Résultats pour "A" dans Historique

Wir schreiben das Jahr 2025. Und wir schreiben das Jahr 1945. Gelingt es, in der Gegenwart ein Verbrechen aufzuklären, das weit zurück in der Vergangenheit begangen wurde? Als auf einem Flohmarkt im ostfriesischen Moordorf eine filigrane Brosche auftaucht, ahnt zunächst niemand, dass sie einst Teil eines ostpreußischen Familienschatzes war. 1945 verloren gegangen auf der Flucht vor der heranrückenden Roten Armee, wurde sie noch am selben Tag gefunden von dem zehnjährigen Klaus Oldinski, der sie zu seinem persönlichen Schatz erklärte.

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?

A chance encounter with Autumn Moon, the most powerful courtesan on Paradise Island, leads magistrate Judge Dee to investigate the murder of a man who spent his last week alive with the infamous prostitute. When the lady herself is murdered, the mystery deepens, leading Dee through a tangled history of passion and betrayal.

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.

Murder, mines, and missing millions—retirement just got interesting. When a shady real estate developer is found murdered beneath Harriet Keaton’s family home—shot, stabbed, and surrounded by rare 1830s gold coins—her estranged twin brother Joey is the prime suspect. He insists he’s innocent... but won’t name the real culprit. With Joey refusing to talk and millions missing from the retirement accounts, the future of the Independence Retirement Community is suddenly on the line.

Le printemps arrive, et avec lui, la saison des mondanités. Louise Galtier compte bien trouver un fiancé cette année. Pour ce faire, elle entraîne sa sœur Joséphine à la recherche de nouvelles tenues. Las ! Le tailleur est découvert assassiné dans son atelier, une paire de ciseaux plantée dans le dos… Ravie de cette distraction, Joséphine entreprend d'identifier le coupable. Et quel illustre gentilhomme retrouve-t-on parmi les nombreux clients du défunt ? Nul autre qu'un certain comte, qui voit d'un très mauvais œil que la jeune fille se mêle encore d'une affaire qui ne la concerne pas.

London,1889: When a young labourer working on the construction of Tower Bridge is found fatally injured by Traitor's Gate, Scotland Yard turns to amateur detectives Emma Langley and Penny Green for help. Archie Mitchell survives long enough to reach hospital, but takes his secrets to the grave.

Ostern 1903. In den Armenvierteln von London werden französische Prostituierte gekreuzigt aufgefunden. In der Kleidung der Leichen entdeckt man mysteriöse Nachrichten. Diese Kreuzigungs-Morde sorgen für internationales Aufsehen und belasten einen anstehenden Staatsbesuch des englischen Königs beim französischen Präsidenten, bei dem sich beide Großmächte einander annähern wollen. Inspektor Bradstreet von Scotland Yard und die Londoner Polizei tappen im Dunkeln. Zur Klärung der Mordserie wird Sherlock Holmes vom König direkt beauftragt.

Ethan Kane, guided by a Solakari clue from the Comanche Sky Altar, leads his party into the treacherous Chihuahuan desert in 1828, seeking the legendary Whispering Caves. They soon discover rivals: the ruthless Captain Rexford Gaines and his mercenaries are already scouring the mountains where the caves are hidden.

London, 1905: Law student and military veteran Balvinder dev Singh has found an extralegal way to fund his studies. As friend and accomplice to the infamous gentleman thief AJ Raffles, he rubs shoulders with the upper crust—and steals their valuables. That is, until their next mark, an imperialist general, is grotesquely murdered in the library of his Mayfair mansion. Bal and Raffles find themselves implicated in a series of killings that soon attracts the attention of Scotland Yard—and the aging Sherlock Holmes himself.

In this seventh book of the series, Clive and Henrietta return to England to find Castle Linley in financial ruin. When Clive’s cousin, Wallace, invites an estate agent in to assess the home’s value, the agent is later found poisoned, throwing all of the Castle’s guests into suspicion. Clive and Henrietta are soon drawn into an investigation, which is slowed by an incompetent local inspector and several unexplained phenomena...the cause of which many, especially the frail Lady Linley, believe to be the workings of the ghost of a hanged maid.

When Clive, anxious to distract a depressed Henrietta, begs Sergeant Frank Davis for a case, he is assigned to investigating a seemingly boring affair: a spiritualist woman operating in an abandoned schoolhouse on the edge of town who is suspected of robbing people of their valuables. What begins as an open-and-shut case becomes more complicated, however, when Henrietta, much to Clive’s dismay, begins to believe the spiritualist's strange ramblings.

In this sixth book of the series, Clive and Henrietta return to Europe in an attempt to resurrect their failed honeymoon. While in London, they are approached by their old friend, Inspector John Hartle, who convinces them to search for the missing panel of the Ghent Altarpiece, a famous Renaissance painting, of which Hitler’s top men are also in pursuit.

Dundee, 1860s. Sergeant George Watters and his team investigate the murder of a local banker, found dead on the 13th tee of a local golf course. Illicit prizefighters, merchants, and prostitutes all seem to be somehow connected to the murder, and even the toughest of Dundee are refusing to talk.

Henrietta Von Harmon works as a 26 girl at a corner bar on Chicago's northwest side. It's 1935, but things still aren't looking up since the big crash and her father's subsequent suicide, leaving Henrietta to care for her antagonistic mother and younger siblings. Henrietta is eventually persuaded to take a job as a taxi dancer at a local dance hall - and just when she's beginning to enjoy herself, the floor matron turns up dead. When aloof Inspector Clive Howard appears on the scene, Henrietta agrees to go undercover for him-and is plunged into Chicago's grittier underworld. Meanwhile, she's still busy playing mother hen to her younger siblings, as well as to pesky neighborhood boy Stanley, who believes himself in love with her and keeps popping up in the most unlikely places, determined to keep Henrietta safe - even from the Inspector, if need be. Despite his efforts, however, and his penchant for messing up the Inspector's investigation, the lovely Henrietta and the impenetrable Inspector find themselves drawn to each other in most unsuitable ways.

Xerxes, a 90-something survivor of the extinct Brazilian Communist Party, hires an unemployed journalist to write his life story, and most importantly explain his 1935 tragic love affair with comrade Elza Fernandes, code-named The Girl. Elza’s tale is one of the most bizarre true stories in Brazilian history: as a beautiful sixteen year old, she was suspected of betraying the Party and, although the charge could not be proved, was sentenced to death by Luiz Carlos Prestes himself.

Isidoro Montemayor se enfrenta a su segundo caso. Una nueva intriga en el Madrid del Siglo de Oro. Madrid, otoño de 1614. Gonzalo Escondrillo, archivero del marqués de Hornacho, la aparecido muerto en extrañas circunstancias en el gabinete de las maravillas, orgullo de la casa del marqués y su tesoro mejor custodiado. Entre otros objetos valiosos y extraordinarios, la colección cuenta con colmillos de elefante, una armadura del rey Carlos, cuadros de maestros italianos y flamencos, la piel de un oso polar e, incluso, prodigios insólitos como un cuerno de unicornio, un niño con dos cabezas, la mano de una sirena y el pezón de una santa.

Besides perfectly baked pastries and strong coffee, she has a fondness for stealing things. But she knows that stealing the most famous painting in the world would be pointless. After all, what can you do with it once the world finds out it's missing? Hide it in your closet? She'd rather use that space for her hat collection.