Résultats pour "The Moor" dans Détectives amateurs

Richard is a middle-aged Englishman who runs a B&B in the fictional Val de Follet in the Loire Valley. Nothing ever happens to Richard, and really that’s the way he likes it. One day, however, one of his older guests disappears, leaving behind a bloody handprint on the wallpaper. Another guest, the exotic Valérie, persuades a reluctant Richard to join her in investigating the disappearance. Richard remains a dazed passenger in the case until things become really serious and someone murders Ava Gardner, one of his beloved hen...and you don’t mess with a fellow’s hens!

Richard Ainsworth's French B&B has been taken over by a production company shooting a historical film at the Château de Valençay. But everything grinds to a halt with the sudden passing of an actor under suspicious circumstances.

Saint-Sauver, home to Richard Ainsworth and Valérie d’Orçay’s detective agency, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its town twinning with Anglethorp Spa in Lincolnshire. Events are planned, a huge brocante, street parties and the centrepiece, an exhibition boules tournament between the two towns and a team of international boules all-stars.

Richard is a middle-aged Englishman who runs a B&B in the Vallée de Follet. Nothing ever happens to Richard, and really, that’s the way he likes it. Until scandal erupts in the nearby town of Saint-Sauver when its famous restaurant is downgraded from three Michelin stars to two. The restaurant is shamed, the town is in shock, and the leading goat cheese supplier drowns himself in one of his own pasteurization tanks. Or does he? Valérie d’Orçay, who staying at the B&B while house-hunting in the area, isn’t convinced that it’s a suicide.

From the award-winning author of The Accomplice and The Passenger comes the first novel in the Spellman Files series, featuring sharp-tongued private investigator Isabel “Izzy” Spellman—a quirky, rule-breaking PI with a talent for trouble and a family that’s even more dysfunctional than...

Richard Ainsworth moved to rural France to escape, so being voted mayor of the small town of Saint-Sauver comes as a terrible shock. Fortunately bureaucracy has its benefits and he is shipped off to a health spa to recuperate. The Esprit de l'Air is a world-famous venue on an island fort off the west coast of France, and was chosen specifically by his business partner and bounty hunter of international repute, Valérie d'Orçay. Richard should have been prepared then.

As their bond grows and their powers evolve, The Unfortunates will face rogue memories, buried loops, and a predator hiding behind a friendly smile. To survive, they'll need more than bathroom humor and trauma—they’ll need each other.

BOOK 5 IN THE BESTSELLING CANON CLEMENT MYSTERY SERIES 'Another clever, twisty read' i Paper 'You'll want to take a front row pew in Champton while this delicious series unfolds' Janice Hallett It's spring 1990, and in Champton the whole village is aflutter as a glamorous Hollywood movie has...

Bei einem Spaziergang in einem nahe gelegenen Naturschutzgebiet findet June die Leiche eines Mannes. In der Tasche des Toten findet die Polizei zwei Seiten aus einem antiquarischen Buch über giftige Pflanzen in Großbritannien. Bei den Ermittlungen stellt sich heraus, dass der Tote selbst in einem Mordfall verdächtigt wurde: Er soll seine Frau mit einer einheimischen Giftpflanze getötet haben.

Juno Browne und der Tote im Antiquitätenladen Mord ist ein schmutziges Geschäft - vor allem, wenn man danach putzen muss... Juno Browne ist Reinigungskraft und Hundesitterin, da macht man in jedem Fall einiges mit. Doch als sie eines Morgens in den Antiquitätenladen ihres guten Bekannten kommt und diesen dort erschlagen vorfindet, hört der Spaß auf. Dass der schlitzohrige ältere Herr in nicht ganz saubere Geschäfte verwickelt war, wusste sie - aber wer würde ihn dafür gleich umbringen? Juno krempelt die Ärmel hoch und ermittelt auf eigene Faust.

Ein explodierter Transporter, eine Party und ein Toter - Juno Browne ermittelt zum zweiten Mal. Nachdem der Transporter der Hundesitterin Juno Browne in Flammen aufgegangen ist, hat sie sich eigentlich eine gemütliche Gartenfete verdient. Doch einer ihrer Mitarbeiter verschwindet dabei - und nur wenige Stunden später findet Juno ihn tot im Wald. Ein tragischer Unfall, da ist sich die Polizei sicher, aber Juno findet heraus, dass Gavin nicht der erste war, dessen Leben im Moor sein Ende fand. Die Hobbydetektivin nimmt sich des Falles an.

When police knock on Alice Donaldson’s door at 4am, she knows the news won’t be good. There’s been an accident involving her ex-husband, Grant, and as his existing next of kin, they need her help. Grant is missing up on the North York moors, but the Grant Alice knew could barely be persuaded out on a walk around the block. What on earth possessed him to go on a hike in the middle of the night? Alice soon finds herself working with Grant’s girlfriend Jenna and Jenna’s gorgeous ‘Lord of the family Manor’ brother Max, to find out what has happened.

Der erste Band der neuen Cosy-Crime-Reihe rund um Elsy Moore und das schrullige Dörfchen Stricktony im Herzen von Devon. Eine atmosphärische Mörderjagd mit Herz für Fans des englischen Landhauskrimis. Elsy Moore, die junge Hauswirtschafterin des allseits beliebten Baron of Faun, fällt aus allen Wolken, als sie bei einem Besuch des Küsters des kleinen Dorfes Stricktony nicht auf ihn, sondern lediglich auf seine Leiche trifft.

Lieutenant Ronnie Carpenter and his wife check into their chintzy room at the Dolphin Hotel. Then Ronnie steps out for some air. Never to return. He’s only just checked in. Now he’s vanished without a trace. The next morning, Ronnie’s body is found, slumped in the passenger seat of a stolen car, abandoned on Broadmeadow Farm. A bullet through his head. Dolphin manageress Daisy Moore can’t help but be drawn into the investigation. Especially when Ronnie’s long-suffering wife comes crying to her for help. Simply devastated. But Daisy can’t shake the feeling that her tears are all for show.

Travel writer Lily Moore has been persuaded by her closest friend, photographer Jesse Robb, to visit Peru with him. At Machu Picchu, they discover a woman clinging to life at the bottom of an ancient stone staircase. Just before the woman dies, she tells Lily the name of the man who pushed her. When the local police investigate, the forensic evidence they find doesn't match what Lily knows.

Rosie Strange doesn't believe in ghosts or witches or magic. It's no surprise therefore that when she inherits the ramshackle Essex Witch Museum, her first thought is to take the money and run. Still, the museum exerts a curious pull over Rosie. There's the eccentric academic who bustles in to demand she help in a hunt for the bones of the notorious Ursula Cadence, a witch long since put to death. And there's curator Sam Stone, a man about whom Rosie can't decide if he's tiresomely annoying or extremely captivating.

What’s the worst way to be found dead? How about in an apparent auto-asphyxiation accident, complete with latex gear and gimp mask… When Gabe’s friend Ben is discovered in such a situation, the author goes on a drug-fueled adventure to prove that the death was no accident. Set in the world of deviant sexuality and consensual torture, what Gabe uncovers is nearly beyond comprehension. Will he catch a killer or lose himself while wading through the most miserable filth this planet can offer?

Der zweite Band der Cosy-Crime-Reihe rund um die junge Hobbydetektivin "Elsy Moore" und das schrullige Dörfchen Stricktony im Herzen von Devon. Eine atmosphärische Mörderjagd mit Herz für Fans des englischen Landhauskrimis. Nervenaufreibender hätte das neue Jahr für die Dorfbewohner von Stricktony nun wirklich nicht beginnen können. Ein Wasserschaden legt nicht nur die beliebte Leihbibliothek lahm, sondern das gesamte Gemeindezentrum gleich mit.

A 1935 hurricane in the Florida Keys destroyed the East Coast Railway, killed five-hundred people and blew away the town of Islamorada. Lost in that storm was Mathew Kriegel, a finance director for the railroad, and one and a quarter million dollars in gold. Now newly minted private investigators Skip More and James Lessor, of More Or Less Investigations have been hired to find that lost treasure. Fighting off competitors, scuba diving, digging in a spooky cemetery and almost getting killed is only part of their job. Skip and James have stumbled onto the biggest most dangerous adventure of their lives.

A fledgling business takes a shocking turn when James and Skip unload the contents of their first moving-van job and find some unexpected cargo: a bloody human finger. James and Skip must scramble to stay ahead of the perpetrators of the gruesome crime in this witty, gritty mystery about big dreams, big ideas, and big trouble.