Résultats pour "Helena" dans Policier

Devon, 1938. Kitty Underhay is enjoying a well-deserved rest when her very upset cousin Hattie suddenly bursts in. She sobs that the gentleman she had been seeing, Richard Westonholme, seems to have vanished, taking all of her jewellery with him. As Hattie describes Richard, he sounds eerily familiar, and Kitty and her husband Matt board a ship in hot pursuit–only to find him lying in a lifeboat…dead.

England, 1941. When Jane Treen is summoned to her boss’s office at the end of a long day, she smooths down her tweed skirt and makes them both another strong pot of coffee. Brigadier Remmington-Blythe slides a folded copy of the evening newspaper towards her, with one small article circled in red ink. A body has been found on an English beach in the little seaside town where she grew up, and he wants her to investigate. Jane is used to managing secret agents and spies, but she is now part of The Secret Detective Agency, England’s answer to solving the most mysterious murders.

London, 1941. Miss Jane Treen is faced with another mysterious disappearance within her Secret Detective Agency’s team. Tabitha Moore, a government typist, was on her way to meet Jane with vital information about some secret codes. But she didn’t turn up for work and has seemingly vanished without trace. Then Jane and her colleague, handsome codebreaker Arthur Cilento, receive a call: a body has been found, and it matches Tabitha’s description…

Devon, 1937. Kitty Underhay is enjoying a crisp winter morning walk with her best friend, Alice, and her fiancé, Robert, who have recently bought the mysterious Midwinter Farm. The previous owner vanished one night, his dinner still on the table and the front door left wide open. But as work is carried out on the farm, a body is found in the grounds. How was the man murdered—and who is responsible?

Begleite Kriminalkommissarin Helena Hansen durch ihre spannenden Fälle in Augsburg - präsentiert in einem packenden Audiobook-Sammelband von Ulrike Vögl, bestehend aus Nackabatsch mit Todesfolge, Mordsplatschari und Net ganz bacha. Von Nord nach Süd versetzt, versucht die Hamburgerin Helena sich nicht nur an die Sprachbarriere zu gewöhnen, sondern auch einen Mord zu lösen. Mit jeder weiteren Geschichte gerät sie tiefer in das Web der Ermittlungen - eine ermordete Leiche im Riesenrad und ein mysteriöser Todesfall stören die Ruhe ihrer neuen Heimat.

At home in Devon, Kitty is attending a ball at the very grand Markham Hall. With celebrations in full swing and everyone kitted out in their glad rags, Kitty and Matt enjoy the champagne. But the next morning, the party feels well and truly over when Kitty stumbles across a body while out walking her dog, Bertie. The maid, Agnes, is dead, and everyone at Markham Hall is a suspect…

When an ex-police officer from the murder squad is found shot dead in a dank squat, Detective Anna Travis is pulled into the case he was working on - the hunt for Alexander Fitzpatrick, a drug-trafficker with a vast fortune, and one of the most wanted men in the Western world. But there have...

Cornwall, 1937. Kitty Underhay has been called to investigate some fishy goings-on in the beautiful coastal village of St Mawes. The body of Lady Cordelia Hedges’ beloved father was found floating in the sea, and shortly afterwards Cordelia herself was almost killed… Determined to piece together the puzzle, Kitty spends her first evening in the Cornish bay at one of Cordelia’s lavish parties. But she’s not just soaking up the idyllic surroundings with her husband Matt, she’s at the party to get to know those closest to their host.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Love Me Not by M. J. Arlidge, read by Elizabeth Bower. She Loves Me A woman's body lies in the road. At first it looks like a tragic accident. But when Helen Grace arrives on the scene it's clear she's looking at a coldblooded killing. But why would...

Alfie McAlister has retreated from London to the peace and quiet of the country to recover from a personal tragedy. But an accidental death - which may have been no accident - reveals that the heart of England is far from the tranquil backwater he imagined. After arriving in Bunburry, he is co-opted as an amateur detective by Liz and Marge, two elderly ladies who were best friends with Alfie's late Aunt Augusta. And it is not long before their investigations take an even more dramatic turn.

Juni 2012. Sista gången någon ser Helena Svahn är inne i en klädbutik i centrum. Polisen som utreder fallet är Pierre Hultman, en kriminalkommissarie med lång erfarenhet på jobbet, men med ett tragiskt förflutet. Ingen verkar ha något ont att säga om Helena, och Hultman och hans kollegor Sofia Hård och Mattias Fridlund har en svår nöt att knäcka. Har hon bara åkt hemifrån, eller har det hänt något fruktansvärt? Februari 1998. 16-åriga Denise kämpar mot sitt förflutna och sin sorg på Sankt Sigfrids Sjukhus. Runt henne händer det märkliga saker - eller är det de kraftiga medicinerna som påverkar henne?

Miss Marple meets Oscar Wilde in this series of cosy mysteries set in the picturesque Cotswolds village of Bunburry. Wedding bells are ringing in Bunburry - but not everyone is celebrating... Alfie and Emma are finally planning their big day in the idyllic Cotswold village of Bunburry. With the legendary wedding planner Elizabeth Ravensdale in charge, perfection seems guaranteed. But when a body is discovered, the dream of a flawless celebration quickly unravels. While the police are convinced they've found their culprit, the Bunburry triangle senses that something doesn't add up.

Sussex, 1881. Lady Helena Scott-De Quincy's marriage to Sir Justin Whitcombe, three years before, gave new purpose to a life almost destroyed by the death of Lady Helena's first love. After all, shouldn't the preoccupations of a wife and hostess be sufficient to fulfill any aristocratic female's dreams? Such a shame their union wasn't blessed by children...but Lady Helena is content with her quiet country life until Sir Justin is found dead in the river overlooked by their grand baroque mansion.

Où est passée Mathilde ? Ses parents donnent l'alerte : la jeune femme de 27 ans ne donne plus de nouvelles. Croyant d'abord à une simple fugue, le policier chargé de l'enquête découvre sa voiture avec un siège ensanglanté. Au fil des témoignages, on découvre une disparue aux prises...

Late spring, 1936. As Kitty Underhay steps onto the sun-drenched station platform in Nice, on orders from Whitehall to track down a missing man, she hopes there will still be time to lie by the pool, preferably with a cocktail in hand. But when she and her husband Matt take a brief evening stroll, instead of finding a perfect croissant, they stumble across a body. Kitty and Matt quickly realise it is Fred Bennett, the man from Whitehall they were hoping to find. Had he simply drunk too much fabulous French wine, or is something fishy going on in this seaside city?

Alfie McAlister nimmt an einem Schreibkurs in dem abgelegenen Herrenhaus Hallwood Hall teil - dem Ort, an dem er einst einen verschollenen Oscar-Wilde-Text entdeckte. Was als literarische Auszeit beginnt, entwickelt sich bald zu einem undurchsichtigen Spiel: Eine Teilnehmerin verschwindet spurlos und die Atmosphäre wird zunehmend unheimlicher. Alfie beginnt zu zweifeln, ob wirklich jeder den Kurs aus rein kreativen Gründen besucht. Je näher er der Wahrheit kommt, desto riskanter wird es - denn plötzlich schwebt er selbst in tödlicher Gefahr.

Folge 18: In Bunburry läuten die Hochzeitsglocken! Doch die festliche Stimmung nimmt eine düstere Wendung, als das Haus von Rakesh Choudhury, dem angesehenen Besitzer des beliebten indischen Restaurants, von Vandalismus heimgesucht wird. Wer könnte so etwas Schreckliches getan haben? Die Polizei ermittelt, aber Hobbydetektiv Alfie McAlister glaubt, dass noch andere Eifersüchteleien und versteckter Groll im Spiel sind. Ist er der Einzige, der die Wahrheit herausfinden kann? Über die Serie:. Frische Luft, herrliche Natur und weit weg von London!

The year 1934. Kitty Underhay steps out of the battered Rolls Royce and onto the graveled driveway of Thurscomb Castle in deepest Yorkshire. She’s honored to be a bridesmaid at her cousin Lucy’s wedding to the reluctant Lord Rupert Woodcomb, but as family and friends gather for welcome drinks, Kitty dodges intrusive questions about her own marital status by taking a stroll about the castle grounds. As she passes through the manicured gardens, a fatal shot rings out....

Lord Comstock is a barbarous newspaper tycoon with enemies in high places. His murder in the study of his country house poses a dilemma for the Home Secretary. In the hours before his death, Lord Comstock’s visitors included the government Chief Whip, an Archbishop, and the Assistant Commissioner for Scotland Yard. Suspicion falls upon them all and threatens the impartiality of any police investigation. Abandoning protocol, the Home Secretary invites four famous detectives to solve the case: Mrs Adela Bradley, Sir John Saumarez, Lord Peter Wimsey, and Mr Roger Sheringham. 

Efter tre oförklarliga olycksfall med dödlig utgång kopplas privatdetektiv Eva S:t Clair in för att rädda sin barndomsväns stundande giftermål. Sofie von Schenken – trettio, stenrik och hemmahörande på Rosenlunds herrgård – ska gifta sig för fjärde gången och hon tänker inte ta några risker längre. De tre tidigare dödsoffren har nämligen den gemensamma nämnaren att de alla varit Sofies män. Motvilligt blir hennes rival och barndomsvän, privatdetektiv Eva S:t Clair, indragen som Sofies livvakt. Eva, lingvistiskt lagd och oerhört observant, tar sig an uppdraget.