solving duo, return in a sequel that somehow manages to be even more captivating than their first adventure” (Tom Ryan, USA TODAY bestselling author) as they are on the hunt for a dangerous criminal aboard a cruise ship...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER | Nominated for the Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award A rollicking mystery about a secret society, nautical charts, cryptic clues, and a fabulous treasure to die for—perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Benjamin Stevenson. For nearly a century, tourists have...

Irene Adler wird nach Venedig beordert, wo der reiche Don Francese sich Sorgen um seinen verschwundenen Sohn macht. Was zunächst wie ein einfacher Auftrag aussieht, entpuppt sich schnell als ein gefährliches Spiel auf Leben und Tod. Der junge Francese war offenbar einem sagenumwobenen Schatz auf der Spur, der einst den Dogen von Venedig gehörte. Irene und ihr Begleiter Lorenzo geraten in einen gefährlichen Strudel zwischen skrupellosen Schatzjägern und den fanatischen Anhängern eines neuen Dogen-Kults.

One of NPR’s 2024 Books We Love In this “irresistible, immersive, and completely unputdownable” (Ellery Lloyd, New York Times bestselling author) debut novel, a former antique hunter investigates a suspicious death at an isolated English manor, embroiling her in the high-stakes world of...

Oak Hill, North Carolina is a sleepy community where nothing exciting ever happens, a town so tiny it has no room for secrets. So when a stranger is found murdered in a cornfield, Detective Grace Bingham is forced to partner with Jack Sawyer—a big city detective who broke her heart and fled the town years prior—in order to uncover the explosive truth.

Did she jump or was she pushed? Devastated by the loss of their only child, David and Marsha Jacobs hire Rachel to find out why Lisa leaped to her death from the fifth-floor window of her martial arts studio. The tai chi instructor, who was studying to be a Zen Buddhist priest, seemed to have it all: beauty, brains, a vocation she adored, a sexy lover—and her beautiful, sad-eyed Akita, who may have been the only witness to her death and is still grieving the loss of his mistress.

Rachel and Dash have a new client. Well, three new clients. A trio of transvestite working girls want Rachel to investigate the death of one of their own. Rosalinda's throat was slashed on Halloween right after the Greenwich Village parade. Finding her killer isn't exactly the NYPD's top priority—and LaDonna, Chi Chi, and Jasmine are terrified that they'll be next.

It’s chaos in Crosbyville when someone tries to swindle a large inheritance, but as Pris and Bailey start digging for the missing money, they uncover the wrong kind of bones…. Finally finished with the renovations on her new house, bestselling children’s book author Pris and her trusty...

Rachel has just been hired as undercover security at a dog-training symposium at a posh Manhattan hotel. How can the Greenwich Village PI and her pit bull, Dashiell, turn down the hefty fee, plus free room and biscuits at the Ritz? All Rachel has to do is keep the peace among the competitive diva dog trainers who have come with their prize pooches from all corners of the globe.

“I have never had so much fun watching a fictional character try to figure out if she killed someone or not. Wild, outrageous, silly, smart, Tilly is a heroine for the ages and Mary Lowry writes like no one else. A damn delight.” —Rufi Thorpe, Author of Margo’s Got Money Troubles A...

Four years ago, Desiree Wells lost everything when her brother Jake was murdered by the Devil Inside Motorcycle Club. Now a successful criminal defense attorney, she's finally ready to execute the perfect revenge: seduce the club's dangerous president, known only as "Reaper," and destroy him from within. What begins as a carefully orchestrated seduction at a dive bar quickly spirals into something far more complicated. As Desiree infiltrates Reaper's world, she discovers that the truth about her brother's death—and the man she's sworn to destroy—isn't what she believed.

They say those who get deep into the Kabbalah’s mystical text of the celestial spheres can lose their minds. But one man discovers the celestial spheres are far from saintly. The man, Jack Merriman, is a seer sucked into the celestial realm against his better judgment. He finds out Satan is a beautiful female with a keen sense of justice. Archangel Michael sounds just like James Earl Jones, and the Cherubs fill the Celestial spheres with heavenly elevator music. But underneath, the Celestial Spheres are as political and incompetent as a big government agency.

When a murder unleashes a widespread investigation through Crosbyville, children’s book author Pris and her trusty bloodhound, Bailey, must sniff out the truth before the whole town goes to the dogs. After deciding that life as a teacher wasn’t right for her, Priscilla found inspiration for...

Divorced dog-trainer-turned-private-eye Rachel Alexander and her canine assistant Dash - short for Dashiell - are hired by a man named Dennis Keaton to investigate the hit-and-run death of his friend and neighbor Clifford Cole, whose body was found on an isolated Christopher Street pier. The police are treating the gay painter’s suspicious death as a hate crime, but Dennis insists Cliff hadn’t cruised the waterfront in months. Plus, Magritte, Cliff’s champion basenji - a competitor in the upcoming Westminster Dog Show - may have been a witness to the crime and is now missing.

On the brink of World War II, Jane Benjamin wants to have it all. By day she hustles as a tomboy cub reporter. By night, she struggles to raise her toddler sister, Elsie, and protect her from their mother. But Jane’s got a plan: she’ll become the San Francisco Prospect’s first gossip columnist and make enough money to care for Elsie. Jane finagles her way to the women’s championship at Wimbledon, starring tennis phenom Tommie O’Rourke. But then she witnesses Edith “Coach” Carlson, Tommie’s closest companion, drop dead in the stands of apparent heart attack.

It's 1942. Cynical young gossip columnist Jane Benjamin joins FDR’s Office of War Information propaganda unit, aiming to replace big league gossip queen Hedda Hopper and get syndicated across the country. Jane scours the shipyard for a picture perfect Wendy-the-Welder poster girl to boost ship production by coaxing women into the workforce and to get her own name on newspapers everywhere. But when two top candidates die on the job, Jane’s got to choose between personal ambition and service, before the murderer kills another woman welder and America’s best chance of winning the war.