Ergebnis Anbieter "SAGA EGMONT" in Historische Krimis

Det är sent 1800-tal och en ung kvinna hittas mördad i den lilla värmländska socknen Frykeboda. Hon har bragts om livet i sitt eget hem och det dröjer inte länge innan skvallret går varmt på kyrkbacken. Vem är den skyldige? Uppdraget att hitta den våldsbenägne gärningsmannen går till länsman Nathanael Efraimsson och fjärdingsman Alfred Karlsson. Och det råder inte direkt någon brist på hemligheter i Frykeboda - något de snart ska bli varse.

Utåt sett följer Frykeboda socken de tio kristna budorden till punkt och pricka. Men säg den fasad som aldrig spricker. Utan förvarning är det någon som bryter mot det femte budordet: Du skall icke dräpa. Syndarens offer är socknens klockare. Vem har begått det fruktansvärda brottet? Återigen är det upp till länsman Nathanael Efraimsson och hans fjärdingsman Alfred Karlsson att sätta gärningsmannen bakom lås och bom. Men allt eftersom utredningen fortskrider står det klart att det syndas betydligt mer i Frykeboda än vad folk vill låtsas om.

Året är 1951 och ute i världen pågår kalla kriget för fullt. I en lägenhet i Aspudden bjuds den före detta journalisten Fritjof Enbom in på julmiddag hos sina hyresvärdar, Jan och Inger Lodin. Vad som händer sen får makarna Lodin att tappa sina hakor. När middagen börjar gå mot sitt slut påstår Enbom att han som spion lämnar ut viktiga uppgifter om Sverige till Sovjetunionen.

Miss Marple, en av världens mest skarptänkta detektiver, får ett vykort från sin nyligen avlidna vän Jason Rafiel. En gång hjälpte han henne att lösa ett mordfall, men den här gången är det ett vad han vill göra med henne från bortom graven: om hon lyckas knäcka ett av hans mest svårbegripliga mysterier så får hon ärva 20 000 pund. En förmögenhet för en gammal pensionerad spinster - och aldrig tackar man väl nej till att klura på en mordgåta.

Mitt under en cocktailbjudning på skådespelaren Sir Charles Cartwrights stora gods faller en älskad kyrkoherde omkull. Det står snabbt klart att han är död, men orsaken framstår som dunkel. När det kommer fram att han har blivit förgiftad blir alla gäster skräckslagna, men det finns inga som helst bevis som kan peka på vem som som skulle vilja förgifta den omtyckta mannen. Men mästerdetektiven Hercule Poirot känner sig snart säker på att han har genomskådat brottslingen. Frågan är bara hur han ska bevisa den skyldiges skuld ...

En framgångsrik, men sorgsen man. En orädd, passionerad kvinna. Naturfotografen Daniel och antropologen Kelly slår sig samman för att rädda en natur och ett folk de båda älskar. Deras gemensamma kamp tar dem från täta skogar och höga berg i södra Afrika till extravaganta miljöer i Taiwan och London. "Wilbur Smith the action is never further than the turn of a page." - The Independent Wilbur Smith (f. 1933) är en sydafrikansk författare som skapat succéer som När lejonet äter och släktkrönikan om familjen Courtney.

Journalisten och kriminalreportern Göran Sandahl arbetar i redaktionen för en tidning i en skånsk småstad som lider av nyhetstorka. Det händer sällan något och årets första domherre visar sig utgör det en av huvudnyheterna. Men allt det kommer att förändras när ett brutalt mord skakar den lilla staden. En kvinnlig taxichaufför hittas skjuten i sin bil och kvinnans make, Alf Ekman, misstänks för dådet.

Jim Hawkins is a young boy who lives at his parents’ inn, near Bristol. After Billy Bones, an old sea captain, mysteriously dies at the inn, Hawkins unlocks his sea chest and finds a treasure map. The mysterious treasure map arouses Jim’s curiosity and sparks a wild and adventurous treasure hunt. Before long, Jim has gathered a crew of untrustworthy pirates and sails off to Treasure Island. Long John Silver with his missing leg and his parrot is part of the voyage.

Lionel Dacre is a young man who lives in a small house in Paris. Because of his large interest in the occult, Dacre has gathered a huge library of occult literature and many mysterious items. One of these items is a leather funnel next to which the young man sleeps. The strange thing is that in his dreams, Lionel can see exactly how the funnel has been used.

After a passionate affair with Agnes Keith-Wessington, Jack Pansay wearies of her and becomes engaged to Miss Kitty Mannering. However, Wessington refuses to accept the rejection and reappears in Jack’s life, trying to make him reconsider. But to her greatest regret, Pansay continues to respond curtly and brutally. Not so long after, Agnes dies of a broken heart. From this moment on, Jack's life will never be the same again.

Ahab is the captain of a whaling ship named the Pequod. His great obsession with the giant whale, Moby Dick, makes him embark on a dangerous voyage. Some years before, the captain lost his leg because of the whale and now Ahab’s main desire is to take his revenge on the whale by killing it. He is so obsessed, that Ahab is ready to sacrifice everything he has, including the Pequod and all the members of his crew, and even his own life.

A man’s beloved woman suddenly dies of pneumonia. He cannot cope with the loss and spends a whole night wandering around the cemetery searching for her. However, what he finds and sees there is far from what he expected. Would you feel fear after reading "Was It A Dream?"? Then it may be interesting for you to find out what the characters in Maupassant’s short story "Fear" have to say about it as well. B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories.

Jabez Wilson, a London pawnbroker with ginger hair, pays a visit to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. He tells them about his young assistant, Vincent Spaulding, who has advised Wilson to respond to an urgent job advertisement in the local newspaper. The very next morning the pawnbroker is interviewed and hired. Everything goes well, until one morning he sees an announcement which says that "The red-headed league is dissolved". Wilson is extremely dissatisfied and goes to meet the landlord but does not receive any help.

Ralph Orth is an American novelist who decides to move to the English countryside. There he buys a marvellous estate called Chillingsworth. Inside Chillingsworth’s gallery, Orth finds an old portrait of a young girl who takes Orth’s breath away. He is fascinated and is determined to find out who this girl was. His obsession with little lady Blanche gets so strong that one day he sees her walking around in the neighborhood.

A governess is hired by a bachelor to take care of his nephew and niece. She has barely arrives at the house that she starts seeing ghosts and having other supernatural visions. She decides to share her frightening experience with the maid of the house, Mrs. Grose. The maid, however, is not surprised and tells the governess that the ghosts are those of Peter Quint and Miss Jessel.

The three scientist Mr. Edward Malone, Mr. Peerless Jones and Professor Challenger come together to build a machine that can drill deep into the earth. When the machine’s construction is finally completed the drilling starts, and it will not stop until the earth’s mantle is reached. Everything goes well for the three men, until they reach something into the earth that threatens to destroy their excavation.

Abercrombie Smith and Edward Bellingham are neighbors and fellow students at the University of Oxford. Smith is a medical student and athlete, while Bellingham is a specialist of Eastern studies and the owner of many Egyptian artefacts. A series of strange episodes happen after Edward buys a four-thousand-years-old mummy. Smith suspects his fellow student of hiding a dark and threatening secret, and soon discovers what the truth really is.

A three-mast Brazilian ship passes by and a man standing on the shore, waving to it. After sailing on the broad and getting back home, the man starts feeling worse with every passing day. He realizes that there is a supernatural being in his home, taking his strength and sanity away. The man tries to fight back and kill the ghost but it proves more challenging than he had expected. He realizes that he himself had invited the creature.

After Olenka Plemyannikova’s father dies, she marries Ivan Kukin - the owner of the local theater. She soon takes over some of his paperwork-related roles and becomes more involved in the business. Unfortunately, Kukin dies in Moscow during one of his work-related travels. Olenka’s grief does not last too long and she soon gets married to a timber yard worker named Vasily Pustovalov. They live a happily and comfortable life together, until one day Pustovalov gets sick and dies a few days later.

A man visits his friend, a Scandinavian artist who lives in an old Italian villa. They go out on the balcony, enjoying the calm and beautiful night. Then the guest suddenly sees a strange mound of earth with a body next to it. The artist knows the story and it goes way back in time. Angelo and Cristina were a couple in love who did not get the chance to be together. Cristina was killed by two robbers. Since then a strange body appears in the moonlight.