Résultats pour "Testament" dans Policier

Installé aux États-Unis depuis la mort de sa mère, Damien Louvel, scénariste d'une série télévisée à succès, doit rentrer en France à la suite du décès tragique de son père. Il découvre que celui-ci menait des recherches autour d'un mystérieux objet - la pierre de Iorden -, qui semblent lui avoir coûté la vie. Aidé de Sophie, une journaliste dont il tombe amoureux, Damien décide de poursuivre les étranges investigations de son père, et se lance dans une course effrénée.

Et si la science alchimique n'était pas une histoire de charlatans ? Quand le capitaine de la PJ grenobloise Nadia Barka est invitée à Rome comme légataire d'un vieil aristocrate, elle ne sait pas qu'elle héritera d'un sublime cadeau empoisonné. L'or va de nouveau déchaîner les passions. La Toscane et Botticelli, le Mont-Saint-Michel et sa mythique abbaye.

Deux sœurs, Apolline et Ursule, naissent à Bordeaux au milieu du XVIIIe siècle, dans un milieu très religieux. Apolline est mise dans un couvent, puis en sort pour retrouver sa sœur mourante et découvrir, à travers un manuscrit, le récit de ses aventures. Ursule, rebaptisée Olympe, a réussi à se faire emmener à Paris par le duc de Richelieu, le plus célèbre libertin de son siècle. Un brillant destin s'ouvre à elle...

Après avoir quitté son petit ami durant des vacances ratées, Anna Maria Giusti rentre chez elle. Lorsqu’elle passe récupérer son courrier chez sa voisine Constanza Altavilla, elle trouve celle-ci étendue sur le sol, sa tête baignant dans une flaque de sang. Pour le légiste, cela ne fait aucun doute, la vieille dame a été terrassée par une crise cardiaque et, dans sa chute, sa tête a heurté le radiateur de sa chambre. Dépêché sur les lieux, le commissaire Brunetti ne trouve aucune preuve flagrante infirmant cette hypothèse.

It was supposed to be a dead week. For this mysterious hitman, things just couldn't be that damn easy. The sharp-tongued soul-stealing assassin plods through life with reckless abandon - until he finds a purpose. Until Sarah Brecker. When the contract on her life goes unfilled, all Hell breaks loose (literally). Forced to work together, they must dodge ruthless mobsters and a variety of demons to buy enough time for Sarah. Evading ambushes proves much easier than eluding that damn dull ache in his chest.

A man is accidentally knocked down outside 221B Baker Street by a carriage. His dying words are he has seen a man rise from the grave. At the same time a visitor arrives with a mystery of unparalleled international importance. The Viscount Wrexham is missing, presumed dead, in strange circumstances. In the North, rumours stir of a dead man haunting the moors. Broomheath Hall is beset by ghostly lights and spectres. What does it all mean? Can arcane knowledge bring people back from the dead?

Fiber artist Ingrid Barrick has just been found dead in her ransacked house, but the fact that she'd seemed a bit troubled lately—and had been obsessively doodling pictures of bees—has the Knit and Nibblers wondering if this was really a burglary gone bad like the police think. There had been tension with a neighbor who was fuming (and sneezing) over the ragweed in Ingrid's garden—but allergies don't seem like grounds for murder.

For Gideon Mack, faithless minister, unfaithful husband, and troubled soul, the existence of God, let alone the Devil, is no more credible than that of ghosts or fairies - until the day he falls into a gorge and is rescued by someone who might just be Satan.

Worldwide, the pantheon of deities includes thousands of gods worshiped among various nationalities and cultures. Of course, most of us reject those other gods, only embracing the deity or deities we’ve been raised to revere. Worldwide, the pantheon of deities includes thousands of gods worshiped among various nationalities and cultures. Of course, most of us reject those other gods, only embracing the deity or deities we’ve been raised to revere.

Seit Wochen erscheinen in der Lokalpresse Hinweise darauf - Einheimische und Touristen sind im Schatzfieber. Doch dann wird ein Rechtsanwalt aus La Réunion ermordet aufgefunden. Als Nachlassverwalter eines ausgewanderten Sohnes der Stadt war er für die Organisation der Schatzsuche in Auciel Haute mitverantwortlich. Schreckt da jemand nicht vor Mord zurück, um vor allen anderen dem Schatz auf die Spur zu kommen?

1937: Hitler sent an expedition to Tibet in search of the lost land of Thule. 1941: Himmler spent a huge fortune, and sacrificed the lives of hundreds to turn Wewelsburg Castle in Germany into a shrine to the SS. 2008: Art recovery expert Jamie Saintclair is astonished to discover that the gentle grandfather he thought he knew was a decorated war hero, serving in the Special Air Service in World War Two. And his grandfather has one more surprise.

Ian Rutledge returns to his career at Scotland Yard after years fighting in the First World War. Unknown to his colleagues he is still suffering from shell shock, and is burdened with the guilt of having had executed a young soldier on the battlefield for refusing to fight. A jealous colleague has learned of his secret and has managed to have Rutledge assigned to a difficult case which could spell disaster for Rutledge whatever the outcome. A retired officer has been murdered, and Rutledge goes to investigate.

»Die Glocken von Rungholt werden von den Toten geläutet.« Rechtsanwältin Aenne Feddersen ermittelt mit zwanghaftem Scharfsinn und nordischem Charme dort, wo Gummistiefel und Fischbrötchen zum Kulturgut gehören. Aenne Feddersen kämpft als Strafverteidigerin nicht nur erbittert vor Gericht, sondern auch täglich gegen ihre manischen Zwänge an. In der ältesten Kirche Nordfrieslands wird bei Restaurierungsarbeiten eine verborgene Wandmalerei entdeckt. Kurze Zeit später wird der Restaurator Lasse Graaten ermordet aufgefunden.

An innocent walk through the woods turns sinister when Albert and Rex hear a cry for help. A desperate woman is trapped the wrong side of a high fence...and she is being pursued.

Blut ist dicker als Wasser? Nicht für Sofia - zumindest, wenn es um ihren Cousin Horst geht. Der hat sie schon als Kind immer geärgert und jetzt taucht dieser unverschämte Kerl plötzlich auf ihrem Campingplatz auf und will ihr Nonnas Erbe streitig machen. Sogar Evelyn hat er gedroht, dass ihr Café bald ihm gehören wird. Und auch die anderen Camper sind vor seinen haltlosen Unterstellungen und Bedrohungen nicht sicher. Als Horsts Klamotten aus dem Gruberhäusl verschwinden, beschuldigt er Sofia. Doch sie findet seine Jacke wieder - am leblosen Körper eines Anglers.

In fear for his life, American millionaire Daniel Cartwright changes his will, appointing his old friend Rowland Sinclair as his executor. Soon murder proves that fear was well founded. When Rowland receives word of Cartwright’s death, he sets out immediately for Boston, Massachusetts, to bury his friend and honour his last wishes. He is met with the outrage and anguish of Cartwright’s family, who have been spurned in favour of a man they claim does not exist.

At the lush Villa Calypso on the French Riviera, a dying billionaire launches a devious plan: at midnight each day he appoints a new heir to his vast fortune. If he dies within 24 hours, that person takes it all. If not, their chance is gone forever. Yet these are no ordinary beneficiaries, these are men who crossed him, women who deceived him and distant relations intent on reclaiming the family fortune. All are determined to lend death a hand and outwit their rivals, and retired Scotland Yard detective Jasper, in pursuit of the prize.

In the twilight of the 19th century, reason begins to rot. Across fog-drenched moors, beneath the catacombs of Parliament, and within the haunted silence of museum vaults, ancient forces stir—unbound by time, myth, or law. Vampires broker immortality contracts in London’s salons. A mummy stalks oath-breakers with divine judgment. Mina Harker raises an empire of forgotten women. And something invisible watches Holmes… from just behind the glass.

Harst's größter Widersacher Cecil Warbatty ist tot. Doch zu Harst's großer Überraschung wurde er sogar in dessen Testament bedacht. Das Rätsel darum führt Harst und Schraut in die Ruinenstadt Indra...

Imprisoned in Nicaragua, an NFL star must escape to the United States to warn the government of an impending terrorist attack - before the sinister forces of the international intelligence community silence him forever.