Showing results for "Roses" in Traditional Detectives

Everyone expected Isabella Charteris, beautiful, sheltered and aristocratic, to marry her cousin Rupert when he came back from the War. It would have been such a suitable marriage. How strange then that John Gabriel, an ambitious and ruthless war hero, should appear in her life. For Isabella, the price of love would mean abandoning her dreams of home and happiness forever. For Gabriel, it would destroy his chance of a career and all his ambitions…

The brilliant creation of British author A.E.W. Mason, Inspector Hanaud has been hailed as ‘the first major fiction police detective of the Twentieth Century’, and was one of the inspirations for Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot. In these engaging whodunits, France’s cleverest investigator is tasked with proving the innocence of two young women, both accused of murder.

When a priceless ruby known as the Malabar Rose vanishes while being guarded by Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson, the formidable Mrs. Hudson sets out to give a lesson in criminal deduction for her most famous and logical of tenants, the master sleuth himself.

As a winter storm rages over the coastal city of Brighton, torrential rain exposes a shallow grave up on the cliffs, while a teenager goes rogue with a shotgun in a supermarket and a violent robbery is staged in an upmarket boutique. The resulting body count stretches the resources of the Brighton police. They badly need leads, but can they trust the testimony of Ciara O’Cleary, the sole witness to the robbery – who saw nothing, but seems to be offering vital clues?

At the fashionable French resort of Aix-les-Bains a murder is discovered: wealthy but naïve Mme Dauvray is found strangled in the salon of her villa, apparently for her famously expensive jewels. Her young English companion, Celia Harland, is missing, and her maid is bound and chloroformed upstairs. A young English inventor who has been courting Miss Harland adamantly protests her innocence, and begs the famous Sûreté detective Inspector Hanaud to investigate.

The year is 1888. A pall of fog blankets London, obscuring the gaslit streets and lending an air of sinister mystery to the unfolding events. The city, a labyrinth of opulent mansions and impoverished slums, is gripped by fear. A killer stalks the shadows, leaving behind a single red rose as their chilling calling card the Rose Killer. Their victims, plucked from the diverse tapestry of London life from the women of the night to unsuspecting patrons are found with a horrific brutality that sends shockwaves through the metropolis.

Il riservato critico d'arte Wayne James è stato trovato annegato vicino al molo di Livorno. Sarà stato un incidente? L'ipotesi non convince del tutto gli inquirenti. Sulla morte di Sacrì, un "ufologo" della zona, ci sono invece pochi dubbi: è stato un omicidio. Che le due morti siano collegate? Quali segreti, vizi, scandali collegano queste due morti? Sullo sfondo di una Toscana anni Novanta—fatta di anziani al bar, diversi bicchierini a testa, una parola per il governo e due per l'ultima partita di serie A—si dipana un giallo teso e dalle svolte imprevedibili.

Auf der Luxusyacht eines exzentrischen Multimillionärs, werden Émile Poiret und Chiefinspektor Jennings von Scotland Yard mit einem rätselhaften Verbrechen konfrontiert...

Shanna McGuire is convinced a strange man is following her. When he approaches her on the street, he shocks her with a story that makes her question her family history. She asks Simm to investigate the man's claim. A simple case of genealogy and the search for a possible treasure are perfect for Simm, a former private investigator, and his wife Charlie, both pub owners in Downtown Montreal.

Nachdem Eddy Miller nach dem manipulierten Fußballspiel, England gegen Frankreich, von Mr. Patel entführt wurde, beschlossen Holmes, Watson und Alice, wiederum dessen Tochter, nicht, wie zuerst angedacht, Scotland Yard zu übergeben, sondern sie mit in die Baker Street zu nehmen und sie selbst zu befragen. Da sich die junge Ms. Patel allerdings als äußerst stur entpuppte, brachte man sie in der einstigen Dachkammer von Ms. Adler unter. Ein tragischer Vorfall verhinderte jedoch alle weiteren, geplanten Verhöre.

Англичанка Эдит Парджетер не была историком по образованию, однако под псевдонимом Эллис Питерс она создала одну из самых популярных детективных серий, действие которой плотно увязано с важными историческими событиями, сотрясавшими в 12 веке Англию и Уэльс, откуда были родом предки Парджетер. Кадфаэлю нужно идти по следу окровавленных лепестков, чтобы выследить убийцу. На его пути встретится другая жертва, а поиск истины будет более извилист и колюч, чем розовые кусты вдовы...

Sherlock Holmes suggests a vacation to Watson. They travel to Switzerland to relax and share the holidays with friends. Watson suddenly disappears on Christmas Eve. There are strange sightings...a pear tree blocking the sidewalk of a home, dancing lords, singing maidens, cows with ringing bells, a partridge in London’s Bentley Park...and it just gets more and more mysterious as Christmas approaches and Watson still remains lost to his friends.

When the head of a hovercycle club inexplicably calls in news of his own murder, Detective Simon Grave and his team are drawn in to Crab Cove's hovercycle underworld, a world of loyalty, betrayal, greed, and-yes-irony. As if murder weren't enough, the bombing of an election debate stage has the mayor pressing for a quick resolution to both crimes. It becomes increasingly clear that the crimes are connected, and that the solution will require the unraveling of an elaborate criminal scheme-and more.