Showing results for "Die Sphinx" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Gene Keiller, a young politician with a reputation to enforce finds his world shattered when he meets a beautiful woman at a party; a woman with a terrifying and secret past. The Sphinx describes a horrifying legacy connected to ancient Egypt, brought to life by Masterton in typically violent fashion. It's fast-paced, brutal and complemented by Egyptian legends.

In 1906, an Egyptologist uncovered a map carved in stone inside an ancient temple. Convinced that it pointed to a lost city of gold somewhere deep in the desert, he set out on another expedition the following year. He was never seen again. In present day Yale, a professor is brutally murdered on the university campus, and a mysterious artefact is stolen from its vaults.

Alexandria, Egypt, 1977. During a dive to an old shipwreck, archaeologist Isabella Warnock uncovers an artefact unlike anything she has ever seen: an astrarium, a mysterious ancient device rumoured to have shaped the destinies of pharaohs and kings since the beginning of time. But her discovery comes at a terrible price, and it falls to her husband, Oliver, to keep the priceless object safe.

Meisterdetektiv Sherlock Holmes und sein treuer Weggefährte, Dr. John H. Watson, werden zum Schauplatz eines grässlichen Verbrechens gerufen. Inspektor Lestrade steht vor einem schier unlösbaren Rätsel - denn alles deutet darauf hin, dass der Mörder selbst längst tot sein müsste. Und doch lebt er noch immer und bahnt sich einen Pfad des Schreckens durch London. Sherlock Holmes hat nur einen einzigen Anhaltspunkt, der einer Visitenkarte gleich in den Mündern der Leichname steckt: Die gläsernen Flügel der Sphinx...

Der Mord an einer jungen Frau bereitet der Polizei im sizilianischen Vigàta Kopfzerbrechen. Es gibt keine Hinweise auf die Identität des Opfers...