Résultats pour "The Manor" dans Détectives traditionnels

Eigentlich sollte es ein entspannter Abend für Hunter werden. Doch sein Freund und Partner David bittet ihn um Hilfe, da dieser nervös ist wegen seines ersten Dates mit Roberta, einer Kollegin aus dem Department. Als ein Schrei durch Brick Manor hallt, fackeln sie nicht lange, der Ursache auf den Grund zu gehen. Dabei entdecken sie die Leiche des erfolgreichen Investmentbankers Barrett McGee. Zu den zahlreichen Mordverdächtigen zählen nicht nur dessen viele Frauenbekanntschaften, sondern auch enttäuschte Kunden und Freunde.

Warring staff. 'Accidental' poisonings. Topiary of dubious intent. Throw in the full complement of the Toot Hansell Women's Institute and dragons doing yoga, and DI Adams is starting to wonder if she might have made a small misjudgement signing up for this particular spa weekend. And that's before the dead body in the sauna and the storm that cuts them off from the rest of the world. Now she's dealing with a houseful of guests (and staff) who're looking more suspicious by the moment, fending off protesters, and trying to keep everyone safe as the storm closes in.

Olive Belgrave needs a job. Despite her aristocratic upbringing, she’s penniless. Determined to support herself, she jumps at an unconventional job—looking into the background of her cousin’s fiancé, Alfred. Alfred burst into the world of London’s high society, but his answers to questions about his past are decidedly vague. Before Olive can gather more than the basics, a murder occurs at a posh party. Suddenly, every Bright Young Person in attendance is a suspect, and Olive must race to find the culprit because a sly murderer is determined to make sure Olive’s first case is her last.

Lady Baldwin is beautiful, desirable, conniving, nasty, yet sometimes, kind and very thoughtful. Loved and hated in equal measure, it's anyone's guess as to who would ultimately kill her. As a part of the English Aristocracy, she is very rich, surrounded by servants, and totally outrageous. Told by a real English butler with a certain degree of true English humor, this murder story will give you an insight into life in a wealthy, country mansion.

'A perfectly plotted festive mystery' SUSI HOLLIDAY Twelve clues. Twelve keys. Twelve days of Christmas. But who will survive until Twelfth Night? Lily Armitage never intended to return to Endgame House - the grand family home where her mother died twenty-one Christmases ago. Until she receives...

Steeple Martin sleuth Libby Sarjeant and her partner Ben are hosting a writers’ weekend reunion at Ben’s family home, The Manor, when a body is discovered in the grounds. Even though Scotland Yard is on the case, Libby feels impelled to investigate a murder on her home patch. Their enquiries take Libby and her psychic investigator friend Fran Castle to historic Dorset, where they uncover a complex web of writers’ jealousies that has further tragic consequences before Libby uses all her wiles to get at the truth.

Melissa is delighted when she’s asked to help put on a play at her favorite local Cotswolds hotel. There’s nothing she loves more than getting to know the cast, who are just as colorful behind the scenes as they are onstage. Rehearsals are running smoothly until the perpetually grumpy supporting actor is found spread-eagle at the bottom of a steep flight of stairs leading to a cellar. As Melissa tries in vain to save his life, she is sure she can hear voices nearby and suspects there is more to this accident than meets the eye.

Der Eigentümer des herrschaftlichen Mogdon Manor stirbt bei einem mysteriösen Feuer. Ein tragischer Unfall? Jack und Sarah bezweifeln das. Als mögliche Erben kommen die drei erwachsenen Kinder des Opfers in Frage. Hat einer von ihnen das Feuer gelegt, um frühzeitig an sein Erbe zu kommen?

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson werden beauftragt, unheimliche Vorfälle um „einen gesichtslosen Geist" im alten Ashford Manor zu untersuchen. Was als scheinbar übernatürliches Rätsel beginnt, entpuppt sich bald als eine tiefgreifende Geschichte von Verrat, Wahnsinn und verlorenen Seelen. Denn in den Schatten des alten Gemäuers lauert eine Wahrheit, die selbst den brillanten Verstand des Meisterdetektivs herausfordert. Wird Holmes das Geheimnis rechtzeitig lösen, bevor der Fluch von Ashford Manor weitere Opfer fordert?

From 1939 to 1946 Americans gathered around the radio to listen to The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes-featuring Basil Rathbone as the high-strung crime-solver and Nigel Bruce as his phlegmatic assistant, Dr. Watson. Witty, fast-paced and always surprising, these great radio plays, written by...

Jack's a retired ex-cop from New York, seeking the simple life in Cherringham. Sarah's a Web designer who's moved back to the village find herself. But their lives are anything but quiet as the two team up to solve Cherringham's criminal mysteries. This compilation contains episodes 1 - 3: MURDER ON THAMES, MYSTERY AT THE MANOR and MURDER BY MOONLIGHT.

An aging, heavily-insured country squire whose estate is in financial ruin is thought to have committed suicide. Hercule Poirot investigates, in the guise of a representative of the victim's insurance company, to uncover the identity of the real murderer...