Résultats pour "Susanna" dans Policier

Margaret ist 89 und eine Institution in dem kleinen nordenglischen Dorf, in dem sie fast ihr gesamtes Leben verbracht hat. Einzig auf ihr ehemals gutes Gedächtnis ist in letzter Zeit wenig Verlass. Als ihre Nachbarin Barbara ermordet wird und die Polizei nicht vorankommt, nimmt die resolute Margaret die Dinge selbst in die Hand. An ihrer Seite: ihr cleverer Enkel James, 15, der ihrem Gedächtnis immer wieder auf die Sprünge hilft. Denn Margaret weiß: Barbara hat ihr kurz vor ihrem Tod etwas sehr Wichtiges anvertraut. Wenn sie sich nur erinnern könnte.

Matthew Bartholomew, unorthodox but effective physician to Michaelhouse college in medieval Cambridge, is as worried as anyone about the pestilence that is ravaging Europe and seems to be approaching England. But he is distracted by the sudden and inexplicable death of the Master of Michaelhouse - a death the University authorities do not want investigated.

In the spring of 1666 everyone's first reaction to a sudden death at the palace of White Hall is that the plague has struck, but the killing of Thomas Chiffinch was by design, not disease. Chiffinch was holder of two influential posts - Keeper of the Closet and Keeper of the Jewels - and rival courtiers have made no secret of their wish to succeed to those offices. To Thomas Chaloner, ordered to undertake the investigation, such avarice gives a whole host of suspects an ample motive for murder.

Nun wird das Mörderarchiv in London gebraucht. Während eines Besuchs in London bei ihrer Mutter Laura, einer Künstlerin, macht Annie eine grausige Entdeckung: Die Assistentin liegt tot auf den ausrangierten Gemälden der Mutter. Und ihr wurde das Herz entnommen. Im Tagebuch ihrer Tante Frances kommt Annie einem alten Mordfall auf die Spur: Auch damals wurde dem Opfer, einer guten Freundin von Frances, das Herz entrissen. Sind die beiden Fälle verbunden? Annie ermittelt mit Scharfsinn und den ungemein wertvollen Aufzeichnungen der Tante aus dem Swinging London der Sechzigerjahre.

Sofia erbt den Campingplatz ihrer Oma und zieht kurzerhand von Hamburg an den Hirschgrundsee. Dort trifft sie nicht nur auf liebenswürdige und skurrile Dauercamper - sondern auch auf eine Leiche! Doch der Täter hat nicht mit Sofia gerechnet: Schließlich will sie ihr Erbe einfach nur wieder loswerden. Aber wer kauft schon einen Campingplatz, auf dem ein Mörder frei herumläuft? Also muss Sofia selbst ermitteln.

Cambridge in 1352 is rife with terrible clashes between the fledgling university and the townspeople. Matthew Bartholomew, physician and teacher at Michaelhouse College, is trying to keep the peace when a student is murdered and the town plunges into chaos. At the same time, a skeleton is discovered that is rumoured to belong to a local martyr, and Bartholomew has his hands full investigating both deaths while the rioting intensifies....

Paris, 1938: Hierher hat sich die begabte junge Malerin und reiche Erbin Juliette Willoughby vor ihrer Familie geflüchtet, zusammen mit ihrem 20 Jahre älteren verheirateten Geliebten. Als beide bei einem Brand ums Leben kommen, verbrennt auch Juliettes Meisterwerk, das surrealistische Gemälde Selbstporträt als Sphinx. Cambridge, 1991: Die Kunst-Studenten Caroline und Patrick stoßen auf Hinweise, dass Juliettes Tod kein Unfall war, und kommen sich dabei näher. Dubai, heute: Patrick, mittlerweile Kunsthändler wie sein Vater, fädelt ein sensationelles Geschäft ein.

In 1350 the people of Cambridge are struggling to overcome the effects of the Black Death - and with a high mortality rate among priests and monks, the townsfolk are vulnerable to sinister cults that have sprung up. At Michaelhouse, Matthew Bartholomew is training new physicians when the body of a friar is found in the massive chest that the university uses to store precious documents. While investigating, Bartholomew stumbles across a derelict church being used as a meeting place for the mysterious sect he believes is at the heart of a web of blackmail.

Seit langem steht das Anwesen Old Mansion Hall im beschaulichen Örtchen Rosefield leer. Plötzlich verbreitet sich im Ort die Neuigkeit, dass der als verschollen geltende Erbe des Herrenhauses wieder dort eingezogen ist. Für die betagten Freundinnen Elisabeth und Margret eine willkommene Abwechslung in ihrem Alltag. Doch noch ehe sie dem Neuankömmling einen ersten Besuch abstatten können, geschieht ein heimtückischer Mord. Während die Polizei im Dunkeln tappt, entdeckt Margret eine Spur. Ist sie auf der richtigen Fährte? Und können sie und Elisabeth der Gefahr entgehen, die auf sie lauert?

Es wird besinnlich am Hirschgrundsee: Weihnachten steht vor der Tür und die Hirschgrundis lassen sich allerhand einfallen, um die Camper in Stimmung zu versetzen. Es gibt einen kleinen Weihnachtsmarkt, Fackeln rund ums Klohäusl, einen Plätzchen-Back-Wettbewerb für die Kinder und sogar eine Esel-Wanderung. Alles könnte so schön sein, wären da nicht diese ungehobelten Jäger, die Evelyns Café besetzen. Besonders der Vorsitzende, Frank Klinkenberg, geht Sofia auf die Nerven, weil er sie ständig anbaggert. Als Jonas das mitbekommt, sieht er rot und legt sich mit ihm an.

In the sapping summer heat of 1665, there is little celebration in London of the naval victory at the Battle of Lowestoft. The King, his retinue and anyone with sufficient means has fled the plague-ridden city, its half-deserted streets echoing the sound of bells tolling the mounting number of deaths. Those who remain clutch doubtful potions to ward off the relentless disease and dart nervously past shuttered buildings, watchful for the thieves who risk their lives to plunder what has been left behind.

Thomas Chaloner is relieved to be summoned back to London. His master, the Earl of Clarendon, has sent him to Tangier to investigate a case of corruption. Chaloner will be glad to be home, to be reunited with his new wife, but the trivial reason for his recall exasperates him - the theft of material from the construction site of Clarendon's embarrassingly sumptuous new house just north of Piccadilly.

In the dilapidated surroundings of the Savoy hospital, a delegation from the Netherlands has gathered for a final attempt to secure peace between the two nations. Thomas Chaloner, active in Holland during Cromwell's time, knows many of the delegates, including the sister of his late wife. Then the body of his former brother-in-law is found in the Thames. Chaloner discovers that the dead man has left enigmatic clues to a motivation for his murder.

Thomas Chaloner, spy for the King's intelligence service, has just returned from thwarting a planned revolt in Dublin, but soon realises that England's capital is no haven of peace. He is ordered to investigate the shooting of a beggar during a royal procession. He soon learns the man is no vagrant, but someone with links to the powerful company of Barber-Surgeons. His master, the earl of Clarendon, is locked in a deadly feud with the earl of Bristol, and an innocent man is about to be hanged in Newgate. 

harles II is well established at White Hall Palace, his mistress at hand in rooms over the Holbein bridge, the heads of some of the regicides on public display. London seethes with new energy, freed from the strictures of the protectorate, but many of its inhabitants have lost their livelihoods. One is Thomas Chaloner, a reluctant spy for the feared secretary of state, John Thurloe, and now returned from Holland in desperate need of employment. 

It is drawing near to the end of term, and the University at Cambridge is in turmoil over the opening of a new common library. There is an attack on one of the masters at a meeting to discuss the matter, and a body is found floating in the pond in the library's garden on the eve of its opening. Meanwhile, there are rumours of a large force of dangerous smugglers lurking in the Fens. Aided by their friend Sheriff Tulyet, Bartholomew and Michael must thwart the invaders before the Feast of Corpus Christi the following week.

Rumours of plague threaten Cambridge again, 10 years after the Black Death had almost laid waste to the town. Neither the church nor its priests had defended people from the disease, and now they turn elsewhere for protection, to pagan ritual and magical potions. It is a ripe atmosphere to be exploited by the mysterious 'Sorcerer', an anonymous magician whose increasing influence seems certain to oust both civil and church leaders from power.

There is something very amiss in the finances of Michaelhouse. Despite a new influx of well-heeled students, there is an acute lack of funds for the upkeep of the buildings, even for decent provisions. It is only when the brother in charge of the account books dies unexpectedly that some sort of explanation is revealed: he has been paying large amounts of money for goods the college itself has never received.

Identifying the murderer of the Chancellor of the university is not the only challenge facing physician Matthew Bartholomew. Many of his patients have been made worse by the ministrations of a 'surgeon' recently arrived from Nottingham, his sister is being rooked by the mason she has commissioned to build her husband's tomb and his friend, Brother Michael, has been offered a bishopric which will cause him to leave Cambridge.

Cambridge, 1354. Christmas approaches, and the town is gripped by the worst blizzards in living memory. As the physician Matthew Bartholomew struggles to help the poorer citizens cope with freezing temperatures, his colleagues prepare for the festivities. The weather has trapped many travellers in the town, including Matthew's erstwhile love, Philippa. She and her wealthy husband are invited to Michaelhouse for the main feast, and Matthew is horrified that he does not immediately recognise the overweight, sulky woman who once stole his heart.