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London, 1899: Lady Constance has seen too much, and now, her life is in danger. The beautiful, aristocratic newlywed is the sole witness in a murder case, and without her testimony, a killer will walk free. Her husband is distraught, thinking any harm might come to his young bride, whose affection is the only thing that has given his wayward life purpose.

Who can you trust in a "sunny place for shady people"? A trip to the French Riviera sounds like just the ticket for Marjorie and Mrs Jameson. But from the moment they step aboard the famous Blue Train to the Mediterranean coast, it becomes clear that this won't be an ordinary vacation. They've been invited to stay at the palatial Villa Beau Rivage for a month in the sun, after a dismal summer in London.

Thomas Clarady is recruited to spy on a group of radical Puritans at Cambridge University. Francis Bacon is his spymaster; his tutor in both tradecraft and religious politics. Their commission gets off to a deadly start when Tom finds his chief informant hanging from the roof beams. Now he must catch a murderer as well as a seditioner. His first suspect is volatile poet Christopher Marlowe, who keeps turning up in the wrong places.

London, 1588. Someone's turning Catholics into widows - and masking the crimes under cover of Armada fever. Francis Bacon is charged with identifying the murderer by the Andromache Society, a widows' guild led by his formidable aunt. His assistants, Thomas Clarady and Lady Alice Trumpington, are also struggling for control over their own lives. Bacon must free his friends from the Tower, track an exotic poison, and untangle multiple crimes to determine if the motive is patriotism, greed, lunacy - or all three.

It’s 1589, and England is embroiled in a furious pamphlet war between an impudent Puritan calling himself Martin Marprelate and publishing’s brightest wits. The archbishop wants Martin to hang. The Privy Council wants the tumult to end. But nobody knows who Martin is or where he’s hiding his illegal press. Then two writers are strangled, mistaken for Thomas Nashe, the pamphleteer who is hot on Martin’s trail. Francis Bacon is tasked with stopping the murders - and catching Martin, while he’s about it.

Francis Bacon is charged with investigating the murder of a fellow barrister at Gray's Inn. He recruits his unwanted protégé Thomas Clarady to do the tiresome legwork. The son of a privateer, Clarady will do anything to climb the Elizabethan social ladder. Bacon's powerful uncle, Lord Burghley, suspects Catholic conspirators of the crime, but other motives quickly emerge. Rival barristers contend for the murdered man's legal honors and wealthy clients. Highly-placed courtiers are implicated as the investigation reaches from Whitehall to the London streets. Bacon does the thinking; Clarady does the fencing. Everyone has something up his pinked and padded sleeve. Even the brilliant Francis Bacon is at a loss - and in danger - until he sees through the disguises of the season of Misrule.

Professor James Moriarty has one desire left in his shattered life...revenge. All he wants is to shame the man who ruined him and stop the brute from harming anyone else. Then he meets amber-eyed Angelina Gould and his world turns upside down. An exploding steam engine kills a man at the International Exhibition. While Moriarty examines the wreckage, Sherlock Holmes appears, sent to investigate by Moriarty’s enemy. Holmes finds evidence that points at Moriarty, who realizes he must either solve the crime or swing it for it himself.

Professor Moriarty’s new client is the manager of a West End theater. He’s three weeks away from opening his Christmas pantomime, the expensive spectacle that pays for the rest of the year. But after months of freak accidents and spooky incidents, the cast and crew are convinced the show is cursed. Worse, he’s out of money, and the rent is due.

It is August 1945 in Wiesbaden, Germany. With the country in ruins, Anna Klein, displaced and separated from her beloved husband, struggles to support herself and her six-year-old daughter, Amalia. Her job typing forms at the Collecting Point for the US Army's Monuments Men is the only thing keeping her afloat. Charged with securing Nazi-looted art and rebuilding Germany's monuments, the Americans are on the hunt for stolen treasures.

James and Angelina Moriarty are settling into their new marriage and their fashionable new home - or trying to. But James has too little to occupy his mind, and Angelina has too many secrets pressing on her heart. They fear they’ll never learn to live together. Then, Sherlock Holmes comes to call with a challenging case.

It’s midsummer, 1591, at Richmond Palace, and love is in the air. Gallant courtiers sport with great ladies while Tom and Trumpet bring their long-laid plans to fruition at last. Everybody’s doing it - even Francis Bacon enjoys a private liaison with the secretary to the new French ambassador. But the Queen loathes scandal and will punish anyone rash enough to get caught.

Spring, 1593. A ballad is posted in the heart of London inciting violence. The Lord Mayor offers 100 crowns for the name of the author. Thomas Clarady wants that money and drags Francis Bacon into the game. At first it’s just a riddle to be solved. Tom talks to poets, while Francis analyzes the verse. Things take a dangerous turn when the authorities focus on two popular playmakers. One is cruelly tortured. Another is killed in dubious circumstances. Did he start a brawl that ended in tragedy? Or was he murdered by his dinner companions? The official story seems plausible, at first.

Anna made a mental list of things that would make her life perfect: her own prisoner; Mr. Wright and her father’s permission to be a matron and to sleep overnight in the jail; matron uniforms designed by Vionnet at the House of Doucet; and a joint assignment with Eve McBride to solve a murder. It’s 1907 Los Angeles. The best future Anna Blanc can hope for is to be married off to the highest bidder. What she really wants to do is use her formidable brain to trap criminals like Sherlock Holmes. So, Anna does what any girl would do in her situation.

I første episode af "Dommeren i Helsingør" møder vi for første gang Søren Madsen. Han bliver student i 1970’ernes Helsingør. Han er en ung mand med en ambition: Han vil være dommer i sin hjemby. En nat møder han den flippede pige Anna, og de forelsker sig. Men Anna gemmer på en mørk hemmelighed, og pludselig forsvinder hun uden spor. I retsbygningen regerer Sørens mentor, dommeren Helge Pontoppidan. Retsmaskineriet kører, og loven håndhæves, men andre steder i byen udmåles retfærdighed efter en helt anden og dunklere lov.

Ein toter Säugling, eine falsche Ehefrau – Anna und Fritz ermitteln im Schwabinger Künstlermilieu. 1914: Anna Zech ist die einzige Frau in der Münchner Gerichtsmedizin. Mit dem adeligen Skandalreporter Fritz von Weynand verbindet sie eine tiefe Freundschaft, und mehr sollte es für den verheirateten Fritz und die aus einfachen Verhältnissen stammende Anna eigentlich auch nicht werden. Als in einem Hinterhof im Schwabinger Künstlerviertel ein toter Säugling gefunden wird, beginnt Fritz für seine Zeitung zu recherchieren. Anna macht diese Leichenschau sehr traurig und gleichzeitig wütend.

Die junge Anna vom Land und der adelige Journalist Fritz: ein ungewöhnliches Ermittlerduo. Anna Zech beginnt 1912 als Krankenschwester in der Münchner Gerichtsmedizin. Gleich ihre erste Leichenschau ist eine Tote aus der Isar. Anna glaubt nicht, dass die alternde Schauspielerin selbst ins Wasser gegangen ist. Auch der Skandalreporter Fritz von Weynand vermutet, jemand hat hier nachgeholfen. Denn die Tote hatte beste Verbindungen und kannte viele Persönlichkeiten. Anna, aus kinderreicher, kleinbürgerlicher Familie, ist vom adeligen Charmeur Fritz zuerst ein wenig eingeschüchtert.

Anna Klein is faced with tough choices about her future. Her plum job working as a translator for Captain Henry Cooper, one of the American Monuments Men, means she has a house and an income, as well as hands-on access to some of the world’s most precious art. But her life is falling apart on all fronts: Her family is displaced, the boy in her care is being sought by authorities, and she must resolve to finally end her marriage.

London, Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts - eine Stadt, die regelmäßig von Seuchen heimgesucht wird; Zehntausende leben in bitterster Armut. Im Londoner Wasserwerk wird ein Cholera-Opfer entdeckt. Dr. Anton Kronberg, Englands führender Epidemiologe, wird hinzugezogen und findet heraus, dass der Tote absichtlich mit tödlichen Bakterien infiziert wurde.

Ex-heiress Anna Blanc is precariously employed by the Los Angeles Police Department, reforming delinquent children and minding lady jailbirds. Badly. What she really wants is to trap criminals and be alone with the delicious Detective Joe Singer—both pursuits that could get her fired. If she loses her income, she’ll be on the street. While hunting truants in Griffith Park, Anna and Joe discover the body of a young John Doe. With Anna’s job on the line, Joe warns her away, but Anna can't resist. She's on the case.

Für alle Sherlock Holmes Fans. 1890. Anna Kronberg hat London auf der Flucht vor Scotland Yard verlassen. Eines Nachts wacht sie auf, mit einer Pistole an der Schläfe. Ihr Vater wird an einem unbekannten Ort gefangen gehalten und Anna muss sich auf ein gefährliches Spiel mit ihrem dämonischen Entführer einlassen. Mit Sherlock Holmes' Hilfe versucht die Wissenschaftlerin, ihn davon abzubringen, grausame biologische Waffen zu entwickeln.