Résultats pour "Susanna" dans Fiction criminelle

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.

Susanne och Flemming är förälskade och ser fram emot sitt stundande bröllop. Men innan bröllopet reser Flemming till England, och därifrån skickar han varje dag glödande kärleksförklaring till Susanne. Men en dag bryts kontakten helt, och Flemming går inte att få tag på. Efter tre veckor bestämmer sig Susanne för att resa till London för att ta reda på vad som har hänt. Till sin förskräckelse inser hon att Flemming precis blivit utskriven från sjukhuset efter en olycka.

Daniel hatte das perfekte Leben: eine schöne Freundin, einen tollen Job, eine bezahlbare Wohnung. Doch vor zwanzig Jahren wurde er Zeuge von etwas, das er niemals hätte sehen dürfen. Und jetzt wird er von der Erinnerung an diesen Moment heimgesucht. Der fürchterliche Schrei. Das Platschen von etwas Schwerem, das ins Wasser fällt. Sein Freund, der von seinem Vater ermordet wird. Die Erinnerung kehrt immer wieder zurück und macht ihn langsam, aber sicher verrückt. Und jetzt hat er deswegen auch noch Freundin, Job und Wohnung verloren.

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.

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.

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.

Believers in the theory of nominalism have set some Cambridge colleges at the throats of those who believe them to be heretics, and Michael, the senior proctor, has his work cut out to keep the peace. When a nominalist is murdered during a riot, Michael is certain he will easily find the killer amongst the Dominicans, but before he can get any sense out of them his junior proctor, Walcote, is found hanged, and he discovers that his trusted ally had arranged secret meetings at the St Ragelund Convent....

Matthew Bartholomew jumps at the chance to travel to Ely with Brother Michael, as it will give him a unique opportunity to study in the richly stocked library of the Benedictine priory. Michael has been summoned to the city by his bishop, but it isn't until they arrive that they discover the reason - the bishop has been accused of murder. The charge seems ludicrous, but Michael takes the investigation seriously and energetically sets about his task. Almost immediately he discovers that there appears to have been a series of unexplained deaths in the area.

Michaelhouse is in uproar: Kenyngham, the saintly but ageing master, has announced his retirement, and with unseemly haste Runham arranges his own 'election' as his successor. Within days he has dismissed several members of staff, including the redoubtable laundress Agatha, and is making life so unpleasant for the scholars that even Matthew Bartholomew believes his future as physician and teacher at the college is untenable.

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....

Matthew Bartholomew, doctor of medicine and fellow of Michaelhouse, Cambridge, is travelling with a party from the college to accept the gift of the living of a parish in Suffolk. One of his companions, Unwin, an unworldly scholar, is to be installed as priest. Their journey is not without incident - they are chased by footpads, pass through an eerie village abandoned after the recent plague and find a man barely alive on a gibbet - so they reach their destination with some relief. But their thoughts of recovering while enjoying the local Pentecostal Fair are soon curtailed.

In the summer of 1358 the physician Matthew Bartholomew returns to Cambridge to learn that his beloved sister is in mourning after the unexpected death of her husband, Oswald Stanmore. Aware that his son has no interest in the cloth trade that made his fortune and reputation, Oswald has left the business to his widow, but a spate of burglaries in the town distracts Matthew from supporting Edith in her grief and attempting to keep the peace between her and her wayward son.

By January 1666, the plague has almost disappeared from London, leaving its surviving population diminished and in poverty. The resentment against those who had fled to the country turns to outrage as the court and its followers return, their licentiousness undiminished. The death of a well-connected physician, the mysterious sinking of a man-of-war in the Thames and the disappearance of a popular courtier are causing concern to Thomas Chaloner's employer.

In 1360 Edward III issues a call to arms, as sporadic attacks by the French threaten to turn into a full-blown invasion. In Cambridge, fear of the enemy is magnified by the belief that foreign agents are lurking in the area. Tension runs ever higher as rumours and ignorance fan the flames of suspicion amid preparations for war. And then the first murder occurs - of a French scholar living in the town.

Lisa remembers the first part of the night: an evening in the pub with her best friend. Then nothing. She wakes up, days later. She's in hospital. Her best friend is dead. Lisa holes up in a remote country cottage, plagued by guilt and flashbacks: how did their assailant know them? Why were they attacked? And what really happened that night? With only vague memories of the event, she cuts herself off from friends and family, spending her days wandering the hills with her dog, Riley.

Das sensationelle Krimi-Ereignis des Jahres zum Wohlfühlen, Schmunzeln und Miträtseln für alle Fans von Richard Osman und Robert Thorogood: Wie findet man den eigenen Mörder? Man legt ein Archiv an (und lässt andere die Arbeit machen). Tante Frances dachte immer, dass sie eines Tages umgebracht wird. Sie hatte recht. Und sie hat vorgesorgt. Frances Adams war siebzehn Jahre alt, als eine Wahrsagerin ihr 1965 auf dem Jahrmarkt prophezeite, dass man sie ermorden würde. Ihr Leben lang nahm niemand Frances ernst.

Die Vergangenheit wirft einen langen Schatten. Der umschwärmte Tanzlehrer Aurelio Martínez weiß um seine anziehende Wirkung auf Frauen und hat ein Händchen für Eifersuchtsdramen. Das allgemeine Entsetzen ist groß, als er plötzlich tot auf dem Boden seiner Tanzschule aufgefunden wird – erschlagen mit einem Kerzenständer. Was ging vor in der noblen alten Villa in Hannovers Zooviertel? Bei seinen Ermittlungen entdeckt Kommissar Völxen einen entscheidenden Hinweis.

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.

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.