Résultats pour "A" dans Détectives traditionnels

Le festival de Cannes va bientôt débuter. La comédienne Carla Haverstock est promise au prix de la meilleure actrice ! Conviée à une projection privée, elle est bouleversée par un vieux film évoquant son passé. Mais l'une des images provoque sa fuite, en compagnie de son caniche, Hitchcock. Désemparée, elle roule à tombeau ouvert. Et l'accident mortel se produit. Tout indique que le véhicule a été saboté et incendié. Higgins, qui séjourne à Grasse, accepte de s'intéresser à l'affaire.

Lieutenant Carl Sarabia, a newly retired homicide detective, moves with his wife Greta from Houston, Texas to Glamis, Connecticut to be closer to their daughter Sarah and her family. The idyllic river town is upended when Merlin Glenmore is found murdered on April Fools' Day, midway through his seance-themed birthday party at the place he despised the most, The Glenmore-Pace Castle, a gothic mansion built by his great-great grandfather, and now a museum run by his sister Jade.

An elderly French artist is found dead in his rooms in London clutching a miniature portrait of a little girl. Intrigued, Constable Sam Plank delves into the world of art dealing and finds himself navigating the fragile post-war relationship between England and France. What is the link between this and the recent attacks on customs officers in London Docks? And will a beautiful mademoiselle put paid to Martha Plank’s matchmaking?

Saving a senator’s daughter from LA’s porn industry is one gig that needs serious discretion. But discretion is not Jim Grant’s specialty. Los Angeles, CaliforniaIt’s not long before Grant finds himself on live television busting an armed robbery, spreading his arms wide to show he’s unarmed—the same pose that earned him the nickname “Resurrection Man” in Boston. The spotlight may be good for Grant’s profile, but it’s bad for his health. The Dominguez drug cartel is looking for him, and his work for the senator has uncovered a ring of dirty cops who want him out of the way.

Lucian Reeve never meant to reopen the past—but a single key demands its keeper. When a tarnished key is left mysteriously on his desk, archivist Lucian Reeve is drawn into a chilling mystery he thought he’d sealed away forever. As he investigates its origins, he uncovers a name long erased from the records, an ominous bell that rings only at dusk, and a silence too deliberate to ignore. Haunted by the past and driven by the need to understand the present, Lucian's search leads him to a collector with dark motives, an enigmatic estate, and a chilling connection to a long-forgotten case.

Step into the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian London with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle—a timeless collection of twelve masterfully crafted mysteries that first captivated readers in 1892. Narrated by the loyal and observant Dr. Watson, these iconic short stories introduce the world to the brilliant consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, whose razor-sharp logic and unconventional methods forever changed crime fiction.

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson reisen nach Wien. Die österreichische Regierung hat die beiden beauftragt, einen Einbruch in die kaiserliche Schatzkammer aufzuklären. Es zeigt sich jedoch, dass es um wesentlich mehr geht als um den Diebstahl einer berühmten Reichsreliquie.

Jim Grant is in Boston on temporary assignment from England and his instructions are simple: don’t get involved and keep out of trouble. But for Grant, keeping out of trouble isn’t an option. Never was and never will be.

On a culinary tour of the British Isles, retired Detective Superintendent Albert Smith and snarky former police dog Rex Harrison find something quite unexpected waiting for them at their B&B... it’s the almost-dead body of their landlady.

On the southeast coast of England, three wines growers have just gone missing and a fourth was found dead at the scene. Could this be the work of the master criminal Albert Smith has been chasing all over the country? You'd better believe it. Rushing back to his home county, Albert hopes to pick up the trail once more. With trusted former police dog, Rex Harrison, at his side, the duo begins to snoop …… but they have no idea the perpetrators are still there. Worse yet, the criminals know who Albert is and they’re not about to let him spoil their plans again.

A priceless royal treasure. A desperate father. A broken coronet with three missing beryls. In The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, Sherlock Holmes is drawn into one of the most emotionally charged and high-stakes cases of his career. When a distinguished gentleman seeks Holmes’s help after a glittering coronet is mysteriously damaged in his own home, suspicion falls on his own son — but nothing is as simple as it seems.

Step into one of the most unsettling and atmospheric cases in the Sherlock Holmes canon with The Adventure of the Copper Beeches by Arthur Conan Doyle.

Eigentlich wollte der Kommissar in Maigret hat Angst nur seinen alten Studienfreund Chabot in Fontenay-le-Comte besuchen. Doch schon im Zug bittet ihn ein Mitreisender um Hilfe: Zwei Morde haben die Kleinstadt in Angst versetzt, sogar eine Bürgerwehr patrouilliert. Maigret versucht, seine Anwesenheit geheim zu halten – vergeblich, bald setzt die ganze Stadt ihre Hoffnungen in den berühmten Besucher aus Paris. Dann geschieht ein dritter Mord. Maigrets 42. Fall spielt in der Vendée.

The story follows Holmes and Watson as they investigate John Hector McFarlane, a young lawyer accused of murdering his client, builder Jonas Oldacre, after Oldacre unexpectedly named McFarlane the sole beneficiary of his will.

OSBI agents face three of the most challenging cases in their history. Book 1 had a killer who kills from the need for blood. Book 2 finds a killer killing young prostitutes. Book 3 find a killer burning young adults. Each audiobook not only keeps you breathless at the rapid pace and suspenseful writing, but you will also follow a journey of spiritual awakening for one OSBI agent. Share her journey from a life trapped behind hard emotional walls, to one of freedom.

Baking. It can get a guy killed. On the trail of a master criminal, a retired detective and his former police dog expect a quiet time in the Cumbrian village of Keswick. However, when Rex picks up a scent upon arriving at their B&B …… the discovery of a body in a shallow grave draws them into a mystery someone does not want solved. With help from a local amateur sleuth and her dog, our mystery-busting duo set out to investigate two cases at the same time. Along the way they’ll identify a host of possible suspects and have to answer some big questions: Who stood to gain from the victim’s death?

Charity Buntington's husband describes his wife as the most lovely and inoffensive person, whom nobody would want to hurt. But someone enters their home in broad daylight, strangles her, then cuts off and takes away her right forefinger. Inspector Hopkins asks Sherlock Holmes to help him investigate the case, but Charity's friend Aurora Jones is also a private detective, and wishes to help bring her friend's murderer to justice. Holmes is impressed with Jones' skills, and although Hopkins is reluctant, he agrees to let Miss Jones assist in the case under Holmes' guidance.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson help an old friend search for a missing family member. Weeks later, Inspector Lestrade calls them to a suspicious death. Finally, a telegram summons the pair to Paris. These three seemingly unrelated incidents lead the detective to uncover an international mystery that stretches across the borders of three countries, dominated by deception and death. Holmes and Watson join forces with the Paris police to investigate a series of arson fires and three deaths that lead them to murder.

Arriving in the famous English seaside resort, Albert plans only to reminisce about a childhood holiday more than seventy years in the past. While there he will eat the town's most famous creation - the sugary treat known as rock. But when he walks into a shop being shaken down by heavies enforcing a protection racket, all thoughts of relaxation go out the window.

Every journey might start with a single step, but where does it end? Albert Smith and his faithful dog, Rex Harrison, have been on the road for far longer than they ever expected, but they can’t go home yet. Not until they solve one final case. Following a near-invisible breadcrumb trail of clues to find a character they know only as ‘The Gastrothief’, the man and dog duo find themselves in a remote village on the Welsh coast. Miles from home and without a friend in sight, do they really stand a chance against this invisible enemy and his merciless agents? Of course they don’t.